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NicoM

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YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMoCo
201429Beneath the SurfaceUnder Our Feetcompo9452.772.561.962.553.041.201.902.4573

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Comments by NicoM

LD29 — Beneath the Surface

The Sun And Moon by managore 2014-05-10T18:41:00

Everything about this is stunning, you deserve to win!!! Great job!:)

SUNK by GeorgeBroussard 2014-05-06T02:25:00

Great balance, fun mechanic, great job:)

The Show Must Go On by Sestren 2014-04-30T23:58:00

Very nice game:), I will admit I found it very challenging, but thats not a bad thing! Great use of the theme for a very interesting mechanic...Great Job:)

<GAME NAME> by zacaj 2014-04-28T02:23:00

Oh god that's difficult. Really nice:D, Great job:)

Pearl Diver by samooJAM 2014-04-28T00:58:00

I really like the abstract environment art, It feels alien and interesting, the player maybe not so much...
But really nice job:)

Like a Bird in the Sea by Volute 2014-04-28T03:22:00

There dosn't appear to be any links to play it?

Like a Bird in the Sea by Volute 2014-04-29T01:13:00

Gorgeous game, very moody, I found one air pocket but was unable to get any farther, really liked the style though:)

Magnum by jsspiegel 2014-04-29T02:28:00

My god....Its beautiful. Seriously though, I was excited since that first picture you posted... I'm confused about what to do though, do you have to mash the keys? They don't just go away on pressing them? but nice job:D

Magnum by jsspiegel 2014-05-02T00:53:00

Ah, just checked back on this, works great now:) off to try and win;)

Magnum by jsspiegel 2014-05-02T00:55:00

Ah yes, first real try;) screw you Mugatu!

SimWarren by thenmal 2014-04-30T02:35:00

Very nice game:), quite complex for a jam game, and yet not complicated to play, quite relaxing in a way, Great Job!:)

Hare's Harvest by mtrc 2014-04-29T00:58:00

BEAT IT!!! Great job, really satisfying main mechanic, really nice audio, and amazing amounts of content:) I will admit it took a minute for me to figure out it was turn based, but thats likely my fault;) I also noticed, that you can die and win on the same move, allowing you to continue, but that dosn't really matter [Really Nice!:)]

Down by SonnyBone 2014-04-29T02:21:00

Gorgeous art...animation...audio...everything...wow

Sea of Sorrows by brother.byto 2014-04-30T01:07:00

Nice visuals and audio, creates a very nice mood:)

Gorilla 2100 by leparlon 2014-04-28T02:13:00

Interesting, I was surprised that there was always someone for multiplayer:D, although It seemed some situations were unwinnable for one of the players... but nice job:)

Deep Sea by admung 2014-05-09T00:39:00

Sleek art, would love to see animation, especially since I've seen what your artist can do;), also fairly fun gameplay, although I always found it easier to dodge than to shoot, and never actually used the gun, but great job!:)

Cthulus are Beneath the Surface by Pent 2014-04-28T02:19:00

Pretty fun:) Neat to play with other players, I also like (took me a while to notice) the dead ships on the ocean floor...
Great job:)

Fluid Mind by tinytouchtales 2014-05-06T02:06:00

Great game, never fully understood the mechanic, but I did beat it (probably would have paid more attention if I wasn't so lulled away by the great music) but ever without fully grasping it, its very relaxing to just play around with:) Great job!:)

The Last Dwarf by Nuclear_Hammer 2014-04-29T02:49:00

Nice job:), loved the art and music:)

Infinite Dig Dug by jotson 2014-05-01T00:20:00

Love the simple design style and animation, gorgeous and quite addicting, great job!:) (ps. those text animations are great):)

Under Warranty by kidder 2014-04-29T02:59:00

Nice game:), I really like the art(: Gameplay is interesting, quite complex for a jam game:)

Cry Baby by Elforama 2014-04-28T02:49:00

Brutally hard, but really nice:) I noticed that I often couldnt jump when I was in the corner of a tile, very interesting concept as well, nice job:)

Beneath The Memories by StuffBySpencer 2014-05-18T20:45:00

Slick art, and animation, solid platforming, and good writing, reminded me of thomas was alone, loved it, great job!!:)

A day in the life of Jeremy by lucidlarva 2014-05-13T02:00:00

Very nice graphics, I feel the walkcycle could be more fleshed out, but I'm sure that was time constraints:) also maybe a more drastic color difference between walkable and non-walkable (then again my monitors brightness is low, and that may have contributed), but great job!:)

Tentacle Rails by javifugitivo 2014-05-01T00:36:00

Great game! very smooth animation, something about that full 360 character really impresses me, fun gameplay to!! great job!

Chacket Valleyparker: DRILL BUNNY by stvr 2014-05-01T01:22:00

Great game!, very addictive, love the dynamic terrain, feels as if it could be a great fit on mobile devices:)

Beneath the Game Developer by shs 2014-04-28T02:55:00

Strangely brilliant....and depressing....I loved it

Neath by metkis 2014-04-29T01:21:00

One of the most beautiful ludum dare games I've ever played. The audio and graphics work together perfectly to create an amazing sense of mood:)

Mine Explorer by Joe Williamson 2014-04-28T02:32:00

God that arts gorgeous:)!! Got to the (sort of) end, really enjoyed it, also great to see how many haxeflixel entries there are this ludum dare:)

Gravitas by m12y 2014-04-28T03:36:00

Thats an amazing mechanic, worked really well for me, unsure of where the theme was used though? But Great Job:)

Darkness Looms by TeamOmni 2014-04-30T02:18:00

Great game! very moody, and a very interesting main mechanic, great job:)

Ghostlord Depths by HelixFox 2014-04-29T01:29:00

gorgeous character art and animations, and pretty enjoyable gameplay, I found the environment art to be a little stale, but I'm sure that was due to time constraints, anyways, really great job:)

Total Tipanic by tiffi_gaming 2014-04-28T02:29:00

Beat it, first try (well second, but I didn't get it the first time), pretty fun:)

Fish Photographer Simulator by Jacksendary 2014-04-29T02:34:00

Nice sense of atmosphere, very moody and relaxing, I got 13750
(must have been lucky, wasnt really trying) Great job:)

The Deep by Danny Gallagher 2014-04-29T02:03:00

Nicely done rougelike in a very unusual setting, great music and art, created a very moody atmosphere:) Great Job:)

Submersion by chase 2014-04-30T02:25:00

Seems like it could be very interesting, I didn't fully understand exactly what to do:( but I really liked the character sprites:) and the gameplay did seem interesting, I just wasnt fully in control;)

Beneath the Surface by FistBumpGames 2014-05-04T02:14:00

God this is pretty, crazy hard though;) I got the the cave entrance, that was the best I could do (in 5 tries) Great job though! Ps. I like the flipping effect on the characters:)

Beneath The Ice by Danman9914 2014-05-10T03:33:00

Nice art, animation, interesting gameplay and neat controls, great job:)!

Forsaken Pit by Afrosatan 2014-04-28T03:48:00

Cool that you put in a leaderboard, it was hard to tell movement, due to staying centered on screen, and the plain background, but nice job:)

Space Frack! by guscost 2014-04-28T01:08:00

Interesting concept, nice job:)

Gold Rush by GiveMeAllYourCats 2014-05-01T00:31:00

Nice first entry:), pretty fun, maybe a little less screenshake? but great job!:)

Under Our Feet by NicoM 2014-04-28T01:51:00

Thanks, I'm uploading a windows build as we speak, should have better performance:)

Under Our Feet by NicoM 2014-04-28T02:40:00

I was worried about that, that was the point of the floating spacebar sign, but I thought it might not be clear. Thanks:) I'm actually pretty happy with the animation for once, glad to see other people agree

Under Our Feet by NicoM 2014-04-28T02:57:00

Yeah, I found that as well, I'm unsure if its the controls, or the fact the enemy is hidden, maybe I should've made in air turns faster

Under Our Feet by NicoM 2014-04-28T03:14:00

Thanks:)

Under Our Feet by NicoM 2014-04-28T13:40:00

Thanks everyone:), I know the jump was floaty, I kind of like the feeling, but I definitely understand why others might not, and checkpoints were intended, just never put in:) shortcutting wasnt really intentional, but maybe it should of been, I'm actually not sure if theres many places you can, although theres lots were you actually go backwards;)

Under Our Feet by NicoM 2014-04-29T02:44:00

Thanks:), some checkpoints probably would have been a good idea;)

Under Our Feet by NicoM 2014-04-29T17:20:00

Thanks:), when you say rough, do you mean the in air turning? I feel like I should of at least added a little bit of drag when quickly turning in air...

Under Our Feet by NicoM 2014-04-29T18:42:00

Thanks:), I'm not very good with sound:(

Under Our Feet by NicoM 2014-04-30T19:49:00

Thanks:) what would you change about the graphics?

Under Our Feet by NicoM 2014-04-30T23:48:00

Thank you, you as well! (well not the first time, but you get it):)

Under Our Feet by NicoM 2014-05-02T00:50:00

Thanks!

Under Our Feet by NicoM 2014-05-04T01:45:00

Thanks, as for the hitboxes, I'm very new to haxeflixel, and was only using default tilemap collisions, so I also was annoyed by that, but I guess I couldve just allowed horizontal collision

Under Our Feet by NicoM 2014-05-04T16:27:00

Thanks to both of you:) @shadow64: yeah it couldve used a lot of tweaking, but I was tired, and kinda stressed, so I figured I would be better off to just submit rather than spend hours getting frustrated trying to tweak everything....

Under Our Feet by NicoM 2014-05-06T16:06:00

Well thanks for the art comments anyway:), I understand its unforgiving, maybe I should do a post compo?

Under Our Feet by NicoM 2014-05-07T02:51:00

Hmm, maybe its only 64 bit, I'll look into that, also wow...I'd not seen nearly that bad performance, in fact, on mine I don't see a difference at all, thanks for rating it though, even though I understand you were not overly impressed:/

Under Our Feet by NicoM 2014-05-08T01:46:00

I think I might, just to tweak some stuff and maybe make some more levels, because even though I initially hated level design, it actually got pretty fun by the end, especially once I decided to write a quick and dirty parser for tiled, allowing me to move the player and enemies without hard-coding it, and yet still use standard flixel map handling:)

Under Our Feet by NicoM 2014-05-09T00:25:00

Thanks, seems to be the general consensus on the controls;),
@Zccc there only is one level:O

Under Our Feet by NicoM 2014-05-10T21:03:00

Thanks!, checked out your video, looks good:), I see now that everyone dies on the initial enemy, so that was poor design, but glad you liked it:)

Under Our Feet by NicoM 2014-05-17T21:04:00

Well thanks for that at least:)

Under Our Feet by NicoM 2014-05-19T00:46:00

Thanks! Glad you liked it:)

The Creature Beneath by Otrora Games 2014-04-28T02:02:00

Nice graphic style:), but I couldn't figure out how to get past the first level? (hints?)

The Creature Beneath by Otrora Games 2014-04-28T03:16:00

ah ok did it:)

The Creature Beneath by Otrora Games 2014-04-28T03:16:00

I thought it might be a timing thing and couldnt figure out how to go fast enough...

The Creature Beneath by Otrora Games 2014-04-28T03:19:00

Nice:), although going back to the start on dying was annoying, especially since on the third level you fall straight onto spikes...But great job, I enjoyed it:)

Asteroid Tycoon by BadgerPriest 2014-05-07T03:27:00

Actually played this for quite a while, theres some really nice UI work here, and I like the kind of sporadic random movements of the robots, also, as the comment above mentions, it is a very cool use of the web format... Great job!!:)

Asteroid Tycoon by BadgerPriest 2014-05-07T03:39:00

one critique (yes I'm still playing), is that the squirrel robots feel too random, it gets hard to make them explore near the bottom, because they just screw around up top until they die

Asteroid Tycoon by BadgerPriest 2014-05-07T04:32:00

OMFG I CLICKED AWAY ACCIDENTALLY AFTER GETTING 49 ARTIFACTS!!!! ugg I'm so sad now:( (by far the longest I have ever played a ludum dare game for) wow this is disheartening:/

Asteroid Tycoon by BadgerPriest 2014-05-07T04:33:00

I was so excited to actually beat it, as I havent seen any comments of wins....

Digable Planet by Oddly Shaped Pixels 2014-04-28T02:44:00

Impressive all over, great job:)

Masquerade by RNG Studios 2014-04-29T01:56:00

Gorgeous art and animation, and interesting dialog:), Great Job:)

Tube by BigBearScot 2014-04-30T01:27:00

Interesting mechanic, nice job:)

Under by zanenga 2014-04-28T01:58:00

Nice job, fellow first timer:) Pretty fun, although I couldnt get past the level with the spikes on the top and bottom, and three on the right...But I enjoyed it untill then:), also maybe the boost should be in combination with direction keys, it feels odd to jump up and shoot backwards. But really fun!:)
(also thats a pretty slick title screen:D)

I think thats all, this is the second time I've typed this (internet crapped out the first time....)
Nice job!

NOPE by shadow64 2014-05-01T01:39:00

OMFG ITS BRILLIANT, SO MANY SURPRIZES! actually probably the funniest game I've played (ever), great job:)

SUPER LANDSHARK MISSILE ATTACK! by Tuism 2014-04-29T02:07:00

This game just feels right...I have nothing more to say.

Beneath The Surface by adamwoolridge 2014-04-28T00:43:00

Interesting mechanic, and really cool visuals:) is it procedural?

To Surface by NeithR 2014-05-01T00:41:00

Max innovation marks....never...ever...expected this;)

Layered by Jessica Hayley 2014-04-30T02:11:00

Interesting game, pretty fun:), although I wonder if maybe the last layer should be something other than black, but nice job:)

Ants at War by magicspark 2014-05-04T02:04:00

Gorgeous game, I wasnt entirly sure of what to do, some menu buttons didn't seem to have an effect, and eventually I managed to get every any stuck in one hole and spinning around crazily, but I'm pretty sure thats my fault. The art amazes me, looks like you put months into it:) the music is great too:) GREAT JOB!!:D

Relica by Kino333 2014-05-01T00:13:00

Fun game:), Nice mechanic, and great level design. your art was nice too, but it was blurred a bit in both chrome and firefox, not crisply scaled, I also noticed there are walls with slight ridges which allow you to stick on them (was it not actually tile based?) anyway great job:)

Box Simulator by terraco 2014-04-28T02:38:00

Strangely fun:D I had no idea what to do, so I just drove around, listening to the beautiful soundtrack;) reminds me in a weird way of carmageddon :) good job!

God Hunter by iJohnF 2014-04-29T01:26:00

Nice game:), I liked the audio, and there were some pretty funny descriptions;), good job:)

Alien Lobotomy by Soup With Bits 2014-04-30T02:14:00

Interesting puzzle mechanic, very difficult... also great audio, very moody:)

Infection by InfectionTeam 2014-05-06T02:22:00

:O thanks for making me feel bad:(....no, seriously, great game, great art, great audio....great job:)

Quantum Tunnelling by Toby Pinder 2014-04-28T03:43:00

Great job:)

COVERUP by SFBTom 2014-04-28T03:11:00

Something is strangely satisfying about the enemy character movement (don't question why it just is), but I'm not really sure how to win, I found an alien, but nothing happened? Do I need to find more?

Billy Bigdigger by 01101101 2014-05-09T00:32:00

Gorgeous cutscene art, and interesting gameplay:) (was it felt markers and watercolor?, thats what it looked like to me:))

Sword and Shovelry by tayl1r 2014-04-28T00:54:00

Nice job! I really like the tree sprites, and the limited colour palette, it comes across really nicely:)

Mycorrhiza by Urfoex 2014-05-01T00:25:00

Looks beautiful, wish I was on linux:(

The Dead Beneath by Myyyvothrr 2014-04-28T00:31:00

gotta say I love the splatter effects;), nice job:)

Crystal Advance by flashkick 2014-04-30T03:13:00

Great game:), works great with a controller too:), Quite fun actually, I ended up getting swamped by at least 15 of the floating skull enemies XD Great job! my only (personal preference) issue is that I (personally) would rather not have up on the joystick do anything, I know A is already jump, so I think it would be better on its own, but thats no detriment to the game:)