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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49 | Unstable | 👥 | Warp Engineer Simulator | jam | 324 | 3.83 | 3.64 | 4.08 | 3.79 | 3.83 | 3.12 | 2.00 |
| 2019 | 45 | Start with nothing | 👥 | Dice Town | unfinished | ||||||||
| 2017 | 38 | A Small World | 👥 | Taco Giant | jam | 593 | 3.00 | 3.11 | 2.77 | 2.83 | 3.21 | 3.64 |
I really like the calm, happy music juxtaposed with the unrelenting rain of alien bullets. That said, I had some difficulty getting the defense mechanic to work, or to be effective? If the point is that it's hopeless, that's fine, but I think you might need a "Lose" state - I tended to just keep trying to build while feeling frustrated.
It's pretty impressive that you made this in 24 hours. It's simple, but you got a lot of good, varied, interaction in despite the time constraint, with a couple different terrain types, more than one hazard, etc. I liked the rain in particular, although I haven't met the lazer demon ant queen yet.
A couple nitpicks: The first time I interacted with an apple I was at full health - but especially without a health bar the lack of interaction was pretty confusing. There's also moment in the first level where you jump down from a platform (where a flag ant was standing) onto the ground, over some hazards that are below the camera view so you don't know they're there until you hit them or get lucky, which I find pretty frustrating.
Overall though, heckin' good game!
I really liked the UI. It's something that can be kind of an afterthought, but you gave it some nice polish. Great Job!
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@mateu - I think the submitted link is just incorrect, I found it here: https://someoneman.itch.io/mad-zomber
@driagonv Ah yes, we found that bug as well ... shortly before the submission deadline. To be honest, I kind of like it - by the time the game hits maximum difficulty having a few extra tries doesn't seem so bad :)
@meansquarederror : @kichiguy isn't totally correct. The base curve is (as he said) `(sin(x) + cos(x))` - but the value `t` is there for the animation, and isn't controlled by a slider. So essentially: we graphed `asin(bx) + c(cos(dx))` and used the sliders to control the variables a-d, with some multipliers to make sure that adjusting the slider had a noticeable affect. And then animated it.
It wasn't exactly a mathematically rigorous process - once we could draw a line we chose a simple-enough function that had some values we could adjust and then mostly went by feel. I think it might be possible that some of the puzzles have multiple solutions, but hopefully it's rare enough that those don't surface too often.
I really liked the local multiplayer! Also, the take on the theme is a fun pun :) Some of the voice line recording quality was a bit rough; but also I get how that happens.
I really liked the atmosphere! I'd love just a bit more contrast between the character and the background. Mothew blends in to his surroundings very well. Great protection from predators, probably, but difficult for me :sweat_smile:
Did y'all record Marcus playing live? It sounds great, if a touch quiet. More audio feedback for player actions would be great. For instance, I found it difficult to distinguish between the states of the controllable platforms, so sound there would help communicate that my input was accepted
The details on this are really great, I appreciated the tutorial.
Cute duck! very fun. Good job!
I had a lot of fun crashing a rocket repeatedly - I even landed it a few times (I got to 8 I think. It took a few tries :laughing: ) The music was really well chosen and the process of getting a feel for the controls was very satisfying. Great game!
I really like the blackboard aesthetic. Congrats on getting something done!
What a great concept (seasonally appropriate!) and beautiful art! I really liked the characters.
I exploded a couple of times before I figured out that the goal of the first portion was to keep the time bomb level - but that explosion was very chill. Good call! If it had been anything else it would've really interrupted the feel. Overall I think `a time bomb that make you think of the past` is a really cool idea. Good job! Y'all really nailed the vibe.