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Games

YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMoCmCo
201637One roomSecret of Momocompo10
201326MinimalismTunnelVisioncompo2513.493.612.763.024.003.801.873.3150
201225You are the VillainEatencompo4412.832.822.513.743.063.343.322.8352
201223Tiny WorldUnterholzcompo2443.292.593.763.183.473.001.503.6935
201122AloneDiggyDigcompo1863.002.553.092.912.552.913.002.203.38
201121EscapeThe Collapsecompo1833.072.802.602.473.874.001.403.096

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Comments by wzl

LD21 — Escape

Flee Buster by ChevyRay 2011-08-23T20:40:00

Cool stuff, the screenshots totally doesn't do the game justice. love the colorfade :D

Abigail's Descent by Cosmologicon 2011-08-24T18:51:00

Sweet, Funny dialogues, interesting twist on the climbing genre. although i only got to the second level so far. nice game :D

Reach For It by Noel Berry 2011-08-23T23:24:00

sweet mechanics, ossom effects, nice art, good gameplay. love it <3

Endless Castle by Blackduck 2011-08-22T22:02:00

the guy looks cute. gameplay is rather boring though :(
i like how the world is distorted though :)

Ceaseless by the31 2011-08-22T21:32:00

great, love it. definately got potential, although it gets repetitive rather quickly. in the begining you're able to just go around in circles and be fine most of the time.
it love to see some gameplay varieties, like barriers speeding things up temporarily if you move through, or invert the flow of circles.

also, very hypnotic, please dont add colors, i might play it all day long :P

Save the Miner! by AClockWorkLemon 2011-08-22T21:05:00

[Like] despite having no sound :( :D

Hello?? by Jhelle 2011-08-23T20:31:00

Very entertaining. i love how you interact with the character while talking to him. also, good idea to have the objects appear only when talked about. kind of reminds me of what happens in my head when i read a book :) good work!
(i hoped for a creeper boom in the end :P)

Relic Run by Cell 2011-08-24T00:14:00

quite challenging and hectic, but nice gameplay. love the art style.
also pewpewpewpewpew!

keep up the good work \o/

The Power of Escape by BurnZeZ 2011-08-23T21:38:00

made me smile :D

Rooms by syrup 2011-08-25T00:39:00

It is too linear, not really challenging. i'd love to see more userinteraction and more rooms. good job on it though!

Escape from the Dungeons of Dread by Momeka_ 2011-08-22T21:14:00

I agree, single-key control made it feel rather slow-paced. Nice entry anyways :)

BlackWhiteRed by Nihilate 2011-08-22T21:56:00

love the artstyle and gameplay idea,
lacks a cool soundtrack :(

Soul Hellscape by Rudy 2011-08-25T11:37:00

great concept. apart from being constantly out of mana, it was quite enjoyable. i'd love to see some smaller levels with less features to get used to the gameplay. great work mate

Death Game by icrisanto 2011-08-25T00:57:00

Atmosphere is nice, the intro is too. didn't like the game mechanics though. the block building killed it for me, slowed the whole pace, didn't make sense.
love the menu screen distortion though :)

Maze Escape by glcoder 2011-08-22T22:22:00

cool stuff! i like how the lava forces you to go through it quickly, check the path in advance. finally making a mazegame challenging and skillful :D

Vector Dash by black_mage_andy 2011-08-23T21:44:00

the controls make it quite difficult to navigate accurately :(

Geomancer Shepherd by elcow 2011-08-23T20:55:00

Yeah its definately a bit slow, but the idea is rad:D

Ernest the Plump Adventurer (in trouble) by agersant 2011-08-23T20:22:00

Sweet music, awesome pixelart. <3

Mazix by calrk 2011-08-23T20:47:00

interesting idea, quite complex to wrap your head around the whole thing to actually get there. i ended up shooting my way through :)

Followed by Pvaiun 2011-08-25T00:30:00

Great Monologue! Great cello playing! although i am kinda getting depressed playing this :(

good work anyways!

Hell Fortress Escape by hulahulahest 2011-08-23T21:26:00

epic music is definately amiss, it would ease the pain of failing all the time :D
good work!

Mouse Trap by N0_Named_Guy 2011-08-23T19:24:00

a bit short, but i really liked the narration. would love to see some variety to the events the mouse can experience :)

Beak Free by Darkcoder 2011-08-22T22:11:00

sounds are indeed terrible, nice concept however :D

Cacophony by malloc 2011-08-23T14:06:00

same :|

Cacophony by malloc 2011-08-23T19:43:00

yeah, the promised awesome end is teasing!

Twister by lartens 2011-08-22T21:20:00

good forearm training though :)

The Collapse by wzl 2011-08-22T22:26:00

sad to hear :( yeah the game is quite difficult at times. sometimes skill is involved, the bumpers have a bit more luck involved i guess. i had no time to balance the levels, bear with me :)

The Collapse by wzl 2011-08-23T07:43:00

maybe try watching the gameplay video for some pointers, it took me some tries there, but its definately possible :)

good to know that the balancing is WAY off though

The Collapse by wzl 2011-08-24T15:05:00

Yeah you made a good point there :)

i keep tweaking the controls in the future, add more mobility features and stuff... thanks for the input :)

The Collapse by wzl 2011-08-25T07:49:00

damn, jfroco, i hoped i fixed that. still work todo then :(

The Collapse by wzl 2011-08-25T11:20:00

Thanks for the input rudy. one of the problems with that is, that is is adding a constant amount (the normalized direction vector) to the player sphere. i'm going to fix this in a later version

""Escape the Flood 3D"" by RipX 2011-08-23T19:38:00

cool idea, interesting implementation, although controls are wonky. gameplay is a bit eventless.
would love to see an extended version :)

pblob by nr505 2011-08-22T20:39:00

Cute little platformer. love the shapeshifting idea. made some cool puzzles there :) enjoyed it!

Extreme Beatboxing Bird Jailbreak by Cosine 2011-08-23T22:42:00

very cool, finally some music game \o cute grahpics, and also:

your bird friends are in bird jail. free them with your drum machine

thats the most epic quest title ever :D

LD23 — Tiny World

Tiny Jack and The Regular-Size Beanstalk by ricky26 2012-04-23T12:23:00

Pretty cute, boring repetitive gameplay though.

dLeIaFtEh by Cell 2012-04-23T12:14:00

Nice backgrounds. Weird music. :P

Wunderworld by ratking 2012-04-23T09:49:00

Pretty cool, the editor is very barebones yet, but nice sandbox you have there :D

Trees of Life by pragmascript 2012-04-23T11:55:00

Controls were hardly working, player bounced off the planet uncontrollably. I wasn't able to plant any trees either.

Where It Begins by FredericRP 2012-04-23T12:19:00

I like the graphics style. The gameplay is poor.
Good job for making it in 6 hours though :)
Congrats to your son \o

Bottlecolonies by tcstyle 2012-04-23T11:21:00

Very cute, nice art design, solid gameplay. Quite hard to reach the goal.
I'd love a silouhette so you see where you're placing your tiles.
Neat concept, good job :D

Most of us live in a tiny world by jeffz 2012-04-25T13:52:00

Depressing, not much of a game unfortunately. Although inspires to think about stuff, which is good :D

Dino Wrangler by MaskedPixel 2012-04-25T12:36:00

Nice entry, apparently there should be music. It didn't load for me, so i voted audio n/a. If you now how it can be fixed drop me a message and i'll adjust the vote ;)
The dino launching mechanic is pretty fun, but the controls of the guy are awkward when walking around the planet.

Sorry to mention it here, but do you have by chance an intel graphics adapter? My game didn't run on my machine and i'm trying to figure the reason. Would be nice if you could contact me via twitter.com/wzl_ or @wzl in the #ludumdare chat. ty =]

Unterholz by wzl 2012-04-23T12:40:00

I cannot build for linux yet unfortunately. :|

Weird to hear that it didn't load up at all. Not sure what that's all about.

Gulliver by DDRKirby(ISQ) 2012-04-23T12:38:00

Pretty cool. A bit bland graphics wise though.
The hitbox is pretty hard to judge.
Decent entry alltogether

Spaceship Planet Merge by codeapparat 2012-04-25T11:06:00

Thanks for your comment ;)

Pretty neat entry you did, although it is hard to comprehend why and how the planet moves and will behave from explosions. The idea itself is interesting though. Good job.

PS: There's someone else from hannover -> TcStyle. We're not alone \o

HUNGRY BUGS by brackeen 2012-04-23T09:26:00

Interesting, we basically built the same game :D
Love you'r water smoothing, how did you do it?
I'm in the #ludumdare chat as <wzl>. hit me up if you like :D

Slime Mold by howieV (binarygirl) 2012-04-23T13:21:00

Pretty cool soundtrack, very ambient. Gameplay is indeed rubbish :D

LD25 — You are the Villain

Goblin Fortress by AtkinsSJ 2012-12-20T12:57:00

Thumbs up for nomnom sounds :D
Cute rts like. Would be nice if you could assign jobs to goblins. Looking forward to the pillaging part of the game. Loved the animations aswell :D

minireview: http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#AtkinsSJ

Misadventures of Dr. Bardo by PIXEL^3 2012-12-19T09:59:00

The graphics and sounds are very solid, but the pacing is bad, the challenges get too difficult too quickly without getting to learn your tools. Also this game is too hard :P

Reviewed: http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#pixel3

Goat Murderer by MAT4DOR 2012-12-18T11:02:00

Hey there, got around rating your game :D Also wrote a mini review!

http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#mat4dor

Mister Misbehave by arhpositive 2012-12-20T11:29:00

Interesting mechanic. Gameplay could vary a little more, like more interactions with different objects or persons. Cool idea though :D

minireview: http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#arhpositive

Cure 48 by SonnyBone 2012-12-20T13:37:00

Very awesome. I had a feel you'd been going for a twist like that. Too much spoilers in the description ;)
Love the appeal and the great sountrack!
Very nice entry!

minireview: http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#SonnyBone
I also added your entry to the list of featured games \o

(Don't) Save Christmas by infernet89 2012-12-18T11:14:00

Nice evil game. I like the narrative :D

Also i wrote a mini review: http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#infernet89
Want me to link your use someplace?

Bad Kitty by aare 2012-12-18T16:30:00

Great! Very sweet art style. I'd love to see it complemented by some cute sound effects and music. Feels amiss. But i almost bursted when the cat shaked incontrollably in its desperate attempt to release a poopy. :D

Here's a little mini review: http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#aare
Let me know if you want be to link your name someplace :)

Makarun by timtipgames 2012-12-18T16:15:00

Enjoyable. I liked improving my path with each try. It got even better when i realized that [Shift] let's you dash. Although that evil guard patroling in the end of the camera room always got me!

Here's a little review about it :D
http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#timtipgames

ECHO CHAMBER by Loren 2012-12-21T13:18:00

What an odd game. Not sure if i like it or not :P
Interest visualizations though.

Super Villains, LLC by Monxcleyr Productions 2012-12-19T09:00:00

The interface is confusing since it lacks icons and descriptions. It would have been helpful to be able to pick the abilities directly from the ability screen. The idea seems novel though and has potential if you'd be shown the impact of your actions in the game :D

Here is your review good sir: http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#Monxcleyr

Superhero Slaugther by joyboxed 2012-12-18T14:05:00

Nice twist on the villain theme. Love the character animations, but i have something to add to your issues: What's up with the control scheme? :P Good work anyways \o

Here's my mini review: http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#joyboxed
If you want your name to link someplace, let me know :)

Hostile Hostels by CharlieLove 2012-12-20T12:28:00

Wonderfully disturbing soundtrack. Creates a nice atmosphere for the game :D

minireview: http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#crashbanito

Blood Money by Typedeaf 2012-12-19T11:26:00

Ok here's some thoughts:
would be nice if the movement is actually aligned with the grid, so instead of 450deg, you move 30 deg diagonally, helps keeping the appearance.
The collision is buggered, but i suppose you're aware of that.
There's only 3 active abilities, so instead of cycling them i'd suggest using 3 different buttons for them. i accidently used the wrong skills too often :P

Mechanically it's great and i had a blast playing it. Spice it up graphically and put it up on Kongregate <3 good stuff guys

Minireview: http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#udrian

SpaceGreed by lotusgame 2012-12-20T12:08:00

Interesting concept, but somewhat lacking in it's execution. I could imagine this as some kind of two player game where one side constructs the base while the other controls the ship.

minireview: http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#lotusgame

Lord Evil's Daring Escape by Cryovat 2012-12-19T09:16:00

Cute little platformer. Would be nice to have more mechanics in the game, it is after all an evil lords death lair.
Sweet arts :D

review: http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#Cryovat :D

Villain on a train by pinion 2012-12-18T10:20:00

Cute game :D

I wrote a little review on it, you can check it on http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#pinion

If you have a twitter account, or someplace else you want to me to link, let me know and i'll add it in there too :)

Kill? by feili 2012-12-18T10:31:00

Very grim and visually nice! Not much gameplay unfortunately.

I wrote a mini review: http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#feili

If you want me to link somewhere (twitter/else) let me know :)

Land of the Weebums by vrav 2012-12-19T09:29:00

*flip* *flap* cool stuff :D would have loved to fling them into spikes or other deadly contraptions. Good stuff. Rooting for the deluxe editions! Please more deadlyness :D

Tiny review: http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#vrav

Tale of Scale by ratking 2012-12-17T11:06:00

Ingenious mechanic! Unfortunately the game's a bit dull. Looking forward to a post compo version though <3 (do eet!)

DR. MADDOC Takes Over The World and Kills 3D Forever by jsmars 2012-12-18T11:42:00

Fun game and awesome naration! Really enjoyed this one!

Here's a little review about it: http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#jsmars
Want me to link your username somewhere?

Exterminate! by Frib 2012-12-18T12:22:00

This is pretty good, I really liked what you did there!

Here's a more complete opinion about it: http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#Frib

Good work mate!

Kleptomaniac by Sanguine 2012-12-18T15:44:00

This was fun! The walk animations are hilarious :D The ai is smart enough to be challenging and reasonable. Would love to see more mechanics built into it :D

Here's a mini review: http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#Sanguine

Illegal Crime Game by angrygeometry 2012-12-19T14:54:00

This is so enjoyable. Good atmosphere going. I couldn't make up my mind if the graphics are horrible or genious though :D I didn't manage to commit all of the crimes though ;/

Minireview: http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#angrygeometry

Invasion2600 by Muu? 2012-12-20T13:14:00

Nice idea, but it seems there's little strategy to it, as spamming everything seemed to work best for me. Good implementation nontheless :)

minireview: http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#muu

Holly Jolly Pyromaniac by UndergroundPixel 2012-12-20T11:05:00

Visually and aurally pleasing indeed, but the game play was rather dull. Would have loved to see more to this, as the gameplay really compromises its strong points.

One Armed Invader by PapyPilgrim 2012-12-19T13:27:00

This is great! The dialogues are hilarious. The mechanics take a little to get used to.

And eventually i put all my men in one team and a nuclear strike wiped them all out. Had 0 men left but the game was still running. Should check for that condition ;)

Minireview: http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#PapyGaragos

THE PRINCESS IS MINE by emveyh 2012-12-19T12:20:00

Thats a nice game. I chuckled when mario came to save the princess :D
The pathing seems broken and the unit interaction seems to bug out more often than not. I'd love to see more gameplay variety, like laying traps or building mazes, maybe creating more units. PostCompo version? :D
Also I love the telly overlay.

Minireview: http://ldmr.wzl.vg/#emveyh

LD26 — Minimalism

energized by mibbio 2013-05-04T14:17:00

Interesting concept design. Horrific player controls D:
I like that you get by without using any kind of UI.

The Creation by netgrind 2013-04-30T13:21:00

Love it! the second one was a tad arbitrary. Loved the tunnel though! Very nice :D

Nothing is True by DiscoFish 2013-05-03T13:07:00

Interesting concept, cute visuals. I never get those games though. Everything seems so random D:
I didn't quite figure all the puzzles, having a playthrough video would be nice :)

People by BenW 2013-05-03T13:31:00

So adorable. Love every bit of it.
"yey" <3

Bridge Crosser by Elemental Zeal Games Studios 2013-05-04T13:20:00

Chickenballs! Cool how much variation you could draw out of it! Nicely done.

Bunneh by spliter 2013-04-30T13:33:00

Good work mate! i was looking forward to see the rabbit animated! so cute :D

Cute intensive to dodge the falcon to get to the burrow, but the camera controls freaked me out.

Stalker by The Consul 2013-05-04T12:50:00

Solid entry, good writing and nice processing on the photos. All together makes up some nice eery atmosphere. Would love to play it some more but i got stuck. D:

Btw, you said you got "no error" on my entry, you should be able to play it if you click them away (there should be around 5 of them boxes, explanation is added in the games summary)

soundscape by Ragzouken 2013-05-03T16:40:00

The sounds chosen where highly irritating and i couldn't bear the game for too long. A shame since i liked the idea. Would love to see a different or more comfortable sound design in it. Good work overall!

Rhythm Serenade by Whiteclaws 2013-05-04T12:18:00

Interesting concept. Took a bit to figure out, but i like the gameplay that emerges. Awesome that you added that many checkpoints too! would be rather frustrating without them!
And BUGS :D sometimes i was rolling around midair, and then later on when i pressed right and up simultaneously it totally went nuts!
Good game though!

Join by Perry 2013-05-02T14:29:00

Pretty nice twist on the snake game! but i cannot ever wrap my head around wrapping edges :P I fail hard at those games! Sweet how you implemented the audio. I like that a lot.

Also i was finally able to fix my entry, if you like you can give it another shot ;)

Not Complex by NuSan 2013-05-02T15:38:00

Nice work on the 3d rasterization/quantization(?!) :D Would love to see more gamplay with this though! Good work

Invertigo! by unusualcadence 2013-05-04T12:13:00

Awesome, an entry with dnb tunes <3 insta-upvote :D
Great game, nice concept, horrific player physics :P
Otherwise solid entry, very enjoyable!

Weapons of Minimal Destruction by bluescrn 2013-05-04T11:57:00

Awesome twist! Love it. And hella difficult all for the right reasons!
Best (worst?) score: 572.190

NinjaFlare by 8BitPimp 2013-05-01T18:21:00

Great concept, great execution!
It's a bit of a let down to now have some kind of measure of how well you did.

A few remarks on the design:
Artwise it's very slick, love all the variation you put in there, and especially the hazing for the background! Although i'd love to see a change in environment if you advance further.
Gameplay-wise i love how the slashing works, it's fun to use it, but it's also rendered useless by the sliding mechanic which is easier and more reliable to use, and splashes through several enemies.
Otherwise the enemy never got to slash me, which removes much of the challenge. I'd love to seem them evade, jump or follow you for a bit.
Good work overall, lot's of fun to play \o Looking out for a post-compo version :D

Sky Tea by OysterKLAN 2013-05-04T11:49:00

Cute game, Adorable character! Unfortunately the controls felt too floaty to me though so i couldn't really enjoy playing it.
But Music is lovely too :D

BASHLAND - Breakout Mario Mashup by McFunkypants 2013-05-03T12:25:00

Great entry! I love your mashup, really quite the idea. The abundant use of particles makes it pretty hard to focus your ballthingy when just bouncing up and down, and the physics didn't seem quite right. What i miss in this game is a kind of challenge, since press and hold the right arrow key pretty much wins the game. Different blocks could have different properties, like green is extrabouncy, so you have to use a patch of green to get over an obstacle, if you 'use up' all green blocks you'll have to find a different route or restart. stuff like that to just get a little more variation into gameplay, to keep things fresh.
The art choise is pretty nice, and i loved how you boxed the tiles. And i only now realize on the screenshots that you tried to make actual shapes of it (i did realize the house though xD)
Good stuff!

Euphoria by IceCliff 2013-05-02T15:06:00

Interesting graphic style. Nicely executed. But i guess the story was too meta for me. The automated transitions didn't really help reading all the text either. Good effort for 48hours!

Also i fixed my entry, if you wanna check it out again, it should work now :)

Minimalistic Life by wonderwhy-er 2013-05-02T14:55:00

Interesting attempt to make a game out of the game of life. Quite intruiging really.

Also i fixed my entry, so if you'd like to check it out again, you should be able to play it now! :)

Potato The Destroyer by Cory Martin 2013-05-04T12:05:00

Pretty difficult game. The enemies shoot-interval is pretty short which makes it hard to jump inbetween and shoot at the same time, let alone hitting them. Nothing wrong with difficulty really, but you need your time to get accustomed to the rhythm of the game.
Sweet entry anyways :)

TunnelVision by wzl 2013-04-29T13:13:00

Yeah Ati drivers are my bane every LD. I'll try to find someone who can help me debug it for Nvidia adapters. A fixed version should be up later today or perhaps tomorrow.

Sorry for that ;/

TunnelVision by wzl 2013-04-29T23:20:00

Thanks for the detailed reports everyone.

Yes i uploaded a version that fixed the errors mentioned before. Now that introduced new ones. Unfortunately i don't have an Nvidia card to test it myself so it is a lot of back-and-forth remote-debugging.

The ACAL error is new though. I'll get the latest build and see if it helps :)

I'll let you know when it is 'fixed' :D

TunnelVision by wzl 2013-05-02T15:49:00

Thanks all! Glad to see that it seems to be working now for everyone!

Yeah the art is inspired by demos, and i want to get further into that direction. We'll see what i can come up with ;)

A Y-Invertion setting will be available in the post-compo version.

llab by tonic 2013-04-30T13:28:00

Cute game! It felt a bit too bouncy and checkpoints would be nice. Kinda got frustrated always falling out in the same place.
Would love to see a graphical makeover. Great use of light though!

They Don't Stop Coming by SmallDeadGuy 2013-05-04T15:50:00

The most polished game i played yet! Menu, options, custom keys, map editor, solid level design, intruiging mechanics, nice variety on the levels. Good job man, i'm impressed :D

RGBism by Hyaku 2013-05-02T14:36:00

Interesting game, but the mechanics are confusing and dont feel very precise. At times it looked like colums raised and lowered randomly. Like the concept though! :D

RGBism by Hyaku 2013-05-02T14:48:00

Oh and: I fixed my entry, so if you like, you should be able to play it now :)

You are the Minimalist by pighead10 2013-05-04T13:15:00

Interesting entry, the block-generation mechanics could be nicer and more predictable, and the controls need an overhaul. The concept has a compelling incentive though!

LD37 — One room

TELEMATICS by rnlf 2016-12-12T20:41:00

War never changes, except when it does.
Cool entry. Interesting presentation, if a bit dry, but i guess that sells the atmosphere even more so :D
Getting a more fallouty vibe from this than fallout 4 actually. good job on that :D