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Busy Bee Business by HuvaaKoodia 2020-05-02T18:05:18Z ♥ 2

* The window was too big for my browser. I could simply zoom out but I figured I would tell you anyway. * At first i was simply confused. Why couldn't I manually change my direction? Why does the bee simply fall through the flowers? Don't worry, I read the description, but I'd suggest putting a tutorial in the game anyway. There are people who don't read descriptions. * I liked the back-and-forth gameplay with the flowers, but the pinecones are simply unfair sometimes. You fall and rise too slow to react to them, and if they just happen to spawn in the wrong place, you're doomed. * I think being able to change direction manually could solve this problem. * I think the game should automatically restart after a 1-2 second timer. Currently, pressing the button is simply tedious.

The Shopkeeper by Azathothep 2020-05-01T11:21:53Z ♥ 1

The text in the help menu is way too small in my opinion. Also, some items seemed to disappear randomly after the first turn, and I seemed to be penalized once every day. Other than that, it just seemed to be kinda lacking in gameplay - you just give them the things they want, and that's it. There are no real important and tough decisions to make. Maybe the player should be given the option to see all other customers and what they want so you can decide who to give what items, or maybe different characters can give you different amounts of money.

Indie Dev Tycoon by Apple Dash 2020-05-01T11:16:28Z ♥ 1

When I opened the game, I was simply baffled because of all the numbers. It would be immensely helpful to include a tutorial in-game so the player can learn instead of being overwhelmed. That and the fact that it's a time-sensitive game - I played another game called The Shopkeeper which also chucks numbers in your face, but at least gives you time to process it. Most players will be overwhelmed and quit, not willing to learn everything on their own.

Polka Never Dies by A-Flat Miner Studios 2020-05-01T11:14:35Z ♥ 0

I was often simply confused. How long is a bar? The dot moves way faster than the bar, so should I press the keys when the dot is there, or slower, or what? I couldn't get the guys to jump, either. Mostly I was just randomly pressing keys and hoping for the best.

On a side note, people will click on the window to focus it, so don't make it jump into the game upon click.

Waifus please by colozz 2020-05-01T11:12:48Z ♥ 0

This did spike my attention based on the premise, but needless to say, I was disappointed. The gameplay is incredibly basic - just check two things every time. it mostly consists of moving the passport-thingy and clicking the stamp. You should include some more things to check, because otherwise the player will get bored in seconds. The reason Papers, Please works so well is because every day you have to check more stuff, and it's not just one metric, but multiple ones.

L.A.M.I.A by kenanmarasli 2020-04-27T14:02:38Z ♥ 0

I can't see how the theme fit into the game. Are you just keeping yourself alive? Because in that case, that's basically the premise of all action games, and I just don't think it's very creative.

A problem I see with a lot of jam games is that the gameplay loop is too monotonous. All you do here is shoot the robots, and continue shooting. If there were collectables, or something else to do, the game could be a lot more interesting.

The last plant by AdrianKrawczyk 2020-04-27T13:57:40Z ♥ 3

The game generally feels unfinished, in my opinion. I could levitate by holding W? Anyway, more importantly, I feel like the main game loop is too monotonous. All you have to do is shoot the enemies. If you had implemented another thing you'd have to do at the same time (a similar game called The Last Tree has you watering the plant), it could really spice things up. Suddenly, you're asking yourself, do I kill the enemies, or do I water the plant? Furthermore, this could be expanded to having the player move around the level to collect something.

Franky by HadB 2020-04-27T13:54:08Z ♥ 1

Interesting, but the game loop is honestly rather plain. If only the game had more various interactions with Franky, or even some that interact with each other, e.g. the peasants going after the rabbit to kill it, it could result in a much more interesting game loop. Another nitpick is that moving your mouse all the way to the top-left corner and back is a bit tedious, I would implement hotkeys.

The last tree by DeadBoyGames 2020-04-27T09:17:34Z ♥ 0

The gameplay loop doesn not provide much choice to the player. It's always "kill all enemies, then water tree". I think the game could be more interesting if the player was incentivized to get away from the tree, to maybe gather something. Maybe even halting the growth of the tree until you collected, e.g. if you had to find rivers of water to refill your watering can. That would introduce a it of tactics, variety and choice to the player.

Running Old Game On Windows 10 Simulator 2020 by Kszaku 2020-04-27T09:13:45Z ♥ 1

I don't see how this fits into the theme, tbh, but I love the idea anyway. Unfortunately, I got stuck very early on. What do you put into the drive letter?

ecoBunker by interpixel 2020-04-25T11:44:03Z ♥ 1

You have a very good starting base, but unless you give the player some real insight on how the system works and what all the buttons do, they will not understand anything (like me), they'll try random things and be frustrated. If you have a complicated game, then teach the player how to play it.

The Heads by ghodan 2020-04-24T13:02:49Z ♥ 1

Wow, that was creepy! It's uncommon to see a horror game made for a game jam. Sometimes the movement and level design seemed a bit wonky, in the way that you could fall through a crack that you didn't see. I would also suggest making some consequence depending on what items you pick up, e.g. when you pick up a battery you start to move faster for some time. I would also suggest adding visible vision cones/areas, but that might take away some of that horror tension and bring it into the carefully planned stealth category, so make of that what you will.

Cadavour by cvetk0 2020-04-24T12:59:50Z ♥ 2

The gameplay loop doesn't allow for many choices, just move right, shoot enemy, take 1 body part, repeat. Which body part do you replace? The one that is damaged most, or the best one in the enemy. Your decisions don't have any long-term impact. I suggest that maybe you get some kind of score depending on which body part you choose or whether you take a body part at all, or that if your arms are damamged, then you can't shoot, and if your legs are damaged, then you walk slower, etc. Try to make some kind of conflict between staying alive and getting arbitrary points to make the player's decisions more interesting.

Blood and Volts by dev_dwarf 2020-04-24T12:54:38Z ♥ 2

This game is near perfect! You got the game juice just right. I honestly can't think of any criticism except maybe adding a menu screen.

Destructive Reconstruction by MantarayTV Games 2020-04-24T12:51:09Z ♥ 1

I found that the main game kinda lacked in depth. Every level is just: put the plant away, explode all TNT in sight, take the plant, move on. If the game is meant to be a puzzle game, then make some puzzles that require thought and that aren't obvious. In addition, the plant seems to be only added as a link to the theme, it doesn't have actual gameplay value. All you have to do is put it away before placing the bombs, and then take it again. There is a simple law in game design that if you can simplify something without making it less fun, then do it. Sometimes less is more.

Tiny Fragments by Daniel Moreno 2020-04-22T14:42:32Z ♥ 1

I won't point out the obvious, so here's what I didn't like: * There was no option to pause the game * There was no option to fast-forward * No level select screens or anything like that * I thought the game-over animation was a bit bland, maybe you could've made the guy explode or something?

Keep Blue Dot Alive by agegorin 2020-04-22T14:38:07Z ♥ 1

117! I found this to be surprisingly fun, although simple. That shooting sound effect! Dat bass! It was fun. I did find it a bit janky, in a way, to control the shield thingy, especially when my cursor went out of the window, and I also saw no reason to not use the gun at the same time as the shield. Maybe disable the shield when you shoot with the gun?

Love the Baby by Myles McCoy 2020-04-22T14:33:49Z ♥ 1

I don't really have anything to critique about this game. I personally didn't find it very fun, but I think that's just my personal preference.

Miscen...AGAIN!? by itsdanidre 2020-04-22T14:25:58Z ♥ 1

Huh, the one of your website didn't ever load, but the itch one did. Some of the riddles I found to be too cryptic, especially with some objects not being very identifiable at first glance. When I heard of the "golden thing that stores your garments", I thought it meant a clothes hanger. When you have to rely on the player figuring something out based on words, you really need to put a lot of time into playtesting.

CYBER-SHIELD by Megalink 2020-04-21T15:22:49Z ♥ 1

Ayy, if it ain't good ol' Geta Gaming Inc.

Usually, I try to play games without seeing the instructions first just to see if they have a tutorial, or if they're intuitive enough to learn on your own. Honestly, I thought it was simply over-complicated. I ended up just holding down space and frantically clicking most of the time, and I thought it could do just fine if you'd only move the shield around. As a rule of thumb: if you can make something simpler without making it less fun, then absolutely do it.

In everything else though, I liked it, especially the punchy sounds, screenshake, and music. Well done.

Drifting Starlight by Arowx 2020-04-21T15:14:34Z ♥ 0

At first, I was like, "what is this music", but when I discovered all the collision bugs, it was honestly quite fitting. Untitled.png I was ramming myself into the white zones until I discovered that the bar has depleted and I had to go to the next one, and when I went there, the bar depleted a bit, but then rejuvinated? I was confused.

A Frog's Life by ahintoflime 2020-04-21T15:08:16Z ♥ 1

Core gameplay: * I found it really fun to just hop around. You got that right. * It could've used a bit of screenshake and particle effects. * I also think that just going to the right by itself isn't very interesting, and gets repetitive and boring after some time. Maybe if you added some obstacles in the way of the frog. Bugs: * Eventually, the trees ended and I was just hopping around in T H E V O I D Untitled.png * The window popped up in the top-left corner of the screen, and I couldn't move it away. * Personally, I think that the animals appearing out of nowhere and the frog just disappearing looks a bit janky, even if you just made them fade in it would look a lot nicer.

Crystal Tag by uvwar 2020-04-21T15:00:55Z ♥ 1

I appreciate the idea, however I think that it's fundamentally broken because the player has so little actual interaction. You just tag some crystals and then have to rely on random chance to continue playing; there is little direct correlation between being able to play and your actual skill. What I would suggest is that after you die, you take over the soul of another crystal, or even something as minor as respawning immediately so the crystals have a higher chance of hitting you. That way, the player's actions will have meaningful consequences, and their decisions will be important.

Keep The Power Plant Alive by rich 2020-04-20T16:50:09Z ♥ 2

I think this kind of simulation/strategy game works waay better in 3rd person, and if you want to do it 1st person, you have to do a lot of fine-tuning to make sure the player sees and is aware of everything. Also, I placed down a bunch of pylons and then was stuck because I had no more resources.

Shashou the Panda by Mark Kelly 2020-04-20T16:23:00Z ♥ 1

I liked that you put in some juicy sound effects and screenshake, but honestly, good graphics and audio cannot fix a fundamentally... simple game. Games are most fun when you have to make meaningful decisions, and when the best decision is not obvious. Currently, it feels more like a sort of 'test' than a game. You basically have to walk left or right to the nearest man and shoot him. That's it. Maybe if you included other pandas to save, or some other thing to do at the same time, the player could get stuck in a loop of "do I save the panda, or do I use that machine?" A game I just played called [Save the Earth Initiative](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/save-the-earth-initiative) manages to pull this off. It's very simple, but also very fun.

Jonas Tyroller has some good videos on decision making:

https://youtu.be/plj09H-aLOk

https://youtu.be/J_qQ76ouWXI

Save the Earth Initiative by AljosaCT 2020-04-20T16:14:38Z ♥ 1

Honestly? Super fun. Even though it's so simple. I would've loved to see more things come into play over time, and also I would've developed a system so that the things are constantly coming, but not all at once, ya know what I'm sayin'? There were times when you just kinda waited awkwardly, and then had to do 8888 things at once.

Matchstick Elegy by stevenjmiller 2020-04-20T13:27:42Z ♥ 1

Cool concept, good execution. What I didn't like: * The lack of music (which is in every one of your games). I think even a simple background tune or even some ambience could help, at the moment it's just silent all the time, and it somehow feels less of a game. You can easily make music in something like https://www.tones.fm/tones/calm or, if you happen to know music theory, you could give Bosca Ceoil a shot. * The bland-ness ..? of the sprites. You could use a few random tiles to shake it up a little, it currently looks more like an abstract location than a real place. * The lack of juice. Just a bit of screenshake and particle effects and your game is a lot more fun to play. * And finally, why don't you try something new with your games? Chaseplays already said that you pretty much mastered the genre, and jams are there to try something new. Do something you've never done before.

Human Spiderweb by miziziziz 2020-04-20T13:23:58Z ♥ 2

I saw your 1-month Steam game project and honestly, I was disappointed with this. The space pirates shouting had very audible noise, which you could've easily removed with Audacity. The colors in the background didn't look nice, at least for me. The character walking was also too slow in my opinion, and the text in the intro was too small. Pretty much the only thing keeping this game together was the concept, which I thought was quite interesting, but with the poor execution it felt unfinished and as if it didn't live up to the greatness of the idea.

I swear, I'm not usually this negative. But rating games has taught me to always be critical and tell people everything I thought was bad, because they already know what's good.

Super Psychic by Jackson_makes_games 2019-05-19T18:02:48Z ♥ 0

More content, e.g. people, things to talk about, ways to impress them, would be welcome. Now, this game seems more like a test build than an actual game. Tip #2: try to make your game playable without any third party platforms.

Powerup Puncher by cogcomp 2019-05-19T18:01:10Z ♥ 0

It needs some kind of "OpenAL32.dll"

Blockson: My Life as a Cryptocurrency by DanCan 2019-05-19T08:22:53Z ♥ 0

First of all, this should be a full game with more stuff. It's a really great idea, and a great implementation. I loved playing it. As someone else said though, it would be nice to be able to rotate the components, as well as having even more powerful items. Well done!

Inflate Me to the Moon by DDRKirbyISQ 2019-05-17T19:46:04Z ♥ 0

Wow! Such a great game! You should work more on this, maybe make some more story and add different dialog when you fail the second time. It was laggy (escpecially when I flew past the leaves of the trees - it was ~4FPS), but that's for pretty much every single Unity game I play, so I can't complain. I loved it.

F_NULL by feips 2019-05-12T18:39:55Z ♥ 1

Quite noice! I liked the gameplay, it felt good to whizz around and bang into everything 😆 2 small nitpicks: the road was texture-less, so sometimes it was hard to judge the distance to a curve, and I didn't really see the life decreasing as you sped up. Good job though! It was fun.

Tunnel Bug by gamepopper 2019-05-12T18:28:21Z ♥ 1

I really liked it! The UI, graphics, audio, and concept are quite nice (even though it's a bit unoriginal). I had a small problem where I enter the game and there's immediately a sharp turn which I cannot get ready for, so I end up banging against the wall. A way to fix this would be to have the room visible for some time before the player appears.

Daybreak Inn by Joror 2019-05-11T20:19:41Z ♥ 1

Really nice game! I think you could re-make it into a full game. I loved the calm music and the mechanics. A few small nitpicks would be that some of the UI was too high up and covered up by the bookmark bar, some of it was too low, and in the beginning, it was a bit hard to learn the mechanics, since everything was happening so fast. A tutorial would be nice. Apart from that, great job! 👍 😄

The crystal of life by dimesto52 2019-05-07T18:51:03Z ♥ 1

It's really hard to get any points, because of a lot of factors:

- the camera moves slower than the cursor, and the mouse can come out of the window in the browser window, making it impossible to scroll further - the bullets don't shoot directly in front of you, but from the gun, making them slightly inaccurate - I wasn't able to kill even a single gray model - all things aside, the UI is pretty gross. I mean, you shouldn't put a big button right over some text, and maybe you should change the font/text size/color

Darkest Decision by pmarincak 2019-05-07T18:44:53Z ♥ 1

I loved the atmosphere. The big smile reminded me of Flowey. I just found it a bit strange that I sacrifice one person, and then they descend, the other one walks away, and then it says that the other one died. Did both people die or only the person I didn't sacrifice?

Anyhoo (it's quite a yee-haw word, ain't it?) the graphics and audio were great. I just wish there was more story.

Blood and goods by selewi 2019-05-07T18:37:45Z ♥ 2

Nice little dungeon crawler! I loved the artstyle and atmosphere. The fighting system is also quite unique. I liked it.

This is your life now by reuno 2019-05-07T18:32:14Z ♥ 1

This is exactly what I mean when I say that video games are art. This is fantastic.

Bradley's Little Money Maker by Franklins Ghost 2019-05-07T18:05:24Z ♥ 1

Really cool animations. I didn't really see any real gameplay though. As far as I can tell, you just keep going. Once the "Tired" bar went empty but for some reason he didn't go to sleep.

I D E N T I F T Y by Psychedelia 2019-05-03T16:20:31Z ♥ 2

Wow! Cool! I didn't manage to figure out the solution, but it's certainly an interesting game. I didn't really see the theme though.

Devaluation by Toni_re 2019-05-01T16:54:53Z ♥ 1

Quite hard and addictive! Here's a few tips:

- I found that sometimes I would ram into a wall and it was hard for me to get out. - If it says "Invert controls" it probably means it will invert the controls shown in the tutorial. Therefore, if you put the inverted controls there, people will get confused. - If you have a build for another platform, remember to put it up on the Game Page.

Clunky Bird by ditzel 2019-05-01T16:40:17Z ♥ 0

Fun(ny)! I enjoyed it. 😀

Cool little twist there with the life being interchangable with other things.

If there's any nitpicks I can give you, it's this:

- You can sometimes "kill two birds with one stone", quite literally. I'm not sure if this is intentional, I just thought that it was a bug. - You should reload once you run out of bullets, not after every shot. When I was shooting quickly, the sound was kind of annoying. - The UI looks a bit unpolished... you should get rid of mistakes in the writing and make it more symmetrical, clean, nice to use.

As I said though, these are only nitpicks. Your game is fun, and that's what's important. Great work! 👍

Pulsation by stevenjmiller 2019-04-29T15:28:33Z ♥ 1

Miller, you have not let me down. This is such a cool concept! It would be nearly effortless to make a full game out of this, all you will need to do is make interesting block placements and see if they're possible to beat.

Myrrh by bwalter 2019-04-29T15:27:19Z ♥ 2

Yeah the second mage is hell. I would find it perhaps more enticing if the cutscene didn't happen every dang time I went to the enemies, but only once.

Dungeon of the Blood God by LurkinMcClerkin 2019-04-29T15:26:02Z ♥ 1

The combat system is really cool and risk-vs-reward, but I find it a bit unpredictable. In an ideal world, whether you get hurt or whether you keep your shield for too long would depend purely on player skill. Art was great. Nice implementation of the theme.

safecrack by torcado 2019-04-29T15:22:35Z ♥ 0

Really, really cool! I find it a bit boring however, and a bit tedious to collect all the coins. I would prefer it if the coins didn't disappear, so I could collect a whole stash at once. It's just so satisfying!

Escape from Hell by Becher 2019-04-29T10:33:19Z ♥ 0

Just like someone else said, the walking is a bit tedious. I also didn't understand why there were blue jumping slimes in hell? I couldn't attack them? Some of them had half-filled health bars? WHO ARE THEY???

The idea is cool tho, I'll give ya that.

Tribu 43 by FiloGC 2018-12-31T19:13:07Z ♥ 1

Good boi. I think the only downside is that there's only fighting, and fighting, no camps or treasure along the way, or maybe imprisoned people who you would free and they would join you. I could clearly hear that you didn't have enough time (from the SFX), but no worries. This is a great start!

Fallen Girl by fullmontis 2018-12-31T18:57:25Z ♥ 1

I didn't have much to think about.. just 5 stars in every category. Probably the perfect LD43 game. This could easily become a full game, if you just expanded it a bit.

Mantis by Linus 2018-12-24T14:51:47Z ♥ 1

Quite nice. I guess the controls could have been improved a little, because now the game is a bit too easy and that also makes it boring after some time, when you get used to everything. I also think that the bigger danger is the moving camera instead of the mantis power, which makes it pass less to the theme. You should make a gradually falling floor so you can't get too ahead of yourself, but also make it possible to stand in one place until your power runs out.

Those are my recommendations.

QUELTRIS by fmdkdd 2018-12-21T22:35:25Z ♥ 1

Nice! Really good concept with great polish. I would only recommend allowing different rotations of the shapes, because now it's a tad too hard.

Flying Slime by gamefive 2018-12-11T17:16:37Z ♥ 1

Solid. Dunno how it fits to the theme tho.

Disorder by MaxKlimenok 2018-12-11T17:07:52Z ♥ 0

https://youtu.be/bE_ZuNp1CTI

You guys should watch this. Honestly, I'm kinda disappointed with all those team members. It seems a bit... underdeveloped.

Edit: after looking back, ghghghgghghghghg. I wish I could word this. AYAYAAYAgood job.

Destructor 32 GMS by Erik Brunnstrom 2018-12-11T17:03:41Z ♥ 1

"Oh, okay. I see. Now I should press the fire button aaaaand..."

BREAKING NEWS! The terrorist has escaped.

".......I think I did it wrong."

Well, I had a super fun time nevertheless figuring out how to use this weird contraption and blasting off to failure. Good work.

sacrificescape by XyXRQjZji 2018-12-11T17:00:12Z ♥ 1

You could make it cleared with how to actually play the game. The 3rd level was, as far as I know, impossible. I killed all the bards before getting to the end.

HELL by Smeax 2018-12-09T20:34:31Z ♥ 1

Good boy! This is a very good game. Impressive. I liked it.

A Starving Monk by Bajtix 2018-12-09T20:29:59Z ♥ 1

Just like literally everyone else, I will add on to the endless wave of "Controls are unintuitive." 'Cause they aren't. Good work tho.

Nature is Harsh by hav24 2018-12-09T20:27:51Z ♥ 1

Very, very good. It must be hard to be a solo dev. I wish you the best of luck on your dev journey.

Total Party Kill by adventureislands 2018-12-09T20:24:50Z ♥ 0

Wow... so many comments. So I guess telling you that this is a great game and awesome idea and that I love your games doesn't matter, does it?

After Hours: A Reverse Metroidvania by MattWoelk 2018-12-09T18:40:25Z ♥ 2

Idea was really good, and the graphics and level design was perfect. Unfortunately, it lagged a lot and the controls were really unresponsive, which led to frustration whilst backtracking. If not for this, the game would've been a fun to play and original idea.

GHHHGHHGGGGGHGHHHGHHGGGH.

Abortion Boy by Saering 2018-12-09T18:36:49Z ♥ 5

While I know this is supposed to be "funny", I couldn't help but quit after the first level. All the sounds and graphics were horrifying.

Sacrificio Inc. by Reality Blind 2018-12-09T09:30:13Z ♥ 1

Clearly looks as if it were designed for mobile. I really liked the art and audio, and the whole concept, though as you said before it might've been a better idea to use a move counter instead of a timer. Good work!

Sleep Is For The Weak by Ghostly Dev 2018-12-09T09:27:26Z ♥ 1

AHH STUPID LAMP! I wish I didn't have to retype the entire code block every time I hit that stupid lamp. But I guess that's the whole point. Oh well. You might've also made it cleared that I actually need to type the code, nto mash the spacebar, but that's okay, I guess.

water ruins escape from cultist by Rs11s21n 2018-12-08T20:03:12Z ♥ 0

Probably the only reason I gave this a three is because of the art, which is GORGEOUS. But the rest is, well, okay. Not really super good. And you will need to learn that it has to be super good, or super innovating, or super fun.

Altitude Sickness by Antti Tiihonen 2018-12-08T09:50:57Z ♥ 1

The best game on LD43 I've played so far.

Fruitful Reward by Mohrro 2018-12-08T09:50:04Z ♥ 1

Neat! Perhaps, to make it harder, you should die when an enemy reaches the ground, or stays dead for too long.

Deep Hell by Alysson Moraes 2018-12-08T09:37:32Z ♥ 0

MMMM!!! That blood! That shake! It just makes killing so much fun.

The Reign Of Lambs by MaFancy 2018-12-07T18:13:31Z ♥ 0

Very smart puzzle mechanics! A bit more polish would've helped, but I understand that time during LD ticks fast. Great, really great game!

Downgradius by xjcl 2018-12-07T17:57:49Z ♥ 2

'ere ya go boi https://www.mediafire.com/file/2wacc2fijyta9mb/Downgradius.zip/file

Escape of the Cheese Droid by dob 2018-12-07T08:37:36Z ♥ 1

Someone probably mentioned that the further you put your cursor from the player, the more accurate it is.

I found the main game pretty--NO! NO NEGATIVITY! POSITIVITY!--fun! And the loss of your body parts makes an excellent conjunction to the theme. The only thing I didn't like was that, well, y'know... drones are the only enemies? Really?

Shine by Jackson_makes_games 2018-12-07T08:33:29Z ♥ 0

Just saying, the waves were WAY too boring. An enemy came up every 3 seconds or so, and apart from more health there was no difficulty curve, it was just constantly the same old point 'n' shoot. I actually never used the light because it was useless with how easy the game was.

Ants by shiqichuan 2018-12-07T08:28:08Z ♥ 1

It's kinda weird because to move in one direction I had to press the arrow to the other direction and I didn't really use W or S much.

ANKH by morriss 2018-12-06T18:22:33Z ♥ 0

Good job. Game jams are there for you to learn so if you'll excuse me, I'll give you some very critical and critisising feedback.

LACKS POLISH!

PHYSICS ARE WEIRD!

THE LEVEL WHERE YOU LEARN TO ACTIVATE ANKHS WITH BULLETS IS IMPOSSIBLE! (i think)

NO MUSIC!

Thanks you for accepting this highly aggressive critisism.

Craftsman by Gao Ming 2018-12-06T18:17:48Z ♥ 0

I never got a sacrifice to work. Bother this god.

Why didn't you opt-out of the "humor" category? This seems like more of a serious game than a funny one.

DEATH GUN by Flat-Anchor 2018-12-06T18:15:25Z ♥ 0

Really, really, unexpectedly fun. Fun and a lack of polish, models, or music. That's what this game is.

In the name of Spaghetti by Link 2018-12-05T22:01:26Z ♥ 2

I think that the theme could have been used more creatively, more in the game design than the story and theme. But good job nevertheless.

(oh no my english teacher will kill me for starting a sentence with "but")

Supercharged Juggernaut Wasps by gaspard 2018-12-05T21:57:47Z ♥ 1

THIS IS AMAZING!!! YEEEEEAAAAHHHH!!!!!

Sorry. Got a little carried away there.

So, as you can tell, I really liked this. But why? I dunno. It's cool.

ulis43 by Anonyte 2018-12-05T21:56:01Z ♥ 2

Nice idea, but I felt like there was too much information to take in at once, and I didn't quite know what to do, and I game-overed no matter what I did. I think that a sort of pause-time thingo would help.

Impatient Patients by Ryfi 2018-12-05T21:52:01Z ♥ 2

This game really amazed me. Despite the poor assets, it was surprisingly fun and funny. I loved the bad speech-to-text and outright stupid solutions of the doctor (like really, every single thing this nibba does kills the patient). Anyway, after a bit of getting used to the controls, I found myself in a state of flow, though sacrifices didn't really need to be made, I saved everyone I could. I'm tired of writing this comment now ghoodybye

Omelettes by stevenjmiller 2018-12-05T21:48:34Z ♥ 1

I need to admit, I love your work. Your puzzle concepts are always new and innovative. WHat I find lacking though, is the "game feel". There's hardly any sound and no music, which I understand might be from time constraints or lack of ability to make audio, but I think that your should team up with someone who can do the assets and really make your game stand out. Great job!

Human Resource by Megalink 2018-12-04T18:33:15Z ♥ 2

ARGHH I HAVE TO WRITE A GOOD COMMENT AGAIN. RRRRHHHAAAAA

I have mixed feeling about this game. As Koala Squad noted, the puzzles were a bit lame (this is a problem I have myself!) The monsters were more skill-based than puzzle-based. However, the mood and art were great, the music a bit boring but good. Overall, great game! Good job.

Ass Man by Kaboosh 2018-12-03T18:24:08Z ♥ 0

Mixed feelings about this one. I loved the idea and presentation, but (at least for me) it wasn't very.. intuitive? I guess that's the word. Blasting away was quite hard, it bounced you away a lot vertically but almost nil horizontally. The physics are a bit off. I don't know how to end on a positive note without feeling awkward, so I'll just write this sentence! 😅

Volcanic Ritual by zircon123 2018-12-03T18:15:36Z ♥ 1

No worries! 😀 Game jams are for game developers to learn, after all. If you keep on improving and learning, you will gets there eventually.

Edit: I'm a GameMaker Studio 2 dev too, so here are my tips:

-Build it as a ZIP FILE, not an INSTALLER. Why? You'll get better ratings. It always somehow works, though no one knows how.

-RENAME your game in the Windows Options. Because, in fact, you game is called "Volcanic Ritual", NOT "Made in GameMaker Studio 2".

-following from that last one, make an ICON for it. [Here's a very good PNG to ICO converter](https://convertico.com/).

Changing spaces by Shakedimus 2018-08-30T15:44:13Z ♥ 1

Fun little game! I liked it, it was quite hard. Special Mode was also a nice feature. Obviously because of lacking time I can see that the game looks more like a prototype. Too bad @mapedorr already recommended Mark Brown's video on game juice, but if you're a newcomer, I really recommend watching all of his vids. They really teached me a lot. Good work!

PS This image is totally not edited and I really got this score:

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Blow the Hen Down by NickZangus 2018-08-29T15:40:09Z ♥ 1

Best game. Best game. I think that just throwing the chickens off board would be a *bit* easier.

The Red pixel by RainbowKappaGames 2018-08-27T19:33:53Z ♥ 0

Quite nice. Good game. Too bad there isn't any audio tho.

Tales Of Steel And Mana: Empire's Birth by DreamingDice 2018-08-24T18:21:21Z ♥ 1

Nice entry! This looks more like a prototype though. Here's what I would change/improve:

-The graphics. Most of the graphics are blurred/scaled/low resolution and they just look rushed and poorly made. The GUI, too, is inconsistent (the pause button is a clear resolution icon but the menu buttons are pixelated) and sometimes just hurts the eye. I'd recommend watching [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE_ZuNp1CTI) for help.

-The fights. They aren't really a tactical challenge, all you can really do is attack or defend, and by just attacking, I got through a lot of fights. I really would recommend a fighting system like in the Heroes of Might and Magic series (I espacially love [HoM&M III](https://store.steampowered.com/app/297000/Heroes_of_Might__Magic_III__HD_Edition/), I play it all the time ❤️ ).

-The audio. Sounds would help immerse the player a bit more and the music could change according to the environment. One track just playing through the whole game gets quite tiring to listen to.

I really liked the whole idea, though. Making an RPG for Ludum Dare? Great work! 😄

PS really sorry for my generic comment. I will try to restrain from writing such comments.

Block Jumper by Akadream 2018-08-20T20:23:16Z ♥ 1

It's a nice game. Movement is a bit floaty (which happens to nearly all platformers) so you can't really perfectly align a jump. I liked the graphics and audio. Good work! 😄

French, Pen Price, DOOM! by Mmmuscus 2018-08-20T20:09:31Z ♥ 1

Loved it! Kinda exhausting but really well made and polished.

Void Era by Timbelion 2018-08-20T20:08:11Z ♥ 0

This was kinda exhausting, but I got 17250! I like the idea of making bullets disappear after time. However, I think it would be a better choice to just give the player autofire (so I wouldn't have to mash my mouse button). I think some more weapon types would be apprecieated as well as new enemies and better graphics. But the game overall is really good and fun!

Out Of Mind by Biebras 2018-08-19T18:33:27Z ♥ 2

I loved the tense and mysterious atmosphere. However my run ended pretty quick because of the clumsy controls and LIVES. Like, they were used 2 decades ago. Why does every game HAVE to have lives??? So anyway, the concept, art and audio are good, but the gameplay is bad. Try working on that. Try making movement fun and easy.

Outta Space by Coal Creek Game Devs 2018-08-18T19:28:36Z ♥ 1

Probably the best game I've seen on LD42 so far.

Ice n Fire by Jiri_One 2018-08-18T19:22:04Z ♥ 0

Nice! Good work! 😄 👍 PS How come you have the HMTL5 version of GameMaker Studio 2 im so jealous 😡 PPS I know it's GameMaker: Studio but still 😡

No disk space by rayriver 2018-08-18T07:33:48Z ♥ 0

This game was TOTALLY AWESOME BONKERS LOL!!! I loved it. I would really like to see a full version. And while I'm at it, I would also like to be able to sequence break (I was only able to get the 1st ending), like f.e. you can get the uninstaller before Safe365 starts downloading crap. Any way, this is probably my favorite game from LD42.

Gunning Out Of Space by ytaha 2018-08-17T19:04:22Z ♥ 0

14860. That's my score. Really great work with everything! I suggest you add more enemies, guns, special attacks, levels, and environments.

Lava Rider by Linky439 2018-08-17T16:32:09Z ♥ 1

I loved the retro styled art and sfx (even though the surfing loop was really irritating), but I would make the gravity a bit higher (I usually do *vsp += 0.3;*). Other than that, it's surprising that you did this yourself in only 48 hours!

The Hero's incredible Chronicles by Gaming Night 2018-08-17T16:29:18Z ♥ 1

I was seriously disappionted. 3 stars.

Warehouse Madness by Andreadbx 2018-08-17T16:28:00Z ♥ 1

It was a bit confusing at first, I realised later that you can put packages elsewhere and that you need to stack them Big -> Medium -> Small. After that, it was pretty stressful! Nice work. Got 4 points.

Zlinx by frontlinesaint 2018-08-17T09:58:37Z ♥ 0

Nice job! Good gameplay and music. Kinda buggy that the music restarts whenever you restart the room. I recommend you try fixing that (make it only play on the beginning of the game).

Shopper by catchthefloaty 2018-08-17T09:43:48Z ♥ 0

This is one of those games that's so badly made it's funny.

Match In A Bottle by Tiberiusuciu 2018-08-17T09:25:07Z ♥ 1

Really, really nice entry! I liked it. The only 2 things I would recommend doing are: -Increase jump height so you can jump 2 blocks. -Make an arrow to show you where the next block will fall. This will decrease randomness. Apart from that, great job making the game! 😀 My score was 520.

The National Library of Geometric Impossibilities by nanolotl 2018-08-17T09:08:27Z ♥ 0

Fatal Error: Can not create vertex buffer of size 147456 bytes 13299 vertex buffers allocated with total size of 1912864 KB at gml_Script_d3d_draw_floor_flat Yeah I got the same error. I have an Intel core i5. Yeah and I unfortunately published 10 blank comments because of lag. Sorry. I was really excited for this game.

As the world burns by super8bitrafa 2018-08-17T06:30:10Z ♥ 1

This was ABSOLUTE CHAOS!!! I loved it. The audio was a bit too ear-rapey though. Maybe make it quieter or smthn?

Groundfall by Arcus 2018-08-16T13:03:17Z ♥ 1

http://www.mediafire.com/file/16t175w2nlb89zm/Running_out_of_space.zip/file I exported it for you! 🤗 I think that you should check out [Shaun Spalding](https://www.youtube.com/user/999Greyfox)'s channel. He got me into GameMaker and brought me where I am [today](https://nnnikki.itch.io). Also, I recommend checking out [Mark Brown](https://www.youtube.com/user/McBacon1337)'s videos about game design. Keep learning!

Closing In by Luiza Engler 2018-08-16T13:00:12Z ♥ 0

Umm, there's only a Linux build??

Pop it! by LJay 2018-08-16T12:52:17Z ♥ 2

This is such a humorous game!!! 😄 😄 😄 I loved the different types of popcorn, with their unique sounds and "personality". I had a slight problem with this game, namely that it's easiest to just pop all popcorns as fast as possible and hope that it will count as a win before they fall out. Apart from that, really good entry!

😄

The Adventures of Stickman in Macrosoft Doors! by Scott Purcival 2018-08-16T12:45:31Z ♥ 0

THE MOVEMENT IS A NIGHTMARE!!! Really humorous game, it really made me laugh! 😄 Aspecially with the sounds and art. But how come all Unity platformers are so hard to play??? Like, when I move, then I need to press the arrow key in the opposite direction to stop myself, because if I won't, I'll glide waay too far! What type of controlling is this?? If not for that, I would have probably finished this game. 😡

Foggy raft by dimlight 2018-08-15T18:47:31Z ♥ 1

Wow. Just wow. What a game. I would never think that such a game could be made for a game jam. I was really amazed. Congrats!

Space Junk Jettison by Mark Smith 2018-08-15T18:35:15Z ♥ 0

Wow, what a submission! I was impressed. Cool game! I don't have much to add. (How does the theme fit tho???)

Tiny Colony by Mikixen 2018-08-15T18:33:06Z ♥ 1

This is a great game! Congratulations! Making the colony was challenging. I think that the cracks appeared a bit too often so it was really hard to build the 3rd stone temple. Cute and fun! Consider turning this into a full game.

Become a Monster by Rodrigo Denúbila 2018-08-15T18:30:39Z ♥ 0

I liked it! It was interesting to become that monster. The graphics were great (aspecially for those posters lol). I don't see how it fits the theme though. Good work! 😃

Falloor by Madamin_Z 2018-08-15T18:27:28Z ♥ 1

Neat concept, but I think that it would've been a lot more interesting if you made the tiles fall after a certain amount of time and it would be possible to fall down. In the 3rd level, I found that it was mostly about dodging the ghosts instead of worrying about the falling tiles. Anyway, cute and fun game!

Journey of the Crab by maoap 2018-08-15T18:24:34Z ♥ 1

I encountered some collision problems (once I got stuck inside a wall and died), and the graphics could be better. If you can't make good art, I'd recommend making minimalist art instead of bad art. Alright, I'm done with the negativity! 😅 Apart from that, pretty solid entry. I had a lot of fun playing through it.

ReMind LD-42 by EvanM 2018-08-15T18:19:47Z ♥ 1

The intro text way waaay too slow. I think that it would be better if you were able to skip from one text to the other. Apart from that, well, I'll say, it wasn't really hard or interesting, just click on good memories and don't click on the bad ones. The same memories get repeated over and over make for a simply boring game. This is a good idea, if you would make the memories disappear faster, or make multiple at the same time, you would have something interesting and fun to play. This is a good start, but not a very good end product.

Sorry for all the negativity... best wishes man! 😃

What Is On The Walls Inside by fullmontis 2018-08-15T18:14:27Z ♥ 1

I love how for every game jam, there is an artistically and philosophically astounding game. I really liked playing it. Got the 1st ending.

XORN: The Fallen God by ThibaultAr 2018-08-15T18:13:04Z ♥ 2

Really great game! Loved it.

Too Rich Ed by Fedor 2018-08-15T18:01:55Z ♥ 0

How does this use the theme? I found that all you need to do is fly to the coins until you have enough to buy the 4x fuel and then all you need to do is just fly up. The game isn't really interesting. You should have made some interesting stuff, this is (I hate to say it, but let's be honest) boring. Sorry.

Night Shift by TomekS 2018-08-15T17:25:56Z ♥ 0

Unfortunately I couldn't move "UnityPlayer.dll" from the .zip file.

Velocity Square by snarf2000 2018-08-15T15:20:37Z ♥ 1

There should definately be more levels. This is a great idea!

Vertex by MiracL 2018-08-14T12:24:04Z ♥ 1

Perfect 100 score! YEAH! Good job! You should write about how to play the game though. At first I was a little confued.

Detox by FiloGC 2018-08-14T12:20:22Z ♥ 0

Loved it! Simple little game, but with a lot of polish.

Uninstall by Deadeyejoe02 2018-08-14T12:19:29Z ♥ 0

I was really excited for the game, but the stability took a hit. After the first 2 bosses (which didn't make any problems), I got into the 2nd phase of the Snapchat ghost, where I clicked 4 wrong folders and then there wasn't any speech, no buttons, no anything. Just the phone's screen with nothing on it and music playing in the background. A bit more polish would make this game a lot better.

Flood by Megalink 2018-08-14T08:17:32Z ♥ 0

Simply neat!

Stuck! by chkkll 2018-08-14T08:07:37Z ♥ 1

Really fun game, I'm pretty sure it's impossible though. Good job!

The Flash drive is trapped inside the computer and is being attacked by Files by Martyxgames 2018-08-13T11:53:58Z ♥ 1

I really liked this one! Not much to say, it's great!

Claustrophobia by deformhead 2018-08-13T11:41:52Z ♥ 1

Loved it! Cute ittle puzzle game. Perhaps you could expand it and make it into a full game?

Digestion Aggression by BBrown 2018-08-13T11:34:44Z ♥ 0

"We couldn't find this page! Error 404" Um.

The Killer Blue Tiles by Alisiena 2018-08-13T10:22:17Z ♥ 1

Umm, what do the blue tiles do exactly? Pretty much nothing. Also at one point when I pressed "Next level", nothing happened, so I quit and went to level 2, but there it said that I haven't unlocked it yet??

Vain by Tudvari 2018-08-13T08:51:48Z ♥ 1

You should work more on the game. It's a really neat concept, but definately needs polishing.

Sink or Swim by wrexialmt 2018-08-13T08:50:45Z ♥ 2

The way you wrote the story made me think that I was trying to kill the fish and I was so confused when it died and I failed. Anyway, I'd also say that the water sound was a bit too annoying, and the graphics looked really bad. The have this this-is-my-first-ever-game style, u kno wat i mean? Anyway, great game! I liked it.

Stack Overflow by firefly4 2018-08-12T13:37:26Z ♥ 0

This was quite a fun experience!

Spaceless by yilian 2018-08-12T13:36:26Z ♥ 1

Nice game! I found that the movement was a bit too floaty and that I never was in full control of it. Really fun though!

Automata Resist by javidx9 2018-08-12T13:34:43Z ♥ 0

Quite nice! I liked it.

Zap The Zombies ! by roxter08 2017-12-15T21:28:20Z ♥ 0

I have a theory that this game is impossible. The zombies have too much health. I'd recommend that you should add different types of enemies, getting more powerful after each wave, and also maybe powerups that would give you move damage, health or power.

Money Dungeon by Mathiouza 2017-12-15T13:17:38Z ♥ 1

I think this game is kinda boring and uninteresting. Music also repetitive.

ARCADE OVERFLOW by Remco 2017-12-15T13:16:50Z ♥ 1

Great game and concept! Even better that time doesn't go on until you do something.

Ethereal by _benhumphries 2017-12-15T13:15:23Z ♥ 0

This game is a bit too scary...

Munchy Cell by McFish 2017-12-15T12:57:44Z ♥ 0

good music, kinda followed concept (agar.io) and i found a bug that when you get to the border, you can't move anymore.

A Platformer for Ants by Elendow 2017-12-15T12:54:44Z ♥ 1

Cool idea and great game but a bit too few features.

Loot Grabber by AndreB 2017-12-15T12:45:23Z ♥ 2

the buttons in the menus didn't really work that well, and in level 3 i lost because i didn't know where the cursor was. It's too small! Anyway, the music was bomb and the graphic style also interesting. I just don't know what it had to do with the theme...

Soul thief fish by Kultisti 2017-12-14T15:22:09Z ♥ 1

How are you supposed to play this?? The controls are so weird that you move waaaay to fast, when you're in stealth mode and a fish, it only some of the time is slowed down. This is unplayable.

Barreus by bar0net 2017-12-14T15:19:06Z ♥ 1

just like everyone else, I will say it used the theme really well. However, I think the game was a bi too hard.

Dr. Micro vs The Virus by Nekomews 2017-12-14T15:17:47Z ♥ 1

I found a bug that when you move too fast in the virus room you can go out of the screen...

Breakpoint by Quade Zaban 2017-12-14T15:16:20Z ♥ 0

It was so laggy I couldn't play it.

Charge Arena by PurpleAlien 2017-12-14T15:16:01Z ♥ 1

great game, but I felt like the controls were a bit wacky and it was hard to make small moves.

Radiant Barrels by x1212 2017-12-09T17:51:56Z ♥ 0

I was unable to run it.

H3X F0R H1R3 by cakeknuckles 2017-12-09T17:51:33Z ♥ 1

Cool game, but boring. It wasn't really fun and that's why I didn't like it. I also don't see what it had to do with the theme. Not minding my personal preferences, great game.

Briiik by Goloso Games 2017-12-08T22:59:28Z ♥ 1

SO ADDICTIVE

DROP by Syrapt0r 2017-12-07T21:12:27Z ♥ 1

Everything was awesome! The best LD game I've played so far! Nice graphics, nice audio and nice concept. Great job! 😃

Bat Dose by Serval Games 2017-12-07T21:10:30Z ♥ 1

I don't understand how it got worse as I got bigger. Also, why do the snakes always kill you? And what does the mother bat do? I want answers.

(MAAB) Mistakes Are Actually Bad by dimaswift 2017-12-07T21:04:50Z ♥ 1

As funny and weird this game is, it's cool, fun and innovative. For only 48 hours, you've done a great job!

Time is Bad by BudgieM2 2017-12-07T20:53:03Z ♥ 1

Love it! Nive and simplistic graphics (love the qwerky character), nice idea for the time-difficulty combination. The only thing I don't like is that it's hard to jump from one wall to another, but instead you have to jump on the same wall multiple times.

Get Wasted! by Newton 2017-12-07T20:44:08Z ♥ 1

For me, it's just boring. Sorry. No action, just go from one bar to another and drink. Also, in the bottom left bar, I didn't see the meter get filled for how much you have left to drink. However I love the effect you made (the blurring)

Travel by madsj 2017-08-19T12:41:20Z ♥ 1

Fun lil' game! 3rd favorite game of LD39 so far.

Clumsy Clemens in Space by phi 2017-08-19T12:27:44Z ♥ 0

1. Lags too much 2. I completely don't understand what I'm supposed to do 3. I like cookies

LEADER by carlosvVk 2017-08-17T15:56:26Z ♥ 1

Great game! My 2nd favorite LD39 game so far.

Expectations by thebmxeur 2017-08-17T15:38:17Z ♥ 0

What is going on???

Dorgus Needs Power! by WillData 2017-08-17T09:56:31Z ♥ 1

Great game, but WAY too hard for me...

White bubble by Thuvareyn 2017-08-17T09:52:43Z ♥ 0

Cool idea, but it's just kinda lame to go to the bed, then to the fridge, and so on...

Pylon Defense by Doc ill 2017-08-17T09:49:18Z ♥ 1

Cool concept, but the modelling was bad and you could have different types of towers.

Deliverer by bunrun11 2017-08-17T09:43:16Z ♥ 1

Nice idea, but it's too hard to move the car around. It turns too fast.

Static Shoes by drkr 2017-08-16T10:46:13Z ♥ 1

I don't understand the machanics.

HE BEAT HER. by Angela He 2017-08-16T10:45:35Z ♥ 1

My favorite part is the ability to fart. XD

A Black Screen by qzqxq 2017-08-15T20:03:47Z ♥ 0

Great idea! Sadly, it's way too hard for me.

Battery of Power by Belga54 2017-08-14T13:50:35Z ♥ 1

Good game. Nice idea of making the power your ammo. It makes the gameplay harder. I think that the menu music is kinda repetitive, so try and make it have more variety. Noice!

Tesla Siblings by Linky439 2017-08-14T13:45:03Z ♥ 1

It looks like a game from the 90's. I didn't understand how the blue orbs were supposed to function. Also, you should make holding the down button down should make it go down faster instead of making you immediately go down.

Don't Let the Light Go Out by BeamKirby 2017-08-14T13:34:57Z ♥ 0

The effects are cool, but the gameplay is actually kinda lame. Not much to say.

Fight for Power by Anthony Moran 2017-08-13T20:02:12Z ♥ 0

When I opened the game, it immediately closed. So I didn't give a rating.

Discharged Automaton by Serval Games 2017-08-13T19:55:57Z ♥ 1

This is the best Ludum Dare game I EVER played. It has exceeded my expectations by a LOT. If it would be polished and fleshed-out, it could be a great horror game for 1.99 on Steam.

I really got spooked.

Dash Guy by Defratino 2017-08-13T19:35:15Z ♥ 0

I have a few questions... 1. Why is there a fart sound when you touch the floating blue thingy? 2. Why is the game called "Made in GameMaker: Studio"? 3. Why does it have the GameMaker: Studio icon? 4. Why aren't there any instructions? 5. Why did you use GameMaker: Studio and not GameMaker: Studio 2? XD

The Last Miner by bluellama 2017-08-13T19:19:00Z ♥ 0

Great game! Kinda reminds me of Mark Brown's video on Downwell. Did you get inspiration from him?