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Year	LD	Theme		Game	Division	Rank	Ov	Fu	In	Th	Gr	Au	Hu	Mo	Co
2015	34	Two Button Controls / Growing		qBen	compo	255	3.54	3.00	3.93	3.96	3.68	3.41	3.55	3.63	54
2013	26	Minimalism		BLM	compo	74	3.84	3.82	3.24	3.73	3.52	2.95	2.76	3.28	74

Burden by wilcort 2013-04-30T15:45:00

interesting entry, but a few things :
- as has been mentioned, collision problems ! i mean it's not hugely important as you seem to be trying more to tell a story through a game than make an really fun to play game but still.
- the art is pretty neat, but for some reason I felt like the car sprite was a little out of place. maybe make it smaller or change its palette a little ?
- not a huge fan of the way the dialogues are presented. not only could the font be smaller but perhaps more importantly it should be clearer who's talking.
- finally, I'm not sure I really understood what happened to the character. maybe that's just me, but I think you should work on storytelling a little.

at any rate, it's still a nice effort, but there are a lot of things you could work on to improve !

Chromatater by Jim Haslett 2013-04-30T16:02:00

great gameplay, it's a real shame the game is so short ! also the graphics could use a little tune up, but otherwise good job :D

jmp by reustonium 2013-05-01T11:57:00

the ending was a bit underwhelming :P

Cyan by graytest 2013-05-05T09:08:00

neat game ! i didn't care much for how floaty the jumps felt (does the game take place on the moon ? :P) and I felt the AI could use a tune up. but other than that, good effort !

Picture Frame by Herku 2013-05-01T12:12:00

nice one. played through a little over 30 levels and i thought it was pretty good !

Super Neo Tektropolis by vidarn 2013-04-29T19:09:00

the art is fantastic. keep up the good work. :)

Fading by Blizzil 2013-05-01T12:30:00

i felt like it was too easy to avoid enemies just by jumping over them. it's also usually possible to just run through and hope you make it to the water cooler in time. other than that, good idea, solid base imo. :)

Chomp Colors by Gravity Games 2013-04-30T19:01:00

nice little platformer; a bit buggy though, mostly the collisions and the fact that sometimes the character seems to randomly jump.

Boxley by blackcode 2013-04-30T19:15:00

neat little game ! it's just too bad it seems to loack a bit of polish; collisions aren't quite perfect (there's this weird thing when you land after a jump; i also got stuck in a wall at one point), and it would've been nice for the player's sprite to have a different animation when in mid-air. also, the game feels a bit too easy, but other than that, good effort !

Minimalistic Minimization by rainblade studios 2013-04-29T19:42:00

really nice ! love the graphics style and I think the game fits the theme very well.

A Visit to the Gallery by Ismei 2013-05-01T10:01:00

nice idea, if a little simplistic. also, controls are a little buggy and could use a tune up. but mostly, i'm sure you could have taken this idea further !

Earth Defender by Hellequin 2013-04-30T15:33:00

neat little game but I feel like it lacks polish. collisions seem off, there are too many enemies and it does seem like there's a lot of room for improvement. good effort though, keep it up. :)

Mini male by ayamflow 2013-05-01T14:02:00

neat little game but it felt much too easy; there's not real need to move around or anything, just stay against a wall with X held down and you're pretty much guaranteed you'll win. that said, this is a good start and i'm sure you could easily make it more challenging. :)

Ten Shades of Grey by Nancybeast 2013-04-30T16:44:00

none of the links seem to be working, unfortunately.

Ten Shades of Grey by Nancybeast 2013-04-30T16:56:00

neat idea (love the rotation effect), but it doesn't seem like you explored the concept as much as you could/should have. also the collisions are pretty finicky. so good effort, but I'm sure you can do better !

Equilibria by Khaldrin 2013-04-30T17:07:00

interesting concept. i felt it was too easy though !

Klobitz by xRich_ 2013-05-01T19:27:00

neat game. a few gripes though :
- having to actually click on the player's sprite to change sizes is annoying
- the size-changing ability felt underexploited
- not sure the whole "platforming in the dark" thing was a great idea
- collisions weren't quite perfect, but i'm nitpicking. :P

other than that though, the game is solid and fits the theme pretty well. good job !

Survival Shape by guardiancs 2013-04-30T16:10:00

nice start but the game felt much too easy. there wasn't really any point in moving around and one-shot kills when the enemies are so slow felt overpowered. so as I said, good start, but you could probably make it a much more interesting game !

Worm outbreak! by Magewalkr 2013-04-30T20:26:00

same here, can't do anything, so i didn't rate it. :/ nice worms though !

BLM by smealum 2013-05-21T14:36:00

thanks for the ratings and comments everyone !
it seems the main gripe with the game was the controls and i can get behind that to an extent. while i do like the cannon locking (which i more or less borrowed from bangai-o spirits), it's true that key placement wasn't optimal, and just making it possible to change keys for actions would have help many of you.
as for Benjamin's comment about how getting better alters the difficulty, the thing is that difficulty in my game kind of grows exponentially with how little health you have, instead of the linearly as is usually the case. I actually like that (the idea that the more fucked you are, well, the more fucked you're going to get), but I guess it would have been a good idea to have a way to regain health in between rounds.
anyway, thanks again for all the comments, see you next time maybe ! :D

A-Void by kingsman142 2013-04-30T20:24:00

overall pretty neat, but i do have a few complaints. mainly, i find it very hard to see obstacles from afar, it would be better if you could see at least a bit further ahead. also, i felt like being able to jump made the game a bit too easy. other than that though, this is pretty solid.

OCD by Dasinf 2013-04-29T16:46:00

interesting. i actually finished it even though i wasn't sure what to do at first. the mood is great, the music fits perfectly and the theme is definitely respected. so overall I'd say pretty good job :D

A Space Opera by shard123 2013-05-01T10:14:00

nice idea but i have a few complaints about how it was executed. first off, i found the combat very unengaging and tried to avoid it as much as i could. secondly, i didn't think the controls worked too well; i would have thought using W/S to control the thrusters and A/D to "strafe" to be a better idea, but mostly using the mouse for everything was a bit annoying because i sometimes found myself interacting with a planet when trying to shoot an enemy that was directly above it (and subsequently dying) or just wasting missiles everytime i closed a window was annoying. so yeah, there are problems you'd have to deal with, but other than that, solid idea, solid entry. keep it up !

Friggin Lazors by Fenmar 2013-05-01T10:52:00

great entry ! my only gripes were that pushing cubes felt too "slippery" and uncomfortable, and that the puzzles were generally too easy (and it was possible to block doors with cubes which made it even easier :P). but great job !

Mini Malice by Yann 2013-05-01T10:34:00

nice entry !

Minimal Gravity by DavidErosa 2013-04-30T20:55:00

really cool idea. felt the game was a little too easy but other than that good job !

Cornelis by Dry Tree 2013-05-01T19:36:00

neat idea. however i felt the game was much too easy and a little short. but solid entry nonetheless !

SeedLife by shawn42 2013-05-20T19:44:00

loved the music, very relaxing and i think it set the mood perfectly. however, i have to admit i wasn't too sure what i was doing despite having read the instructions. it felt more like a neat experiment than an actual game. good job though !

You are the Minimalist by pighead10 2013-04-29T17:19:00

neat concept ! really fits the theme too. on a technical note though, it would be nice if the game didn't constantly use 100% cpu, pretty sure it doesn't need it :P

Rad vs Blae by GetFun 2013-05-01T09:55:00

neat little multiplayer game. it doesn't offer much but it works pretty well !

ASTEROIDS! (the side-scroller) by locknic 2013-04-30T15:54:00

neat little game ! nice art, funny intro (also loved the easter egg when you get "mashed" into the potato :P) and minimalistic gameplay that fits the theme pretty well. good job !

LD34 — Two Button Controls / Growing

Pilot Light by Komradus 2015-12-14T22:41:00

download link is broken, says i need to require access ! :(

qBen by smealum 2015-12-15T03:11:00

i have added a tutorial video ! hopefully it will help clear up the confusion.

@paradxil : this sounds like your hardware is not supported unfortunately. i hope you won't judge the game based on that experience. can i ask what graphics card and driver version you're using ?

S.E.N.T.I.N.E.L. by rnlf 2015-12-15T02:19:00

fun twist !
aiming is kinda hard sometimes.

Potatiana Jones by Ildfuglen 2015-12-15T00:32:00

great job ! love being a potato ninja

Space Plant 6000 by RovingSquid 2015-12-15T01:34:00

twitch integration is a ton of fun !

Growth Industries by quill18 2015-12-15T02:06:00

had a hard time playing this because of my high DPI screen and the fact that text did not scale up. would be great if that could be fixed !