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Roberto Cano

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YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrHuMo
201843Sacrifices must be made👥Do-minions!jam
201739Running out of Power👥LDJAM39: Power Brawler Leaguejam2343.643.733.223.523.882.653.25

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Comments by Roberto Cano

LD39 — Running out of Power

King of Mithril by wan 2017-08-04T09:54:46Z

Just to say I finished it :smile: I really liked the game. I think the idea is very good and with a bit of story telling could really improve! I liked the atmosphere and the music. The controls are a bit difficult and I missed more challenging areas, but the game feels good. Also there is a bug at the bottom right stage, before reaching the generator behind the door. You need to kill 2 goblins to open that door and 1 of them just escaped through the other door, so you can't follow him and kill him. However restarting to checkpoint solved the issue. Kudos for the game!!

Power Bunnies by pcmaster 2017-08-08T18:00:30Z

Cool idea! Got carried away with it for a while, but couldn't make the bunnies bump enough on each other :laugh: Good game concept and nice graphics. The controls are a bit hard to manage (perhaps it is me) and I couldn't manage to make the bunny population grow at all in a few runs. Congrats for the game and good luck!

BUG SQUASHER 9000 by alwaysinbeta 2017-08-08T17:55:26Z

I loved the game except for the controls (tank mode). I think the art is quite fresh and the mechanics are nice. I didn't beat the game because of the controls, but it made me want to play until the end. Quite challenging without being overwhelming :relaxed:

Keep 'Em Alive! by mrerdalural 2017-08-08T19:14:45Z

I love the graphics! Quite fresh and humorous. I really like the game idea and I think with a bit more polish it could be a great game. Particularly for me I think you could improve the main character speed (or allow her to run) because sometimes it is quite boring to have to walk back and forth. Perhaps more rooms to take care of or a more intricate stage would help. Love the footsteps sound :smile:

POWERCUT, Inc. by zoglu 2017-08-08T18:11:27Z

This is a 5/5 game for me!! Everything from the art, game concept, audio, fx, game feel. Amazing!!! I finished the game in normal AND turbo mode. Level 6 in turbo mode was a real pickle! Congrats for a wonderful game. I hope it is released some day!

Journey in the Dark by FurkanFS 2017-08-08T17:20:13Z

Very original game @furkanfs! I like the atmosphere and the mechanics. Great idea to keep it to several shades of grey. Only thing to improve the game is to fix the jump, as sometimes I try to jump but it doesn't (I think it is when I'm at the edge of a platform. Good to see random level generation!

Exile by yves 2017-08-08T17:28:15Z

Impressive artwork man! Teleport effects and thunders are amazing. I miss some mistery/action music to pump it up, but the FX are pretty good. One thing I think could improve it is the addition of ranndom power ups so you can refill the weapon (not forever) so you can extend the gameplay. One of my favourite entries until now!

Last Bot Standing: Game of the Year Edition by Shaolin Dave 2017-08-04T09:12:34Z

Fun to play!! I miss having more levels and a bit more challenge though. The Scene is great, I like the atmosphere. Also with the addition of music and sounds it looks good. The best is the art.

No Sorcerer's Sky by TheFlyingKeyboard 2017-08-04T09:31:22Z

I think it has potential! I like the idea and the crafting system. However I think the UI should be improved to make it easier to play: for example when you craft materials I cannot see the total of each material I have or how much scrap is left. Also I think the balancing makes the game too difficult. However the atmosphere it creates is really good! Kudos for the music and for the idea itself, I think it is innovative.

Plugzzz by mamoniem 2017-08-08T19:00:39Z

Quite interesting game! I finished it to see hoe complexity was increasing. I like the atmosphere and the graphics. The game mechanics are quite simple to understand which is good, but in my opinion it doesn't build up properly. Basically all levels are equally easy (for me at least). One minor thing that could help is to have the plugs 'snap' with each other to improve the game feel. Good game anyway!

Studentron by Konstantin Boyko 2017-08-08T19:23:22Z

Pretty original game! I love the idea and I think it has a lot of potential. However the moving controls are quite tricky, or the difficulty too high. I tried to play several times but it proved to me quite hard for me to do anything (it could totally be me). I'd love to know what is in further levels. Very good job!!

LDJAM39: Power Brawler League by Andreu 2017-08-04T09:20:53Z

Hi @theflyingkeyboard! Thanks for the feedback! Indeed character control is still a bit rough. Right now we are just focused on voting other published games but in the near future we would like to polish it a bit more to publish it in itch.io and similar websites. About the character falling we haven't planed that but it is an idea worth considering! Thanks for the idea!

LDJAM39: Power Brawler League by Andreu 2017-08-04T09:35:44Z

Hi @thrainsa! Many thanks for the feedback! We are happy that you really liked it! We tried to improve the controls towards the end of the jam but time ate us up :smile: And thanks for the AI tip, we'll look into it. After the jam voting finishes we are planning to clean-up and improve certain aspects of the game before posting it back to gaming websites. Cheers!

LDJAM39: Power Brawler League by Andreu 2017-08-04T12:35:16Z

Hi @llamaq! Thanks for the feedback! We are glad you liked it. We are not sure if we will update the Power Brawler to a fully blown up game, but we'd like to address some of the issues. In any case you can follow the Ludum Dare website, our twitter accounts (@robersoca, @aaccensi and @pacogomezgrana) or my personal website http://www.robertocano.es (I hope it is OK to advertise it here). I don't publish often there but I'll definitely update it if we release the game somewhere :smile:

LDJAM39: Power Brawler League by Andreu 2017-08-04T12:39:00Z

Hi @alwaysinbeta! Thanks for the comments! We really appreciate the warm welcome you are giving us guys! We had a lot of fun doing it but we also work really hard, so we are really happy you enjoyed it. We'll think about pushing it further. Please check my above comment for links where we would publish the reviewed game. Cheers!

LDJAM39: Power Brawler League by Andreu 2017-08-04T12:40:55Z

Hi @yves! Thanks for the tip and the feedback! That is a very good suggestion. We will see why in map 2 it is more aggressive. Definitely not an explicitly implemented feature :laughing:

LDJAM39: Power Brawler League by Andreu 2017-08-04T12:43:00Z

Hi @furkanfs! Thanks a lot, we are thrilled that you are enjoying this guys, we enjoyed a lot doing it! The levels are not random generated. We spawn a quick level editor (ASCII based :smile:), but random generation could be a cool feature to implement! Also perhaps community created levels?? :wink:

LDJAM39: Power Brawler League by Andreu 2017-08-04T12:44:47Z

Hi @alejandrodlsp! Thanks for the feedback! Yes, it seems the AI is not as strong as it could be. With a bit more time we could have improved it a bit more. Also we mainly tested one against each other, so we didn't fully polish the AI. Let's see if we have time to upgrade it. It could be a lot of fun!

LDJAM39: Power Brawler League by Andreu 2017-08-04T12:46:58Z

Thanks @pcmaster!! It is awesome the response we are getting from you, guys! And I agree with you, the graphics are AWESOME!! (I didn't do them :laughing:, but my teammates). I would love to participate again in Ludum Dare, although first we need to recover from this one! :smile: Cheers!

LDJAM39: Power Brawler League by Andreu 2017-08-04T12:49:48Z

Hi @karreg! Your english is more than fine, so no worries! Thanks for the feedback, we really appreciate! The AI part is indeed a weak point, as we didn't test it enough, but that could be something we eventually update. And yes, I know what you mean with the battery issue. It has happened to me several times since we published the game :joy: We'll definitely take it into account if we update the game. Cheers!

LDJAM39: Power Brawler League by Andreu 2017-08-04T12:52:09Z

Hi all! I definitely want to try all the games from people posting here. You are great guys and I'd love to see your hard work. I've already seen some of them and it is great to see so many different ideas and approaches. Currently I'm traveling so it will be difficult for me to check them, but rest assured I will play them before the voting phase finishes :smile: Thanks for being so awesome!!!

LDJAM39: Power Brawler League by Andreu 2017-08-04T14:19:44Z

Thanks @mrerdalural! We are really happy that you liked it! Let us know if like the 2 player mode as well :smile: Cheers!

LDJAM39: Power Brawler League by Andreu 2017-08-08T18:13:14Z

@mamoniem you are right. We realized late and didn't know how to fix that for WebGL. It is not game breaker but it is annoying. We'll have a look to see if we can fix that. Thanks!!

LDJAM39: Power Brawler League by Andreu 2017-08-08T18:14:15Z

@bombjack we actually wanted to develop it for 4 player, but we run out of time :smile:

LDJAM39: Power Brawler League by Andreu 2017-08-21T08:56:57Z

Hi @svr-audio! Thanks for the feedback, we are really glad you liked it!! We are really curious about the scores!! :) I'll make sure I give a try to your game before the endline. Cheers!

LDJAM39: Power Brawler League by Andreu 2017-08-21T08:57:36Z

Hi @ddrkirbyisq! Thanks as well for the feedback. We are really learning a lot from it! I'll give a try to your game this evening, before the endline. Cheers!!

Despotism 3k by NikolayKuznetsov 2017-08-08T18:49:54Z

Absolutely brilliant!! Pretty good game you got there. I finished it in 27:25 and I loved it. Art and music are marvelous, and gameplay is simple but really engaging. IF I have to give you some constructive criticism is that I didn't understood well that you could sacrifice people to get energy (I thought it was only food) so some levels were a bit long for me. I also believe it is more my problem than the game's :smile: Keep it up!!

This Is Not A Drill! by llamaq 2017-08-08T17:48:22Z

I like the core gameplay behind the idea. The art is quite original! :smile: As others have pointed out it is quite easy to beat. I'm pretty sure if you re-balance the game it would be more fun to play. In any case I had a good time with it

Low Energy by alejandrodlsp 2017-08-08T17:40:52Z

Pretty good!! I love the art and the game feel. The music also adds to the atmosphere. One complaint would be that in the first 3 levels you can win by just flying towards the end of the level, while 4 requires more skills. I would change 1-3 to make it increasingly difficult and get a nice learning ramp. Apart from that I wanted more levels when I finished it, so Kudos!