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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 32 | An Unconventional Weapon | Gravity | compo | 469 | 3.26 | 2.85 | 3.41 | 2.82 | 3.26 | 3.39 | 3.21 | 80 | ||
| 2014 | 31 | Entire Game on One Screen | Blocked | compo | 40 | 3.94 | 3.88 | 4.00 | 4.22 | 3.53 | 3.84 | 2.13 | 3.55 | 88 |
I really liked this implementation of the theme, and it was all quite well executed. I know you have a little more guidance in the easy mode, but remembering how to get your way around is a tad confusing.
I suppose its part of the game to accidentally destroy a boss killer before the boss is out?
Thanks for the kind words everyone! Sorry about the "ice" physics. This is after I have toned down the iciness. I considered it more of a mechanic because the jumps themselves aren't really that hard and I didn't have the time to make smarter platform generation.
Starting to wonder if this would count as a "typo" fix...
Genuinely terrifying.
This really requires you to think, which is good if its a puzzle game. Good concept.
This is a neat idea, though the theme isn't extremely prevalent. I see what you mean about it being short, but it looks like there is a solid framework there, everything is smooth and shiny and makes sense!
It's a good twist on the typical match 3 game.
A colourblind mode would go well for people like me, I had trouble telling the difference between some of the blocks.
Cool idea, surprisingly difficult. Would be nice to know what the zombies are holding before you kill them though.
I was having a few performance issues. HTML5 gaming is still in its infancy.
The cup graphic wouldn't load for me the first time, which did stump me. Fortunately refreshing solved the issue.
This point and click didn't have me getting as mad as other ones do, though I did have to consult the walkthrough. I enjoyed this.
Compo version is throwing an error "Could not initialise RocketBoots" in the console.
Tried the post-compo version and it looks really nice.
I think you should give yourself some more credit than you do in the description, it's a game and you made it for LD which is an achievement in an of itself.
But yes, it could do with a few more features!
The soundscape is something! I had some difficulty with the controls on a touchpad. I like the frantic-ness of it.
Breakfast at its finest.
Really quite cool, and a very different approach to the theme. I was very happy to finish it to the end and wished there was more! But that's what post-game work is for.
I agree with the sentiments that things may have been better explained without words in-game.
I have never felt closer to my keyboard than this moment.
Very slick indeed - you should give extra points for moving to the beat because I was trying to make my own drummer with my square character.
I got to 93.
It definitely has that gameboy feel in terms of the graphics, and the sounds make me think of a gameshow (in a good way).
I do yearn to get to the top of the level, does that happen further on in the game or is it not possible because you didn't have time to do the upgrades?
Fighting system is pretty solid.
Things do get pretty crazy, though I think maybe a little bit too fast. Games like these end when we lose control and I hardly hit 10000 points before then.
But I suppose that's what practice is for. Mechanics are pretty solid!
Good, standard minigame collection here. I think the time between minigames is a bit too long, I would be happy with 3 seconds (or instantly, even).
Good to see you tackling these jams at an early age, it will make the difference.
This has good foundations, a battle system with enemies and exploration and experience at least (I did not encounter levelling up)
The movement block by block made it impossible to tell if you were moving in long, repetitive passages. The fighting seemed a bit slow paced to me, as well.
I like the graphics.
I should have got her more diamonds...
That was really enjoyable, really puts you on the edge of your seat.
It is quite a confusing game, but I've never been much for card games. I feel like a good deal of thought has gone into the mechanics so kudos for that, and the programmer graphics are fantastic.
Still, I found myself randomly clicking and watching numbers change even after looking through the tutorial. It's quite hard to read the resource consumption stats in the card preview.
On Mac I am getting a "message" upon opening, I am guessing an error of some sort:
net.bobmandude9889.World.OrthogonalMapLoader.load(OrthogonalMapLoader.java:41)
com.webs.kevkawm.Main.Main.loadMap(Main.java:60)
com.webs.kevkawm.Main.Main.main(Main.java:38)
Can't play because I'm on Mac but I'm making a case to say the screenshot looks very pretty and I wish I could play!
Wicked. The two player one needs to happen so people like me can finally have fun playing an FPS.
So good that I didn't even think about its relevance to the theme until I came here to write about your game. Now that I do think about it, it's a really creative take on it!
This could easily be some sort of online deathmatch sort of thing - which would save you the need to create a whole campaign and all that.
If I'm going to be picky, the 3D graphics could have used some work. But the terminal itself was beautiful.
Please add tab completion to the new version!
This is a great game. It fits the theme well, graphics are fluid, controls well. I like how there is infinite play and it has a good difficulty curve.
The structures of the obstacles are quite recognisable, so it doesn't seem as generated as it could. When moving at fast speeds, white gaps appear between the tiles. Sometimes hamburgers appear in hard to reach places :(
I got to level 6!
Visually, it is stunning and the platforming (aside from attacking) works well.
I agree with sentiments about there being little connection to the theme.
I enjoyed this, but I'm not really seeing the theme in it!
The game is quite addictive but I think I'm experiencing a bug where in a lot of the colours I just can't see any cubes. I also never get coloured cubes, only white ones.
I'm imagining what this game would be without the bug when ranking it, though!
At first I thought this game was just a typing simulator, but exploring the commands a bit made me realise that this game has a pretty cool premise behind it. Command oriented games seem very relevant to programmers so its in the right place.
But I couldn't bring myself to need all of the other commands and once I realised I could alias s to swipe, I could just quick-fire that command constantly and never get hit. A cooldown would probably be good here.
Interesting control mechanic, but I am struggling to see how this fits the theme.
This was really good, had me playing through a few times until I won - the first time I didn't realise that I needed to be nice.
The screenshots to the other dimensions look enticing, and would be a good gameplay feature, but I don't feel compelled to go that far. The sandbox is ambitious for LD, and I think you've taken a fairly good crack at it.
Getting "internal server error" when downloading OS/X version
Even from the outset, the movement is fluid enough to make you feel like you are in control of PacMan.
Good take on the theme, I did have to ragequit not very far in though.
The quantum mechanics proving that this is actually one screen does seem like a bit of a cheap shot, but nobody understands enough to argue so it works!
The remarks at the top made my day, funniest thing I've seen in the LD 31 games thus far.
I like it but there aren't really any features that are specific to a nuclear power plant, normally these sorts of simulators have controls for the rods/moderator/whatever.
Really like the graphics but unfortunately I can't play with sound at the moment!
Really quite difficult because of the floaty controls.
I made a similar mistake with mine!
This is a really neat idea, good way of getting around the restrictions of the theme. The puzzles certainly had me stumped - a great turnout in terms of thinking in such a short amount of time.
The graphics did seem a bit cobbled together, though.
The lighting gives a very dark atmosphere to Christmas, which is nice. I like the graphics in the title sequences especially.
It can get a bit monotonous, but the decreasing field of vision and chests do shake things up a bit.
The controls are a bit iffy, you can't really move while jumping which makes dodging kind of frustrating.
Music is catchy and I like the visual style you're going for.
The effects were just interesting enough to keep me going through the repetition. That was a really interesting experience.
The 3D controls wouldn't grab my mouse cursor so I kept having to move it in and out of the browser at different points to look around.
This is pretty slick, and lives up to its bullet hell name. The ending is priceless.
Art and audio are really good, and so is the concept and the controls. I'm not sure why but I can't seem to get into the gameplay itself.
Still, awesome game.
The whole environment is awesome, sounds and graphics. The gameplay is simple but it works! It's quite difficult as picking up the enemies after dashing can get hard. The Z+X was also not very consistent. I found that you had to make sure that you pressed Z before you pressed X
It seemed really fluid, except for how difficult it was to get riffs to come out of the guitar sometimes. The animations were nice and the music fit the scene very well.
The graphics are beautiful and the relaxed gameplay is really nice, I just wanted to explore as opposed to reaching the goal and herding (which was quite difficult). I think you still fit the theme very nicely.
Nice work! The whole thing felt pretty polished and well put together, and the mechanic fits in with the theme really well.
Great interpretation of the theme, what a robust weapon! It was a little unclear that you could only bounce on your bubble if it was a specific size, but once you worked it out, it was pretty intuitive.
I like the mechanic of learning, but I felt it was way too easy to get yourself stuck and have to start the level all over again.
This was really fun! The weapon upgrading mechanic was a great idea because it was the thing that kept me playing: "How ridiculous is my weapon going to become?"
The theme incorporation does seem like a little bit of a copout.
This is great, I really like how the unconventional weapon is used to help you in missions, so it's up to you when to use it - as opposed to "here is an obvious section where you need to use that thing". Graphics are great as well.
A game often played as a time killer between friends now turned into a video game, great idea! My scoring rule only ended up with three valid words between everyone at the end so I was pretty confused.
This game is awesome, the exploration nature of it takes it to the next level, I really like the way you can go back and forth between areas so fluidly and the crayon mechanic is implemented perfectly.
Some explanation when you're first introduced to the crayon may have been useful.
That was simply excellent. First LD game so far that has had my heart racing like that after finishing. My only gripe is that the menu graphics are a bit ugly but the graphics of gameplay make up for that entirely.
Apologies for that previous comment - wrong game! The graphics for this were beautiful though, and the menu graphics weren't a let down. I loved the lighting.
I'm colourblind so I had trouble telling the difference between the red and, er, red crystals. They both looked red to me.
That was really interesting, and impressive how much has been fit into the whole game. It was a good move putting the tutorial in to explain everything, because there is a lot going on. Some of the text was cut off on the side of the screen.
Even with all of the explanation, I still found it pretty confusing but I'm sure I'd get the hang of it eventually.
I liked the idea, but it is really hard to execute well. You run out of computers pretty fast and unfortunately my office workers are stupid! They run for the wall instead of the door to the next floor.
It's a shame that we only have on worker. On my first go, I killed it because I thought that's what omnipotent computer defence systems did.
I liked how you were introduced to the game, and it was refreshing given the different playing style of all of the other LD games. I got to 36 with 279 letters
Love it! I have no idea what it is but I love it!
That was simply excellent. First LD game so far that has had my heart racing like that after finishing. My only gripe is that the menu graphics are a bit ugly but the graphics of gameplay make up for that entirely.
Definitely very finicky platforming, but the environment was nice looking enough, and the music sets the mood very well.
Deep. I was doing so well in the morning but once I got to work everything went downhill...
After I figured out what was going, I realised this was a cool mechanic. The tutorial is so long, so after you die you don't really want to go again.
Such an awesome job, making the music and then sequencing it to the game must have taken so long! The music was good to mash to, but I am no good at rhythm games.
This is awesome, I can't really think of a way to fault it in its current implementation. It may be fun if you could also suck projectiles but that would probably make it too easy.
Good job!
This is pretty funny. I had a little trouble understanding what was going on, but running around and mashing keys until things fell off was good fun.
That was really nice, the graphical style was great. The punishment for death is pretty harsh - go back to the beginning
I couldn't finish it unfortunately, but I really enjoyed the idea of exploring and finding stuff out. I felt that the one minute timer was a bit short.
I like the idea, balancing the production of an intergalactic civilisation. It moves quite slowly at the moment, which makes it hard to get into.
Couldn't get this to work entirely on my machine. Macbook Pro (OSX 10.10) on Google Chrome with a Logitech F310. Movement controls worked fine but I couldn't fire with any button.
Looks like a cool concept though.
I blew it
Fun concept for the theme, but it seems a little buggy. It seems I can't cast the toxic spell without casting the slow spell first, and I couldn't past the first door. The first time I played, 5 letters appeared on the door when I killed the zombies but playing them did nothing. The second time I only saw one letter after killing all of the zombies.
Still, I really enjoyed the concept of playing music to cast spells.
This seemed surprisingly natural! I enjoyed that, except the spinning mechanics seemed unintuitive and were quite difficult. For example, I would let go expecting to go one way and then trail off in the opposite direction.