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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49 | Unstable | Nice Work, Nimrod! | jam | 714 | 3.55 | 3.50 | 3.75 | 4.50 | 3.55 | 3.65 | 2.59 | 3.42 | ||
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | Game of Life+ | compo | 105 | 3.93 | 3.77 | 3.84 | 3.57 | 3.46 | 3.67 | ||||
| 2018 | 42 | Running out of space | Rigid Flame | compo | 124 | 3.78 | 3.83 | 3.81 | 4.21 | 3.41 | 3.41 |
Teo Miklethun leaves an average of 27.7 feedback comments each event.
So obviously it seems that scope was a little to big for this one. Understandable. But there's A LOT of potential here. Using celluar automata like this to make a challenge is such a great idea, and for the amount of time, very well done.
The real excellence here though, are those relatable file names, featuring such beaties as: -furrest.png -twee.png and my personal favorite -thicc.png
Excelent entry. Great mechanics, and wonderful presentation. My only recommendation would be to remove the rounds system. I'd try to make harder puzzles with as few elements as possible, but make it so that if you complete a round, you're done with the level. It was pretty tiresome to restart whenever I failed, or worse, to realize that because of my previous setup, the next round would be much harder.
Without a doubt some of the best puzzle design I've seen this jam. Really great job on leading the player through your mechanics. In "fun with a friend" there seem to be some strange interactions that occur when the two characters enter the same square or get sufficiently close (at least strange interactions visibly). I'd recommend adding a simple animation for when this occurs to make it clearer what happened.
One of the most innovative game of life based games I've seen so far! It's nice seeing a bunch of other people also making games to honor conway. :)
Aesthetically great, albeit a bit simple on the gameplay front. Overall though, really nice entry.
In chrome it won't seem to play (the controls appear at the top of the screen): 2020-04-22.png In edge it works slightly better, but it seems many UI elements are broken: 2020-04-22 (1).png 2020-04-22 (2).png
I would really love to play this game, so please let me know if there's a better browser I can use.
I actually ran into a few soft locks in the post jam version.
1) Whenever I crafted the white flower, my camera started glitching up and down, meaning I couldn't interact with anything. 2) In combat if you run out of seeds there's no way to get them back like you can in the normal gardening. 3) In combat once my flower dissapeared into seeds before it could do anything, every turn, no matter what flower I used.
That being said, no other game in the jam so far would have been nearly compelling enough to get me to retry after all of these issues. So fantastic job on the characters, art, and everything else wonderful about this game!
Fantastic level design and a great mechanic. I'd recommend removing the move count entirely, or perhaps only unlock it after the game is won without it.
Fantastic entry. Really nailed the presentation and the core gameplay loop. Every time I died, I felt like "hmm, I think I know how I could do better the next time", and so I felt compelled to play again. That meant that this game took the longest of any this jam before I felt like I was done with it.
That being said, there are a few minor isses in my mind:
1) In case you're not aware, there's a bug where if you land on a corner after jumping with the mushroom, you can get stuck.
2) The controls felt very weird and took a while to get used to. My guess is that this is because the grab and throw buttons were not the same, but I'm not entirely sure.
3) The reaper probably shouldn't collide with food. Likewise, I found that about 2/3rds of the time I threw food at the furnace while it was full, I would have prefered it to go through instead of bounce off. Since a big part of the gameplay is moving the food, this should feel as smooth as possible.
4) I assume this came down to lack of time, but I think the game could really benefit from a win condition.
Loved the style and presentation. My only advice would be to try and give stronger signals to the player about what they need to do to prevent the king from dying. It was only on my third go around that I noticed the hunger and health meters for the king.
What a delightful and highly polished game! Out of curiousity, how is the "total" calculated. I had a total of 160 organisms, but the "total" score was 306.
Great game. The aha moment at the end was great, and well lead up too. I'm not sure if level 6 is as hard as was intended, however.
Found a bug. Great job otherwise though!
Amazing job! One of, if not the best ld42 game I've played. I got to level 15! Please balance the game a tiny bit more, polish it up a bit, and release this as a full game!
The gameplay isn't really that compelling to me, mainly because the anti-virus range seems much to small. That being said, the viruses lead to some amazing proceduraly generated platforming/maze solving. If you were to make this into a full game, that's what I'd focus on. Great job overall though!
The wait after each move before you can make the next is a bit much, but the music and everything else is amazing! Great job!
Awesome job! This is a great example of a few simple mechanics working very well with each other leading to a game with a lot of depth!
Great game! The jump particles seem to repeat eventually, and I think the music shouldn't restart whenever you die, but besides that, great job!
Great game. The cars sometimes flipped upside down though.
Awesome game. Truly sooo much fun. That being said, I wish the player moved faster, and I wish the hit boxes were a little better. In addition, I think winning gives you a "you lose" screen, which is an easy but very important fix. Overall though, this entry was amazing! Keep it up!
Great game. The graphics were especially great. One thing that I think could be improved is the pacing. It was much too slow, and much too easy for most of the game. If the monsters could eat bigger chunks, or there were more, that would be a great improvement. A bug I found was that a bullet stayed in air for some reason. 2018-08-15 (1).png Overall though, great job!
Awesome game with amazing art! Great job!
The lag's a little bothering, and the music could be improved, but overall, amazing job!
The art style is very nice, and the gameplay innovative, but it kinda feels too luck based to me. Still though, nice job!
I got someone who sold negative paper? Is this a bug, or am I just missing something? 2018-08-15.png
Regardless though, sweet game!
Nice game, but I feel like winning just requires getting lucky with how the balls hit you though. Is that right, or is there more skill to it than I realized?
Great game! I wish there was a sprint or something though.
I'm not sure why it's a snake, as you can't run into yourself, and I wish it moved just a little bit faster, but overall, great job!
So impressive! I love how you have to manage the space in front of and behind you. It adds up to probably the most unique infinite runner game I've ever played. Great job!
Great game! I get stressed out by time limits, so there was a mode without one. For example, it could start out in a full board with random tiles and you scored based on how many moves it took you to get down to 1 tiles, or something like that. Still, awesome concept and execution.
Fantastic puzzle design, especially considering the time constraints.
This game is just so charming that any gameplay problems wouldn't matter... but yet the gameplay's pretty good!
This game is a masterpiece of design. The controls could be tightened a little, and it probably should have some music, but the core game play is infuriating but genius (although recovery is too difficult)
Amazing game, probably the best ld42 game I've seen so far! Everything from the visuals to the audio is so polished, and as soon as I saw the idea, I knew I had to play it. I actually did a similar concept but in a completely different direction. That being said, it was sometimes annoying getting stuck when it felt like I shouldn't have, so if it's possible to make the trail not solid for a little bit longer, that seems like it would help a lot (Or if the trail solidifies only when you exited a certain radius of it, make that radius slightly bigger. It might also work to make the trails not solid from below, or if you have upwards velocity.) The biggest issue I found though, was that if you jump straight up, you can skip many of the challenges. I'm not positive that this is unintentional, but it seems to make some levels trivial. I'm not sure how to fix this issue, but I think it's worth considering. Again though, excellent job!
I wish it saved after each level, but the atmosphere is amaaaazing, and the music's great!
Not the greatest game play ever, but it doesn't need it, the atmosphere is where this game shines.
Love it! Often felt a bit like trial and error instead of puzzle solving though, but still the art is amazing, and the character reminds me of Vivi <3
The controls are a little floaty, and the camera's kinda all over the place, but the rest is great, so keep it up!
This game is sweet! I would never think to put 2048 in 3D!
Great job, your game has amazing game feel! This game seems very easy just looking at it, but when you actually play it, you realize just how hard it gets.
I love all the animations, etc. that make this game feel polished!
To make a metroidvania in only 48 hours is crazy impressive, so nice job!
Great game! I want an entire game made out of the escape from the planet's gravity mini-game!
I just get a black screen whenever I try to play it
Nice job! I really like the music especially!
Awesome game! I love the screen shake and the other little things that make it just feel good!
Amazing game all around. Your game is so good that I would be incredibly surprised if you didn't win anything. It's almost hard to believe how quickly you made something this impressive. That being said, some music would do wonders.
Great game! It's an adorable little platformer that knows what it is and what it's trying to do, and does it very well. It's polished, but it still has that "made by one person with love" kinda feel.
Easily the best atmosphere of any Ludum Dare game I've played so far! As for bugs, it seems that gravity keeps effecting the players y velocity even when they're on a wall. I look forwards to seeing where this game goes!
What are the controls?
Like minesweeper: -Addicting -Clicking shapes -Revealing space -Hurts my brain
Not like minesweeper: -Minesweeper's incredibly frustrating when you mess up -Minesweeper has no plot -This has pretty colors
The art and music are both great, and the gameplay's quite a challenge to keep em alive... I'm not actually sure how you're supposed to win though...
It's hard to make a creepy atmosphere in such a short amount of time, but you did a good job!
I love the game! I feel like the mirror mechanic could have been taught a little clearer, but once you get the hang of it, it's a challenge, but fun!
I wish the cups were more stable, and I think there should be a bigger penalty for cups that drop, because I found that the best strategy was to just spam cups. Regardless of that though, really fun game, and very good physics.
Cool game! The grid feels a bit big to fill up, but it's still fun to play.
Very cute game! That being said, the game play is kinda grindy, so I think there should be some way to save your game. Overall though, good job!
Fun game! The difficulty curve might need a little bit of smoothing out, but overall good gameplay and mechanics.
Really cool, especially with the level generation. That being said, some of the levels seemed to be wayyyy to hard , with nearly instant death. Still, any level generation in 48 hours is impressive. Besides that, I'd just recommend making it so you're just facing where you move instead of it taking one move to turn and another to move. Overall though, great!
Very steep difficulty curve, but very fun and amazing sound design!
I think there's a bug where you can't leave the wall for a second. Other than that, I think the controls are a little clunky, the screen shake is a bit much, and that it could use some polish, but overall not bad.
LD49 — Unstable (7)
Wobbly Waiter by CG_Fred 2021-10-17T16:31:57Z ♥ 1
Only things I'd suggest is to (a) make it so that if you press left while pressing right, then let go of right, then the game will take you left and (b) make the speed controllable, so it feels like there's a risk/reward to going fast.
Grabanakki by Saturnyoshi 2021-10-15T19:35:07Z ♥ 3
As a huge fan of the big boo fight from SMW, Nitrome, and biblically accurate angels, I think this game was made for me. Completed the whole thing and it's by FAR the most time I've spent enjoying any game jam game ever.
Crumbling Mind by NoeTheLazyDev 2021-10-05T22:23:33Z ♥ 2
Super cool game! Pretty fun to play through, love the aesthetic. One thing I'd recommend changing is to make it so that any teddy bear will calm the protagonist down, just because when we first became anxious we went back to the last teddy bear not knowing when the next would be and nothing happened.
Precarious Powers by DrSnowDude 2021-10-05T05:56:26Z ♥ 3
It's really fun to use the magic abilities in the game world, and it's cool that you can use your abilities for multiple purposes, like inside and outside of combat. Combat almost feels nice, the one thing I'd suggest adding to make it a bit better is just like a red tint on an enemy when it's hit with a fire blast. Giving the player confirmation that the enemy did in fact take damage goes a long way in the feel of the game.
Wild Magic by BangTheWall 2021-10-05T05:44:03Z ♥ 1
Very pretty game, there's a lot of content for something made in such a short time! It was fun to play through as well! If there was any one thing I'd say to work on for a post-jam version, I'd tweak the movement, jump, and dash speeds as well as gravity a bit until they feel nicer to control.
Highdepth by GreenRadiation 2021-10-04T23:40:41Z ♥ 4
Really neat concept! I love isometric games so that's always a plus. I liked the way the game introduced the mechanics by showing rather than telling, and it's always fun to have an optional collectable if you want an extra challenge. The main thing that made the experience less fun for me was the small window after you fall where inputs don't seem to be accepted by the game.
Uncertain Orbits by Malcolm 2021-10-04T23:22:39Z ♥ 3
Really fun concept. Love using gravity to move things. It'd be cool to add blockers or something to prevent the solution of shooting at the right angle below the level, rather than going through it.