Searching Beneath the Surface by Indie Squid 2014-05-01T18:29:00
Felt a bit empty. Understandable if it's made in 24hours.
Gfx was pleasant and starfish was my favorite.
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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Co | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 30 | Connected Worlds | The Asylum | jam | 469 | 3.10 | 2.66 | 3.17 | 3.47 | 3.47 | 2.96 | 2.39 | 3.68 | 52 | ||
| 2014 | 29 | Beneath the Surface | Pearl Diver | compo | 398 | 3.33 | 2.50 | 2.84 | 3.63 | 3.90 | 3.26 | 2.44 | 3.55 | 55 | ||
| 2013 | 28 | You Only Get One | Aperalim | compo | 584 | 2.91 | 2.74 | 3.24 | 2.59 | 2.88 | 2.62 | 2.94 | 47 | |||
| 2013 | 26 | Minimalism | VIB | jam | 168 | 3.39 | 3.29 | 3.97 | 3.32 | 3.00 | 2.48 | 2.16 | 2.78 | 52 | ||
| 2012 | 25 | You are the Villain | Kong Fu Bike | compo | 200 | 3.29 | 3.65 | 3.57 | 2.78 | 3.08 | 2.43 | 3.69 | 2.87 | 71 | ||
| 2012 | 24 | Evolution | Adventures of Hermanni | compo | 255 | 3.18 | 3.29 | 3.21 | 2.82 | 2.56 | 3.06 | 2.48 | 2.58 | 61 | ||
| 2012 | 23 | Tiny World | Blob Blob TROUBLE! | compo | 483 | 2.88 | 2.75 | 2.57 | 2.27 | 2.77 | 1.98 | 2.56 | 2.44 | 87 |
| Year | MiniLD | Theme | Game | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 53 | The Future Is Now | Wiggle 3D | |||
| 2012 | 37 | Not-Games / Real Time | The Secret Garden |
samooJAM leaves an average of 33.9 feedback comments each event.
Felt a bit empty. Understandable if it's made in 24hours.
Gfx was pleasant and starfish was my favorite.
I found it! First I went to the hill and then I saw the hole from there.
The main shader is too strong. I would make the game less linear to increase the exploration feeling.
Innovative game idea and pleasant setting. Very nice!
I made it to the level 3. I would play it more but because I have to restart it seems too ruthless. I would add unlimited lives add remove time limit also.
Otherwise I enjoyed its puzzles and atmosphere.
I made it to the level 10.
You will quickly lose the game after any mistake. Give players more time to think, build and maybe even sell buildings.
It's fun to build and upgrade stuff. Money management seems to be very important.
I kept walking straight to the corners and get stuck for some reason, it's something about the perspective and wall color.
I like the challenge and traditional gameplay it has.
I got 490. Tried it several times, it's addicting!
Strafing would improve the controls. Lack of a player model with animations is a shame. But yeah, very fun and good job!
I was not smart enough to beat the game but I managed to break the light chain. Include hints? Very moody and fun to play.
Definitely make the jumping scalable so the jump height isn't fixed.
Nice first ld entry, good job.
One hit kill mechanism is too brutal because the player is not fast as they are in other this kind of platformers. It leads quickly to frustration because it's a slow process to try again e.g. one tricky jump. Or you could add a health bar and keep the velocity as it is.
As a first ld game it's good job! Keep up learning. Looking forward to your next ld game.
Your art style is incredibly awesome. I wish it was longer.
That was pleasant to play. My favorite entry so far.
Too short sadly! And maybe you could make it more challenging somehow.
I tried to understand the game but I didn't. A bit confusing but fun anyways. I love your art style.
Controls felt a bit glitchy and AI could be smarter.
Tron style gfx looks really good! Clever use of the theme with that flipping mechanism.
It's too dark at least with f.lux on , couldn't see anything. But I managed to finish some levels anyways.
It's too easy to die and gets frustrating to lose all money.
I dig the art style and unique controls.
Yeah felt a bit incomplete. Potential idea.
Sometimes subtitles were partly out of the screen. And at first I didn't notice you could choose from two different subtitles. Very cool art style tho.
Second place 1:31
Jetski rats, hilarious! Quite nice controls but the water felt too rigid. Great use of the theme and nice audio and gfx.
Dude nice gfx! And great use of the theme. I know it's not easy to program good camera follow, but it made player control a bit cumbersome. The unlimited jumping was weird but actually quite fun :D. Good job!
It's been a long while since last time I played any boxing game. This one was quite fun. A bit too much luck based gameplay but not bad. Good job!
I finished the game and enjoyed it. Especially I like the soundtrack + ambient audio combination. I would make the action more intense. Shorter distances and more enemies.
I like the controls and audio. Was too easy and short tho.
Got 9/10
Was fun to play with a xbox controller! I have not much to complain about. Keep improving your pixel art and add more variety to gameplay. Good job!
Good job with the audio and innovation
Gets too heavy on my brand new pc so I couldn't finish it. Interesting idea tho.
I got 3:57.4
I love your music!! Innovative idea and fun to play. Kind of game I like to see more.
I got 556m only :|.
I'm really impressed how well you managed to finish this three.js+cannon.js game without much experience with those! Graphics, effects and audio are top notch! Thanks for the stream and see you next time!
lmao at the frog joke. Good stuff!
Very good
Many nice ideas in it e.g. the velocity meter. Enjoyed it. Graphics and audio could be improved, not too bad though.
moody
Very fun. I would play it more. On the minus side graphics are just too simplified for me and you didn't nail the theme.
Pleasant gameplay
I would prefer slower arrow. Very nice game overall.
great challenge
Nice concept :>. Add ambient sounds or music next time
Good job!
Nicely used theme and very moody. Good job!
Great challenge. Pretty good AI. I wonder how you didn't have time to add audio though. Good job!
Clever idea!
Got 119000 bounces :D. Awesome that you made the game anyways after realizing you can't finish the original one.
Nice webgl graphics! And I really enjoyed the twitch stream.
I enjoyed every pixel of it
Cool innovation here
I like the minimalistic graphical style. quite fun also
Had fun time to play it. Enjoyed the graphics and controls!
Great game!
Cool stuff! nice job!
Great music! Meditation skill was interesting :)
forever rainwalker
Candle burning out is a good idea. Nice mood!
quite weird but good looking game!
Wanted to play web version full screen but the dialog exit button also closes the full screen mode :|.
Funny and happy game.
cool!
Finally finished the game. Super solid game in 48 hours. Game idea actually works and is fun. Amazing amount of levels out of the box + level editor!
Room for improvements: add some visual effects, different backgrounds, distinguish selectable blocks more clearly and add tetris style HAPPY music :P.
Most fun game so far. You nailed the theme.
210250pts. Great stuff!
Cool art, effects and audio. Good stuff for meditation beginners! :)
One of the machines got stuck (green light on) and couldn't continue. Fun game anyways and good job!
Got 202s then I gave up. Fun game. Good job!
Great audio and visuals. Clever idea. The instant game over isn't necessary. I enjoyed the game, good job!
Quite hard because the missile is so fast. Good graphics and audio. Good job!
Great graphics! The controls could be smoother. The music is nice. Good job!
Nicely balanced game. Has about everything needed. Interesting fighting system, but maybe not for me. Overall good job!
I was quite skeptical before playing this, but it's indeed very fun game. Exceptional game controls. I'm waiting for the post combo version :).
Very cool art style and the mood is great, but the controls were broken.
Nice parkour levels and the story line is great. Good job!
Finished all the levels. Innovative and fun game to play. There was some glitches when the figure could climb up. I enjoyed the game. Good job!
Obviously very nice job with the music and art. Nice idea to let the player choose sides, but it was much more fun to play as the bird. The difficulty level is good. Good job!
Very solid retro feeling. Good job!
Solid entry. Fun to play. Weird music ;). Good job!
Nice way to promote cocos2d-html :). The game looks great!
Jetpacks ftw! Nice graphics but the game was too short :).
I like the visual style. A serious game about serious topic. Good job!
Huge amount of content and it even has a tutorial. A lot of effort was put into it. The island looks great. It's very challenging. Good job!
Danny ftw. This will get high rankings :). Nicely challenging game. Great graphics. Cute pixels. Was hard to see what is happening behind the houses. Oh and Danny ftw.
Very nice ambient music and the mood is greaaat! Good job!
Fun game and looks good. The idea works. Good job!
Nice job with animations and models. Good job!
Blades of steel! Amazing work! Superb audio effects and music. Great job!
Great animations and graphics but too easy because couldn't die. Good effort!
Cool looking but that's about it :). Good job anyhow.
Very good art style and audio. Greates the nice mood. Kong could move more. My game also includes Kong ;).
Funny, original and evil game. My fingers got tired because of how the controls work.
Haha my game has some similarities. Very good pixel art. Nailed the theme. Background music would have been nice. Good job!
Please replace the https with http from the webplayer so it doesn't give that plugin error.
First I thought that you didn't implement the theme well because I wasn't the villain, but the ending GUI text saved a lot actually. Sound effects were nice but music would have been nice. Lighting is very bright. It was very fun. Good job!
360 points. Good humor and funny sound clips :). The hud with the moustache and hair was clever. Good job!
Cool stuff :). I wish that the object could stay longer in the tornado.
I would rather listen some original music and audio effects :(. Maybe you could disable some rigidbodies for better performance, don't know. I was a bit annoyed because I made a huge hole to the platform with the dynamite like three times and had to restart. But I finished the game because it was quite fun :). The idea was good.
The ending was funny, poor goat :). Yeah it was very short. Good job!
Damn I sucked at this game :D. Very nice art. Good game!
Very professional looking game. Paper Mario like. :)
Neat idea. Smashing the villagers was fun. Weird music :).
Smart game! Outstanding art also. Very solid.
Mindblowed by the perspective thingy. Very cool. Nice simple art style. Couldn't figure out the 2nd level :|.
Good job!
Yes the soundtrack is good. Maybe you could add some opposite force to give the player more challenge. I felt evil.
Creepy slender :). Good job.
So many skills but how I shoot downwards? Did I miss something? Overall good job.
I like the art style and the audio. Game itself was quite hard understand and I died all the time. Then I figured out what should be done but then time ends so not sure if I figured it out or not. Good innovation here, that's what we need.
A great stress reliever. The car physics are nice. If you want to make some improvements, then maybe add some gore effects :I.
I like the graphical style much. Difficulty could get harder more quickly. Overall very nice!
I like the graphical style. Gameplay had some problems. Was awkward to climb to the bottles and I couldn't use the key I got from the chest.
Controls a bit awkward but playable. Overall a great game. Very nice graphics and the theme was implemented succesfully!
Windows download link didn't work so I had to use the webplayer.
Whole time when I was walking I was hoping that nothing will jump behind the corner and scare shit out of me. Then at the last room I was thinking about there might be a timer that triggers something. But at the spooky moment I was still suprised. I jumped out of my chair and shouted some finnish curse words loudly. Good game!
I cheered for the yellow cubes but they died :(
12750 dollars!! Nice game but why no checkpoints? o_0
I love the story and the mood in this. Sadly it was too easy, but I enjoyed it because of nice setup.
Funny stuff :). Nice use of the theme and nice cartoonish style. I replied to your question about music made with a script. So you can also include some music next time :).
Whaaat!! The future of book reading. Cool stuff!
This is very similar to my game but in 2D :D. Good job at getting the NES style on. Hard game but so was those old NES games :). NES style soundtrack would have been nice.
I had a blast and I finished it. It started slowly and was quite boring before first enemies appeared. Then it was fun to fly and eat those spaceships :).
Had no idea what was going on but cool looking graphics!
Nice moody audio! Was a bit hard to drop dinos into the sockets. Smaller dinos maybe? A good game for kids! Improve graphics and other stuff and make an iPad version and sell it as kids game -> profit. :D
Fun concept. Always wanted to do that in real life lol. Controls are quite complicated first. Was hard to hit boxes if they were too high. Innovative little game nice job.
First I was very impressed how slick it was visually. Then I discovered how unique gameplay it has. But then my hand started hurt just after level 4 or so and then it wasn't anymore fun. Too much smashing or is it just my play style? Very good game anyways.
Finished it! 402 times clicked. Fun idea and the gameplay was great also. Minecrafty mood. Movement could be smoother because objects slow you down too often.
You spent much time on graphics, so other stuff seems to lack content. The idea is working. Humor is nice.
I enjoyed these nearly perfect graphics. I tried this third level(keep one slime alive) three times and then I gave up :(. Level takes unnecessarly long time to load. Theme is used nicely. Gameplay could be improved, but I don't know how. Maybe it was too simple?
Ridiculous speed lol :D. Yes you should improrve it. Idea sounds good (evolving track).
Really nice idea and implementation not bad either. Many different scenes so it doesn't get boring.
Fun little adventure.
Was a bit easy. Good idea anyhow. :)
Wow, nice mood.
Camera positioning needs some improvements :). Looks good. Good luck with the post mortem version!
Nicely catches the NES mood. Lacks a bit variety.
Lol, what is pooping for? Smooth game man.
Change webplayer link from https to http because it causes a plugin problem with the chrome.
Cool npc system you have developed. I had some performance issues at some points and then died due to that.
Very nice looking and solid game.
Nice use of the theme!
At first I thought it's a curling game because bombs look like curling rocks. :D Innovative game with nice pixel graphics!
Very innovative game with those controls. Nicely achieved mood with good audio and graphics. Was enjoyable to play. Didn't know how much health left and how long way to the finish.
Funny name of the game. Impressive physics. I wanted to make a similar game first but I lacked skills for that.
Has potential. Add more weapons like bombs and stuff. Also if you fix bugs and make other improvements it will be quite fun!
Theme done right! Nice music with audio effect. Quite easy to get lost and I died quite easily too (red mobs).
Skinny Mario and Elvis Bowser
Nice game but ball is quit slow.
Had to restart game after crystal dropped below surface. After restart finished game easily. Very good graphics! Also great mood and some innovation there.
Yeah I beat the game! I like how the world shrinks etc. nicely used theme. Would be nice if the player had an attack button.
I had 5265 points and then it felt like it's never going to end I quit game. Quite confusing first but after you figure it out it's actually quite easy. I like the soundtrack and sound effects.
Fun game with some humor and interesting gameplay. Shame that couldn't multi select units.
Looks good and cute!
Nice tetris style gameplay. Promising idea.
Couldn't resist and I wall climbed out of the track :P.
Well used theme, but needs badly additional development.
Had some innovation and good mood.
Finished it. Great use of the theme and overall really nice game.
I just randomly got it right and finished the game.
Has the best soundtrack! Really cool looking too.
Has a really nice mood with great visual audio.
Nice solid looking and feeling game :).
Quite nice!
Hilarious jokes. Visual style makes a good mood. Good use of the theme. Had to use walkthrough because couldn't figure out all commands.
Cool looking art. Shame that it was so short.
Adorable art and good work with java.
Good audio and quite hard.
Finished it and enjoyed. Camera angle could be better.
Nice use of the theme and game looks nice. Pew pew sound is quite loud compared to music.
Fun driving game. I couldn't finish level 7. I'm such a bad driver.
Trippy racetrack. I like it!
Interesting game with potential. Shame you didn't have more time.
I enjoyed this. Great music!!
I managed to finish this game. LVL 1-1 savepoint didn't work. Fun little platformer!
Nice looking game!
Good game! That spider was too hard for me.
Nice looking rooms and puzzles were ok, but silver keys positions were very unexpected :P. Finished it. BTW this game was very similar to yours:
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=11276
Nice mood with beautiful graphics and audio.
I made too hard level :D. Slick game/editor
Finished! Best game I have played so far. Fun and challenging gameplay.
Nice work with html5!
cute game :)
urls do not work
Very slick game. Great controls and fun to play.
GREAT
I need more games like this.
I knew it's true! (tiny people inside computers)
Nice idea :)
LD30 — Connected Worlds (28)
DINO BOLT by GeorgeBroussard 2014-09-02T16:06:00
Clever idea to use double rhinos. Gfx feels good. Controls feel good (I like how it resets to center). I don't feel the theme. Too easy game for this genre.
Good enough to further develop it. Good job!
Moqua by Monofraps 2014-08-30T04:32:00
Good job! The sockets were same color as the other platform so at first I didn't notice them.
Conflicting Landscapes by glbs 2014-08-30T04:23:00
Awesome innovation here. I beat the game and the ending was staggering. Was quite interesting to figure out how the game mechanics work. Took a while to find those black orbs when I was playing with pusher and attractor. Wasn't clear at first what the orbs do.
Galactic Empire by Stan Sypek 2014-08-30T03:56:00
Don't be so harsh on yourself. There is many worse games I had to play here. Good effort and keep learning!
Sun God Star Bridge by Ted Brown 2014-08-30T03:45:00
Finally a game that feels like a game. I got about 46k score. Well use of the theme. The rainbow bridge was cool looking. Good audio and art. Needs more variety.
Mirrored Forest by IndieST 2014-08-30T03:23:00
More helpful subtitles would be good, tho it was fun to figure out myself how the system works. Didn't know what to do in the third area and I think I didn't get that subtitle text that's in the screenshot or I didn't notice it before it disappeared. Very nice mood, felt like i'm in a fairy tale. The water shader and using it in the gameplay is clever.
Floating Island Defence by lxd1 2014-08-30T03:07:00
Fix please
SILENCE ... NOISE by RadioLemon 2014-08-30T03:05:00
Cool that you allow players to create more content. Art could be more polished but it works. Good job!
Shiba 2 world escape by mysterycjgamer 2014-08-30T02:56:00
The beginning is hard because it's so dark and as a player I don't know how the fox moves and how everything interacts. So I suggest you make it less dark or add a tutorial before the game starts. In the second room I managed to glitch myself out of the wall but I was jumping so I kinda caused it. The fox model and animations are impressive. The controls are great. I like how the camera works. Great job!
Murder Between Worlds by ChronusZ 2014-08-30T02:30:00
Very good mood! I like the gfx style and art.
I would prefer to know who actually was the murderer, now it feels pointless who I arrested.
Lava Is Last by Crefossus 2014-08-30T01:26:00
Innovative brain puzzle! The subtitles could be more to the fore, as it disappears quite quickly and the font is small. What's up with the particles, because they were not needed at all, to make it harder? Some upbeat music would fit well with this.
Good job!
Bi-Bob by Donar 2014-08-29T02:51:00
Aww sucks that you're not allowed to fix those bugs. This is one reason why everyone should let(or force) people to play test before the combo is over. However the idea is working and pretty unique. I love the medieval style music and the subtitles were great.
Sunny Days by Jacob123 2014-08-29T02:26:00
Good effort :)
The Asteroids I Call Home by zkenshin 2014-08-29T01:40:00
Played with a xbox controller and I was pleased with the controls. Well used the theme also. However, the one hit kills were too much because I could die from a random laser while flying fast.
> Continue by ratking 2014-08-28T15:17:00
Interesting idea. I love this kind of games where you can be part of creating a story.
PRISM by rantt 2014-08-28T04:19:00
Well balanced game, i.e. all aspects of the game from overall feel to mood are taken care of well. If you want to improve something then I say you could start from the controls, they were ok tho.
Everything is CONEcted by fauge 2014-08-28T01:05:00
Couple of major issues I would fix first: the shop and make cones jump randomly instead of when players jumps (they can't read my mind or can they :P?). Upgrading seems to work quite nicely. Good effort!
Intersolar Super Spaceway (Excellent!) by popcorn897 2014-08-28T00:54:00
Honestly, this way more fun than I expected. Shame that it was so short. The Windows 95 theme was interesting :D. Best part was the battle with many many objects and shooting them with the secondary cannon. Good job!
Pink Parent by Maxom 2014-08-28T00:38:00
96 turns. Was a nice challenge. Clearly this kind of game needs more iterations before it feels more natural to play and 48 hours isn't enough for that. Very good job!
World of Joy by Lancelot Gao 2014-08-28T00:30:00
Yay, I got claps! Kinda nice idea. The leaves could be highlighted with some other color because I didn't notice it in the first round.
Lullaby by Mase 2014-08-28T00:23:00
I'm a big fan of yours. Again awesome job with the whole art thing, atmosphere and audio. The ending was unexpected and cool. BUT I wish that you could bounce the ball off from the walls. Keep up!
I Must See You by Split82 2014-08-27T23:58:00
Gfx are super polished and the soundtrack fits well.
Dreamshift by AgentParsec 2014-08-27T20:01:00
The controls felt a bit stiff. Transition between worlds could be faster too. Good points from innovation and theme :)
Mansion on the Hill by BuffaloPhil 2014-08-27T19:50:00
Kinda what is happening in real life. Need to be aware about what you are buying and where it's from. Great job with the game!
NOODLE FEELING by Magdev 2014-08-27T19:30:00
Was even better with a xbox controller. Truly great noodle physics. Not much of challenge tho.
Stellarlink Corp by LTyrosine 2014-08-27T19:21:00
Good innovation, never player anything like this. Was a bit slow to get into the game but the tutorial fixed that issue mostly and after you got more options to shoot from it started to get interesting. Requires some multitasking skills i think (or you can improve your multitasking skills with this game). Great job with the theme and overall.
1000 mph - The Breach by NostraDamon 2014-08-27T18:59:00
I played with a xbox controller. Difficulty curve could be improved because the first level already feels frustrating at times. And the second one feels like its two times harder than the first one.
I digg the low poly style tho very much and the music.
Space blah by pekuja 2014-08-27T18:35:00
Honestly, I prefer v-wing / wings style control scheme (left, right rotates). The camera movement is great tho!