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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
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| 2026 | 59 | Signal | Echo Escape | jam | 319 | 3.72 | 3.43 | 3.07 | 4.01 | 3.79 | 4.17 | |||
| 2024 | 56 | Tiny Creatures | Silky Slinger | jam | 57 | 4.17 | 4.09 | 3.58 | 3.59 | 4.32 | 3.93 | 4.34 | ||
| 2024 | 55 | Summoning | Skelemancy | jam | 476 | 3.65 | 3.52 | 3.34 | 4.06 | 4.47 | 2.71 | 3.43 |
Nice idea. The core gameplay is very solid. Although I couldn't really figure out how to win the game. I kept digging and running out of energy. Maybe a short tutorial screen could help with that.
Well done!
Awesome puzzle game. It's a very interesting concept and the levels are thought out pretty well. It is quite difficult though. Also, it's stunning how polished this game is. All in all a very impressive entry.
Very pretty game. I love the retro aesthetic of it with its graphics and sound effects. Well done!
Super charming game, well done! I love the hand drawn assets. The gameplay is a lot of fun as well and the fruit crafting mechanic is very engaging. My favorite part has to be the exploding hedgehogs ^^ Great job!
Super fun game! Love all the different piggies. I think the sound design is especially good in this one. Well done!
I absolutely love the artstyle of your game! The enemy design, the UI, the blood effects... everything looks so nice and clean. Also big props for the sound design as well. The eerie, yet beautiful humming that plays while selecting sigils adds such haunting vibe to it. Same with the ambient sounds that play while fighting enemies. It's by far the best looking and sounding game I've played in this jam so far. It's a piece of art.
As for the gameplay.. it's simple but fun. After a while it gets a bit broken if you manage to stack a lot of sigils at which point you can basically one hit everything. It also gets a bit laggy at the later stages where a lot of enemies are spawning in. Maybe the amount of enemies could be limited, to prevent this.
All in all I love what you made here. Be very proud of yourself!
I love it! The voice acting is really nice and the game as a whole is just very charming. Also, it's very impressive that you were able to come up with so many different interactions and implement them all in this short amount of time. That being said, the game is kind of difficult. I appreciate you posting a walkthrough. Without it, I wouldn't have made it through.
Nice job!
Cool idea. I really like the retro vibe of the game. It's a clever idea to have to balance the power of your minions with the time it takes to summon them and to have to drop your power sometimes to survive. Maybe I missed it, but I feel like there could have been a short explanation of this mechanic though. On my first run I didn't realize that the amount of power I have determines what minions I can summon and I always pressed Q right away. Other than that I had a great time playing.
Cool idea! IMO the gameplay is a bit slow though. I accidentally clicked on the 25-roll tombstone which I couldn't get out of again. An option to open all 25 rolls at the same time would be a nice quality-of-life improvement. Other than that it was quite fun.
The artwork in this game is so charming! It just looks amazing. Also well done one the music track.
The game is kind of difficult though (which isn't a bad thing). I wasn't able to get past wave 2.
One improvement I can think of would be to change the targeting AI of the cat towers. Often stop attack enemies with low health and target another one. I think it would make sense if they prioritised targets with low health or that are along the path the furthest.
All in all amazing game though!
Fun idea. It took some getting used to, but after a while I was summoning goblins super quickly. It definately feels very rewarding to improve at remembering the combos and executing them quickly.
I wish there was a way to see the different combos while playing the game though. I found myself intentionally dying a couple of times just so I could read the tutorial again. Maybe there could be a mechanic where your character can look at his spell book for a short time to view the combos but he also can't move while doing so.
Overall it's a really fun idea and I had a good time playing it.
Awesome game! It's a really fun and interesting idea. The graphics a very cute as well. A small improvement could be to display the objectives inside the levels, so you don't have to jump in and out of levels in case you forgot what you had to do. Overall you did a great job!
Amazing visuals. It looks so nice. The game itself is a lot of fun as well. I liked the idea of using body parts to complete the summuning ritual. You could take this idea of "crafting" your own boss even furter in the future by customizing the appearance and abilities of the boss based on each body part. All in all it's a great submission!
Thank you all so much for your kind words :blush:
Some of you where pointing out a bug where you could move while it should actually be disabled which kind of breaks the game. I reuploaded it to itch with the fix. It should work now.
Also, some of you reported bad performance on the HTML5 version on itch. I addded a .exe for Windows on there as well which should have better performance.
Hey great job! That was super fun. I gotto say this is probably one of the most unique games I have played in this jam so far. Also, I love the charming graphics. Especially that ant head finish xd
Very nicely polished game. All the visuals look great and the sound design is top notch as well. I just found it kind of hard to grow the sanake though (maybe I just suck tho ^^), since those red aggressive creatures would always kill me after some time and in the beginning you're not fast enough to outrun them either. Other than that, great work!
Great work, had a lot of fun. I gotto ask... How to you even come up with such an idea XD. Breeding garden gnomes to harvest and sell their hats is definately not something I've ever heard before, but I love it!
Game looks and feels great. Love the PS1-style graphics. The main gameplay loop is very satisfying as well. Plays really well and is a lot of fun. Also, adding a leaderboard via the toomstones is a pretty cool idea. Great work, keep it up!
Hey, great job! Very well implemented controls for a troop management game. Sending your army of ants around is quite satisfying. I did find a way to cheese the game though, by placing all your ants directly in front of the spider nest, so they will immediately kill spiders when they spawn and the queen can roam around freely. No worries though, it still was a lot of fun :)
Super fun little game. Giving those dabbing passants what they deserve by zapping them with lighting and exploding them felt great :sweat_smile: Good job!
Great game! I love the visuals. Everything looks top notch. I especially liked the UI to select the body parts to attack.
Nice work! Very well done visuals. Looks amazing. The game cound have definately benefited from some audio though. It feels a bit empty without it. Other than that, its great!
Small tip: You can enable a fullscreen button in your games settings on itch.io. Without it players are stuck at the native resolution, which is quite small since it's a pixel art game.
I'm very sorry if I'm getting this wrong, and you guys actually made all those assets yourself, but to me this game gives off a strong vibe of being largely genereated with AI. Obviously it's not against the rules or anything, I just think it is a bit disingenuous to sell AI generated content as your own, since it is essentially stealing from real artists. Again, I'm really sorry if my assumption is wrong.
Other than all that, I think the game is actually quite fun gameplay-whise, so good job on that :)
What a great game. Didn't expect to find a lot of FPS games in this jam, but this one fits very well with the theme. I love the nice and responsive movement and the 2.5D artstyle you went for. Also love the joice of music. Fits perfectly with this game. In general the amount of content you mangaged to create in this short amount of time is crazy. I didn't expect to see this many unique weapons and levels.
Amazing work!
Great job! Love the aesthetic. Hade a great time with it :)
Great work! I really enjoyed that. I played for quite a while. The gameplay is a lot of fun. I really enjoyed trying the different unit types. They're all pretty well balanced as well. Also, the visuals, while simple, look great as well. I was especially impressed with the nice upgrade UI. Keep up the good work!
A very lovely and charming game. It's so nice and calming :blush: Amazing artwork and music/sound design. Fantastic work!
Hey, nice job. Controlling the bee with your voice is definately the most unique mechanic I have encountered so far and it's really fun too, although I felt a bit stupid making random sounds alone in my room :sweat_smile: Small nitpick: I wasn't able to find the nest after finding all the flowers, so it would have been nice if it was highlighted somehow. Maybe with a path like for the flowers. Other than that, it was super fun!
Awesome game! The gameplay is simple yet addictive. I had a lot of fun with this one. Also, I really appreciated the tutorial both on this page and in the game. It explained everything quickly in an easy-to-understand way. Lots of people don't take the time to make a good tutorial, so your game really stood out to me in that regard.
Also, I love the art style. The flat vector art style fits really well with the game and the thick outlines make everything pop.
Great work, keep it up :)
Great work! I had a fun time playing. I especially liked the smooth animation of the UI. The transition between gameplay and upgrade screen feels really satisfying. One thing I'd like to point out though is that the text is quite big (HAHAHA...) and covers a lot of screen space making it hard to see some of the enemies. Other than that top notch.
Good job! A really fun and unique game. I love games with quirky controls like this one. I wasn't able to complete the orders tho, since all the veggies I sliced simply turned into tomatos ^^. No worries though, it's still a good game!
Great job!. What if I find all of them cute though? :sweat_smile: Jokes aside... it's a really cute and fun little game. Also, is that a Berserk reference?!?
Hey great job on your first LD. The game is super cute and charming :blush: I especially like those cute little minigames to take care of your dinos.
It took me a while to figure out what I needed to do (select the ship first with the correct code and then navigate using the letters), but once I got a hang of it, it was quite fun. A short tutorial explanation in-game or on the itch page would have been nice. Other than that I think thhe concept is really unique and interesting. A very cool interpretation of the theme. Also I love the clean minimalist pixel art style. I always love to see pixel art shaders like this. Very well done!
I'm really impressed with this entry. The level of polish is crazy. Everything from the visuals to the SFX to the music feels super well made. I loved the Windows 98 theme you where going with. It's really charming the way you pulled it of with all the small references to old computers. In addition to that the platformer gameplay itself was already really well made and fun as well. The controlls feel very nice and responsive. Outstanding work!
Nice work. I really enjoyed the clean and simple art style of both the environment and the UI. The physics-based game play was fun, but as the above commenter already mentioned, the drone is quite heavy and hard to control. Other than than well done!
Very cool idea with the visualization. It was a bit hard to find my way through the map though. Still nice work!
I had a lot of fun playing this entry. I loved the destructable/interactable environment and the angry messages from the soccer fans. The 3D assets look really nice and polished. My only critique is that the car controls feal a bit janky, but other than that it was a great experience. Well done!
Awesome work! The atmosphere and scary vibe is really strong. The visuals and sounds-desgin are very well executed and look/sound really polished. I can see that you invested a lot of time in that part of the game. There isn't a lot on the gameplay side, but that is to be expected given the tight deadline of a game jam. It clearly has a lot of potential though. I would love to see this idea fleshed out with some more content :wink: Really nice work, you can be proud of yourselves!
Cute and fun litte game. I love the idea. Nice work!
Unfortunately I didn't really understand what I was meant to do in this entry. I feel like a short tutorial could have been a help. Maybe there is one and I somehow missed it though. Despite that I still enjoyed the relaxing atmosphere of your game and the really nice music. The ambient sounds mix really well with the visuals. Good job!
I really liked this one. The visuals are super nice and polished and the overall atmosphere of the game is really relaxing and cozy. Nice work!
Nice entry! I liked the concept. It kinds of reminds me of Outer Wilds with how you have to follow music signal coming from different planets. Goodt job!
A really creative idea and nice artwork. I loved the crazy athmosphere of this game. Also, having to manage a growing set of abilities and using them in the right instances is a really cool gameplay concept. Nice work!
I'm honestly amazed with how polished this entry is. Everything from the visuals to the audio looks and feels very well made. I did struggle a bit with understanding what I need to do though. Only after trying around for some time did I figure out the gameplay completely. It is a very cool take on the Signal theme though. Nice job!
Cool idea, but I wish there was a tutorial. I couldn't figure out what I had to do at first but after some trying around I finally figured it out and then it was quite fun. The Cheese cutting was a bit wonky though and I had the feeling i always had to slice the same amout of cheese each time. Still, great work overall!
I really like this idea. It's a very creative concept that I haven't really seen anywhere else before. I genuinely had fun playing it and I kind of wish there where more levels. Visuals and audio are really nice as well. The only small complaint I have is that there could have been a better tutorial for how the gameplay works, since I needed to do some trial and error before figuring out what I needed to do. But I know it's often hard to fit that into the tight timeline of a game jam. Great entry!
Nice entry! I loved the idea of saving the cat. I felt the overall vibe is really strong. The Zombies sound and look very scray. I just felt it would have been nice to know how much health you have left. The level design was very well done too. The house was big enough that you had to search around for a bit, but at the same time it wasn't so big that you would get lost. Great work!
I actually had a very similar idea with echolocation for my game. It's always cool to see someone else's take on an idea :smiley: I really liked the hand-draw character illustrations and the music in this one. It's very fitting for the vampire theme. It gives off the vibe of an old Castlevania game which I really enjoy. I think the echolocation feature was implemented quite nicely on a visual level, but I think it could have been incorporated a bit more in the actual gameplay. The combat was a surprise to me since I didn't expect to be fighting all of a sudden. Unfortunately I lost in the end. It was a bit frustrating since I felt like I there wasn't much I could do given the dice-rolling RNG mechanic. Still a very nice entry. Well done!