Stefan Funke

Punch Bean and the Legend of the Gold Coins by mactinite 2022-04-08T09:15:53Z

The graphics look good. I liked the exploring aspect of the game. I also liked the jump section where you had to jump over the bridge.

A few things you could improve on.

When falling down the bridge into the water it is quite frustrating having to start from the beginning. Maybe reset me to the start of the bridge and let me try again.

At the end of the small dungeon I'd like a bigger reward than just one coin. Maybe a heart to refill my health or just a bigger bunch of coins. Just to make it worth it. Also a nice pling sound when collecting a coin would be nice!

The fighting felt a bit boring. Also the enemies were so small. I feel they should go down in 1-2 punches. (in my opinion :D) Maybe concentrate on one enemy and make it as fun as possible to fight against.

All in all I really enjoyed playing. Good job! Keep it up!

Revenge is Inevitable by minibobbo 2022-04-06T17:27:21Z

The concept is cool! The jump feels very nice. Sometimes it doesn't work properly though. Sometimes the jump doesn't go off. Probably because I didn't have line of sight to the cursor. The game should probably be a bit leniant in that regard and do a best possible jump in that direction anyway. And sometimes I want to jump and just fall down. This happens often when I'm close to the edge of a platform.

Otherwise great. Had a good time. Thank you! :)

Akubi by Almax 2022-04-05T10:48:03Z

Very Cool. Love the pixel art.

Also pretty hard. I'm stuck in the second level at the moment. I think I was almost at the end. :D I will try again tonight when I have more time.

Good job :)

I noticed one minor bug: I was hit by a slime after I already collapsed. I think it was mean, hitting someone already on the ground. :D

Heaven Can Wait by paulhocker 2022-04-08T10:41:18Z

The game was quite fun. Interesting concept.

The first level felt a bit repetitive. The second level though felt quite challenging. I liked that. I just wished that I didn't have to restart from the very beginning. :D

Also encountered the bug where I was stuck inside the deadly sin. And when you are quite high up and walk over the edge you are stuck on a black screen.

Good game. Had fun. Thanks :)

Windtrails by homeworld 2022-04-09T11:22:10Z

Loved it! Very fun and relaxing :)

Catronaut by fatPenguin 2022-04-09T12:01:12Z

Loved it! Cute cat and cat puns. Can't ask for more :)

Also very cool music. Enjoyed it a lot. Is there a playlist somewhere?

I just think I'm getting too old for the fast mouse clicking :D Good job on the game!

Zom-Beware! by adam-gould 2022-04-09T13:16:04Z

Cool game. Love the chess figures with the helmets. Funny idea!

Attack animations for the zombies would be nice. Also you don't have to make the game so dark when the battle begins. I could barely see anything.

Good job with the game. I enjoyed playing!

Crisis Bot by The Great Gallus 2022-04-12T20:20:41Z

Solid implementation of your game. Everything works and the game looks nice! :)

Maybe you can add some exciting features next, that make the game a bit more challenging. I'm thinking of portals as shortcuts between the rooms, teleportation skill, maybe some obstacles to jump over, a cat that tries to push you over (just throwing out some ideas :D)

Two small things regarding the graphics. I think you should remove the vertical lines of the floor tiles in the corridor. They are a bit distracting, because they look like walls. Please don't just scale up pixel art. You should try to keep it at the same resolution throughout the game. That's why the game over screen doesn't look so good. Otherwise really good job.

Keep it up! :)

Cheap Blue by trit_techne 2022-04-06T16:46:04Z

Loved it! Sailing through the waves was a great feeling. Could do this for hours :D

Only thing that bothered me a bit was steering. It was very hard to navigate around the rocks and collecting stuff.

Good job. Keep it up :)

Wrath of Zeus by Rost 2022-04-07T20:25:47Z

Nice game. I tried to build outside the map, but Zeus still shot at me. Still worth a try. :D

Building could be a bit smoother. Like resume walking after building, when I still have the move buttons pressed.

Good job on the game. Had a lot of fun :)

Chicken Dinner by Brusi 2022-04-08T08:18:16Z

This was amazing :)

It is however possible to survive forever on the last day by just walking in a small cirlce around the farmer. It seems the exhaustion is reset after some time, although I'm still running. Which might be a bug?

Cool entry! Good job :)

Witchcraft by Croosle 2022-04-07T22:07:41Z

Cool game. Had a blast! I played several rounds trying out all the spells.

The spell choices didn't make much difference though. After about 4 minutes it was just impossible to survive. I wished the choice of the spells mattered more :)

Good game! Keep it up :)

Dino Village by Suchista 2022-04-07T18:15:41Z

I love dinosaurs! So I had to play this game :D

I still have to figure out how to win. It's quite tricky. But I had a good time so far. Good job :)

The Great Flood by cassowary 2022-04-08T08:40:47Z

Cool puzzle game. I enjoyed it a lot! The difficulty progression was just right in my opinion. Some more complex/difficult levels would have been nice at the end. But I guess there was not much time left. I was sad when it was over, because I really wanted to play more levels. :)

Good job on the game!

Hag's Hug by Spaghetti 2022-04-07T17:54:28Z

Cute cat! That was cool and fun. :)

When I first started the game, the jump button didn't work and I couldn't jump. But it worked after a site refresh. I couldn't reproduce it after that. So no idea what happened.

Good job with the game!

Meteor Power by UkuleleFury 2022-04-06T16:28:45Z

Nice game. Love the way in which the robot connects the wires :)

I read in the comments above, that the meteors speed up over time and make the game more difficult. I already connected all the stations and nothing happened. So I stopped playing too early it seems :(

Good job!

They Are Coming by PeaNud 2022-04-08T13:42:13Z

The city looks cool. I was just running around and looking at everything for a while.

The flying bots are definitely more interesting than the normal ones.

Got to wave 7 by barricading me next to the stairs. But then too many flying bots appeared.

The camera movement was a bit fast. Made it hard to aim.

Had a good time with the game. Good job!

Steady Birds by Fractal 2022-04-06T11:10:35Z

My best score was 78.4. It's pretty difficult.

Nice game. Very awesome graphics. Love the cute bear :)

Dinosurvivor by YukimiItsuka 2022-04-07T06:19:22Z

Loved it! Very good graphics. Gameplay felt nice too and was fun.

Difficulty rampup could be a bit faster in the beginning. Also I would have loved to see the meteors coming a bit earlier, especially from up and down.

But good job on the game! Really good :)

The Endless Night by Arivenzys 2022-04-05T20:54:50Z

Love the art and the humor :D

Maybe a small bug(?):I changed the keyboard settings to WASD and played for a while. Then went back to the main menu to read the tutorial again. After that the keyboard was resetted to ZQSD and I had to restart. Nothing major though. :)

Good job with the game!

Beavers Inc. by ditam 2022-04-08T18:58:05Z

Love the game. I'd love more levels and more stuff to build :)

Appreciate the tutorials. Also they are very funny! Just one thing. They are sometimes blocking my view and I can't send my beavers to tiles behind the tutorial window.

When losing a random level it sends me back to the last level, instead of repeating the random level or creating a new random level.

Had a blast playing. Thank you! :)

Heaven Fallen by Lighty_the_Light 2022-04-05T17:30:56Z

I love the effort that went into this game. Good job!

Few things I noticed: Keep the art style consistent. Also the text was very blurry. Maybe sort the building-blocks by "resource", "block", "attacker" for a better overview of the build options. It was a bit confusing :)

Nelson's Nightmare: Remastered by clemonades 2022-04-07T21:27:53Z

Had a blast, thanks! It really escalated with all the upgrades :D

You can still shoot after you died, which was quite funny

Jumping felt a bit weird. I always missed the platforms and fell down :( I gave up trying to get to the top of the level. Stayed mostly on the ground. Still a lot of fun though! Good job

Horde of Methuselah by mrjeremy 2022-04-05T21:57:58Z

After a few tries and a good starting position with enough of all 3 resources, especially brown color (food) it worked out quite well. My strategy was building mostly food at the beginning. After a while I had so many resources that I just kept building shelters. Shelters are a bit overpowered in my opinion because they clear out all zombies within their range. I cleared half the map by just building shelters. :D Barracks seemed a bit useless and I stopped building them, sorry :(

But nontheless I enjoyed the game a lot. Good job!

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Fly and Dive by SeabirdDigital 2022-04-09T13:47:54Z

Cool game. Enjoyed the flying!

It's a bit strange that you could save a house by spraying water on it. At first I didn't realize that was the goal and I just tries to put out the fire. :D Aiming is quite hard. Maybe the hitbox of the houses should be a bit bigger.

Good game though! Had fun :)

Project Timeswall by Lisichka 2022-04-12T20:03:26Z

The attack didn't work for me. The animation was just flashing for one frame and disappeared again immediatly.

The pixel graphics looked very good! Just try to keep alle the pixels to the same resolution. Then it will look even better. You had some problems with the y-sorting of the objects (player in front of the large stones). Also the collision was off sometimes, where I could walk inside a wall.

Very promising game. Good job and keep it up! :)

Ultimate Mushroom Damocles Revenger by Snowirbis 2022-04-07T11:51:32Z

Very nice graphics. Mushroom is very cute. First Part: Many rhythm games use a grid system where you can jump with each beat. Maybe something like that would help. Because at the moment I'm often getting hit by the knives although I thought I was safe and the movement didn't feel very rhythmic. Also I mostly stayed at the same position. There was no reason for me to move much.

Good job on the game anyway! Keep it up :)

Fight The Darkness by Specturnal 2022-04-07T17:40:05Z

Lollipop is overpowered :D That was very fun.

The darkness is expanding a bit fast. It feels too overwhelming to me. But that is probably the point. I just don't feel very powerful, despite having those cool weapons.

Good job on the game! :)

Super Mowser Bros by Guilloteam 2022-04-05T10:33:37Z

I enjoyed the art style a lot! Looks very cute.

It took me about 4-5 plays until I understood what I had to do. But I have to admit that I didn't read the tutorial properly. :D

I think the most tedious thing for me was dragging the units into the slots. I wished I could just click on a slot to fill them.

Very good entry. Thank you :)

Wormageddon by MatterLinx 2022-04-08T07:21:59Z

Hi, I had this crash in the web version. Happened just as I was blocking the laser-eye with my shield.

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Wormageddon by MatterLinx 2022-04-08T07:56:08Z

@matterlinx No worries. I already downloaded the windows version. Thanks :)

That was really fun. Made it to the third fight, but could not beat it yet. In the third fight I was hit by something, but couldn't tell what exactly it was. That was strange.

The graphics are awesome, I love pixel games! Would be nice to know, how you set up the 3D scene to look pixelated. I might try that too some time maybe. :)

The Fire Will Die by PolymathLD 2022-04-05T21:13:30Z

Very cool. I enjoyed the game a lot! Thank you.

Bossfight But- (READ DESC PLS) by GM637OFFICIAL 2022-04-08T11:07:55Z

It's too fast. Maybe start slower and ramp it up. It's no fun having to click restart every 5 seconds :D

Love the graphics and music! Good job!

Necropocalypse by ZiggDev 2022-04-06T21:38:25Z

I enjoyed the game a lot! Very nice. Though it took me a while to figure out a strategy that worked.

Maybe some tooltips with damage/s would help. Also traps with different functions like slow or freeze would be nice. Cooldowns were too high and a little frustrating.

The pixel art was very nice. Very cute too! Just one thing. Please consider keeping the pixel size to one resolution (all squares have the same size and no rectangles). The art will look much cleaner.

Good job! Keep it up :)

Paddle Panic 🚣‍♂️😱 by Marlon 2022-04-09T11:34:52Z

Loved the graphics very much!

But there was too much clicking involved for my taste. So I sadly didn't play very long. I'm very bad at those games. :(

Nice game otherwise. Keep it up! :)

Mr. Second by Marvis 2022-04-08T21:15:57Z

Sorry I stopped playing in level 5. It was just too frustrating. The hitboxes are very unfair, especially the arms that go up and down.

Love the art. The main character is very cute! Good job :)

GrimTide: Delay the Inevitable by MartinK 2022-04-08T12:01:59Z

How do you shoot down the enemy missiles? Couldn't figure it out.

Cool game. Good job.

Ghost Chase! by Gnome4 2022-04-05T17:08:31Z

Nice game. Good job!

Sometimes I think new ghosts spawned very close to me. Because I didn't see them coming.

Tominrigg Tactics by Dan Allison 2022-04-08T22:17:31Z

I love turn based strategy games. So glad I found this game. The pixel art is very cool too!

I played very aggresively on the second run. I wanted to see, if I can stop the mages from taking over more houses. Didn't work sadly. They got a second one. From that point on my team didn't do enough damage to stop them. :( But at least I could save everyone!

It was nice, that I could "win" the game, although being overrun in the end. It felt rewarding getting everyone out. Many other games I played didn't do that.

Good job on the game!

Fire Punch by Stefan Funke 2022-04-05T17:41:01Z

Thank you all for the nice comments and playing my game. I appreciate it!

@junklab I would have loved adding some healing options. Sadly the time ran out and I had to cut some planned features. :( Maybe next time!

@extar Thanks! Reaching the glowy orb is the goal of the game. I didn't have time for a proper endboss, so I at least placed a treasure at the end of the level. But I didn't expect people just running past the enemies :D

Fire Punch by Stefan Funke 2022-04-05T22:15:40Z

@mrjeremy Thanks for playing and the feedback. I will try to improve that the next time :)

Fire Punch by Stefan Funke 2022-04-05T22:35:42Z

@firellon No worries, didn't sound harsh at all. Thank you very much for playing and your feedback, I appreciate it. The "no healing" part seems a common complaint. So this will definetly be higher up on the priority list the next time.

@learus Thanks for the suggestions! I was worried about the sound being too loud and already turned it down a bit. Seemed okay to me. Maybe I will add a volume slider in the future. :D

Fire Punch by Stefan Funke 2022-04-06T16:10:37Z

@jasper-hansen Thanks for your detailed feedback. I appreciate it!

Fire Punch by Stefan Funke 2022-04-09T13:53:54Z

@marvis There's a small death animation, where she goes down on her knees. Sadly the time ran out on monday evening and I wasn't able to do a full falling to the ground animation. Thanks for your feedback!

Fire Punch by Stefan Funke 2022-04-09T17:30:45Z

@rogsound Sorry for that. That's been a common complaint sadly. I will try to balance the game better the next time. The theme didn't suit me well. So I just did something I had fun with. That's why I opted out of the theme category. Thanks for playing!

Fire Punch by Stefan Funke 2022-04-09T17:42:24Z

@angiemon Thank you very much for taking the time and playing my game. I appreciate your feedback and will definitely consider it in the next jam! :) I don't know. It's just really difficult to balance games. I didn't expect people to get stuck at this point so early in the level. But now that I know, I can put more consideration into balancing the next time! :) I'm doing a no-dev-weekend, but I will consider your suggestion of doing a small balancing patch next week (maybe, when I find the time). :)

Small strategy hint, that might or might not help: I will usually only do a small step back, so I won't get hit by the bump attack. Fireballs will then still land behind me and I won't get hit. That should work most of the time.

Thanks again for playing! :)

Fire Punch by Stefan Funke 2022-04-11T17:57:28Z

@angiemon Nice one! You did it! Reaching the white glowy orb means you won the game. Sorry for the confusion! You are not the only one who thought that. :( Checkpoints are definitely on the todo list :D

Haha, I know I'm blaming a lot on the time limit! :D But you should be happy, because I wanted to do a really hard endboss when I first planned the game. Instead I wanted to give the player a small reward at the end of the level. But I think the orb rather confused players. :(

I'm definitely learning a lot from the feedback. So I'm very thankful.

And don't worry about roasting me! :D I can handle that. Thanks for playing again! :)

Fire Punch by Stefan Funke 2022-04-11T18:03:41Z

@mikoziq Thanks for playing and for your feedback! There's a small coyote timer of 0.1s. Maybe it's not enough. Will have to finetune that. I agree with your other points and hope to be able to fix that soon.

WE ARE DOOMED by andrground 2022-04-05T22:26:14Z

Nice game!

Paper Prison by Fifut 2022-10-02T17:27:51Z

I did it! But it took a lot of tries! I liked the concept and how you used the theme.

One thing: The controls should be way more forgiving. Especially when I have to do things under time pressure. Sometimes I was clicking on stuff and nothing happened, but I was right next to it. Also sometimes I was picking up the wrong dirt (not the one I clicked on).

Good job on the game!

Heckin' Schmeckin' by FoggyDude 2022-10-02T16:57:46Z

Cool little game! I liked the feeling of the gun and shooting the enemies.

A few small things:

1) Enemies should not shoot before the player can see them. There is no warning at all and the shots come pretty fast.

2) Enemies always spawn at the same location (maybe this is a bug?)

3) The collision boxes are strange. I should be able to walk right to the edge of the lava.

4) Click to shoot is a bit cumbersome. Why not just hold the mouse button to shoot? My fingers will thank you :D

Btw what is the connection to the theme? Good job with the game!

Heckin' Schmeckin' by FoggyDude 2022-10-03T11:09:49Z

@foggydude Much much better! :thumbsup::thumbsup: :smile:

Firelore: First Fate by LucasMolina 2023-05-02T12:35:53Z

Very interesting. The story was thrilling and I kept reading to the end. I think it helped a lot that you kept the sentences very short all the time.

I think it would have helped to keep the focus of the story on one of the two (painter or soldier) but make it deeper. You kind of have two stories in one.

You have a very good writing style! Good job on the game.

Frogwarts Delivery Service by ildfuglen 2023-05-03T07:19:05Z

That was great! A mixture of two things I like: wizards and bullet hells :laughing:

Loved the little detail, that you could fly trough the hoops and they're not just a background element.

I think the hitbox of the owl was maybe a bit big. Also it was unclear how large the collider was. That made the navigation a bit hard, especially when there were lots of bullets and almost no space to go. But that's just a small nitpick. Otherwise great game!

Bullet patterns were great! Different patterns, sizes, speeds. That was awesome!

Beelivery by Jejkobb 2023-05-05T14:25:44Z

This was very beesome! Could have played this for hours.

No complaints :laughing: :bee:

Faking It by Hannah 2023-05-02T12:10:28Z

Very unique idea and really amazing graphics. Also Hugh Mann hahaha :laughing:

One small nitpick. I was really overwhelmed by the many buttons I had to click for the arms. That probably should be a bit simpler. Maybe 2 buttons max and only adjusting one arm.

In the end I just ignored my arms and just blinked, scrolled and clicked the tentacles. Barely made it!

Good job on the game. Was fun nonetheless.

Hexpress by RunicPixels 2023-05-05T14:57:33Z

Very enjoyable game! Graphics and music are wonderful!

I played a couple times to test out all the weapons :laughing: But never made it to a score higher than 5, it's getting pretty insane then :laughing:

A few suggestions: Maybe pause the spawns, when you are at the tower, where you have to deliver the wand. This would allow a short break, to catch the breath a bit and relax.

I would remove the friendly fire from the saw-thingies. It makes me not want to pick it. It's not strong enough for the downside. :)

Is there a way to heal?

Very good game. Keep it up!!

Hexpress by RunicPixels 2023-05-05T16:20:24Z

@runicpixels Ahh I did not realize that! Good to know! Thanks

Too Hot to Hendl by Fis 2023-05-02T11:21:29Z

Cool game and nice graphics! :) Plays really well with controller.

I'm stuck at level 9. It's too hard for me, throwing the package over the high wall. :laughing:

Maily Melo by Blix 2023-05-05T15:49:22Z

Beautiful game!

Two small nitpicks:

1) I tried to drag the letters on the portraits and was confused, that it didn't work. It's a bit complicated (and I didn't get it immediatly) to first click on the portrait and then drag the letter into the letter-box.

2) Sending the answers back didn't make much sense to me, because the letter was also brought to me by the pidgeon. I think it should be the other way round. For example the King should throw over the letter and I will put it into the letter basket. Then the pidgeon brings it away. :laughing:

Good job with the game!

Salty Coins by Alexascher 2023-05-03T08:21:27Z

This was amazing. I had a lot of fun playing.

Graphics were awesome, too!

Some minor nitpicks :laughing:

It was very hard in the late game though. Suddenly there was no food anywhere to be found. So I couldn't restock my supplies. There should probably always be food somewhere to buy. Also supply and demand did not match anymore in the end. In my opinion if I can buy something, I should also be able to sell it somewhere.

With some items I'm not sure if they're worth it or how they work: For example the carpenter sounds nice, but I'm not sure how he works (if I need to buy the planks and where to get them) Also cannonballs. Sure, they make my cannon stronger, but take away cargo space that I need for trading.

I once had a black screen after losing and nothing happened.

Will try again later to beat this!

Salty Coins by Alexascher 2023-05-05T16:36:21Z

@dzugaru Ahh thanks, good to know. Meat makes sense. But I didn't expect the crew getting by on rum only :laughing:

WASTELAND Express by YogurtTheHorse 2023-05-05T13:40:42Z

Driving felt great. Graphics are awesome!

A few nitpicks I had:

I didn't like, that I had to click to shoot. Just let me hold down the button.

The delivery didn't work sometimes. Maybe the white circle is a little too small?

I also didn't like that my gun, that I worked so hard for, was taken away again. Just because I exploded! Didn't even have much time to test it out properly! :laughing:

Great job with the game!

Dungeonfalls by Majadroid 2023-05-05T15:26:21Z

Cool idea!!

But it's a bit easy to stash all the tiles that I don't want in the top corners. Maybe don't allow tiles to be placed in the air? But not sure, if it's too hard then :laughing:

Good job with the game!

The Herd's Journey by Vhalenn 2023-05-02T09:57:01Z

Nice one! Incredible that you did this in 3 days :astonished:

Good job!

Ariadne's Thread Delivery by Advarsky 2023-05-03T10:24:16Z

Graphics are awesome! They really are an eyecatcher! :)

Please don't add a timer, like others suggested. It's hard enough as it is. I really don't like being stressed by a timer, but maybe that's just me. :laughing: (Although it might be a cool gimmick, when delivering certain items, lika a magical icecube, that slowly melts, or something like that)

I think the steering was a bit too hard and unintuitive.

In the magic-wand level there was a strange collider in the middle of the road at the top that didn't let me through. In general the colliders were a bit too punishing, especially the roof tops. I think you shouldn't collide with roofs. :) ariadnes.JPG

Orbit Express by BmanStudio 2023-05-05T14:18:32Z

Looks very beautiful! Also the controls felt very nice!

The only thing I didn't like was being restricted by fuel. I don't like having a timer counting down on me. It's not fun and introduces unnecessary stress to an otherwise very chill game. (But maybe that's just me :laughing: )

If you really want to keep this mechanic, then I would suggest adding refuel stations to every planet, where I can refuel after every delivery. :laughing:

Orbit Express by BmanStudio 2023-05-05T16:02:55Z

@bmanstudio I tried to pick them up whenever possible. But often they just flew by at a distance. Also I need fuel to navigate to the pickups. I had the feeling, that I didn't win much by chasing them. Maybe it works better with a bit more flying practice, I think I was pretty wasteful. :D

I didn't realize that there were different kinds, maybe that was part of my problem.

What I wanted to say in general: The game would also work great without the fuel system. Just flying around, looking at the planets and chill, would be fun enough (without pressure to collect fuel).

But like I said, that's just my preference. :)

I'm really impressed by the game, so just nitpicking here!

Edit: Worked a little better now with your help, got to 11 deliveries. But also flew twice into the red zone :laughing:

Package Deal by Ruud Cremers 2023-05-02T09:45:06Z

Wow this was great! Love those kind of puzzle games. Awesome Pixel art and music.

Some small nitpicks: - I wish I could rotate the player without having to rotate the whole tile. It happened quite often, that a sword or enemy was just behind me (paths were connected), but I was looking in the wrong direction. - In my opinion just keep the zoomed out version and keep the buttons advance, shift, rotate on the same screen. No need to switch back and forth all the time. :)

You're doing crate by LucaVazz 2023-05-02T16:28:24Z

Cool looking game. Love the seagull theme. Very cute!

Playing alone was not so much fun, so it feels a bit unfair to me, rating it on that experience. Because I think it would be lots of fun in a small group. One guy throwing all the stuff over, the next one packaging etc. :laughing:

I also had the same bug, that angiemon had (with the green arrows everywhere). Maybe I still was playing the version before the bug fixes.

Good job with the game and good luck!

Pancake Day by Martin183 2023-05-02T08:43:30Z

The driving was fun! Especially bouncing from the buildings :laughing: !

For me, the switching mechanic was confusing and not very intuitive. Sorry, I think it would play smoother with just one car. :sweat_smile:

Good job on the game!

Edit: Also 2 bugs that I noticed: - Somtimes I don't collide with buildings and drive right through them. - One time, when the 3rd car exploded I lost control of the car I was driving, because the other car became active.

Dungeon Delivery by causalpigeon 2023-05-02T10:28:42Z

Very interesting. I like the idea of the game. Also the pixel art looks great! :)

I got a bit stuck at the moment. No idea how to get the gold / what to do with the ghost. Maybe someone can give me an hint.

Fuscus and The Garlic Kin by Buumiii 2023-05-02T16:50:27Z

Cool platformer! Awesome graphics! Was fun! :)

Few small nitpicks: - please don't make me jump down where I don't see where I will land (or land at all and not fall forever :laughing: ) Also don't put spikes there, when I can't even see them. :) - After getting the recipe I was able to walk left and jump over the wall and landed outside the level. - The spikes were not visible very well. Maybe another color would help.

Good job with the game!

Yangtze by betovf 2023-05-18T12:51:49Z

The camera angle made it a bit hard to navigate the houses in the back.

It took me a few tries to understand how to play and what to do. But once I got it, it was quite fun, especially the harder levels.

Good job with the game.

Deliverz by Kongo 2023-05-02T10:57:50Z

Good game! That escalated quickly :laughing:

Lost & Found by droo shayne 2023-05-05T13:54:26Z

Very cute game. Graphics and music are awesome!

The candle timer threw me off at first and took away a little from the chill atmosphere. :laughing:

Very good job on the game!

A Bag by Zhiteng Chen 2023-05-02T08:18:38Z

Very fun! :laughing:

I agree with the 10/10

The Smuggler's Map by Phanelly 2023-05-02T08:13:20Z

Got the one million :laughing: Very cool game. Was a lot of fun!

A few minor nitpicks: - In the second half of the game (After I had around 400.000 score) no more pirates or navy would appear. Nessie was just chilling in the middle of the map. I just had to plot my course around her. - Reading the legend on the right was a bit annoying. Maybe remove it completely and add the "source"-island to the requests. Something like: island A -> treasure map -> island B - The island shapes could be a bit more distinct, to recognize them with one glance. (Halfmoon- and Bridge-island were good examples :thumbsup: )

All in all a very good game. Nice graphics. Fitting music! Good job! :)

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wizard path by slimetrash 2023-05-01T22:03:10Z

Edit: It works for me on itch.io. Very nice game. I enjoyed it a lot! :smiley:

I'm getting this error after the loading bar :(

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wizard path by slimetrash 2023-05-01T22:28:33Z

@slimetrash it works on itch, thanks. But I have another problem. I'm clicking the start button and the wizard starts moving. But the direction buttons at the top-left do not seem to work for me. The wizard just walks back and forth and does not turn.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong?

I'm loving the graphics btw, that's why I wanted to play it :laughing:

wizard path by slimetrash 2023-05-02T06:50:28Z

@slimetrash Thanks for explaining the controls :smile: I had a lot of fun playing!

I only have one more small thing. When I have highlighted an arrow I often wanted to pick another arrow instead. I should be able to click on it directly without unselecting the first.

Very good game! Loved it!

Machine Meltdown by Stefan Funke 2023-05-01T21:44:33Z

@zhiteng-chen Sure thing, I will play and rate your game tomorrow! :)

@tofucat Thank you so much! I'm also on Chrome and haven't encountered that problem yet. I'm very sorry. But at least you were able to progress through the game. I wouldn't want anyone to get stuck. :(

@all: Thank you so much for your feedback. It's really appreciated.

Machine Meltdown by Stefan Funke 2023-05-02T15:17:10Z

@frabjous-studios Thank you so much! :blush: Sure, I will play your game!

Yeah, it's hard, getting the difficulty right. If it's too easy, everyone just rushes through the fight. On the other hand some people like a challenge. I had planned to add 2 difficulty settings. But it was pretty far down the list (just above adding music), so I had no time for that. But this would probably have been the 'easy' variant and I would've scaled up the difficulty a lot for the 'hard' mode. :laughing:

@all About getting damaged, when touching the boss. I hear you and agree to a certain point. The problem is, that without it, the boss would be too easy. Just roll behind it, where projectiles and fists can't reach you and spam attack. This was the quick solution. (just an explanation, why it is like that. No excuse :laughing:)

Thanks for your feedback, all. I'm taking notes. :)

Machine Meltdown by Stefan Funke 2023-05-03T06:29:16Z

@scrapmetal Thank you so much for your nice comment and the feedback :blush: Oh wow, I didn't even think, that some of you might only be playing on laptop with no real mouse. Something to consider next time! I think the Ctrl key should work too, because I'm using Unities default "Fire1" for attack.

You're probably right about the audio. I just don't have much experience with sound design yet. Maybe this will become a bigger focus next time! :smile:

@aviv-levy , @badpiggy Glad to hear, that you liked the progress bar :laughing: Thank you!

@all Thanks again for all the great feedback. Some patterns are already emerging, like: respawn before dialog is too punishing, body-collision is too punishing, bullets too suddenly. Will definitely try to improve on that next time (or if I continue developing on this, not sure yet).

Machine Meltdown by Stefan Funke 2023-05-04T20:20:21Z

Thank you all for the kind words. The feedback is very appreciated!

I hope to find some time soonish, to fix a few of the most mentioned things in a post-jam version.

Machine Meltdown by Stefan Funke 2023-05-06T11:46:12Z

@russ-moonbase Thank you so much for the kind comment! Yes it's Independence Day! :smiley:

@caeonosphere Thank you! I was partly inspired by this ludum dare 50 entry: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/wormageddon

It stuck in my head and wanted to create a cool boss fight myself since then. :laughing:

Machine Meltdown by Stefan Funke 2023-05-07T14:00:17Z

@panpukin Thank you for your feedback!

The delay when stopping is definitely a bug and not intended. Strangely it doesn't happen on my controller, only on the keyboard.

I was able to fix this problem and uploaded a patch just now. Please let me know, if it works better now.

For those interested: The problem was, that I was using Input.GetAxis(...) instead of Input.GetAxisRaw(...)

Machine Meltdown by Stefan Funke 2023-05-07T16:17:10Z

@panpukin Good to hear that you were able to beat the boss! I'm planning a small Post-Jam update, where I want to fix many of the problems, that people had when playing. I have been making good progress on that over the last two days. But I'm not planning to do anything more with this game for the moment.

Thank you for the kind words. Yes I have a main project, it's called Monsters of Windy Peak. You can find it also on itch: https://stefan-funke.itch.io/monsters-of-windy-peak

I'd appreciate your feedback on that too, if you find the time! Also let me know, if I can return the favor. :)

Machine Meltdown by Stefan Funke 2023-05-11T17:01:36Z

@tomssuli Thanks for the long feedback! If you like, you can try the new post-jam version, that I uploaded on itch.io yesterday. I addressed many of your feedback points :) -> https://stefan-funke.itch.io/machine-meltdown

@hulien22 Yes! Hyperlight Drifter was awesome. Definitely a source of inspiration for me.

@sebhulhu Yes you are right! That's sadly a weak point of the boss. I improved on this in the post-jam version. You can try it on itch.io (https://stefan-funke.itch.io/machine-meltdown)

@hacksawunit Thanks for the kind words. Very appreciated!

Thanks all for playing and the feedback :)

The Night Witches by Kultuk 2023-05-03T09:37:14Z

Awesome game! I need more levels! :laughing: Very cool idea. It works great!

If I could change one thing: Let me observe the patterns of the enemy, before I start the level.

Btw, I loved the pixel art! Very well done!

A Message for the Stone King by SelkieHarbour 2023-05-03T09:27:33Z

I liked it a lot! The king was very believable. Good graphics!

I don't think the digging puzzle added much to the game though. No idea what the different colors meant. Could probably be removed and just been a button that brings you back to the king.

Good job with the game! I Enjoyed it!

Unread Messages by shimmerscale 2023-05-02T18:15:20Z

Cool puzzle game! I wished there were more levels :)

Very innovative ideas.

Nothing to complain about really :smile:

Bag Stranding by danmerey 2023-05-02T11:52:48Z

This was amazing! Had a blast! Nothing really to criticize. :thumbsup:

Am I doing this correctly? :rofl:

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Pigeon Post by Mantook 2023-05-03T09:52:49Z

The pixel art is top-notch :thumbsup:

I didn't really like the gameplay loop though, sorry, maybe that's just my taste. It was too much to do under time pressure. Also the controls weren't smooth enough to allow a fast handling of the letters.

Also you used multiple different fonts, that didn't match the pixel art. This kinda dragged down the overall look a bit.

Good job on the game! Keep it up!

Manucci's Pizza Hunt by Jona Scheidig 2023-05-02T09:01:18Z

Nice game and awesome pixel art!

It was a bit hard at first. I was also a bit confused when the zombies stopped spawning and I was locked inside the arena and nothing happened.

HOTARU - Guider of Souls by SkuLLyY 2023-05-03T11:20:55Z

Graphics are awesome and an eyecatcher!

Gameplay has some problems though and is too punishing in the beginning. Two examples:

1) It's not obvious that I have a double jump. I only learned that after falling down twice at the first gap. Maybe let the player learn the controls in a safe environment (don't let the rock fall down. Instead just put a high cliff there, where you only get up with the double jump).

2) Same thing at the wall-jump section. Why place a gap in the floor where players can fall down? Let them learn the controls first. Wall-jumping didn't work very well, so of course I fell down there! :laughing:

Some other inconveniences: - Tutorial text is not very well readable (yellow color above bright floor, orange color above orange colored tree) - I got always stuck on the stairs. - Maybe make the soul follow you automatically, without having to interact everytime. - Remove the mouse clicking. It's not a very interesting game mechanic

Sorry, I hope this didn't sound too harsh. I'm really impressed you made a so good looking game. Just polish the gameplay a bit and it will be awesome! :)

BANKWAVE: Neon Networth by Frabjous Studios 2023-05-03T06:58:07Z

Looks really great! Love the art style.

I somehow got stuck at the start of day 2. My boss stands before me, but doesn't talk to me. But also doesn't leave :laughing: Awkward. I tried to ring the next customer bell, but that didn't make him leave either. :laughing:

Valhalla Calling by Aviv Levy 2023-05-02T17:59:56Z

Cool idea for the theme! Also love the graphics. Looks awesome! Also nice music :)

I think the spear throwers are a bit too strong, when there are 3 or 4 of them. There is no warning, when they will throw. If they are too close I can't react fast enough with the block.

Also, please don't use z,x,c.. keys. I know they're popular, but it's a bit of a pain if you don't have an english keyboard. :laughing: For example on the german keyboard y and z are swapped.

Valhalla Calling by Aviv Levy 2023-05-02T18:25:10Z

@aviv-levy Good question. Getting the controls right is not so easy. I got some complaints about that on my game too.

Maybe WASD for movement, Space for dash, left mouse for attack, right mouse for block could work. E or Q for Commune with the dead, because they are easy to reach, when playing with WASD.

Controller would work very well for your game too.

And like you said, letting the player switch key bindings would be the best. But not so easy to do in a game jam. :)

Edit: One of the comments on my game mentioned playing on a laptop with trackpad only, and without a real mouse. So this is something to maybe consider too.

Delivery G.U.I. by JpBaraky 2023-05-03T10:57:58Z

Cool game. Like the graphics!

I encountered one bug. One of the packages fell through the floor and then the falling-sound got stuck in a loop and was playing all the time. :laughing:

Package Delivery by Fire Steam Studio 2023-05-02T13:32:11Z

Good game! Congratz for completing your first game jam! I liked the pixel art and the nice ambient sound. I also liked the idea a lot. :) It played quite well all in all. Good job with the game!

I made a few notes about things you can improve.

Gameplay: Searching for people was a bit too tedious. I didn't find the person for the red package and gave up in the end. :sweat_smile: Maybe put mailboxes with the respective colors on the road side. So I can grab to correct package and go looking for the person nearby.

Art: Try to keep your pixel sizes consistent (all pixels have the same size) and also try to adhere to the pixel grid. This is not always easy especially for moving sprites. But sprites that are not moving (background, npcs, trees) should respect the pixel grid. This will make your game look much better :)

Bugs: - Menus get stuck, when I press E first, then Q while the first menu is still open. - the truck sound plays when pressing Q, even when I'm not close to the truck - Colliders are a bit weird sometimes.

earthmover by dishwand 2023-05-05T13:23:32Z

Most of the time I was just guessing and brute forcing my way through it. :laughing:

The Delivery of the Message by GreenwoodDrive 2023-05-02T17:18:18Z

The atmosphere and vibes of the game are really great. I also like the minimalist pixel style a lot!

There probably should be more options, other then walk, to spice up the gameplay a bit. Mountains or something would be nice, to lure the enemies around them. That would allow changing the direction. At the moment I can't reach the red city, if it is behind the enemies (at least not on hard mode).

Maybe place some pickups randomly in the desert: - water-bottle -> more movement speed for x turns - bow and arrow -> can snipe one enemy in range - trap -> enemies that walk on it get slowed for x turns

Just a few random ideas :laughing:

Good job with the game!

SUMMONING by xk_the_name 2024-04-17T17:46:10Z

Very awesome game! I especially liked the graphics. Enjoyed it a lot!

Here my feedback, I hope it's helpful.

1) Enemy hp is much too high / upgrades don't scale my damage enough to keep up

2) The circling daggers upgrade didn't seem to do anything for me. Not sure.

3) The mini pentagons take too long to fill up. It's almost impossible to do.

I beat the boss in ~12 minutes :D

Don't know how others in the leaderboard did it in such a short time :D

I will have to try again later!

Wonder Woods by Sarah 2024-04-17T19:32:01Z

Cute game! Here are my first impressions, hope it helps.

1) I was very overwhelmed by the many things to do. Maybe start the game with a few things only, for example only 1 kind of seed, 1 spell. The rest can come later, once I learned to play the game a little.

2) I don't see any "play again" button, when I'm game over. That would be nice. :) Though imho, I wouldn't put a game over state in such a chill game anyway. It really stressed me and I didn't get much done in the short time. :)

Good job with the game. It shows, that you put tons of effort into it!

Nekomancer by R3igZyr 2024-04-17T19:12:07Z

Very cute game!

Here is my short feedback, hope it helps :)

1) The enemies aren't strong enough (not enough damage) and their attack seems to get stuck sometimes. I'm never in any danger, once I placed a ghost in every column, because they just tank everything.

2) HP + damage indicators would be nice

3) Not sure what the difference between the cat and the ghost are. Just doing different damage?

4) A bit more variety in the attackers and the defenders would be nice. I guess, just not enough time :)

Nice game! I enjoyed playing!

Necromancy Survivors by Gorr 2024-04-17T21:16:38Z

Nice one! Love the genre, so was happy to play your game :)

My only feedback would be: more enemy variety and more difficult enemies would be nice! (not just more hp, but for example other movement patterns and maybe shooting bullets or other effects, maybe some bosses :D )

I guess the time just wasn't there for all that and that's totally fine :) Very nice game! I enjoyed it

Tristram by Rongo Matane 2024-04-18T20:38:47Z

I liked this game very much! Always a fan of amazing pixel art :) Loved the vibe of the game.

Here my feedback, hope it helps a little :)

1) I didn't like the team building mechanic. Swapping was too random to really have an influence on the groups. I wished I could build the groups myself and decide who is going with who. (And also in which dungeon, because sometimes I'd want to send them to a lower level floor just to practice / level up)

2) I think the heroes got dumber, the higher level they got. I had multiple S-Tier heroes trying to 1v1 the endboss and die. That was a bit frustrating.

Great game! Thanks for making it

Chess Summoner by Azathothep 2024-04-17T20:47:12Z

Nice one! Very interesting. That was a lot of fun. I wished there were more levels! :)

Here my short feedback, hope it helps:

1) The turn changes and opponent moves are a bit slow. Could be a bit faster, so the player doesn't have to wait so long.

2) I'm not sure if that was a bug or I'm just tired: One time, the tower attacked me, but I didn't lose any heart. Instead I think it damaged itself (not 100% sure about that part).

Great game and awesome pixel art!

Triumvirosis by Jared Saizdelamora 2024-04-17T16:54:47Z

Cool game! I like the vibe, the graphics and the music!

I had a few issues with the gameplay though. No matter what I do my units won't move to the right and the enemies won't move to the left. It's been a standoff for multiple turns now. :D Maybe I'm doing something wrong.

Summoner's Paradise by poboy 2024-04-17T16:41:35Z

Cool game!

Here are my first impressions, after playing for a bit. Hope they're helpful.

1) The movement feels like standing on ice. The player shouldn't slide at all, in my opinion. Only move, when the player presses a button. That would make evading the enemies less frustrating.

2) It's possible to move outside the camera view, when moving too far to the bottom.

3) The summons don't really do much at the moment. For example I just summoned the first one and let it fight, while I was just moving around until the portal opened.

The upgrades were fun, especially the multiple hats :D Good job with the game! Keep it up :)

Morth Obscurum by XOREAXEAX 2024-04-19T10:21:14Z

Looks awesome!

I was playing the web version, but the mouse sensitivity was so high that I couldn't control the camera properly. :(

Fall of the Ritual by davidkbd 2024-04-19T10:04:27Z

Cool game! I love bullet hells, so had to try this one :)

Was a bit overwhelmed by the many buttons. But just using the summon on E and Sacrificing with S was working really well for me :D

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Poisonous Pact by Stefan Funke 2024-04-16T21:31:08Z

@alanbrook Thanks! Yeah it's a bit short, you're right. I had many more ideas, but I had to cut a lot, to get it done in time. (As always :D)

@fabou Thank you! :) I hope it wasn't too hard to find it. I wanted the recipe to be phase 1 of the game, to make it a bit more challenging. :)

Poisonous Pact by Stefan Funke 2024-04-17T20:49:47Z

Thank you all for playing and the nice comments! :)

@velvetlobster Yeah it's incredible how many words there are for "magical book" :D

Poisonous Pact by Stefan Funke 2024-04-18T18:39:43Z

@aviv-levy Thank you so much! Good idea with the tooltip. I wanted the wizard to put the object on his table, like you said, but there was no time for that sadly. That would have been literally the next thing on the list! :)

I love Gobliiins! I played it when I was young :)

Demon Speedrunning! by BlackCat508 2024-04-17T17:12:32Z

Cool game, awesome graphics!

Here are my first impressions. Hope they're helpful. :)

1) I wished there was a tutorial level, where I could build the summoning circle in peace, just to try it out and figure out how it works. (no timer, all the items right there to use)

2) I was very overwhelmed by the how to play page. That was just way too much text!

3) It was hard to find the paint brush in the dark. Maybe a more unique shape or lighter handle would help.

I really liked the vibes and the atmosphere of the game. Good job with the game! Keep it up! :)

Grid Land by TheMixedMaster 2024-04-17T20:11:14Z

Interesting idea! I tried it for a bit, here are my first impressions

1) It takes much too long to get resources. I wanted to experiment further, but most of the time I was just waiting, which wasn't too much fun.

2) The sacrifice button was a bit too well hidden. I didn't see it for a long time. Maybe I'm blind. Would make it much more visible :) Also maybe it's bug, but the sacrifice button stopped working and I can't click it anymore.

Hope that helps a bit :) Good entry! I liked it.

Call The Abyss by Peter el Panda 2024-04-16T21:55:43Z

Very cool first game!

Here are my first impressions, hope they are helpful.

1) You should let the player read the instructions on the floor in peace. Not spawning enemies immediatly :)

2) Make colliders more fair for the player, to not frustrate them. For example it should be possible to walk behind the lanterns. Also don't let the player get stuck in corners.

3) Maybe add a summon, that is always possible (maybe a weak monster with cooldown). I was confused at first, because left click didn't summon anything. Until I understood, that I had to collect resources first!

4) I think the summons need a bit more fine tuning. They seem pretty weak and often have problems attacking the enemies properly (going after the wrong target, just hitting the air, running away). It seemed to me, that it was more efficient to just run away from the enemies instead of fighting them. ;)

I think this game could be really fun, if you fine tune it a bit more. Good job so far! Keep it up. Also I really liked the graphics and animations.

Summoning Survival by Misoukun 2024-04-17T21:31:48Z

Nice one! I liked it!

Candles of Doom by Tykki19 2024-04-18T19:01:31Z

I liked the game! Was fun! I liked the music and the graphics.

There are a few bugs with the water fountains. I think some others also mentioned some already. I tried to describe how to reproduce them. Hope that helps a little :)

1) It is possible to fill all drops immediatly by filling the first drop normally, then keep holding the mouse down and just move the mouse back and forth quickly.

2) when trying to fill the second drop normally, a villager can pick up the first drop, which interrupts the filling of the second drop.

3) I have to move the mouse away from the fountain and then back on it, before I can fill the second drop.

Good job with the game! Very nice!