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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 55 | Summoning | 👥 | Cast | jam | 324 | 3.80 | 3.30 | 2.80 | 4.59 | 4.40 | 4.42 | ||
| 2023 | 54 | Limited Space | Overbooked | jam | 3.08 | 2.83 | 3.00 | 3.70 | 4.41 | 3.30 | ||||
| 2023 | 53 | Delivery | 👥 | Swerved | jam | 272 | 3.87 | 3.56 | 3.30 | 3.76 | 4.80 | 4.34 | 4.21 | 4.09 |
| 2023 | 52 | Harvest | 👥 | Rapid Produce Dating Simulator | jam | 153 | 3.88 | 3.63 | 3.58 | 3.40 | 4.61 | 4.38 | 3.90 | |
| 2021 | 49 | Unstable | Runstable | jam | 3.50 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 4.50 | 4.00 | |||||
| 2021 | 48 | Deeper and deeper | 👥 | Flightless | jam | 3.33 | 2.00 | 2.66 | 1.75 | 2.25 | 1.25 | 3.00 | ||
| 2020 | 47 | Stuck in a loop | 👥 | Frochu's Stuck in Orbit | jam | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | 👥 | DANGER! Alien Cow Thieves! | jam | 406 | 3.86 | 3.62 | 3.08 | 3.60 | 4.53 | 3.53 | 3.50 | 3.39 |
| 2019 | 45 | Start with nothing | 👥 | Woodland Zero | jam | 154 | 3.91 | 3.94 | 3.70 | 2.63 | 4.08 | 3.78 | 3.55 | 3.56 |
| 2019 | 44 | Your life is currency | 👥 | Gold Digger 2084 | jam | 279 | 3.70 | 4.00 | 2.61 | 2.64 | 3.74 | 3.69 | 3.21 | 3.35 |
| 2018 | 43 | Sacrifices must be made | 👥 | SpaceCat | jam | 3.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.50 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | |
| 2018 | 42 | Running out of space | 👥 | Sodaboi | jam | 260 | 3.70 | 3.66 | 3.50 | 3.91 | 4.23 | 3.96 | 3.39 | 3.37 |
The only one that seems to kill me is "Would you kindly press the clock button the number of sequence xxxx?" On my sheet I only had 1 sequence with that pattern each time yet with only 1 clock button click I seem to fail. Not sure how to pass that.
Other than that I enjoyed the game. Although this is more of a one time play through for me. Overall I found it enjoyable!
I thought it was a lot of fun at first and the mechanics play well. I just wish there was more content whether it be enemies, levels, difficulty increase, etc. Great art and good sound. You should keep building this it has potential.
Great game and gameplay. I can't tell you the amount of times I accidentally jumped instead of shot or vice versa. The gameplay would have been a lot more enjoyable for me with better controls. Jump and shoot keys should be at least 1 more key away from each other (i.e. A and D or D and Spacebar) instead of directly next to each other. It was still a fun game it just started to get frustrating making so many mistakes.
Hey I enjoyed playing your game! The space allocator gun is a fun game mechanic. It is a bit difficult to avoid or combat the enemies. One significant improvement that could be easily added would be restricting how far the space allocator gun can aim. I often find myself losing where it is located way off the screen. This is a game I would definitely enjoy checking out again if the gameplay mechanics were smoothed out!
Took me a few tries but I was able to finally beat it once I got the hang of it and realized how the building materials respawn and it's best to keep the wall as far back as possible to allow those materials to respawn, giving you a better chance of keeping the wall from collapsing in. I actually thought this game was pretty fun and found it enjoyable to play! :)
Also, if you are stuck. The easy way to win is to just spam "X" on your controller while facing the wall. I think this was accidentally left in from when you may have been debugging haha
It would be nice to be able to see your score and health while playing. The short music loop does get annoying fairly quickly. I'd recommend having more variation in your loop and/or making it longer. It is very repetitive. That being said, the character movement is nice. I like being able to move around quickly and react quicky to the incoming blocks. Good use of the theme as well.
Cool little game and the mechanics play well. The black and white is a little hard on my eyes but maybe not for others! I agree with @randdir that using the keyboard alone would be better than attacking with the mouse. That may be more of personal preference however.
The character movement is slow but it matches the flow of the game. This game has a unique relaxing mood which I find enjoyable. It suits a puzzle game well. Not sure if there is a way to navigate around the menus without using the mouse but it is annoying to have to switch between two hands on the keyboard to using the mouse. Overall, I'd say great job!
@roman-petrov Yes it is the same speed as when I play in Chrome.
Can you beat 157,151?
New high score: 82,490!
Thanks for the feedback everyone! Here are my follow up questions:
@m-dam - Do you have any suggestions for how we can improve this? My only inclination is to make the health bar taller.
@titos2k - We plan to improve the bubbles so they feel less static. I will also look into making sure they don't overlap. I agree it can be strange when they overlap. What do you mean exactly by 'i got hit' indicators? As the screen fills with bubbles, the hp bar fills as well. Once it is full the player dies. Then hits on Sodaboi show the combo bonus points. Perhaps there is something we did not make clear enough.
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@titos2k , @m-dam - Good ideas, thanks guys! We will make this more clear
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Thanks for the kind words @holy !
@mateusboga The game resolution is 960x540 so I'm not sure if you are playing on a device with lower resolution or why it would be cut-off. I can't seem to replicate this issue!
@sam-estep The key is to hit Sodaboi continuously. By hitting him you are able to fire immediately and this is where the bulk of the points are scored. Otherwise, you are punished with a cannon reload. On the upside, reloading is a good time to switch your focus to clearing your screen of bubbles to restore "health".
@frittatenbank - There is a difficulty curve to this one but once you get the hang of it you can continue to improve your recent high score!
This game is hilarious and was fun for about the first two minutes. Then it starts to become a chore. I love the art and sounds tho. It's a great use of the theme and very creative haha
I really enjoyed playing this game. I think the difficulty is spot on, it is just the right challenge. Adding audio would make the experience much better. I would also suggest adding a really short map and measuring high scores into the hundredths or thousands of a second.
And I beat your Arctic World score with 48.2 :)
@rgarbati Looks like you played the game in a broken state due to some HTML5 compile errors! It's fixed now and much better to play :)
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Awesome game, really enjoyed the gameplay and mood!
I really liked the start with having no idea what to do next. The mystery is fun. Once I realized how the game worked, it started to feel repetitive. I know it's tough with the time limit but if there was a way to keep more mystery around what to do next and not just mystery around the rewards, I think it would take the game to the next level. Great entry, I enjoyed it :)
I really like how creative this game is and well built out the levels are. Great job :)
Overall I think the game is pretty well made :)
@space-wumpus Thank you so much for the feedback. I completely agree with your points made. There is a sweet spot with crushing enemies right when they spawn versus just before they spawn. So sometimes you will think you crushed them but were just early, this then pushes them upwards onto the block so that they don't die inside of a fallen block (otherwise you could just keep placing blocks where they are spawning and then they would die inside of fallen blocks). I believe this is the issue you mentioned with them spawning instantly. I'm not sure the best way to improve this in the future but open to ideas!
That is also a rare bug you found. I am not sure how to replicate that but if it happens again, it would be great if you could send a screenshot of the console window in your browser so I can better understand.
Also, awesome score! I'm nightfire on the leaderboards so you have me beat. I'll have to improve :p
@space-wumpus Yep that's definitely the case. It will be fixed in the post jam version along with a lot of other gameplay improvements :)
At first I wasn't so sure but after getting into it I actually really enjoyed the game!
Fun little game but I was having some difficulty picking up and dropping pallets. If this was improved I would have enjoyed the gameplay a lot more!
Nice little entry and dragons are always a bonus :)
Great entry! Well built game and plays well. The controls and movement felt very polished. I had to play your game after you commented as a fellow cow protector!
@jacobrutter @thebox193 My bad the page was not published! Please give it a try if you have the chance. See if you can beat my high score :)
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@flying-dog-fish Thank you! Yes unfortunately it is an HTML bug. The only way I have found to fix it would be to refactor the code so that the game stays in runtime while restarting, instead of resetting on game start. This is outside the scope for now but will keep it in mind for future jams.
I had a fun time playing this game! I enjoyed the cat skateboarder animations, the way they would float around made them feel like ghosts while I was going after their souls
Cute little game, well done! :)
Well done! Overall the game feels very polished and well made. Like a finished retro mini game. I think you did a great job with the character movement and the overall feel of the game
Great tactile feedback and sound effects. I found it frustrating when I would get stuck on the borders fairly often while trying to grab more trash and/or cars. I think you should consider allowing the player to collide and still move, not stopping the garbage truck. Great consistent art style, simple and satisfying game to play.
Really well made game. Blowing up while crossing the road caught me by surprise and it's a great add-in. The gameplay is well balanced. The AI difficulty is at a good level. I was really enjoying myself playing this game, my wife came by and asked "Are you still playing that game?" haha.
Oh and the powerups feel overpowered and I was offput by that initially, but actually the overpowered power ups make it more fun. And since all of them are very strong, it balances out well.
Great job!
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I came back to play some more and completely decimated the AI :P
Cool vibe. A little difficult to understand at first but becomes satisfying to play with the tactile feedback and great use of sfx. Overall a really well polished entry and I think it's pretty innovative. I've never played something like this before.
@wadlo Windows build is working but there's something buggy with the HTML5 build that we're fixing, should be fixed by tomorrow.
@wadlo We have the HTML5 build working now, feel free to give it a try :smile:
Very cute game with a great mood. I love the purr after completing the levels and finishing the game, nice touch :)
I think you guys did a great job pairing the audio, art and story. Gives a unique and cool mood that I enjoyed. One thing I found difficult was that if I missed the perch at the end, my character would keep flying on and I would have to restart the game to try again.
@floppynub Haha thanks for the feedback. Agree that not everyone's going to get it, but I see that you definitely do.
@raptorspank Thanks! I originally intended for more gameplay but I underestimated how long it would take me to build everything else. Glad you enjoyed it :)
@forewillow I added some instructions in the spoiler section above, if you'd like to give it another try!
Very well polished, cool art, nice gameplay and sounds, keeps you on your toes, never knowing what's next. Coffee break is hilarious. This is a top entry for sure.
I love the character model and animations, very cute. I haven't played a game with this concept of switching between 2D and 3D before, so giving a high rating for innovation! Level 1 was straightforward, but I have been stuck on Level 2. I'm not exactly sure how to get up top. Bringing in audio/sfx would bring the game to the next level. Overall great entry!
You may have accidentally left your itch page on draft, make sure it's set to published so others can see it
I'm not sure what I am doing wrong but I can't seem to get passed the first fight. Even though I recruited and trained, I am dealing 0 damage to the enemy. It seems stuck on repeat. I do like the audio loop and the character art. I also like the prompt idea, but having difficulty to actually play.
I appreciated the difficulty it actually made it more interesting to me. At first I struggled to pass stage 3, but once I started getting the hang of it was able to easily. However I was never able to finish the last level. I think there's not enough time. I felt that I had to click pretty quickly so if I did win it would be after several tries and more luck based.
That said I actually really enjoyed this art style, nice feedback on the animations and sfx. I really enjoyed this entry, great job!
Cute game summoning penguins, great idea! I enjoyed playing and found it challenging to reach that last campfire. Not sure the correct way to do it but I boosted off of an enemy to reach that last campfire. The only thing I didn't like was how I felt I had poor control over choosing where to spawn a penguin. But overall great job!
Really enjoyed this entry. Very impressive how much is built into this game including enemy AI. I love chess and had a blast upgrading my pawns to being unstoppable. I felt untouchable and made the mistake of leaving my king vulnerable, whoops. One of the most fun entries I've played during this jam.
I enjoy this as a typing game but would greatly prefer if I was able to play entirely using the keyboard. This way I could be much quicker deploying and staying in the zone. I think having to switch between keyboard and mouse is a significant downside for me. Matched the theme well and cool music!
Props to adding a boss fight at the end. When I reached the end I was hoping and ready for something new. Great job incorporating the theme into the gameplay. The HTML5 performance isn't great but was playable for me without major issues. Overall nice entry, well done!
Great entry! Furthest I got was to 5 digits which really became too much to handle haha. I think you fit the theme well with the art style and mood. It's fun to crush enemies with music.