Outpost: New World by BMacIntosh 2014-12-10T12:10:00
Nicely done, the text intro and the music are awesome !
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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 40 | The more you have, the worse it is | 👥 | Booyah Bass | jam | 431 | 3.57 | 3.64 | 3.00 | 3.93 | 3.48 | 3.56 | 3.53 | 3.62 |
| 2017 | 39 | Running out of Power | 👥 | PowerBot | jam | 246 | 3.62 | 3.45 | 2.64 | 3.70 | 3.87 | 3.64 | 2.48 | 3.28 |
| 2017 | 38 | A Small World | 👥 | ShelfHanger | jam | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
Nicely done, the text intro and the music are awesome !
Awesome entry, the title alone got me interrested and i dig the asteroid like gameplay and the oscilloscope style graphics.
Even in the dark depths of space, the pizza shall be deliverd \m/ è_é \m/
nice work overall !
Nice job ! the game is pretty fun, the shooting mechanic works well, the atmosphere is creepy, and the concept itsefl with the lights is nice too :) imo, only 3 minor setbacks :
-even when shooting carefully, you eventually run dry on snowballs it could be fun to have levels and some way to replenish your snowballs to complete them ( though i think you might went for a how long can you last approach )
-adding a crosshair instead of just having the mouse cursor could be cool
-adding a scoring display
other than that good job overall ^_^
Nicely done :) the concept, art and music are all good, though it would help for this sort of gameplay to have an options menu (the mouse sensitivity felt a bit high to me) other than that good job !
Quite innovative concept, a bit laggy yet fun, nice work :)
Nice graphics on the background, the gameplay is quite solid,
it has the potential to turn into a cool game, all you need now is a character sprite to replace the block of blue and a bit of sound and music :) but yeah 48 hours is relatively short,
i really dig the idea of the metroidvania style progression where you gain new abilities.
This is some serious fun :) the gameplay is pretty solid, there is also quite a nice enemy variety :
ducks :D / wtf nuclear catuses :o / holy s... ! Terminators O_o (actual reaction troughout the game)
the humour is pretty awesome, but i wouldn't spoil any of the dialogue, cool 48hours entry and +1 for the snowman's round :D
Thank you all for the reviews !
this is our second entry to the LD jam as a team, so it's cool to see people like what we did, even if it's flawed,
bit of a late reply cause we all had to get some rest, we've noted the issues and we'll try to patch up what we can, and will keep you up to date as much as we can :)
noted guys :) some of the issues have been fixed some are still being looked at, unfortunately some could only be fixed post ludum (at least we think so cause they could be considered as gameplay changes :s ?)
anyway we'll still update any time we can, the randomness of the goal for instance, is more of a bug we didn't expect than an actual mechanic that was supposed to playout this way.
We went a bit wild on the silly backstory just for the fun of it, then again bear in mind, this is only our second entry, and first one to make the deadline though we'll try to get a more polished overall concept / game mechanics in our future projects.
Thanks again for your honest feedback guys, MrMordem, Ostrich_Sigma, and I, will keep an eye on for more bughunting, i'll try to get the changelog from the devs to see what's been patched up so far and edit the description if MrMordem doesn't have the time to(coding and stuff... :p)
and sorry for the long ass reply -_-'
Once again noted guys and thank you for the feedback :)
MrMordem and Ostrich_Sigma are still at it when they got some time, they are currently working on fixing the game's "ending" as it is unwinnable in it's current state.
Though the ending screen we had planned can not be used for the moment (not sure if adding it would be considered a new feature) so we might just have a "the end" text during ludum
@Empyrealhell : As you know, the droprate / pacing issues could not be fixed right now, but we will address those eventually, Sigma is still working on the sound as even himself found out it was a bit too loud. The fun thing about the hats is, that having them as powerups to change your attack is what was innitially planned, we didn't implement it yet because of time constraints (we had quite some dev issues while making it thus many features missing right now)
@Erhune : Haha ! it's true, hats can make any game awesome, though we're clearly not at a TeamFortress level of awesomeness :p
@Demy : Yup, and these issues will be looked at post ludum, fun comparison though :p
@Linear : We kinda chose snowmen because of some joke we had during themevoting, one round was all about kitten hype, another about snowmen hype, so we kinda went "ok if either of these is the theme it's gonna be Snowmen vs Kittens for us" eventually the theme arrived and we kept this concept cause we thought we could make something humorous out of it. Innovation wise, we never claimed it would be, that's why we didn't tick this criteria for judging :)
Thanks again everyone, and keep the feedbacks coming, we'll keep you up to date !
Thanks for the feedback guys, the devs are still working on some fixes, i'll update the log as soon as they are available.
We will also adress the gameplay issues and add a bit new features after the Ludum to make the game more fun :)
Nice work ! it's quite fun to go through the maze being chased by fire,
i just had a few technical issues, the arrow keys seemed to stop responding at random some times, and the game over screen seems to make the game crash for some reason :(
otherwise its a good game, the music is good too ^^
I like it, i found it just a bit random but it fits the theme well, gotta love banana browser :p
Really original concept gameplay wise, the graphics are quite nice too ^^ and the music is just pure NES goodness.
Great job guys, if it weren't for this LD's theme it has good potential to be more than a one screen game :)
Really like the look and mood of the game,the graphics and music are top notch, to me there are just 3 minor setbacks :
-the character sprite can be hard to find when you first start the game
-the jumping mechanics are still a little bit touchy
-for some reason i had trouble interacting with the usable objects in the environement
other than that its a cool concept and it fits the theme so well done :)
Fun little game, the graphics are quite nice,
i don't know if it's because i tried the web version, but i had a tiny issue on the title screen, the font didn't seem to work as it wasn't the same one from your screenshot, not a real problem but just so you know ^^
also +1 for controller support !
Fun concept, the graphics and music are really good, gameplay wise, i had a weird glich after completing the first level and went out of bounds :/
thanks for the feedback, the devs are working on the issues, i'll update the changelog as things are patched up :)
Thanks guys for the feedback, apparently there are still issues when the game restarts right after the game over screen, the devs are working on it, and they are still trying to fix the floatiness as well.
Thanks for your feedback and the helpful advice with Unity @cyberstarlight glad you like what we managed to make despite the (many) flaws :p
This LD was kinda rough compared to some other entries we made in the past but still nice to see people apreciate our efforts ^^
As said in the description of the entry its was our first time using Unity during an LD thus the many weird physics etc... apparently we had some problems with how unity handled "stacking" physics related objects so Ogma spend more of the time trying to solve these issues so we could keep our main gameplay gimmick and not go just simple platformer (hopefully your link could help learn a bit about this)
The ceiling stuff is kind of an issue because of missing mechanics that couldn't be implemented due to time constraints the ennemies and attack do nothing at the moment for the same reason even though there should be the animation playing (twice for some reason XD)
We're always quite invested in what we do, cause we would really like to make some cool games we feel we would also like to play, so quality is important (even if well... at the moment we try our best :p)
Thanks again for your review+feedback+advice ^^
Just tested it fresh after seeing it on stream, it's simple but fun
**Positive things :** - A nice take on the theme - The interface is clear and easy to understand eventhough there are quite a lot possible actions - Don't know if it was intentionnal (if not no offense it's funny in a good way !) but the "i'm done" after completing an action cracks me up every time :) - Dat catchy tune that will stick O_o but quite honestly it's a good loop and i like that it changes when you're in "danger"
**Negative things :** - maybe a bit repetitive - too bad that it's just some text menus, although i guess this help not to clutter the interface and finding actions easily ^^
So overall well done :)
Nice and chill puzzle game, i liked it, and i'm not usually a fan of puzzle games ^^
**Positive stuff :** - Solid mechanics with a good tutorial element to learn them - Nice graphics and beautiful lighting ( only tiny thing would be to add little things to give the game a bit more visual personality i.m.o but otherwise it looks great) - Very chill mood that fit these type of games quite well - Nice difficulty progression and balance on this LD build
**Negative stuff :** - Had a bit of slowdown (albeit not a drastic fps drop either) so it could use a little bit of optimisation
Really not that much in terms of negatives, I quite enjoyed this game and it has potential
Well done dude :)
Fun little game but has a few issues
**Positive stuff :** - The funky music that fit the 70's mood - The bits of humor
**Negative stuff :** - The fact that you can't slide the power bar to get a more precise management
Other than that it was a nice experience, i didnt last that long and got fired, but hey, at least when there were no news i got a kitten, and i avoided a total nuclear apocalypse XD
Quite a nice entry i gotta say, and that intro was really funny "we are going to build a sphere..." hmm that sounds familiar ? :p
**Positive things** - The controls were sharp and responsive and i like that you guys went for the modern WASD take on"asteroids" type controls - The graphics were really good, i dig the pixel art, and the little intro was really a plus - The music was cool and fitted the game well
**Negative things :** - My only gripe is that i experienced some serious slowdowns in some areas (WebGL version) whenever there was smoke or a large number of sprites on screens
Other than that, that's quite a solid entry and it was fun to try out ^^
Nice space defense game
**Positive stuff :** - The Graphics looked good (shame you didn't want any rating ) - The simple controls felt intuitive - The energy recharge mechanic instead of a finite amount
**Negative stuff :** - The lack of music (it would improve the mood to have at least some in the background)
Quite solid, i really dig the "old computer game" vibe this one has the space physics where you have to take into account trajectory when aiming was a nice touch as well as independant controls for left and right turrets
Good job overall ! :)
Cool innovative approach on the physics based shooter however it has a bit of issues
**Positive stuff :** - The graphics are really beautiful - The soundtrack was good and really fitted the spacey mood - The ship's controls that are very original
**Negative stuff :** - The repair interface, while i really like the idea, i felt it was quite a handful to manage all this when surrounded by ennemies - The difficulty is a bit too high, this mostly ties with what i said previously :/
Quite frankly this is a very solid entry otherwise, especially for something done solo, it's a nice take on the theme, and the ships controls really felt tight
good job :)
Beautiful visuals and a nice experience
**Positive things :**
- The graphics are really good, especially like the title screen animation and the degrading cape :) - The music fits the mood perfectly and is really well made - The action controls feel great and responsive - The storytelling through gameplay and short flashbacks
**Negative things :**
- More of a preference but not the biggest fan of QTE either :/
Other than that really great entry with a strong mood, and quite an interesting take on the theme,
Well done !
Badass and impressive shooter, simply amazing !
**Positive things :** - The graphics are top notch, i especially like your artstyle and the genesis like palette you chose :) - The music, sound effects, and overall sound design, was pretty cool i.m.o. And again i like the fact you went for that genesis sound ^^ - The overall gameplay and gamefeel - The customisable controls which is always a plus in any game - The weapons, really liked em, and there's a pretty good selection too - The little details, like the fact that the bosses slowly run out of power as well
**Negative things :** - A little lack of feedback on the bosses when they take damage (eventhough there's the hp meter, a bit off feedback on the sprite itself wouldn't hurt i.m.o.)
I think that's all there is to say really. How did you manage to make such an awesome game in 72 hours O_o ? Always amazing
Anyway you get : the 16bit Badassery award, for making a really kickass game :p
Fun and overall solid experience, i really dig this game !
**Positive stuff :** - The Graphics in general, great spritework and art direction - The Music, the industrial like theme sounded great, it really had a kind of Quake 1 vibe to it - The tight and fast paced gameplay
**Negative stuff :** - The small ammo pickups spawning in the map are a bit hard to see, at first i didn't even know you had ammo spawning outside of buying it at the shop (maybe having a bigger sprite or outlining it more to help it stand out) - Too bad you didn't have the time to implement the full on shop you planned :(
Honestly the issues are really not that much, it was easy to pickup and play, and challenging just enough to battle these enemies and managing the energy bar
Overall great job guys i had a blast fighting off cyberdemons :D !
Fun little game !
**Positive things :**
- Dig the graphics, the ships really look great ! - Same goes for the sound effects - The controls were solid
**Negative things :**
- The powerups were a bit hard to get, maybe increasing their hitbox a bit would help so that you don't loos the benefits of the ship's small hitbox ?
Overall it was really cool, too bad it didn't have any music though, regardless it was fun to play, well done ! :)
Very impressive entry that has great atmosphere, a nice take on the strategy genre, and the artic setting really goes like bread and butter with the power theme
**Positive stuff :** - The graphics look amazing, every little sprite is full of detail - The soundtrack is really cool and really installs the strong survival mood of the game - The overall concept is really nice and the setting is quite original - The quick restart button
**Negative stuff :** - Even tough the interface is quite clear, a bit of tutorial would help to learn the mechanics of the game
Not much else to say really, this could totally be a full retail game with some missions, and maybe have the rng based maps as a bonus endless mode for replayability
Outstanding job guys :)
Fun little entry ^^
**Positives :** - The graphics while simple have got some charm to them, they really reminded me of the older computer games of the time - The music was nice and catchy - The gameplay was solid
**Negatives :** - Maybe you should add a lose condition when you run out of mana if ennemies still remain, cause when that happens there's not much you can do since there's no restart
Otherwise it was a nice experience, well done ! :)
Nice take on the theme here, it's quite a fun game
**What's good :** - overall gameplay is smooth - the eating / converting animation with according sounds were really fun - the conversion mechanic that lets you take more hits the more people you have
**What's bad :** - when you go under a certain number of brains, you have no chance to catch up to people to get a last chance refill to keep playing
Other than that, solid overall experience.
You get the George Romero award for Braiiiins ! :p
Haha coming from a team named : @caffeinated-psychics i can totally relate that coffee is power :p I like the concept, it has some flaws though
**Positive Things :** - The concept XD - The graphics, while simple are well done, so that always gets some points :)
**Negative things :** - The lack of sound, at least a little music in the background would have been nice - A bit hard managing your time to play longer, you run out of money or coffee a bit quick i.m.o :(
Regardless it's a nice little game that's still well made despite its flaws :) especially since it's a compo entry good job !
Silly award giving time :p , you get the HomeBrewed award for making a game about coffee XD
Nice shmup with some great pixel art
**Positive stuff :** - The graphics, the artstyle in general is great - The charge mechanics are a great addition to the classic shmup stuff - The fact that it's a small hitbox type of shooter
**Negative stuff :** - The charge mechanic may be a bit confusing at first with the overload that doesn't give anything, but quite frankly that's a bit of nitpicking since it's not a problem once you get used to it
Overall not much else to say, it was a good experience and the spritework was truly beautiful, good job :)
**to everyone :**
First things first, thank you all guys for the feedback, quite a nice surprise to see this many people tested out our entry, really appreciate it :)
As some troopers said in that one movie : "I'm doing my part ! " and really glad to see you guys liked the whole team's effort ^^
**Regarding the various issues :**
We'll try to iron things out controls wise (we were short on time at the upload, so the devs just put the 1st control scheme they had in mind so we don't miss the deadline)
It can always be tweaked a bit but, the "floatiness" of the jump was made as is to get the "space" feel of a low gravity environement
We always try our best to put out the most polished game during LD so your comments mean a lot really :D so keep em coming to help us improve our games !
From the bottom of my heart and on behalf of the rest of the team, a real big thank you for the honest feedback @tazumee @plepletier @ninjascribble @sebastian-m @travis-spuller @ironfroggy @ectucker1, you guys rock ! :metal:
Now time to play and rate some games, cheers !
Thanks for the feed back guys !
@jaakko : Thanks, we had a 3rd level that almost made it to the LD build but unfortunately 72 hours go by way quicker than we thought ^^' we also had a more colorful sprite for the player closer to the artwork but this also didn't make it due to time constraints, anyway glad you liked our game mate :D
@tayopi : Thank you, really glad you appreciate our efforts :)
to answer about the unclear mechanics : Yep you can shoot the security bots, they just respawn really fast (at least at the moment), and you have to be near a generator to fix it with the "F" key, you don't have to be right next to it there's a little bit of a range within you can still interract though ^^
@huvaakoodia : Haha thanks man :) yep it is retro indeed, never heard of the two games you linked before, we'll give em a try with the team whenever we can, anyway glad you liked the game ^^
@pixel-game-wizard : Thanks dude :), i'm just trying to be as helpful as i can when commenting a game and give my honest opinion about it that's all ^^
Don't feel bad about the cleaner or repair bots though, they've gone rogue and overrrun the ship :o
Anyway its always nice to see people enjoy our games, i'll hand it to you, the repair mechanic may indeed need a bit of tweaking XD (that makes it a repairception i guess ?) maybe add an animation or something and have it automated, i'll check out with the devs if we can improve this if it's not considered a "new feature" of course.
**To all the people who came by recently :**
Sorry for the late reply, Thanks to all of you for your feedback, it really helps us improve and really glad to see so many people seemd to like the game so far ^^
@toonteamj and @tero-pulkkinen :
don't really know what to say more than thank you guys for trying out the game and really cool you liked it :)
@markwolf :
I'm sorry that you had issues with the web build, don't think we can change its resolution unfortunately :/
@elede :
Thanks, always trying to outdo the presentation every LD, it's not much compared to some amazing games out there but always nice to see people like it :)
@christina-antoinette-neofotistou :
XD Thanks a lot, DOS-era games are total classics for the team, so they might have indeed influenced our game a bit :p
regarding level design, i know the devs are cooking a small update (don't know when it will be available yet) with some fixes such as the return to title problem, but i think Gorka wanted to try and add in a 3rd level if he gets the time of course ^^
@rikoclon :
Thanks glad you've enjoyed :) the sped up generator fix is supposed to happen after killing multiple repair bots (the yellow ones) if you had this under other conditions that's a glitch though. Didn't know about the searchbar thing on the web version so good to know so we can hopefully fix it, i'll check out with the devs if they might know why this can happen, ogma is supposed to put out an update later today so maybe he can catch and squash it, we know the game is a bit easy at the moment and it is planned to tweak this, but i think ogma and mordem are gonna iron out the remaining bugs before anything is changed there.
@sinclairstrange :
Thanks man really appreciate it ^^ the controls were put during the last rush before submission so yeah they're kind of random basic default keys at the moment, hopefully in some updates they're gonna be tweaked a bit, not sure if they can be made customizable without some major changes (the devs certainly know this better than me :p) if it can that's probably what's gonna be done.
The shock gun was kind of a change we put in mid JAM to have a weapon that would fit the theme more as well as hit the smaller bots that a foward shot couldn't XD
We'll surely make this one into a full game, but not after we already finish our other post LD projects that are still cooking here and there. Hopefully there should be an update coming later today so thats that :p untill we make a more complete post LD edition :)
Sorry for the late and quite long reply ^^' But really, can't say it enough thanks for youre feedback guys have a good one :D
@risingoat :
Thanks dude :) we didn't have that much time to add in the details like the player feedback, we tried a bit of knock back in an internal update but that didn't turn out as we thought so it's not gonna change untill we find a better effect.
We added particles to the repair in the 0.3, but we plan to maybe add a bit of sparks on the claw as well to make it more obvious, then again like you said 72 hours go by so quickly so we're happy we managed to at least get something playable with more than just scoring this LD :p
@stuartmd :
Thanks ^^ as always nice to see people enjoyed the game, never heard of the game you mentioned though XD
@pixel-game-wizard :
Yeah no problem :) we're trying to improve the game whenever we can, there should be a 0.4 sometime around when ogma figures out how to implement some of the planned changes (so i can't really tell when since it can take some time)
We try and do this for every LD entry we can, although many of them will eventually become full games, we have to pause some's developpement to focus on others whenever we find neet ideas to expand upon. So any unupdated game we have isn't dead, it kinda serves as a base we can build upon, and LD themes inspired us some really fun IPs so far and we're gonna use them :p
again sorry for the late reply, i kind of check the site on and off to playtest some games and anwer people whenever i can ^^
@pixel-game-wizard :
don't know if there's a PM system on the site :/ if you want, you've got our twitter and etc... on the team's profile page on the LD site, look on top of the entry page :)
@pavelsovushkin :
Thanks :) no worries they're rogue bots so it's only defense :p
@simplepotential :
Glad you liked it and think it's different ^^
@robotsandmuffins :
We generally like to go with simple core mechanics during LD so that we can manage to avoid any "feature creep" :p this can always give room for expanding and improvement however, happy to see you liked it and the FX still find convincing lightnings effects are tricky to do with few pixels :D
@split82 :
Thanks man :) Retro was pretty much the goal so it's always nice when people feel the same way, it means we might have done some things right hehe XD
Nice concept !
**Positive things :** - The graphics and overall atmosphere are good - The ambiance contributes to that atmosphere
**Negative things :** - The game could be better if there were some sort of checkpoints to refill your battery and keep looking for the exit
A good entry nontheless, good job ! :)
Really nice and chill game, very fun and relaxing !
** Positives :** - Really tight controls and fun gameplay - Some beautiful graphics, character the glider and backgrounds all look very nice :) -Calm and chill soundtrack that fits the mood of the game
** Negatives :** - Maybe a few slowdown on the WebGL version - Could be better if you could play it not only on keyboard
Other than that it's really solid, Great job guys ! ^^
Really good, especially for a first gamejam :o
**What's good :** - The concept itself is really good, i like how this kinda mixes strategy with direct control over your character - The music is good and fits the mood really well, even though you're on a time it helps not to get stressed out ^^ - The mood really has something, can't really say why but it clicks :)
**What's bad :** - More of a nitpick but even though the assets all look great and well modeled, the ship doesn't seem to fit with the rest (different style) but as i said that's a small detail
- Kind of confusing at first, a bit of tutorial text about the resources, and how wires work could help solve this
Possible glitch i found with the **WebGL** version : clicking the play again button didn't seem to work
That's about it, really cool game that feels polished, good job ! :)
Real nice take on the theme, and i really liked the idea of an adventure with multiple gameplay phases however it has a few flaws
**Positive stuff :** - The multiple gameplays as i said, they really mixed things up in a good way - The theme of the game, really clever mix of ancient mythology and sci fi which reminded me of an old childhood favorite of mine Ulysses 31 (i guess that was your inspiration ^^ so +1 )+ making homer an AI that writes the story when you're game over :p - The very "space like" mood of the 1st music - The humour was really nice as well XD
**Negative stuff :** - The game window may be a bit too tall, i see what you did putting it this way to get the vertical shooter feel (which i liked) but i had it a bit cropped at the bottom, maybe have it so that you can resize it manually to fit the screen ? - The planets hitboxes on the map, i had to click around a bit upon reaching a planet untill the game registered it and took me to the riddle phase - Tiny detail but on the shooter phase i could see a cut in the starfield background and where it repeats
I think that's about it, really the negatives are not that much, so it's a neat experience, your mythology meets sci fi theme really took me back as i said :)
i'll give you a silly award as well : You get the 31st century award for classical heroes :p
Overall a great job man ^^
Great concept with a good presentation, has a bit of issues though
**Positive stuff :** - The graphics were really good, i liked the style and overall mood of the game, i felt like it had a mix of shadow of the beast meets soul reaver with a more pixel style ^^ - The music, it fitted the mood of the game for that dark atmosphere - The little details like the minimalistic UI on top of your head, the soulsword, the walljumping, even the sound effects
**Negative stuff :** - The wall jumping mechanic, while a great idea, felt a bit clunky, jumping a bit too near a wall has an instant use of the wall jump - The camera was a bit too zoomed in and didn't help getting a good view of your surroundings - Some graphical glitches on the web version, i had these sort of lines that popped up ever so slightly
All in all, i'd say that's a solid concept otherwise, it just needs a bit of polish on some aspects, quite a good mood and presentation going on with this one
despite its small issues its a good game, well done dude :)
Really fun game, with a Rockin soundtrack :metal: and those blades on the map, kind of a hotline miami meets killing floor meets ravenholm from half life 2 :p
**Positive stuff :** - The graphics were pretty good, and i digged the small touches such as the weapon on the HUD with the actual shells for the ammo count instead of a number, and the glowing red eyes of the zombies to help still have a fighting chance once your flashlight battery runs out - The music simply rocked, it has that nice beefy Genesis metal sound wich i personally like a lot :) - The smooth gameplay tight controls and precision mouse aiming
**Negative stuff :** - More of a nitpick on a small detail, have the option tu run it windowed - No melee option when running out of ammo, while not really troublesome, having one could be fun while searching for ammo and not be defenseless
So not that much negatives i.m.o, a real solid entry that i had quite some fun with
Well done dude :) :metal:
Metal Gear Ecologist ! what an crazy concept for this theme, really well thought
**Positive stuff :**
- The graphics while simple were well modeled and everything felt cohesive together - The WASD + E + Spacebar controls made for some smooth and tight gameplay - The voiceacting was hillarious - The mere absurd situation to creep around just to turn off some lights and tvs was hillarious (so double points for humour ^^) - DAT FACE ON THE TITLE SCREEN O_o
**Negative stuff :**
- Not that many opportunities to flee and hide once a cat sees you which makes the infiltration a bit hard - Maybe not necessery to have the key spawn at a random place rather than a fixed one - DAT FACE ON THE TITLE SCREEN O_o
Overall it’s quite an awesome little game despite its flaws, i had serious fun with this :) And again DAT FACE ON THE TITLE SCREEN O_o (ok ok enough with that joke :p)
Congrats to the team !
Cool little game with some fun mechanics
**Positive stuff :** - The pixel art was pretty good - The music was catchy and cool - The gameplay was varied with many different actions - Controler support
**Negative stuff :** - A bit hard, some checkpoints on the longer levels would be nice without changing the challenge of reaching them - A bit more air control would help for the segments where you have to bounce off enemies
Nothing much else to say really, it was a neat game and an overall nice take on the theme
Good job :)
A real solid entry that's simple but that has heart, an interesting take on the endless runner :)
**Positive stuff :** - Easy to pickup and play - The Graphics are really cohesive and well made - The gameplay was smooth - The little details like the explaining sheet when you pause
**Negative stuff :** - A bit too easy - The lack of sound or music (this could really contribute to the atmosphere of the game i.m.o ) - Tiny nitpick but, maybe outline the wall tiles a bit more so they stand out from the other blocks
And that's all i'd say there is, the issues are not really that much. I really liked it ^^
I'll give you a silly award just because... (and also cause i liked the interface XD) :
You get the Retro SciFi award for LCD digits, Doc Brown would be proud :p
Now you're playing with photosynthesis (hop i spelled that one right XD) a cute little game
**Positive stuff :** - Cute and simple graphics that have some charm - Nice humor, that title pun XD - Tight and responsive if unusual controls
**Negative stuff :** - The complete lack of sound and music - Not much else to do other than "go right"
With that said however it's a nice take on the theme with a good concept, this could be a good title on mobile with a bit of polish, it could use maybe a bit of platforming element to mix things up a bit and add more gameplay
Otherwise it is a neat little game, so good job :)
Nice game with a good concept and a cool main character, however some flaws
**Positive stuff :** - The graphics, i digged the main character's design, and the little cutscenes were a cool touch, i also liked the katana trail effects :) - The music was nice - The choice of a story mode and a survival mode with multiple maps - The main gameplay is fun
**Negative stuff :** - The controls need a bit more work i.m.o - A bit heavy on the effects, while the trails looked nice, i personally thought the blur was sometimes a bit much - Has a few glitches here and there, when dezooming the camera with the mousewheel the camera went insane when i scrolled a bit too far, and when testing survival mode i had an enemy stuck into a wall on the castle map
Honestly though, for a first LD it's a pretty good game with a solid concept, just needs a bit of added polish
Good job guys :)
Oh and i'll give you a silly award : You get the "Can't go wrong with ninja cats" award :p
Nice game i really enjoyed it kind of felt like Metroid meets VVVVVV meets ZX Spectrum :p
**Positive stuff :** - The graphics, really neat aestetics here a nice mix of NES character/enemy design and Spectrum palette (at least that's what came to my mind ^^) - The atmosphere was pretty cool, the added rain was a nice touch ! - The music was great and complemented the atmosphere
**Negative stuff :** - The checkpoints were a bit far in some places, having more would help with the challenging level design without sacrificing too much on the difficulty - Bit more of a nitpick, but i didn't really feel the "losing power" theme in the game, but honestly it's not that important i.m.o
On the whole it was a really fun game !
So well done guys :)
simple title but it's really fun as soon as you start, and the coin sound when you combo the block is quite satisfying ^^ i liked the 8bit style of the graphics, and the tiny sprites fit well for a game like this you can just play on the go.
I didn't have any issues with the game however i had some with 1 small technical detail, it would have been great to be able to play the game in a window.
But other than that it's a neat game and it was fun stacking those hats up, so well done ^^
I liked it and i love the fact that you see the cats go nuts with the catnip even with the tiny sprites, it's well done visually, the music is nice and chill, the controls felt tight, the spawnrate + avoiding the cats gone crazy is kind of hard though.
other than that i didn't see any particular issues with the game, points for humour !
good job guys :)
Interesting take on the beat em up genre, the graphics were really top notch and the music was nice also, this entry feels really polished overall, i also liked the humour "punshing another idol is strictly unprofessional" because punshing the fans untill they convert obviously isn't hehe :p
Eventhough the controls felt solid, i think the difficulty is a bit unbalanced, fans you convert seem to be converted back almost right away, so it's hard to have them do enough damage to your rival unless you convert large groups with the saxophone move.
but quite frankly other than that it was a good experience and i really enjoyed it.
nice entry guys ^^
I liked the concept, once you figure everything out it's really fun to manage your bags of gold and plan where to toss them so you can pick them back up etc... it sort of mixes tiny puzzly bits with an action platformer and it works well.
I really liked the spritework in this one as well, and i dig the design of the player character, and even if the music is not something made for the jam i thought it fits the game quite well.
i had no particular issues while testing this game so i don't know what to add more,
it was a cool entry so congrats to you guys :)
I liked it, it has a simple goal, quite some challenge, the controls were nice, and i really liked the music The "fight the glitches" concept is also a good idea it fits this theme well.
not sure what to add more i didn't run into any particular issues, so good job :)
Really solid overall, i liked the idea of exploring with a torch to light your way but having no way to deal with enemies other than run, The graphics and music are awesome, the mood is really great and you've nailed the sense of tention when being chased by the ghosts.
If i had to nitpick i'd say that the only negatives would be that the lack of a walking animation felt weird, but it's not really that big of a deal anyway.
Nice game you made there, good job to you guys :)
Super entry, i just had a blast, it was so fun going about trying to combo these souls !
I liked the overal feel of the gameplay and the fact that you dont just slash in front of you but dash towards where you're facing, even tough the graphics used simple blocky characters they were really good and everything felt cohesive, soundwise eventhough you used some resource music, you chose well cause that theme during gameplay was awesome \m/ è.é \m/ metal seal of approval
This one was quite fun so good job man :)
Holy "mother of all marmalade" well that was surely something :o i gotta say it's really mind twisting but it was really fun, i especially like what you did with the graphics as well that fmv meets animation was really cool :)
now with your game everybody can speak english... OF THE FUTURE :o
really enjoyed it good job guys :)
Cool concept, i like the idea of the upgradable ship and the fact that you can choose where to go to collect additional parts.
The controls could be improved a bit i.m.o. It felt a bit odd to control the ship i can't exactly pinpoint as to why :/
Appart from this, it's still good, the graphics were nice and retro, there is some enemy variety, and really liked the music, and the theme is well implemented as the more parts you add to the ship the worse it gets.
Good job dude :)
Nice shmup with some awesome spritework, the shot reflection is a neat mechanic, i also really liked the humour, i mean come on a ship piloted by a dog with some space bruce campbell as the captain ? Groovy :p
overall a solid experience, well done guys :)
well that was nice ^^ i really laughet for the intro cinematic with that whole warning message on the potion vial i really liked the graphical style, and now that i finally tried it, it indeed has sound and music both of wich were nice, and the SE in particular were so funny :p
Gameplay wise i'd say it controled nicely and it's good to have the option for people to play it either on a controler or mouse+keyboard combo.
So i collected the gems, fixed my mistakes, and i had a good time,
good job to you guys on your entry :)
Cute little entry, i'd say that the theme is definitively well implemented, the more cats you have the worst it definitively gets O_o still it's a nice game, there's a typo left though :p when the games tells you about about food during the tutorial it says "foot" just so you know.
Other than that good job guys :)
@emmitt Glad you really liked our game this much man, things indeed go pretty nuts when you get a lot of fish, but didn't expect the madness to ramp up like "a mad fully realized helicopter" to be honest :D We did our best to make the game as fun as we could so really thank you for giving it a try and giving your feedback :)
@meneer-gus Funny thing is that we didn't even think splatoon as an inspiration but i guess it has some similarities XD don't worry about yourplaystyle though, you get more points if you hoard more soup so it's ok thanks for ginig our game a shot !
@kernel-panic As always during LD we did the best we could on all aspects, glad you liked the presentation though ^^ the pickup key is in fact there just for the 1st fish you take, it sort of activates the "alert mode" for the spawning cats on the level, once you picked up your first, you don't need to press it everytime the AI was supposed to be a bit more complex but we just had to simplify it for time's sake, but we'll try to improve it. Thanks for trying out our game and for your feedback :)
@sylver-kovy Thanks dude :)
@fluffi Thanks glad you liked em :) we wanted to have some sort of tutorial but didn't have time tu put it in game, so we put most of the instructions on the entry page itself.
@shito Haha yeah if you come for cats the game surely doesn't dissapoint on that aspect XD
The top down perspective is indeed a bit weird for the sprites, but by the time i made the full animation and seen it in engine it was a bit too late to start over, better luck next time i guess :p really glad you liked the artstyle anyway ^^
I can't speak for @drafura but glad to see you liked his music :)
Enemies are indeed a bit slow, we didn't have that much time to balance out difficulty, and we first wanted to have some enemy variety, some of them even had their sprites ready but couldn't be implemented to meet the deadline :( but we had some in store, we had sort of these different cat gangs who had special enemies pop up from time to time, like a ninja cat that could turn himself invisible, but hey game jams XD With that said the cats hiding inside props and the exclamation mark when you're spotted are totally nods to MGS ^^ we just made them go "meow" because you know... they're cats :p
@cliff-lee-cl Thanks man ! The funny thing is the drifting cats were sort of a glitch at first but the devs decided it could be fun to tweak it a bit and leave it there to get that impression that the enemies would skid around in sharp turns the player was also supposed to but this wasn't kept because it affected gameplay too much :p
@josscomposer Thanks dude, we did our best so it's always nice to see poeple like it ^^ the sfx were put almost at the end during crunchtime so that could explain why, there's also "meow" samples here and there in the music itself XD En tout cas encore merci, ça fait toujours plaisir de voir d'autres Français dans la communauté LD :)
@mr-madcat Thanks i guess we got pretty inspired when brainstorming eventhough this wasn't the theme we hoped for :p
@flaterectomy Well we more or less got inspired by GTA2 and older Metal Gear gameplay wise so yeah the circle is pretty much that so you get spotted easyier when you have more fish, it was initially supposed to reset every time you got back to the kitchen but we didn't had the time to implement that :(
Always nice to see people apreciate the art (despite the huge flaws like the perspective which was rightfully pointed out, but hey my fault i'll try doing better :p) i also tend to agree that there are not that many colours, maily cause i think the sidewalks were implemented pretty late and we had to assemble what we had ^^' but hey gamejams ! :)
As i said for the music can't speak for the author but i'm sure he apreciates ^^
Glad you had fun with the game overall even with its flaws, so thanks man :)
@rohezal Thanks man glad you liked it ^^ hoping you don't get in a crazy chase when picking up your ingredients for your meal, but hey as long as you dont come across any cat gangs you'll be fine i guess XD
@arron-fowler Yup on paper it seemed like a totally crazy premise for a game but that's why we went for it, and well people seem to have fun so that's nice :D not sure about cat cooks but people who like cats seem to have liked the game, so that's that XD
Well hope you liked it also :)
@twotwentyfour Yeah we couldn't implement a tutorial to meet the deadline so we put as much info as we could on the page itself, agreed that the game may still not be crystal clear to understand on a first try though ^^'
Glad you liked the game once you got the hang of it ! And the artstyle as well, you guessed spot on for the inspirations, Swat Kats was one of my favorite cartoons back in the day so i guess it influenced my drawing style a bit :p and Heatcliff was clearly what i got inspired by when we settled on the whole "cat gangs fighting to get all the fish" thing it seemed to fit for a game based on chase at least :p
Allways nice to see people apreciate our entry so big thanks man :)
Fun little racer with quite some chaos going on, the more cars you put, the worse it definitively gets for the city :p
the graphics while simple were really good, everything feels cohesive together which is the most important, the camera was well handled in the fact that you don't get too disoriented as long as you dont flip everywhere after crashing randomly into some cars or building.
Quite frankly the physics are awesome and fun, the car sounds are hillarious, and the driving of the car felt right, not too heavy, not too drifty. As i said before this really made me think of the big car chase in the Blues Brothers movie for all the mayhem happening in the city :p, and speed wise it really feels a bit like an f zero title.
if you keep the sandbox mode, and add in a racing, chase, either delivery (akin to games like crazy taxy) or demolition derby mode, vary by having different colored cars, maybe different models (not necesserally complex ones keep this aestetic) also for the player car so people can choose, add in multiplayer, and you have quite a game you can build.
In this state it is still a very solid entry nontheless, especially considering this was done in compo.
well done man :)
Finally been able to try the post jam version, and it's pretty neat the game is still really fun, and the racing mode gave it a bit more incentive to play :)
I see it's already been pointed out but the only thing i'd say was also that seeing the position of racers ahead of you would be cool, cause it does get pretty chaotic when you race with a lot of cars, hope you can find a way to implement it without the performence issue you mentioned ^^
Fun arcade game, i really liked how frantic things go when you manage to build up speed, the low poly aestetic was cool as well, the gamefeel overall is really tight and the pacing was really good.
The only negative i.m.o. would be the lack of music :(
but hey it's not that big of a deal, otherwise it's really solid, and i enjoyed the game.
well done, especially for a compo entry :)
Really good presentation and mood for this entry, the plaforming mechanics were fun and overall handled well,
the only issue i'd say was the warmup mecanic that's a bit unclear at first, maybe add a few notes about the controls on your game's page to help understand them better.
other than that it's really well made, so good job guys :)
Really beautiful graphics, i love the little robot and the laser sword designs :) the music and overall atmosphere of the sound design were awesome as well, gameplay wise i liked it, the presence of dash buttons as well as the sword that can block bullets were nice touches.
I'd just say that i found the movement a slight bit too floaty for my taste but other than that it felt solid, i also really liked how customisable the difficulty is ^^ and i liked the "DarkSide" option with the red saber XD
a real good job on this entry guys :)
This felt like a solid shooter overall, i like the fact that there's mouse aiming, the character felt a bit heavy movement wise but thats about the only negative thing i'd say.
The art is really cool and i like the angry expression on the gun weilding ghost :p the music is pretty neat as well it feels well made especially for something done during COMPO.
When there's something strange coming after your player character... who you're gonna call ? well maybe this guy :p
ok bad joke aside it's a fun game, good job dude :)
quite innovative mechanics, even if it's a bit hard to place the objects around your ship to turn the right way in time, it was fun to play nontheless.
I really digged the Pirate theme, the visuals are quite nice, and i totally approve that rocking soundtrack you have \m/ è.é \m/
Good job Captain and Crew on this game, yohoho and bottles of rhum to you ! XD
That was definitively trippy, i really liked the graphics, the weird art direction really sells the concept, the music is also pretty awesome and i like how it changes when you go high.
some checkpoints would have been nice cause the game is a bit hard and starting over can be troublesome on repeated attempts.
other than that it's a neat experience, quite unique, well done guys :)
Escape fom Castle Drunkenstein !
Oh boy what an experience that was XD as a fan of the oldschool fps i really had a blast, this was so funny, but also so freaking hard when you get near max level drunk :o
I really enjoyed the game though, i liked the way ammo was sored, and the fact that you had a quick melee at all times akin to more modern fps mechanics.
no really sure what to add more, i personally didn't find that many negative points, it's a fun simple game.
well done guys :)
Nice shmup with some atmosphere, visually and sound wise it's really well done, the gameplay is fine but it's kind of difficult to understand the mechanics on a first playthrough.
One tiny issue i'd say is that you should have put a way to choose playing this game windowed.
other than that it's really solid overall and fits the theme so well done guys ^^
The concept is nice, with good humour to boot ^^, there are some issues however.
There's a lack of feedback info when you shoot, it would be nice to have some effects maybe at least on the enemy planes to indicate they are hit, the speed may be a bit too high as avoiding mountains can be tricky when you have just a split second to do so.
Issues aside, i felt the core concept was indeed solid and with tweaks and polish could make some pretty fun game, and quite frankly the graphics are nice and cohesive for MS Paint ;)
so congrats mr best ms pain artist :p