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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 23 | Tiny World | Gravity Sucks [WEB] | compo | 112 | 3.58 | 3.53 | 3.04 | 3.15 | 3.53 | 3.48 | 2.47 | 2.98 | 71 |
This could have been a lovely platformer, as it looks good and seems to be well made... But the really poor controls have made me give up after only a few minutes. Tapping a key makes you move a tiny amount yet hold it for a millisecond to long and and you shoot off! If more care had been taken with the controls I'm sure I would have loved this...
Shame you didn't finish, but I hope you continue with this as you get a five star rating for innovation! The idea is fantastic, but this demo is obviously a WIP and not a game... no sound, no tutorial nor menus, and not too much to do either.
Excellent game. Really well made and really interesting gameplay make for a fun puzzle game with a slightly twisted outlook! Loved the graphics and sound too, and mu only complaint is that the aleatory movement of the little people made certain levels (World 7 anyone?) almost impossible to complete without infinite patience. All in all, a good solid game, however. Well Done!
Great idea and quite well done.
Well, not the worst game I've played, but it's very slow to get started and without a tutorial it's a bit difficult to know how to go about things. I really didn't like the building mechanism as having to constantly press the t key to tunnel rather than drag and hold the mouse button was counter intuitive, and I found that if you create a tunnel where the ants are they bug out and get trapped spinning inb circles!!! The lack of sound also goes against it, although the presentation and graphics were of a high quality.
A very average game, I´m afraid. With some more powerups and more variety in the gameplay it could have been a lot better...
Loved this. It's nicely presented and quite fun to play, although I do think that the difficulty needs balanced a bit. The idea itself could be expanded upon with more cells to do different things and different types of pathogens too.
Well made, well presented, but a bit too easy, with very limited gameplay. Like a lot of games in this comp, I'd love to see this expanded on and made bigger...
I tried to like this, I really did! The use of the theme was good, and the game is fairly polished, but the controls just seemed awkward to me and I couldn't get a good handle on how to move around!
This is probably my highest rated game yet... stunning stuff! A really simple mechanic (done it myself (whistle...)) but beautifully tweaked to give it that innovative twist. Add some wonderful graphics, fitting music and ingenious music and you get one of the best games in the competition. Great stuff!
i really don't know what to say about this... Can't quite see what the relation to the theme is, and it gets a bit tedious quickly. However the graphics are nice and the idea shows promise.
Sorry, couldn't play... I get a busy cursor and then nothing. No errors no anything...
Excellent game! Somewhat hard to get into but it's definitely worthwhile taking the time to learn the controls as this is pretty deep for having been made in such a short time. My only real complaint is the same as what robbiehunt says, and that it needs more of a tutorial at the start. But it's still one of the best games I've played so far...
Neat little game, and well made... Fairly tight controls and the gameplay was fun for a while, but it lacked depth.
I just couldn't play this I'm afraid. I never had enough money to use the ray! It did go up but REALLY slowly and I always spent it on something else to see if that did anything anyway. And the short music loop that you can't turn off annoyed as well... The idea is great and it could have been fun, but I'm either doing something wrong or have no patience! Oh, and I had to play the windows version as the Web one just refused to load (and if you press >Space< you get an error).
Okay, so it's not the best game in the world, but it made me laugh, has duct tape and the sound effects are awesome! So it's better than a lot of things I've played this comp...
Cool little game, especially for being your first with a new language... Well done! My main criticism is the sound as the jumping really got on my nerves, but the rest was really solid.
I'd love to play and rate the game, but having it only for Android is limiting as hell...
This was a surprise! I honestly didn't think much from the screenshots, but it just proves you can't judge a book by it's cover! This is a lovely, well thought out and relaxing puzzle game that I really enjoyed. Well done!
I haven't rated I'm afraid as I have no-one to play with (sob!) so it wouldn't be fair... what I can say however is that the idea is cool, but the presentation was lacking (no title screen, no instructions etc...).
I can only concur with the others that have posted so far... Not really a game this, but rather an experience! But a fun one that I would be willing to repeat, as the game mechanic is excellent and really deserves far more game than it gets. I hope you expand upon this!
Cool little game! And quite addictive, probably due to it's simplicity...
Aww... Sorry, can't play as I don't have a mac.
This promised to be a fun game and tbh honest if it had fewer bugs then it probably would be.. Unfortunately I had to quit three times in five minutes due to the player getting stuck in boxes and walls and even pressing R just re-spawned me back where I'd been stuck... On a plus side the graphics are smart and the sound is good, and the actual platforming action seems very smooth.
Potentially fun game, but for some reason it's not. Not sure why, but I can say that the music didn't help! Annoying as hell it is... Maybe with a bit more content and a better balance of gameplay elements this would be a great game?
Thanks for playing guys! @jeroenimooo, that's about the only bug I've found so far and will be fixed when LD finishes and add more content...
Thanks Andrew! And Thanks too Jaj... I find your comment odd though, as it should't be able to happen! Guess I have another bug to squish then...
Thanks for all the nice comments guys! I will DEFINITELY be polishing this up when the voting is over...
Thank you Toast for playing and commenting... Yes, I think your suggestion about the stars would certainly make the game better as it would then give an incentive to jump around and use the gravity to collect them, which is more fun than the current "run around the world" system I have. Thanks for that!
@0x17 : The source JS is in the html5 folder. That scripts one I should have removed!
@spilth : Thanks!The repeat issue seems to be a timing error with Chrome as it makes the game run faster! And the getting stuck is just part of the game! you can restart the level from the pause menu...
@thatshelby : Thanks for playing!
Thank you all very very very much... Kind words for my first entry to LD! Well worth the 40+ hours I put into it! And to the person that asked what sdk I used, it's GameMaker:HTML5.
Okay game, but nothing special... I couldn't finish it however, as I could find no way to get the last bits of the ship in the clouds!
Excellent game! Really polished and nicely presented, with a decent story and use of the theme. I should also mention that the graphics are of a really high quality which just adds to the overall feeling of playing a quality game.
Okay, that was a surprise! I actually enjoyed this... it's a kind of chaotic Bomberman.
Argh! I hated this! Sorry! The music was annoying as hell, the sounds were annoying as hell, the movement was annoying as hell! Oh, and I'm not sure how this fits the theme... However, reading the other comments it seems like I'm a minority, so don't pass on this just because of my comments... I'm probably just a weirdo!
Fun little game you have there! It's simple, yet fun and not at all what I expected... although I think it lacks a little variety and is way to easy. Loved the cogs!
Horribly hard. Sorry, but when you can't even get past the first level then something is wrong...
Hmmm... Seems I'm the only one that didn't really like this I'm afraid. I didn't like the graphics, I didn't like the lack of sound effects, and the movement seemed awkward. Sorry, but this really wasn't my cup of tea...
Okay game I guess, but having four things shooting at you plus randomly appearing obstacles just made the game impossible for me...
Great game! I'll be coming back to play this again due to the different things that can happen while playing... One thing I would have liked is a bit less randomness in the drops, as it means that sometimes Dave Dies from thirst or whatever and it's not your fault. Oh, and this reminds me LOADS (don't ask me why) of the C64 game "Little Computer People".
Meh... It was okay, but nothing special I´m afraid. One hit kill for the ship collisions was too harsh IMHO and the controls were just not responsive enough for the level of difficulty that the game presents.
As much as I can see what you are trying to achieve with this game, I really think it fails... It just is too much of a jump in scope from the "tutorial" to the main event and the lack of coherence between those two parts makes the player feel lost or cheated. Shame, as done differently it could have been a good experience.
I couldn't play I'm afraid as I got an error saying that the MSCVR100.dll couldn't be found...
Interesting take on the old "space shooter" but it's way too easy to beat if you are patient. Just set up a couple of mines, wait a bit,create loads of missiles, take a planet instantly then rinse and repeat. A bit more substance and I's have liked it more...
The gameplay itself was decidedly average, with no real "hook" for me. But the graphics and presentation were excellent! If the controls had been slightly tighter and the difficulty slightly lower I would have enjoyed this a lot more, however.
Interesting concept, but (as you have realised) not really adequate to the competition... However I wish you the best of luck with the continuation of this project as it is very promising!
Interesting game... It's like a craftsman approach to game making with the hand drawn graphics and the whistling. It was atmospheric too, although way to short..
Okay game, but a bit boring... it really needs a life/death cycle so that if the ants are happy they produce more. At the moment you can easily set up a static system with everything necessary and just leave it. More dynamic stuff would have been great! One bug I found is that I had no sound (Chrome).
Nicely presented, great idea, average graphics and sound... overall, a great entry but lacking that "something" that makes it special... maybe I just can't think in circles?
Cool little strategy game, but a little fiddly in the controls. I did enjoy it though and it's got a fair bit of cotent considering the time it was made in!
Excellent game! Innovative, different and very, very clever... Loved the graphics and the sound effects were fitting. I also loved the feeling of surprise the first time you get in a robot... made me smile! The ending (as mentioned by others) is a bit weak, and the lack polish (menus, introduction, helps etc...) lower the score a bit, but not by much.
Not at all what I expected... But it was interesting and I liked the concept but (unfortunately) I found it frustratingly hard! I think it´s the combined keyboard/mouse thing that made it so difficult for me as (for some reason) I just couldn't coordinate them well!
Good game, but a little hard to get into at first! The music got a bit annoying too.. yet it was still good enough to make me play it a couple of times until I got myself a BIG BOSS!