Paradise Inc by Criobite 2018-08-14T17:56:54Z
OH WOW! That was amazing. Truly! I seriously have no criticism on this game. The Feel of this game is just stupid Brilliant. Like, You nailed it. Great Job!
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → Ratherjolly
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 50 | Delay the inevitable | đŸ‘¥ | Doom Scroller | jam | 3.00 | 3.00 | 4.25 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 3.50 | 4.00 | ||
| 2019 | 44 | Your life is currency | What is Life | jam | ||||||||||
| 2018 | 43 | Sacrifices must be made | SLAP HAPPY | jam | 754 | 3.14 | 3.24 | 3.00 | 2.42 | 2.76 | 3.66 | 4.31 | 3.06 | |
| 2018 | 42 | Running out of space | CapyBarbra: A New Brow | jam | 1044 | 2.94 | 2.72 | 3.09 | 2.85 | 2.87 | 3.07 | 3.83 | 2.78 | |
| 2018 | 41 | Combine 2 Incompatible Genres | đŸ‘¥ | Interdenominational BROwS | jam | 686 | 3.36 | 3.26 | 3.68 | 3.77 | 3.33 | 2.81 | 3.45 | 3.21 |
OH WOW! That was amazing. Truly! I seriously have no criticism on this game. The Feel of this game is just stupid Brilliant. Like, You nailed it. Great Job!
BRILLIANT! I love how you fused every element of this game into the story! Speaking of the story, it's simple, relocatable and super freaking adorable. I had a lot of fun playing this and kept coming back to it "just one more time. I've totally Got this, now!" xD I loved it! Great Job! :D
Wow. There is just so much that I love about this game. The movement is smooth, the exploration is directed without feeling like it's cutting me off, the music is excellent, the audio effects between rooms is exceptional and the story is great. All of this comes together for a rather Brilliant Mood. Terrific job on this!
Really cool idea! Apart from the bug that you fixed in the post Compo version, I thought this game functioned SUPER well. I love how you set up the tutorial and the art/animations were very clean and polished. Great Job!
BRILLIANT! Extremely polished and well made! Loved it! Great Job!
Brilliant! I love the idea of this game and all of your craze art xD The game functions very well and is fun to play with another person. There were a few minor things that could be improved like the animation for the players stopping when entering different rooms sometimes as well as player 2 being able to travel outside of the building through doors.... but those things are pretty minor and all in all I really enjoyed it. Great job! :D
I love the art style you went with for this game. Paired with the spinning shrinking animation it brought me back to Link to the Past in a fun nostalgic way. Diagonal movement with any missing pieces feels a little glitchy, but apart from that I enjoyed this. Great job!
EXCELLENT! This is a really polished game :D Multiple Hats off to you! I thoroughly enjoyed playing it :) Also! you have peaked my interested in giving Love2d another try. It's been so long since I last touched it...
Brilliant! Oh man. That was a joy to play. I'm really happy that you continued development on this because it's really fun. Great Job :D
Nice Story! I've always wanted to make an interactive text adventure like this! I had some issues guessing which commands would advance me, but this could also be my lack of experience in games like this. Great job with this!
Brilliant Artwork and terrific mood on this stellar Point n Click LDJam Game! Well Done!
Excellent! This was flippin' great xD The audio was a constant win as well as the visuals. I thoroughly enjoyed smashing those bugs. I also love the extremely literal interpretation to the theme. Brilliant Job!
Excellent! This is a fantastic take on the theme. I freaking love your core mechanic! This game looks and plays exceptionally. Well done!
Oh man! The polish in this game is Crazy. I love all of the Art/Audio infused into everything in this game. Also incredible symbolism. Thank you for making this! Well done!
I am a terrible employee! Haha I had a lot of fun playing your game. I love the look and implementation of the high score system. Great Job!
YESSS! I really enjoyed this. The style was clean, the assets were polished and the ending was brilliant. Great job on this, I really like it!
Holy Visuals, Batman! Great job on the mood! Well done :D
Thug Slugs, indeed! I think my lame human body would cripple almost instantaneously after the first bullet. I really like the look and feel you were able to show off with the characters and environment! Great Job All around for a Jam-Game! :D
@schizoid2k Thanks for adhering to the lure of the Capybara! I'm happy you got enjoyment from it :) Thank you for playing!
@thunderawesome My dream is that they become all too common. Sadly, the only Capybara I know of to offer these services is Barbra. Of course, if I hear of more, I will tell you. Thank you for playing!
@corbak I guess I have no choice but to take that as a compliment haha This was definitely one of the... stranger ideas I brainstormed for this theme. Thank you for giving it a play! :)
@reizoukin Awesome! haha thank you for playing xD
@paulo-augusto Thanks! :)
@coal-creek-game-devs Thank you! It was a fun project to think up dialog for. All of the passive in-game dialog didn't make it in, but I'm happy I was able to at least get something for the intro :) Thanks for playing!
@iluvatar YES! Thank you so much. I knew from the start this was going to be... well... not a normal game. haha Thank you for all of the kind words and thank you for playing! :)
@anonymous Sorry you didn't enjoy it. I admit there was quite a bit more I was hoping to include in this game, but honestly, if you didn't like what was completed you probably wouldn't have enjoyed the missing features :P Either way, I super appreciate your honesty and thank you for playing! :)
Oh boy! Thanks for the hat, @coal-creek-game-devs xD
@kokonaught Metal gear Solid FTW! Hah. Thanks for feedback and thanks for giving it a try!
@scott-steffes That's a great suggestion! Removing the chew sound when not actually chewing would be an easy fix to help tell the player if they were eating hairs or not. As for eating through the hairs faster by actively doing something, I also agree. Initially I had 3 alternative moves to help balance the eating mechanic, but those ended up getting cut (or chewed I suppose). Thank you for you input and thank you for playing!
@eduardo-yukio Thank you for the kind words! That's a very good point on the gameplay. I was so jazzed about finally rolling with an idea, I opted to spend far too much time on random story stuff(which didn't get implemented) than actual game play haha Thank you for admiring the Capybara and thank you for playing!
@annie-owl Thanks for feedback! I really wanted to emphasized audio more this Ludum Dare and am happy that you liked it! I'm sorry you didn't enjoy the mood of this game. I am quite willing to admit that this game is... a bit of an odd one ;) Thank you for playing!
@abhis1kadian Hah. You got me xD I'm happy to hear you got some enjoyment out of it! Heck yeah I'll rate your game! Looks fun! It's added near the top of my list to play/rate! Thanks for playing xD
@stefan-jovanovic Thank you for the delightful feedback :D This LDJam I really wanted to emphasize Audio and Visuals. I'll just have to focus a little more on Gameplay next time ;D Thank you so much for playing! Looking forward to trying out your game!
@roman-petrov Thank you for checking this out! This game could definitely use some pacing haha Thank you for loving Capybaras and thank you for playing! :D
@sam-machell OH MAN! I whole heartily take that as a compliment! I love horror and dream of strengthening my skills for a future game of it! My goal with the face/hair was to add a bizarre element and hesitation to a rather straight forward task. Well... straight forward for Barbra at least... I think there is just so much crazy horror lurking all around us on a microscopic level! Thanks for the feedback and thank you for playing!
@erikiene FREAKING YES! I had one or two strong FOTC jokes on the name that ended up getting cut later in development. I'm stoked to know there are peeps out there that would have appreciated it xD Thank you for playing!
@saoi-games Thank you so much for streaming my game on your channel! It was fun to watch you play it and I feel like you had some very credible feedback. Namely, hair Detection and visual/Audio Cues tying to it. Also the pacing! I appreciate it :) Thank you for playing!
@cristihkj Thank you! But really, most of the credit should go to Barbra ;) Thanks for playing!
@larryseinfeld This really is a crucial topic and, quite possibly, one of the most important turning points in this man's life. I whole heartily appreciate your sentiments. Hats off to you! **glares at youngster still wearing a hat** It's not every day that you meet someone who fully understands the dire need for Capybaras! **gnashes teeth. Looms over disrespectful youngster like a starving lion ready to pounce** It fills my heart with joy; truly! **inner monologue gets darker as the solution becomes far too clear** I mean, just the very idea of... **blood-rages** ...of ...of... **Removes cap from youngster and calls him a bad word** ...Sorry. How do you judge? (For those who haven't already played "Judged!", I really can not urge the necessity to play this enough! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/judged)
Thank You for all of the compliments, Larry! It was a joy to make :)
@kiirohanabi Excellent! Thank you so much for you kind speechless words :D I had a lot of fun making this and appreciate you giving it the time :) Thank you for playing!
@brandon-napky I like your LdJam play tactic! I agree with the hair collision "Eat?" text you brought up. That specific text was introduced a little last minute after recognizing a few bugs introduced with collision. It's not a perfect solution, but worked for the time being to give a big "in your face" visual cue. Definitely something to be improved upon if I were to continue this project! Looking forward to trying out your game! Thanks for playing!
@tontonpizza Thank you for playing! I was going for a bit of both Cute and Cringe actually, so... I'm happy to hear that! The idea of tasking an adorable Capybara to systematically eat terrifying life-sized hairs all up in someone's personal space was just too funny in my sleep deprived brain to let go of xD Thank you so much for playing :)
@danielblanco3d Awesome! I just wish I had time to animate it... GAH! haha thanks for playing :)
@redhermit OH MAN! Thank you so much for the compliments! I had planned to do more with the mini-map (like facial animations based on Confidence), but I'm happy it was still able to be useful! Thank you for playing!
@joshua-stone Haha I totally understand. Thanks for playing!
@philstrahl Heck yeah! Thank you so much for your Let's play! For better or for worse, you've truly inspired me to start making Ludum Dare games again and I freaking love pretty much everything about it! (Of course, minus the theme... followed by a double-tap of crippling depression) But Really, Thanks Phil :)
@rahim-pxr Thank you for giving helping out Barbra! I appreciate the play! I added your game to my list of play/rate and look forward to playing it! Thanks :)
@kubenexion Thank you! I had more plans for the intro, but it was really fun to make :) Looking forward to playing your game! Thank you for playing! :D
@seconddimension It is a bit weird isn't it? Haha I absolutely trying to rationally explain my games to others. Thank you for playing! Looking forward to playing your game :D
@jordantanner Thanks! The pacing is a little tough, but I'm happy you got a kick out of it :) Thank you for playing! Can't wait to try out some "Poisoned Palace" :D
@shakedimus Thank you for your feedback! I really wish I had spent more time on polishing the actual playability of the game, but I'm happy you got a kick out of it :) Thank you for playing! :D
@nam-nguyen Thanks for the compliments and feedback! The game balancing and pace is definitely something that should have been addressed more in this jam. Adding cats would no doubt make this game better. I'm under the believe that adding cats to anything instantly give it potential! Case and point...
(example): **LD43 Waving Simulator**
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Thank you for playing! I really appreciate it :)
@quicklyer Going into the jam I knew that capybaras eating eyebrows was a gimmick, but I was spent on ideas and exceptionally desperate. I thoroughly appreciate the dumb grin! Most positive things in my life involve dumb grins :D Thank for the playing!
@crave Thanks for giving this a try! I really wanted to instill a feeling of progression and hopelessness in the mini map. I feel like there is a life lesson there... Maybe something like...
"Seemingly Small efforts can venture towards phenomenal face confidence"
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"It's the little things in life that change your face"
Regardless... Thank you for playing! :D
@martintristan Oh my gosh! I had secondary moves with cool downs, but I didn't even consider a level up system! That could have been pretty sweet! Thank you for your feedback and thank you for playing! :D
@siarhei-pilat Though, as you know, Barbra takes her job very seriously, I'm happy it made you laugh :D I definitly should have spent more time on balancing the game play. it is beatable, but you just have to act like really quick haha Thank you for your feedback and thank you for playing :D
@cg-fred It is quite hard to save him! If you slip up at all in the beginning, it's virtually impossible xD Thank you for the compliments and thank you for playing :)
@camilovr Thank you for the delightfully positive feedback! :D And thank you for playing :D
@gustavo-christino Holy Crap! Thank you for the extremely detailed rundown on my little game! haha I agree with pretty much everything you said! This game was a glimpse at what I originally planned (classic over planning again this LDJam) I Super appreciate all of your feedback! Thank you! :D
@jonathan-lorenz I agree... the gameplay is at the core of what would need to be improved. Thank you for the thumbs up and thank you for playing :D
@andrei9 Thank you for the compliments and thank you for playing :D
@hellsquirrel Thanks :D
hah Interesting... Very interesting.
Great Scott! This was super fun to play :D I'm a big fan of these types of Tetris-y games and I love the music. Sort of reminds me of The Life Aquatic OST. Well Done!
You've got a really good start to a nice platformer here! Well Done! Nice Work being able to supply so many levels! Great Job :D
A nice little prototype! Biggest complaint is the rotation speed, but I honestly feel like this could be fixed by just making the running speed the default speed and removing the run option. Either way, you've some some good working functionality into this game. Nice Job!
What a puzzle! I really enjoyed your In-between dialog and over all story. Great job on this!
I love the art and also thought the mechanics were nice. I applaud you for making both a 2 player game AND a player 1 vs AI. Brilliant job on this!
Oh man! You totally got me with inserting the user name in the intro xD This was an extraordinarily polished game Chock full of audio/visual cues! Brilliant job on this! I really enjoyed it :)
I'm sort of blown away. This LDJam game is beautiful. Your design in this is inspiring. Brilliant job!
What a beautiful and wondrous adventure! I love the art/audio and how it paired with the design to form such a... memorable experience. Brilliant Job with this game. I thoroughly enjoyed it!
WOW. Like, Holy Hell. I love this game. I would buy this game. Brilliant Job, Really!
Great job introducing the mechanics! I especially like that you have to use the wall jump mechanic to progress and you could have just done that from the start with no hand holding. I really like this game! Some nice polish :) Well done!
Interesting Idea! It wasn't the most intuitive trying it the first time, but the music kept my confusion afloat. Or should I say, the Balloons kept things afloat? ...heh. heh... Good job on this!
Excellent! This was a very nice little turn based game! It works well, matches the theme and has it's share of much needed quirkiness :) Great Job!
Oh man. I really like your Art. The music also pair nicely to create some nice mood. Great job on the intro story. Brilliant!
Excellent! This was a delightful little play xD Great Job!
Now I know the reason I never became a bus driver. Thank you for permanently instilling this into me. I had a lot of fun with this! Great art and fun music! I also approve of the mini map :) Great job!
Brilliant! I thoroughly enjoyed playing this. From a glance it seems fairly simple, but you really packed a lot of polish into this! The music/art worked well together to create a mood and had some excellent pacing. I especially like the banter between the couple. It gets a little real. Too real 0_0 Thank you for making this! Well done!
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I love the 2d/3d mashups! You have a lot of mechanics in this game that work really well together. Only thing I would change is the flying camera, apart from that, this game was freaking charming! Well done! xD
Brilliant! Had a jolly good time abolishing hoards of reanimated Veggies xD The art and controls to this are excellent! Great Job :D
"Every Villain is Lemons... otherwise known as EVIL!" I thoroughly enjoyed this! The audio was great, the art was polish and it was all around hilarious. Well done!
Interesting game! I like the aesthetic as well as the music! The mechanics worked very well. The only thing I would tweak on that is the speed. It seemed like I was waiting more than pressing or doing anything. Still, good game! I enjoyed it :)
Nice Work! You were able to pump out a very simple and totally playable game! I feel like all of the art is really good in it's own right, but clashes a bit. Like those particles would look AMAZING on a game a little more retro. That background is freaking Beautiful, but clashes a little with the 3d models. I thoroughly enjoyed the quirky audio :) Great job!
NICE! I really like this idea :D you did a great job getting the controls to work well with this as well as adding a continual urgency in the level progression. Great job! :)
Wow. This game looks amazing. The design and feel of this game is inspiring. It's a very simple game to play, but makes up for it with mood. Terrific job on this!
Brilliant! Oh man. This game has done some things right. Yes, Quite right! I love the intermediate dialog. There is seriously so much freaking hilarious charm to this game. The design is also very good. I love when games use perspective in their UI. Well done. Well done, indeed!
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OH CRAPS! What a challenge! Your game is polished and extremely extensive. I am seriously impressed. Brilliant job on this!
This was really fun! I love your progressive design with the puzzles starting from obvious movements to advanced. Great Job on this :D Also, I love the music. Like, I'm still listening to it in my head xD
Those pesky customers!!! Brilliant art and really funny idea. I really liked it xD
Excellent! This game has a really interesting mood to it. Sort of reminds me of a chill Robert Plant album cover... That aside, this game works really well! It's very impressive that you have multiple levels. There are many games like this that try for several levels and end up with one. Fantastic job on this!
A polished little gem with simple and functional gameplay. Great Job! :D
Holy inventory! Nice Game :) I'm super OCD when it comes to inventories in games and it's about time there is a game truly devoted to that xD I think I understand why you did this, but I really wanted to move items after they were placed. Or at the very least, be able to put an item down once picked up, even by accident, you have to decide what to do with it. Apart from that, I really enjoyed it. Good Job!
Beautiful. I thoroughly enjoyed struggling to keep these old dudes warm. All of the little grunts and moans were brilliant as well as the styling of the animations. Great job! xD
Holy Craps! Your Menu screens are freaking gorgeous. Seriously. Like, WELL DONE! As for the gameplay, it was very simple, but very functional! Great Job on this :)
OH, WOW. This is terrific. This was a perfect fit for the theme. Very simple, yet complex. I also really like what you did with the text. Everything worked very well together. Fantastic job!
Bloody Pirates! Interesting Idea with this. I think it's funny how I run to engage the pirates and they run away to reach havoc on my ship! I would like to see a little more attention in audio, but I really like the art and play-ability of the game. Great Job with this, @stefan-jovanovic!
Awesome! I really like the art and design of this! the only major tweak I would make is the collision as it felt like the sprites would barely touch on the top or bottom and you're K.O. All in all, brilliant job! I played many times and enjoyed it :D
Nice! I love your home grown use of Audio for everything. The platforming wasn't as smooth as it could have been, but it worked! Good job :D
I was on edge the whole time playing this game! But I think that's kind of the point! haha Great Job xD
Holy WOW! That's a polished looking game! I really like and appreciate the tutorial level at the beginning! You also did a great job with visual/audio cues! All around, great game! :)
This was successfully challenging puzzle game! I like the quirky little audio and your random inserted little quips xD Well Done!
Wow! Great attention to detail on this. Well done!
Brilliant! I love the environmental story telling you do in this game; paired with the music, I actually had sympathy for this little robot fellow :) Great Job on this!
Great idea for this Jam! I enjoyed embracing my inner giant on this one :D This game is very polish and you should be proud. Well done!
Wow! Nothing like a a bit of a stress test for my laptop! Impressive physics control and a fitting match for the theme. Well done!
It is comical how bad I am at these games. Still, this was nice :) Good Job!
Brilliant Intro! The art and music paired very nicely with bringing life to this game! As for the game play, I couldn't see a reason not to just spam 'W'. That said, Great job! Can't wait to see more!
Great Job! That was a pretty unique idea. I really like the humor in this game like "dodgywebsite.com" haha Well done :)
Nice idea! I really like the art :) Good Job!
Brilliant! Your game is simple and extremely fun! Everything in this plays nicely. You incentivize high scores in a very effective way that encourages replayability. Since there is only one input you could easily port this to anything and have it play great! This game will be one of those games I regularly go back to way after the fact. Excellent Job on this! I like it a lot:)
Oh man. I love what you did with the text. Very funny. Brilliant Even. Well done all around :D
Awesome! This was really fun :D The design is solid and I freaking love that you added a special mode haha This plays really nice and is fun to go back to. Great Job!
Love the contrast you created with your lights and level setup! I'm a fan of how you incorporated your level setup with a strong design and game mechanics. The music is also very good. Great job on this!
YESSS! I freaking love the background stage of your level.It gave my quite the chuckle. Great job on this xD
BRILLIANT! I had a lot of fun with this. Sure it's missing a few things like a menu or instruction, but I also like it that way. You just jump right in and know what to do. I love the music and art style. This game is very polished in look, feel and mechanics. Great Job :D
Yesss! This was freaking great haha I love the simplicity of this and all of the added captions xD Great Job!
Great Job! You were able to get A LOT of nice content into this Ludum Dare! I'm impressed with how many funny objects you were able to complete across Art, audio, text and programming. Also, apart from a few frame jumps, I really enjoyed the space ship controls! Well done :D
EGGCELLENT! A fine little platformer that had me laughing non stop xD Great job!
I did it! After so many freaking chickens, the blank staring Volcano God has been appeased! This fills me with much satisfaction. This game has so much charm to it. I love the little sounds that the Chickens make every time you launch them as well as the subtle mood of everything to this game. Well done on this :D
Holy Craps! Your game has successfully made me feel better about my real life choices as a father. This game is freaking ridiculous haha but in all seriousness, Brilliant Job on this! Your mechanics are extremely thought out for a jam game. The mood is continually reinforced and forces the player to add to it in order to progress. I could see some players hating this, but I love it. Great job on this!
Excellent! I love the early level text. Seriously, if you removed the game play and just used your sense of humor to comment on everything that the player was doing, it would seriously be freaking GLORIOUS xD That said, the game play is quite polished and nice! Everything worked as you'd expect and though the design was simple, nothing felt lacking. Really, stellar job with this one! Keep it up :D
OOH WEE! This Compo Game is a delight! I love the atmosphere you were able to create and thoroughly enjoyed my inevitable death! Thanks :D
I regret to inform that I was not able to "piss off the evil" haha THAT SAID, I like the direction of this game! I'm a huge fan of exploration games and feel you have a lot of base mechanics just BEGGING to be iterated upon in a less stressed post-jam time duration. Over all, Well done on this! :)
I'm digging your intro story (I always KNEW ludums were real!). Your gae plays well and the Ludum's AI is basic, but exceptional! I also the the transitioning planet face haha Well don on this! Thank you for sharing!
BRILLIANT! OH WOW. This is no ordinary platformer. There is replayablility and charm exploding out of this thing! The soundtrack, art, mechanics, design....IT'S JUST... SO GOOD! This could seriously be released and sold as is. Great job on this! :D
FINALLLLLY. A simulator to demonstrate an accurate depiction of how I ruined my life! There are so many gorgeous easter eggs and mini games in this that it makes me want to die and be reborn in it. This game is flawless; you have achieved perfection.
OH WOW! This game is ridiculous haha And freaking BRILLIANT! I love the crazy level of sequences in this game all with dialogue, crisp audio and stellar art. Excellent job on this!
Nice Game! I really like the cool atmosphere you were able to get going! The audio is simple, but that Whalebert... what a freaking adorable little whale that is. I had a good few runs. OH! Speaking of runs! Not sure if your Leaderboards are working... I was able to get 1:42 and 1:45 as Ratherjolly, but didn't seem to make it on the leaderboards. All in all, nice game :)
YES YES YES YES! I liked this game from the start, but... the moment I clicked on that hand my life, as I knew it, changed forever. Haha that freaking audio in the scene transition...PRICELESS! Solid adventure/combat mechanics and easy to pick up and play. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Brilliant job :D
YES! haha oh man. Brilliant Job. This little gem had me chuckling throughout. This little platformer has so much polish!
BRILLIANT! Oh man. Phil... you did it again! Great job on balancing the mechanics in this. I feel that the length and the pacing also had a lot to do with what I like about it. I quickly lost count as to how many times I played in desperate efforts of beating my score and seeking out that majestic steed. The story was also quite good! As well as the nods to Power,MT. Again, Great job!
HOLY CRAPS! This is a seriously thought out Jam Game! BLOODY good job with this one, I really enjoyed it :D
SWEET BISCUITS! When it comes to weapon/ability design as well as instruction, this is hands down the best I've played thus far. Brilliant Polish on this. Well Done!
Coming from someone who over complicates intros, I really like yours. It's clear and too the point :) The time mechanic in your game is also off to a nice start! The audio is strong and the controls/animations are quite good! Only big thing I would suggest is brightening up the level a little more. At first I thought I had chosen to sacrifice my eyes. Overall, Brilliant Job on this! :D
OH man. I just freaking love the notion of a vicious monster like Cthulhu coming onto tough times like this. The available dialog is excellent and when in doubt I had a lot of fun terrorizing the local human. Psss... Humans.
@thunderawesome HECK YEAH! I feel you would be a FINE slap elder! I had recorded/edited crap tons more audio for 3 other unique NPC character bases, but in the end everyone is a high pitched gentleman (such is life)
@chrismcmath HAH! If I had a nickel for every suppressed memory I've fostered... Thanks for your input! I was wondering how intuitive the levels of slap would be for players to figure out. Up until the end of the Jam there was another level at the beginning with some interactive slapping instruction explaining the concept of "Too much slapping" as well as how to use ice for the face swelling so as to not have to stop slapping. Of course I didn't have enough time to finish that and I stripped all of it last minute haha Anyways... Thank you for playing :D
@ranner198 You got that right my friend! Really, not a bad idea. I could update this to work in VR and it could be part of an employee on-boarding or something.
"Now our next training session will be in the form of a simulation. We've pre-populated the faces of the coworkers we believe who are already proving to be a huge pain in your butt. Now you go get em! And feel free to visit us anytime. Happy Slappin!"
Thank you for playing and for your kind words :)
@simanis BRILLIANT! NOW THAT I MADE THE PERFECT GAME I LEVELED UP MY LEGACY ENOUGH TO ALSO FINALLY DIE IN PEACE! THANKS FOR PLAYING! (Achievement Unlocked audio chimes to a lifeless room)
@citsua You make a strikingly valid point regarding the limit of slaps. And this is not your fault. Let me recite a verse from the SLAPronomicon to help guide your judgement: "Slap Elder 68: Slapitus Lotsis was, you know, pretty good. That is until he couldn't stop slappin! He killed 30 villiagers in a slap frenzy. Maybe we should, like, i don't know, make a rule or something. You know. About too much slappin..."
Thanks for the mad props! I think my favorite recording session was when I got a bunch of friends together to make baby sounds for a Global Game Jam. Thank you for playing xD
@danilo-freire Excellent! Thank you so much :D
@philstrahl Heck Yeah! Thanks for giving this little "slapped-together" game a thorough play-through! Oh man. I need to get my mitts on that "take your best shot" game you mentioned. That looks great xD Thanks again for playing, Phil!
@limnori Excellent! Thank you so much for the feedback and all the kind words! Every Ludum Dare I try to take a lesson I've learned and carry it to the next game. I'm happy that you enjoyed the interaction because that was something I was trying to improve this Jam xD As for the ice, I totally agree. I sort of implemented that feature a bit last minute, so it definitely could have benefited from a little more play testing haha Thank you for playing!
@eric777 Awesome! Thank you for trying your (slapping) hand at this game and for all of your kind words! Happy to hear it was fun :)
@inkie-inc Thanks for finding kind words to say haha I'm prepared to accept that this game is... you might say.. lacking in a few areas, but I'm happy, perhaps even slap happy, to hear that you thought it was humorous. Thank you for playing :D
@inkie-inc OH WOW! I was not expecting that. Thank you so much!!! I'm already looking forward to LD44 and hope to see you there :D
@phi HEY HEY! Thank you so much for all of the feedback as well as taking the time to finish the game :D I believe the idea for this came from a mix of desperation and sleep deprivation; Followed by, SLAPPING it all together before running out of time. heh. I'm happy you had some fun with it! Thank you so much for playing! I really appreciate it :D
@ddrkirbyisq Awesome! Haha Thank you so much for playing :D
@302-dave haha yes! That’s freaking great xD This game is definitely not a game to be taken too seriously (unless of course you’re in the running to become a slap elder). I had more plans for the ice, but as it is it really is more of a story element than a needed feature. Thank you so much for playing and for the feedback :D
OH WOW! I'M PUMPED! It's about time I dusted off this ol' skateboard. I had a lot of fun with this! I love the art, music and intuitive design. Excellent Job on this :D
Holy EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS GAME Batman. I was a huge fan of your LD42 game, but somehow you raised the bar again! I'm honestly speechless as how you could make such a freaking WORLD in 72 hours. Damn good job; Bloody good damn good job!
HOLY CHALK FULL OF VARIETIES AND MECHANICS AND CONTENT BATMAN! I'm super impressed with how many complete elements you were able to piece together for this jam! Brutally Excellent job on this title :D
HOLY CRAPS! This game is amazing!!! the presentation and feel of this game are remarkable. Brilliant Job!
Brilliant! Oh man. This game you made... mmm. It's a good game. I played this several times and I feel like each time was way too accurate than I'm willing to accept. I would love to see a "Spouse and kid" sequel or modifier to this game, cause... that's my Ludum Dare life now. Again, Great job! 10 outta 10!
Brilliant! Oh man. Those animations... I freaking love it! I had a lot of fun with this one. The atmosphere you were able to pull off in this jam with the Art, Music and pacing was fantastic. Major props to the simplistic and solid overall design. Great job on this!
HOLY CRAPS! This game is a freaking BEAUTY! I love the look and feel and controls and... EVERYTHING! I'm super impressed with what you were able to implement within a jam. Brilliant Job on This! :D
Freaking YES! Brilliant looking hilarious polished game. This marks so many boxes of excellence for me. I'm astonished this was made in a Jam. Great Job on this! Well Don!
"The black knight ALWAYS TRIUMPHS!" or not haha this game is as difficult as it is well designed. I am extraordinarily impressed with the level of fluid gameplay and balancing you were able to pull off in a Jam. Great Job!
I'm really digging the mood you were able to bring out in this. The over all game is simple and very expansible. Nice Work on this!
Brilliant! This game is definitely on my top 3 games of LD43 right now. I love the subtle (and sometimes brutal) ability swaps. The rounds are simple, but very diverse from dynamic abilities. The Music is chill and the sound effects are freaking excellent. Really, phenomenal job with this :D
Once I got into the groove of your mechanic, I REALLY got into it! The mood you were able to pull off is good. The only issue I ran into was collecting the Green Slime when I was a tiny iddy bitty slime. But back to the mechanic, I see a lot of potential with this! Keep up the great work :D
Beautiful! Great mechanics and a sparkling polish that had me coming back again and again! With some added levels or variants I could easily see this released for sale. Brilliant Job on this!
Oh man. I was immediately pulled in by the music and menus. It's feels a little like Cyriak imbued a bunch of Lemmings to be ants and I freaking love it! Brilliant job on this! Thank you for making this game xD
@anhel and @vulpineblazeyt Thank you so much for your Support. Truly :)
Excellent! haha Oh man. That was amazing. I love the feel of this game. The use of audio narrative was awesome! Seriously love the direction of this game and would play again. Very polished, hilarious and super fun! Great Job!
Freaking YES! This was great. You got a LOT working in this title. SO much content (not to mention mechanics). I really like the dialogue system paired with the multiple camera angles. Throwing platformer elements in there was hilarious and very theme-centric. Also the plethora of references haha Great Job! Well Done!
YES!!! I freaking made that rocket soar xD Interesting game. It reminded me of my C++ days with OpenGL!
Brilliant! That was top notch. I love the feel you made with the art and audio. Especially that one sound right before a level... it brought me back to some sweeeeeet Dark Forces II. Thank you. Keep it up!
I'm a huge fan of tetris and that was not tetris... but it was... but it MOST CERTAINLY was NOT! WELL DONE! Keep up the A+ work xD
Very cool to see a Java game in the mix! Hats off to you there, man! You did a great job with object generation and life-cycles. Couldn't figure out how it would be possible to beat with so many resources, but that could have also been my ignorance xD It was a great start to a sweet topdown game! I would love to see more :)
WOAH! That was awesome. Seriously. I love the mechanics of crowd participation xD Very different and Very cool :) Well Done!
Very polished game from beginning to end! The look/feel was stellar and the gameplay was intuitive. My only frustration was what to do with the (?) items. I failed them every time haha Again, great game!
Freaking YES! i love pretty much everything about this game. The whole experience is extremely smooth. I feel like I thoroughly played this game and have a strong hunger for more! Brilliant job on this! Well done!
OH MAN! Talk about Polish. Like... Freaking Sterling. That Game is pretty much ready to ship! KEEP IT UP! Only thing I would change is adding a count to the float up text. I spent most of the time just clicking without even reading it. Apart from that... Seriously, beautiful game.
Holy Craps! Serious polish work. I love how well it matches the theme haha This game is Brilliant xD I also feel like this would make a PERFECT multiplayer game! Anyways, that's beside the point. Great Job :D
Love the style and mood! A+ job!
That was Bliss. Thank you. OH man... THANK YOU.
WOOOOOOOOOT! That was great fun! Also, really cool to see that you're still working on it. Keep up the good work!
Well Done, @PhilStrahl!!! Never would have thought to combine the two haha. I love what you did with the audio. Also, I thought the background/character sprites clash a little, both are very good in their own right. Especially the environment, now that's some awesome texturing. Anyways, GREAT JOB :D
Dude. I made it out of hell. I freaking did it! Only critique, you totally could have embraced the floaty physics with sprites. maybe like... hot gas that shoots you up or something? Like... you could ride it up with your flannel or something and if you shoot your flannel there are holes and you go slower unless you find patches around??? Anyways, keep up the great work!
Well done! That's freaking hilarious idea xD The sharks startled me at first... BUT NOT ANY MORE! Great Game!
This game is tougher than it looks and fun! Great Easy Tutorial to match the theme. I also enjoyed the random layouts so I could keep retrying. Great Job!
Brilliant! Bleep blop bloop bleep x]
This game has a super developed power up system! Not to mention all of the assets and effects working super well with the UI. This is SUPER impressive for a Jam game! Like... you could totally sell this pretty much as is. Great Job!
Thanks, @BalladofSong! The Narration was sort of a last few hours decision after putting off UI till Sunday. I'm happy you liked it xD @jk5000 I totally agree with you on the split screen. I wanted to see if I could do it and I feel like I succeeded in both proving that I could as well as attempting to follow the theme of "Combine two incompatible genres". Thank you for playing :D
Thanks @EstacaoMarte! I totally agree haha The theme was so wild It's almost hard to imagine a totally normal game xD Sorry that happened, @Lost Dutchman Software! Oh man, That's a bug for sure haha. At any rate, thank you for trying this out! I had an idea of triggering commentary audio whenever the player would perform a first action, but opted to keep it simple. Perhaps I'll play with this idea further...
Thanks for playing, @Dyoni! playing as both P1 and p2 is definitely a challenge haha. Originally I had mapped the controls to make it easier to do both at once, but decided to change it at some point a few hours before submission (the best time to make ANY definitive change to your game). And you're totally right about the flowers! This is a bug... or a feature! Yes, let's go with that ;)
Thank you! I'm happy you enjoyed it, @patvanmackelberg! The commentary was an idea that sort of came out of a necessity of time, but it was really fun to do. If I had another day I was thinking of adding several first action commentary triggers, but I'm alright with how it ended up :) I also hear you on playing by it by yourself (that was me all weekend haha). Originally the controls were going to be configurable to make it as easy as possible to play multi/solo, but opted not to go down that route since I was waste deep in Vector logic and crazy Quaternions from the split screen system xD
Thanks for playing @don.shinski! I learned a TON this Ludum Dare with that Split screen hoopla. It was a little intense, but I'm happy I was able to get it to work. My biggest goal was to embrace the theme and I feel like I could at least check that box off of my list of goals haha
Thank you, @Yashpal! It was definitely a challenge, but I feel like it works alright :) Can't wait to play more with this on future projects!
@Pond Loach That's a great point! I'll try to get that up tonight. Thanks :D
Heck yeah! Thanks, @BryceLTaylor! Had to look up that show of yours. A few minutes in and I'm having a good time haha The comedic timing and random ranting is terrific xD
Thanks, @Velocity7! Awesome haha it was fun to make xD I'm happy you liked it!!
Thanks, @Johan nh! I've been noodling with the idea of drastic perspective shifts in local coop (maybe help with screen peek issues). I'm happy that you like the 3d/2d occlusion split screen!
Thanks, @Ballin! Sorry for the explosion into space! Oh man. That must have been a surprise... I appreciate that you gave it another try! I could easily pour more time into the split screen haha happy you liked it!
haha Thanks, @hiki911 x]
Awesome! Thanks, @erikkire! Totally agree on the audio haha I'm gonna try to make that a priority next jam! :D
Awesome! Thanks, @afendar! Looking forward to messing with this idea further!
Thank you for your feedback, @saoi-games! Part of the intention with the narration was to have it go longer than the game would actually take to win, but I could see how this could easily get annoying haha.
I spend most of the time this jam working on getting splitscreen and parallel 3d/2d worlds. Looking back, it would have been a good idea to set some more time aside for Audio and probably having the option to disable the voice if you press a button xD
Thanks for you feedback, @ian1337! That's a really great point! Originally the idea was to be able to hot-swap gaming perspectives between players as a mechanic (or toggle them in single player) I'm looking forward to playing your game when I get back to my desktop PC!
@PhilStrahl! Thanks for playing and Great job on the play-through! I thoroughly enjoyed your commentary on this and super appreciate it :]
Also, Great Suggestions on advancing the design in the perspective shift of the game! There was SO much more I had hoped to add to it before I had to start cutting some major content. By the end, it really did become a bit of glorified tutorial level of a game, but at the very least, playable haha. Thanks again for playing :D
Thank you for playing, @AnaGF! I'm happy you were able to find someone to play with :)
I agree, "it's a bit weird" haha perhaps a lack of sleep by the end allowed me to tap into my weird subconscious xD Either way, thanks again for trying it out!
Thanks, @rodrigo-denubila! It was a challenge, but also really fun :)
Awesome! haha Thanks for giving it a try, @MacDoom! xD
Thanks for playing, @mrerdalural! I'm happy you enjoyed the idea! I totally agree with the need of audio; I'm sure even a little bit could go a long way. It was my pleasure to make this. I'm looking forward to going further down the path of local coop and split screen :D
Thanks, @ursagames! I'm happy that you enjoyed the commentary! Happy you could find some amusement from this short game :]
Thanks again for playing, @Honest Dan! It was incredible fun watching you play this in your live-stream xD
Haha Excellent! This gives me another excuse to finally give that show a watch xD Thanks, @nilead!
Well done! I dig the direction you took with the art and how it meshed with the music :D I also like the idea of mixing the character progression with the Narrator. That's a a good amount of content for a weekend! Great work!
Brilliant! Seriously one of my favorites xD Only thing I would add to make it better is scaling up the clicks. After having enough to buy a yacht, it didn't make as much sense to click. Again, thoroughly enjoyed! (stopped only after I was at over 2000000 hearts/sec) xD
Oh man. THAT... was an enjoyable game. I love the simple design and level progression. Very simple and very Polished. It had a sort of Super Hot gamey feel that was MUCH appreciated. The only thing I would have changed was removing like a half second from the delay on the timer after hitting space. Again, I really enjoyed this game and it has a very polished feel. Great Job! :)
Wow! This is a very complete and playable LD game! You guys did a great job! With a little more polish in turn transitions and a tutorial, I could totally see this being sold :)
How did I go so long without reviewing your game??? Oh man. Sorry about that. I like the direction you took with this! You were able to put in some well working mechanics! I appreciate the fast transition between getting caught and restarting. Little things I would tweak is to make the intro text faster and adding multi-press to the movement controls. Apart from that, good job! I enjoyed playing and would love to see where you take this! :)
I would totally buy this. Like. This is an excellent game. Seriously. Well Done! Great Job xD
Good Job! I appreciate some of the polish you added like the dial health occlusion :)
Well done! This game has a crazy amount of polish to it! I love the art and your use of an arena annoucer to convey feedback on what the player did/needs to do. Again, that art is brilliant. The controls are a little to get used to, but it also adds a good little dash of challenge. Great LD game! You guys should be proud :]
Haha love the concept for this game. I tried to do a similar thing with mixing a farming sim with a FPS and we had CLEARLY different outcomes haha. I love how literal you take this combination (tilling the land with a shotgun, planting seed with a pistol, etc). This made me chuckle much. Well done! xD You guys got a LOT of stuff implemented! Great Job!
Well Done! Not being able to directly achieve your objective was... really fun! Keep it up! I want to destroy more things without violence!
"Ahh Bebop. You made me drop my Kombucha." Well done xD Also, I will never take my keyboard for granted again. Ever.
Love the look and feel of this game. The audio implementation alone would had me coming back to play again. Great job! Keep it up!
Amazing Job! This game is so polished. I love your attention to detail with the UI and addition to power ups and rate of object spawning. It makes for very smooth game-play and had me coming back for more! Brilliant game. Really A+ work!
HAHA YESSSS. I loved it. It matches the theme perfectly and it's hilarious xD Great job on all of the asset creation and fluid design. This is a very polished game! Great Job :)
Great Job! I love the way that the turn base animations lined up with the music if you held down a move key. The only thing I would really change is the darkness :)
Oh my gosh. That was challenging! haha Great mechanics! Definitely made me play it a few times xD Also, I'm a big fan of the music and art direction! Well done :D
That's a lot of polish for a Ludum Dare game! Well Done! My only real beef was the lack of reverse haha Seriously, well done!
brilliant! oh man... This is a touch game. VERY polished and well done. My only suggestion is to add arrows. Perhaps do something like a CommandPrompt where you press up and it shows you your last command? Again, Great game. Great job xD
Heck yeah! That was Brilliant! I love the level design. It brought me back to the grand old days of Dark Forces. I also thought the music really matched the urgency. The 3d models were good and the 2d art was amazing. Lastly, I thought the story/mood was hilarious. Great Job, guys! Well done!
Awesome! You have some really well looking mechanics in this. Very Polished :) I wanna see where you take this! Good Job!
I love the look/sound of this game. Interactions are also very well displayed. The only part I feel could use a little polish is explaining what's going on. I feel like I got a decent understanding after playing a few times, but didn't feel the turns/main interactions were very intuitive. Still, this game looks beautiful and I love the idea and direction. Overall, Great job :)
Oh man. Like... Everything about this game. It's beautiful. Favorite LD41 game so far!!! Well Done :D
Holy POLISH, Batman. Well done. That was a simple and repayable game with repetitive, but still delightfully catchy audio xD
You submitted a playable game for review! That is way more than most people can say :)
Beautiful! Oh man. This game is great on so many levels. What ornery old dudes xD Love the art, building music, local coop! The controls were a LITTLE weird at first since the grid was s isometric, but it just took a litte bit is all. Really, great job! :D
hah awesome... Between your simple design and brilliant sound effects you've built a very charming little world :] NOT TO MENTION, a totally functional game! Well done :]
Love the look and feel of this game! The idea is also Spot on with the theme :)
Holy Polish Batman! This game is freaking Beautiful!!! Also, I'm TERRIBLE at your game haha It's very challenging :) Well Done! You created a very full and interesting game!!!
Love the look and feel of your game. The art was well done and the transitions were incredibly smooth. The story was pretty great. Overall You did a terrific job! Well done!
This is an amazing first game! I get the Serious Sam vibe immediately. It's a solid platformer with good controls/physics. You could easily improve on this game adding more weapon variants, player health, etc... that said, I really enjoy the simplicity you have going on. The rapid re-spawn is extremely good for a one hit kill system like you have. Great Job! A+ Work :)
Took me a little bit, but after you play a few minutes, it's really quite fun! Biggest thing I would change is the selected color display. I found myself having to constantly move my eyes back to it when I feel it should have been a peripheral thing. That aside, it really was a lot of fun! The art also reminded me of good old Crayola Art Studio 2 back in the day xD
Brilliant! This game is SUPER polished. I love the the art direction to this. It had a darker yet childish spin that reminded me of Super Meat boy, but still had it's own flair. The music really cracked me up xD Over all terrific job! Well done!
Brilliant! Ahw, man. My spidey senses tingled playing this game. I love the systems and the insane polish that went into this! Great Job, @HopFrog!!!