Critical Mass by Mads 2017-12-25T19:28:38Z ♥ 0
The gameplay was really repetitve and boring; I think it would be better if the game was shorter, to be honest.
Other than that, nice idea indeed!
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → Pavel Kouril
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 47 | Stuck in a loop | 👥 | Get Out | jam | 784 | 3.50 | 3.28 | 3.67 | 3.32 | 3.47 | 2.82 | 2.71 | 3.36 | |
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | 👥 | What A Dig Move | jam | 1017 | 3.57 | 3.31 | 4.02 | 3.50 | 4.36 | 2.97 | 4.02 | ||
| 2019 | 45 | Start with nothing | 👥 | Food Fight | jam | 593 | 3.42 | 3.33 | 3.08 | 2.67 | 3.90 | 3.00 | 2.98 | ||
| 2018 | 43 | Sacrifices must be made | 👥 | Sacrifical Flight | jam | 920 | 2.89 | 2.35 | 3.05 | 3.78 | 3.92 | 2.23 | 3.01 | ||
| 2017 | 40 | The more you have, the worse it is | 👥 | Air Pressure | jam | 508 | 3.51 | 3.06 | 3.65 | 3.63 | 4.07 | 3.32 | |||
| 2017 | 39 | Running out of Power | Scarcity of Superpowers | jam | 506 | 3.24 | 3.19 | 3.15 | 3.05 | 3.62 | 2.45 | 1.88 | 2.81 | ||
| 2017 | 38 | A Small World | 👥 | Run, U Fool! | jam | 102 | 3.91 | 3.52 | 3.46 | 3.21 | 4.74 | 3.39 | 2.66 | 3.66 |
Pavel Kouril leaves an average of 10.8 feedback comments each event.
The gameplay was really repetitve and boring; I think it would be better if the game was shorter, to be honest.
Other than that, nice idea indeed!
Interesting concept. I liked it, but it seemed to be a little bit too easy to beat?
Some of the menus etc. seemed cut off, was that intentional? And some tutorial would be nice, nobody wants to read walls of text. :(
I liked the idea after reading the description, but the end product lacks a lot of things.
One hint - don't use the default UI sprites and fonts. Draw your own ones and get some free font. It takes like 15 minutes, but improves the graphical quality of the game A LOT.
Other than that, the obvious issues:
- Not way to go back to building hangar without crashing, and ESC quits the game alltogether - Flyings physics feel weird - No audio makes the game really dull - No fog/whatever on the sides, or some "fade" into skybox makes feels weird - On FullHD, the GUI is too streched out, and it'S really hard to see the GO button - No showing what's chosen in the editor
The controls are weird. I cannot tell you _why_, but they feel really weird. Has something to do with the rotations etc. :/
Other than that, the game really feels like just a tutorial put together with few models you downloaded.
First of all, I played the fixed version. But holy cow, that is some great work for compo.
The music felt kinda Doom-ish, so that was a nice bonus. Darker atmosphere would help the game for sure!
However, there were some issues, like:
- tracers of guns would be really nice, now I was shooting, but it wasn't really visible IMHO - some damage indicators on enemies would be helpful, I was not sure if I was hitting the enemies on long distance - the movement controls we OK, but since the music brought Doom atmosphere, I think much faster movement would be in order; or even proper quake-ish controls could be useful, including bhoping and stuff :)
**My biggest pet peeve was the ESC key quitting the game, not just pausing it!**
Wow, nice game! This was the take on the theme I also had in mind, but wasn't able to get my head around it to make it work.
As others have suggested, the bolded text or something would be really nice. It's kinda easy to get lost in all the text.
The music is nice, but it got repetitive after a while.
I liked the audio and the graphics, but the controls were awful if I have to be honest. :(
I would prefer just to go in the direction I'm pointing at, instead of rotating with A/D and W for going forward. Also, tutorial would be nice. Don't underrestimate the need for tutorial. Almost noone reads the instruction at the site!
Personally, I would prefer QWER instead of ASDF, but doesn't matter really.
The design is OK-ish, but it's weird it it draws from one end and it's not entirely clear which one. Styling the cursor as a magic wand or pencil with clear "drawing end" would do a lot for the game!
Also, what's the connection with the theme?
I however like the audio, a lot!
Nice concept, but the game really is too hard! At least for me, that is. :(
The minimalistic design and everything fits it really nicely.
However, I think one tutorial level or something would be nice!
I like that it's basically just a spin on AudioSurf, but the audio was honestly annoying, and the controlls seem too sensivite for my liking.
Also, the GUI seemed kinda off; next time try to use custom graphics for it, and allow better navigation through the elements! :)
The turrets are hard to avoid, but all-in-all, this game was good.
Some randomness in the sounds (e.g, in pitch) could be nice to make the sounds not as repetitive imho, but other than that, it was quite fitting.
The controls felt fine as well, maybe the jump was too high all the time. Shame there wasn't option to jump less. :)
I like it, but I have some feedback:
- The music in the background has a cut when it ends and starts looping. Some crossfade or anything would be nice! :) - Maybe having more tracks and playing them based on your energy would be nice as well? - Option to add at least on item to queue, or at least not make it cancel the current one (so not allowing to misclick and cancel actions)! :)
The game mechanics are great. I love the idea!
How did you do the voice recognition? Some post mortem would be cool about that!!
Nice. I loved it!
Sure, better environment and models could make it nicer, but it was nice enough for the minimalistic style.
I was not able to win it after trying multiple times tho. Is there a way to recharge your energy/power? :)
The leaderboards do not work for me.
Other than that, the game was nice, although as other said, no audio and weird controls kinda kill the experience.
The movement is really bad. Also, I can't understand what I should do, the game lacks tutorial! :(
The game is nice alltogether, HOWEVER, there is one issue that basically "destroyed" the experience for me - character controller. You should work more on that next time!
I love the graphic style.
Also, how did you do the "rope" physics for the plug?
The link doesn't work for me. :(
Not sure if I understand it correctly; you did it for two separate competitions during ONE weekend?
"What is a BJ?" made me chuckle. Props for controller support, really comfy to rate game with controller! :)
As someone who currently has an expertise with ant games, this was definitely a blast! Also, I LOVED the sounds.
The graphics are OK, and I really respect you managed to do this as a compo entry. Must have been a lots of work, especially since the game has even a tutorial and feels pretty complete alltogether.
Of course, doing some stuff like dropping a "better" food further away from ant hill would be nice, because now I just picked the stuff that was nearest. But as I said, a really good game.
"Ňam ňam ňam" FTW.
It could have some tutorial or something, because it took a while until I understood what to do. But once I figured it out, it was a nice game! And it is really a lovely concept! Would be interesting to see a full blown game from this. :)
The graphics are adequate, so is the music, based on the info you provided (10 hours spent). I wish I could do as catchy music as you do to be honest!
The game looks nice! However, I got stuck after getting the magnet, I got locked because I activated it and the metalic cube fell down. :(
The camera movement is kinda weird to be honest, and the jumping feels slow. Sounds would definitely be nice, it would improve the experience. Otherwise, the game looks really polished! Good job!
Nice idea for a game, but it feels like it could use more polish.
- The growing could be interpolated, so it doesn't look like the game is really lagging with low FPS. - Sounds (relaxing music?) would be cool, since the game is relaxing. - Maybe also a sound effect when you hit an orb. - At first I didn't understand what I needed to do, some explaining tutorial would be nice. - Some visual feedback when you are trying to place the seed, it's not intuitive and I don't know if just the direction when dragging matters, or also the length. - Do the vines stop growing after a while, or they grow indefinetely?
The theme is nice, but honestly, the game feels iffy and would need more polishing, because in the current state, it's kinda frustrating. BUT, on the other hand, it made me think how the life in prison would be frustrating; so, goal achieved?
Definitely worth playing as at least a thought exercise!
Interesting game, I liked the audio part of the game, but I think the ambient was a little too loud.
The controls are kinda iffy, it's hard to kill diagonally.
Other than that, nice game!
I liked the story and such. However, the controls were really clumsy. :(
I love this game, even though it could use some improvements. :)
- Kinda hard to understand at first, so maybe some tutorial? - Allow selling everything by just holding 'E'. It's hard to sell dozens of seeds quickly. - Allow going through the lists so that up direction when you are up throws you to the bottom of the list. - Can't quit the game in the WebGL version :(
But all and all, this is a great game and I'm definitely playing it a little bit more after I write this comment and put the rating there! ;)
Nice idea, but the execution is kinda lackluster. :(
Especially the controls are REALLY clumsy, and you can just crash into a box and it will put you on top of it, instead of having to jump around.
LD46 — Keep it alive (10)
Deliverey (VR Only) by shadowbrain 2020-05-08T07:40:38Z ♥ 0
I definitely respect that you wanted to try something new, but the game unfortunately has LOTS of issues:
- The long range grab mechanic was really iffy - The car was jumping around too much on the speed bumps; turn down the spring force - I heard some stuff around me, sounded like gun shots, but just prolly was one package I had in the back jumping around? - I was not sure how to get the package tracking show up, or more packages, so I just drove around with one package in the truck to test the game - Last but not least (and that was probably my biggest frustration by far); WHY, just WHY, would you put a continuous movement on the character? That shit is truly disgusting, and it's hard to focus/do stuff when the world is moving around you
The Last Tree by Team Wala 2020-05-08T07:24:12Z ♥ 0
The game looks amazing and is nice to play, but the camera movement (and player movement) felt iffy. Too slow I'd say? I liked the mood, including the post processing and everything. Audio was great as well!
Good job!
Corruption by frenchie 2020-05-08T06:57:26Z ♥ 1
At first, the jumping got a while to get used to, because I don't really play platformers - but it was a nice fun game. :)
Welcome Home by Iak 2020-05-07T16:00:08Z ♥ 1
Nice game! Took me a while until I was able to figure out what to do - some in-game tutorial/explanation would be really nice.
As others have suggested, the cooldown for moving zombies is too long.
It's Coming Right At Us by ChristianAufiero 2020-05-07T15:52:24Z ♥ 1
This is a fun game, but I would prefer more explanation to be honest, took multiple tries before I understood it.
Also, a with simple game like this, WebGL build would be nice - I don't think there's any technical limit why it's not possible. :)
Sourdough Finisher by instanti8 2020-05-04T19:29:24Z ♥ 1
Nice game for sure, even though I am not a fan of text games that much to be honest. Had fun with it though!
Just the looping music got annoying after a while. :)
Leafed Behind by melomel 2020-05-04T19:25:14Z ♥ 1
Nice game! I liked the buzzing audio to be honest, and the idea of the game. Finished it on my second try.
Friday at Barney's by AnaGF 2020-05-04T19:16:36Z ♥ 1
What a nice game! Really enjoyed the graphical style!
Affordable Pet Care by domrein 2020-05-04T19:03:01Z ♥ 1
Sometimes, when multiple people showed up to pick up/bring in the animal, I had no idea what they wanted, because the letters overlapped.
Also, I don't really see the connection to the theme, but it was a fun play overall!
Keep IT Alive! by flynn 2020-05-04T18:57:21Z ♥ 2
I liked it, but the controls felt kinda cumbersome. I'd expect the shooting go in the direction of the mouse pointer tbh, which I felt was not happening.
Good idea and nice graphics though!