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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | ||
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| 2026 | 59 | Signal | 👥 | Tunnel Vision | jam | 3.56 | 3.25 | 3.22 | 3.19 | 3.67 | 3.21 | 3.69 | |||
| 2024 | 56 | Tiny Creatures | 👥 | Druid's Friends | jam | 347 | 3.74 | 3.39 | 3.52 | 4.02 | 4.28 | 3.67 | 3.26 | 3.78 | |
| 2024 | 55 | Summoning | 👥 | Akino's Dungeon | jam | 748 | 3.43 | 3.54 | 3.04 | 3.51 | 3.61 | 2.59 | 3.60 |
Risminator leaves an average of 25.0 feedback comments each event.
Very nice entry! I love that even when the goblins battle by themselves, you still play an active part in positioning, dodjing, etc. There are strategic *and* microcontrol aspects of skill here. The gameplay is so fun. And the goblins themselves are very cute!
Mechanics are simple but unique and diverse! Great game and level design here. You don't even need to read an instruction to get what to do! Such a good job, and in a compo no less!
This is such a cute and polished game! Good job and managing time and resources here! It's so fun throwing a bunch of tiny creatures of objects and see the result. And hear all the cute sounds!
And yeah, levels are very well designed! And the fact that there are several ways to beat the level is intriguing and makes you want to play it again with a new perspective, so ingenious!
A phenomenal game here. And all this in godot, really makes me want to learn more about it! I even realised that I watched some of your tutorials haha
The creatures are so cute! Not only the design, but all the sounds they make! Certainly good job here :)
It was challenging to know what you need to do to progress, but once you notice how the objects in the world interact, it becomes a fun puzzle! It's very enjoyable to discover how everything works and use this knowledge to beat the game! Good job on making this game!
@j-rara I think that you chose that position by accident. You can choose where the bees go when they spawn by right-clicking while the hive is chosen
Such a cute game! I love it sooo much! I haven't noticed any flaws while playing, it's so polished!
The jump is responsive, the thajectory is always clear (I **really** appreciate that), the animations are so bouncy, sfx gives nice feedbak and ambient music makes the experience meditative. It's just perfect.
And while it's easy to play, it's hard to master! There is some room for competetive speedrunning haha. I still have some room for improvement though! (current record: 1:49)
I don't know if I managed to win... It looks balanced enough but it still wants me to pay more attention. Maybe the win condition could be more merciful or have a numerical value to strive for (it's difficult to eye the scale).
But wow, this is such a gorgeous game! The idea is ingenious and it's so beautifully implemented! It's so satisfying to see life striving. Thank you for making this game!
Such a hillarious game, definitely captures the arcade shooter feel!
It's a very fun game when you get grips with it! It is too punishing sometimes though. You need meat to summon the units, but you also need units to deal damage and get meat. If the circles didn't instakill, it would be easier (losing all the units because of 1 mistake is very punishing). So I would either make it not instakill, or give more telegraphing for it (telegraph time is decent, but for such a deadly attack you definitely need more). The strategy I went with was spamming melees: I didn't need shield one because I just retreated when the frog used a melee attack and attacked only when it had an attack animation, and the ranged minions are very expensive with very little damage; so a lot of resources for not so much value, moreover when you can lose all of it with one attack. But it is challenging to balance the difficulty though (I've certainly made some mistakes with that previously haha). The artstyle is cute with patapon-like monsters! And the font is stylish. The music would've done wonders to this game! Certainly a fun and creative entry that deserves much more ratings. I love the boss battles and minion control!
Cute entry! This game certainly inspires a lot of curiosity, sense of wonder and discovery! The aesthetic is really calming and cozy. The little animations and sound effects definitely add to the charm :)
I love this, such a polished game, definitely a great team management here. The art is cute and the amount of details is just right! It is sometimes difficult to see where you are going though because the camera is almost fixed at one direction. Being able to see where you are going is crucial in this type of game.
It's so fun to make use of the animals' abilities to make the sequence breaks and go for the record! Very well made game, thanks for making it!
This game needs more ratings, it's so fun!
The sounds and timings of enemies' deaths are a bit clunky, but it's just a nitpick.
The megarat model and rat's shiny red eyes are something else haha. Throwing a bunch of rats into enemies is satisfying!
Thanks for the game and congrats on 20 ratings ;)
The idea is very great! I love the idea behind destroying threads of the enemy and getting advantage because of that, it has potential for strategic play. However, strategy is not really applicable here, as the hit probabilities are too low imo. If there were higher probabilities, the fights would be quicker and more rewarding. Now, it is much easier to just hit the body and win. But I noticed that getting rid of the enemy's limbs is so much more fun, so making the probabilities higher sure would help. And the presentation here is phenomenal! Punches (when they land) are satisfying, the modular character sprites are cute and the whole "sock puppet theater" aesthetic is so fun. It is a great and creative submission, good job! It is certainly underrated and needs more ratings!
So cute!!! And I love that there is some danger with flytrap plants, so you have to be careful at the later levels. The game is so smooth, from the gradual increase in size to all the animations. It's so jiggly! And the sfx with jingles makes the gameplay so satisfying and rewarding. Great work!
So much care went into this game! Gameplay is simple, but the game is so atmospheric, and a lot of factors play into that here. But first, one nitpick I have is that the jumps are too tight, some people could have trouble jumping over pits. Checkpoints may be helpful, but I think it would be better to make the pits shorter if we don't want to increase movement speed. And now, for the things I was fascinated by:
**Gameplay:** While the timer is forgiving, it still creates a sense of urgency, so it is a great addition here. And I haven't noticed any problems with bug paths: at all times you have a place to hide or avoid a bug. It could have some more mechanics and game feel though!
**Story:** Simple yet endearing, having nightmares as a kid and conquering your fears is relatable.
**Graphics:** visual style is so horrifyingly alluring. Storyboarding in the cutscenes is great, there are a lot of beautiful frames. Font is well-suited here too! And in-game, walking among the bugs really feels like you are so little... emphasized by depth given by the background. You feel so helpless in this game.
**Sound design:** I love that everything has a SFX. In cutscene (even sighs), jumps (but the wooden raft is a bit loud, I suppose), the telegraphing of the bugs being nearby, hiding in the bushes, creepy ambiance and sfx... You can't help but feel at least a little bit paranoid at all times. Such a fantastic job here!
Thank you for this game, this is a beautiful submission!
A top-notch game with an innovative idea!
**Regarding gameplay**: Challenging but not too difficult. The idea of ammo = hp is fun and creative, but there is some room for improvement, as it does have a snowball effect: if you don't get hit, you steamroll the enemies. But the less ants (hp) you have, the more difficult it is to fight the enemies, therefore more chances to get hit again, so it's easier to restart the game than to continue with 3-4 ants. The upgrades and more ants that are here are appreciated though!
**The feel**: wow, every system is made with care. The artstyle is consistent, functional and beautiful, SFX helps telegraph the enemy attacks and gives great feedback, the rhytmic but non-interruptive music just makes playing the game a meditative experience.
Love it! Certainly one of my favourites so far. 5 stars is a no-brainer!
It was very difficult to get progress in the beginning, feeling that you can't win. The last upgrade is the one that turns the tides though, so be patient! (I almost quit when I thought I couldn't win but decided to push through). It's so satisfying to "scoop" the corrupted souls bit by bit and slowly overtake the whole screen! Ingenious mechanic and implementation!
Wooow, the game is so nicely done! It's sometimes tricky to get the spider to go where you want, but it's a puzzle suited for full mobile! Appreciate the effort made to come up with and implement the web mechanic. And solo! Well done!
What a huge project!
It was challenging to get grips with the game's rules, but it is really fun! I'm amazed at how many mechanics you managed to come up with and implement. And it's refreshing to see those two different genres playing in harmony here. Thanks for the game!
It's a compo game? Wow!
I really liked the idea of switching between the layers to defend at the same time. But the AI does indeed bug out sometimes, and it sometimes seemed that I spawned my unit on the wrong layer or misjudged on what layer the rats were. However, it's fun to be able to see the enemies running on the different layer ahead of time!
Really creative!
This is such a great entry! Keeping it simple to focus on the best parts while participating solo. The gameplay is so satisfying with visual and sound feedback. Truly charming!
I agree with avzgui, the ability to spawn several creatures without clicking would be helpful. The game is quite easy to beat, but the mechanics are fun and have potential for another game. I've always wanted a td game with units that move and attack the enemy's armies! And I adore the artstyle and sfx! It's detailed but cute and not oversaturated, it's just pleasing to the eye. Thank you for the game!
Making an RTS game only in the time frame of a jam is truly a challenging task. Controls are sometime confusing and the SFX, while amusing, scared me a bunch of times haha. Cute artstyle!
It took me a lot of time to see that I can punch with LMB as it doesn't have an animation, the sound is silent and there is no LMB in controls UI. But when I got past that, the game was enjoyable, the mechanic of buying and selling your abilities definitely has potential in the future. Thank you for the game!
What an interesting game! The interpretation of my actions was confusing at times in my first playthrough. Sometimes "sleeping" may mean approval of the plea and sometimes it may mean ignoring the plea, and something like that for every choice. But I don't really think that it worsens the experience: Indeed, the god's answers aren't interpreted the same way by different people. The resource system is very intuitive and really well designed though! In some time, I managed to understand how the game works. It's easy to become attached to your cult, and it was very interesting to know how to get an ending I want, the hint system motivates you to explore more options, it's intriguingly good!
The music, the altar that changes depending on your choices, gorgeous UI and beautiful writing - Such an immersive experience, thank you for your game!
The game is sooo fun to figure out and experiment with. It deserves much more attention than it has now. It's so fun to get the strategy right and later just have fun with combining everything.
There is a bug that somewhat confused me at the start:
Speed and Charm on the slab are mixed up so I didn't know what to trust at first. Decided to trust the flesh's characteristics and was right. If you're afraid of submitting bug fixes - don't be, small bug fixes (without new features) are allowed after the deadline!
Other than that, wow this game is great. The mechanics, the theme, the music and graphics are beautiful and complement each other. I think I'm going to return to it later. I'm looking forward to further development of this game if you want to do so!
I'd really love to have hotkeys for the runes, this way I'd be able to go through the combinations faster. Also I don't know if 90 is the max score for 1 monster, as I only got that max (does it depend only on matches or on the number of used runes too?).
The game is great and unique, I like this spin on the theme, I had fun with it! Nice job!
Nice, it's really great that the game gives you enough information to proceed without handholding you. After a bit of confusion I read the hints and could do everything else on my own. This "path finding" while experimenting with ingredients for summoning is really fun. Great game, and after polishing touches that you've already mentioned it'll become even greater! Splendid job!
I'm in love with this idea. Reminds of old Harry Potter games in learning spells sections. However, I couldn't experience this game. The tutorial didn't recognize my wand movements as correct most of the time, and the game wouldn't detect my voice correctly. I managed to summon something only one time out of the tutorial, after that - only skeletons. And I didn't know what was wrong each time. Maybe it'd be helpful to have a written hint why the spell didn't work (was it chanting or wand movement? Seeing how tutorial went, it could be both). It'd also be helpful if the game visualized the wand movements that it recognized (with arrows) and wrote the words that I was chanting (with text label), this way I'd have an idea if I was doing this right. Без имени.png
Maybe it's something wrong on my device. I'll try it with a different one later, and if something changes, I'll let you know. Game feedback would still be very helpful!
Anyway, that's a very creative, charming and fun entry! Giving you highest ratings. Great job!
So fun to see when the game turns into complete chaos. The humour of it ridiculously good haha. It is difficult to click at all the corpses at the end, maybe an ability to activate a bunch would help, but it's still fun to unleash all this power! Great entry!
Suuuuch a hillarious game hahaha! Also sound design and music are spectacular here. This game is played one breath, the pacing is that great. And interesting how all of the surroundings complement each other and look natural within different styls. Great job!
Wow, this is truly something else. It's intuitive, pleasant to eyes and ears, and so diverse! So many variations and combinations that I can choose from, and there is a strategic element too. I appreciate that I can see the history of previous summons to adjust my future summon. Great job on your team!
Cute graphics, nice music and take on the theme! It was quite difficult to keep the ducklings following you, but overall the game is fun, good job!
Such a creative idea! So interesting how it was done on the coding side haha.
It's very fun to figure out the new words and spellings, feeling like an archeologist :)
A very fun game! However, because we have to pay attention to a lot of details, it'd be nice if it were easier to differentiate between them. Still, the art is very fun and cute, and gameplay is captivating; a unique and humorous take on the theme!
Totally agreed, reverse TD is certainly and interesting idea that can be played with further. It would be very helpful to know what I'm up against, otherwise we have to guess what will work best. Some more polishing and there is a lot of potential!
I love the visuals and spell mechanic! The crouch is so adorable :) I got stuck inside the walls unfortunately, so I couldn't beat the game at the end :( I like that you use flamethrower to light up the surroundings, but it's difficult to use this way because of cooldown. Nice concept and game! Some polishing and it's going to be great!
The concept is interesting! If you add some more intensity with more cards at a time and, for example, make time limit for each dish but give more time in game overall, it'll create a quick-paced arcade experience to quickly throw out cards that fit the situation the best. But maybe you'll find some other approach! Nice art :)
Yeah, I'd really like to have a skip text option, because the text moves slower than I can read. Also spent some time figuring out controls, but I managed to do so quite quickly. Other than that, aesthetic and atmosphere are great. Very artistic and odd (in a good way)! Very ingriguing and interesting game :)
I agree, I couldn't see that I had to interact with the log. But that was worth it hahaha. The game and your replies here are so funny, love it!
Great idea! Agree with people above, this blend of mechanics is very fun to play with. Nice job!
The idea is certainly something! Challenge that the players can decide for themselves - I love maintaining the balance between summoning enough enemies to get a lot of points and not getting overwhelmed by them.
Cute little story! The art is so great here, the character feels responsive and everything is pleasing to the eyes and ears.
Very cute art and responsive controls. Slide feels a bit stiff, but overall the movement feels good! And the mood given by the music and art is definitely charming.
Simple to get in, but a fun game to learn. I like the random upgrades that let you choose your way of progressing! Certainly more people need to see this
Such a cute game with adorable presentation! And not only that, such an enjoyable and creative puzzle game. It's so charming! You people did such a great job on all fronts!!! Definitely something to look up to
I like how I need to quickly react to the enemies and their elements. Creates a great dynamic of line management. But the constantly and quickly changing elements on the altar kind made my eyes tired quickly. Love the cute visuals!
Simple to understand and simple to get into. And wow, first ever game jam? Congrats on making this game in such a short time!
Couldn't grasp how to effectively play and manage to keep up with the genie with 3 tools (and the fact that fire returns after some time if you don't brush afterwards), but the concept is very interesting! Graphics and sounds are very charming, the game does certainly bring a smile :)
Really fun, great and addicting short game. Game loop is simple yet has depth to maximizing the output. Got 137k blood and I'm certain there's more to get!
Art is funny and creative. Didn't encounter any bugs. I'm amazed that everything was done in such a short period!
Don't really know if there's anything to criticize. Maybe for further development it'd be great if you could always use arrow combinations without clicking, which could raise the skill ceiling (maximizing APM).
Thank you for your game, it's so inspirational and cool!
A great concept, fun art, and nice game!
The strategy is really interesting here. Managing 3 carriages is very engaging and has some different ways to do so. I managed to get to 166 miles. Sometimes it does feel that a lot depends on whether at some point the carriages doesn't get struck by 2 rockets at a time. If that happens on score ~50, the game is lost. It does seem sometimes that I wasn't even at fault in my defeat. Cog spawn at the very start is very critical too for an early summoner. It is challenging, fun but I can't determine what my mistakes are.
I certainly think that 180-200 is possible if I don't get myself killed but let the carriage get destroyed, but don't know if it's possible to go further. I'm curious to know what's your highscore to know what's possible here!
I've been playing for an hour, maybe more. That means that your game really is captivating! Certainly needs more ratings. Great job!
Congrats on your 20th rating! That was me :)
I love your game so much!!! I think that this concept has a lot of potential to play around and develop even more. And I have some critique / ideas not because I want to scrutinize it, but because I really love this game and want it to improve.
I more often than not picked optional upgreades (Those are called sacrifices I presume?) on accident. I really didn't want to pick some of them, but I did so because (I thought) my weapons and abilities did so (I had too low hp and accidentaly picked -Max HP, happened too many times hahah). And when I wanted to get them, I didn't know how many times I need to tackle it to get it. And THEN I figured out that they activated on the summoning circle when stopped there. I guess I needed some guidance on that point. Adore the strategy that comes with it though!
I love that the learning curve is quite easy to follow, it's not too steep (something I should learn to do). At first I just tended to tacke everything without thinking, but with time I learned to appreciate different movement techniques (like stopping by just clicking, makes the player much more controllable). But sometimes it felt like it went from "I'm killing everything" to "Oops I lost" a bit too quickly. Maybe it's my bad though hahah
It's great that there are different builds that I can make. Personally, I preferred having a stinky aura + fire orbitals combo. Enemies are great: they are readable, they are fair and they are diverse, wow! Art and sound effects are on point, preferred to have some dynamic music on the background to fully immerse myself in this game flow, but it's a nitpick for such a game.
Man, I'm saying "I love" too much because I'm in awe with this game. I have a lot to learn from you for my projects. You rock! I see that this game gathers a lot of inspiration from Vampire Survivors and The Binding of Isaac, but I believe that with more development your game will find its own identity. Couldn't get farther than wave 10 though, but It'll be an eternity before I beat it so I'll stop here for now and come back later. Thank you for your game!
This game surprised me in how fun it is to navigate.
I don't know if it's intented, but I often chose to ignore the enemies and just walk past them to get the sacred items as there were too much of them to kill. It was fun to figure out how to avoid them though!
And the guard's walk is just something else, it's so sassy and fun, just makes me feel unstoppable hahaha
Thank you for this game!
A charming and easy to learn game, as the gameplay is intuitive and fun. Cute visuals and sound effects!
Adorable art style, so much creativity and personality! So impressive that it was done in 48 hours. Love the option to buy recipes, as it was very tough for me to guess a new recipe. Great job!
Such a soothing and beautiful game! Music and sound effects also help to get into this meditative state of play. So peaceful and charming. Love it!
I love the art style and funky music!
The timing of the orders was quite tough, I often couldn't keep up with the first order. Also I'd love to have an option to remove an ingredient from my hand just by clicking right mouse button for example - without the need to drag it to specific area of the screen. I also missed the circle to put an ingredient a bunch of times.
The idea is so fun though: when I got the hang of the conrols, the gameplay loop got very addicting, nice game!
Great game! And wow, those sound effects are so satisfying ahahaha.
It is smart that you have to pick up the ingredients so that you don't stay at the anvil all the time - but maybe it'd be fun to have something else to do while summons are defending? Also a way to return my summons to the anvil would help: I had 4 minions out of 4 in the corner of the screen killing monsters there, while the other monster destroyed the anvil without any problems.
Overall, the gameplay loop is very addicting and fun! Also love the art style :)
Great game, especially for a first jam (and solo)! Really like the potential strategies on what runes to choose and when to use the bottom circle.
At first I was confused about what rune and enemy does what, and then realised that our base (book on the right) is clickable. It might help to highlight clickable objects (as you did with runes). Also it'd be very convenient to be able to replace the rune on the circle without the need to put it out every time. It is also quite easy to figure out one optimal strategy right now, as earning money is not a problem here.
I am a fan of this gameplay loop, though; adding some variety in difficulty and/or combinations might make this a really enjoyable chill tower defense game. Nice job on this game!
I really love using arrow combinations and mastering them to react quickly to enemies!
Though I was often confused when I pressed 1 more key by mistake and couldn't understand why I couldn't summon anything for a second. Maybe some sound cue for pressing a key and messing up the summon could help? (and maybe some feedback there: shake animation on those arrow "cells" when it's failed)
Also agreed that it is ridiculous in a very fun way, has its own charm! :)
Really love the concept, I strongly agree that this mechanic can be expanded a lot!
For the first-time player, it's quite difficult to operate on a time limit (also considering it's a puzzle). Maybe it'd be easier to start with turn-based limits for new players and then introduce the time limit when the players are familiar and comfortable with them?
I certainly love this puzzle. Thank you for this great game, it really is inspiring!
It's great to see people learning Godot as I am doing so too. Keep up the good job!
I think it would be great to be able to move faster, as it takes me some time to get to the bones after I've beaten all the enemies (or maybe smaller levels?). And as people mentioned, it'd be helpful to have some more ways to avoid the boss's bullets.
As people also mentioned, great work with the theme! It is a very interesting concept to summon the boss yourself, has great potential for further development of such game! (maybe, for example, the way you summon the boss affects the boss itself?)
Such a fun idea to play with! Loved the adorable art and the potential behind summoning platforms and switching between several characters.
It would be helpful to have an option to quickly restart a level if one made a mistake or wanted to skip a cutscene. This way maybe it'd be even easier to stay in the flow of iterating through different ideas.
The creativity in this game is fantastic, good job!
Fun game, thank you for making it!
It's challenging to aim (might agree with people on having an optional crosshair), but learning the controls is so fun and rewarding here! Props for implementing this 3D from-back view in Godot, so impressive! (and in 48 hours, compo? Wow)
Great game!
It's very fun to plan ahead where to go and where to summon animals to avoid scientists! Throwing a good portal knocks enemies a bit, which especially helps at the start of the game when you don't have any additional abilities.
I was confused by having 3 different summoning spells, however. Initially thought that they would be able to interact (dog chases cat, cat chases bird?), but it doesn't seem to be like that. The possibility of combining those like that would be a great way to diversify gameplay and raise skill ceiling.
Thank you very much for your game!
Charm is this game's strength! It really feels like summoning when you feed your cats irl hahah
LD59 — Signal (5)
-- .- -.-- -.. .- -.-- mayday by Ray Himmel 2026-05-05T20:44:50Z ♥ 1
Very well done idea! The sound is relaxing, and the option to set your bpm is neat. It becomes quite tiring after some time, but it is quite fun :).
Implementing a rhythm game is quite challenging, so congrats on a great compo entry!
System Invader by heat 2026-05-05T20:25:41Z ♥ 1
Very clever game! Player is always in a state of "it's so over" when in fact you can get out. But it does snowball very easily and resources are so difficult to get. I'd only give 1 more movement to the player so that you don't waste too much time at the start. But it is so addicting I just can't stop playing. Want to try and beat the game. Thanks for making it, it's so fun!
Edit: I did it ^^
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Bad Vibes by RubixNoob13 2026-05-05T19:37:41Z ♥ 2
Came from the post! Totally understand the rush just before the deadline (have experience with that myself haha). Completed the full version. If I were to nitpick anything, is that it's really easy to fall and lose your whole progress. It took me 3 tries to find out that you can use JUMP while on ladders as it is not quite common in retro games :D.
Congrats on finishing the game!
U.P.L.I.N.K by Gecko64 2026-05-02T10:54:02Z ♥ 1
Very fun puzzles! I completed all of the levels. The only thing I wish I could do is the way to zoom out so I can see the whole map, I repeatedly lost myself in all of those buildings. But it was really fun to figure out optimal ways to direct the signal :) And the silly meme-like art-style is quite charming.
Thank you for the game!
Jim's Quest for Birthday present by Sobigdrasil 2026-05-02T09:34:24Z ♥ 2
Came from the post! Very charming game, namely visual and sound design. Everything feels so soothing and calming, you can get in the "zone" looking for the scrap. It felt a little slow in the beginning (no upgrades or changes to gameplay for a long time), but it speeds up after the while. Took me maybe 20-25 minutes to beat it. But it was fun playing it with something else in the background to chill.
Thank you for the game! Very cute and cozy.