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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 59 | Signal | 👥 | The Signal of the Universe | jam | 407 | 3.59 | 3.29 | 3.36 | 3.95 | 3.45 | 3.06 | 2.67 | 3.04 |
| 2025 | 58 | Collector | Arena of Battleships | jam | 234 | 3.71 | 3.97 | 3.58 | 2.82 | 3.32 | 3.37 | 2.06 | 3.13 | |
| 2025 | 57 | Depths | In the DEPTHS | jam | 522 | 3.43 | 3.26 | 3.54 | 4.08 | 3.02 | 2.97 | 1.84 | 2.88 | |
| 2024 | 56 | Tiny Creatures | Ballverse | jam | 416 | 3.67 | 3.74 | 3.39 | 2.88 | 3.39 | 3.27 | 2.37 | 3.36 | |
| 2024 | 55 | Summoning | Demon's Tower | jam | 799 | 3.38 | 3.50 | 3.08 | 2.91 | 3.30 | 2.88 | 1.69 | 2.91 | |
| 2023 | 54 | Limited Space | Avoider | jam | 792 | 3.33 | 3.21 | 3.00 | 4.16 | 3.09 | 2.90 | 2.04 | 2.97 |
The idea is very creative and the game fits perfectly with the theme. I love this game!
Great puzzles! Good job!
I always like space games and the theme fits in the game so the game is brilliant! Congratulations!
This game is challenging, fun and very simple (in a good way). The graphics are pretty good and simple. I say that the audio part is exactly what the game needs. The theme matches the game, especially when you start getting caught between those lines. Overall, it's a well made game. Good job!
I love this game!! This game has a brilliant idea end fits with the theme. It's very fun and also challenging. The most interested part of the game was that you don't know where and which satellite can collide with another. Congratulations for the game!
This game fits the theme and the graphics and audio are very good. It's a harder game at first, but with patience you can survive a long time. Overall, it's a good game.
This is a simple game, but fun and also challenging. And the theme fits the game.
It's a fun game. This is a strategy game that becomes more limited in moves over time. I like this game!
I like the simplicity of the game and it fits in theme. It's very fun. Good job!
Is a fun game. I like it.
I like how you implemented the theme in the game. Sadly, I think the health bar doesn't working. 😥 But I like the game. Congratulations!
Fun, simple and a little bit hard to beat the challenges you wrote above. Overall, is a great game.
I have never seen a game with this design before. It's something amazing! If you add more levels and other mechanics, it will be a great game! Good job!
This tower defense game is very challenging and also has a good theme idea! I would like it if the tower can kill some enemies like the archer in its range. The art is nice. If you add more enemies (maybe a boss), upgrades and many other things, I think this game will be very fun to play. Good job!
Combining an FPS game with tower defense is great! I love tower defense games and maybe it would be great if this game will be available in VR. The game is nice, but it can be improved (eg: the way to the crystal is too long for me, and if you can skip cooldwn that would be nice)!
I love the graphics! And the gameplay too!
I added the HTML version to this site and I hope it works!
@cosmo8 , I'm glad that you enjoy the game! I know that is a long delay between the build of the pentagram and the effect of it, but I wanted a little bit of intro.
Hi @blank-3d, thanks for the feedback!
I know that a lot of cards available in the store have little impact on enemies or are for a short time (after 3 - 4 seconds of cooldown). Even the price of a single card is higher than an upgrade.
Money problem: menu money is different from round money. So you are free to use any available card you want in a round because it doesn't affect the money for upgrades. My advice is to use the blue cards (except the mini tower version card) when the boss arrives!
This game was a little rushed, so if I had an extra day I'd test it and definitely change some prices and stuff. I immediately saw some drawbacks after some friends who didn't attend this event tested my game and asked me many things about how it plays.
The idea you came up with is very nice! After a wave having the option to choose 2 or 3 options to upgrade your tower (ie: damage, health, armour etc.) is really nice, and after a boss wave to choose an available perk! Why not?
If you want to know how enemies level up, their health, damage, and speed are equal to their previous level multiplied by a certain constant. So their level increases exponentially!
In conclusion, your feedback is the most useful, longest and most complex feedback I have ever received! I will take care of these aspects in future events.
*Thank you very much!!* --
Hey @bjornstenlund! Glad you like the game! I hope you had a lot of fun and you don't have to feel sorry for the wall of text though! I really appreciate you taking the time to provide this feedback!
About the money issue: I quickly realized that this was a mistake on my part. The next day some friends played my game and asked me if the money in the round is different from the money in the menu. And the thing about advancing in the round to give the enemy more money seemed unnecessary to me, because after each wave more enemies came anyway, and more likely to come rarer enemies than the Basic (Fast, Tank and Fighter , which give more money than the Basic). That means more money!
The problem with the wave meter (or timer): each wave has 2 parts: the actual wave (when enemies are coming towards the tower) and the cooldown (when no more enemies are spawning), which this cooldown can be skipped by pressing Tab. Skipping the cooldown you will collect double amount of money in a certain time (it can be seen on the money that the font changes to green).
Getting to wave 30 in 20 minutes is pretty good, getting to wave 50 took me around an hour. But now comes the second mistake I made: a friend was playing the game heavily, but if I didn't see what he was doing, he was still on Tier 1 playing, while he passed wave 50. When you reach wave 50 from a Tier, the next Tier is unlocked, but this was most likely not noticed by most players. I should have added a little text somewhere that a new Tier was unlocked.
Another mistake was the "patience test". Whenever you die in big waves (20-25 and beyond) you have to start over from wave 1, which is a bit annoying, especially since you have to wait until the waves where the action starts. If I had added a Time Speed button it would be a lot more fun.
Of course, there may be more mistakes that I made, but nobody is perfect, especially when things are rushed. This event is the 2nd one that I have attended and I would like to attend the following events as well. Every game created is an additional experience in game development, and that's what I had: from the simplest games, created in many weeks, to a game created in 3 days for Ludum Dare.
In conclusion, your feedback was indeed very long, but also qualitative, which means a lot to me (and anyone too).
So, *Thank you very much* -- for your wall text, I really appreciate that!
This game is a simple one, and also reminds me of Rock Paper Scissors! I like it!
A classic shooting game, but is a good entry for the theme! I finished the waves faster than I expected, but for Ludum Dare is a good game. I like that you introduced a boss for the final wave. Overall, congratulations!
The idea of the game is nice. The movement of the player is a little bit hard on PC (because I have to move the mouse to change the room). Maybe an idea is to move your caracter by keyboard for a better experience. :keyboard:
About gameplay, I understood the idea of the game when I entered into the room with both gears. Also, I think that creating more maps with different difficulties will be more attractive.
Overall, it's a good entry! Congratulations! :smile:
4 different elements that can fuse together is very creative. And this level is also mysterious! This game is solid. Congratulations!
It's really fun and a little bit challenging! A really annoying part is the player movement (it's pretty hard to play with these inputs). The retro graphics and audio have a very cool vibe together. The gameplay is fun. A strong point is that you have introduced a tutorial part. Good entry! :)
Even if it has 3 levels, I enjoyed! The giant monster movement took me some time to figure out! The problem with the HTML5 build is that the game starts to slow down until it crashes. :tired_face:
By the way, the pixel art and the animations are nice! The audio is a little bit repetitive, but is ok. Good job!
So this game is the best game I've ever played at this event! Lots of fun, good graphics, I'm impressed. Good job!
This game is very challenging (especially the Hard Mode)!! But it's fun to play! The graphics are nice, I like the rocket the most. Good entry!
This game is defenitely fun! For me, mutation means to perfectly align by colours the DNA strands, but after some tries, I figured out that you have just to positionally align them. Also, pressing the "M" key instead of Spacebar or just a UI button. The graphics are simple, but I think that it fits better than other designs. Overall, nice mechanism and good usage of the theme. Congratulation!
Even if the movement is a little bit harder to control, the idea of splitting is brilliant! I have fun with it and also the graphics are nice. Overall, you've made a nice game! Good job!
@calcopod, thank you for playing the game! I appreciate that! :smile: Well, I saw one month ago on YouTube about "Balls" by Dani and my game is slightly inspired by it.
@jbartelsson, I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed playing the game. I think as the first game menu it should send you to the help menu (and I meant to do it, but I didn't have time).
Hi @mullenratte, thanks for playing! Today I started playing my game on mobile and (even I found some bugs, sorry about that) that deep cyan color was very exhausting. :sob: When I built this project on PC, that color wasn't very intense (because I have the night light on). I think that turning on the night light on your phone could soften this contrast. About passive incoming and steering would be great in a future version. Thank you for your feedback!
@chrisbeck, thanks for playing my game!
@rotaaaaaaaaaaaa , @roitchie , @blazerker , @luoqing thank you for playing my game!
@mibi88 , I'm glad you discovered the secret! Congratulations! :smile:
@steffo , @flaterectomy , thanks for some ideas! I'm thinking of developing this game further for mobile (and then for PC) and you guys have come up with some great ideas! I really appreciate that! Also, @steffo , you can destroy some enemies with a physical contact with the enemy and the ball (if you don't touch the spikes)!
@icxon , I really appreciate that you put some effort in recording my game! I saw that you struggled in killing the enemies (especially the Rays). Maybe I think that I have to reduce the power of the enemies in Easy tier. Also, I saw that you wanted to use the guns, but you didn't have ammo. In a future version I will add a method to gain some ammo in the round. Overall, thank you for playing and the recording! :heart:
This game is really fun to play, especially for who loves computer sience! I played a lot and is fun!
Creating circuits is a bit awkward because: - I can't draw a circuit with curves, only straight; - If I want to go near the firewalls or another circuits, the new build that I create will automatically makes the intersections with those and sometimes I don't want this.
Also, @recher is right about the spawning of firewalls. A solution I would offer you is that to check each circuit for the frequency of passing nanites and pick one of the highest frequency positions to place the firewall. So the player should build another path more often!
Overall, is a great game! Keep developing this, is quite fun!!!
Nice game! I like the mechanism the most! Simple, but fun!
Nice first person shooter game! :gun: I like it!!
For improvements, I think you need to add a wave system, maybe more towers to defend, more tiny creatures, but overall for Ludum Dare it's nice!
Nice tower defense game!! This concept of defending your castle is rarely seen in video games, but it's great to play. :european_castle:
Also, the tower modifiers are great, but the buy buttons seem smaller than in the screenshots. Maybe it's a UI issue because the info panels are bigger than my screen too. So I would advise you to solve the problem! :pray:
Overall, good concept! Congratulations!
Since this is a game with ASCII graphics, I love the animations! Maybe in the future a great idea is to generate the mazes from scripts for example. But overall, since this is the first event you've attended, this game is great! Congratulations!
I have a laptop with 1366 x 768 pixels (known as WXGA resolution), so I can't play the game normally. This game is probably designed for 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD), so on my laptop the game is cropped and I can't see lots of elements. :sob:
I played the game until the resolution was too small to see the creatures, but it's fun to play and maybe some power-ups, more towers, more enemies (maybe Bosses), etc. would be nice to see.
P. S. If you had intregrated some of those elements in the game, sorry!! The biggest problem is the resolution!
Nice!!
I like the idea of the game (placing some checkpoints and going to the end without getting too much damage). I manage to win every single level.
The graphics are cool (in general I love pixel art). Good entry!
Okay, this is an interesting game. I've played this game a lot and it's fun.
Sometimes the mouse seems to only move in certain areas and nothing else. The mouse hardly escapes from those cells. A better option is that the mouse chooses the fastest path to freedom.
Anyway, this game is cool. Good job!
This game definitely has the best graphics and audio at this event! The attack system is a bit more complex than it needs to be (only use the mouse to launch the direct attack, don't use the C button to confirm). After all, nice game, very polished, great idea to use the theme. Great job!!
I like the mechanics, even if they are hard at the beginning. I love the pixel-art graphics, especially the ropes style. Another good point is that you included the shop system. Overall, I like it! Good job!!
The game is fun, more likely to be a hardcore one, haha! :smile: Anyway, I like it! What I changed to this game is the main character, for me this is too static for a person. Overall, nice game!
Wow, I really like the game! Congrats for the graphics, I like it (simplistic, but nice, even the particles are good). Another good point is that you made different weapons, but it was better for me to swap these by scrolling (like in Minecraft). Overall, it's my favorite game in this event so far! Great job!!
Wow, this game is nice! I like it, and I think that I reached the bottom of the level, since my oxygen didn't drop for that deep level. Congratulations!
@lisek-gagatek , thanks for your feedback! I didn't realize that the trajectory could be a little bit shifted, I use a formula to do this. Maybe because the game runs on your device at low FPS or when the ball launches, it can hit another collider and just go in another direction. Also, that sound will be lower!
@jester1454 , @nordus , thanks for playing!
@raynorr , @thomas-bringer , thanks for playing!!
@toilari , I'm sorry you couldn't test my game properly. I just want to know if you played the HTML5 build version or you download it for Windows. If you test it on the HTML5, did you played on a PC or phone? And also can you please download the Windows version if so? Usually the HTML5 could not work well and that's why I put on the page the .exe file ready to download!
@floppynub , thank you for playing! I like that you said that this game could be on leaderboard! :smile:
@tomtomgome , thank you for playing my game and for your feedback as well!! And yeah, I need to think for better upgrades, but when things are rushed, you can't really think for the best ones, and for the quickest implementation.
@toilari , it's good that the game works for you too. And for that time upgrade, you can disable this in Sandbox Mode as well. (find it in Help menu)
Thank you so much for playing!!!
@fireslash , thanks for playing my game! Also, I didn't understand by "stuck between 2 different designs", so can you please describe it?
@lcstark , thanks for playing and your detailed feedback! I really enjoy that you like the game!
In terms of upgrades, you're right, even if I did the same for the last 2 games I made for these events (LD 55 & 56). Also, if you didn't realize, I left a Sandbox Mode under Help menu, so you can have infinite time.
Also, if you are playing the HTML5 version, don't be a fool! Even if the progress is saved, the browser usually deletes this after some days of inactivity.
@chuckeles , @gerswick , thanks for playing!
@bloodbane , @tetrergeru , thanks for playing!
@rbbhn , thanks for playing my game and for your feedback!
I like the game, simplistic, but addictive! But I'll say this: at least write here (on this page) or in the game descriptions and commands, otherwise it will be hard to play and maybe we can miss something important from the game. You can write the commands on the page now if you want. Overall, it's good. Nice!
Nice game! I love the pixel art too!! This game could be improved, for me the submarine moves a little bit slower when changing direction, but overall I like it! Good job!
Simplistic graphics, but a very addictive game!! I like it! No bugs found. Congratulations!
As a tiny puzzle game, it's quite nice! The pixel-art and the music are very good! Well done!
About the secret puzzle: I made the right things (I won't describe more because there may be more people that want to solve it), but I still can't see the 19th piece. This is a bug or something? I hover the whole area with the mouse and nothing happened. I followed the solution as well. :(
As a raw pinball game, it's a good concept. Even if there are a lot of pinball video-games, every board is unique. After "recovering my skills" in pinball, I enjoyed a little. The problem was the side bumpers, they tend to send the ball into the escape ramps (maybe make the entrance a little bit smaller?).
Overall, good entry!
Hmm... I like the idea, and also it fits in theme. The auto system is nice (maybe because I love it in general lol), the graphics are pretty good (as a comparison, I can't even draw like that :rofl: maybe because some kind of a skill issue), and the audio part fills the engagement needed to play. Well done!
Good graphics, nice idea blended with the theme, strategical and polished. Great job for all of you!
This game is quite nice! Pretty interesting as the usage of theme (collecting from a volcano). Graphics are quite good! Great job!
As a minigame, it's quite innovative! Didn't understand how the movement works, but after I realize what should I do, it was fun and completed the game. Nice game!
Nice game! At a glance, when I saw the textures, I said: "A 2D Minecraft version is here!" :rofl:
Back to your game, textures are good, audio part is nice, and the game mechanic is satisfying. And didn't expect for the last part to happen...
Well done!
I love auto battler games, so this game is pretty nice! Graphics are fancy, and making a card game requires a little bit of engineering. Great job!
Snake in 3D! I really love how you created this. Even if the objects are simplistic, they allow you to see where is the apple. Well done!
Okay, this game is unique in its own way: bids, taxes, and, more than that, *eating* mummies! :rofl: (at least that I can say about it).
Even if it's more like a minigame with pixel art graphics, it's pretty fun!
Nice game, and you have a really cool idea! Graphics are awesome, and the audio part fills the vibe needed for this game. Game mechanics are simple, as well as the controls. Great job!
Nice puzzle game! I love the mechanic of light & shadow, instantly reminds me about a game called "Race the Sun" (mechanics for this game are pretty similar: in light you charge the energy and in shadow you lose that). Great job!
To be honest, I love the simplistic art. The boat was a little bit difficult to control it, but the interaction of the sea currents was pretty realistic (didn't expect to have them). Overall, nice game!
Simplistic, but got me until I won. After some minutes of doing no sense things, I understand what I have to do. Graphics are simple (and I generally like it) + the audio system sets the vibe. Just a little observation: the final level has a lot of objects and cause some lag, maybe load them only when they are visible? But overall, nice minigame!
@mackain , @jonasolsson thanks for playing. The game was rushed; when the ship doesn't have any weapons left it's automatically destroyed. That was the case for the first level. I'll write a help section here in a few moments.
@stratcat66 , first of all, thanks for playing!
About the luck: there are some modules that depends on luck, especially for weapons. Not because I can't calculate the trajectory of a projectile, but because it adds a bit of randomness (at least I like this kind of games that strategy blends with a little bit of luck). And the enemy have some randomness, but it's more advanced than a simple luck. But it's totally understandable that you don't like the luck.
And the levels were made in 30 minutes, so I could add more than that! :rofl:
@grummelchen , thank you for playing, I appreciate that! :smile:
Can you describe the "difficulty curve"? The enemy is harder in mid-levels and easier in the final levels?
And the tutorial was planned, but I realized that I have 1 hour left and the levels weren't created yet! :laughing:
Nice game! The theme is even more used in your game, because the system of collecting notes are pretty interesting. For the audio part, the music and sounds are the strongest point in this game. As a hint of my ratings, the biggest one is the audio.
Overall, good job, being your second game jam is quite good!
As a first game you made for this event, it's quite nice and creative! The problem I have is the drill mechanism, it seems weird, as the direction goes random to up, to be honest. But honestly, a good entry!
Nice little puzzle game! I like the mechanics a lot!! Great game, like it!
Ha! I completed all 4 levels! Nice puzzle game!
I got stuck at the first level, in the last part (I panicked and refreshed the page), but after that it went smoothly! Graphics are good, same for the audio. Great job!
That... was awesome!! I really like it! About the upgrades, I didn't got that deep into the game, but they stack? I mean, I got damage reduction 10% and after another with 20%, so that means I get 30% damage reduction? And if that's the case, what about getting too much damage reduction so you go get 100% and your ship is invincible. Also, consider spawning more and stronger enemies over time in current game, to get competition.
Overall, that was a good game!
The idea is somehow original for this game, though I can't see too much on this map. Also, the game runs at like 5 FPS. Maybe consider an optimization for it. And the gameplay: a little bit too hard to control the car.
The story is awesome (and a little scary at the same time, not gonna lie). I like that you put some effort in creating some effects, models and some transitions between scenes. The audio intensifies the story. What I would change is the mouse sensitivity: had to manually lower the cursor speed to play it properly. Overall, good job!
Nice game! I liked it, and I reached the beacon (I guess this is the end). Also, the story was sooo good! Graphics are nice (the little rover is cute), and audio part intensifies the story by a lot.
These are my thoughts: - the lighting is too harsh: the shadows are way darker in comparison of the light area. A texture for terrain (a rocky one is perfect) with low to 0 smoothness would solve 90% of the problem. - the title screen is animated (that's a good thing, especially for a game jam). - terrain is quite interesting... the thing is that you see lots of tall mountains. I'd do a smoothness for them to be honest, but I guess this is how you want to look like. Not complaining about this aspect, but the roads where the rover could go feel sometimes off. In some areas the rover is stuck and need to do a turn to avoid them. - I don't know if this planet has an atmosphere, and if it doesn't, it would be nice to have some stars in the sky.
Overall, good job! :smile:
The game is super nice! I managed to do this kinda broken thing and still advancing super quickly thanks to the rotate and split module. This is my first power by the way! :smile:
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What are my thoughts: - see those rotate modules at the bottom? I wanted to reuse them, but they got stuck... :cry: - rotate modules are kinda weird to control. If we could use scroll wheel instead of right click, this would be easier. Also, rotate modules are so OP since you can make the signal turn around and possibly do create a loop (or at least the signal can go multiple times at the same modules already visited). Instead of rotate modules, what about a one-directional module, where it will send the signal directly horizontal, they can be used after splits. - the entry score bonus and extra rayon icon look identical, a texture change would be required. - at level 1 of "Supplier", the merchant appears too often. For level 1 he can be available only once in 3 minutes, and at max level the appearance should be like level 1.
Overall, I enjoyed this game a lot! Graphics are nice, and the audio part gives the game the vibe. Great game!
Well... it is fun! A lot of work to destroy a missile indeed. I had to read all the help section first in order to play it properly, and even then, after getting the data from a missile, for each step I had to look in to see if I should toggle it or not. Definitely need to play with a friend this game, or I should just learn each rule and only then it will be possible to disrupt a missile in like 30 seconds. Graphics are amazing, same for the audio. Perfect game! :smile:
@makintosh @isaac-hisey @nidoprince @lastuck @soul-grinder @caelestial @thormoth @oddballdave @kit-gorn thank you for playing my game and sending me a feedback! For sure will play your games too! :smile:
Ok, nice idea to be honest... First stage (only frequency & amplitude) was easy and simple, after that, when introducing phase it gets waaay harder than expected. No chance to pass the second stage, maybe I have a skill issue! :rofl:
Anyway, good graphics. Can't say the same thing about audio (because, well, is not present). Overall, nice game!
P.S. Still can't understand why you opted out of Theme, at least.
A nice puzzle game to be honest! Always to think every move ahead before to see what happens. Also I like the controls, though I would swap the move and rotate signals, I did a lot of move command rather than rotate, and it takes some time to make the signal. Overall, nice game!
Fun game, I like this top-down shooter. Always playing with the spread shooter, since this is so op when shooting at a very close distance. Graphics are nice, same for audio. The theme was somehow connected to your game. Good job!
I love autobattler game a lot! This game is quite nice, exploring the map and fighting enemies. I was able to clear the map! Graphics and audio are good (that curvature of the screen is a nice touch), just I couldn't see the right upgrades properly (the ones with special effect / artifacts. Overall, nice game!