The Drowning Man by stoo 2014-04-29T12:17:00
That music is brilliant :) The controls felt slightly stiff. Apart from the really enjoyed it!
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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 47 | Stuck in a loop | Project L.O.O.P | compo | 257 | 3.50 | 3.11 | 3.05 | 3.46 | 2.88 | 2.92 | 2.69 | 3.83 | ||
| 2019 | 44 | Your life is currency | A Death In The West | compo | 332 | 3.20 | 3.02 | 2.89 | 2.78 | 3.67 | 2.90 | 2.19 | 3.24 | ||
| 2017 | 40 | The more you have, the worse it is | Oil Tycoon XXL | compo | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | |||||
| 2015 | 34 | Two Button Controls / Growing | Snowblind | compo | 255 | 3.54 | 3.19 | 3.23 | 3.92 | 4.04 | 3.36 | 4.00 | 49 | ||
| 2014 | 31 | Entire Game on One Screen | EXPERIMENT#532 | compo | 360 | 3.39 | 3.22 | 3.38 | 3.89 | 2.71 | 3.19 | 3.14 | 62 | ||
| 2014 | 29 | Beneath the Surface | I like big BOMBS! | compo | 709 | 3.03 | 3.00 | 3.12 | 3.44 | 2.91 | 2.09 | 2.86 | 2.65 | 61 |
That music is brilliant :) The controls felt slightly stiff. Apart from the really enjoyed it!
Agree with the first comment! Felt like flower. Could be interesting with a couple of extra gameplay mechanics to keep you hooked. Overall A really enjoyable and relaxing experience :)
The music is great, fun gameplay mechanic as well :)
Why would you skip the intro? :p love the music and style! Made me laugh out loud when he takes his sun glasses off!
Great game, very Dune! Loved the art, took me a few seconds to figure out the buttons (my fault for not reading!)
Really enjoyed this! Great game with lots of interesting elements!
The camera didn't follow the mouse very well, was difficult to look around. I do like the underwater city concept though.
The ending made me laugh :) love the art style and story telling, wished it was longer! Reminded me of Enid Blytonss "beyond the far way tree" books.
WoW depressing! No happy ending for you!!
Some really nice art there!
Sounds like it was quite an ambitious plan! The into scene is lovely though, very epic feel!
More people need to play this. It's so satisfying to jump out of the water and guzzle down a bunch of goats! Great game. Art style is good too and an original take on the theme.
This game is beautiful! Just moving around was a joy! And the way the Squid spoke to you and gave you hints about the controls was great. Excellent game!! Will be playing more!
@Greatbigjerk, it does need tweaking!
@AmilingCat glad you got that feeling, thats what I was hoping for :)
@Clithoney re-uploading the files to google instead of my own site, hopefully will be faster! Will do the same for the web version when I can find a better place to host it.
I've hosted the desktop versions on google now, so that should be better.
Nope, that's intentional :) You have to figure out the route you want to take before you spawn Paul. However you can restart the level with the refresh button in the top left.
Thanks for all the feedback, really useful! I'm panning on making these changes and updating the game. If your interested in playing it post updates please follow me on Twitter, I'll share everything there. Thanks again and keep it coming! (jump definitely needs some fixing!!)
Liked the theme and art style but once I got in the game found it a bit difficult to understand what to do and how to do it :(
Liked it!As others have mentioned the controls are a bit weird. Was cool to be able to climb!
Interesting concept! I had a lot of fun trying to pull off moves whilst diving, that could be a game in itself :D
Simple and fun mechanic, It kept me playing quite a while! And the art is lovely, I really like the mix of 2D and 3D. I did notice the camera was a bit jerky at points but that's the only bad thing. Really enjoyed it :)
Brutal soundtrack!! :)
I liked the tone set by the into screen and the topic but once in the game I wasn't quite sure what was going on!
Love the art style :) The little guys face cracks me up!
Hugely addictive and you were right when you said old school. Really enjoyed this. I did find the controls slightly sticky!
Wow! Such a dark game! haha! I managed to get the cat stuck between buildings, but apart from that enjoyed it!
Very, very polished! I did manage to fall out of the world by walking through the door the enemies were aiming for though :)
This is a great game! Great art, gameplay and music! Had to tear myself away from it! Must play!
Great game, loved the commentary :)
Great game, pixel perfect timing was fun! I couldn't get enough. Art style is brilliant. I could picture this as a iOS game, swipe up / swipe down to jump / slide.
That second lot of junk falling down I couldn't believe it!! Like the art style, fun mechanic and mood, Great game :)
As soon as I realised I could access the sop and change my stats the game had a whole new layer to it :)
Really enjoyable experience! Simple and addictive mechanic combined with a really nice art style. Music is fammiliar though ;) Good job!
Very nicely illustrated and funny TV shows :) Good job!
Nice, simple and fun. Couldn't beat that red cat!
Very addictive and fin, that platforming si pretty sharp but did find that it felt as if the jump was a bit delayed at times. Really enjoyed it overall, that last tunne beat me, very tough!
Charming little game. Controls were a bit clunky. Did a bit of exploring and then got eaten.
Once I spotted the character (top left screen!) I was away, got 3 lollies! Would be cool if I was moving just a little faster because those ladies are hardcore!
I found it quite fiddly but quite enjoyable once I got into it. Art quality is great!
Stunning artwork combined with the music makes it very atmospheric, Think I need to spend some more time figuring out what to do though :)
Excellent game! Had a lot of fun, the procedurally generated stuff is very impressive!
Fun game, was a bit fiddly with keyboard controls but as soon as I switched to the pad it much better. Only tried SP. Very ambitious doing a MP game in a jam! Good job :)
Very slick!
Very innovative, but controls were tricky :(
Charming little game, would be cool if the bullet sprite changed when you upgraded your weapon.
Interesting game, couldn't get much to happen but can definitely see how it could be expended!
Really atmospheric! Got totally caught up in it. It was a slow burner to start with but as soon as you figure it out your in and it's got you :) Nicely done!
pretty tough! Love the art :)
Loved the audio! Nice strategic element when you start getting multiple doors. My best run was 6 candies. Very fun :)
Had me totally drawn in, loved it, still playing :) Tooltips on the buttons would be handy!
Very nice looking and fun once you get into it. Felt like I had been dropped in the deep end at the star but soon picked it up!
Level design and how the environment changes is very slick. Nice use of the theme!
Depressing in the most charming way. I died of hunger whilst having sex at the age of 74. Also Got swarmed byy giraffes.
Love that background art. Nice and simple, fun :) Audio would be really nice1
@SirJavaGaming - Thanks, I'll have to test with FireFox and see what I come up with.
@Daviosmash - 100% agree!
@Everyone else - Thanks :D
@wilbefast Thanks for the feedback, yeh some great points, I was going to tgry and get more interactions in and clues as to what to do in each move but didn't manage it :( (all those items with no interactions!)
Thanks for playing all!
^ good point, I did consider adding a click to change character but got distracted by other stuff! lol
@TriSquare, Yey! Thanks :D That really means a lot!!!
Thanks! @TatstesLikeFuture, dial 666 with Meredith ;)
@Hisssssssss Nice spot, thanks! That was originally going to be smoke haha
Nice audio and art but as some of the other comments mentioned the movement was a bt too slow and found myself getting caught on walls. Also 1 Poly thick walls made seeing stuff a bit weird at times. Good job overall!
Original and clever! Loads of potential to be developed into a full game! Loved it
Super clever use of the theme!
haha aww this is great! Kept me playing for a while! Love the music. All reminds me of the old bonus levels in Sonic, Great job!
Old school fun :)
Very clever, GJ :)
Nice one for entering and submitting. Concept is solid. Needs a load more polish.
Seriously great game, snowman was a nice touch :D
This is so, so good, The mini stories are great, perfectly fits on with the audio and art!
Awesome game! Will come back for more, very slick and well executed! Controls on the screen at the start would be a nice touch.
Those damn cool sheep! Good game, very funny :)
Nice, took a while for me to find number 1 though :p
Really like the art and building the snowman was fun, liked the physics objects snapping together, felt good! Needs a prompt that you use the mouse though, I was running around as the elf for a while trying to press keys to interact with things :p Nicely done guys!!
Very clever and original. Really like it, great work!
The moment you end up in a room wall to wall with mobs is crushing. Love it!
Nice idea and slick art. I wasn´t great at it though!
I got that damn snowman! Simple and fun, good job :)
Stunning game! Loved the mechanics, aced the theme and great fun. Really gives the player a sense of accomplishment when you make a long "jump?" from one thing your climbing to the next.
Got totally lost but found a bike :D
A nice game. Very slow paced but enjoyed the concept of building up and expanding your farm. I got in debt, just like IRL!
Of course the first thing I did was shoot the sun. I have no regrets about this! I like plants a lot as well apparently :D Really love the sense of scale!!
Love the idea. Also a bit confused as to whats going on! But was enjoying myself haha! Did get a crash after a few quick clicks :(
Loved this game, a bit slow paced at time but very fun :) enjoyed building up my city!
+1 for no data folder :(
Worth playing for the one voice sample about a large online retailer :D
QA whole lot of systems to get working in a game Jam! Was fun building up defenses but as soon as I had everything built I ran out of things to do.
Holy balls. This is incredible. When I realised how to play (instead of just clicking everything) I totally got ending #15 :)
And just got all 15 endings :)
Neat idea, love the art style, got stuck early on and couldn't reach the gold thing below the dark grey wall.
Loved the aesthetics, but couldn't work out how to defend myself :(
Great entry! was a bit unsure of how I was doing as I progressed but the art and atmosphere were stunning!
Had to mash the spacebar at the start to get through the intro. Platforming has something, but like others have said needs a bit of work on the controls.
Awesome entry!! The controls are brilliant, great way to work with the 2 button theme. Audio and art are grea. I did sometimes struggle to work out how to do certain moves and did eventually get stuck, but if I didn't have a tonne of games I want to try I would continue to play and figure it out. Great entry!
Great game. Simple mechanic executed really well. Nice use of audio to reinforce positive / negative. No. 11 on the scoreboard ha!
Has a very well balanced difficulty curve, difficult to do in such a short time! This helped draw me in. Fun mechanics. Audio was a bit harsh.
Think I may have had some rendering problem, all the blocks were solid black :(
Worth playing just to see the lumberjack drinking his beer!
A great puzzler, spent some time wrapping my brain around some of the trickier levels :) Simple mechanic executed well.
Cheers guys!
@lawzy93 Agree with all your points. I spent too long working out the nitty gritty of the systems to address game ballance, tutorial, art and optimisations!:(
Updated tutorial
Nice work Gnap! I got so many hoops, it was insane. Disappointed that I didn't make the credits, I'll have to try harder next jam!
Gameplay loop is really solid, I understood what I had to do very easily and got straight into playing. And its fun :id:
Instructions are clear and interaction time is a nice touch. Really like the theme as well. Well executed.
One thing, life drain is a tad harsh whilst in the mist! The effort to recover health didn't warrant how quickly I lost it.
Well done, really enjoyed this one :)
@carraka "consider getting someone to copyedit" haha so very true, my spelling is awful!
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The fact you made this in just 2 hours is amazing :D Audio is great and you even got the credits in there!
I'm glad your streak is still going!!
Awesome interpretation of the theme and excellent execution. Having currency as a HUD element would have been nice (but thats really minor!)
Great submission, thank you!
Really nice idea and well executed. Had fun playing and the gambling system was really nice!
Really fun little game, I died age 16! haha!
Good job, well done!
Quite horrific! Totally something I think you should develop further, it has a sort of papers please feel.
Really well done.
Incredibly well made and totally took me back to my childhood playing the original Pokemon games! Great characters, really enjoyed playing ollo.
Can't think of any criticism, really well made! Thanks!
oohhh this is really good. Totally failed to finish it as I got stuck at the end but could definitely spend more time playing!
Awesome entry, well done!
Awesome little game, pickpocketing was fun! SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT!
Thanks!
Nice entry! Some texture on the terrain or land features would be nice, just to easily tell where you are on the map :)
Shame you didn't finish I can see where you're going with this and think it's a good concept!
Good work!
Nice little entry!
The mood is great, great use of audio and visuals to create a really nice crunchy retro feel.
I did find it hard to spot the other sailors at times! And I think a bit of extra feedback on the sailing would be nice, maybe a bit more speed? Because of the retro feel I sometimes wasn't sure if I was moving forward, but qould quickly realise I was.
Great entry, well done :)
Really nice little game, could have easily played more. The mechanic and puzzles are really well executed and felt really rewarding when you nailed them :)
The camera could be frustrating at times, It may have worked better top down? Also if you click on a UI element you still shoot.
Awesome entry! Well done!
Props for getting this out in 24 hrs!
Really nice and simple, easy to dive in and play. Like the theme of having to eat yourself to slow down the onslaught.
Only negatives were there are areas that felt unfinished - but yea, 24 hours!!
Thanks and well done :)
Fun game, I did get lost though! But eventually found what I think was the correct way!
Super polished look, graphics and audio are great. Mood is lovely and writing is brilliant.
After a while I did find I was repeating the same action over and over to try and stumble on who I was looking for, rather than gathering information to slowly home in on my target. But as I did a game with a similar theme I can totally empathise with how tricky that it to nail!! (I didn't manage it wither haha)
Thanks! Great entry :)
Really enjoyed this, simple and well executed.
One thing I found tricky was telling when rings and asteroids were at the point they were either about to hit me or were ready to fly through.
Very nicely done, thanks! :)
Really lovely little game! Art and audio are brilliant and game play is really nice.
Felt the time ticked by quite quickly and things got out of control fast, but think with a bit more time I would get a the hang of it!
Great submission, thanks!
Lovely little game, nice loop of balancing your hearts / seeds.
Thanks!
This game moved me deeply. I was caught in a landslide you could say. 10000/10 would play forever.
Loved the idea behind the game. Was really cool to keep changing how the game is played, but not change the actual level. Great! Maybe If I had to say an improvement, perhaps a bigger map?(Although I understand the fact of the time limit) - other than that can't really think of many more improvements, so Great Game! Well done!
Like the graphics and audio! Music was great, as already mentioned, and I liked the concept. Perhaps as an improvement you could try and make the game a bit more smoother, because I think there was a slight delay between a kepress and an moving (possibly to do with an animation trying to finish?). Overall though - well done!
WOW!! LOVED this game! Really kept me entertained for the best part of 20 minutes!! Love the concept, love the graphics, love the gameplay!
If I had to change anything (which is not necessary because the game is awesome as it was), it would probably be more levels because I just want more of it.
Awesome job man!
I loved the innovation here. Quite liked the mechanic of how you control the seesaw to control the power. The music is **great**. Probably improvement could me like different modes, so you have this as your normal mode, and maybe like a different map or something. Well Done!
Hi! I liked the graphics and the music was great! Also, the idea for the game was really good, and played pretty well. Sound effects were on point, so you did good there.
Some improvements could be smoothing out the transitions? When you press left or right arrow keys, the player kinda jumps to its new location pretty suddenly. You could possible Lerp this, or even better create an animation to make the game look even more polished. You could also maybe have different power-ups? Something to entice the player into keeping on playing.
Overall though, a pretty good game! Well Done!
Hi! I loved the idea behind the game! It was really addictive to play, and I must have gone through it about 25+ times xD The concept of storing the energy is a really cool one and gives your game a really unique mechanic!
Some things i picked up on that could be improved on: If you hit the last red energy, you lose your stored energy, and then if you get the last blue energy ,you get a bit of energy. However, that energy is not enough to take you back up to the penultimate blue energy. Therefore, you cant really recover yourself, even though there is a blue energy there. Perhaps an easy fix to this would be to add a second blue next to it? Or perhaps increase the length that specific blue energy field sends you up.
Other than that, I really enjoyed playing the game! Well done!
Hi @dakke ! Glad you appreciated the feedback! First timer eh? Same! I managed to finish all my homework due today on friday night (i am 14 and go to school), and then just spend the weekend working on my submission. Anyway, as I said before, really liked the game so good job!
Hi!
I liked the gameplay, and the controllers were pretty smooth and ergonomic! Especially liked how you could pick stuff up and interact.
An improvement would probably be to make the game a little easier, because it was quite difficult!
Otherwise, very fun game!
WOW! I loved this game! Was challenging yet fun, and the mechanic behind it also was pretty cool! Awesome! I agree with @perak, a spacebar jump would be pretty cool - but overall, great!
Hi @deedz, sorry to bother you, but what do you mean with "L.O.O.P.S V(“?”,”?”)" Sorry if i am just being a little unaware xD
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@henrik-ganard @seskon @nick-barrash
Thanks for your feedback! I don't have time to do any bug fixes now, because of school, but I may try over the weekend.
Thanks for playing!!
@deedz Ah, yes, maybe in the future, although i can't see it happening anytime _very_ soon, because I have school. I will post an update to the Itch page though when I do.
@dakke Thanks for playing and for the feedback!Haha i felt the Among Us vibe as well xD.
@lady-stardust Thank you!
@spacecadet I understand what you mean about knowing where to go next, my bad lol. Thanks for playing!
@ryzy27 Thank you for playing and rating!
@d-lord Much appreciated!
@enzoup Wow thanks so much! I understand what you mean about polishing, I had intended to do some, but I was literally right up against the wire and didn't have time. Glad you enjoyed it though! Thanks for playing!
@aaron-smith Thank you!
@isac Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for playing!
@sharks thank you! I can understand it being a bit confusing, and I do notice the walk sound issue now - thanks for the feedback!
@andy593 Thank you!
@laurari Thanks! I agree with you that more puzzles would be great, i just ran out of time for the compo ;) Also, the tension idea is great - wish I had thought of it during the compo! Thank you!
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@dxk2294 Thank you! The feedback is much appreciated!
@tom-a I can see what you mean about the doors. Thank you for playing and thanks for the feedback!
Hi! I loved the idea of the game - really fun to play! For me though it was a bit hard, and I struggled, so maybe make the levels a bit easier?
Anyway though, its a great and polished game, so well done!
Liked the idea, and was great for a tower defence, enjoyed the gameplay! Maybe next time an improvement could be to add background music? Awesome game though!
Hi. I liked the mood of your game. It played well, and was a pretty nice concept! One thing to add probably, would be a backing track. This would make the game seem a lot more whole, and give it that final polish.
Great game though! I enjoyed playing it!
(p.s, as an afterthought, perhaps a little animation to change the colours of the paddles? Just a thought!)
WOW Is it weird that if found the *very* therapeutic !! The mood was AMAZING!
Really loved this game so thank you!
If I had to say 1 improvement, i would probably say the graphics coulda been enhanced with some fancy lighting, but it's really not too much of a big deal as the game is awesome as it is!
Hi! I liked the art style, the characters and backgrounds are drawn really well! I agree with the others, in how the collider is a little too big for the character, but its a minor bug. The UI is great! Loved how well it fitted in with the rest of the game.
To conclude, a great game! Congrats and thanks!
Hi! I also had the same problem as @tolmera. As you made this game in unity, I would suggest surrounding the playing plane with invisible box colliders, that way you don't lose your effect and feel, but you prevent players from falling off the map. Also, I would suggest adding in some kind of pause menu, where you can quit to the main menu, and also replay a level.
Improvements aside, I loved the Gameplay mechanic! It was a pretty cool idea to have 'stuck in a loop' be a car stuck driving in a loop, and I loved how simple the mechanic was, yet how much it enhanced the game. Again, as @tolmera said, it was really smooth so well done on that.
Well Done!
@games-by-tom, ah, I understand how it would be a great intentional feature. Good to see it fixed! Thanks for taking in the feedback - it makes your game _so_ much better!
Hi! the game was really addicting, and i found myself playing it over and over again. Loved the concept! Overall, a great and fun game!
Hi! From what i managed to play, it seemed really good! Loved the mood and overall simplicity of the game. Similarly to @loku , mine got stuck at a certain point, even after reloading. Good game though!