Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → notke
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49 | Unstable | 👥 | Catamaran Cats | jam | 690 | 3.57 | 3.66 | 3.61 | 3.39 | 4.26 | 3.40 | 4.03 | ||
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | 👥 | TITAN, OPSND | jam | 96 | 4.15 | 3.69 | 4.44 | 4.19 | 4.42 | 3.96 | 3.61 | 4.29 | |
| 2019 | 44 | Your life is currency | 👥 | Jamsterdam | jam | 42 | 4.14 | 3.61 | 4.23 | 3.69 | 4.42 | 4.53 | 3.49 | 4.33 | |
| 2018 | 41 | Combine 2 Incompatible Genres | Flight Commander | compo | 4.00 | 5.00 | 3.50 | ||||||||
| 2017 | 39 | Running out of Power | Walking out of Power | jam | 3.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 4.50 | 4.00 | 4.50 | 3.50 | 4.50 |
notke leaves an average of 17.0 feedback comments each event.
The game looks good, but it's not quite clear how you're supposed to play it. You can just click constantly on enemies and there's no penalty for being offbeat. Too bad it's quite unbalanced as well. The health feels a bit too "cheap", while making traps, which are far more expensive and only affect certain enemies, a bit pointless. But the music is great!
Really nice concept and beautiful graphics! But quite janky physics. I've done similar things before myself. I don't understand why the the main body sometimes acts very un-physically, when you jump it flies in a very awkward way and you'd expect that it should behave like a free-falling body. Are you maybe setting leg rotations through the transform and not through joint motors?
Btw, when you change the amplitude, the "reference point" doesn't change and hence the leg will immediately jump to the target location as if the frequency is measured from 0. The only way to "safely" change frequency is to reduce amplitude to 0, then change frequency, then change amplitude back to desired. Instead, I suggest you should move the reference point as well. For example you could track time yourself and add delta time * frequency each frame. Then the position will be preserved when you change amplitudes.
I assume it's currently something like this: ``` legAngle = sin(game.time * frequency); ```
Instead, you should do something like: ``` float legTime = 0;
// in update: legTime += game.deltaTime * frequency; legAngle = sin(legTime); ```
1000 miles away?? I guess this is set in the near future where the medical system has gone to shite, and there's only one hospital in the whole country 😆
Wish it had better feedback and more "juiciness", there could be screenshake on hitting stuff, and some smoothing/noise for better sense of speed. And of course sound! Great one nevertheless 🚑
This is a weird-ass game. I like how the deer moves. But everything else is pretty basic. I didn't understand how wolfs die. They just disappear?
Nice. Good reuse of assets. I wish that you didn't use standard Unity controller, it feels very janky because of it. I wrote a blog post why the Unity controller is terrible, I recommend you read it, and hopefully you fix those common issues for your next game: http://nothkedev.blogspot.com/2017/11/how-to-cope-with-standard-unity-fps.html
Really beautiful art! The game itself is not that fun, unfortunately. The tutorial makes it seem like it is quite complex, but game is pretty much just about clicking. The tutorial could've definitely been shorter. The amount of original art is incredible, really really job well done! Even the credits screen is so well made! Very polished!
Clever game! Nice to see another Zachlike on LDJAM (check out our game as well!). Btw, I don't think the validation was correct, I certainly didn't do the puzzles correctly first time, and the game thought it was correct. It would also help if gates had slightly different art than just the label, a different color or shape. I confused myself once where I thought I was using NOR and I was using OR, I didn't spot the missing "N"
Amazing game! Agree with @kaappis that the tapping to move is pretty annoying. But everything else is so good. The puzzles are "tight" and well thought out.
Hey, can't download the game, the link leads to 404.
This game is incredible! Such a great idea and execution. Best LD46 game I played so far. The infinite screen effect, the "virtual bugs" attacking real physical inputs, just amazing.
Nice and simple game. I couldn't pass the 3rd level tho. The controllable springs basically have infinite power, and in the end it kinda depends on the luck and how well you target. As a Rube Goldberg machine it would be much better to have as few controllable things as possible. It reminds me of The Incredible Machine.
Amazing game! Wish there was more. Really challenging. I like the fact you need to time jumps precisely, it's one of those games that is easy to figure out, but hard to master, like Wipeout. Reminds me graphically of Tony Hawks Pro skater games a bit. And I wish it was a bit faster maybe. Failing really becomes quickly frustrating and makes the game repetitive and "feel slow". Wish you could mouse-look around freely in both axis and not just one axis. Maybe it would be nice to add some wall riding/jumping as well? Also, I felt the platform clouds are very off-putting, didn't match the techno-industrial style of the rest of the game. Also great to see a custom-quake-like engine, I assume?
Very beautiful and simple game. Quite relaxing too. Wish there was a few more things to do.
Nice art but the game is very hard, and lacks good feedback. Juice it up!
I really wanted to get into the game, but I just couldn't get it. No matter what I do my plant just dies. I can't seem to gain sun after a certain point. Even if I build completely evenly, one of the things will just start running out very quickly at some point. It feels a bit like holding a stick on a single finger. I gave it a shot but couldn't figure out in what order you're supposed to build to keep it balanced. I had to reread the tutorial several times to be sure I didn't miss something, but not really.
Just like a lot of LDJAM games, it lacks some good feedback. I'm not really aware if the bug thing actually helps because the plants keep being eaten anyway.
I like the mechanic of building branches, that's something new I haven't seen in many games.
Reminds of one of the best games ever made: Enviro-Bear 2000!
It's really nice, but it's really annoying to control. I wish the other arm wouldn't recenter the wheel constantly, it would've been much easier. Also a way to look around in a sensible way.
And I certainly wouldn't want to be picked up by a paramedic that drives like this!
Nice art and cool music. The game is not very interesting for a single player.
This is amazing! This is the most relatable game I played for LDJAM 😄
Love how bad-but-good the art is. Impressive work for 72 hours. I think I had a bug, I climbed up the beams and met the worker on top, he said he's giving me the wrench, but I never got it. Never appeared in my inventory.
Impressive for a game made in your own engine. But the game is not challenging at all. There's no feedback if you are on the correct spot to water the plants. I've wasted so much water because I didn't spot that I wasn't actually watering, because I didn't stand on the correct spot. I'm actually not sure what the goal of the game was, as there is no timer nor any other "success" feedback.
Really cool game! Art and music is great. But I wish it was a bit faster and more challenging. Maybe have more enemy units, but with less hitpoints. I think it's enough if you strike a single mage 2 times. Having more enemies would add to the tactical thinking.
The concept is nice but it seriously lacks feedback. I didn't understand you could click on different buildings until I restarted and reread the manual more carefully. If the buildings would pop or get a circle around them when hovered over you'd know they can be clicked. The game didn't fit my screen, so I had to zoom out the browser. Maybe next time go for a simpler concept but more juicy? :)
LD49 — Unstable (12)
Neon Saber by Kaish 2021-10-08T23:18:09Z ♥ 2
Loved the game! The story is great. When is the prequel trilogy coming?
Snake Using Windows by Benjamin Halko 2021-10-08T23:00:06Z ♥ 1
Really great idea! Finally, an actually unstable game!!!
Hiding Heisenbugs by ultrarat 2021-10-08T22:54:48Z ♥ 1
So relatable. GOTY
Time Rift by Unrivaled Super Hottie 2021-10-08T22:45:46Z ♥ 1
Am I the only person who doesn't understand the game? The moment I start running, the ground disappears and I just fall down forever. Also, you have one deadly sin of video game design: unskippable intros! :D
Chemical Love by der Mondhase 2021-10-08T22:37:25Z ♥ 1
Really enjoyed the game, very very funny! You are not rated by audio, but it's actually great! :D
Fractured Edge by Samuli 2021-10-08T22:14:24Z ♥ 1
Amazing, but would love to play the game on the real thing! I was really confused about the fact that it opens a custom engine renderer and then you have to focus the game with the input, but I got it quickly! But I wonder, why not just implement emulator rendering in Unity? :D It seems like a weird workaround.
Boat History by etrealjunior 2021-10-07T00:11:09Z ♥ 1
Really cool game, love the mood! Really good idea, but pushing the boat up is a chore. It would be cool to have more puzzles where you can fill pits with water that stays there permanently, or smth like that. The intro and music was also very nice!
Ark by ProdigalSon 2021-10-06T23:29:13Z ♥ 2
Super cool game! I'm really impressed! I'm not a big fan of puzzle games, but this one I liked a lot. The only little thing I had a problem with is that you could really easily accidentally remove a line when you move a mouse in a wrong place. Everything else is really amaazing! And really well made puzzles.
Space Station 8 by jessefreeman 2021-10-06T23:04:58Z ♥ 0
Why does it say "Post LD48", is this a LD48 or LD49 game? I'm confused..
U.N.stable by abk507 2021-10-06T23:02:23Z ♥ 1
Really ambitious game and I like the idea a lot, but it was too complicated, and I was attempting to play it on stream, so, I had to end the game because I couldn't understand much. I have to play it again to be able to rate, because I really like it, but I don't know how to rate it because I was just confused.
Critical Night by Underdog 2021-10-06T22:45:08Z ♥ 1
Fun game, good effort for 2 days. I broke the game! And you watched me live do it!
Emotionally Unstable Bethy by Dev Dennis 2021-10-06T22:04:34Z ♥ 1
Loved the art, sounds, and the idea! If it was just a bit longer, I think I played through in like 30 seconds.