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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Overall | ||
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| π₯ | π₯ | 2026 | 59 | Signal | The Archives of Trevosa | jam | 4.50 |
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Category | Score | ||
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| π₯ | π₯ | 2026 | 59 | Signal | The Archives of Trevosa | jam | Fun | 4.41 |
| π₯ | π₯ | 2024 | 56 | Tiny Creatures | Creative Types | jam | Innovation | 4.70 |
| π₯ | 2016 | 35 | Shapeshift | Miss Turner's Magical Pet Swap Shop | jam | Theme | 4.58 |
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Cm | Co | |
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| 2026 | 59 | Signal | π₯ | The Archives of Trevosa | jam | 3 | 4.50 | 4.41 | 4.30 | 3.95 | 4.45 | |||||
| 2025 | 58 | Collector | π₯ | My Friends the Monster Trainers | jam | 3.35 | 2.71 | 3.64 | 3.78 | 3.21 | 3.35 | |||||
| 2025 | 57 | Depths | π₯ | The Case of the Dungeon Descent | jam | 165 | 3.90 | 3.76 | 4.30 | 3.52 | 4.23 | 4.00 | ||||
| 2024 | 56 | Tiny Creatures | π₯ | Creative Types | jam | 69 | 4.15 | 3.82 | 4.70 | 4.37 | 3.85 | 4.21 | 4.17 | |||
| 2023 | 54 | Limited Space | Diminutive Dungeon | compo | 79 | 3.90 | 3.72 | 3.65 | 4.13 | 4.00 | 2.69 | 3.70 | ||||
| 2023 | 53 | Delivery | π₯ | Broomstick Post | jam | 370 | 3.77 | 3.25 | 3.12 | 4.27 | 4.30 | 3.03 | 3.90 | |||
| 2022 | 51 | Every 10 seconds | π₯ | Ten Second First Dates | jam | 223 | 3.86 | 3.63 | 3.94 | 4.47 | 4.31 | 3.44 | 3.69 | |||
| 2022 | 50 | Delay the inevitable | π₯ | I Refuse to Hibernate! | jam | 163 | 3.98 | 3.78 | 3.69 | 4.21 | 4.48 | 3.43 | 3.84 | |||
| 2021 | 49 | Unstable | π₯ | Lizzie's Lucky Potion Shop | jam | 495 | 3.70 | 3.34 | 3.23 | 3.56 | 4.30 | 3.10 | ||||
| 2021 | 48 | Deeper and deeper | Mine Cards | compo | 63 | 4.06 | 3.93 | 4.26 | 3.66 | 4.06 | ||||||
| 2020 | 47 | Stuck in a loop | π₯ | Golem Quest | jam | 467 | 3.73 | 3.57 | 3.52 | 4.09 | 4.09 | 3.42 | ||||
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | π₯ | Interstellar Connection | jam | 33 | 4.29 | 4.04 | 4.03 | 4.22 | 4.15 | 4.54 | ||||
| 2019 | 45 | Start with nothing | π₯ | Nothing to Say | jam | 12 | 4.35 | 4.04 | 4.31 | 4.50 | 4.35 | 4.21 | ||||
| 2019 | 44 | Your life is currency | Soul Builder | jam | 61 | 4.06 | 3.77 | 3.47 | 4.13 | 3.88 | 2.81 | 3.40 | ||||
| 2016 | 35 | Shapeshift | Miss Turner's Magical Pet Swap Shop | jam | 13 | 4.27 | 4.19 | 4.38 | 4.58 | 4.23 | 4.02 | 4.00 | 33 | |||
| 2015 | 34 | Two Button Controls / Growing | Rocketship Rescue | jam | 159 | 3.74 | 3.72 | 3.21 | 4.21 | 4.05 | 3.61 | 39 | ||||
| 2015 | 33 | You are the Monster | Bar the Door | jam | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | 32 | An Unconventional Weapon | SwordCrafter | jam | 236 | 3.57 | 3.32 | 4.43 | 3.87 | 3.70 | 2.69 | 14 | ||||
| 2014 | 31 | Entire Game on One Screen | Screen Protector | jam | 393 | 3.33 | 3.37 | 3.08 | 4.30 | 3.52 | 2.67 | 3.31 | 3.25 | 42 | ||
| 2014 | 30 | Connected Worlds | Fairy Rush | compo | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | 29 | Beneath the Surface | Bunker 29 | jam | 110 | 3.65 | 3.46 | 3.38 | 3.50 | 3.81 | 3.40 | 3.45 | 39 | |||
| 2013 | 28 | You Only Get One | You Only Get One Cookie | jam | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | 27 | 10 Seconds | The 10-Second Murder | jam | 126 | 3.48 | 3.18 | 2.93 | 2.49 | 3.53 | 1.38 | 2.22 | 3.20 | 48 | ||
| 2013 | 26 | Minimalism | Nod | compo | 293 | 3.44 | 3.02 | 3.87 | 4.02 | 3.95 | 1.49 | 3.52 | 3.29 | 65 | ||
| 2012 | 25 | You are the Villain | City Sucker | compo | 115 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 2.81 | 3.53 | 4.00 | 3.29 | 3.54 | 3.38 | 28 | ||
| 2012 | 24 | Evolution | Poggle Island | compo | 164 | 3.38 | 3.02 | 3.44 | 4.10 | 3.83 | 2.94 | 2.45 | 3.17 | 42 | ||
| 2012 | 23 | Tiny World | Tinyville Confidential | jam | 117 | 3.10 | 2.63 | 3.75 | 3.45 | 3.83 | 1.10 | 2.90 | 2.88 | 56 | ||
| 2011 | 22 | Alone | Busy King | jam | 16 | 3.36 | 3.18 | 3.67 | 3.53 | 3.21 | 1.11 | 2.25 | 1.88 | 2.53 | 46 |
Very interesting. This is one of the few LD games I wanted to play multiple times. I like how getting rid of dice you don't need is as much of an issue as getting new dice. You should makes a PDF of the cards for people to print out and play in real life!
In a few cases, what was shown on the dice didn't match what was available to buy, which was annoying.
What a cute game! I had some trouble finishing the dirtboarding level, but maybe that's just my lack of skill.
This is an interesting game and the snarky voice is funny. But I couldn't figure out what to do with the terraformer or whatever it's called once I got it.
Very fun. It's good that the planet turns when you move, since some of the "run around the planet" games I've seen here make the character turn instead, which is disorienting.
Seems like an interesting idea, but I needed some more guidance on what type of area to set up! I tried a few times but never got any life to survive, so I couldn't figure it out.
Cute game. The background looks really nice.
I found that rotating the background is a bit disorienting. It might be better if the player turned or just moved left or right instead.
Nice parallax scrolling :)
Cool game. The graphics are really pretty. I noticed some awkward phrasing (like "particles were collapsing each other" - you would normally say "collapsing into each other") so if you care about that, you might want to get someone else to check over the text for you.
This game seems interesting, but I wasn't exactly sure what the point was (like, whether I should eat the food or other organisms.) Also, the sound may have been messed up because I could only hear an unpleasant fuzzy sound once in a while.
Extremely elegant graphics, and interesting puzzle. I didn't hear any music during the game itself, only the title screen (but it would have been nice to have some.) Also, I couldn't figure out how to restart the level but keep the tiles that I've placed so far. For me the game didn't work in Chrome, but it did work in Firefox.
I can't wait to try this game! But when I follow the OS/X link, Google Docs says I don't have permission to access this item...
This games seems interesting, and it looks really nice. But I wasn't really sure what the point was.
Looks great! But when I press spacebar, my browser window scrolls down, which interferes with gameplay. An easy solution would be to allocate another key (like z or something) that could be used instead.
Amazing! I love it! I can't say much more without spoiling it for other players... let's just say you did a great job of making the player into a villain.
FYI I'm running MacOSX and I didn't see any "start.py" - I had to double-click a file called "decommissioner" to play.
Cool game! But it might be a little too easy: even if I didn't shoot anyone, Bont would still die. (Or maybe I'm missing something?)
Not a bad idea! I like the theme of your game. But I found the voices to be a bit hard to understand (especially "water" and "herd"). Perhaps you could also display the instructions on screen? (One at a time, of course.)
I think this is really interesting idea! But after a few of the more difficult levels I got a bit bored of just getting to the right tile and back. You could try expanding this to include puzzles, like maybe you can turn off certain purple tiles that you have to step on, or there's some way to shift all the purple tiles, or something! I think you have a great start though, and good work for 48 hours.
This is a cute idea! I like the graphics and the little descriptions of each shape.
This game is really elegant - the best example of minimalism I've seen so far.
I like the art and charging up the laser beam is pretty cool! I would prefer to have health instead of dying instantly, though...
Interesting use of the numpad! It would be cool if you had a version for people without numpads on their laptop, like maybe using:
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Great work. You've really exemplified minimalism by distilling dungeon exploring to its core component: you can't advance until you've explored other areas. I found that the colors were a little hard to parse, especially the white (which I expected to be a solic block.)
This is a really interesting game. It looks nice and you got some pretty good music out of audio-tracker! (If you didn't use audio-tracker, forgive me.) I got through a few levels but still don't understand the mechanics - but I'd love to play again once you have a better instructions/training.
This is a nice game! I had some trouble with the guys who fly at you though - I couldn't hit them when they were right on top of me.
Also, I think I experienced a sound bug. The same sound (a bleep) would repeat over and over with an unpleasant crackling (like the walking sounds being played over and over, maybe.)
It seems interesting, but I don't really get it. :\
This game is quite fun, and the mechanics work very nicely! I find the graphics to be pretty unpleasant, though. And I wish that 1) you could restart after you die without quitting the game and 2) there were some checkpoints so I don't have to start from the beginning every time.
Very polished. Good luck in the app store. :)
I think you might want to make it a bit harder though. I quit at level 50 because it was boring. Instead, you should have newbies lose quickly at first and then get better over time. Maybe have different kinds of flies? And maybe it's a little too easy to get the watermelon back?
Very nice! I love to see puzzle games in LD. It was tricky until I got the hang of it, and then easy, especially with more converters. I did get stuck on a level that I think was impossible, though - it wanted a single yellow piece, but no converter could output a single yellow piece.
Nice work! I love RPGs. Unfortunately I got stuck (went into some trees in a ] shape, pedantic dude covered the last side and I couldn't get out), but maybe I will play again later in order to see the end. You should work on this more and get an artist to help you! Or work on your own pixel art skills - try looking for inspiration in sprite sheets from existing games.
Not bad! I liked the patterns of the enemy fire. But at least for me (Windows), the game paused before every new level, which was annoying; and 'r' to restart didn't seem to work either.
I see that you've posted the instructions in a comment; it might be helpful for future testers if you edit the submission to include the instructions.
This is a great game, and the music is good too! I did find it a bit frustrating though.
This is very impressive! You should make a version without such clashing colors though.
Very interesting! I had some trouble because up-arrow didn't seem to make him jump, even though left and right work - so I was stuck until I tried WASD instead. Maybe a bug?
Cute intro. :)
Super cute graphics and music! I'll be keeping an eye out for the full version later.
Very cute and innovative! I got stuck on the level with the water, but maybe I'll come back and try again later.
Not a bad start! It was fun to see the models - the pigs are very cute. I didn't really want to keep playing until wave 100, though.
This is a cute game! I like the idea of something random happening, but I didn't like it when it turned upside-down and stayed that way until I finally completed the level (are you sure they last only 10-30s?) You should try adding some good things, like making the coins count double. Nice job in the limited time though!
This is an interesting idea! But, it's hard to get the strategy of assigning pieces when you have just 10s, and aren't sure what each thing does. I guess that certain pieces go well together but I couldn't really tell. If you want to continue working on this game after LD, I would either make the battles shorter or give the player something to do (like picking up power-ups.) Nice work for the limited time though! I like the names.
The dialogue is really funny. "Our mechanic loves to inspect the peacock."
Very interesting and a nice break from all the plotless pixel-art entries. I agree that the font looked great. I also loved Teddy's little walk...
Awesome. It's really cool that you can choose your character.
This is really fun! I don't think you need a lose condition. It's just fun and satisfying to get bigger and bigger, and the end is great.
The little guy is so cute!
Interesting game! The zooming out and the darkness in the depths of the ocean were a cool effect! I was confused by the text that said to go West, which makes me think that I should go left, when really the treasure was on the right.
Gross, but fun.
This game played much differently than I expected. It's actually a pretty tricky puzzle! I had to restart a lot when I got stuck because of mis-planning or because of digging a square that I didn't mean to dig, but I kept trying again until I got it. Very interesting idea.
Very cool - I finally beat it! The thing that was the most tedious was collecting coins. Maybe it would be better if the rocks always gave coins (or some other prize) instead of sometimes being empty. Also I noticed a bug or type where I was talking to Lucien and he said that he had just talked to Lucien. Anyway, great job - you made a pretty long game that kept me interested the whole time. Solving it takes a good mix of actually making connections and just trying stuff out.
This is great. I played once trying to get a good score and then once just to flip through the channels.
This is fun and the graphics look great!
Amazing! It was very easy but so cute and unique. The costume seems like a reference to Where The Wild Things Are - very nice. The mechanic of going around the bed is a great interpretation of the theme and I enjoyed all the environments (such as the different interpretation of the ball/snowball/skull). Keep up the good work! My only recommendation is that you get someone to help you proofread the dialogue since there are a lot of spelling and grammar errors.
This was fun! At first it was obvious but by the end I had to try multiple times to solve the puzzle. The animation of the room when you go to the next level was very nice and definitely fits the theme.
I noticed a few spelling mistakes - I think the first sentence should be "Common stories are meant to be complete." instead of "Common story's are ment to complete."
I liked this a lot! A very interesting and engaging story. I'd like to see it done with better graphics. I played it twice and I did better the second time - though it wasn't always clear how my decisions affected things.
That was fun once I figured it out. Maybe you could give an example of a possible rule (not one that's in the game) at the beginning, because I didn't understand at all until I finished once and saw one of the rules. After that it was fun to try again! Also, I would have liked to be able to pause it on a list of previous words so I could have some time to consider the possibilities. I think the music was great!
Cute and fun! The UI looks great. If you work on it more, I think it would be great to give the rest of the graphics that level of detail.
Bubble Boy's expressions are really cute, and the notes were funny.
That was fun once I got the hang of drive-by terraforming! :) I think you should mention in the instructions that you need to drive around to recharge the terraform beam because I didn't understand that at first.
Cute game! I want to let in all the cats...
Great! The position of the camera made it feel like I was really driving... going around curves was nerve-wracking!
I loved the scenario and style. I predict that this will be the best-written of all the LD games!
People's quotes were great! And I liked how the puzzles got harder and used different types of puns.
This game is so cute! I would definitely play more especially if the timer was a little longer at first.
This game is so cute (and sometimes scary!) The music fits well too.
Great writing! It was fun to see how the fairy tale evolved. And the end was so cute!
I enjoyed this game! Having to move yourself around was engaging compared to normal Minesweeper. I like that you start with extra hearts so that one misstep doesn't kill you. I think it fits with the theme somewhat because if you're stuck, you can trade a heart in for a "hint" (by guessing and seeing if you get blown up.) I agree with the others that I'd like to be able to flag bombs so that there's less mental energy expended remembering which ones I think are bombs.
I love the art style! The variety of stuff you can buy was lots of fun. I enjoyed shaking the trees manually rather than just tapping to collect, so if you keep working on it I'd love to see more unique ways for the player to interact with the game (or maybe there were more that I didn't know about) rather than just dragging stuff down to sell.
Great job! The art is really nice and it's awesome that you have a tutorial and a whole plotline in the game. I found it a bit hard to control and tedious to craft the same things over and over, so in the end I just closed up shop after selling a couple things in order see more of the plot - which I'm glad I did because there was a great ending! (Maybe you're meant to move on more quickly - not sure if the amount of money mattered - but in the beginning I felt like I should help all customers before closing up, which took a long time.) Overall, a very impressive entry.
@veryeviltomato: I didn't use a game engine, just Javascript with HTML/CSS, which works well for such a UI-heavy game.
@veryeviltomato: Nope, it's all divs/imgs with some CSS animations/transitions! In the past I've mostly used Unity and Phaser to make games, but working with HTML elements directly saved me a ton of time when laying out the UI for this one (compared to the manual positioning I'd have to do for an HTML5 Canvas game.)
@ashtrail: Thanks! I agree that music and audio add a lot, but I just ran out of time to find and hook up any.
As far as the JS framework, I actually started using Angular because I wanted to give it a try, but since I hadn't used it before and it's not intended as a game engine, it was taking me too long to figure out how to get the game working using Angular. So I ended up giving up on that and just using vanilla JS functionality. There's not really that much DOM interaction besides moving the dragged resources and showing/hiding different elements of the UI (which is done by adding and removing CSS classes.) I might share the source code later but I want to clean up some of the terrible code I wrote at 3am first. :)
As far as the Temple of Souls, it's meant to be ironic that the only (practical) way to build it is to sacrifice everyone. There's not much backstory or worldbuilding behind it, but I just thought it would give the game an interesting ending.
This is one of my favorite jam games so far! It's rare to see a story-based game like this in a game jam. Some of the art could use some polish but the portraits are great since because they convey a lot of personality. I want to find all the endings... I hope there's one where we can all get a happy ending but I have the feeling that won't be possible.
Great idea and really cute art! I appreciated the polish with things like the shopkeeper actually conversing with you and being able to restart from the last shopkeeper when you die - a lot of LD games just focus on the main mechanic so I like that you were able to build up more of a full experience.
Nice game! I liked that the gameplay is simple so you can focus on perfecting your timing. The art is great for a jam game, and I liked the sound effects, especially when parrying.
It looks like you didn't have time to add information about the items you can buy to the game, so how about posting that information in the description? That part feels kind of pointless without knowing what each option does.
By the way, the first time I tried to load the game, it got stuck about 80% of the way, but it loaded fine after I refreshed the page. Not sure what happened exactly but FYI for anyone who experiences that.
Really interesting game! FYI I wasn't able to play the web version in Firefox, but it worked on Chrome.
This is a super original and very amusing game! It was always fun to try a random word and have it work.
Great work - it's amazing that you made such an in-depth game in 48 hours! It was really interesting to explore the mechanics, like managing workforce vs moral and trying to get resources of the appropriate type. I liked how cards had multiple purposes since they both provided an effect and a resource. I managed to keep morale high for a while but was doomed by drawing multiple Computer Virus/Cracked Drill Shafts that became impossible to clear. Nice game!
Amazing! The characters are so cute! I love how much polish you put into the game (like the character's animations and sound effects.) The puzzles were fun though I found them more of an execution challenge than an actual puzzle (at first it was easy to hit the wrong key or move a little too far.) Having more of the level visible would actually help with planning what moves you want to make to solve the puzzle rather than just doing whatever the only next possible move is. It was a great idea to control each character with just 2 keys and show them on screen at all times, since it would have been way harder to control otherwise.
Interesting game! I lost when my goal was science since I was buying a lot of blank cards, but won when my goal was civilization. It was nice that I always had the option of selling a card from the store if I didn't want or couldn't afford either. I appreciate that you added tooltips to explain the icons in the game.
I liked this game a lot! The music and the feeling of coasting down is relaxing, but it's also tense when trying to land on a drone or dodge obstacles. It's funny when you crash and roll down the mountain too.
The music is perfect and it's a very engrossing experience overall! I especially liked bumping into a whale (?) and swimming through the ruins at the end.
It looks like a cool game but I didn't fully understand it. It would be great if you could add some more instructions to the description. I could dig straight down but I didn't know how to dig sideways when I ran into an impassable block. I did enjoy how the mining machines pass off blocks to bring them to the top, but sometimes 2 machines were in sync and never overlapped which meant my blocks didn't get brought up. (I'm not sure if timing of placing new machines is supposed to be part of the challenge.) I liked that destroying something just drops it and you still have to bring it up to sell it, adds a little more interest to updating your mine layout.
Interesting version of Minesweeper! It took me a bit to get the hang of telling which tile/gap each number corresponds to. I like that you can descend to the next level as soon as you find the arrow, so you don't always have to solve the final tricky part. I wish there was a way to mark tiles that you know are bombs, though.
I love the concept of building up the slime by mixing in different potions. I was a bit confused about what the different icons mean and how to interpret what the enemy is doing, but I see the potential.
Great game! The game mechanic of fitting certain pieces of data into a limited space was interesting, and the overall polish is amazing. I was surprised to get a worse ending when I didn't find Eden than when I did, but now I understand that you have to maximize Hope _and_ try to reach Eden. I'll have to keep playing to try to do better.
This is a fun little game. The expressions on the monsters (?) you pass are amazing - I liked how their expressions (and the background color) change as you go deeper. The ending was great too. More games should have surprise/twist endings.
This game is super cute! Really impressive art compared to most game jam games. I wish the autoclicker was a little more effective so I don't have to click so much (since it's very expensive to upgrade the autoclicker.) I'm going to keep playing though so I can get the cute penguins to visit my pool.
A simple but fun game! I tried for a while but couldn't get any deeper than 21.
Great game! The way that Glim rolls around is so cute. I liked how it felt like a platformer but there was only one button input. It took me a bit to get the hang of it but then I got into a good flow. The music is impressive too - few games have menu and game over music as well as the main soundtrack.
Really interesting game! I liked how you had to manage multiple mechanics (including adjusting settings on the device.) The VFX when the device explodes is great. I did struggle to match the cables to some of them (like the Game Boy Advance - I never figured out which cable went with that) and the plugs on the right sometimes didn't go in even when they matched.
Really cute idea! I liked how you had to manage a variety of different factors/inputs to take care of the monster - my favorite was picking out food for it. I also liked how it had a different name each time! I did run into a bug where the sound effects started repeating constantly.
Cute game! The character is cute, the glitchy VFX were great, and the sound/music are nice too. I enjoyed the defrag puzzles - they make sense thematically (trying organize the data) and are a bit challenging but not too hard.
A simple but classic game - dodging and shooting enemies will always be fun! I like that you have a goal of what to collect so you're not just trying to stay alive but actually targeting certain enemies. I found that the stars in the back were a bit distracting - they look similar to the bullets that the enemies shoot.
Super impressive graphics and music for a jam game! It's hard to get the hang of, especially when another shape knocks the one you're riding right into the black hole. It was fun to try to stay in orbit though!
Interesting game! Sliding around was fun but hard to get the hang of. Nice work with walrus - it was scary!
Quite a simple game but really funny and surprisingly fun to play. I liked how you could free horses as you run by by hitting the arrow keys. The horse SFX are the best part!
Nice game, I was wondering if anyone would make a physics-based stacking game! I like how you did the controls for picking and dropping pieces - it would be too easy to just use the mouse. The How Many challenge seems a bit less interesting since you can just drop pieces anywhere in the circle, so it comes down to how fast you can pick them up and making sure they're aligned in the circle. The How High challenge seems like more fun to me since you can try to pick pieces that will stack well. The audio and graphics all contributed to a fun atmosphere. Good job!
This is a very creative entry and lots of fun to play! It's interesting to experiment with techniques and discovering details, like the fact that a wall's height depends on tile you start it on. I'm going to keep playing to try to beat my score!
This is an impressive entry - it's like 4 game jam games in one! I think the eating minigame is my favorite. I liked that the food not only had red or green trails, but also had friendly or mean faces to make it really clear which ones were bad.
This game is great! It was fun to explore and see what happens. I like how the player can choose to accept the inevitable at almost any time, or futilely try to delay it. Since it's so easy to go back when you "lose", it really encourages you to explore all the possibilities. The little twist at the end was great, although I don't know how you can keep the story straight, I've told you like 20 versions! :)
Wow, this game is really impressive! The scary/silly art is awesome, especially the main character. I enjoyed the puzzle aspect but I struggled to beat the timer (maybe I'm just not cut out to serve the Rat King :) ). I do like that you don't immediately die when the timer runs out and can actually make it through with some skill.
This is a great variant of Break Out! The breakable floor is kind of like extra lives but it also makes it trickier... and of course, leads to your inevitable loss. The legs are well animated and I like the little GB game cover art too. I only ran into one bug where the ball started bouncing horizontally at the top of the screen and never came down - the forfeit button was useful there.
This game is really interesting! Once I went into the shrine I totally got what to do, and having wandered around beforehand ended up helping me know where to find the bunnies. I enjoyed exploring and getting a quest and successfully retrieving all the bunnies. There are a lot of little details that are strange but appealing - like the shifting floor, the main character's silly walk cycle, and the voice SFX in the shrine.
La ludo estas amuza! I did terribly at first but a lot better once I got the hang of it, which was satisfying. I'd be curious to try a version where you can hold a direction to move more, like in Asteroids. But the way you have it works well. The frame story made me laugh!
Very impressive amount of content for 72 hours! I enjoyed all the puzzles and the progression of the storyline. It was great how you introduced the warp mechanic first and then the 10s mechanic tied into that. It took me a while to figure out that I could shoot diagonally. I managed to escape eventually though!
This game is so cute and polished! The newscaster's expressions are super fun, the bottom part is pretty, and the news subtitles are really funny! I also like how the background gets more destroyed as you get hit.
I tried on PC but I bet it's great on mobile too. If you want to improve the game, I think being able to use keyboard keys or right/left mouse button, rather than moving the mouse back and forth, would be great for playing on PC.
Very creative game! I liked all the different interactions you can perform. It was well balanced - at first it was tough, but as I played more, I got better at finding things and more successful at making pizzas. I wish I got points for partially complete pizzas but I understand that the pizza must be perfect. :)
Fun theme! Who knew driving a bus was so hard? The driving mechanic (and the limited field of view) is tricky but I started to get the hang of it after playing more, which is satisfying.
A simple but surprisingly fun game! Near the end when the screen was full, it was satisfying to find those few pixels of color. I like how there's sometimes just one other color, sometimes two or three, which adds variety.
I like the concept but you might want to share a few hints about how to play. The Sector Chart makes sense. I played around with the Reactor Controls and discovered that I need to hold down the Fuel Injection button, but I haven't made much progress beyond that. I like the mysterious spaceship controls, they're just a little too mysterious for me.
Really inventive take on the theme! I was hit a few times but managed to escape. I like the retro graphics, and the runes being drawn on screen is a good way to show your spell countdown. In the future (not for this jam obviously) it would be cool to see a version with a shorter delay so it's a bit more interactive. Having to work with the timer to cast spells is definitely an interesting challenge.
Nice game! Good use of the theme - losing a few blocks every 10s doesn't seem so bad, but then you find yourself with almost no island left. If you update again the future it would be great to have some kind of radar for the pieces since I spent most of the time wandering randomly to find them (especially the blades are a bit hard to spot.) It was fun to navigate the sinking island and build bridges though!
Amazing character design! I managed to escape thanks the tech girl who is clearly the best :D I'm really curious about the other endings too. I assume there's an ending for maxing out all three but that seems almost impossible.
I love this game! I enjoy how you learn the language as you play. At first I thought I had to fail until I learned the terms, but then I discovered I could peek at the houses and see the flag I were aiming for first (assuming I know enough to guess which one is the target.) I would like it if the content was more randomly generated since I got the same flags repeatedly. I still played a lot though and ended up with 15 A's (and a few S's!)
Very creepy! The game worked well but some of the text was hard to understand. I liked that not everything was explained so you have to make some inferences. However, I don't understand why my character blacked out/went back in time at the end, when I thought I'd be able to escape.
Nice idea for a game! It was satisfying when I had the perfect stork for a job (no, I don't want to send a stork who's too good in case I need them later!)
What a creative game! And the voice acting is great, I liked that there were multiple lines even for the same information. It's funny when they give you a useless "hint". The gameplay reminds me of an old kids game called Fribble Shop, which is fun. :)
Seems like a cutting-edge game! You found a cool way to leverage AI in the game. The reviews were frequently similar, but it was interesting to improv with the AI anyway.
Really interesting game! Even though there wasn't a lot of story, the premise was enough for me to be invested in making it across and worried during the interactions! I made it though - phew. Cool style on the faces, and intriguing tidbits about the world it takes place in.
Very fun and unique game! I've never been so happy to receive a normal pen. The language test was especially funny. I was so busy copying the philosophy book that I didn't understand the actual story :sweat_smile:
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You should post the answer key later so people can see what they misunderstood... like I wasn't sure if the store-bought ramen would count as an ingredient.
Driving a garbage truck is hard! I eventually figured it out but sometimes the cans would slip out of my claw anyway. It's an interesting challenge though, and a good theme for a game! I found the camera flipping when backing up pretty disorienting - I usually wanted to just reposition slightly, so a consistent camera would be helpful.
This is one of the more engrossing games I've tried so far - you really have to pay a lot of attention! It's satisfying when things go well, but stressful when they don't - similar to a real shipyard, I imagine. I managed to get 770 points!
One small piece of feedback - I didn't like the on the trucks that were waiting. It distracted me from keeping an eye on the tractors, and whether the truck was about to get its container or about leave, I couldn't do anything about it anyway!
Thanks for all the comments!
@crispypear I appreciate the detailed feedback!
@yorsh Thanks for pointing that out! Historically music generators (which aren't part of the recent "AI" wave) have been allowed in the compo, so I think I'm ok to use the music as background - but the rules are not very clear right now. Regardless, I have definitely opted out of audio ratings!
I loved it! Great fit for the theme. The progressing of levels worked really well to engage me in the story (especially the symmetry of the start and end.) I liked the cat mechanic, but having both the cat and the baby moving around was a lot. I couldn't help but wonder, why doesn't my partner take the cat and the baby to the park while I rearrange in peace?! XD
Fitting spells into a spell book is an awesome take on the theme! The characters were cute, especially the bounce. It was fun to see the variety of spells that popped up. One change you could consider is if rotating the words rotated the spell effect as well - that would be a good reason to rotate the words and not just stack them up.
Fun game! I love "deckbuilders" like this. The cards seemed a bit expensive for single-use, even though it's nice to be able to save them. (For example, if I use two x2 cards when I've rolled a 3-coin, I'm only getting an extra 12, which is less than I paid for both cards. It's more worth it for stars and if you get 3x, of course.) I also thought the 2x and the Copy were quite similar (with Copy being more powerful since it also copies the opponent.) I agree that it could be a bit speedier, but had a lot of fun playing multiple rounds to try to figure out a good strategy. In one game I ended with 34 points!
Nice game! I like what you were going for with the different enemies having different movement/attack patterns. It's pretty easy to ignore that and just spam magic missile... which is still surprisingly fun thanks to the nice graphics and effects.
I wish I could give 10 stars for humor! No other game I've played so far as made me actually laugh out loud XD
This was fun! I kept trying to build up a big shield, but I could never get by the lasers at the end until I tried just flying up as fast as possible. It was satisfying to finally get the "You won" message. (Though right after that, I lost due to running out of oxygen!)
Fun game! I like the game mechanic, and the ending was satisfying. If you continue developing it, it would be interesting if some quests appeared on the board early. For example, the notice that the kingdom's jewelry was stolen could be there from the beginning, but you won't be able to complete it until the end, because it would be exciting when you finally get the ring!
Great game! Solving the locker puzzle was fun. I would have enjoyed even more puzzles, but this is already great for the time you had.
The cute character art and dialogue adds a lot to the point & click adventure. I was left wanting to know more about this character (and the vampire hunter??) Oh and I don't know if it's a nod to the fact that the art is rushed in a game jam, or just so that it's hard to escape, but the door being painted on was really funny. :D
Very spooky! The cute character and homey furniture made it all the more shocking when my head was bitten off! Well done.
Awesome entry! I played a bunch. It's fun just to watch your little guys go. I didn't see much point to building defenses since goblins act as both offense and defense. That worked great except when I got wiped out by bombers...
Great interpretation of the theme. The design of the blobs/bacteria and the background is awesome.
I like this interpretation of a creature collector with autobattling. The creature designs were very fun, and the merge mechanic is awesome! It's great how any two creatures can be combined. I just wish I could tell what the effect of the merge was (like by seeing the creature's resulting stats.)
For other people playing, you can find the final boss if you keep going north-east. However, I wasn't able to defeat him.
Wow, this game is really well done for a jam entry! The baby mechanic is awesome. The ugly characters/creepy voices aren't what you would expect from this genre, but it's definitely funny.
Cool combination of mechanics! I had fun frantically trying to grill pickles while hoping the crabs aren't dying outside.
Fun idea! I like both trading cards and point & click adventure games, so I enjoyed it a lot even though it's short! Plus, short isn't a bad thing in a game jam - it's nice to have a successful ending.
Super cute! It's impressive that you had an intro and ending cutscene, many game jam entries don't make time for that. But the end was super satisfying so I'm glad you included it.
I love how creative this is! It has so much personality and the checkpoint/reset system is great. I'd love to see a video of a full playthrough since I got stuck pretty early trying to get the explodey bird over the bouncy things.
Good music and fun concept - as a kid, I always wanted a game where I could play as Team Rocket :D
Ok, I love this! Funniest jam game I've played so far. Silly dating sims are awesome (I have made a few myself.) I like how you can finish a lap by either succeeding or failing at the date - there's definitely some strategy in achieving the best times. The racing game sound effects really take the joke to the next level too.
Really impressive entry! There's a lot of potential in the roguelike Scrabble combo. For me the time limit and fishing mechanic detracted from being able to fully enjoy the puzzle/roguelike aspect - I kept missing and then having to wait for the arrow to land on the other side of the map. But I do appreciate the fresh mechanic of collecting letters and the tie to the jam theme!
Amazing art and a great premise! The purse items and dialogue about them was really funny too. I enjoyed the more difficult levels. When there were multiple children in a row, it always got easier as you go (kind of the opposite of what you'd expect) so I think you could have just one child per puzzle so there's more challenge.
Great job! I had a lot of fun. It wasn't too hard (especially with the checkpoints) and it was fun to release the character (who is cute, if mysterious) and hope for the best - it was always exciting to see if it would bounce perfectly or hit an enemy. The fact that the spike blocks disappeared after being hit once made it a lot more forgiving to just bounce around and see what happens. (At least that's how I played it, I'm sure some people deployed more technique in aiming and re-aiming mid-bounce.)
So cute! The polar bear was my favorite. I love the metaphor of "ice breaking" as a mechanic - that adds a fun layer on top of a normal dating-sim type game. It might be interesting if thing got icier when you say something wrong, but I also liked how relaxed it was. The timer didn't seem to matter since I always had lots of time.
The art style is amazing! I played three runs and made it to the dragon each time. I enjoyed learning the mechanics and developing a strategy about what is and isn't useful in your deck. (Siren Voices seemed so strong at first, but it's bad to draw later on.) I love Umbrella Shield but it couldn't stand up to dragon. Hypothetically lots of "reduce the enemy's attack" and starting shield might be able to beat him... Great entry overall, I would definitely play more if you do a post-jam update!
@euler-moises Thanks for the feedback! The music was composed by our team member @haveagreatday prior to the jam rather than specifically for this game (which is why we opted out of the Audio category.) The main inspiration for the game is "The Roottrees are Dead".
Nice game! I appreciate that you have enemy AI that works well and even multiple difficulty levels! That made it fun to play.
Great game! I almost beat it but I admit that I gave up on the very last level. I like this interpretation of the theme! It's pretty intuitive just based on art/animation (except maybe the coliseum) but the instructions in the description were helpful too. The king's decrees at the start of each level were the highlight - I only wish there were more.