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SimonLarsen

Overall Medals

YearLDThemeGameDivisionOverall
🥇 2014 31 Entire Game on One Screen 90 Second Portraits jam 4.63

Category Medals

YearLDThemeGameDivisionCategoryScore
🥇 2014 31 Entire Game on One Screen 90 Second Portraits jam Fun 4.54
🥇 2014 31 Entire Game on One Screen 90 Second Portraits jam Mood 4.54
🥈 2014 31 Entire Game on One Screen 90 Second Portraits jam Humor 4.55
🥉 2014 31 Entire Game on One Screen 90 Second Portraits jam Innovation 4.61
🥇 2014 29 Beneath the Surface Safety Blanket jam Innovation 4.60
🥇 2014 29 Beneath the Surface Safety Blanket jam Mood 4.62

Games

YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMoCo
202354Limited SpaceSmall Plot Agriculturejam2563.883.833.303.954.452.973.84
201534Two Button Controls / GrowingWitch of the Grovejam1593.743.653.303.804.653.943.093.8658
201533You are the MonsterTrick Paradejam94.334.104.024.254.404.004.2071
201532An Unconventional WeaponN.O.D.E.jam274.084.153.663.644.333.942.453.5991
201431Entire Game on One Screen90 Second Portraitsjam14.634.544.613.874.634.174.554.5481
201430Connected WorldsDream Witch Erikajam354.003.693.403.804.493.742.774.0970
201429Beneath the SurfaceSafety Blanketjam54.373.934.603.764.474.293.784.6279

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Comments by SimonLarsen

LD54 — Limited Space

Bullfrog Burnie by Logan_Core 2023-10-18T16:28:05Z

Cute game and fun if not a bit finicky due to the movement. Also took me a while to understand the mid-air jump thing. Overall nice, but incredibly difficult.

Be Water! My Cat! by NiceName 2023-10-18T16:09:33Z

great aesthetics. Minigame 1 felt a bit more fleshed out than Minigame 2.

To Hell With You! by Sean Esopenko 2023-10-18T16:04:09Z

The graphics are neat and the platforming felt good. Not really sure what I'm supposed to do? the game starts by tracking all the zombies while panning slowly backwards through the level, putting me in control when it's seemingly already too late?

RIDE OF THE LIVING DEAD! by deadjolly 2023-10-14T18:41:43Z

This is really, really well done for a jam. Looks, sounds and plays great. As others have also mentioned, having a way to drop items would be very helpful. I would also suggest reducing the driving time a bit. Otherwise, great entry that you could definitely make into a full game.

D:\Drive by Anson Rutherford 2023-10-08T10:13:57Z

Nice concept. The design of the little USB stick protagonist is very cute! I did find it a bit unintuitive, that you take damage when the top of your body is in the corruption. I expected it to only hurt when you stand in it.

Eye See You by Almax 2023-10-18T15:57:17Z

What a great entry! Love the spin on the devil dagger formula - switching between shooting and building felt natural and snappy! The graphics are great and really hits the mood along with the music!

Cosmic Collapse by LaneDavis 2023-10-18T15:47:40Z

Pretty nifty game with some overall fun gameloop, I like the kineticism of the bomb module - might be worth disclosing that the intro screens are AI-generated artwork though?

Flob the Bloing by Branquelo 2023-10-08T10:33:30Z

Very nice entry. The artwork is very polished and the parallax and falling leaves do a lot to make the environments feel alive. Impressive amount of levels as well. The controls felt a bit finicky which made some of the levels much harder than they should be. I don't think this game screams "limited space" but great job nonetheless.

Dino Extinction by Ryn 2023-10-08T10:19:44Z

Nice little game. Unlike some of the other commenters, I think having the holes stay fits the theme better. Having some of the meteors spawn at the player's position (or even trying to predict where the player is going) would help a lot to increase the difficulty. Right now, standing still in a corner seems like the best strategy.

Spectra by red-stake 2023-10-11T18:15:24Z

Great entry. Gameplay is simple but very engaging. I like the visuals but the very low resolution combined with the extreme screenshake made it disorienting at times. Reducing the screenshake a maybe increasing the resolution a bit would help a lot. Good job nonetheless!

PukuPuku by Gnum_ 2023-10-18T16:19:16Z

Picked up a couch, then proceeded to bounce around uncontrollably

Feast Work by Sam Machell 2023-10-11T18:46:05Z

Bravo!

LD29 — Beneath the Surface

Burrow Down by danbo 2014-04-29T09:52:00

This is absolutely fantastic. Definitely the most entertaining game I've played this LD so far.

The different spells and the recharge mechanic work so well and the bullet hell-ish feel is so much fun.

Advanced Cave Crawler by josefnpat 2014-04-28T21:12:00

Pretty good. Felt very streamlines and fast-pased.
Wasn't a big fan of the music but audio was fine otherwise.

Would be nice if monsters were visible so you could plan ahead/avoid encounters if possible, but a lot of fun none the less.

Ben Eath the Surf Ace by mr_tag 2014-04-28T20:55:00

Really great job. The wave mechanic is a lot of fun and getting mad air time feels great. The announcer was a bit jarring though.

Overall really cool. And thanks for providing a Linux binary. It worked flawlessly (Arch Linux x86)

Tsunami Cruiser by bvanschooten 2014-04-28T22:10:00

This was surprisingly addictive. The vector style graphics albeit simple work very well, especially the water.

The nice variety of enemies made it feel feel fresh for a long time. Really liked this.

Tycho by markusfisch 2014-04-28T21:46:00

This is a very nice proof of concept that could easily turn into a pretty cool game with a couple of more mechanics and some nice level design.

Well done.

Coalmine Manager by boringprogrammer 2014-04-28T20:49:00

Great game.
Feels very polished for a jam game. I really like the easing/tweening effects.

It's pretty satisfying watching the miners once you get few of them, and it's a nice addition that you're able to command them (although you should probably write that somewhere).
Great job!

Core Quest by zell2002 2014-04-29T08:54:00

Found it pretty entertaining although way too easy.
If a game is a bit short, there's no shame in making it more difficult. ;)

The in-game music was great. Very Sunsoft NES-esque.

LD30 — Connected Worlds

Dream Witch Erika by SimonLarsen 2014-09-01T18:26:00

@eemmbbeerr and @kibertoad: I think GitHub might've had some temporary problems. Seems to be working again now. Thanks for the heads up though.

Red Entity by danbo 2014-08-30T16:02:00

one of the best jam games this LD, the melee/dash feels just perfect! This is really a game that's all about the "feel", atleast in my perspective. Only thing i found a bit off is that the mech doesn't really seem that much better than the pilot. Either way, made multiple 10 round tries, still haven't completed it though :(

- Lukas, the graphics guy.

LD31 — Entire Game on One Screen

For the Homeland! by Verz 2014-12-10T12:58:00

didn't quite get it at first, as there are a lot of mechanics to this game. but it kinda unravels naturally once you start playing. This game has a lot of mechanics considering the 72hrs, super fun once you start getting the different mechanics. In the end i guess i never really figured it out as i got overthrown and decapitated :(. great job! - Lukaserritsoe

Chance Encounter by allurious 2014-12-10T12:34:00

a super fun concept, sadly hindered a bit by the time circumstances on it's conception as others have also pointed out. i would love to see a "fuller" release, with some art to accompany events and fights. having this on your phone with a save feature could result in something really addictive - LukasErritsoe

Microphyla by 7Soul 2014-12-09T02:48:00

super fleshed out, i know how hard it is to make a metroidvania in such a short short time, having bosses and all makes this even more impressive! Also the graphics are very well defined considering the size of the sprites and tiles.

Only fault i can find is that the controls, to me, feel sort of floaty.

Badius by leafo 2014-12-10T22:55:00

Super innovative! i totally dig the "immiedateness" of the design without it getting stale. only complaint/whine is that the game gets super hard once you have to maneuver the sides of the level. in any case a super simple, innovative and really juicy game! best use of the theme i've seen so far - LukasErritsoe

LD32 — An Unconventional Weapon

Fighting Words by Clavus 2015-04-30T19:15:00

Cool idea.
I feel like the difficulty escalated quite suddenly. Each enemy was very easy but once you make one mistake its very easy to die. Would be fun to try with a larger amount of slower enemies instead. Would also make the game more visually dense.
Good job nonetheless!

Expand-O-Ray by Levi D. Smith 2015-04-30T19:27:00

Great entry.
I feel like the game would gain a lot from having expanding and shrinking as two separate abilities instead so you couldn't figure out what to do just from looking at the color of the blocks. Might encourage more experimentation from the player.
Solid for work a one-man entry. Especially the robot's animation.

N.O.D.E. by SimonLarsen 2015-04-23T10:17:00

@RockhopperGames: Thank for the feedback. Having large combos recharge your stamina is actually a really good idea. We'll definitely play with it for the post-jam version.

@SiENcE: To best honest, N.O.D.E. doesn't stand for anything. We just had to come up with a name real quick. ^_^

N.O.D.E. by SimonLarsen 2015-04-23T22:41:00

@S0lll0s: The dash actually has a few frames where you don't take any damage.

@nassi: It's not a leaderboard, but that definitely blows anything i've been able to manage out of the water! - Lukas Erritsoe

The Follower by Stending 2015-04-30T19:36:00

Really, really solid entry.
Loved the art style and music. Came together in a very charming way.

Cut! by HighQuality 2015-04-26T15:31:00

Really cool concept/idea!

Springtime Warfare by Marty 2015-04-21T22:06:00

So far the most fun i've had this LD. At first i thought the mechanic would be a bit unwieldy, but only having to worry about a limited amount of directions helped a lot. Also the music is among the best! - Lukas Erritsoe

Bad and Breakfast by Krisjet 2015-04-30T20:43:00

Really neat little game.
Having to collect more toast to jump higher is a great idea.
The crazy amount of screen shake did mess a bit with my head though. ;)

LD33 — You are the Monster

Trick Parade by SimonLarsen 2015-08-27T15:40:00

@sennin: Thank you for your feedback.
Yeah. We had assets and ideas for many more minigames but sadly didn't have time enough to implement them.

The games were supposed to be separated into categories and the games you'd see would depend on the attack types selected. Might still happen if we make a post-jam version.

Very happy you we're able to shared the experience with your daughter though!

LD34 — Two Button Controls / Growing

Witch of the Grove by SimonLarsen 2015-12-15T13:14:00

@CaptainRed_ Hitting space on the game over screen should restart the game.

Witch of the Grove by SimonLarsen 2015-12-18T11:59:00

*** UPDATE ***
There was an issue with the packaging of the OS/X version.
It should be fixed now.