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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48 | Deeper and deeper | The Avaricious Deep | compo | 338 | 3.59 | 3.44 | 3.16 | 2.94 | 2.94 | 2.90 | 2.63 | 3.25 |
This was excellent! The reduced field of view and the tank controls made it feel really spooky and threatening, but the cute sprites made it quite funny as well. Nothing hugely innovative but very well-made overall! (And the music was great too.)
This was fun! Sound and music were good, and there were a lot of little neat touches that made it feel polished. I think some player movement speed upgrades would be good, since the only frustrating thing was how long it takes to get anywhere. Good job overall!
The concept is pretty solid but I think the physics need to be more responsive to make it fun. I often got caught on flat surfaces and felt like I should have more momentum. I think increasing the mass of the robot, the force of the player's input and the elasticity of the rope would go a long way!
I had a blast with this one - I liked how the longer you go on the more it almost becomes a rhythm game. And no shame about the music, it works well!
The controls were a little wack but the atmosphere was excellent - I too had some issues with the web version but the desktop version worked fine.
Unfortunately there isn't much gameplay but there is some absolutely stellar audio work so congrats!
I would agree with previous comments about the controls, but the atmosphere is very strong and you nailed the relaxing tone with the music and the color scheme.
This is a really strong entry - nothing to do with the theme but it was so innovative and interesting to play that I didn't really mind! The music and concept were charming and the mechanic did feel like detective work, so excellent job.
The art is definitely the strongest aspect - I like the concept and I think with some more features and increasing complexity this could become something quite fun.
I'd agree with what other people said about the overwhelming UI messages, but I really liked the art (the main character sprite is cute) and the movement of the ship as you go down has a good feel to it. Quite atmospheric, too!
I liked this! I thought the sound was suitably moody and the choice to make it a console app was a a good one. It reminded me of Downwell.
Same issue as Billnotic here - there's no link to play on the itch.io page!
One million points for the audio!
Super impressive to develop a GBC game in a weekend! The visuals are particularly crisp and they've got that old nintendo charm.
A little buggy, as others have pointed out, but the art style was excellent and a lot of care went into the presentation! The music didn't quite match the mood but overall it felt like a pleasant, polished experience.
This was super fun, and the music in particular was excellent! I had a great time playing. My only issue was that the first couple of times I played the sparta kick didn't trigger and the enemy just fell into the spikes, so I didn't get the fuel and ammo. That said, the music was good enough that I tried a few more times just to listen a bit more and then it worked!
The jetpack was pleasingly zoomy and navigating through the spike corridors was challenging but not frustrating - and the sprites were pretty charming too. Great job!
The atmosphere was excellent, and I was impressed with the polish of the cutscene and dialog system. My main issue was that the camera position didn't give you much vision of where you were going, and the submarine's spotlight didn't actually light thing up, it washed them out and made it harder to see. The audio and visuals were very good, though.
The game loop got stale pretty quick, but the central mechanics of running around and pinging money off people felt really nice and were complemented by pleasant UI, audio and visuals. Really impressive polish for a compo game!
Thanks all! Just FYI there should be a volume setting in the Help & Options/How To Play menu - you can also mute sound and music with M and N.
Thank you for playing! By the way @haztro @bw-devel - thanks for reporting the build bug, I think it's a problem with the scene reloading after the first round. Refreshing the page probably fixes it but I'll see if I can push a patch.
I was impressed with the quality of the sprites in this - I assume you made meshes in blender and rendered them? The core game loop is simple but solid and the minigames add variety, too.
I really loved this entry! The decisions you made about lighting were spot-on (fading at the edge of your spotlight, ambient light dimming as you got deeper) and the risk-reward gameplay worked perfectly. I especially liked how close you had to get to the walls to collect your treasures, and the creaking sound effects as you dipped below the safe range created atmosphere wonderfully. Probably the best game I've played in the jam so far. Terrific work, you should be proud.