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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 53 | Delivery | RIP: Ridiculously Injury Prone | jam | 1115 | 2.90 | 2.76 | 2.78 | 3.46 | 3.05 | 3.47 | 2.80 | ||
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | Plant Baby | compo | 319 | 3.64 | 3.10 | 3.60 | 4.07 | 4.07 | 3.23 | 3.78 | ||
| 2018 | 41 | Combine 2 Incompatible Genres | 👥 | Death Fog Dash | jam | 384 | 3.62 | 3.15 | 3.92 | 4.27 | 3.77 | 2.50 | 3.24 |
Loved the graphics and the 2.5D style on the characters. The sound design was super nice as well. If there was an objective, I didn't find it. I found the combat system was nice but the exit battle action didn't require confirmation. I think this area could be tightened up a bit.
Overall, a nice demo of things that are to come! Replacing the textures on the world items to match the aesthetic of the characters will help lots.
Good work!
@pennycook It's fixed! I forgot to click to make it public at first. Thanks!
Edit: great suggestion and I entirely agree. Unfortunately I ran out of time and spent the last 90 minutes recording sounds and making the bg music. Thanks again!
@itsonrandom So.. there is a hidden mechanic in the game that is hinted at by the title screen text. Roots grow. But like in real life, you can't see them! As they grow, they reach deeper into the pot and the pot needs less water, so it may have the right amount of water for a number of hours. But! If the roots out grow the pot, the plant will die, even with the right amount of water.
Like in real life, it's hard keep plants alive (and growing)
Thanks for playing!
Pretty hilarious! I liked the various dialogue snippets you added and the animations / sounds were spot on. I wish I had a little more control over what I was doing, but a straight up Tamagotchi clone wouldn't have been fun, so this is a nice take on it.
Good work!
Hey! I played through and had some fun. Interesting idea!
I liked the idea of having to manage hunger, thirst, and happiness for your pup - all are definitely necessary. I wish that picking items up was easier, though admittedly I didn't use the scroll feature.
I did find that once I got the core loop down I was in a stalemate pretty quick. Perhaps if the dogs health regenerated so long as all its needs were met, and the dog grew (needed more of each need) over time, it would help.
Cheers!
Good work! I like that it's a little bit educational as well! I do wish that the increments for energy flow didn't go in 0.5 - OCD has me wanting to spend all of my energy. Also, range indicators on the towers would be a nice to have. Overall, good work!
Loved the music and the graphics! I didn't realize that the cactus could cause damage at first - nice touch! I felt that the bandits simply leaving with the flower was a bit of a stretch on the theme, but keeping yourself alive worked!
I also wish there was a "Skip Text" button, but hey! 24 hours? Great work!
The concept is interesting. I found that up to level 8, I just placed the objective on the player though. I imagine that was a bug?
The audio was awesome! The graphics were pretty decent. Keep up the cool work!
I love how well made / polished this game is! Great work!
This was a unique take on the theme - keeping memories alive. Great job in that regard.
The music made me feel like something bad was going to happen. Just had a ominous tone about it (science fiction movies may have ruined me). I kept wondering what impact my answers might have. Unfortunately it seemed that you ran out of time before adding an end game.
Good start to something!
P.s. - I also ran into the missing characters issue. I believe what's happening is that you're reading input to advance text and if the keyboard is still being interacted with before you've switched states, the system is still looking to advance text instead of inputting text. Might want to look into the state management of the game :)
The art and audio were great! I thought the idea behind it was pretty funny. I struggled with placing the theme though. Seemed like attaching a theme to a game idea more than creating a game based on the theme.
The Maccaroni's jumping around was hilarious. I liked the punches, though I wish that they were in the direction based on WASD (or the arm followed the mouse in 360 degrees).
Overall, pretty good start to something! Keep it up!
It was pretty entertaining - I managed to flip my ambulance and drive upside down! A larger world would have helped this out a bit. Nonetheless, good work! I enjoyed the low-poly graphics.
I love the graphics! Can't wait to try the game!
Tried to comment earlier and the site died.
I love the art, the audio, the concept, everything! My only issue is that it was incredibly difficult to color match (and would be next to impossible for those who are colorblind).
Overall, Excellent work! At a slower pace / easy mode, i could see this as being a mini-task as part of a much larger game.
Cheers!
I think this is a good test of mechanics. I'm sure you'll find a way to incorporate some of these ideas into future projects. Good work!
I have very little idea of what I was doing the whole time. You have an interesting simulator going on though. I liked the visuals!
I would suggest simplifying the instructions. Too many words and people wont read them! Also, there was no audio so it would probably have been good to opt out of audio rating.
Congrats on finishing!
Good stuff! I liked the AI on the fish when you feed them. I lost interest pretty quick (probably a common problem among jam games.. I know mine is kind of boring), so I didn't see if fish eventually have babies, or how you restock food. Would be interested to expand upon!
Pretty fun game! I'm a master at dad jokes so I found it pretty easy, but for those with a language barrier it might be a tricky game.
Nice work and excellent use of the theme - making sure players know how to deliver a joke!
What you've made was made well. I would give the ability to show all of the dialog so we can read it faster if we want without having to skip the intro. The gameplay itself was a little too simple for me, but I'm sure it has it's audience. Cheers!
This was as chaotic as I could handle xD
Was pretty fun! A little glitchy in that the packages can clip through the walls and that counts as being in the correct room. So, with blue/green you can easily just run at the wall with the package or even throw it at the wall and if it hits correctly they count.
I got a score of 148 first try. Nice work!
The animation of the character was nice and the jumping felt good. The character movement speed was also good. I think the level design could use a little work and/or more depth. Many levels had extra mail in them and they were all pretty straight forward without any hazards or puzzle-like obstacles to overcome. Pretty chill vibe though. Good work!
Snookers a pretty fun game. I had trouble with pretty much every aspect of this game though. Might be good to list your controls in the game description. With a bit more work this could be a fun snooker game... definitely doesn't fit the theme of the jam.
Yep - having some pretty annoying build problems right now and ran out of time to add more hazards. Thanks for the reviews! @cattymations @BayouSoftware
@zhiteng-chen Thanks Zhiteng! I did look at Mixamo but ran into problems with the armature that I couldn't resolve before the end of yesterday. If I find some time tonight before the deadline I'll work on the mouse sensitivity and character animations :)
Thanks for playing @osterzone ... You may have missed a thing or two :smirk: . But yes, time constraints limited the level design.
Cheers!
@flenzil that's hilarious!
@haymakercoding @jordantanner thanks for playing! I agree with both of you and appreciate your comments. Did either of you experience jittery camera movement? I experience it in engine but didn't experience it locally in a web build so I'm not sure if it's resolved.
This game hurt my brain after having sleep deprivation from the jam :laughing:
Nice idea and I loved the art style. Great work on the couch co-op!
I found it was pretty difficult to control the bike and was struggling to get more than one pizza delivered. Would also be nice to be able to reverse after crashing.
Overall, the game is a pretty good prototype!
P.s. I didn't realize I could upgrade until I saw the screenshot just now. Nice touch!
Pretty dang good! The graphics and music are superb as per usual. The gameplay was fun, though I found a few sections quite unforgiving and it seemed like there was too much lag between flapping and gliding. A few times it felt like it just didn't want to glide at all.
Overall, great game and could be excellent with a little tightening up on the controls and some adjustments to some map sections.
Nice work all of you!
Love the graphics! Wish the vehicle was a little more forgiving to control, but it's pretty fun!
Nice work :)
As Yorsh said, the game plays well. The controls are smooth and work perfectly. When moving on a diagonal you get a speed boost. If not intended, make sure to normalize the Vector3 movement direction :slight_smile:
As for making a quick game - great work!
For your next one, expand on what you've done and try to connect more closely with the theme and you'll do great.
Not sure how to figure out what order things are meant to be clicked in and likely would have just brute forced through it. Need some clear call to action that indicates what the player should do.
The game art was very nice though!
Nice game! The mechanics were taught well. The graphics were cohesive and meshed well with the audio. A post jam version with more challenging levels could be a fun mobile / web game :) Cheers!
I liked the packing mechanic. Could use some background music for sure and it's missing some key user-feedback items such as a score indicator that increments after each load, and an indication of when the game is going to end. Otherwise, pretty fun!
I think you can get away with speeding up the clock a bit more. It would also be nice to see a high score to beat.
Great work :)
Pretty fun game, though I got stuck on one of the levels (see pic). Not sure what I was supposed to do or if I just have to keep trying to jump/throw the mail up the crack.
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Fun game! Not sure I can connect it to the theme, but it played well. Nice work :slight_smile:
Neat concept! The graphics and audio were pretty good, plus splines xD. Gameplay was a little tricky.. the packages in pong moved very quickly while the trucks had a delay/acceleration. With a little more work I think this could be fun! Maybe in 3D, Starfox vibe but avoiding hazards and delivering packages?
Nice work.
Good work! I only played through once and ran into a bug (nice error handling by the way!), but it gives me the feeling the story branches which is nice. To give some constructive feedback:
- When selecting a dialog option there are two options, 1 or 2, but then you say "press e to continue". I would stay consistent with the options, even if 1 and 2 do the same thing, stick to those buttons so the interface is consistent.
- The cats are kind of far apart and since much of the game is walking, they could be closer together.
- It doesn't seem like memorizing which cat is which is very important... so to make it easier on the player, consider naming the cats based on the part of the map their in. IE: South = Salim, East = Erik
Looking forward to your next game!
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Great aesthetic. The gameplay was a little janky - I broke it by rolling at a diagonal. Looking forward to your next game!broken.PNG
Charging the weapon to fire was nice. I found the movement wasn't working very well. Might be some input management issues happening. With a bit a polish this could be fun!
Not sure that it hits on the theme at all though!
Looks great. I agree the sounds are a bit loud and zhiteng is correct - alt is not a good key for the dialog. It would also be nice to have a generic restart button after dying so you don't have to go through the dialogue again.
Nice work!
Fun game, but please implement 2D world wrapping! It's too easy to end up off the map with no indication of what direction you're facing or where you're headed.
With 2D world wrapping this game could be real good :)
Nice work!
The controls were pretty hard to get used to - really large turning radius on that van-bulance. Overall the game was pretty easy to understand and the graphics were well done and kept clean. The 2D world wrapping helps a ton.
Good work!
Definitely captures the feeling of being a Skip The Dishes driver and wanting to pick up deliveries as fast as possible! Was chaotic and fun.
The graphics and music were good. I think the one thing I'd like is when skipping dialogue it would be nice if the first press of a button revealed the rest of what the character was saying and the second press moved on to the next message.
Great work!
I'm afraid because this is VR only it may not get many play throughs :(
I like the concept. The game is too slow paced though. Need to kick it up a notch. Perhaps send a flood of tenants in.. distractions.. more packages to sign for... specific signatures? (Sign with a star.. sign with a circle).
Just needs a little bit more going on. Nice job on making this though! Keep at it!
Nice clean graphics and bug free(?) gameplay. I found the game a little easy though. Would be nice to see a post-jam version with other challenges to overcome. Nice work! :)
A little on the slow side for me but a good prototype for perhaps a future project. Nice work!
Nice work! Didn't realize what the "food" pickups were, so some indication there would be nice. I also found a slight bug. During training if you bump the home base at the end to trigger the end dialog it'll play, but if you bump it again it restarts and the timer doesn't so it cuts off the end of the message. Might want to track if it's been activated or not.
Good work on this!
First game? Good job!
The premise of the game is pretty decent. I have to agree with the other review - the double jump didn't always go off. I also found that some of the platforms were very unforgiving which made the game hard in some cases.
The art was nice and cohesive. The sounds worked well with the game. Would have been nice to have some background music.
Overall, excellent first game jam! Keep at it :slight_smile:
Game bugged out really quick... dragged one of the cards from my deck up towards the lake and it caused a card to draw while having a card still on the screen. Not sure if it was supposed to? Seems like an interesting game though. Good work! Would you mind reviewing my game? https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ld41-jam-game
I thought your graphics were great and the vehicle handling was pretty good but ran into a couple problems. I couldn't end the game. I ended up being the only kart left but the counter still had 2 carts on it. Would have been good to implement some sort of laps-system. Also, didn't find that it matched the LD Jam theme very well. Regardless, good work! Might make for a good racing game down the road (pun intended). Would you mind reviewing mine? https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ld41-jam-game
Difficult to play but very interesting concept. Balls could spawn a little faster :) great work! Care to review mine? https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ld41-jam-game
Loved it. Not sure that the genres fit the theme too well but the game was well made. The graphics were great. Kept me playing for a long time!
Quick screen shot of the progress on our Spelling / Survival game!
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Procedural Map Generation - starting point: https://imgur.com/3PMUHBF
Today Auggo killed it. Our procedural generation is nearly completed. fixed some bugs with the plants. Started on the destroyer of worlds and roadblocks. Things are definitely taking shape!
Here's a quick look at what not to do when scaling objects in code.. scaleFail.png
Oh no! Death Fog! [death fog](https://youtu.be/a0ZKYV0JWxo)
@DeadlyMidnight thanks! Toggling to third person view definitely helps the movement along but I do see your point. Great feedback!
We did have 4 and 5 letter words as well and a higher vowel drop rate. Not sure what happened in the build but we will look into it. Again, thank-you!
@blobo Thanks! Yeah we thought about that and intended on implementing a "reroll" feature where you could trade 3 letters for a new random letter but alas we ran out of time. Such is life in a 72 hour game jam :).
@mbrezu unfortunately the dictionary file we used was filled with acronyms however the word I believe you were after is RUE. Regardless, thank you for the review!
The fog did only move in one direction and if you toggled the minimal on it would tell you which way to go.
Other suggestions were noted. We appreciate everything you have says. Thanks!
Thanks @Kindred . Was my first game release and first ldjam combined into one. I appreciate the suggestions and will take what I've learned into the next project. P.s. did you try 3rd person view by toggling with t? 😉
@csanyk actually the scroll wheel is just an option. You can click on the inventory or use the number keys above the qwerty to select tiles.
@CameronPenner Nice! Thanks for the review! Question for you.. did you start running into 4 or 5 letter words?
What can I say? We did what we could for our first game jam, coding from scratch, in 72 hours. Better luck next time. @csanyk .
Great mix of games Dan! Was a lot to wrap my mind around while playing. I think this is the best use of theme of come across :)
Good use of the theme! Was having some fun with it. Sadly I broke the BBQ and it wouldn't allow me to cook any more burgers. Not sure what I did.
I don't think I used the brakes ever. Thought the game was pretty fun. Should maybe end the current level as soon as they collect the correct work, and give a way to drop letters picked up by mistake. Good work on this one! Would you mind reviewing my game? https://ldjam.com/users/theartifacts/
Very interesting take on the challenge, but I'm a little confused as to how to play. As another comment suggested, a video demonstration would be nice :) Good work!
Would you mind reviewing my game? @Coding-Ape : https://ldjam.com/users/theartifacts/
I like the low poly style, was really clean. I played the Web version and have a couple suggestions. Build in 2 scenes with instructions and a play button on the main at a minimum. Instructions should be available in game :). Some additional levels would be nice too. Good start though!
Great work guys! Was awesome to see the progress on stream as well. Care to review mine?
@kindred https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ld41-jam-game
Thought it was interesting. Was a little hard to judge how he was going to respond at first but was a great jam game. Good work :) Mind reviewing mine? https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ld41-jam-game
I liked the Super Mario Bros 2 style deal where you could jump onto the enemies. Was a pretty fun platformer. Handling moving between rooms was done quite well. I don't think it made the best use of the theme but it was fun. Good job! Would you mind reviewing mine? https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ld41-jam-game
a little slow for me, a little bit annoying to have no moves available but was a good start to a bigger project. Good work! Would you mind reviewing my game? https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ld41-jam-game
I like the idea, I'm not sure it integrates the theme very well though. Graphics were great. Music was fun. Would be nice to have a start / end screen and variation in the spacing of the notes. Great work! Would you mind reviewing my game? https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ld41-jam-game
I thought it was pretty fun. I think the theme could have been challenged a bit more but it was a difficult theme to work with. Good work!! Would have been nice if there was an enemy flag you could take to essentially win the game :). Would you mind reviewing my game? https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ld41-jam-game
I like the low poly style, was really clean. You weren't kidding when calling this "drifter". My one criticism would be that when taking photos the camera should probably be parented to the motorcycle.. I mean, you are taking photos from on it, right? Otherwise.. good job! Would you mind reviewing mine? https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ld41-jam-game
Really hard to control and didn't have enough GUI but was an interesting take on the theme. Great work!
I played on PC but this would make a good mobile game. Just need some incentive to work quickly. A timer forcing you to continue could work? Great job. Would you mind reviewing mine? https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ld41-jam-game
Really funny game. Found a few bugs though - Right Clicking closes the whole dialogue system, and I managed to break the dialogue by clicking it instead of the cards.
Keep up the good work though! Would you mind testing my game? https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ld41-jam-game