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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 42 | Running out of space | Kingdom Brunel in the Temple of Teacakes | compo | 501 | 3.15 | 3.10 | 2.37 | 2.85 | 3.17 | 3.12 | 3.44 | 3.31 | |
| 2018 | 41 | Combine 2 Incompatible Genres | Point & Shoot | compo | 129 | 3.76 | 3.54 | 4.26 | 4.40 | 3.98 | 3.45 | |||
| 2017 | 40 | The more you have, the worse it is | Plunder! | compo | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.50 | 2.50 | 2.00 | |||
| 2017 | 39 | Running out of Power | Engines & Earl Grey | compo | 36 | 4.00 | 3.96 | 3.03 | 3.46 | 4.38 | 4.11 | 3.13 | 3.56 | |
| 2017 | 38 | A Small World | Crumpets and Cannons | compo | 233 | 3.40 | 3.22 | 2.76 | 3.36 | 4.13 | 1.54 | 3.95 | 3.76 |
@adventurjourney Thanks for your comment! You are totally right about the flow, sound and music. Unfortunately I just didn't have the time (or energy) to do so. Would have loved to. Perhaps I'll put up a 'post-jam' version with some improvements in.
Glad you liked the intro and you felt there was some depth to the universe. That's was definitely a part of what I was hoping to achieve.
@cerno-b Thanks for the comment! I too wish there was some music and sound effects. That was always my plan but it took a surprising amount of time just to get what you see up and running. Unfortunately I just ran out of time and energy!
Totally agree about the flow, and yeah, that bug is annoying. By the end I had something of an idea as to how to fix it (or at least, better understood what the problem was) but again my energy tanks were running on empty by then. Perhaps I'll put up a post-jam version with a few fixes sometime. :)
I've always been a fan of Sim City like games so you get bonus points from me! Love the music as well, and gave the game multiple attempts. It seems to get really hard when you have 20 or so citizens.
I love how you interpreted the theme for this and I don't feel at all guilty that I've just opened this exact drawer in the kitchen in an attempt to replace the batteries in the TV remote...
Love the premise, and very much in that FTL line of atmosphere. I found it impossible to really know what the best course of action was to mitigate threats. I ended up disabling the weapons and sensors altogether but leaving the shields up which suggested I would have enough power to get to the destination.
Loving the sci-fi mystery story a lot! It came across as very atmospheric with excellent mood throughout. The ambient soundtrack really helps add to the experience. Well done!
W doesn't work for me at all which makes movement impossible. :(
Really nice work. Great screen effects and with the text (wish I knew how to do that!). I felt the difficulty spiked at a point. It seemed I became overrun all of a sudden.
@gonutz I've added a HTML 5 version now over at https://temmy.itch.io/engines-earl-grey .
Hopefully that suits you!
Shame you only got 15 hours during the jam! My main sticking points were:
- I couldn't see the bullets I was firing at all. Took me a while to realise shooting was actually helping. - I got a message saying 'go to the turret on the left' but nothing seemed to happen. The level opened up going right though so I went there instead. - I got caught jumping quite a bit where my character would stick against the side of something.
Good job getting the start of an idea down though! Would be awesome to see you continue developing it.
I like the fact you were going for a Crazy Taxi approach to the idea, that's a really good interpretation. The acceleration of the vehicle feels really slow, and also when I hit something I spin a lot more than I expected. Also I'm pretty sure I delivered some pizza but didn't get any money for it. Harsh!
I'm not sure what's going on in the game I'm afraid. My ship seems to move in strange directions then the whole game will stutter quite badly on my PC. Also, it seems to restart but I'm not sure why. Is there a 'ship health' or some other value that determines the game restarting?
I went so far down that I lost the sun and it turned green. I didn't see any parachutes or collectables along the way. ;(
This game is very difficult, but it was that which had me replaying levels again and again trying to complete them. I like how you've taken the theme and merged it into a platformer although jumping really doesn't feel like a jump, more of a jetpack like mechanic?
You should change the colour of the 'low power' state as it becomes impossible to see the playable avatar against the background.
Congratulations on completing your first Ludum Dare! I'm having similar problems playing as mentioned above though. I worked out that pressing 1,2,3 seems to change something in the bottom right corner but I have no idea how I'm supposed to interact with the electrons as they move. Also, how am I supposed to know if they are good or bad?
A write up of 'how to play' on your submissions page would help a lot!
The game worked for me! I like your colour palette on the switches. I wasn't sure what the number on the screen represented. It kept going up and down but didn't seem to be connected to anything. Also some of the switches seemed to be non-responsive at times.
I love this idea. You've made a puzzle game where you have to work out the best route to home and I think that's a really neat use of the theme. I couldn't work out the solution to the 5th level however. I thought I had jumped straight to the 'home' planet but the level didn't seem to end.
I really like this. It's a very simple to play game and I can see how you could expand this further to make the levels more challenging. Well done!
There was shooting?!
Please please please always write a 'how to play' part on the submission page otherwise no-one will know how to play your game properly. I really like the visual simplicity of the ship and asteroids. I know how much time it can take to get audio assets and then plug them all in but it would help lift the game a lot.
Hope you enjoyed making it!
Good job. I found it a bit strange how my character didn't rotate while moving around. Also having some-sort of score at the end would be good for re-playability.
Nice job. I found the fact I couldn't move in a diagonal really limiting. I get that that creates the main difficulty of completing the levels, but at the same time not being able to do it felt at odds with the robot.
Nice idea of the idle clicker. Usually though with these sort of games you have an automatic income ticking over which you then can speed up by clicks. That way you always have that feeling of gaining. Took me a while to understand what the controls were; adding a 'how to play' to your submission page would definitely help!
Great effort, especially if that's the first thing you've made after tutorials. Things it would be great to have:
• A shorter timer. The game overall felt quite long. Does it ramp difficulty based on time? In the last 10 seconds pretty much all my cats left the house!
• A 'game over here is your score' screen. At the moment the music just stops but the game carries on.
• Collision with the house. At the moment I can just walk through.
Great to see you using GameMaker. Good choice!
Took me a while to understand how to control things, but I really like the premise of a 'game within a game'. A nice simple idea.
You interpretation of the theme is solid, but I didn't really know what I was doing in the game. Explaining what the different options are even just on the submission page would help a lot!
I like the idea of a world leader simulator (not at all inspired by current events I'd wager) but I'd agree with @edmond00 about not knowing what to do. I signed the healthcare bill but after that I had no clue as to what I should do. Apparently Martin Gavell just stood there not talking. Classic Gavell.
I don't get a 403 error, but I just get a black screen.
It was quite satisfying rounding up a horde of zombies to then pull against the electric fence. Would have loved to have a bit of audio in there!
Really nice idea of messing around with the power levels of the robot. I really like the impact it has on the visuals and audio of the game.
830 points! Would have loved a bit of audio in it, but I know how little time there is to anything in a game jam. Good job. :)
404 on the link. Hope you can fix it, would love to give it a play!
Heeeey!
Looking forward to getting stuck into LD42. Although, I'm still having fun cracking on with my LD41 game haha.
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Come follow its development over at @Hi_ImTemmy on Twitter and let's talk gamedev awesomeness.
@laytanl Thanks for playing! Re the theme; I was thinking of the classic Indiana Jones traps; i.e. running out of space as the ceiling comes down or the walls come closer in....etc
@adonisdevs Yeah...that jump is a bug, not a mechanic! Only found out from a friend it was possible after posting it up. Haha! Unintended features. ;)
Quirky!
Visually very nice. I thought the music was a bit of an odd choice, didn't really seem to fit what seemed quite sombre on the starting screen. The actual game bit was a lot lighter than I thought it was going to be.
Cool! I think I had a bug where the music from the menu and the level played at the same time.
Nice. At the start I thought I was going to be there a long time before health was in any way a problem. That soon became a different story.
9200 pts! Try and beat me!
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Hey cool! There were definitely a few thinking moments in there trying to workout the correct route. Great stuff.
What a cute game!
I really want a 'lovvvve pillow' now.
Just needed a psychedelic loading screen for that genuine Commodore 64 experience!
@Syrapt0r For the best.
Very stylish!
For me I can't seem to get past the title screen. I hear "Outlaw Mayor" then I'm just stuck with the looping animation on the title.
Oh man, that's moody. Good job nailing the tension.
Oh man, those barbarians got the best of me quite fast. I love kingdom simulators. I think it would help to have a easier overview of inventories and stuff.
I seemed to drop into a warzone, but didn't really know what I should do or how to do things. If you could flesh out a explanation or tutorial that would really help you I think.
Now that's one stylish game. Loving the graphics budget on game over as well.
Good stuff! My high score was 1729! Woooo! Beat that folks!
I made it as far as the gate before my finger gave up. Love this mash up, you definitely found two very different genres!
Think of it more of a proof of concept than a game. Would have loved to have made it longer and still might if folks think it would be a interesting enough spin on adventure games!
@frostdragonliz Maureen won't let you use the elevator. Distract her with something!
@mintarcade Yeah, I didn't have time to actually make any proper art or models so had to just use Unity primitives. Thanks for giving it a go!
@WesClaudino Nah. By which I mean, hell yeah! Firing it up now.
@theviraldragon Talk to Maureen (to the right of the button). You need to give her something.
@theviraldragon Well, in your defence she is a duplicate of one with just a different material haha! Next time; proper character art. I promise.
Thanks for all the feedback folks. I'm going to turn this into a bigger game because WHY NOT.
@acto87 Thank you for the feedback, that's certainly the plan now!
@jharler Oh man, you and me both! If only I had struggled with Unity so much on the Saturday night I think there might have been an almighty three rooms, maybe four! Ooooo.
@JustinM Thanks! I was equally disheartened playing it and was thinking
"Man, couldn't the person making it have made it bigger? That's too short!"
...to which point I then said...
"Very true! I'd love this to be a much bigger game. I miss adventure games. They were wonderful and made me laugh."
...then I said...
"Absolutely. So we should make it a bigger game, right? I mean, everyone else seems to like it as well, even if they mistook Maureen for a filing cabinet."
...
"That's not their fault. She does use the exact same model just with a different colour."
"But she likes paperwork right?"
"So it's kinda fitting in a way..."
"Yeah. Just what I was thinking."
"Anyway how about we make this a proper game. Make a demo, Kickstarter it or use one of those backer-thingy-thingymajigs and then put it up on Steam."
"Now THAT sounds like a awesome plan."
....
I'm definitely going to make it. :)
@Invixel @Tom Panton Why, thank you for your comments. I've been perfecting my cupboard descriptions for many years now.
"You picked up revolting human food" Haha. Took me a while to work out when I could harvest the fields, but I do like the notion of somesort of zombie farming simulator.
What did you enjoy most while making this game?
I made it out! Wooooooooooo! I like the fact you didn't overly punish the player for getting hit. Some game designers would have flashed up a huge **GAME OVER** screen as soon as something touched you and that would have been that, but I prefered the drop down and the ability to rescue yourself. I genuinely enjoyed playing it and figuring out the routes.
Which bit of making it did you enjoy most?
It took me a while to understand what the interface on the right was doing. Could you give us a little more instruction about what you need to do to play the game? It seemed like there was a relationship with certain crates and then the options on the right, but I couldn't figure out how to make more food.
Other than that, it's a fun little cannon game! Congrats!
Great concept! Love the idea of finding items in one world and then using them in a completely different one. I found a bug where I jumped over the locked castle door and then fell off the platform world. Couldn't get back up!
Man, that rabbit is my new nemesis. Really enjoyed it! The art and objective blended really well with the platform controls and style. How did you do the music by the way? You mention it was procedurally generated. Would love to know more about that.
Wow those enemies ramped up quite quickly. Would have loved to see more of the 'sport' theme in here mechanically.
What did you enjoy doing most when making this?
Oh man, that was tough. I liked the attention split though of either worrying about the enemies or wanting to move things around the grid to improve myself. Good stuff.
My mermaid girlfriend didn't like nuclear weapons. Nice and simple game, like you suggested, the music can get a bit jarring after a while.
You just need to add a game link so we can play!
Love it. I like the fact it was just a perfectly ordinary virtual pet.
Great stuff in learning PixiJS; that's one of the things I love about jams; that it's a great excuse to sit down and delve into something new. Hope you had fun!
Interesting mash-up! I found it a bit hard to tell when I had succesfully hit something or not. I think some bigger, bolder feedback on success would help.
Yeah, I ran out of duck too, bit it was still fun to race around in my shopping cart haha. Great stuff.
What did you enjoy most about making it?
Works for me just fine on Windows. Interesting concept!
Those pesky bees!
Man, it's hard to gamble while people are chasing you down, bit of a challenge in the game as well!
It worked for me! Congrats on your first LD.
Haha! Ok, that was awesome. A stealth snake game. Laughed a lot when I managed to use the box. Great stuff, and good simplistic 3D art as well.
What did you enjoy the most about making it?
@WesClaudino @EddyNeave Hope things are better now!
Cool concept. Took me a bit of time to work out how to play and move around, but afterward yeah, it feels like XCOM as a platformer.
This is awesome. The art and visual style is fantastic.
Oh man, that quickly ramps up. I keep getting tripped up by the combination up & down moments haha. Nice audio work!
Loving that animated astronaut.
Cats everywhere.
Haha, farming has never been so tense! 5 points was my top score. I like how you could hoe the long grass away, that scuppered me a few times by my own hand.
What did you enjoy the most about making this?
404 here as well, 'couldn't find page'. Could you host it somewhere else?
Same for me. Game doesn't load. The window for it briefly appears and then disappears straight away.
Hope you can fix it. It doesn't matter that you think your game is unfinished, it would still be awesome to play it and you deserve it for the effort you put in!
Res Evil gardening. Awesome.
Really cool concept. I can imagine that working really well on an iPad. That interaction is perfect for touch control.