Mallio Cart by Ava Skoog 2017-12-06T08:01:16Z
It was really fun to play! Keep it up!
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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 43 | Sacrifices must be made | We Fight "Together"! | jam | 699 | 3.21 | 2.88 | 3.05 | 3.76 | 3.34 | 3.31 | 3.88 | 3.07 | |
| 2017 | 40 | The more you have, the worse it is | BoatAfloat | compo | 466 | 3.14 | 3.08 | 2.41 | 3.48 | 3.55 | 2.92 | 2.21 | 3.07 |
It was really fun to play! Keep it up!
Incredible submission! Nothing wrong with it but I would probably advice you add a pause menu (if there isnt already one in a post-jam version). The visuals were AN EASY 5/5 everything else was also very well done.
Really fun game! I have to say that the idea is very creative and in a game jam when time is limited for execution the idea is very important which makes this a very good submission.
Really fun (and pretty). Why not get judged on humor? It's better than most games on it.
Such a pity more people didnt play this game, it really is a great submission! I tried it on my laptop and I'm probably going to later install it on my desktop to play a bit more and I am a very hard to please gamer, I guess i have a soft-spot for FPS though :/. Please do advertise and get people to play your game in the little time left. it is a pity for your work to go unnoticed especially if you dont get ranked because that way you get actual feedback from the testers. Good luck! (Edit: you are probably interested to know that there is a UI glitch -health of the planes- when i aim with the sniper-looking gun)
FUN ONE! although in the beggining i didnt know what i was doing, probably still didnt fully understand it
Incredible! I don't know why but although annoying in a way the audio was also extremely fitting (obviously). Original concept and a nice execution.
Funny game, althought the controls were indeed frustrating. Thankfully when holding right click the controls get much better otherwise i would have rage-quited in just a few minutes. Nice entry other than that and lovely graphics and sound !
Looks and feels pretty smooth but i do have some feddback to give you. The camera to me was the biggest downside as it was constantly turning to the rotation of the player which meant i had to continually drag my mouse to see. Also i was running away from the demons only to realize that when i stopped they didnt kill me? Good game overall, it definetely lacks polish but thats because of the limited amount of time. I believe its worth working on it a little more and making a post-jam version. Last bit of advice is dont get judged in humor since your game doesnt have any (unless i missed anything).
@avitt cool I'm looking forward to playing the post-jam one when it comes out ;)
Nice and interesting concept! I saw this game earlier but had to skip, I'm really glad you shared this with me because i gave it a shot and it was lovely. All the constructive critisism i have is it was a little slow.... but then i found a game speed slider, so all's good!
I love the visuals and the audio as well as the overall christmas mood that it creates! I can also see that you emphasized a lot of the theme of the jam which i always appreciate in game-jam games. Thanks for sharing your game with me, good luck in the ratings :) !
I like the graphics a lot and the overall game! You are probably interested to know that your walk animation bugs out when i hold both the left and right key and then release on of the two. Nice game nevertheless!
Very good overall :)
Simply incredible I cant help but think you cheated and made this is something like en entire month xD! One of the best submissions i have seen :D
Nice submission! The controls were fluent and the graphics (apart from UI) seemed polished. I have to say that the concept was interesting but once I joined i could just "win" the game by holding space next to my computer , there wasnt a point in trying out anything else and when i did I was still confused. Maybe a few more days and some extra work on the UI would have served the game well. Good luck in the ratings!
Everything was great but mouse sensitivity was a little too high for windows
I like the idea and the visuals more than anything! Keep it up
The theme and gameplay were very nice as for the audio... xD no comments simply lovely! I found myself spamming the space bar and making a whole lot of noice without realizing it was annoying other people :P. Very nice submission!
Look and feels very nice to play
Such a cool game! I cannot understand how that's possible to make in such a short time (someone must have gotten real close to the time limit). Loved the idea, the visuals and audio are just incredible! Definetely a good submission.
Thanks for the feedback, I initially had the .exe file and data file seperated but saw another game combine them so i figured it would work without actually testing :P. As for the gameplay I made many issues while sorting out my time (since this was my first ludum dare) and i tried adding some complicated physic-based movement to allow for ramps and other fun stuff which simply proved impossible with my time limit, so yeah the whole gameplay is just avoiding the items.
I'm happy that you liked it! I haven't published any other projects because I like to keep stuff to myself however if I release anything it will definetely be in the linked itch.io account :)
@goldranger Thank you! Also I know :p I produce my own little songs on my spare time but have no clue about game music (I have simply been ignoring it for too long). I'm going to try to get better
@hegemege I used valuable objects because I originally wanted to work with the idea "the more money,the worse it is" but eventually had to bring it down to something simple and doable in the given time :P. (also the score is just time based, the longer you go the more the score but after everyone's responses I'm thinking of changing that to a more complicated one involving the objects you are carrying).
@filogc that was exactly my idea! If i keep working on this I'll definitely add a score multiplier glad you also think it would fit!
@turbulentwinds I'll look into that and try to release a .zip tomorrow, thanks for the feedback
Haha @professor thank you! I consider myself a programmer and not an artist but I am also pretty happy with the end result given the time limit :)
@rsim Unity theoretically covers Linux and Mac with the same build (as far as I know) I simply got never around to test it on either OS so I dont want to say its a playable mac or linux game until i know it works in those platforms. If you could try it and tell me whether or not it works I could change the description. But if I manage I'll make a webGl version of it later today.
@mess110 haha yeah that was intentional, or at least a happy error (not planning on changing it :P). Thanks for the review!
@saramartins Thanks for the detailed review.The particles are such an obvious Must Have but yet they never crossed my mind. Will add them to the list :)
Very well made game. Theme was on point and the visuals were lovely!
I like the entry. Everything was nice and I had fun playing for the 10 minutes that i played before losing interest. One note would be the weird starting sound which totally jumpscared me :P. Other than that everything was rather pleasing and well made!
Fun little game. Could use some more gameplay elements like powerups but who am I to talk, I am also completely guilty for not adding enough gameplay to my game :P. Enjoyed playing your game though!
Simply amazing! I tried not to give all five stars and i failed! Everything from the idea to the execution was perfect and extremely fun to play!
Super fun to play with friends! We would try to sabotage each other when they made their burgers initially which resulted in a lot of yelling which was extremely entertaining! Solid entry :)
Very funny game love the concept!
Really great game, with wonderful art, mood, story. I loved the environment I was in and I was totally immersed! Great experience and entry!
Mood, audio, visuals they were all soooo amazing! This game is not was I usually play (I think its considered a visual novel?). But even though I am not familiar with the genre I dont think most visual novels give you handy tools like "history" and "back". Trully lovely art, music and overall atmosphere. I liked the story even though I can't say I got fully immersed... maybe because I was trying to review the game instead of actually trying to enjoy it. Great entry! (also for the love of God rate other people's entries so that yours get suggested more and it gets a rating it's a shame for a game this good to have only a single review).
Really fun! Loved the visuals and the gameplay, great entry!
Yeah this needs some explanations. Nice game though and really cool art. Also I think the "restart" button in the webgl version was broken for me. Good entry!
Awesome game! I played it for so long lol, I got pretty confused when I fullscreened... but then I read the description :P. Great entry!
Omg this is brilliant! I loved everything about it and it's hands down the most fun game I played so far! Amazing interpretation of the theme as well as a solid and smooth execution. Slow mo is sooo epic too! Amazing entry!
I liked it! Overally the music and the visuals were great for me. I think a highscore system would be a nice addition. And the controls were a bit hard it took some time to master it would be cool if the ship had more drag. Great entry nevertheless!
@skettynmeebs More drag isn't a must have for this game. Sure it would make it a lot easier to play but perhaps you want it to be hard..? Afterall hard games are fun games imo, keep updating it :)
Thanks for the review! Yeah the aim and win issue was something that bothered me from the start. I actually though of giving the player more control over the shot (e.g. the force used to shoot) which would make you aim differently every time but time didnt allow it... I will keep your ideas in mind if I keep working on this :D
Thought so too but it doesn't seem to be the issue :/.
Thanks for the feedback @carbonara and aahahahahaha gotcha @pxlucasf Holy ideas @jannick-larsen totally a nice idea about the idle animations!
I will be posting a version of the game with a lot of bug fixxes and more features but to stay true to the nature of the jam I will make sure to highlight that that won't be the rateable version.
@nicmagnier there were some hidden ones but they certainly are limited, you can only miss a few times :3. Thanks for the kind words <3
Haha yeah that was terrible design... @wegpast It's slightly improved in the updated version :P thanks for playing!
Oof inverted mouse controls @mrjoshuamclean :v haha thanks for the moving soldiers idea, that one combined with a few others could enhance the gameplay a lot!
Hahaha gotcha :p @nisepandakun thanks for the review!
Thanks @arvejeitor and @mozitux
Yup that's the issue. I had more ideas but managed my time so poorly I had to cut down on a lot :/ thanks for the review @harark
Thanks @rohezal great ideas!!
Great tips @acuriosity! An aerial projectile cam would indeed be so great! As for the slow movement I hope you didn't miss the sprint (Lshift) button, because the main movement is supposed to be slow so you can get around tricky parts of the castle...definetely poor design decisions that I will have to improve on in the future. Thanks for the great words <3!
Thanks a lot I'm happy I could make you laugh @lazertrax
hahahaha OMG @jk5000 Thank you! Those ideas are amazing! 1,2 is already wip and 3,6 sound incredible! 4 is interesting but I feel like it defeats the joke and 5 could be done if I balance it properly, thanks for the ideas again!
@quasar47 thank you for taking the time to give me this detailed review.
As for the collider issue, it must have been a bug since the colliders are actually getting disabled when you pick up a soldier, I'll look into it.
As for the physics based part...eh I suppose it's possible but it seems hard to implement and I can't really imagine how it would work in this scenario... Maybe if I just get to work...? Lol.
As for the controls I am sorry I have mistakenly put forward my privileged right handed people and completely ignored the poor minority... Haha jk but yeah I totally should add the right shift and the alternative E button (what should that be?). I should also add inverted mouse controls as someone already mentioned...
So I'll get to it, thanks for the kind words and yeah... Doing all the art myself was dumb and ended up overworking myself for a game with lacking gameplay but eh :D!
@rolly thanks for the feedback, yeah the stair problem is already fixed (not really since I'm recreating the entire model so the issue won't exist in the first place).
Upgrading cannons could be interesting like... level 1 - your average cannon but level 2 - cannon can stack up to two soldiers. Something like that would make the gameplay more fun, Great idea!
As for your "random" idea... yeah it's a little hard to implement and it doesn't really fit the style of the game. I want the game to be very rude and punishing so giving the player the "sergeant" role kinda gives him his own power...
Thanks for both videos I enjoyed your gameplay, they were good for feedback too! <3 @jupiter-hadley @alext-design
@justcamh Yeah already working to make it a lot smoother regarding your first paragraph.
Now for the next one YES haha great ideas, I will totally add some funny sounds like that!
Third paragraph, yeah graphics were cool I guess but it's obvious not much effort was put in (because LD obviously) [been working so long for visuals for a new update coming soon... xP], as for the walk speed and Lshift scenario... Iiii don't know. Being a FPS-player perhaps I am used to such controlls but maybe I'll just remove the sprinting ability and have the player constantly go really fast, I guess it depends on what it ends up turning like. The other ideas... eh we will see :3. It kinda drifts away from reality a bit but it can be done >.< !
Thanks for the review!
Surprisingly fun! I enjoyed playing, nice entry!
Cool game! Had some difficulty figuring out the controlls though, make sure you rate other people's games so that more can find and rate yours!
God damn I played this for way longer than I thought I would. Extremely fun and satisfying when you kill those weird trees! Great entry!
Noooo I don't want to kill the poor monsters. Hahah really cool submission with solid art and gameplay. Gotta say that chromatic aberation was a little much though. Nice entry!
Hahahahahahahahaha try placing a farm block under a citizen and watch what happens... that made my day! Cool game, unfortunately it feels unfinished or at least non polished. A cool concept though, I actually had a lot of fun playing it!
Holy crap this was amazing! I found it extremely fun to play and a great idea with a well implemented theme! I don't know what else to say, it really is a pity you only have 13 reviews I hope more people play this before the deadline because It definetely deserves a score! Good luck :D.
Agree with @kirlosev movement speed should definetely be faster. I also got very confused with buildings I would enter some but not other... I live the weird mix of real and pixel images. Nice entry!
Loved it! Wonderful visuals and smooth controls. It's so polished its hard to believe it was made in a jam. Great entry!
Good game! I enjoyed the visuals and the game felt very polished in general! (always a big plus for LD stuff). Anyways I guess I'll keep it simple...
Cons:
-I could not read the text very easily, its somewhat tough to distinguish letters with that blocky font.
-Health bar was a little small(in comparison with the rest). I mean... I played fullscreen on a 24" monitor and it was fine, but I imagine if you port this on mobile or smth it will be very straining to see the health.
-I get the theme but I survived for so long with just three green blocks. I didn't feel the need to create more or delete the currently existing ones :P.
Pros:
-Great visuals (literally AMAZING particles! good job on that <3)
-Fairly innovative and the theme is there for sure...
-Actually played for more than I though I would, so it's also surprisingly fun!
I enjoyed this entry!
Ok first of all a tip: ADD SCREENSHOTS TO THE LD PAGE. I dont play games that have no screenshots because I don't know if I'll like them but i tried this anyway and it was amazing! Incredible visuals, extremely smooth animations fun (although limited) gameplay and a very innovative interpretation of the theme! Great entry <3.
Edit: performance is mediocre.
Great game, loved the visuals and the interpretation of the theme! I had a few bugs one of which made me have to restart it :/ but it's all good since you have a web version. Good entry!
A little hard but once I got some worker bees I got better. Very solid entry!
Very fun game! Yeah I don't have much to say.. good idea and a very solid execution. Good entry!
Can you post the jam version so that rating is more fair? Other than that I guess I'll judge you on this... Really great game loved the little story and the ending was great. On the plus is obviously the amazing art, minimal and low poly (similar to my game) but actually well done haha. On the negative there were a few bugs that made me restart but once it started it was fairly smooth. Great entry!
@pawel-w I mean that in the itch.io page I saw the game was last updated 2 hours ago which is past deadline.. anyway I don't want to be picky about the details it's all cool. Now for the bugs the first one was I would get a weird flickering in the text and the player would get a weird jerky/twiching animation bug the first time I played and I think it happened when I spam clicked the door (didn't know you could click on the ground). The second glitch was mentioned already by @exewin.
woooooooot thanks for telling me that hahahaha @pawel-w and don't worry about it it's just me being salty :P
Love the visuals and the atmosphere but I have to agree with @papabirb in that I cand really understand the objective. All i did was "eat" 3 oregamis at the start and then avoid all the rest untill the other me came out. Other than that the levels were surprisingly fun, the mood incredible, nice audio. Oh and a little tip for the fog if you use a deffered rendering path (you can choose that in the camera) then you can import unity's post processing stack and under "fog" you can deselect "exclude skybox". That will make it so that your fog goes out and reaches the skybox, it gives a much more realistic feel in general in very foggy environments like yours. Good entry!
Hahaha the sounds are they all made by mouth? I find them awesome and hilarious. The game is cool too, enjoyed playing for a little while, very nice entry!
Extremely fun game! I got to score 1300 I think... Great entry!
Holy candle that was great! It was really fun and I love the interpretation of the theme. <3