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YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMoCmCo
201533You are the MonsterHow I Learned To Stop Voting And Love The Devil: Tales of Occult, Blood and Metal in Drop Dcompo9591.952.052.652.532.112.763.372.1936
20132710 SecondsFactory Herocompo7142.922.423.353.243.192.762.132.6969
201225You are the VillainGoatstarcompo3712.972.762.823.713.593.192.342.8164
201224EvolutionThe World Treecompo2223.252.803.202.413.203.351.613.69100
201223Tiny WorldDownsize the World!compo8941.681.422.172.791.792.531.8526
201121EscapeEscape...compo4581.921.332.252.452.923.581.002.6376

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Comments by shinD

LD21 — Escape

Escape... by shinD 2011-08-23T20:07:00

You're right, I didn't think about avbin, since I had it and stuff just worked. Sorry about that. Slow movement is intentional, though it should be at least noticeable. I haven't been able to test the game on any other computer configurations so it could be due to general performance issues too, I'm not sure. But yeah, it's very focused on audio and art - and I'm glad those parts work as I intended - not so much on gameplay at this state. It can be 'won' or 'lost' but that's about it. So yeah, up to your interpretation of the definition of "game"!

Escape... by shinD 2011-09-01T16:04:00

Thanks everyone for all the comments!

@foobaz & others Yeah, I agree the lack of feedback does kinda kill it. That's priority one I've addressed as I've picked up the code and continued working on it.

@ExciteMike I thought I did update the zip with the dll, huh. Guess I uploaded the wrong one.

@Jedi Since God of War did it with chests and such? :P You should've seen the version before this where you had to move while tapping! (Debugging it got so goddamn annoying I had to remove it)

About the Not intended -part, I think it's a case of bad implementation within the time limit. I do think there's a case for games that are not fun in the traditional sense in order to explore certain themes, just like there are movies and books using unfun methods in that way. My experimentation did perhaps fail at this time, but maybe someone will fare better!

I've started working on some of these problems and I'll release an updated version some time in the future!

Escape... by shinD 2011-09-01T16:07:00

@foobaz oh yeah, and the computer object was a leftover from before, but I decided to remove it since I was running out of time and having objects overlapping on screen did freak out the "interaction" part.

Escape... by shinD 2011-09-06T15:59:00

Ah, thanks, I was moving files around and forgot to update the link here.

LD23 — Tiny World

Downsize the World! by shinD 2012-04-23T07:41:00

It means I played Diablo 3 for 7+ hours.

LD24 — Evolution

Natural Selection: Travel Agency by lightspeedlucas 2012-08-27T18:01:00

A bit unintuitive at first, needs a bit of explanation to get the hang of it! A bit simple, but overall enjoyable.

My Pairs and Me by Evilion 2012-08-29T18:00:00

I have no idea what I did, but stuff happened, so I just focused on zapping everyone with lightning! An experience for sure!

Cosmogonie by Spotline 2012-08-30T14:41:00

Awesome as hell. This is a bit like something I toyed with before going into a more gamey direction with my project. Sweet to see someone do it better than I could ever have done. Great experience.

Evolution Or Revolution by PTSnoop 2012-08-27T09:53:00

Cake should be adopted as a value for any political entity.

Fun idea, though I'm not yet entirely sure if I actually understood the cause and effect of the game mechanics, some more tips might be nice!

Dinosaurs must Die! by tompudding 2012-08-27T14:17:00

Like folks said, the controls are a bit off. Great SFXs, Jurassic Park dinos sound like wimps compared to this!

@#$% Life! I'm the god damn SUN. by Phobos001 2012-08-30T13:01:00

You got the right idea here my man, cruisin' through space plowing through planets, awesome!

.ISO - Part One by Kortuga 2012-08-27T17:34:00

The soundtrack is indeed off internet, so sadly it doesn't fit within the compo rules.

.ISO - Part One by Kortuga 2012-08-27T17:35:00

(added link http://feryl.bandcamp.com/album/8-bit-magic-a-module-chiptune-collection )

.ISO - Part One by Kortuga 2012-08-27T19:04:00

If you want, you can have the game re-submitted as a Jam entry though, using public domain music in the Jam -part of LD is OK so you don't have to worry about it.

Infected Cell by DDDBOMBER 2012-08-27T09:13:00

Nice little game, though the music loop could be longer, starts grating on me after a while!

Pirates and Gorillas by Brucef 2012-08-29T17:24:00

It might be a bit of a stretch to find the theme in here, but gameplay mechanics I found pretty fun!

Moche by Ilod 2012-08-27T16:31:00

The concept is nice and weird, my brain hurts.

133 by fr_automatik 2012-08-30T16:27:00

Combat's a bit confusing, sometimes I get hit, sometimes I hit but dunno what's the criteria for that. Other than that, this is what we all should be about. Ten kitten points!

The Life Tale by Griz 2012-08-28T12:56:00

Yeah, it's a good idea but the slow progression kills it a bit for me, especially since the aiming is kinda tough. With that fixed it would be pretty ok!

Unstable Planet by HunLyxxod 2012-08-30T16:39:00

Nice and tight controls and good visuals, good base for something cool.

Gr0wth by Colisan 2012-08-30T16:34:00

Nice idea! That mom has some issues though, cigs & BOMBS.

Monster League by Loginaut 2012-08-27T17:25:00

Needs more feedback for what stuff does. The idea has potential though!

How Mosquito Became Human by SaintHeiser 2012-08-27T13:37:00

The controls are a bit finicky, especially with the frog lining up a proper jump is a bit too difficult. Otherwise nice job!

Deep Sea Evolution by atla 2012-08-27T10:32:00

Nice mood and a nice game overall, though there seems to be a problem when dying and starting a new game - it just gets stuck on loading screen for ever. Other than that, nice & chill!

Deep Sea Evolution by atla 2012-08-27T10:33:00

Also, sometimes it can be a bit unclear which "enemies" are deadly and which you can "recruit"

Kitty Breeder 2012 by turnip 2012-08-27T13:16:00

This is the best game.

Nice sounds too!

UPix by Xaychru 2012-08-30T16:07:00

Restricting shooting to the same direction you're moving is kind of a pain, otherwise it's quite a fun shooter with a nice style!

The World Tree by shinD 2012-08-27T11:22:00

bvanschooten: You can get back by floating up to the maze roof via the block next to the third artifact - well, that's the intended path!

The World Tree by shinD 2012-08-27T11:26:00

BMacIntosh: Thanks, I wish I could've done more with the levels and puzzles. I had lot more comprehensive ideas, but in the end had to scale my design back. That's something to work on for sure.

The World Tree by shinD 2012-08-28T15:51:00

rwos: Hmm, that's odd. From the traceback, it seems to be a problem with pyglet itself not understanding some input or something. Interesting.

thejackimonster, juaxix: It's not as apparent as I had hoped, I agree. The main focus with the tree is more "growing" than "evolving" which I realized pretty far in. ...You could say the terrain is evolving..?

Jeremias, Maacus: Thanks, actually you don't receive any new abilities really, it was just a way for me to do the ingame tutorial somehow :p But yeah, I'd include more mechanics if I get the chance to work on this further!

Lucariatias: Which version are you running? Source doesn't include pyglet, which should be installed separately for python.

Everyone, thanks for your comments. Keep them coming, I will make sure to play each one of your games as well (if I possibly can, hardware wise!)

The World Tree by shinD 2012-09-08T13:30:00

Thanks everyone taking time to comment! Keep the comments & criticism coming, it'll all help going forward!

@timtipgames Yeah, sounds being interrupted was a quick fix to another bug, where sounds would keep playing if the game moved to another state and I didn't fine tune it really.

@ButtercupSaiyan Yeah, I figured the strobing might be an issue for some folks and I tuned it back a few times to make it more subtle in order to not cause discomfort. I'm planning to introduce a more elegant, smoother system in my post-compo version, now it's just flashing randomly which partly is contributing to the problem I'm sure.

About the black holes, yeah, the force is supposed to slowly pull you in from far away with increasing acceleration, but it is a bit glitchy & unpredictable due to the implementation being far from elegant. It feels a bit random and like many of you said, it is quite hard to figure out the safe zone. I'm going to rewrite the whole system when I get to it.

Literally; Earth Shaping by adventureloop 2012-08-27T14:23:00

The idea and premise is good, but yeah, the gameplay needs a bit more work!

Kittens!

The Darwinizer by Steven Colling 2012-08-28T12:26:00

Fun idea, though sometimes getting stuck (or monsters spawning as unreachable) is a slight problem. Otherwise enjoyable!

One Last Chance by recursive frog 2012-09-04T10:36:00

Very cool concept, I think you really could do something with this. Nice visuals too, the clean textures work well. Few technical issues though

Gobblegoks: Evolution by pighead10 2012-08-29T17:56:00

Nice one, my main gripe being the bullets colliding with each other which makes it really hard to deal with larger enemy groups. At least the big form's projectile seems like it should be able to overpower the smaller ones.

RED PLANET by BuffaloPhil 2012-08-27T17:19:00

Very nice visuals and mood overall, nice little piece.

A New Kind of Man by Khayet 2012-08-27T16:23:00

Good base, but needs more content!

LD25 — You are the Villain

REC - The game by DragonKN 2012-12-19T16:51:00

Alright, this actually made me smile. Fun idea, nicely done, even if it did get repetitive eventually!

Attack of the Mummy by dray 2012-12-19T16:19:00

@Dark Acre Jack, you should get a shield icon at the url box, try clicking that and allow loading content. Seems to be an issue with dropbox hosting and unity(?)

Rough, like you said, but with a little work it could be a fun little game

Goatstar by shinD 2012-12-17T00:52:00

Alright, good to know. I'll see if I can do something about that.

Goatstar by shinD 2012-12-20T14:00:00

Yes, you have to hold the fire keys to shoot - something I realized later is not really the optimal solution! (the whole input handling is a bit thrown together and bad) Dev blindness, I know how it works, so it didn't occur to me to clarify that.

I tried looking into the imagedecodeexception, but on Ubuntu 12.10 it loads just fine for me, so dunno what's up with that. Weird. I'll keep looking.

Thanks for the comments, I'll see if I can whip up a post-compo version with some improvements!

Erfos by Patacorow 2012-12-19T16:36:00

Doing my Starcraft-thing and just building a ton of miners I quickly found they tend to get bunched up together and stuck, which is a bit of a bother. Otherwise alright, ye.

LD27 — 10 Seconds

Taen Saeck by Typedeaf 2013-08-27T10:20:00

Managed to sink in quite a bit more time into this than I had planned. Fun game, though it does get a tad repetitive after a while.

One Direction by KingRageXIII 2013-08-27T16:13:00

With a bit of ironing out some kinks, namely getting stuck to the geometry at times, there's a fun game here! Keep at it!

Reload by zn01wr 2013-08-28T15:33:00

Fun, looks nice and polished and controls well. Good job!

Factory Hero by shinD 2013-08-27T16:03:00

Hmm, that's weird. There are apparently some GPUs that pyglet has issues with, which might be the cause. Sadly the list of those with maybe workarounds returns 404 it seems, so that's not a big help. :(

Maximilian Lambda Caster by Jwatt 2013-08-30T17:10:00

very good job this is a great 48 hour game polish it and it will be amazing.