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201636Ancient TechnologyYou Invented Firejam

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LD36 — Ancient Technology

Frog Whisperer by felixsoum 2016-09-02T22:14:00

This was a fun game. The frogs were cute. Took me a bit to figure out what I was doing, but after that it was fine. I like the concept.

For constructive criticism: I'd like to see more satisfying death animation. I'd also like to see when I'm being hit more clearly. The difficulty scale was weird. I could never get past the fourth level. Sometimes I'd finish the 2nd level with 10 coins and sometimes with 8. If I finished with 8 I knew I wasn't beating the third level. Although it may have been different using an actual mouse vs a track pad.

Overall great work!

You Invented Fire by thauber 2016-09-01T21:16:00

@Sean: Thanks for the feedback.

My biggest failing in this game was not properly explaining the double jump mechanic. When ever you kill a ghoul you can jump again, but you always at max only one jump available. So as long as you hit one ghoul with every jump you can continue to jump infinitely.

I wanted to create a game that only described the controls and the mechanics would emerge, but then I ran out of time at the end to make a clear way to signify how the jumping works.

Pyramid by metalhaze 2016-08-31T03:04:00

I thought this was a great entry. I liked the controls quite a bit, felt fluid in the walk and attack movements.

I'm gonna move on the the helpful bit, constructive criticism (trying to leave a couple bullet points for each game that has promise)

The combat felt good, but the encounters were never really that dynamic, back up, shoot, back up, shoot.

The midair controls weren't reactive enough, and considering spikes are instakill this probably could be fine tuned.

There was a lack of game feel. It was hard for me to see when I was getting hurt or what I was doing damage to.

Good concept, great execution with the time available.

Earthling Exhibits by Lacaranian 2016-08-31T03:09:00

I loved the comedy. Weighted Scarf was great. Cutesy art feel. Like the names of months. Lot of charming content here.

The only negative is I would have liked to get some more feedback as to what was causing what. I just kept getting new artifacts and then got new money. I could never draw a solid connection between the two.

Great work!

DYSCOVR by Sean 2016-08-31T02:50:00

I think the presentation of this game is cool, although the effects on the screen gave me a headache.

I just drove around pressing space, not sure what else to do. I wanted to visit the coordinates on the post it, but when I tried to drive to it, the coordinate UI gave me a headache trying to read the words that were moving around.

Cool concept!