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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 53 | Delivery | Air Delivery | compo | 9 | 4.32 | 4.17 | 3.38 | 4.40 | 4.50 | 4.32 | 3.38 | 4.30 | ||
| 2023 | 52 | Harvest | The Crystallographer | compo | 32 | 4.01 | 3.78 | 4.05 | 4.41 | 4.34 | 3.84 | 3.99 | |||
| 2022 | 51 | Every 10 seconds | Gamma Protocol | compo | 86 | 3.81 | 4.00 | 2.80 | 3.46 | 3.91 | 3.55 | 2.24 | 3.25 | ||
| 2017 | 39 | Running out of Power | 👥 | Amazeing Battery Life | jam | 202 | 3.70 | 3.33 | 3.38 | 4.34 | 4.38 | 3.85 | 1.84 | 4.19 | |
| 2016 | 37 | One room | ASTRI | jam | 771 | 2.83 | 2.65 | 2.00 | 2.91 | 3.58 | 2.76 | 1.83 | 2.86 | 54 | |
| 2016 | 35 | Shapeshift | Shapeshifting Slime | compo | 24 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | 34 | Two Button Controls / Growing | Torque | compo | 180 | 3.66 | 3.87 | 3.57 | 4.02 | 3.96 | 2.86 | 2.34 | 3.28 | 69 | |
| 2015 | 33 | You are the Monster | monster run | compo | 17 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | 32 | An Unconventional Weapon | Gravity-Gun | compo | 937 | 2.71 | 2.19 | 2.81 | 2.94 | 2.44 | 28 |
Nice job, the walking up scene must have taken awhile, I kinda wished i could have just clicked on the cheat sheet instead of having to type it in.
Also I found a way to put the game in a jar instead of using the whole .bat file and JDK and all. Just compile the game in a runnable jar, and put the resources next to the actual jar instead of in the jar. You might wanna fix that since not alot of people have JDK.
Everyone who is having problems should make sure that they have java 8, and make sure you have the resources folder right next to the .jar file or else it can't load the images.
If the game runs blank, just resize it a bit and it will load.
Also the clicking problem is some error with Java's click event system. Sometimes the event just doesn't fire, I have no idea how to fix it so i just had to live with it, sorry about the bugs everyone.
The problem with the jumping thing is lag-associated, it still thinks you are on the ground for a few ticks and makes you jump more than once. It rarely happened for me so I had no way of testing it for slower computers. It should be an easy bugfix i'll probablty have out soon.
Also anyone confused after defeating the first enemy: Spawn rates are determined by the difficulty, so if you're playing on easy there's a good chance you might be sitting around alone waiting for enemies to spawn. Also spawning occurs randomly so some games might be harder than others. Difficulty just increases the chances. So if you're bored and have nothing to do, move the difficulty up (by the way, You use the arrow keys to adjust the difficulty, i didn't have time for click events).
I just figured it out and submitted the jar.
My problem was eclipse doesnt put the classpath in the manifest file so it didnt know where to where to find the jar.
That code is just needed by LWJGL so it can load it's DLL's
I can't get past the wall jumping part. The camera starts to go into the wall, which is somehow light blue on the inside, and then the screen goes black. No matter what way I run into the wall this always happens.
The raytracing engine is really awesome. But I was only able to run the gl3 version and I have a nvidia GTX 960M. Which I have done lots of OpenGL tests on and i'm pretty sure it can handle OpenGL 4. So i'm not sure what's going on with the OpenGL 4 code here, but I hope the collision detection can be fixed.
This could certainly turn into a great game. But it didn't seem like it had enough gameplay features. I think the missiles need recharge since they're more powerful also. It would be cool for it to develop into a huge world where ships are more spread out and you're not under constant attack. And will actually go to another ship to get parts from it instead of constantly being under attack. this would allow your ship to grow and have more time to organize your building.
Man, I think you could have really turned this into a winning entry if you had polished it a bit more. The idea is just genius. If you had turned it into a sort of two-button sword fighting game, that would have been awesome. I think this came out to be a little too slow though.
Not sure what the potatoes were all about though... lol.
Just awesome. A post-compo with 8x8 online teams or something would be amazing. I know that would be hard though.
Amazing game. I lost about 5 hours in the beginning of my compo trying to do an orbit-based game, failed, gave up, and made a different game. You really nailed it.
Super polished game, but the gameplay is kinda slow.
Great music. This would be great as a multiplayer game with two colors. Just filling stuff in and no real way to lose made it kind of boring. I do think the controls are a bit unresponsive.
Awesome. I wish instead of a 3-2-1 when you die. just have a 'press any button'.
One problem is if you constantly go down you eventually cant go anymore. But pickups still spawn beneath you. And then you have no real idea where vertical=0 rotation is.
Nice little game. Wish there were some progress bars for picking things up.
Really nice considering you only used java and no libraries (I know what that's like.) You should really look into using a physics engine like JBullet though. It would have saved you time on your physics.
Nice arcade theme. The font is kinda hard to read though.
Graphics are really cool. The levels are insane difficulty though. And there's a weird bug where it doesn't clear the player from the screen when you die.
What is lacking in polished game content is made up with great programming here. It's crazy how you made a margin of error like that. Definitely looking at the source code for this one.
Interesting game. The moving platforms in one of the levels don't seem to be synchronized, making it either very hard or unbeatable.
This is a really awesome jam, one of the best i've seen. This could very well be a full game with better art.
Really fun. It actually took me awhile to figure out I can inflate more than once lol.
Very interesting. Could have been great if finished.
Yeah I was literally designing levels in the last minutes. I only added sound in the lasst 15 minutes before the deadline. So i just didn't have enough time to design more levels or audio.
The levels themselves take a ton of planning to get it to work as a puzzle, so they took a big chunk of time out. Also with them being 3D.
Huh, I cant really see a problem with the arrows. A goes clockwise and D goes counterclockwise.
I'm definitely gonna add more levels in a post-LD update sometime soon.
Ohhhhhh, now I see how it could seem inverted. That took a long time for my brain to see it that way. Man that is so weird how it can be taken two ways like that. It's not really inverted, they could be switched and still make sense. I guess one way or the other is more intuitive for some people.
Uploaded a post-compo version. It only has two new levels though.
I definitely see where you were going with this, but I think it's way too easy. I just kept going on and on and on until I got bored and just let myself die. And even then without me touching anything it took quite awhile to die. The music also gets really annoying really fast. If you had only not added the up/down controls you could have done both themes.
Whoa! Awesome job! Best jam i've seen yet!
Yeah the game design is just too complicated to really be enjoyable.
Nice game. It's awesome that you were able to do both themes.
Can you change the download file to a zip? windows only supports .zip and you'll allow more access to people who don't have 7-zip.
Ultimate rage game. I love how you flipped growing to become a bad thing.
This is just plain awesome.
You need a tutorial, or an explanation of the individual parts. I have no idea what to do.
Very nice strategy game. Reminds me of risk, but a lot less random. It does take some time to learn and a tutorial level would be great and maybe easier to understand icons.
I love the double thruster idea. I think the rotation is a bit sensitive though.
Maaaaaan these levels are haaaaard. Mega rage game, amazing work.
Well done. I feel like there should be a bit more margin on the beams though.
Awesome game. The leaderboard is an awesome addition. Although I was kind of confused about the controls and how the GUI worked at first. Maybe a description in the menu or on the game page?
Man this is a really challenging puzzle. Very, VERY well done!
Nice job for your second ever game! I'm pretty sure though, you didn't make those pig dying sounds (i've heard it in like 20 movies). It's not a big deal, but i'm pretty sure using pre-made sound effects is against the rules. other than that, nice job on the physics and 3d graphics. Although I wish there was a score or some way to win or lose.
Great graphics, but lacks some gameplay features.
I think this could be a good game if the people just weren't so impatient, and you can see each floor. But I definitely see it being a sushi-rush type game with some polishing.
Super nice. Only problem is there's something wrong with the input. It takes too long to take effect.
It took me awhile to realize I was moving left and right from the air-drag. There should be a better background that lets you know you're moving horizontally.
It's ok but it gets boring pretty fast. I kinda wish the characters had something on them that designates which one as being space and enter. I kept getting confused on which one was which. A really great use of the theme though.
I kinda wish there was a health bar. And for a jam, the art should have been much better.
I think the game could have been much better if you had only assigned the inflate button to a different key than jump. Other than that this is an excellent entry.
Man.... this is such an awesome entry.... One of the best I've played actually.
One of those games that makes you check twice to make sure it is in fact a compo...
Too bad you couldn't add game mechanics. The music is really nice,
Kind of confusing to play, I wish there was some sign that showed me I was actually attacking. The boss looked pretty cool though, and had some decent AI.
Man, I've always wanted to try and make some kind of nerdy particle physics simulator/game.... and you just did it.... This must have been an absolute blast to code. While this is extremely cool though, it lacks on game-playability. But I know that really doesn't matter for something like this.
I kind of wish there was a gui showing what combinations were which elements, and which elements were desirable. Without knowing what elements are good, you just wanna spam click and watch the show.
oh yeah... and the audio is AMAZING! It's probably a coincidence (or programmed in which would be awesome) but, when I was playing my first round, the music completely changed after I hit a certain score and everything was getting hot, and really matched the pace of everything. It was just so awesome.
Congratulations on finishing your first Ludum Dare. I would say consider changing the camera to 3rd person. In first person things can get pretty disorienting up close.
By the way you should probably make a Linux and a Mac build also. Since you use Unity there's really nothing you need to change except changing the build platform to the target OS and then rebuild. I was able to get it working in Linux with wine but it might not work for everyone.
This is just an amazing entry even if it doesn't really fit the theme. I love the idea of having to deal with a limited OS where you can't even store files. It makes room for a whole backstory (maybe in the future all OS's are purposely limited and web based, and you have to get around the limits). I can't wait to see where this game goes.
I love the polish on this game. The soundtrack is great. My only complaint is gameplay. 10 turns is a lot and you have really big area to work with. After a few turns it just feels like you're placing buildings over and over. I would suggest making the turns a bit smaller to shorten the game up a bit. That way every building really counts. And also it would be great to be able to see the stats of buildings before you place them.
Really love the style here. This has to be the best use of the theme I've seen so far. I agree with Infinitycore that the controls might need some tweaking, but nothing that serious.
Can't play you need more downloads for systems like linux.
Good graphics, good sound, good gameplay. While short this still feels like a finished game.
This is a known bug right now, we're working on getting an updated build out.
The reason the crates don't lock in place is because it was originally planned to have other walls move up when buttons are pressed so you might have to put the cube on the button for part of the puzzle and then move it off to continue further, just to add a whole new level of complexity to a normal sokoban puzzle. But we ran out of time and weren't able to implement near all the features we planned on.
If you get stuck you can always press 'r' to reset to the beginning of the level. We thought we fixed the crate bug but I guess we'll look into it again.
Update 1.2 is now uploaded to fix the bugs.
We just released another bugfixed version. Hopefully everything should be smooth now.
I can confirm it running perfectly on Linux.
WOW this is just amazing for being done in C. I will definitely be checking out your engine, I'm sure there's a lot to learn from it. The game itself is just about as polished as 2D games get and the gameplay is very challenging. Well done.
Pretty Good. You really need to work on those sounds though, they kind of hurt. I do like the stalagmite concept that makes this game unique.
@death-is-cold Wow that's interesting, without a flashlight the cave should be 100% black without any torches nearby and should be practically impossible to navigate. I have a feeling you might have run into some sort of graphical bug. Also the map uses far too much battery power to allow you to reach the end in time so it should be reserved for use every now and then.
I really expect this game to end up in the top 10 in the graphics category because this game is _very_ polished. When it comes to the puzzles, they're okay. It seemed like the best way to get through them was to systematically go through each combination and see which one works. I wasn't quite sure what I was supposed to be doing but the atmosphere and graphics made up for that.
As for bugs, when I finished the puzzle on the right side I was able to see the final puzzle way out in the distance and actually went awhile trying to solve it but barely being able to see anything. Eventually I found the button to zoom in on it though. Also it seems like the Linux version is somewhat broken. For me the custom mouse pointer was super large and was going invisible and back very rapidly. This is probably a bug on Unity's part but maybe the ability to run in Windowed mode may fix it?
Really nice job. Gravity based arcade games are always really fun. I also am not hearing any sound though, I was using the webGL build so maybe it's related to that. The physics is balanced very well and can be really fun to play around and create slingshots with. I think that the enemies' or the projectiles' hitboxes are waaay too small. With such small hitboxes it starts to feel more like luck than anything else which seems to contradict the fun physics based combat.
Really great game and concept. Could be a really nice mobile game. The only problem (with me at least) is that the grid + fast movement can really strain the eyes. I know there isn't much of a way to get around this and still keep the 80's style but it does affect how long you can play.
This is a really nice concept! Feels like minesweeper mixed with RPG. I think the tutorial didn't explain everything. For instance one of the abilities was skipped over and there were some new enemies that I didn't know the rules of. The art style is good but I had a hard time figuring out what some of the objects were (such as the ghosts' trails). Music was definitely great.
However the Linux port didn't work for me, I got this error: "error while loading shared libraries: libcurl.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" Which doesn't really make sense since I have libcurl installed. It isn't a big deal though since most people will just go with the web version anyway.
Overall I really like the concept and I think it was executed really well.
Great game all around! Platforming is solid and the graphics are beautiful. Even more amazing that you made this in your own custom C++ OpenGL engine!
Absolutely superb atmosphere in this game. My only complaint is that the player keeps repeating the same voice lines over and over. It seems like it would have made more sense for the player to only say them once. Overall very polished and the theme fits very well into the gameplay. Really had to double check to make sure this wasn't a jam. :thumbsup:
@infinitycore @bukkaketears Yeah I unfortunately added in the movement debuff in at the very end and didn't test enough to realize it was a bit too high. 50% is definitely too unforgiving, I wish I set it to something like 75%.
@lesinvisible The auto lock feature is needed because the engine I used: pico-8 is essentially an emulator for a fake console and uses a controller with only a d-pad and three other buttons on it. Its to keep the games simple and able to be played on any controller. There is still a workaround to access the mouse so I could have done manual mouse targeting as an option but wasn't able to add it in time. I'll probably get around to adding it if I make a post compo version of the game.
Wow this was way longer than I expected any jam game to be! Some of the puzzles were really well thought out and stumped me for a good while. Excelent job!
This says a lot about society. Truly one of the games of all time.
In all seriousness great job on the voice acting and funny vibes of the game.
Really well thought out and polished entry. The core mechanic of the game was very thoroughly explored and some of the puzzles really surprised me in the ways they utilized the color mechanic. The sheer number of levels is also not something I see often in game jams. I do feel like the first half of levels were much more thought out than the second half though. It felt like the difficulty increase between each level rose at a steady rate, but at a certain point the levels started to feel more like bonus levels. Not really a bad problem to have in a jam game though, usually its more common to have too few levels in a puzzle game.
Overall a really clever and polished entry that I could easily see being turned into a much larger game.
Wow that was really great. I'm not usually in to strategy games but I really like factory builders and this seemed like the perfect blend of both. I can't think of any problems with the game at all. It really felt like a fully realized game, complete with even a leaderboard.
Great graphics and I like the visibility mechanic of having to hide in the shadows. I'm not sure if its just me but the difficulty is really high. I tried over and over but couldn't get very far. The visibility cones are so high that the robot from the next room would always notice me. I really liked the gameplay and wish I could make it further into the game.
I know the whole concept of sonar in games isn't anything new, but the way you implemented it here is so new and original. The way the terrain goes from blocky to triangular when you get really close just blows my mind. The music is nice too, I happened to get a collectible right as the beat drop so it felt great lol.
Top notch art and presentation. I had to double check this wasn't a jam entry. Overall the gameplay feels solid and the enemy variety is really great. I found the kill marks system to be a little more frustrating than it needs to be. Losing unused killmarks between each timer loop felt really unsatisfying. It might have also been better to never waste killmarks on a bigger enemy until you have enough to kill them completely. Other than that this is an extremely well polished compo entry.
Really creative idea! The core loop is solid and the game feel is really polished. The lava is great and isn't an effect I've really seen much in pico-8. I definitely feel like taking a look at the source code to see how you pulled it off.
Amazingly polished for a compo entry. It’s very simple but addictive and feels complete in every way. Definitely my favorite compo entry so far!
This has no business being so juicy. It feels really satisfying to play. I feel like the theme could have been integrated into the gameplay somewhat to make it more unique.
The graphical style really makes this. I've never really seen anything like it before. Very creative!
I really like the art style and sounds the character makes. I did have a lot of trouble figuring out the puzzles. It always felt like I had to cheese them or I just had to happen to get lucky with the timing. I ended up getting stumped by the puzzle with the two lizards and the pillar that goes up. No idea if its just about timing your hiccups to line up with theirs?
Really charming entry. I enjoyed the story and the gameplay was very fun. I love how rage inducing the customers can be. I had a customer walk in, spill a drink, and immediately get mad I wasn't at the counter while I was cleaning it up.
Great take on the "10 second minigame" concept and good creepy/humorous atmosphere. I encountered a bug though where the pop-up mini games would take a good while to load when the timer started, sometimes giving me only 3 seconds to solve them.
What a unique idea. The core gameplay is solid and it gets really hectic trying to find all the targeted bees in time. I think the difficulty curve as the waves go up was a bit inconsistent, some of them being way too easy too far into the game. I think the hitboxes could also be bigger to put more focus on visually identifying the targets instead of having precise aim.
Really fun puzzle concept. I also had trouble realizing you could get out of bed diagonally but after that the puzzles were smooth from there.
I really like the creative use of backtracking through the level after gaining an upgrade to reach new areas. The puzzles were clever and left me wanting more levels. The platforming did get a bit frustrating at times, and the area right after getting the boots felt nearly impossible. Great game nonetheless!
Just wow. This has got to be the most complete and polished Ludum Dare game I've ever played. It really felt like a level of a fully released indie game. The art and visual design is amazing and the music fit perfectly. Absolute 10/10 entry.
Really fun puzzle game. Some of them were pretty challenging and I did get stuck on a later puzzle, but they're definitely really well designed and made me go "aha" whenever I solved them.
Wow what an eerie but atmospheric game. Very artistic both not just in the art itself but the story. The world portayed is disturbing but intruiging.
The art and atmosphere is just top tier. I really liked it overall.
I really like how the matching system works. I didn't get it until I read the hint on the page but after that I started getting into the groove.
I love the classic adobe flash game vibes this game is giving me, even the music reminds me of old web games. Simple gameplay but great mood.
Wow I had to double check this wasn't a jam game. The visuals and audio are so high quality for compo.
I think graphics and game feel wise this is super solid and you definitely nailed how to implement good game feel in Pico 8. The UI feels especially slick for a Pico 8 game. I agree that deaths can feel pretty sudden and unfair but knowing the upcoming event would have gone a long way. Oversights like that happen a lot in compo and doesn’t detract too much from the core experience. And if you ever want to take the game further you’ll already know what works and what doesn’t.
Really nice art! It was just the right amount of stress trying to count up all the ingredients. The only feedback is that its hard to keep up with the number of customers and they just continue to pile up.
Very creative concept! You should really add a leaderboard. That would really boost the competitiveness.
The bullet patterns were very nice and didn't feel unfair. Sometimes the color changes would make it really hard to see the bullets and overall strained my eyes a bit. Not really a factor on the gameplay but the shooting sound is kind of ear piercing. Overall its a good, fun entry.
Neat take on Arkanoid. The random modifiers all felt great although I wish gravity had just a little less gravity so it could still go higher. I think adding a very small window of slow motion when the modifier changes would give the player time to react especially when it changes to the fast version.
Excellent interpretation of the mini game formula. The juice in each of them really makes the game and the transitions feel so good. I only wish there were more minigames.
Oh my gosh why are bird names so hard to type lol. I liked the random facts between birds, very charming educational game.
Very nice implementation of the mini-game format. I especially liked how the rocks minigame gives you a heads up when one is about to fall.
Nice and simple arcady game! Dodging the lasers is definitely the best part. It's challenging but once you get the timing down its satisfying. Not to mention you still have to keep your eyes on the road so that you don't hit a rock when you boost.
It funny.
I love the art, music and level design a lot in this one! Only feedback is the movement speed as others have said, and a reset button would have been helpful on a few levels, but other than that this is a really solid game.
Wow the music is so groovy. I love how well it synchronizes with the visuals and getting to hear the second verse after surviving a wave is so satisfying.
I'm not sure if there's a mechanic that I didn't figure out but to me the flapping felt inconsistent. I would sometimes have to press spacebar quite a few times before even taking off from the ground. Not sure if this is a bug or some hidden cooldown.
I really like this take on the theme! Really neat seeing the concept of windshield visibility applied to 2D. Also I was able to embed my PICO-8 game fine on the Ludum Dare website so I don't think it should have any issues with blacklisted calls. You may have put your html file inside a folder inside the zip which would keep the site from finding it. The html file needs to be at the root of the zip file and not inside a nested folder.
Very unique and interesting entry. I actually enjoyed listening to the lecture story. I agree that there should have been more feedback on serving the customers though.
Thank you everyone for the amazing comments and feedback! I’m glad everyone is having fun with the game!
@johnnysix I agree that the randomness can be frustrating. I had to make a trade off by adding some randomness to keep the replayability up and avoid players from optimizing too much. This also is what makes some tiles better than others.
@vidarn Oh I should have thought about designing it for color blindness! Thank you for pointing that out. I’m thinking of doing a post jam update so I’ll definitely try to texture them differently in that version.
@zimny11 Yeah the more I play it myself the more I’m realizing the button overlap can cause problems.
@caranha Congrats on getting such a high score! I was wondering when someone would find the strategy of rolling the seeds.
The randomness of the seed spreading is tough but it can be mitigated by using tiles that are surrounded by others. The first tip in the description still applies, it just might not seem like it immediately because seeds can land on dry ground or there may not be enough open adjacent spaces for all the shards to be placed.
Also the key to getting the Pico 8 embed to work is making sure that the HTML and JS files are at the root of the zip file. Zipping a folder will usually put the files inside a folder inside the zip so you have to move them up a level after zipping them.
The cannon upgrades are my favorite part. You could have just made them shoot more in the same direction, but the different spread patterns make shooting interesting. The number of enemies got chaotic really quick but I was able to make it to 68 kills before dying. My only main complaint is the camera is a bit dizzying and an audio bug caused the music to keep restarting every time I shot. Other than that, pretty fun entry!
Really great job on the effects and overall feel of the game! Everything feels really satisfying overall and the gun variety is really great.
Wow this is a really great concept! It's definitely very challenging but addictively so. The art and sound are also really well done and overall feels like a fully polished entry. My only minor nitpick is how hard it is to get a good match rolling. It might have been easier to start with more than one golf ball. Or maybe have that as a difficulty option.
Really top notch art direction! Everything just felt really consistent and cozy. The reeling mechanic might be the best I've seen in a game but it was only used to its full extent in the early game. Big fishes were unintuitively the easiest because you can get right up next to them and catch them instantly. I would have liked to see the upgrades compliment the reeling system rather than giving speed boosts which lets you cheese around it. Besides that , the gameplay really had me hooked (pun intended) until getting to the end.
Really great job on the art! The title screen and the intro cutscenes are all great especially for being in pico 8. The gameplay was straightforward although definitely pretty unforgiving.
Wow this was super fun to play. Level 4 took me a few tries before I narrowly made it. I can't see how level 5 could be possible. It was so difficult. The frantic gameplay was very fun and addictive though. I really liked trying to figure out ways to go faster.
I really love the amount of polish you put into this game! The title screen intro is especially slick. I was only able to make it to 49 points. It really does get hard near the end!
As others have said the art is great. It did seem hard initially but lining all the cakes up and pushing them all off the edge together made it really easy. The isometric perspective made it hard to tell exactly what tile a cake was on though, and I would frequently miss them or misalign a row of them.
Really innovative idea! And great effects and music! The visuals and feel of the game seem as complete as they could be. Really impressive for a compo game. It did take me a few tries to realize that "next to" meant the 8 nearest tiles instead of 4. After that I was able to understand the strategy much better.
Really nice game! The art style and mechanics are great. I like how you were able to achieve such a high skill ceiling with only a few basic mechanics (some of the scores on the leaderboard are insane).
This was definitely really hard to wrap my head around. A good tutorial or a better description of the mechanics could probably make it much more manageable.
Ooh I'm a sucker for these 3D pixel art games. I absolutely love the aesthetic. The weapon modification feature was cool but never felt entirely needed. It just felt a bit tedious swapping out components. I really like the idea though and hope it gets expanded.
Wow I'm really impressed at how addictive this game becomes once you learn it. I really like figuring out different ways to move to maximize the scythe damages. Getting more and more overpowered also felt great. The only issue is that the early game when you have only one scythe isn't quite as fun. The enemies feel like they have way too much health for one scythe to manage. After getting the second scythe everything is fine, but that took me a couple tries to get to. Overall I think getting the second scythe is the point where the game gets really really good and it should be a bit quicker to get.
The movement combined with the goal of slingshotting around the planets is really satisfying and fun. I found the enemies a bit too difficult to fight though. I eventually figured out that you can let them chase you, slow down and flip around to shoot them which felt super fun and satisfying. The only problem is it only takes one missed shot and its over. I think if the player had more health it could let them figure out this srategy of fighting the enemies.
Great art style are overall game feel. Shooting felt satisfying and the gun upgrades kept me playing for a good while. The mechanic of planting plants you then harvest is a great idea but in practice felt a bit grindy. You can farm roses very easily because of their consistent attack pattern. This combined with the gnomes not being much of a threat made it feel more like a grind to get as many points as possible. Other than that everything else felt really polished and it did manage to keep me hooked for a good while.
Of all the things I was expecting to see this jam, Australian Outer Wilds was definitely not one of them.... Very surreal and humorous. I'm definitely impressed with how this was pulled off in 72 hours. I was able to beat the game, the only trouble I had was figuring out how to fly the motorcycle. The directions the keys move you just seemed to not line up with where they should be sometimes. Overall very funny and bizarre.
Really fun reversal of the common tropes of this theme. Overall an enjoyable little wave shooter. The movement mechanic, when used right, really adds to the experience and feels like much more than a gimmick. There are a few bits of information in the game that are hidden from the player though that probably shouldn't be. Namely the cooldown for moving again, and how strong an enemy is. Enemies seem to have random amounts of health and some visual way to distinguish a 3-hit enemy from a 2-hit enemy would be great.
Really chill game with a great atmosphere. The mechanics took a little bit to figure out but after that everything was straightforward.
I really like this idea, nice way to shake up the bullet-hell genre. I agree that more feedback when hit would have been nice. And maybe a different button to harvest instead of pressing E, or just have harvesting be automatic. The tutorial was really well done and not something most people have time for in a compo. Well done!
Simple and well executed! I liked being able to swing by each harvester to collect resources quickly. The breaking mechanic was also a great idea. I only wish there was more content!
Wow the animations on the character attacks are so well done! The scythe harvest animation is just amazing. Good presentation and pacing overall. The only part I felt was a bit clumsy were the attacks themselves. Felt a bit weird having them lock you in place.
Great job on your first Ludum Dare! The art style and player animations look really nice. I think the interact button would have been more convenient on a mouse button though.
Really cute little game! I haven't really seen a short story game like this in pico 8!
Great idea about moving the barn around to protect it! The potatoes attacks are perfectly suited for this mechanic. My scarecrow ended up dying way more than the barn though. I kind of wished the scarecrow had infinite health and all you had to protect is the barn.
I really like this concept. Really creative take on the theme, and well executed. My only issue was that the difficulty was far too low and the game ends too soon. I was able to win a match without placing any turrets at all which doesn't seem right. I think all it needs is a higher number of watergrass that you need to collect to win. I would really love to see an expanded version of this with more levels and higher difficulty.
Nice concept! It's pretty straightforward and was simple to understand. The only thing that took time to figure out was needing to press up arrow to throw. I was thinking it would just be spacebar.
Really nice movement system! The animation change when you carry too much was a nice touch. Just wish there was something to signal that you beat the game. I was kind of confused at the end.
Cool little game! I thought it was funny how the music stopped whenever the player did.
@joao-marcello thanks for the great feedback! I don’t think what you ran into was a bug. The top right indicator counts how many letters you have found, but not how many you delivered. Since you were carrying one more that means there was still an NPC out there you needed to deliver too. That’s definitely intentional though. Delivering all of the letters is more of a completionist task than one that’s expected for everyone to do.
I really like the fancy almost 3d effects you pulled off in Pico 8! The gameplay hook was really nice and the shooting mechanism was a unique take to prevent mindless button mashing. The only part I had trouble understanding was the range at which you’re too close to the planet to continue delivering pizza. It felt way too soon and for a while I thought some other mechanic was prematurely ending the round. Other than that it’s a solid little infinite arcade game.
Another charming and straightforward Pico-8 game! Gameplay wise it's simple and accomplishes exactly what it intends to. The water effect is really awesome too.
Nice aesthetic! Really fun but simple gameplay too. I do wish the difficulty increased more as time goes on though. Definitely a chrome dinosaur sort of game.
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That was tough! I was able to make it through every level though with some persistence. Every level felt really well thought out. I was surprised none of them felt like throwaway levels which is very common in LD puzzle games. The music is probably some of the best I've ever heard in a LD entry. While I was playing I was thinking to myself "Wait, does this music ever loop?"
Lol the random Florida theme makes this hilarious. The way the alligators just swoop in just looks comical to me. The gameplay is absolutely tough as nails though. I really struggled just to get to level 4. Great job on your first Pico-8 entry!
Great game! I liked how delivering in the wrong order was allowed but just cost you points. I think the skill ceiling could be raised a lot by adding a line showing the initial trajectory (not any of the bounces though). The shape of the ships matching up with the package order was a really neat attention to detail too.
Such a unique spin on platforming having to protect the basket! Just the right amount of difficulty and a cutely animated owl!
Very relaxing gameplay. I felt like I could just chill playing this for a good while. I was able to get all the upgrades and made it to about 47,000km. I really wanted to see how high you could go. I think the birds make falling back down more of a waiting game. I'm not sure why you collide with them going down but not up. The intro cinematic combined with the music was really well done too.
Wow this gets super chaotic super fast, and that's a good thing. The rails adjusting to your input is honestly a really novel approach.
A really innovative idea! I really think you should take it further. I really love factory-builder games and having a factory builder where you make a travelling factory is a super cool concept. The only part that made getting started confusing was the use of conduits. I think just having a global energy pool for the entire cube might have been more intuitive.
I really liked this! My only feedback is that the game itself needs more feedback to make it more clear what's going on. Early on it was hard to visualize what everything was doing and the enemy moves in particular. Since this is a compo game though I totally understand there wasn't any time for that. The card synergies felt really well thought out and coming up with a deck to beat the final enemy was really fun. He seemed almost unfair at first since he doesn't ever have resting turns but it made figuring out a strategy much more fun.
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Overall I really enjoyed the strategy in this!
Nice game! I liked the incorporation of the crystal drop-off system and the score being on the car itself. It did take me a while to piece together how it all worked though. Some more feedback when you gather/drop-off crystals could have helped or some tutorial hints.
I really got hooked to the core game loop. I was able to make it to 1039 points with autofire and I think 6 fire rate upgrades. At first I thought it was a bug that such insane numbers of enemies spawn at the edge of the map but once I grinded enough upgrades I was able to push closer to the edge and complete those hard delivery routes. I really liked the sense of progression gained from getting closer to the world edge.
I think you definitely succeeded with the atmosphere. I was actually pretty spooked the whole time. The dialogue was a bit longer than it needed to be, and the mechanic of hitting the monster felt a bit clunky but that's all understandable for a 3D compo game. Overall great job especially for a compo game!
This is an incredibly original concept! I think gameplay improvements can be made as others have said but the core idea and aesthetic is really something special!
Cool concept. The momentum when you drop the baby added a bit of challenge. My only feedback is that it's too common to get a pattern that there isn't a house for.
A nice bossfight! And the story setup was really high quality and humorous. I played on a controller so no complaints with the controls. I think taking damage from just touching the boss didn't feel quite right. It did pad out the difficulty enough to take me many attempts to finally beat though. The overall aesthetic and art is all really top notch!
I really like the climbing mechanic a lot in this. I think a game like this could benefit much more from pre-made levels though. The random placements were sometimes borderline impossible to traverse. The falling rocks could also have a bit more of a warning window. They always took me out in the end.
Definitely the best art I've seen in a compo. I have no idea how you made it all from scratch in such a short time. Really impressive!
Great job on your first Pico-8 game! I can't really think of any flaws with this one. It accomplishes exactly what it set out to do. It's extremely difficult but that definitely seems to be the intention. It's cool how with enough practice I was really able to develop much better control of the movement.
It took a bit to get used to but after lots of practice, the drone controls actually become really enjoyable! I agree with the other comments that the lighting is too dark. It actually took me quite some time to realize there's more stuff up above. I just kept delivering to the first green pad and thought that was it but I'm glad there was more!
Congrats on your first game jam! The solution to the puzzle is pretty clever and I definitely could have seen the mechanic being expanded on if you had more time. Good job and jiji!
Works pretty well as a rage game actually! I was able to make it to level 5 before giving up.
Really stylish aesthetic! The whole octopus thing with being able to hold lots of guns is a great concept. I don't really understand why there are invisible walls though. That was really the only issue I ran into. Other than that, great entry!
You guys should absolutely publish this as a mobile game. The control scheme is perfect for it. The art and animations were 10/10, I especially liked the particle effect when you jump, it just was so well animated.
My only bit of feedback is that these particular sorts of wall jumps with spikes on the walls felt unfairly hard compared to the much better feeling platforming in the rest of the levels. Lining up the jump height perfectly with them was more trial and error than anything.
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Overall an excellent concept and execution I would love to see turned into a full game on mobile.