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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 47 | Stuck in a loop | Break the Cycle | compo | 513 | 3.00 | 2.78 | 2.91 | 3.74 | 3.06 | 3.27 | 2.91 | 3.33 | |
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | ERROR 404 | compo | 635 | 3.32 | 3.15 | 3.15 | 3.68 | 3.50 | 3.24 | 3.55 | 3.20 |
The game's graphics are very well designed and the game play flows smoothly. Just one question, Do the warriors level up each round or does the healer get weaker? I could see that the effectiveness of my healing was decreasing and I just wanted to know how it works. Great game though, it was pretty fun to play.
Interesting game play definitely fits with the theme of keeping something alive. I like the 3 item limit of each item because it adds a bit of strategy to placements and prevents players from throwing down a bunch of platforms whenever they feel like. The different materials that can be placed down is also creative, especially being able to make the player smaller. It would have been nice to have another level for more play-time, but overall nice work.
Very interesting take on a classic game. I loved watching my plants grow towards the top of the screen and watching my plant shrivel and die when hit with the red stuff definitely made me feel sadness that I had failed my plant.
Absolutely beautiful as always! I really enjoyed the premise of assisting the squishy little slurpy character on his journey to freedom.
Very fun game. Never realized how bad I was at drawing circles, haha.
Very creative idea. It really worked my brain muscles attempting to create sentences using words. (I'm not too good at that haha).
Very interesting concept. The text addition adds a nice amount of depth to the work and the background audio/narration is hauntingly beautiful
The artwork for this game is very well done and I enjoyed that the story went in a different direction than I expected. (I expected to end up dead, but instead I had a companion, nice stuff)
Really unique idea that suffices the idea very well.
Very amazing 3D modeling, and all of the colors are incredibly vibrant and beautiful. The game proved to be a very relaxing play and ability to create new colors by mixing pollen really made the game very fun to play. For me the game ran rather well except for a few minor slow-downs when there were many flowers and I clicked the "o" button, but for a compo game its a very impressive creation.
The game's graphics are very nice to look at and the premise, while seemingly simple, turns out to provide for an intriguing game mechanic.
The game has a nice feel to it even with the clunky controls and I absolutely enjoyed the uncle's voice and dialog.
The game plays very well and is slightly more fast paced to me than I can keep up with, but that's just me. I also really liked the graphics as they were simple, yet effective.
The game plays very well and is slightly more fast paced to me than I can keep up with, but that's just me. I also really liked the graphics as they were simple, yet effective.
The game plays very well and is slightly more fast paced to me than I can keep up with, but that's just me. I also really liked the graphics as they were simple, yet effective.
The game is very fun, challenging, but fun.
Very fun concept the graphics give me that nostalgic Superhot feel. Saving the pig is fun and difficult, but rewarding at the same time. (Especially when he tries to run directly into the fire smh)
I love the addition of upgrades/powerups to encourage the player to strategize and know when to feed the monster, when to make the machines move faster to get the monster the next gem faster, and when they can take time and produce a bunch of gems at one time. Overall the game feels great and is fun to play.
@spawnie Thanks for the feedback. Yeah I don't know why the music cuts out when other audio sources are played, mainly the furnace I think. The game spawns in the crystals and caps at 20, but dependent on where the crystals spawn it is possible, and very likely at the higher levels as the enemies spawn more, for the enemies to overwhelm the game and make it lag.
This was a very fun game to play, the only suggestion I would have would be to decrease the cooking times a small amount because I found that when making dishes like beef wellington the fire got dangerously close to going out by the time I was finished. However, the longer cooking times also adds a nice urgency and difficulty to the game, so take my suggestion at a grain of salt.
Definitely my favorite LD 46 game I've played so far. The game feels well paced and there is plenty of content to play for multiple hours
The nice and simple art style combined with the simple premise for the game was a great choice. I felt that the speed of the game was a nice relaxing pace, where I was able to finish the levels pretty easily. If you ever do expand on the game a few more levels might be nice, or even modifying one of the levels, perhaps the last one, to include a charging station on the floor to make the player explore the level a little more. Overall, I had a lot of fun playing the level and it seems perfect difficulty for a casual gamer.
I had a lot of fun playing. The music was a really nice touch and the sound of the towers was incredibly satisfying.
Overall the game is overall fun, but the controls feel a little bit gummy and slow to respond, which could be intentional as it makes the game relatively difficult, but personally I would prefer them a little more responsive. Other than that though the game plays well and the graphics are very fun to look at.
Overall, this was a pretty well made game. My only comment is that the battles feel a little repetitive and could use a little bit more variance, like the Saturn battle's rings were a nice addition, but the last battle against Jupiter felt like it was very long and relatively uneventful. It would be nice if you added a change in Jupiter's second form because it felt stagnant and quite long.
Incredible graphics for sh'bolga definitely the best I have witnessed so far in the jam.
Once I figured out how to play the game was a quite interesting strategy game about turn management and risk/rewards. The only problem I had playing the game is sometimes the UI element displaying whose turn it was would get stuck on the ship for a while, slowing down the gameplay. This is probably a relatively quick fix that would be immensely helpful in making the game more enjoyable. Other than the problem with the ship's turn the game was very fun to play.
Awesome idea. Making the main character's movements based on a loop in the beginning makes the game both very difficult and engaging. Overall, very well done.
Really enjoyed playing the game. I had a little trouble starting as I just sat and waited for the game to start. (To start you should actually push the power button, I know it says not to, but you definitely should). Other than that I think the game was difficult, but enjoyable.
Pretty nice little space shooter. Overall its a nice little game the only critique I would give is making the enemies with slightly more contrast.
The ambient atmosphere is quite relaxing. I enjoyed the concept of being stuck in a loop because the game was a ball stuck in a loop, but the controls caused for the player to almost feel stuck in a loop of up and down (nice touch).
The graphics were very well done. Overall the game design was very well done, however I feel that the movement speed was a little high, resulting in me flinging myself off a cliff many times. Also the jumping mechanic felt very lofty and I was sometimes unsure of whether or not I was on the ground or floating.
The animations and visual art assets give the game a very nice casual feel. This coupled with the lighthearted choices and payoffs make this game a quick and fun playthrough.
Awesome, super fun game to play. I really enjoyed that game. All of the minigames were engaging and really kept me interested.
Interesting story that made a nice loop of cleaning and going to work.
Just a little feedback:
1. I would either decrease the volume of the sound effects or increase the volume of the ambient background because the sound effects were very jarring and juxtaposed to the ambient background music felt like they took away from the overall game. (If possible it would also be nice, if you are going for an ambient feel, to change the sound effects to be a little more ambient) 2. It would be cool if the items around the level related a little more to the task at hand, such as a pillow when picking up a pillow etc. to give the player a little bit of an inclination as to what task they will be completing.
Besides those two small things the game was really well done for 1 day. The art style coupled with the background created a nice atmosphere and the controls felt fluid. Nice Job!
I really like the idea of using this game as a fun way to teach ear training, i.e. relative pitch. My only feedback is as follows. 1. its really nice to have the loop replay instantly when the first note is wrong because it forces the player to hear the interval at which the first two notes are off, however when on the other notes there should be some sort of beep (or something of that sort) to give the player a little break before the melody plays again. 2. If you ever go any farther with the game you should have a different section for major and minor. The game right now functions great as an ear training game in A minor, but with small amounts of tweaking you could also have a C major (same notes just change the starting pitch) version. In parallel if you don't want key to matter instead of a, b, etc. you could use solfege syllables, i.e. do, re, mi, etc. to work on relative pitch instead of perfect pitch in a specific key. overall, I loved the concept and gameplay of the game and as a fellow musician I think that a game like this would be incredibly useful to work on ear training.
Overall great game. My only critiques are that the game felt like it started a little slow (this wasn't a problem once the game progressed and it might have been made to start out slow to give the player plenty of time, if so then it was successful) and that the planet selection seemed a little convoluted and slow. Sometimes my ship would go straight towards the planet sometimes it would complete a few laps around the planet. I think the game has a lot of potential and if you made the planet selection system a little faster (either the ship goes directly towards the planet from where they are, or the ship speeds up to launch itself if it is going to circle the planet again). Besides those little critiques the game was really well done and I really enjoyed playing. Nice Job!
@cagibi Thanks for the playthrough and feedback.
Really impressive game for the compo. The dynamic of using the rope that was meant to kill you as the killing weapon to kill others was a really neat idea. It would be cool in a future release (if you want to pursue a public full release of the game on some platform, which might be cool) you could add some really cool rope mechanics, like using the rope to move boxes etc.
Nice fun game that really fits the theme. Corporate life truly is the best example of being stuck in a loop.
Overall, I really enjoyed the game, the controls felt responsive, the premise was engaging, and the game scaled in difficulty well.
Very nicely done!
I love the graphic style that you choose, almost reminiscent of a yarn type look. The gameplay was overall pretty fun, simple, and entertaining.
I enjoy the puzzle aspect of being able to loop time. It also makes the player replay levels when you get a loop wrong from the beginning. Nice job!
I really enjoyed that the game was fun and simple, but yet offered a challenge. As the game progressed it became more frantic to collect an egg keeping me engaged and happy. Nice job!
The art was absolutely beautifuly. It gave the game such a nice feel coupled with the audio. My only suggestion would be to add something so the player would know where they were when creating the loop. Currently the loop is actually really close to where the player will be if you keep running, but its slightly faster so it would be nice to know precisely where you are. (Actually now that I'm looking at the comments it looks like you plan to add a ghost, great idea I think that will make this game even better). Overall this game was very fun to play. Nice Job!