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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
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| 2023 | 52 | Harvest | 👥 | Open Seasoning | jam | 763 | 2.75 | 2.88 | 2.35 | 2.03 | 2.32 | 1.89 | 2.61 | 2.66 |
| 2022 | 50 | Delay the inevitable | 👥 | A Dank Cave | extra | |||||||||
| 2021 | 48 | Deeper and deeper | 👥 | A Dank Room | jam | 977 | 3.48 | 3.32 | 3.71 | 4.01 | 3.10 | 1.33 | 2.22 | 3.53 |
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | 👥 | Kaze No Kami | jam | 2056 | 3.09 | 2.73 | 3.75 | 3.55 | 3.11 | 2.86 |
Fun concept! Would be fun if you had money or something, and actions had a cost to them. I like the idea though.
I think it got a bit repetitive after a while, because you could just cycle between the highest output activities until you died.
i had fun hitting the balls. limited gameplay, but it's a nice concept. instead of being the builder you're the actual units going around hitting stuff. Keep working on it!
oh man. on the one hand, i hate it. on the other hand, this is a piece of art. 5/5
i think the controls around the staircase are a mite wonky. it doesn't have replay value. but boy that shock factor. that's a keeper.
Awesome! Great execution on this idea, the level design was pretty fun, graphics were good, the resetting was a little annoying (and it was annoying to have the animation play from the end to start of the level on each death). Really well done though!
i don't like how easy it is to clip, but overall i loved the game! I love that you incorporated your nephew, i loved watching the fire grow, and it was satisfying to feed it. was a little confusing what the objective was, i thought it was just a time length at first, only later i realized that the fire could grow into different stages. but still pretty good!
scrollwheel crashed my game, and the controls didn't seem to work for me :(
oh got it now. is there any way to make more fire? all i could do was pick up twigs to keep my fire going. graphics were pretty nice though!
mood and graphics are great! but i don't really get what you do in the game? i just replayed it a few times and killed or got rid of anything that killed him in previous rounds.
I didn't particularly enjoy the game, but I think it did what it was trying to do. Great graphics, concept was absolutely horrifying, a little too real. Reminded me of the world of warcraft south park episode. That was really well done.
Hey cool game! I think that there's a bit more work to do on making the core mechanic more compelling (for now, it can seem a little tedious to just click on plants to water them). In addition, there's only one type of plant, so the game gets a little stale quickly! It'd be nice to think more about how you could extend this core mechanic (of watering plants) to make for more dynamic gameplay! Maybe make it so that plants take a few more turns to grow, and that watering shouldn't just be mass clicking?
Also you could make it so plants maybe spawn into different types, and that all you control is the class of plant you're watering!
You could also plant things that make you money, to buy more plants. Lots of different ways to go with this, it's a cool concept though! Great work!
that was a funny concept. I love it. I thought the game was a little unfair, and i'm not a huge fan of doom, would rather it be 3d, but definitely a good idea. Multiplayer would be awesome.
wow that was insanely fun. one of the best i've seen! The controls were a little wonky, and glitchy at times, but the gameplay itself was super fun, and the idea really novel. I could definitely see this being a more full fledged game, even a tower defense of sorts in the future! keep it up!
Awesome! Love the atmosphere, and the nice touch of your spouse in the cabin. found it kinda funny that she could die too
oh wow well done! That's a lot of story packed into a small timeframe. And first time using unity! I love that you managed to craft a little world in so short a time frame!
That was a fun bullet hell roguelike! I think it could utilize the helper robot a little more though, he didn't really add much to the game. Fun though!
Wow. I don't think the idea is novel by any means, but the graphics and gameplay has been the best i've seen so far. this is a really stellar entry, and i love it!
visual feedback, audio feedback, different enemy types, all make for some really awesome gameplay!
awesome game idea! i was hoping to see more of these, speedrun-esque games where oyu keep em alive! UI is clunky for sure, but the core concept is good.
I would recommend making it so that it's easier to select/deselect items, it's not obvious in the selection screen how to place items. I would also add a UI for removing single items, it's annoying resetting the entire setup just because one item is in the wrong place.
It's also not intuitive how the jumping platforms work.
i appreciate the puns. not really a fan of the controls (i feel wasd top down should be up down left right, not forward back strafe. unless we're going resident evil). fun concept though, and good job!
that's really cool! unfortunately, no access to a printer :( but i think it's a super novel idea, fits with the theme well
sweet concept, could make for a cool puzzle game
that was pretty entertaining. i liked throwing the customers around, and the south park esque characters. sound effects were entertaining too.
wish the dialogue would skip to the end, wasn't patient enough to read it all.
also gameplay could be a little wonky at times, were you supposed to just throw customers at the register to force them to buy things? was it a bug or a feature? kind of added to the humor
I thought the gameplay was definitely novel! I also thought the graphics and audio worked pretty well, although I think that I have a bit of fatigue with isometric turn based games. I thought the level design in particular could use some work, but I could see a lot of potential around level design.
There was a bug, in the fourth level, I turned one of the wyverns, yet for some reason the egg died and the game just kept going. not sure why (i played levels 1, 2, and 4 when this bug occurred).
wow that was the most fun i had. not super innovative in terms of gameplay and theme, but i could see myself playing a polished version of this for hours. really good work!
also, scoring doesn't seem to work
Gameplay super fun! Feels like that one party game you play, where everybody has to take care of different tasks together and you have to shout across from the room.
graphics are great too!
Game was pretty fun, but the enemies got repetitive quick, and the gameplay didn't really vary. But a great first job!
a little confused, i couldn't get through any levels? Not sure if there were any controls besides WASD, but the bullets were fast enough that you can't effectively dodge anything. Maybe a problem on windows?
I thought it was really creative. Gameplay was super confusing, took me a bit to understand the core mechanic. But I thought keeping the party alive was a pretty good idea, and the ending definitely got a 5/5 from me
unfortunately, i'm also getting the black screen :(
browser version is broken, can't move or reload (running on chrome on windows 10)
hah that was pretty entertaining. i liked the multitasking, although the last element (bottom left) served to confuse me more than anything. I also felt at some point that the game was "unfair", the balance was a little tough, but overall i enjoyed. Maybe adding some way of progression could give this game better replay value? Overall though really fun.
also, bug: if you click on the sleep-meter, you can just automatically set it to any value.
upvote for grandma and puns.
i kept overwatering though :'(
Awesome! Loved the humor, thought the controls were a little wonky around the top (where the cutting board and the top right specimen were, if you stood next to the cutting board, you couldn't switch to the specimen without walking away first).
Never figured out how to make cobb salad :/ So i lost on the 4th or 5th level.
The gameplay felt a little repetitive by the end
I appreciate the effort put into the physics engine and mechanics! The game is not very forgiving though, and frustrated me more than anything else. I think sticking to the jumping, or the pillars, but having both ended up just being way too hard to manage from the start.
Sorry guys, no win condition yet! We both have full time jobs and couldn't work on it on Monday, but we're glad you enjoyed it so far!
Thanks for all the wonderful feedback y'all!
we'll make sure to make an update to this game at some point. we'd love to release it on android!
@hellequinne thank you so much!!! Those ideas sound great. A lot of our limitations were because we lacked the time to polish our game, we just wanted to demonstrate the core concept first. But we will keep these in mind when we make followups!
cool game, good execution! got a little boring at some point though, felt tedious to have to catch fish to get gold. i think maybe some better visual reward for catching fish could be nice, or maybe making the hooking process a bit more challenging (as simple as having to press a button to get them to hook!)
otherwise i liked it. fishing games are always a blast
Nifty game! Would be nice if we could hold down the mouse button to mine. It also felt like there was never any threats in the game? I think it could use some kind of mechanic that made the game harder, or at least something to build towards (other than just buildings to get win points), but i liked the overall concept!
i love the approach! the music didn't work for me at all unfortunately, but i liked being able to control a bunch of miners and take them down. the UX was confusing though, don't really understand how to direct where the miners would go, took me a while to get the hang of that, but still don't fully understand it.
the concept is solid though!
Awesome polish on the game, and a cool take on the theme. Really like what you did with it.
The only part I didn't like, was how close it hits to home. I really should sleep with my phone away from my bed.
i loved it, but i also hate that i finished the cat/fox puzzle but it doesn't tell me that I finished it :( i feel like one of the pieces is slightly off and i can't tell which one.
still, super fun!
Not as big fan of the controls, movement made me feel kinda sick. but I like the idea of opening doors as you delve deeper! I couldn't figure out if there was a way to get deeper though, it just seemed to loop at some point and I wasn't sure why. Maybe I was missing something?
Great work though!
very nice take on cookie-clicker-esque discovery games! loved how you had to both drill down and go up! curious what the end game is (if there is one), but either way definitely had fun!
sorry, link fixed! you should see it now, although the game is still WIP
Just so people know, there's a bug with the map view! You have to click on the map in order to get your movements to register. we'll fix it asap!
hah good find on the exploit. we can release a patched version in a bit :) @kaabiikaze
@teenythanos thanks a bunch! time constraints was what ultimately led to the lack of sound track, in the future we'd love to make one. thanks for the feedback!
woops that's a bug @fireslash ! we did not properly account for that :laughing: sorry! we'll work on fixing it
@krummja we used react without any other frameworks! just bare react :)
Glad y'all loved the game so far! we've been a bit busy at work, so we haven't had time to fix the torch exploit :( but then again, you can theoretically craft as many torches as you want :laughing: :laughing:
in future iterations we hope to add a real combat system too :)
@feraligatr thanks for the feedback! it's been a while since we worked with react, but we'd love to make our UI more reactive in the future to deal with different browser sizes!
there was an issue where if you try to buy a worker, you can't deselect, so it always attempts to buy a certain worker. also, they were super expensive! i'd make the lower tiers slightly cheaper/more effective so that people are more motivated to keep going at the start!
Nifty game, thought it was fun! Didn't really feel that much of the theme, but I thought the gameplay was great
it was actually kind of fun as a multi tasker... didn't realize it was 2 players, i just controlled both at once and somehow managed to just scrape by. Could see this being a really fun multi-tasker kind of game
i enjoyed it. was super fun, and comeback mechanics definitely made it more fair. it's impossible to dodge the birds though as you go down!
Didn't like the controls/camera angle, but boy it made me sad to see Lucy dead. I had no idea what was going on until i checked her vitals...
didn't think a ludum dare game would make me feel like that! great work!
Awesome game!
wish there were some feedback loop though, to collecting materials. also, the death felt a little unfair. sometimes bombs went off right next to me, and i lived, and sometimes bombs would go off a little far from me and i'd die? it'd be nice to have some indication of how close i'm allowed to be. wasn't sure if i had health either, or if it was a 1 hit kill kinda deal?
either way, loved how rushed you felt to dig deeper, and how frantic it'd be to avoid bombs as you tried to dig deep. great game!
Cute game, feels kinda retro. some bugs though, did you intend for people to travel outside the outer walls? In addition, at one point i got caught, and got sent back a level but spawned inside a tiny square with nowhere to go.
also, it'd be nice if you were disadvantaged as the game goes on (like if you go a little slower as you got heavier)
otherwise fun game!
Collisions were a little wonky, the physics weren't too great, but i liked the jams and the platforming was still fun!
on the one hand, i love how cruel it is to have to do a maze inside of a maze, on the other hand, it's so painful to have to solve 5 mazes to solve 1 maze.
i think it's a really novel mechanic/idea, but i wonder what kinds of feedback loop/rewards you can give your player for completing mazes! i enjoy getting the cheese, but there were no counters or any way to track progress!
Atmosphere was good (was pretty terrifying), but the control scheme was really jarring. mouse sensitivity was super high, and i felt like the monsters came on super strong from the start. Overall pretty fun though, great work!
Wow that was amazing! The music got a little repetitive near the end, but I loved the gameplay loop. Such a simple concept done so brilliantly, managed to clear hard mode after 5 tries! Scared to try the hardest mode though, bravo!
didn't give it a rating because it isn't working from me (windows on chrome)
had fun playing it, liked the idea of bridging gardening with TDs! It was very satisfying to harvest my potatoes. The graphics weren't my favorite, but everything else was great!
Super cool mechanic! Could definitely see this being fleshed out more, but i think it's super on theme, super fun to play, and plays very smoothly. awesome job!
Interesting concept! It felt a little repetitive near the end though, adding something to run away from/avoid could have been fun! Or adding ways to shepherd villagers together.
Overall great concept and great work!
I thought it was interesting to put the gun over the character's head, but it was visually very confusing. Who was my character, who were the enemies, and where was the shooting coming from? Because the game starts off so quickly you can't really tell what's happening. On second playthrough i got it a little better, but it was still a little frustrating. Also the game progresses so quickly that it's hard to get any sense of progression.
Overall I think there's a good base! Keep it up!
amazing graphics and sound, and great concept! Game was just brutally hard though, and the interface was a little annoying at the start to get the hang of. overall though an amazing submission!
Love the concept, love the gameplay, love the little "yipee", and thought it was an interesting idea. Only critique is that I don't think it explored the theme a ton, but everything else was great!
Interesting concept! I loved that as the level went on, it'd be harder and harder to navigate the maze. Would be interesting to add more puzzle effects to take advantage of this, but it was fun nonetheless.
Overall the game has a nice core game loop to keep you going (enjoy being able to manage a bunch of different resources at the same time, very rimworld esque). my main issue stems from managing so many different people, it becomes sort of a chore near the end game!
I'd say it was fun to play though, but could present the player with more interesting choices (as it lacked a bit of depth). The end loop turned out to be a bit easy once you get there, not presenting too many interesting choices.
Artwork was reminiscent of the early FF games which I enjoyed, and I appreciated the thought going into the sound design.
Also discovered a bug! Markets would auto-assign a villager, which ended up giving me infinite money (as I didn't actually need a villager to be assigned to the market!)
Great work, keep it up!
I think it was nice to see some basic mechanics, and you have the beginning of a fun game! The gameplay loop didn't seem too satisfying though. the start felt a little slow and unrewarding (just hitting pumpkins in the face). I did like the animations on their faces as i hit them though.
great work!
that's a pretty tough puzzle game! love the graphics, and i think the mechanic is quite interesting. would have loved some nice music in the background.
love the music and voice SFX, my favorite kind of SFX. graphics were super cute too. the gameplay was a little confusing initially, as i had no idea what to do with the plots of dirt. but as i played it became a bit more intuitive. overall great job!
super clever idea! never thought of gamifying the game of life. I'm super bad at this though, but love the creativity here
super cool game concept! i think it was a little weird to get used to, but loved it. great work!
i think a bit of "invincibility timer" in between combos, or making combos a little more spaced out (spacing out the clouds) might help. or perhaps a faster combo (kind of like hyperlightdrifter) could be interesting. the idea itself is super cool though!
nice soundtrack and good visuals, gameplay confused me a bit though.
fun little game, but agree with @noeloskar ! the UI was really confusing at first, and i had to do a bunch of reading.
i think gradually introducing concepts, or having fewer to start might be easier for a player at first.
overall great job! cute artwork!
super cute art style! i'd love to see this game fleshed out more just for the art, great work!
Love that you could dash, made the game seem a bit faster. Wish enemies spawned faster though! It felt like i was waiting a while for things to happen.
also think y'all could really use a dashing animation! I could tell that throwing the scythe probably took a fair bit of work haha. Overall well done!
reminds me of digdug! fun little game, although the enemy movements seem a little haphazard. There wasn't really much point to the digging part, except for giving your bullets room to go, so it didn't feel like there was much impact to digging.
Otherwise fun little game, thanks!