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Overall Medals

YearLDThemeGameDivisionOverall
👥 🥇 2018 42 Running out of space The Not Very Golden Age of Piracy jam 4.52

Category Medals

YearLDThemeGameDivisionCategoryScore
👥 🥉 2018 43 Sacrifices must be made FTD : Fixin' to Die jam Audio 4.50
👥 🥉 2018 42 Running out of space The Not Very Golden Age of Piracy jam Audio 4.52
👥 🥉 2018 42 Running out of space The Not Very Golden Age of Piracy jam Graphics 4.73
👥 🥈 2018 41 Combine 2 Incompatible Genres FetchQuest Rally jam Audio 4.55
👥 🥈 2017 40 The more you have, the worse it is Bum Bag Bangin' jam Humor 4.58
👥 🥉 2017 40 The more you have, the worse it is Bum Bag Bangin' jam Audio 4.48
👥 🥈 2017 39 Running out of Power Blood Mechs: The Iron Eucharist jam Audio 4.59
👥 🥇 2017 38 A Small World Snowed In jam Audio 4.83
👥 🥇 2017 38 A Small World Snowed In jam Humor 4.65

Games

YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMo
202046Keep it alive👥DUNDERjam484.234.114.064.054.303.823.98
201944Your life is currency👥Death Alleyjam814.014.033.492.794.364.013.853.87
201843Sacrifices must be made👥FTD : Fixin' to Diejam54.484.334.154.534.614.504.324.45
201842Running out of space👥The Not Very Golden Age of Piracyjam14.524.354.033.984.734.524.34
201841Combine 2 Incompatible Genres👥FetchQuest Rallyjam1773.883.923.513.634.084.554.373.90
201740The more you have, the worse it is👥Bum Bag Bangin'jam124.283.963.524.194.724.484.584.28
201739Running out of Power👥Blood Mechs: The Iron Eucharistjam154.334.163.503.764.484.593.414.26
201738A Small World👥Snowed Injam64.443.903.884.484.454.834.654.39

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Comments by nuclearfriend

LD38 — A Small World

Command Ant Conquer by JuDelCo 2017-05-01T13:56:39Z

Really nice little strategy game, plays really well for something made in just a few days! Loved the music. :) I got destroyed but I might have to bookmark this to play again later. Could maybe have a singleplayer mode?

Tiny Worlds in Flasks by FiSilva 2017-04-26T02:18:51Z

Super cute, love the style! I would've liked a delete object button and maybe the screenshot mode could hold a little longer for the WebGL version so it's easier to take your own screenshot. Some audio feedback would've been welcome too. But overall, excellent for a single person. :)

Snowed In by nuclearfriend 2017-04-30T06:44:56Z

Thanks everyone for the feedback, will be sure to check out your things soon, I'm just waiting for the voting to begin really to do it in one big go!

@samurai-spark Adrian is a professional voice actor, including for games such as Crawl and Paradigm. You can find his full portfolio [on his website](http://www.adievaughan.com)!

Snowed In by nuclearfriend 2017-11-21T12:27:51Z

@andgol Thanks for the reminder, silly us! Source can now be found on the itch.io page. :)

Hibernaculum by redpanda 2017-05-02T01:45:00Z

Pretty good little game, I got all the way to the end but couldn't activate the final portal! I think a couple of simple usability tweaks would've been nice to make it a bit less frustrating, it was quite hard to jump from box to box for me, maybe a slight pause at the zenith would've been good so you could teleport on it. And another thing was just a simple indicator for when you're "inside" some collision so you know you can't teleport there would've been helpful. Being able to walk around the circumference of the globe rather than just in a straight line would've made more sense too. The puzzle design was quite good though, once the jump + teleport clicked with me it was a nice realisation. And I really loved the art! :) Overall nice job!

In Good Hands by simple-blue 2017-05-04T11:43:20Z

Really novel little idea, it worked really well once I figured it out! Well done!

uP-8: Microprocessor by Spaceman 2017-04-27T06:02:05Z

This is awesome, I love these types of games, Zachtronic etc. I didn't complete it but I plan to return. I think I was getting a bit frustrated having the code board cleared each level when I'd spend a bit of time writing out some code that could've worked for both puzzles (e.g. the code to move up until you hit a wall). I think it would've been nice if you could preserve the code from earlier levels each time and instead the first few levels you're just adjusting your solution from the previous level to overcome a new challenge. Also encouraging people to write more reusable and satisfying solutions that can solve the entire game for example, rather than just the simplest one which is looping over the movement directions required.

Sorry turned into a bit of a rant but wanted to get that thought down. Overall, great entry for 3 days!

Puchi Pooches by shru 2017-05-02T02:29:59Z

I actually really liked this, gameplay was really good and challenging! Fairly unique from everything else I've played so far too!

So You Want To Build A Snowman. - (A finished game for all ages) by Alex Hart 2017-05-02T02:22:14Z

Nice little effort for a single person, wasn't much to the game but it worked well! Keep at it!

Cosmic Cleaner by Burgee 2017-05-03T02:14:14Z

Pretty good little game, nice graphics and very cute! Did find it a bit frustrating as there were a lot of variables to control and manage with the placing of the asteroid and strength of your hit, I would mostly just randomly try over and over until I got the black hole. At least when you hit a planet it's kind of fun and satisfying haha! Not a bad effort overall, nice work!

Tiny Defender by AlexisGea 2017-05-19T02:27:51Z

I really liked this one, was fun to play but felt easily exploited and maybe a bit too easy? Very impressive how stable and well it works though for just a few days!

LD42 — Running out of space

Keys, Please! by Ellian 2018-08-15T12:21:09Z

So cute, Ellian (and co) bringin the quality as usual! The controls were great too, so satisfying watching the cars knock each other around all over the place! :p

There is Never Enough Space!!! by Jamie Rollo 2018-08-15T12:38:14Z

This was really stressful to play on my laptop/trackpad, failed more times than I'd care to admit on the house pathing one, but I persevered because it was so satisfying clearing each game and seeing the next one! Really loved it, excellent entry, so cute and great!

Big Crunch by Dave Grey 2018-08-15T13:54:48Z

This was pretty cool, I liked that you had the grab the jetpack first but didn't figure that out until I'd died a few times, just thought my controls were broken hahah. But still, pretty cute concept and graphics. Loved the cat! ;)

Stuck! by chkkll 2018-08-23T07:19:11Z

I came back to this on a better PC as I couldn't run it before, but now I've played it, it's quite cute! I stopped playing after there didn't seem to be much variation in gameplay, I assume the timer just gets shorter each time? Still, music, graphics and theme were pretty well done!

LD43 — Sacrifices must be made

dropboy by torcado 2018-12-04T04:50:59Z

Excellent game, smart mechanic, cerebral but not too much so! The difficulty ramp was really nice and introducing the lasers later in the game made things interesting again. Great entry!

FTD : Fixin' to Die by nuclearfriend 2018-12-05T01:42:32Z

Thanks for the great response everyone, sorry it is a tad difficult towards the end, due to some classic miscommunication, Dave and I both tried to balance the game harder at the same time right right before release, and ended up overdoing it. GAME DEV!

We will probably fix some niggling issues and improve this in a post-jam version, we want everyone to see the ending! :)

Bird Butt Battle Royale by uvwar 2018-12-04T05:21:47Z

Hahah fun little physics game, visuals and audio really carried it for me though! :)

Death Metal Crowd Pusher by WizardOfOzzy 2018-12-04T16:21:55Z

The graphics, animation, sound and feel of it is really high quality for a jam! But if I wanted to say something negative, I didn't feel like there was a big difference between the different rockers and no need to actually aim for anything in the pit. So I just mashed space bar as fast as I could to get as many guys out as possible, which seemed like the best strategy. Was still pretty satisfying to do even that but just wish there was a bit more to it!

Monsters & Portals by Limitless 2018-12-04T16:13:54Z

The platformer feel was really good but wish some more time had been put into making the enemies or the goal more interesting. Still excellent effort for a jam overall!

LD44 — Your life is currency

Death Alley by DuzzOnDrums 2019-05-07T04:42:09Z

It's not really well documented but after you throw the ball, you can move it a little bit left/right to correct it. :)

LD46 — Keep it alive

MR BUZZ'S FANCY-ASS PICNIC by MrLeePerry 2020-04-26T05:03:02Z

Nice little game, really cute art! I liked the scoring system, not sure I've seen something like that but clever way to make players always have a reason to keep moving without needing dynamic goals! :)

Robot Walk by tmpvoid 2020-04-25T02:36:43Z

May not be a game but mechanic shows a lot of promise, felt so cool when I stepped inside the robot! Nice work on what you did get done! :)

LD41 — Combine 2 Incompatible Genres

Build The Road Jack by badpaul34 2018-04-24T16:50:49Z

Technically impressive and the graphics are pretty sweet, wish there was a bit more to the racing but it's still a cool concept.

Anti-Terror Bot by Ellian 2018-04-24T05:40:23Z

Great concept, I loved the music and the feel of the ship movement and weaponry was tight! All round really great! :)

Lucky Towers! by FormalCloud 2018-04-24T06:05:51Z

Really well done, the animation and sound really make this a pleasure to play! As said previously, the rolling does get very tedious and I kinda wished it at least didn't pause the game so I could roll during the wave setup phases but sounds like you're going to be on top of this in an update! Definitely potential here for a full release!

Headball by Zarkonnen 2018-04-24T17:00:42Z

Looks really good and polished for just a days work, wow! I had to rate you down on fun a little because I really dislike multiplayer required games in LD, as I never have anyone to evaluate games with if they're multi! But still, I can see if it was done in one day that AI was probably going to be impossible to accomplish so good job anyway!

FetchQuest Rally by nuclearfriend 2018-04-25T02:23:42Z

Damn thanks everyone, didn't think we'd really delivered much with this one but glad to see you're all having fun! :)

Chiuigi Liebi by patr 2018-04-24T16:29:39Z

Loved the art and the concept is adorable.

Fightin' Words - Real Typing Strategy by Eitrius 2018-04-25T02:36:56Z

I was pleasantly surprised with this, had a lot of depth to the combat I wasn't expecting! Wish it had a bit more feedback, audio or effects, but I can understand if you ran out of time! Well done!

Tactical Chef by Lazlo319 2018-04-24T15:58:14Z

Haha man, this is pretty wacky, I love it. I wish it was a bit better executed, took me ages to figure out I had a flamethrower and I could never figure out how to "use" the handles to empty the pot. Shoot them? Secret button?

Still, lots of props for mashing two unexpected themes!

Shepherd and Dog by obachuka 2018-04-24T04:56:55Z

This is pretty cute and neat, was a bit tricky to get the hang of but overall nice concept and well executed. :) Wish there was some music/sound!

Tempo Quest by Pixel-boy 2018-04-24T05:25:20Z

This game looks potentially quite amazing but I couldn't figure out how to play? And not really much in the way of guidance on this or the itch.io page. How do I attack/use the instrument for example? I might come back to this later, hopefully theres some more info posted by then!

the World Deck by Victrola Sage 2018-04-24T16:38:16Z

As mentioned already, controls were definitely a bit frustrating but the concept is sound and the art is nice. I think it definitely has potential! Good luck with your full game adaptation!

Vyperspace by iLKke 2018-04-24T04:41:30Z

Awesome concept and executed well! As said earlier, I found it pretty frustrating to keep dying by walking backwards into myself so I couldn't get very far in the game but still an excellent entry!

Prison Cat by figrita 2018-04-24T05:21:45Z

Some music/audio would've really made this quite a bit more playable for me, but still more fun than I should admit for a simple betting game! Well done for your first game!

Typerider by Sun Parlor Studios 2018-04-24T15:45:37Z

Neat concept and executed well! Great graphics and sound. Maybe a tad difficult, I got stuck for quite a long time on the crate/electricity level. :(