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YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMo
202456Tiny Creatures👥STARDUST CREATURESjam2023.923.073.273.804.654.274.27
202455Summoning👥SUMMON THE COLOSSUSjam8503.322.843.152.844.323.614.26
202149Unstable👥FARTOPOLISjam5563.653.654.044.093.793.763.763.76
202047Stuck in a loop👥INSIDE THE LOOPjam524.223.794.364.354.334.034.35

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Comments by Satolas

LD47 — Stuck in a loop

Train Wars by Lintfordpickle 2020-10-19T07:03:23Z

Wow ! this is super advanced.

You also did a level editor, impressive ! I really liked the game, it was just a bit hard to press on the boxes and since theses have to be activated fast to avoid catastrophic collisions, it could be cool if it would be easier to press on then with a bigger hitbox. I like the GTA2 style :-) But is crazy all the stuff an mechanics you developed in 72h ! I was amazed to see that other trains can also crash onto each other. If you have a minute don't hesitate to check our game.

PS : the idea of @sanojian sounds super cool as well.

Well done mate !

Circuitus Infinitus by LeviDSmith 2020-10-19T04:23:10Z

Would have been nice to have a way to delete the last piece when you do a mistake. Thanks for the right click tho I saw it only because of the comments second time I played. It could be cool to extend the game by adding slopes etc... and why not do it as an AR game. Jut ideas :-) Cheers

Loop Royale by rayriver 2020-10-18T17:27:02Z

Ahah so cool, I really like how you interpreted the theme ! Super nice ! coould be a ton of fun in multiplayer (a bit like fall guys but with a loop twist) ahah Nice one mate !

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Billy Vanilly & The Navigators by tweedle 2020-10-19T06:16:54Z

Awesome! I love the Rick and Morty vibes +1 for the little Intro with the filtered sound and the people hyped for the upcoming show <3 The arts are super cool tbh ! You guys did a pretty good Job. It's hilarious, everything fits together building a nice coherent world. Super nice :-)

Is it me or the tempo when you press to get a green arrow is just a tiny bit delayed ?

I really like the concept of the loop there : Because, is not like these usual games where either only Score matters or you loose if you miss too much moves (arrows).

In your game you don't loose you just have a music that sounds less entertaining and the musicians are a bit bored. So each good moves just brings the mood back step by step and it feels super rewarding.

I would say, for a musical game is a very nice prototype that could be shown as a good practice to reward the player with music. Instead of rewarding with score or with survival mechanics. If you have a minute checkout out our game :-)

gg wp ! :-)

StackInTheLoop by saurterrs 2020-10-27T19:51:06Z

Super cool that you did a Racing game with Clayxels !!! Please do a Post Jam version with damages on the vehicle ! With Clayxel should be kind of straight forward to implement :-D

Love the music mate !

Despairship by Shess 2020-10-21T22:39:13Z

Wow guys ! You did so well ! Super immersive world and story and the arts are super well done !

I will talk more about the game later but now I don’t have that much time. But still I wanted to ask few questions : Did used version control during development to be able to collaborate at 5 people ? If yes what did you use? If you have a minutes guys checkout our game (we were 2 people) and we used Plastic SCM to collaborate easily and was actually perfect :-) Where everyone of you doing a different thing (1 programmer,1 artist, 1 music ?) or it was everyone doing everything?

Thanks for such a quality game ! I’ll write a bit later more. Cheers :-)

Make Mush-Room for Me by MiltonNH25 2020-10-19T08:04:36Z

Super cool idea ! Moving the circle where you fire is very interesting because usually you always try to go far from the enemies, but in that case the circle force you to avoid and go closer to them. Super cool ! :-)

Jump 'n Loop by invader 2020-10-27T19:30:15Z

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:thinking: I don't know why but something happen between me and this game.. At start, I was like "Nice twist of the Google Dinosaur" and then... after a while I entered in a meditative mode. ahah

The Music was fitting perfectly with the jumps. Everything was feeling kind of slick and tight like a nice Road bike mechanic. And I ended up finishing the whole game and enjoying a lot ! I would say that the world around the little character could be changing. For example the obstacles. But if you analyze the game from another perspective, more on a "meta" level. The position in which you are as a player in this game is ultra interesting. It's really creating like a void where you can meditate and make the little blue character jump. Mixing a feeling of accomplishment and rest.

All this sounds maybe a bit weird, but honestly that was my feeling :-) Good job on approaching this theme with not only a little gameplay but also an overall and unique mood. PS: the end could be a bit more rewarding ahah :-) I guess you dind't get the time to do a proper one, time was short.

GG wp

Infinite Racer by yopox 2020-10-19T04:56:16Z

Awesome music !! really loved the mood of the game :-) A bit of Hotline Miami. The concept is cool, but maybe the loops could be a bit bigger. If you have some time check out the game we did !

You Are Going To Die Today by GeraldFIngBurke 2020-10-20T00:35:40Z

xeQ6FW3aYW.png Of course the title is **"you are going to die today"** and there is a laptop with **Unity** launched XD

You Are Going To Die Today by GeraldFIngBurke 2020-10-20T00:42:08Z

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###### A man goes out drinking one night and gets blackout drunk. He wakes up the next morning to find that he has lost his credit card. He needs to get it back but he got so drunk he doesn't remember which bar he ended up at. The only thing he remembers is that the bar had a golden toilet. He walks into down and goes into one bar and asked the bartender, "Excuse me, this is a weird question, but do you happen to have a golden toilet here?" "A golden toilet? I don't think so," the bartender said, giving him a strange look. The man walked into another bar,"Excuse me, you don't happen to have a golden toilet here, do you?" said the man. "A golden toilet, huh? Don't be ridiculous." This continues all day until finally the man walks into a bar all the way on the other side of town. He asks the bartender: "Excuse me, I know this is going to sound strange, but do you have a golden toilet here? I got really drunk last night and left my credit card at a bar with a golden toilet." The bartender smiles, turns around and yells, "Hey Bill, I think we found the guy who took a shit in your tuba!"

You Are Going To Die Today by GeraldFIngBurke 2020-10-20T00:51:29Z

I tried almost everything...And died every time as you said XD I mean I'm not gonna lie I never tried to NOT put my Unity3d hoodie. This even if will die rest of my life I'll never pick the other choice :D Was cool game guys thanks :-)

Loop Online Mmo by cax 2020-10-20T00:28:29Z

Super nice idea ! The bots are sadly really dumb so it was not a proper experience. But with real players, I see a huge potential there ! Because somehow being liked will change each player's decisions. A bit like a swarm. Super cool concept and could be extended to lot of genres. . It reminds me this map of **GTFO** where there is a Ton of Fog, and the only way to move around is to follow the player that is carrying the fog repeller fan. This bounds all players together making a tension and putting the group in a vulnerable but needed situation ! . gg and ++ for the fact that you did a Multiplayer game in 72h !

Life Loop by Trizalio 2020-10-19T02:39:52Z

Super nice ! Love the minimap with the different activities. Also the fact that 1 hour pass only by switching off/on a lamp kind of Insane. ahah

Life Loop by Trizalio 2020-10-19T02:41:57Z

BTW I WORKED 232 HOURS IN A ROW And my family and mental are just fine ! I guess I'm ready to ship the next bigger AAA GAME of history alone XD mxfALVskkU.png

Life Loop by Trizalio 2020-10-19T02:47:17Z

Hey some news guys ! After 523 hours work in row, I'm still a good dad, my mental is pretty solid and my son is super happy, I guess thanks to Zoom I could be on his birthday even if I was still working. Money is flooding yeah :D

We don't stop progress guys ! This little game I'm doing for you will definitely be polished ;-) SiTG8fat7b.png

XD love that game

PARADđź•‘X SECURITY by grizeldi 2020-10-27T19:08:52Z

+1 for putting Linux first in your itchio page :D

And Oh man !!! what a polished entry for the time you had !!! I really love the concept a lot ! it as a bit of **TENET (Christopher Nolan)** vibes in it. At start the games seems "easy" but IS NOT ! ahah The fact that you have to be ultra aware of the position of each iteration of yourself is really brilliant !

In my opinion, such a concept could be extended and end up being a multiplayer game or something. The Stealth and aim mechanics could be a bit more developed. I'm quiet a fan of the Metal Gear serie. I really love the lights tho. At some point this is the only way to find the anomaly or your self! The mood is super cool. I mean for a game that only has a simple gameplay mechanic and a world without any human.

The music is super cool and the fact that you see yourself it brings this "multiplayer feeling". The player is populating the world. Brilliant :-)

This Loop (TM) by CJGladback 2020-10-20T14:20:30Z

Poor ms.Loop XD died ...x... times Really liked the clarity of the graphics. The people highlighted when they speaks its a nice solution

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Hypervisor by DoctorMozart 2020-10-20T14:10:10Z

So cool to propose an analog game ! ++ for that mate

Lasso'em up! by honey 2020-10-19T02:30:17Z

Cool twist of the theme ^^ But of course, cows a bit more "alive" would have been cool. Let say they move a bit all the time to go eat grass. The rope mechanic is cool, but also very hard to handle because is not aiming at the mouse position but always in front of character. Maybe you designed the game more for gamepads than KB+mouse. Liked the graphics !

Edge of Ludum Dare by danielblanco3d 2020-10-18T17:17:47Z

I love the beep Sound :D I can speak Spanish, but would be cool to have the game in English as well. +1 for WebGL version, I think for a jam is always cool to make the game easy to access and avoid all the download/unzip process. Good choice Mate !

LaserLoop by Neon Glass 2020-10-19T07:33:54Z

Super clean that game, ultra polished :) At start I was thinking that it wasn't fitting the theme that much... But when I finished the game I understood that it was actually fitting ;-) Again, I was suprised by the fact that the game looks really polished. Nice :-)

Shatter by m-trigo 2020-10-20T00:32:52Z

**Break the loop !!** Super twist of the theme :-) And the sound design is super clean ! Did you do the sounds yourself ?

Memorial by thevinter 2020-10-18T22:22:18Z

A bit slow movement. But I really liked the arts :-) A bit Fog would have been cool to add to the atmosphere maybe. Nice !

Layers of time by Kaldrin 2020-10-19T09:12:29Z

Wow this is Superbe !

One of the best games I played, or maybe even the best. It was a pleasure to play until the end.

With my teammate we used Plastic SCM for Version control, it was actually super nice to collaborate ! Sad to hear that Github crashed your project 4h before submission. But anyways you'll continue development which is a good news to test the game in a "better shape" in a near future!

The little character animation is super nice and the overall "polishness" very impressive when you know it was done in 72h. The game is super clean, especially when you move by being on the box flying in the airs, pretty solid physics I would say :flag_dz:

About the Reset @daspikeyboss was talking about, I'm not 100% sure that the player should be able to reset only one layer, maybe it will kill the tension, precision of the game. In other words : The Gamplay Core loop is timed, so if you add endless resets foreach layer, maybe it will break the strong gamplay core loop you have.

Also I really like the responsiveness of everything a lot. For example when you Reset it's like an instant reset with just some particles.

Another little comment : I think it could be better to start the counter only when the player starts to move or goes out of the starting zone. So the CUE to start the loop is not just after the reset. It starts when the player is engaging an action; Which makes more sense because the whole game is about actions delayed in time.

I guess a bit of post-processing for the "juiciness" as you said. And maybe some other game elements and levels. btw it's really cool you had the time to do a level editor.

Is there a place on the internet or discord or whatever where you are planning to make the levels made by people available ? If you have a minute, I really would love to hear your opinion the game we did. :-)

Great job gg !

Leftfoot Louie by TwoBitMatt 2020-10-27T18:48:29Z

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Super cool that you did a Gamejam as couple :-) I love the voice acting ahah ! Its hilarious. Was super fun to play some GTA like game but old school. It reminds me more of the crazy aggressive Cops of the old GTA2/GTA3 series. Not the fancy GTA5 AI. +5 for the crazy Police ahah

Only downside, but maybe is a problem coming from my setup (Razer blade 2019) My car was always going left So I had to counter on the opposite side all the time. Maybe this is intended, but the it would be cool to have a mini ground story to bring this gameplay constraint. For example : when you start you see that you lost the left tires. :-D

Spooky Mansion by philipprapp95 2020-10-19T23:44:31Z

M7C1N01GWP.png **This game is really unique !** The fact that the player is turning around makes a super cool perspective all along. I really enjoyed to play your game mate. And the fact that is a circular space, I don't know exactly why but it's super easy to navigate and to remember where are the objects you noticed. . +1 for HTML5 (WebGL) it makes so easy to access. Well done ! Also I really appreciate that you put little clues everywhere in case the player is stuck. The difficulty curve is kind of perfect for a game done in 72h is impressive GG ! I mean the game is quiet polished already ! At least the player experience I don't know about the code ahah. I liked the warm mood and visuals as well, it was adding to the enclosed filling of the place. . I could totally see a game with this concept but extended. The character (soul) is in the center I really like the clothes simulation. It would be cool to have a more touching protagonist a bit like the one in "Little Nightmares". If you have a minute don't hesitate to check out our game :-) . Thanks for the experience, it was one of the more innovative game so far :-)

Spooky Mansion by philipprapp95 2020-10-19T23:47:31Z

I forgot to mention all the mechanics there is : - Pick-Place - Movement in elevator - Filling - Interaction between two objects - Laser reflection on mirrors - Triggers - Doors - Stairs

...I mean 72h hey Well done !

Bugloop by buddhamann 2020-10-17T20:20:10Z

Nice idea, but I'm not fan of the controls getting harder and harder after you are a bigger swarm, or maybe they could be a bit more polished so it doesn't feel like a bug :-) But I really liked the animations of the swarm pretty cool !

Loop it by Meenakshi 2020-10-19T23:54:54Z

Hello, Nice for a game made in 72h ! I really like the bending of the yellow lines, this is the kind of details that adds to the overall concept of the game. And often you don't have the time to add this kind of details but you did ! Well done :-)

The Ribbon by Fax 2020-10-20T14:50:37Z

Loved that game ! Ultra polished : Music is great, fx sounds as well. The character could (for an extend version) get a bit more love. It could be a cyborg child or something. As soon as I saw the Synth wave mood/graphics style you got me ahah I loved the sound when going from one dimension (side) to the other. Nice that the level was looping this I never saw to be honest. It's very interesting because the flow never stops, you always go further. And there is no dead-end. To add maybe : Sounds for the electricity beams tweak a bit the controls because with controller is not "tight enough". For example killing the "danger" is sometimes a bit random, here a video about celeste controls : www.youtube.com/watch?v=yorTG9at90g

Thanks mate :-) 2SRiJaZ6Ew.png

The Ribbon by Fax 2020-10-20T14:54:34Z

PS : I played with theses Keycaps XD and then for the boss with controller ff213f3bfb204176206a69c9af427e3f.png

The Loop by TheVideoGamester 2020-10-19T23:11:32Z

**I was feeling like this :** aipPkuim0i.png

Just finished the game :-) At start the image was way too zoomed into the character for my taste, like a character so big on the screen I'm not used to that. But then I got used to it ahah. The Electric panel was a pain to do each time. And also at first it was a bit hard to understand, but my bad I never play this kind of puzzle games. . I kind of liked the story and the events happening. Really loved the text of the weird green guy. It was nice to enter you world through this game mate :-) Don't hesitate to checkout our game if you have a minute. . moral of the story at the end is kind of hilarious ahah.

12 Space Diamonds by José Bonilla 2020-10-19T05:40:10Z

Really loved that game mate ! It's super super polished for the time you had !

pro : - Changing shapes of the black holes. - The concept of the fractal change of scale. First you see the black hole pattern from outside ! Then you enter the black hole and its a bigger scale, and it unlocks a mini-game that looks super good. - Love the fact that in the black hole the Hull is taking damage and changing color if you go out of the loops. - Awesome as well is the gradient of colors changing while you move in the space. - The game is super easy to understand. In 1 second you know you have to get to the right coordinates without exploding your ship and reach the black hole.

cons : - The controllers (rigid body base) instead of transform, are making it difficult to be precise. I would say that maybe the propulsion could build a momentum and make the ship drift as it is now. But the turning should not build any momentum. Now when you turn the ship continues to spin. I tried with Keyboard and Gamepad. with both it was pretty difficult to aim, so I ended going very slow for every black hole. Making the game feel a bit less dynamic.

But overall, for the time you had, what you did is amazing ! I hope you'll fix the little issues with the controller so I'll enjoy the game again :-) If you have few minutes go check out my profile to see the game we did.

Leave the yard by dyguests 2020-10-27T19:37:38Z

Graphics were actually super polished for such a short time. But the controls as people say above are Sooooo strange. Maybe the player movement could be done with Transform and not by pushing a rigid body. It was a bit hard to understand what really caused the road to stay so I could take it. Maybe an extended gameplay of this could be interesting for a post jam release. For example by making several roads. Tasks to do in a given time. A bit like a the Untitled Goose game but in a loop where actions have to be done within a time frame.. Overall I liked the first look, so extending the gameplay would actually do a cool prototype I guess :-)

Domain of the Time Wizard by BookerBlueJay 2020-10-21T22:25:39Z

@bookerbluejay oh wow man ! I saw your comment about our game and was looking for a game I can play on my mobile cause I’m already in bed. And wow that was a ton of fun !! It’s incredible how the phone just changed to a Nintendo device in seconds. What do you use to do that ? It works even in horizontal doing a kind of “DS” setup.

The games is super cool ! Really loved the fact that you have to complete it at lease few times before having the clues on the orbs positions.

Overall is so 5/5 ! The game is just so polished :-) And +1 for making it so accessible on web and even on phones, for some people it not might be a thing but honestly for me it is !

Making a game as accessible as you did requires a lot of effort.

Well done mate !!!! Gg wp :-)

Stuck in The Loop by EOShadows 2020-10-18T18:00:24Z

One thing I really liked from this game is that you don't kill anyone ! You are just there avoiding the threat ! I like this idea. If you have some time test our game, it's also a game where you don't need to kill ^^

@eoshadows I like your pixel art style do you use this technique for all your games ? Because it seems to be quiet mastered there !

But...Please stop using Esc to quit the game without menu !!! I just wanted to have a little reminder of the controls XD At some point I was stuck as well. Broke the window, got the key, the book and... oh wait I think I understand let me try again !

PS: just finished the game "THE END" super satisfying when you understand the mechanic between the real world and "The Upside Down".

Well done mate !

Stuck in The Loop by EOShadows 2020-10-18T18:01:47Z

I did a reference to Stranger things because for me it was a bit the same feeling. Did you actually get inspired by it ?

Loopsky by Matootsy 2020-10-19T07:58:02Z

+1 for the tutorial at start !!! +A LOT for the super chill cosmic mood :-) Really awesome to be able to play on mobile ! I played on my Iphone and it was super relaxing :-) Nice vibes, the sound is also pretty good.

Its sometimes hard to see the stars.

But I really like this idea of energy to make stars loop together, it's very poetic. It would be awesome to be able to do Browser games for mobile with Unity as you did with Construct3. On Unity the games doesn't load on mobile. Only if you build..

Really liked that game ! I wish we could have give the choice to play on mobile on ours as well.

Loop Cure by pedrocoden 2020-10-19T02:19:30Z

It funny at Start I tough it will be some sort of Deadball zone like, or something with a sport ball game :D Maybe it could be something like this actually with teams for example ^^ I really liked the menu and the typography you choose. But mate that frustration when the potion pops out at 1mm in front of you... Maybe it would have been cool to make it Blink before it vanishes, just an idea :-) Cheers

emiT by Rikitaner 2020-10-19T04:41:39Z

okay, after struggling a while to understand the concept I actually really like the game :D It would have been ultra cool to do a little tutorial to explain the mechanic when you start the game. But I saw in a comment above that you didn't had the time. But I guess you could just had a little video here that explains the core mechanic. Why not space for jump ?

Thanks for the cool game I'm having fun :-)

emiT by Rikitaner 2020-10-19T04:47:10Z

Just a little extra comment : A little "Coyote Time" for jumping is making a huge difference on precise platformers like this. It means you can still jump even if you passed a bit the platform. This makes a better feeling for the game overall. :-)

Neon Embrace by ARBEX 2020-10-18T00:34:31Z

Nice concept could be a cool mobile game :-) Just one detail tho : at start I tough I just had to turn around the loop and it was ULTRA hard. But actually you have to enter in the shape that is bigger than the others.

It could have been more clear to make this shape with a different material/color. Now it is the same color then the shapes that kills you which leads to confusion. Nice job :-)

Neon Embrace by ARBEX 2020-10-18T00:36:23Z

I'm so proud of my score !!! did you guys did better ? XD yRnqNL1ZAr.png

PS: to de developers -> Maybe the game is a tiny bit to hard ?? Ahah

Loop Racer by Fistflame 2020-10-18T00:25:11Z

Hey @fistflame and @meowitzer ! Really original concept :) I love the dialog system, because you have to stays long enough next to the kart to enable it ! It makes a very different experience where you are not really trying to win the race, but to stays next to the other to unlock the dialog ahah

Really cool ! nice idea :-)

rendevu by Strange_jeremy 2020-10-17T20:37:53Z

The health bar is a bit too big it was hiding the game for me. But I still played to the end. Cool that you you give it a try and you submit guys :-) Actually I like your thumbnail :-D

Maintain by rafatic 2020-10-27T19:46:57Z

Nice mood :-)

It would have been nice to highlight stuff that you can interact with. Because at start I was feeling like a grandpa trying to click everywhere in MIST XD Also the machine repair clicking is really hard to spot. But then... I found the **BUILD** trigger :D G4bfLL9Mp0.png

Glitch Lab by Sharked 2020-10-18T22:26:52Z

I really like the sound and the arts :-) Nice ! Very hard tho ahah

Stuckgrade by N8Dev 2020-10-19T06:43:48Z

Hey this is soooooo cool ! For me one of the best entries so far.

Little issues : Space to jump is maybe better than 'W' ? The controller is not supported, since the game is super cool I would have loved to play with a gamepad.

But honestly you should do a proper game out of this. I really like the twist Platformer/upgrade system, awesome ! Maybe the aesthetic on a finished game could be more "pixel perfect like" So you have this little astro boy, astronaut that is upgrading. And each time maybe you add a little detail on the astronaut Suit.

The visuals are super cool, the game is super polished, and the sound even if its always the same I don't know why, but I liked it a ton ahah. It's cool to play this kind of prototypes, its really interesting and people have so much potential ! keep going :-D And if you have a minute don't hesitate to try our game it's also our first LudumDare :-)

GG well done !

Stuckgrade by N8Dev 2020-10-19T06:52:02Z

Btw I watched your you tube video ! Great content man ! I hope you continue, because for a first video the level is kind of impressive ! Continue like that you seems already to have all good ingredients to be seen :D

Also I wanted to tell you I really like your logo it's super cool : DdApurmeMo.png

A Long Night At Work by jmattspartacus 2020-10-17T20:23:02Z

Super nice concept ! Until the end super cool :-) would have been cool to put a bit more love into the object that does the loop of all movements you did. Like making it blink and make a sound (rewind sound) or something to give a feedback to the player. Also the default character could have been swapped :-)

Good Job!

In The Loop by Luc-creationallabs 2020-10-18T01:21:26Z

Loved the graphics, super minimal, and the sound design, all fits together and its super polished ! Well done :-)

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In The Loop by Luc-creationallabs 2020-10-18T01:22:04Z

Please release on ios as well !!

Loopy's run by ZeonBlue 2020-10-20T00:03:25Z

l8iV6wCsJb.png Who can beat my score? XD . I liked the visuals ! Really simple, this interior sphere with lines ! For me when the red guys attack you, it feels a bit too overwhelming. gg !

Resurrection by etrealjunior 2020-10-18T18:10:11Z

Super nice visuals ! Love the "white lines on black board" style :-) The story is also cool with this loop of evolution idea.

I was also surprised by the polishing of the game and the music. Did you do the music as well ? Nice one !

Endless Void by FireGamer3 2020-10-19T06:01:33Z

@firegamer3 Funny fact because the endless void you did with the objects flying around could be what comes after the end of our game XD We used the same technique with the black lines going up to do the falling effect checkout in my profile. Nice thumbnail (picture/icon of the game) it grab attention. I liked the game but its a bit punitive to loose half HP with one hit tho ahah. +1 for the menu, the story kinda of cool :-)

[SeMYKEnI7t2.png](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/inside-the-loop)

Stealth Line by HippolyteA 2020-10-20T00:16:35Z

**It would have been cool to have a key to switch from top view to "infield view" a bit like on your image in the description.**

Well done for the mood :-) . I really love Metal Gear Solid so anything that is a bit stealth genre I love. The Theme is "a bit" far there tho. And it would have been cool to be able to interact a bit more on the character when he is walking. Checkout our game if you have a minute :-) PS : for the metal gear solid like cone of view of the zombies did you do the code yourself or there is an open source or asset to do that ?

Stealth Line by HippolyteA 2020-10-20T00:17:54Z

..Somehow I'm always impressed by the path finding. It is nothing super complicated, but always magic to see the characters avoiding obstacles as they would have a kind of self consciousness...

:thinking: Maybe I need to take some rest I'll go to bed ahah

In A House by LRVStudios 2020-10-17T22:43:19Z

Would be awesome to explain the controls in the menu or when you press ESC because it took me a while to understand that "I" opens the inventory :-)

But if you are color blind then it will be a very hard game ^^ g135FRHB80.png

INSIDE THE LOOP by aerloth 2020-10-06T14:10:33Z

Hey guys thanks a lot for your comments ! It’s so rewarding to know that somewhere in the planet someone is playing your little jam game !

@halfboltgames I go try your game it looks super interesting! @tad where did you get stuck ? Would be cool to know :-)

Thanks !

Fire Exit by HisHighness 2020-10-18T21:57:45Z

Hey :-) Would have been super cool to add a "Continue" Button. Because when I reached level 3 which I was already kind of proud to reach and then I didn't pressed Restart fast enough before one guy burn... I was less say feeling this as a very very hard punition when I saw I had to do all over again ahah.

Overall it's a very classic concept, but it is kind of cool to bring the fire aspect in this escape genre. Really linked the gameplay actually :-) Of course not perfect but for a 72h game it's normal.

BTW important notice : I think it would have been cool to make the difficulty curve a bit smoother with 3 or 4 even 5 simple levels before level 2 that is actually already kind of hard ! Also I like the game mechanic where the guys burnt/are cooked but not totally giving them an extra "life" Super cool !

Check out our game if you have the time :-) Cheers !

GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER by grand_machin 2020-10-17T20:55:54Z

Guys !!! this game is an amazing concept ! It should have more ratings !!! Really polished, amazing sound track. The concept is so cool !!!

The fact that there is other stuff blocking your moves that is stuff you don't need for the quest : perfect ! The fact that stuff comes randomly : prefect The fact that all this is a shitty world where your boss is looking at your moves and you cannot delete the highlights on the post-its : perfect ! The name : Just perfect so if you do a steam game keep that name ahah

5/5 :-) You should do a complete game of this and release on Steam, its very casual and fun ! Congratulation ! So far is the game I played the longest time !

PS: could be amazing to extend the game also with Coffee falling on the table, or your girlfriend coming the office or employees coming to your desk and asking for stuff ahah

Nothing To Hide by Pseudonclide 2020-10-17T20:28:46Z

So amazing ! Really loved the concept !!! You should do a complete game out of this. Maybe Desktop/Vr version. Its just such a good idea, and with lot of humor ! A bit like a child hiding stuff from his mum ahah. 5/5 loved the concept man ! +1 for WebGL build mate :-)

LOOPY by Cinar 2020-10-19T02:58:37Z

Ok !!!!!!! this is so coooooool !

No really, first second in the game and You got my approval ! When I realized that the ball was redoing my mouse movements, so cool. You nailed the theme there mate :-) So satisfying to get theses little yellow balls, ultra polished, congrats mate !

+1 for the Menu. Lot of people don't take the time to do one.

LOOPY by Cinar 2020-10-19T03:23:09Z

omg that one was tough ^^ Would be interesting to see speed runs of this game ! efcKdpjYKt.png

LOOPY by Cinar 2020-10-19T04:11:51Z

Just finished the game it took me forever to do the "Just too easy" one. But was very cool game tho ! Thanks mate

Aztec Ride by Idan Rooze 2020-10-17T22:59:47Z

Sound design is very cool :-) Love the visuals as well ! good job guys

Loop Overflow by Rhythm 2020-10-18T22:04:01Z

I really love the Stance mechanic with the mouse :-) Its kind of crazy that you went into building a fighting game mechanic from zero for this jam ! Well done ! I just tough that maybe the game isn't fitting the theme that well tho.. Yes we are stuck in a "circular space" fighting and it never ends. But maybe some more elements would have been cool. +1 for the menu !! there is so much games that don't have any menu ! and this makes a huge difference because you can go back to check out the controls at any time ! Cheers !!

PS: the title fits perfectly with the game tho :D

Stuck in the Luntic by Harrm 2020-10-19T02:34:47Z

Nice graphics :-) I really like how you handle the lights there !

LD49 — Unstable

Occult Academy by homeworld 2021-10-17T22:47:29Z

5 stars on graphics, this is really looking great ! Just a shame that you die from the burning ground not even from the enemies. But I really like the vibes of the game you could release a longer version I guess :-)

Reactor by Birdwards 2021-10-17T22:42:40Z

Nice, super satisfying to make color combos :-) Liked the sounds !

At the beginning was hard to get if it was better to be a huge structure or a tiny 3 discs structure. ^^

Always amazed by people doing Compo.

MIFFED by Caladrius 2021-10-21T18:41:50Z

Concept is just freaking perfect 10/10 ! I really love all the little details you put into characters, sound, ambiance.

This old school doom view with the little head of grandma down in the middle. Really loved that game :D

Handle With Care by Liss1024 2021-10-17T23:09:19Z

This game look really great. It's funny because at start it was almost impossible to handle the platform. But then it makes sense and feels good.

Really liked the game a lot.

Could actually be a full game, with easier controls but some moving, doors, enemies etc... I kind of like this little AmongUs delivery guy from the future.

Really nice approach of the theme :-) well done !

LD55 — Summoning

Afterlife Taxi by TimBeaudet 2024-04-16T21:45:22Z

Super cool twist on the theme :) I found the game relaxing.

It reminds me this game where you are driving a car in a cozy road and some random player could join you to have a talk while driving and that was the game.

I found it ! The game was a submission for AMAZE Festival Berlin 2023 : "Yugo: the non-game" by Petrit Hoxha You should check it out it's very similar of what you tried to achieve I like the idea :)

Sum of Summoners by Joe Zabriskie 2024-04-16T23:31:33Z

Nice graphics ! I like the fact that you actually really check the numbers on physicals dies ! Well done ! :)

Liberatio Periculum by TheMiSta92 2024-04-16T22:10:38Z

Pretty cool ! I love the fact that you used the mechanics to summon spells like Helldivers 2 with the arrow keys. Super original :D I played that game for quite a long time it's addicting ahah. Got also the glacial cascade.

From a game-play perspective I would say that the turning around animation was a bit too slow. Even If I prepare a all the spell but not the last arrow. Sometimes you want to turn fast around to cast it and kill the enemy. But the rotation being too slow you miss the target so it doesn't feel as snappy and responsive as it should.

Of course the fact that you can just go to a corner to fully heal yourself maybe questions the fact that there is unlimited heals.

Entity Summoner by Usenrame 2024-04-16T22:55:06Z

Nice game ! it could be a VR game where you summon your army with weird ingredients. Graphics and game feel are really good congrats !

SUMMON THE COLOSSUS by aerloth 2024-04-16T19:58:39Z

Sorry about the falling bug that's definitely a game breaking bug. There is a collider there that should work actually. Sometimes WebGL is unable to resolve the collisions with enough precision but it seems to happen also on the Windows build. We'll check that right now :)

SUMMON THE COLOSSUS by aerloth 2024-04-16T23:36:55Z

@grimw0lf Thanks for your feedback :) If you complete all 4 levels you can see the colossus you "created". at the end of the temple. Indeed we plan to continue with this project.

Thanks for playing the game and your critics are very welcome we are here to improve our gamedev skills :)

SUMMON THE COLOSSUS by aerloth 2024-04-16T23:59:27Z

@shanzhai Thanks a lot for your feedback ! Is nice people tell this kind of little things, because sometimes we focus a lot on other things like models, levels, gamplay etc... but we didn't really thought about this problem. I hope you could still go to the end and enjoy the game :) Cheers !

SUMMON THE COLOSSUS by aerloth 2024-04-17T00:00:11Z

@grimw0lf No worries :) We have definitely space for improvement ahah

Fiesta De Las Quimeras! by Jean-Francois 2024-04-16T23:26:31Z

It's super cool idea. I just felt like I can basically take almost all I can and it will still be kind of okay for what I'll have to summon.

Arts is really cool you did a great job ! I like the fact that the little souls are moving around on the ground in perspective. Cheers :)

Unstable Elementals by sdelaney 2024-04-16T23:11:54Z

Graphics are nice ! Maybe it could be interesting if you had also spells you can cast yourself not only the one that automatically triggers itself.

Because right now it feels like you just have to run around. Other then that I liked the overall design particles and monsters. Nice entry !

Date Summons by Pokopish 2024-04-16T18:59:51Z

I like the twist, like the monster dating app where you summon your next date :) Graphics are nice, music as well and overall the graphic choices are homogeneous with the theme. I like the "Game & Watch" movements like the old LCD moving sprites portables games.

I got Lola and May :D But Manat... noooo wayyyy I'm quite impressed someone here almost got her XD

Filled the form :) (nice idea by the way to have a form maybe I'll set one for our game)

Oversummoned by SID37 2024-04-16T22:38:33Z

The art style is superb ! Loved the relaxing sorting of little Daemons :) Thanks for your entry keep doing cool stuff like that !

Elemental Frontiers by Floke 2024-04-18T19:11:03Z

I tought it could be interesting for you to know : On my macbookpro 2015 running windows 10 (bootcamp) AMD graphic card (Graphics Chipset AMD Radeon R9 M370X) I get just the health bars. I have also a razer blade I'll try with it. I guess it should work.

iwhF2FpKxC.png Radeon Settings Version - 2017.0720.1406.23566 Driver Packaging Version - 17.10.3101.1006-170720a-316479C Provider - Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 2D Driver Version - 8.1.1.1599 Direct3D® Version - 9.14.10.01261 OpenGL® Version - 6.14.10.13476 OpenCL™ Version - 22.19.170.1536 AMD Mantle Version - 9.1.10.0189 AMD Mantle API Version - 102400 AMD Audio Driver Version - 10.0.1.1 Vulkan™ Driver Version - 1.5.0 Vulkan™ API Version - 1.0.39

Demonware Incorporated by hamster cheeks 2024-04-16T19:42:55Z

Super cool the idea to add little retrogames into the actual game. Arts are really good and serve the weird summoning job well :) Nice entry !

Shay’s Goldem Mob by KriSsS Gonko 2024-04-16T19:33:25Z

At start it looks like a simple aggro game but then you discover that there is many abilities and you have to use them because without that there is no way to survive.

Liked the graphics :)

Summoning Bumper by MatthiasBroske 2024-04-16T18:34:06Z

Music it's relaxing I like the vibe it brings. Graphics and matte painting are a bit flat. 2D games seem very good express some art like Gris, Limbos etc.. On your case with the birds could be a bit more funny and look like "Tuca and Bertie".

Camera was very tough, Sometimes you have to jump blind and hope you'll reach some platform. It took me a while to get that you can move the bumper with the mouse and to place my self as I should to make the jump.

The mechanic seems quiet complicated like the physics of the little bird colliding plus de option to parry etc.. Maybe some easy levels to start with would have been awesome. I reached level 3 after dying a lot of times. And I tried many times there to go to the door on the little platform but was super hard.

Hope you had great time as well doing a little game in 72 hours :)

Plaguebringers by zablas 2024-04-16T23:53:30Z

Nice art direction. The sound of the mouses are a bit unpleasant after a while when you summon them. Graphics look mice ! Maybe the city could get more gray and sad along the Plague disease expansion ;)

I really liked the fact that the plague it's kind of hard to spray at start ! But then it goes just as easy as the real one did !

Escape from Europe indeed XD

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NecroBit by comigor 2024-04-16T22:25:24Z

Everything fits together.

The controls feel as they should, the "undertale" graphics and the necromancer vibes are super cool. One of the best entries so far !

LD56 — Tiny Creatures

STARDUST CREATURES by aerloth 2024-10-08T18:49:51Z

@endejck Thanks for the comment :)

Could you elaborate on the "Concept can be boosted with focused audio and atmosphere" It's actually what I tried to do with the sound design, maybe there is specifics points you would improve to make audio better ?

TinyDefense by Matimoo 2024-10-08T18:46:20Z

Liked the music :) The graphics and visuals are simple to understand which is a good point. Cool little game, there is some improvements I was thinking :

Could be nice to have more feedback when little monsters are selected, maybe the good old green square like commandand & conquer XD. Also I thing last selection could stay so you can move them several time. For example in RTS like Starcraft, warcraft players can actually click several times with the last selected troops so it's kind of standard behaviour expected from a "rts-like" game.

Cheers

PS : I found that gathering all monsters near the house works the best to not loose them against the wrong big monsters :P Screenshot 2024-10-08 at 20.39.24.png