Triangle Adventures by PancakeVader 2018-08-12T18:10:46Z ♥ 1
There's a typo RIGHT in your splash screen, haha. "Triagle Adventures!" chrome_2018-08-12_20-11-01.png"
I'll go back to crying over my own unfinished game now. :)
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → Thygrrr
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Co | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 47 | Stuck in a loop | π₯ | Ghost Jammer | jam | 423 | 3.77 | 3.74 | 3.77 | 4.05 | 3.83 | 3.77 | ||||
| 2018 | 43 | Sacrifices must be made | π₯ | Demi Quest | jam | 4.00 | 3.50 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 4.50 | ||||||
| 2018 | 41 | Combine 2 Incompatible Genres | π₯ | Hot Meals | jam | 209 | 3.85 | 3.84 | 3.64 | 4.04 | 4.20 | 3.85 | 3.79 | 3.65 | ||
| 2017 | 40 | The more you have, the worse it is | π₯ | RE-SANTA | jam | 79 | 4.00 | 3.43 | 4.12 | 4.13 | 4.65 | 3.91 | 4.03 | |||
| 2017 | 39 | Running out of Power | π₯ | Space Dog | jam | 18 | 4.30 | 4.10 | 3.84 | 4.31 | 4.15 | 3.86 | 4.02 | |||
| 2016 | 37 | One room | Poopy R**mba | compo | 77 | 3.83 | 3.75 | 3.60 | 3.75 | 4.06 | 2.56 | 4.09 | 3.47 | 65 |
Thygrrr leaves an average of 24.3 feedback comments each event.
There's a typo RIGHT in your splash screen, haha. "Triagle Adventures!" chrome_2018-08-12_20-11-01.png"
I'll go back to crying over my own unfinished game now. :)
Wow, that retro flight sim feeling! And made by one person, wow - that is an impressive array of skills you demonstrate! Other jammers, beware! π―
Likes ------------ The idea and the flight model are just really really cool. Amazing you pulled off a convincing flight sim for LD Jam. The sounds are punchy and the radio voices are just present enough to not make you feel alone.
The targeting diamond really helps players make a split second decision and miss fewer targets. Well done!
The gun turrets and their doppler-laden sound effects really help me retain my situational awareness and feel under some kind of surreal science fiction fire.
The graphics, especially the reactor complex, are nice convincing as well. My favourite detail is the depth of field effect on the cockpit.
Ideas ------------- Do the flaps even work? Does the rudder even work? I didn't feel these were very pronounced in their effects for a casual game / flight sim crossover. Possibly even have thrust vectoring / VTOL with a plane that looks like this in the age of quantum reactors. It would add to the skill ceiling.
A more pleasant Menu Button click, maybe...
And: The destruction of blocks and chains of blocks can be more more satisfying with juicy feedback - crank up the emission and let them flash white hot as they resolve, add some simple particles, etc. Or just punch them out as rigid bodies and let them fall to the ground.
Gist ----------------- A very original entry that took me right back into my Amiga Flight Sim Days. Somehow it reminded me a lot of Armour Geddon. Definitely destroys the theme in one swift fly by. Fox two! Bullseye!
Bugs ------------------ "Hey Goose, does the ground even have a collider??!" (Web and Windowns versions) Noticed it when I ran out of fuel, and then realized it's the same in flight as well. That said, a submarine sim / match-3 would make for a good sequel. ^^ However, a flight sim without ground crashes *does fit* the casual game / flight sim moniker. π
Heads up mate, your Linux build doesn't have public permissions in Google Drive. :/
WOW THAT TITLE SONG <3
Likes ----------- Trancelike EDM with a really good vibe. SUPER POLISHED LOOKS. Damn, I will be making that polish a priority for my next jam. So satisfying. Really relaxing shooter game play, I enjoyed it a lot. The pacing is fantastic in many places.
Ideas ----------- Would be nice if the rhythm also affected my own shooting. This could be an awesome game with rhythm changes and polyrhythms (yeah dubstep)
Gist ---------- Really enjoyed this one, and I am keeping it open just to enjoy the music and visuals on my TV.
You wasted a huge chance here by not making this game in Godot. ^^
Likes ------------- Very special game... I like it. This could be ... Legen ... wait for it... dary! If this really has 24 hours of game play, jeez.
Improvements -------------- Wish I could run that in a browser. ^^
Gist ------------- This is literally a game I have been waiting for.
Likes ------------ Remarkable idea and remarkable polish. It turns out to be a very atmospheric game, and the text command twist is really nice.
Since it is so physics based, there are more solutions to some levels than meets the eye. Nice :)
The presentation is spot-on and the use of characters to show the dangers vs. platforms works surprisingly well.
Improvements ----------- Somehow I keep losing cursor focus, which makes some tighter spots a bit aggravating.
Gist ---------- Didn't have this much fun since **Snipes** :) Cheers!
Likes -------------- Super solid visuals, at first I didn't even realize this was a Compo entry. WOW! Just the splash screen alone outclasses many other entries right there. Then the game starts and... well.
Excellent soundtrack, so goofy and rock solid. The gameplay is fast paced and whimsical, and I love the whole scenario of being an outlaw ... and a mayor at the same time. Perfect example of two incompatible genres.
The game loop is quick and snappy and there is a lot of little stuff to discover before those pesky cops blow you up.
Just the gameplay itself is so fresh!
Improvements ---------------- I get stuck a LOT on the edges of the road, both with the keyboard and the controller. Some kind of mild magnetism towards the lateral direction of the road would be a huge improvement in the controls of what otherwise is possibly the best compo entry I have seen to this day.
Gist -------------- Compo entries this good should be outlawed! π
Likes ----------- Dancing Banana Meme in 3...2... The game is fast paced and bouncy. I like the idea of canibalistic bananas and tomatoes and whatnot. Also, I have never platform-shootered with a trio of background dancers. ^^
Dislikes ---------- The controls are a bit fiddly and it's hard to ensure aiming to the right side.
Gist ---------- Bananalicious is a really solid first LD entry. Cheers!
Don't ever make eye contact when eating bananas.
Hmm. What if the banana is eating another banana?
Likes ------------- WOW, then the Jump and Run part became a platforming part... I realized the genius of this game. I worked for a company that made one of the most infamous Bubble Shooter franchises out there, so I really enjoyed this game. The music is fun, the graphics are quite good, and I love the downtrodden protagonist.
This game has excellent progression / explanation of mechanics by letting the player figure them out.
Improvements ------------- It is possible to get stuck in your own bubbles. Then you need to restart. Would be cool if you could punch bubbles one square if you can reach them.
Gist ------------ Definitely one of my favourite games of LD. POP!
Likes ------------ VERY professional appearance, with the splash etc. Robust art direction / consistent art style. Pixels the size of your fist, that's how I like it! As a huge DDR game fan, this entry gave me a big smile. The controls are snappy and precise.
Improvements ------------ The music is the weakest part of the game, I would have expected some beats, or something. The punches themselves don't seem to add enough of a beat, sadly. People really don't like to setup and install jam games. Just give us a .zip :)
Gist ----------- I wouldn't have thought of combining these two genres, ever. KO'd π
Other ----------- WHAT? How did you do the cursor in the Web GL version? Teach me, senpais!
The Web GL version has slightly cut off graphics, hint - you can set the canvas size in the Player Settings in Unity, set it to something with the same aspect ratio. I have made good experiences with 720p canvases.
Same goes for the Windows build - it takes my full 21:9 screen, meaning it will prbably do poorly on everything other than 16:9. If you force the aspect ratio (by disabling all others) in the player settings, the game will letterbox instead and look the same.
The audio is pretty nice, and the character artwork is very cute. The music is solid and pleasant to listen to.
I don't quite understand the finer points of the game play, so I didn't progress very far, sadly. I thought I have to bring my monster into one of the three dotted shapes? Sadly, either it required you to be ultra precise, or I keep spawning too many arms and my monster is too lopsided for it to register.
Very interesting concept, though!
Those are some nicely varied and colourful graphics. You rocked the X-Mas-theme, indeed!
I also like "Santaur", which is odd and weird and I kinda like Zentaurs.
The gameplay is smooth, though the collisions are a bit on the imprecise side.
The arcade-y sound is quite neat, gives me a pleasant retro vibe!
I think at the very least, you should opt out from the "graphics" rating, because your game visuals are closely based on someone else's copyrighted work. (check the jam rules for more)
As for the theme, this game and the quantum uncertainty situation fits it really well! Great connection!
As for the game play, I can't even fix the quantum once because my reaction time is above the switching time when they are all the same. Pity. :)
Wow, an open world adventure in a game jam!
I really enjoy the gameboy look and feel, and also the subtle humour of the game.
Sadly, the Maze glitched out on me a lot (I almost couldn't even enter it the first three times I tried, then I was stuck between entrance and Skel until with some wiggling I could actually move).
Great and humorous idea to build a Maze, too.
So here I was humming the The Bards Tale II guild music on my way to the supermarket, wishing for a quick old RPG fix.
And here it comes!
Very beautiful and cutesy monochrome game with a lot of interesting encounters and simple two-button mechanics. I like the monotonous music, though some of the enemies have very jarring sounds.
The game plays well and it makes me want to replay at least three or four times. it also offers a good deal of game play to just experiment and discover based on stats.
I don't quite understand what the theme connection is, though I did get too much feels with one of my party members a few times. The effect seemed beneficial, but the latter ones were funny and negative.
So many feels...
A very disturbing game with quite great graphics! Well done!
I especially love the twisted mood of the game.
Tips: - make the movement of player and enemies juicier, i.e. squish and stretch them a bit on hit or on attack - the hit sound is pretty repetitive, adding a 100ms delay and pitch variation can already go a long way
Hey, this is pretty goofy :) Great game title, for a start!
At first I thought I have to collect all the gold myself, fortunately I could play chicken / matador with the dragons!
It is a nice and indirect game mechanic, also to pick out the fattest dragons and get them into a head-on collision feels really satisfying.
Tips: - The music is decent. I wish there was a satisfying gold coin sound. :) - when dragons collide, make them EXPLODE (evenmaking the gold coins bounce outwards from the point of collision would be a great start) - show the dragon "corpses" for a short time when they collide - adding some shadows gives your game a mild feeling of depth. - you can make the dragons wobble up and down a bit to give the impression they are flying by flapping wings
Gameplay: This game is really hard! I can't seem to ride any cars, they just come for me like people and take my health. I can only ever eat a few times before I blow up, and there doesn't seem to be a way to shake off people or cars that follow you. After the first meal, you are usually so slow you can't outrun them.
Art and Music: Great music, and the art works, especially because of the great idea to add shadows. I enjoyed that more than I would have thought from the animated gifs. :)
Mood: Really fits the theme with everything getting worse the more you have. :)
Holy cow, **I LOVE THAT SYNTH!!!**
Really best music in a game so far. I also think the "sketching into reality" effect of building level elements is really well done, and has great synergies with the art effect.
The shooter mechanics are very simple and the controls are just shy of being snappy and juicy enough to give you that Quake vibe that the music and the pentagrams single handedly do.
But dyamn, that synth. 5 goosebumps out of 5 for audio.
This game looks great, and uses shaders and post processing really well to make a deep and flashy game world made up of mostly simple geometry.
The game is monstrously hard, also owing to the fact that's at a weird angle and the player's particles glow so brightly, they occlude your actual position so it's hard to determine whether you are safe or not.
But I still find it very fun to play. My favorites are the bombs/mines. So satisfying to watch; and the music works well to get you into that betting arena fighting mood. :)
Excellent entry, thank you for participating! :)
Overall a very hilarious entry. My favourite dog is the Super-Shiba.
The graphics are partially a bit flat/pillow shaded, but still really capture the super hero parody spirit.
This game is perfect for me, because I love dogs and I'm a super hero. (more brawn than brain, as for a long while I didn't quite understand how to switch arms and so many dogs got away.)
I may or may not be the Moritz this game is about.
Well, this turned from a weird cross-dimensional visit to the Council of Ritz (haha) to a gropey-explodey police lineup I wasn't entirely comfortable with. XD
Moritz looks a bit like I and Tycho from Penny Arcade had a kid. Well. Mostly comes after Tycho. :-) I suppose the button at the end means I'm best when I'm on the button. Which is true.
The music is pretty awesome :) That's more soundtrack than most games have! There's significant breadth of moods and tempos, as well as a subtle consistency across the tracks that makes the, feel like they belong together.
(I only have time to download the music, as I'm on a mobile device - sorry for not playing). I gave you 1/7th of a five star rating point for the audio, though.
Holy crap, a Werewolf!
Pros: - I love werewolves - couldn't ask for chunkier pixels at all - nice idea with the lighting - cool death sequence
Challenges: - a bit tricky to play, really. Hiding from the eyes doesn't really work reliably...?
Still, most fun and most pixelated way to get eaten by a werewolf!
I can't play this game because it is hosted on a site that force-feeds me flash content, which my browser (Google Chrome) won't play.
I like the way you can climb up the "lattice" of blocks.
Pros: - nice animations - clean, crisp graphics - decent audio
Cons: - doesn't seem to be a "game" in the sense of having a beginning, a middle, an end, and a way to fail or succeed (other than falling out of the level)
A quite respectable first entry, nonetheless. The audio and loss of charge almost remind me of rhythm games, like Crypt of the Necrodancer.
I currently can't run this because I don't have a machine with Java ready, will do so ASAP.
Why doesn't this have more ratings?
Likes: - the warning sound is awesome. need to remember that - pretty nice graphics :) - a whole shop progression element to it, neat!
Challenges: - the music is nothing to write home about... but at least you tried. :) - what were you thinking with the upside down controls? up should be down, and vice versa. all right, now I sound stupid. but planes work that way. :)
Overall: - underrated entry with a lot of original assets and a nice airplane theme :)
Haha, what a game. I really crave a bottle of maple syrup now. Did you know it's delicious stirred into cold milk?
I really hope you get enough ratings, because this game is really "innovative" in its own right regarding the theme.
SLAP!
Likes: - super silly - super fun - super difficult to actually grab stuff with my wireless mouse
Challenges: - a bit hard to really get stuff done - what exactly IS my shopping list? - I can't help myself but I had a deja vu regarding the shelves and goods that reminded me of another game - if you used pre-made audio, please opt out of the audio ratings. :)
Overall: - I can haz maple syrup now?
Dramatic pirating "action" in this management game.
Likes: - good soundtrack - simple mechanics for the combats - seemingly quite a bit of stuff to discover, nice! - tutorial messages make it clear what needs to be done
Challenges: - it was weird because the "submit" button didn't always work, so at first I didn't understand how to actually sail somewhere - I get sunk by other ships consistently. maybe having flanking double as dodging would make things interesting
Excellent, moody entry which requires your brains and your intuition!
Likes: - great interrogation logic puzzle - funny characters that I still can't fully grasp - great graphics - overall wonderfully designed game screens - nice music piece - totally ace game title :)
Challenges: - it's a bit spammy to read at times. Could this work with just 4 days?
Overall: - a prime entry that stands out on many fronts - definitely an unique puzzle experience.
How the hell are these gems showing up just now?! π
Likes: - excellent graphics and setting - fantastic trailer - so much content, how'd you do it? - high polish and production quality - aesthetics are in the same league as Portal and other double-A franchises
Challenges: - controls aren't that clear, i.e. how you can telekinetically work with the sphere and all
Overall: - prime quality entry, congratulations! - this could well be a premium game on a VR store just as it is... enormous potential
Decent gravity jumper with nice monster designs!
Likes: - mini Zerglings, ahahaha! - solid gravity Shift mechanics (not my favorite genre, but still good job) - fairly consistent art style, that is worth a lot! - fine sounds!
Challenges: - gravity gameplay isn't really rewarding in most situations, and doesn't feel punchy and juicy (yay vor vague terminology...)
Overall: - cool entry - that MΓ‘laga Game jam must have been awesome. Didn't know they had one! Hasta luego!
Good looking game with nice survival gameplay!
Likes: - lush, smooth graphics - punchy sounds - Zombies! - decent survival mechanics - a lot of content and mechanics for a compo entry!
Challenges: - a sound when an object like a tree breaks would have added to the immersion - initial gameplay can be a bit tedious before it gets frantic
Floaty space mining (?) action.
Likes: - starts off with a really nice audio track - very floaty gameplay, feels much better than many jerky space games I played in the Jam - upgrade system... quite impressive! - loving the wording on some of the items. Rockomax fuel tank for the win!
Challenges: - ... but I was for the most part not able to earn any reasonable amount of money? this is hard work. I guess that's what space mining is... - add a tiny grain of parallax to the background starfield and BOOM, feeling of depth and all. - more feedback on mining stuff. took me a while to figure out I was gaining loot
Overall: - promising entry, looking forward to you future jam submissions!
I didn't make it to mars today... but great choice of music.
Likes: - the overall graphics are quite nice - decent sound supports the gameplay well - music choice is excellent (even if not rateable) - I like the hexagonal particles, this is a trick I'll remember for my own games
Challenges: - colliders of spaceship a bit large - not enough feedback or "juiciness" on the movement, it's such a pretty rocket, yet it moves more like a rock...
Overall: - beautiful entry, and I'm honoured to lift it over the 20 reviews mark :)
The graphics on this are spot on. I'll be following you and your work on Twitter and Youtube! Likes: - beautiful core loop of darkness, battery, and sanity levels - like the two battery "fire" modes - really outstanding graphics. consistent, crisp, clean.
Challenges: - a bit short, and it's hard to really fail :)
Overall: - an eye-catching, fun little piece. thanks for sharing it!
First game I played with DIESEL POWER !!! (oh, maybe not haha!)
Likes: - really funny real life voice overs, great! - multiple radio stations, hah - you get to drive on a seemingly open world highway! - driving off the roads to collect things feels ridiculously overpowered (I like to think I have 50 tons worth of trailers behind my rig)
Challenges: - the view distance is a bit low - what does the space bar do exactly? feels like accelerating, but it's braking. more or less... :)
Overall: - a pretty different entry with funny dialogue and a neat trucker flair
Solid jump'n'run entry that deserves more reviews and more love :heart
Likes: - good graphics, good gameplay mechanics - soundtrack and sounds and clear instructions in the game
Challenges: - there was a weird teleport effect at one time and I don't know if it was some kind of trap or something I did (there was a fork in the possible paths to go). - more feedback on death would be rewarding
Overall: - underrated entry - decent jump and run!
Holy hell, this is frantic!
Likes: - coffee as an extra resource for your avatar. just like in real life - hectic music, hectic sounds - klaxons galore - nice graphics with smooth scrolling and even some parallax :)
Challenges: - it was really hard to understand what was going on - the gauges... when the blue gauge is full, does that mean I have lots of water, or I need lots of water? :)
Overall: - fun game, really frantic, quite challenging. - I should not run a power plant.
[Space Dog](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/space-dog-ld-39) says hello to Astro Mouse! πΆ β€οΈ π
Our games are surprisingly similar, and also quite different!
What I love about yours: - beautiful, simplistic, finished art style - music reminiscent of FTL, which fits well, nicely laid back - great use of the Unity Web Player, I need to check out how you did that. - beautiful microcosm of the ship - difficulty curve is nice! - good humour on the "background story" - space krakens, eeeee!
Try differently: - I wish the ship coasted just a little when I got off the helm or ran out of power
Overall: - one of the nicest little games I have played, very well executed, very charming to play and watch!
This is the first game EVER where I faced ROBOT ZOMBIES! Haha!
Likes: - reasonably paced runner game - ROBOT ZOMBIES, haha. - overall nice diversity of obstacles and opponents - graphics good enough to give the game a clean look
Try differently: - I couldn't get any sound to work... :( - at first I thought it was easy, but being on a conveyor to 5 drainers with two robot zombies coming for me taught me otherwise.
Overall: - funny entry that resonates well with the theme - MMMM, TASTY CIRQUITS! π
I discovered it on youtube and gave it a shot - really nice!
Likes: - Spirit and Opportunity were legendary. Thanks for this homage! - beautifully dark world - cool space samples and ambient sounds - great use of depth of field rendering, game looks gorgeous on 3440x1440, the rover is slightly out of focus though :)
Try differently: - consider leveling the camera follow a bit more, when going over rough terrain the screen really jumps a lot
Overall: - pretty little game about the challenges of being a legendary exploration rover - definitely deserves more plays :)
Polished Visuals and an interesting take on the runner mechanic! :)
Likes: - I like the "power rail" mechanic - this is a pretty good looking "geometry runner", with the tunnel feeling really good - good use of lights, fog, postprocessing - has a leaderboard, for what it's worth, this is a great touch - music remotely reminds me of Tempest :)
Try differently: - it's a bit hard to play on ultrawide screens, but I also truly suck at these runners :) - don't look up my leaderboard score - please don't ask how many attempts that took :( I think this is my new Flappy Bird...
Overall: - I quite like this entry, and had fun failing to reach a reasonable score.
This is kinda like FL wit added stress, ha ha!
Likes: -multiple mechanics, like oxygen, damage, scavenging make for a varied game play -super fair of you to opt out of graphics rating. Many jammers sadly don't. Have an extra star :) -7 characters sounds like a lot but it kinda works...
Try differently: -... But it's sometimes too much at once :)
Overall: - I'll try to play this when I am less tired, it was quite enjoyable :)
Space Dog approves of Panda Go.
Likes: - neat idea with some fun game play moments happening - Java is way underrepresented and needs love β€οΈ
Try differently: - some customers are disproportionately challenging to reach Overall: - very cute game, pandas for the win!
I have a thing for minimalist games...
Likes: - lovely rubbery band effect - I finally have something to do while waiting for my internet to come back up
Try differently: - I think I tapped P so fast, I maxed out the bulb for a long, long time...
Overall: - different from all the games I played - still fun! :) - PRO TIP: Pulling the bulb across two 1440 wide and one 3440 wide screens and then letting go is EPIC
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A pretty moody dungeon crawler with some refreshing mechanics!
Likes: - the key and battery collection mechanics are a really cool progression method - the ghosts that steal you batteries really drive me crazy (in a good way) - I loved the lamp oil as a secondary resource, that's cool. - I liked that you only get pushed to some kind of pseudo-safepoint when you got hit. really user-friendly
Try differently: - a hint of sound and hit feedback would help - I didn't realize I could shoot the fireballs until loooong into the game.
Overall: - really decent gamemaker game (I β€οΈ GameMaker). - the badger is a cool character
Wow how did you get 100 ratings? You are now the most popular person I've seen. :)
Neat game, too! Watching it on lerpish's twitch stream first, and then tried it:
Likes: - intense puzzles and hardcore power mechanic - well designed situations
Try differently: - it often becomes a "only 1 step is the right step" situation...
Overall: - decent puzzle game, remotely has a boulder dash or rogue feel to it.
Shenzen I/O and a push puzzle had a bastard child...
Likes: - great tutorial levels - stops talking only to let you make mistakes and learn the hard way at just the right moments - tricky puzzle mechanic - if you click first, think later, you're gonna have a bad time :) - crisp pixel graphics
Try differently: - I like the soundtrack, but it could use a bit more variety
Overall: - rather solid puzzle that you could see just as well on any of the app stores. :)
Absolutely loving the Necromancer Flask theme for buying units. Well done!
Likes: - good graphics. love them pixels, reminds me remotely of early 16 bit era fantasy games - music with variety - interesting choices to make - NECROMANCY FTW!
Try differently: - very little feedback on UI and combats when you click on things. you had a big team, add more tweens and juice and clicks. :)
Overall: - nice, moody fantasy entry with a skeleton bonus :)
A simple dodger game with some tricky "reverse tetris" situations. (you are the line piece)
Likes: - great splash screen sequence, need to remember that for future entries. - the game is actually quite challenging after a while - it has a subtle humour to it that I like. but maybe I just hit my head a little too hard...
Try to do differently: - there's very little feedback or "juice" in terms of movement and collisions - there could be more going on on the screen at most times and it would only add to the game - I died the first two games before seeing any batteries. :(
Overall: - good things come in small packages, this is a decent entry. I wonder what happens when you reach 50 rows, though.
This is a surprisingly AWESOME game that I didn't expect to find this late in the week!
It's amazing to see a game like this made in 72 hours... how big is your team?
Likes: - ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING ENTRY! WOW! - music, graphics, pixels, it all comes together wonderfully - fast game pace - satisfying screen shake and hit feedback - chunky enemies and big fat bullets β€οΈ - a full-fledged 16bit-esque jump and run, wow.
Try differently: - shootable bricks can be a bit tricky to hit, instead of a dedicated jump button, consider going true 16 bits and put jump on "up". *Turrican II theme faintly echoes somewhere* - the windows version didn't work with my Xbox360 gamepad. bummer. - the default key controls are left handed, really odd choice. I'm used to using the left hand to move and the right hand to shoot :)
Overall: - technically, meaning in terms of execution, looks, quality, and polish, the best game I've played in this jam so far, *and also by far*. - I want the 16bit days back now. Can we, please?
A blast from the past, straight back to the 80s, where the world was no longer black and white, and not yet in sepia. T'was the golden age of Electric Neon!
Likes: - beautiful city design - lighting is spot on, feel like I'm cruising through Miami. Thanks for this short vacation! - simple music that gets the job done! inspiring what you can do with a couple of notes and two instruments :) - fits the theme really well
Try differently: - the engine sound is all on the left speaker... and could use more flange, sawtooth or reverb. - on wide screen, it's hard to pick up batteries because they seem to clip through the car at the left side - I now know for sure any car I buy must have a reverse gear π
Overall: - great looking entry that fits the theme well - sooooo fucking EIGHTIES! β€οΈ
Well, this has got to be the first Hamsterwheel-, err, Rabbit-Crank-Driven space station I have seen!
Likes: - many options, deep space exploration feel - cute rabbit - loving the blue print feel of the build mode
Try differently: - it really doesn't play well with 125% GUI scale, I have to scale the browser down to 70% to even see the close buttons - need spacy floaty sounds :)
Overall: - a complex space mining and building game as a COMPO ENTRY? wow, I am impressed!
Hello fellow voxel space game maker :)
Likes - very consistent and smooth voxel art style - great sound that changes pitch procedurally, etc. all the sounds are crisp and spot on. - game plays well and stuff is satisfying to blow up - nice hit feedback effect - music got me bobbing my head as I was playing this with my gamepad from the couch! - silly humorous dialog
Try differently: - add a tiny bit of parallax scrolling to the background stars. Some pickups are stationary and the absence of deep star field movement makes them very hard to see and judge your own ship's speed against that.
Overall: - short, sweet and to the point. A very nice entry!
Someone knows that bullets need to be FAST and BIG.
Likes: - awesome bullet hell shooter - very fleshed out and polished looks - interesting "catch the enemy" mechanic - the character artwork is great - hit feedback is very good
Try differently: - add a secret "YX" command that does the same as ZX for us QWERTZ keyboard players - collisions with enemies could be a little more generous...
Overall: - very nice looking entry, probably the best shooter of the jam I have played so far
Thanks for making this nice game!
Very solid compo entry. BUTTER SMOOTH bullet hell gameplay, I like!
Likes: - nice, fleshed out sprites - buttery fluid scrolling, someone knows how to set their frame rate in GameMaker :D - nice music, sound works too - lovely pseudo-3d perspective. I'll remember this idea for future game jam games, this is genius!
Try differently - a bit chunky in download size, probably because it contains the gamemaker project. - more hit feedback on the enemies. make them go BOOM!
Overall: - definitely the smoothest title I played, and one of the most frantic ones
Wow, a pretty moody story telling experience, and are ALL the characters female? Interesting...
Like: - the memory flashbacks and the narrative were very good - I liked the difficulty of getting the car under control - it's an interesting experience
Try differently: - running out of power was often so quick, I didn't know what I had done. - you don't need to make an x64 build, windows 64 users can run the x86 one just fine. :)
Overall: - very decent entry, another one with a dark twist that leaves a memory
Cheers, thank you for making this!
Dyaaaaamn! You made a Mech Warrior clone in 3 days? The first game that gets the five star overall from me. So satisfying!
Likes: - badass title - awesome voice acting. - heavy metal riffs, how could anything with these be not good, ever :) - awesome sound and quite good graphics - satisfying and punchy gameplay ... YOU WON
Try differently: - I had a game pad connected at first, it made my mech go super crazy. I was afraid I couldnt play the game, but it plays fine with just keyboard and mouse if I unplug the xbox360 controller - I won the game on the first playthrough with no tweaking of my powersystems and without using shields. At the end, I was only able to fire missile volleys, but the enemies were easy to kite.
Overall: - mind bogglingly awesome - the religions subtones are bad-ass in conjunction with the heavy metal soundtack.
This game ROCKS! Your reactors must be running at 900 Kelvin after throwing this one together in a weekend!
Wow. Wow. Wow. Left me speechless.
Likes: - great graphics, really beautiful and expressive style - lots of sound, music, oh my - great story progression. - that was dark and grim and still colorful
Try Differently: - can't think of much; the game seems to play itself more or less, but it feels interactive enough to matter.
Overall: - one of the two deepest, most meaningful games I played so far. This one is probably at the top, really. - extremely well done.
Cheers! Thanks for sharing this with us.
One of the better "light radius" games I played this ludum dare!
Like: - very crisp graphics and mechanics - the levels looks sometimes mesmerizing in their geometry - nice music, even with variety - interesting mix of memory and exploration gameplay - plays great with game pad.
Try differently: - "juice up" your player movement a bit, google for a talk called Game Feel by Vlambeer or Juice it or Lose it. :) As you spend so much time moving in this game, movement could feel more fun.
Overall: - good looking game with decent music and innovative mechanics!
Holy moly, those creatures are WEIRD!
Likes: - cool graphics mood, cool animations - excellent title - creepy monster design - plays quite well with gamepad - EEEEEEK ALIEN EGGS!
Try differently: - the fighting could use some visual feedback, like screenshakes, when I punch or shake monsters off. - the more interesting parts of the ship are somewhat tricky to find, as the corridors are very much alike
Overall: - gloomy alien creeper that gives you a feeling of helplessness - Life Support Terminated
Wow, this is somewhere between FermiGame, my LD38 game "No Borders, No Nations", and uses some lingo reminiscent of Europa Universalis. Sweet!
Like: - haven't played ANY game like this - web tech is beyond me, so I tip my hat - game is really complex and lots of choices - I love how researching religion is a bad idea - the graph shows your situation really well - so many choices that seem to build on each other.
Try differently: - the feed in the left column is super spammy, I was feeling very overwhelmed - the objective is very vague. even after two turns of explanation. :)
Overall: - I researched fucking ROCK STARS! My work here is done! (sadly, I caused a bunch of wars and a huge population decline afterwards, but I guess you can't win em all) - a very noteworthy entry!
Whoa, nice trippy visuals!
Likes: - acid soundtrack (a bit *very avant-garde*, but still cool!) - super cool trippy graphics - when you jump it really feels like you're getting high up in space - nice choice of colours and light
Try differently: - somehow my own controls on the spheres seem limited, maybe a gimbal lock issue? - I want to get to the big sphere so much, but the game is actually challenging!
Overall: - lovin the neon pastel trippy glow of this. - the galaxy "sphere" looks nice, too!
A nice maze game!
Likes: - I enjoy the calm soundtrack - the line of sight / shadow casting makes the mazes feel quite cool - not sure how you make the mazes, but they're fun to play
Try differently: - movement is very linear and not "juicy". Try to make movement fun. I link two videos at the bottom to explain simple ways to make movement feel much better. - the power stations drain even if you are already full
Overall: - a relaxed top down maze game that I like!
Cheers, had fun playing this one. (I'm a bit of a maze fanatic, though!)
Strange, neither the HTML5 nor the downloadable version work for me. It goes to "Starting Gameboy", the screen freezes, causing a whole bunch of CPU load, and then the application drops to desktop.
Finally, our Energy Crisis is OVER! :)
Like: - nice spinning cat graphics - hilarious idea for a clicker - good sounds, love the mews and hums - kind of a large list of cats to choose from
Try differently: - how about a shortcut (yeah, in a clicker game, I know...) that if you double click on a stack of toast, you expand it by one without having to go into the shop list? :D
Overall: - had a good laugh even though I usually don't play clicker games πΆ - I justify this by achieving a higher bread expertise by playing this!
That's a beautifully amber-brownish colour palette! :)
Like: - moody soundtrack - "boss" battles, wow, so much content - many game mechanics build a whole - overall quite polished graphics, minimalist, but polished - good use of brighter and darker objects
Try differently: - while the main character is smoothly animated, did you think about squishing it a bit and stretching it when leaping and landing. that would add "juice" to the movement, as you're moving a lot, a fun and squishy jumping animation could augment the smooth walking animation - the muffled sounds are great, sometimes a little heavy on the sine waves :)
Overall: - very impressive and complex entry - interesting, labyrinthine level design
This is a quite polished game with an original 3-switcher game mechanic!
Likes: - phone sized, bite sized, game to go; much like I love my coffee! - nice, slick graphics - interesting swapping mechanic - great short tutorial and fun gameplay - relaxed music
Try differently: - one of the tutorial steps got stuck for me (I had to rapidly try to switch the milk until it finally did what I wanted) - i takes a lot of practice to get good at swapping... the initial learning curve is quite steep. :)
Overall: - polished, completed game - nice innovative mechanic! - now I want a coffee...
Beautiful Radio Track :)
Likes: - claustrophobic, but still feels like home - nice details, takes a while to figure out what's going on - pretty snappy engine - works for WASDies as well as for AZERTies. clever!
Try differently: - the mouse cursor is not captured, which makes it hard to play on multiple horizontally adjacent displays (when you look around, the cursor wanders onto one of the side screens, and as soon as you click, the game is minimized or unfocused) - not sure if I found all the interactions?
Overall: - good piece of coding and a better piece of music!
pip install pygame
Likes: - python deserves love β€οΈ - intelligent puzzles where you don't know all the pieces from the start. :) - smooth animations (though not much else) - good color gradient from green to red. both colours look positively bright and shiny.
Try differently: - have you thought about adding a restart button? :) - the grey obstacles move smoothly, but very mechanically, exactly as the player. - maybe make the player sprite move with a little "bounce"?
Overall: - solid puzzle game - solid puzzles! - python β€οΈ
Wow, a game themed after the Iliad and Oddyssey!
Likes: - rich sawtooth sounds. :love: - multiple games in one, that gives you an extra star! - it's an okay vertical shmup - sirens! sireeeeens! ouch. I got zapped so hard. so often. - so many stars, I really appreciate these dense starfields - funny opening and clising cutscenes. Well done!
Try differently: - mix of mouse and keyboard controls... - the difficulty is a bit steep, and the asteroids are often only visible through their HP numbers (which made me first think they are powerups... ouch)
Overall: - homer would enjoy this game - I spent way too much time playing it. - DAMN SIIIIIREEEEENS!
Whoaaa, pretty game! And hard game!
Likes: - beautiful music & okay sound fx (what did you use to make them, just audacity? any plugins?) - effective lighting - clean low poly art style - "seed your own adventure" generated levels. - pretty swirly particles, oh my! - supports glorious 3440x1440 @ 100Hz with "Fantastic" quality, even though it suggested minimum details on first launch. :)
Try differently: - have you considered some hit feedback and general "juice" (see video below)? - brutally hard, I never survived over a minute. Took me a while that maybe Seed 122 was a bit hard. :) - the sticky item controls really threw me into a loop a few times. many other games just have tap-key-then-place before resuming normal operation
Overall: - very nice entry - the seed mechanic actually adds replay value! I'm going in one more time... damn, it's hard.
The talk about game feel:+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJdEqssNZ-U
Breathless. This is a dark and scary game, with some subtle humor in it. Definitely not for the faint-hearted, or those that believe in CPR :)
Likes: - beautiful mood and animation. so dark and yet so mellow! - the art and "lighting" is excellent - many details make this a really good escape room game - riddles are beyond simple click and go - that ending... both of them... and when you see it coming ...
Try differently: - some controls are fiddly to select, and the mix of mouse and keyboard may confuse people - there's a bug where you can take the award multiple times, yet never get out the window - (it's not clear if you haven't opened the safe that you don't need to get out)
Overall: - possibly the darkest and moodiest entry I've played so far. (and I've played a dark horror slasher, ha!) - really like the mix of escape room and point and click adventure - the character is very relatable and well animated
Great entry!
WOW! This is really polished. And it has everything - menu, sounds, gameplay, and well-balanced levels.
Likes: - crisp art style - great chip music - super nice animations, from the menu to the end of level one
Try differently: - I had to go into browser settings to even be able to see this (flash blocked by default). I'm very glad I did! - Level 2 is a tad hard, following levels fit the curve better.
Overall: - one of the best entries I've seen - Very Complete. Much polish. Wow!
I didn't see such a well-rounded title so far in the Jam. :)
Pretty full-fledged Asteroids clone with a bit of intro dialog.
Likes: - whoa, real music - whoa, real 3d graphics - ship movement, explosions, shields, weird aliens... it all looks sweet - plays quite well, nicely done
Try differently: - I can use my gamepad to fly, but not to aim. :( I can haz dual stick controls? - why is there a wall in space, and it doesnt affect enemies nor projectiles - I can click really fast on the mouse. That means I can shoot really fast (doesn't consume enough power?)
Overall: - rock solid jam entry, well done - I enjoyed playing this a lot - music and sound makes games so much better
Wow, that's a huge Team :) And I am a little colour blind, so at first I thought I was battling Yodas with those Head Traps from SAW, but later realized they are crazed little girls.
Like: - proper menu, very amazing font - great lighting - fluid movement - interactive environment - enemies spawn everywhere.... arrrrgh
Try differently: - player moves and stops with no inertia. this makes the game play a little jaggy. - it's hard to tell if I'm really breaking something with the hammer - consider adding more juice (see video at the bottom) - enemies are really tough - am I dead?
Overall: - elaborate horror game - dark and scary ambiente - very moody
Here's a video tip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkgkIXZ_13Y
Wow, this is a pretty involved puzzle game. You had me at "you need one more arm to move this". Great!
Likes: - nice muted color palette - so many interactions - great use of text to speech for the mood - intelligent puzzle - dialogue that's really monologue
Try differently: - the fireballs have rather greedy collision detection - a death animation would give it more meaning. - when I take the head off, I think the collision box should get smaller.
Overall: - really complex title - I think I am in love with Pura - my day is better for having played this game!
Thank you! πΆ
I really loved those wildlife simulation games in the 90s. This brought me right back!
Likes: - nice graphics, useful animations - the herd chase in day 2 is AWESOME! what a rush! - day night cycle - beautiful, moody color palette - game is STUNNING on 3440x1440 ultrawide. So much savannah!
Try differently: - no sound? (didn't seem to work for me) - unity standard dialog when I launched the game, suggesting 1024 resolution. Let it default to 1920x1080 or 1280x720 windowed if you want to be safer. - splash screen with instructions is easy to skip and easier to forget :) Guess who didn't know what to do after catching the first Antelope, haha!
Overall: - nice short wildlife sim - really awesome moment chasing that huge herd of ... impala? - cheetah protagonist sure likes his leopard print leggins π
Great premise for a game!
Like: - as someone who wants their brain be uploaded to a computer, this is just my game π - I love IQ test puzzles, too! - fantastic idea with the Google Docs bug report and survey!
Try differently: - the Text does glitch out a lot on my screen - when typing numbers with the numpad, it recognizes these as "NUMPAD_x" - I was unable to make a screen capture
Overall: - game didn't work enough to really enjoy it - 3 riddles in, the screen is so corrupted it's impossible to discern what is left from the previous riddle and what's part of the current one. - great premise, nonetheless!
WOW, EXCELLENT PUZZLE GAME MECHANIC.
Like: - mildly juicy animations, looks like a polished game - crisp pixel graphics - amazing game mechanic - yay for GameMaker! - credits in the game background, smooth!
Try Differently: - steep learning curve - on my 3440x1440 screen, double or triple pixel size would have been sweet :) I love 'em chunky, you know. - add sounds to juice it up even more
Overall: - very innovative puzzle game - awesome title - works on Windows 10 just fine (gives a nasty "Windows Protected Your PC" dialog, though)
This fits the theme spot-on ... oh my. Died stuck in space at least a dozen times before I started writing this.
Well Done: - hand-drawn graphics - music, if simple - upgrade system allows for strategy - decent, accurate mini map that really helps me estimate ranges.
Try differently: - there's no inertia on the character. this can lead to frustrating deaths at an arm's length from the dock :) - Enter and WASD + Mouse button can be hard for people with small hands. π Why not cursor keys?
Overall: - enjoyed playing despite the brutal difficulty - could use more "juice"... and by that, I mean... [This Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy0aCDmgnxg)
Well - kudos for the Rick & Morty reference, but I'm not gonna be your battery forever. I have just now finished my littleverse where I will have people clap their hands with their phones to generate boundless energy for this worls!
AWESOME TITLE! MAde me insta-click, haha!
Highly innovative gameplay linking illumination to ammo count. I can imagine this working in a bunch of games really well. Sweet idea!
Gameplay is snappy, and what it would benefit most from is some inertia on the player so you could slide a bit.
Aiming feels a bit imprecise at times, but it's better than in Hotline Miami. :)
Highly innovative game!
And wow, this is brutally hard! I have never played a game as frantic as this.
I like the servants having different names, that's a really cool touch.
Kudos for voice acting :) Good use of Grainy pixel graphics.
At one point I was unable to collect from 0 0 and it took me too long so my heart got blown up.
Sadly, this doesn't load for me. :( Just a white page.
This is an interesting take on Tower Defense / Siege game play. I really enjoyed the (rebel? spy?) coming to the back door of your castle and causing all sorts of trouble there.
The graphics have a nice simplistic perspective to them. They'd be even better with moody lighting!
The Bow&Arrow cursor was very left-handed, took me a while to understand where its hot spot was. Mouse responsiveness was pretty good, though!
Sadly, no sound was playing on my computer. :( So no rating there.
Innovative idea! Controls are generally snappy, but the scrolling can occasionally break (and there are some tiles that have invisible collision objects...)
I really like the "zooming in on the actual level" idea. There's a lot of potential in this!
Hello fellow Vaccuum Robot game developer. Thanks for your kind review on Poopy R**mba. :)
Nice sealed hardwood floor, looks really fresh. Good thing you have a Roomba to take care of your massive pest problem :D
Game plays smooth, I like the scurrying motion of the mice. If you made the Roomlops have a bit more drag, it could offer more graduated control.
I also like the furniture you can go under. :)
Two dimensional two dee sprite is two dimensional. :)
Cute music, jarring sound. Seems to run smoothly but displays 30 fps? Weird. :)
Some of the sounds are really crass.
Loved the random ones and zeros weapons. More enemy variety maybe?
Very polished game with smooth, but fiddly game play. I am afraid I expected more sophisticated game play seeing the overall polish of the menu, etc. :)
Beautiful music, cute character!
Wow, assets painted in tilt brush! That's a first :)
Good sound, good audio, very nice visuals. Sadly not much of a game. :(
Great, moody graphics and minimalistic, repetitive gameplay.
It was fun finding out how it works, and then grinding only to be surprised what the "Project" really was...
Amazing all around entry from one person. wow.
The music is really awesome and kept me trying and trying again. It really supports the nintendo-hard survival theme of the game!
The graphics are wonderful and polished. Excellent animations.
The puzzles are approachable, but the "you are freezing to death" time mechanic makes thinking hard and errors costly.
Totally love this one. My favourite Jam entry so far!
Absolutely astounding artwork, not just for a game jam entry. WOW. Love the many way to die, and it's a really detailed aquarium.
Collision is a bit fiddly at times, which sometimes adds and sometimes takes away from the humour. :)
Really slimy wall jumping game. Very nice graphics that have a lot of humour on them. Controls not very polished, which makes especially the start really difficult.
Not sure if this should be marked NSFW :D
Loving the "rage room" feeling of this, you can get some convincing collapses happening. Also, I never beat up a shelf with a CRT, so that's definitely innovative!
Great vocals, but more sound, please? :)
That was fun. Especially when I saw the guy sparring with a kangaroo in his flat, haha!
The upgrades get really powerful really quick, which makes the game nice and frantic and gives the player a good feeling of power.
I loved the silly dogs in the referee shirts. And rhumba music, from the sounds of it!
Great graphics and a nice wobbly controls and camera. Feels so awkward and clumsy :D
Excellent lighting and "straightforward" controls. Super nice to play.
Very atmoshperic game, I like the wording on the notes and the overall sense of foreboding. Didn't manage to get into the safe, sadly. Here's my reasoning: Skull of a Firstborn: 0, 9, or 8. Those are the numbers that look like skulls.
One who knows: 1, or 6, because 6 knows that 789.
Splitting symbol of peace is maybe 1 or 7. Or 2, as a half heart.
Subtle humour, foreboding narration, scary bugs, this game has it all. :) Nice job, I actually enjoyed this a lot!
Arrrrrgh! Who the hell puts four book shelves and a Queen Size Bed in a single room with windows all around?!
HAHAH! :) Really nice little game. First thing you notice is the great soundtrack and the polished looks. A nice number of levels with an intense difficulty curve. It's also funny how this bin packing simulator with a twist challenges you to build things you may even have seen and scoffed at in real life.
In later levels, you have to fill whole floor plans with multiple doors.
Really well done little entry.
Arrival has nothing on this game!
Awesome idea with th tabs (how even, i can't literally even).
Great christmasy graphics.
Did I mention how awesome the time travel thing is? It like portal, but for time.
Smooth, blocky, very moody graphics.
Great audio. Scary room(s).
Really nice "walking simulator" / "point n click" hybrid.
Controls a bit fiddly, would have preferred cursors, space, and enter.
Gloomy, great soundscape.
Loving the arena graphics!
Really wonky controls make this "dual stick" shooter a single stick shooter.
Moody game with nice low poly graphics and a very eerie feel to it.
The room is just large enough to make you agoraphobic, and just small enough to make you claustrophobic. Nice!
You only supplied the .exe, but there's also a Data Folder that's needed.
LOL okay, this is surreal. Loud and great flashy colours, and poo pellets, oh my!
Like the animation on the character, looks nice and squishy.
Fun little game that's pretty hard to play. :) Sounds are cool, but the music a bit repetitive.
Movement and gameplay is smooth and pretty furious (I think the enemies are a bit tough)
Cool Animations! Squishy and bouncy. Very fast gameplay.
Wow, such atmospheric audio! Also, I like how you can advance time by "doing" the timekeeping.
Haven't found a way out yet. The narration set in just as I thought I had a way out, and now it's really holding me captive. Pun intended. :)
Ha, made with Defold! I worked for a year with that engine. :)
My russian isn't up to speed but the game was easy to comprehend.
And difficult to play.
Very polished look, smooth game play, porno music.
Wow, a 3D assembly line simulator. You can build some pretty sick shit in this.
Quickly gets literally crowded and crazy.
404 not found. :(
If you have trouble playing this, try disabling AdBlock. Didn't get it to work in Chrome nor Safari, nonetheless.
This ROCKS! :D +1 for the Metallica reference. Great soundtrack.
Love the Storytelling by Storytelling, and the nice progression of age through the levels.
Who presses Z to punch, tho? I guess you gotta be more Metal than me...
Downloaded for Mac, sadly "App can't be opened".
Holy shit, this is a terrifyingly frantic scenario. Great idea, title is a beautiful understatement of the terror of this game.
That really bumps up the mood score for me :D
Gameplay could be smoother, but I think the abrupt movements add to the overall chaos of waking up and finding your room on fire!
Nice smooth gameplay. Not entirely to the compo rules using classical artworks - just making some stick men could have achieved more here, in about the same time.
Like the language and the fact that the three classes are complementary.
Beautifully simplistic graphics. Worth firing up the ol' Vive for. :)
Thanks for making games for niche platforms. <3
Can't launch this java application. Will try again later. :)
A great adaptation of the "Reigns" genre, with a nerdy touch, and in a room.
Beautiful title screen, moody music. And wow, really solid and consistent art style! <3
Even has a bit of storytelling.
Very happy I had the chance to play this one :) Thanks for making it!
Love the depth of field in the cave. I was amazed when I first saw the gif of the gameplay.
Layer one is pretty hard already, talking about pixel precision jumps.
Loving the overall feel and aesthetics, and the music is a really mellow tune that works great as a background to the game. :)
Thanks for the "Click to Focus" tutorial hint, very considerate!
Brutally hard to play with trackpad. But hey, it's a full-fledged Gauntlet with crafting!
Also, I like brutally hard games. :D
Pool Ball Mini Golf with dynamite. What's not to like?
Goofiest sound so far, made me chuckle. I want the "Fail" sound as a ringtone now...
Mashing the space key might trigger a bug that gives you free explosions.
Sadly doesn't seem to load on Chrome on Mac.
Beautiful retro music in this remake of the venerable Qix.
Love the changes in music. Graphic is butter smooth and nice, chunky pixels.
Cube meets Dual Stick shooter. Me gusta!
Really interesting colour mechanic and use of the colour wheel to map progress.
A bit difficult to play with a trackpad. Sound would have been a nice plus. :)
Love the greyed-out tutorial button, will steal that idea for my own stuff :D
Wow, that's a really novel concept. Well polished, very interesting characters. Plays like a game of Werewolves of Millers Hollow, but you are the storyteller :D
Most guests behave sensibly, and are fun to play. Really like things like the delay effects (vampire, etc.)
Great job!
Very polished looks, good lighting, hand-crafted levels, cute character.
I really like the diversity in level design, the difficulty curve, and the visual differences between individual levels.
A really nice "The Floor Is Lava" game. Literally. :)
When I first ran this on OSX, I went "WOW". Really solid visual style. Lots of interactive things. Good use of physics.
Totally confusing gameplay mechanics, makes you feel like you are some cog in a big machine.
Game can be tricky to control with the trackpad, but it's quite well playable.
The game made me feel like I was the guy in The Chinese Room. :-)
LD47 — Stuck in a loop (10)
Around by Stadoblech 2020-10-26T15:44:27Z ♥ 0
Hey that's pretty darn solid for 1 Hour, even feels slightly juicy. It provides solid hyper-casual gameplay and the art style works and reads well. I like how even at constant (?) angular velocity, being further out feels so much faster.
What could be better: In a 1 hour game, it's hard to ask for this, but a single "punch" tween shaking/slamming the cube from one orbital to the next / or scaling it when shifting lanes would make this feel even more deliberate and action-packed.
I really love these short time entries, and I hope you reach your 20 ratings! You deserve them.
Eat, Sleep, Repeat by Syafire 2020-10-14T19:53:09Z ♥ 1
Pretty difficult to play, but has a large variety of nicely drawn mini games. I like the guitar jingle when I lose, too!
I don't know how many mini games there are, but I am still discovering new ones.
Hall of Frame by Dedicave 2020-10-08T21:46:34Z ♥ 1
WOW the frames and these abstract artworks with their smooth animations are really expressive.
This game reminds me a lot of the classic game Weird Dreams, for some reason.
The controls are quite snappy, the scrolling is smooth, and the art style is original and fun.
I think the music could use a bit more variety; but the mood of the game is mostly carried by the art and the facial expressions. Relly nice!
Looper by Shortbread 2020-10-08T12:36:48Z ♥ 1
This is an amazingly smart gameplay mechanic, and it feels rather intuitive to play!
#### Great stuff - I love the art style and simplicity. - The logo alone is an art direction masterpiece. - the music is also entertaining and jaunty. - I love the learning curve how your movements become more and more intuitive
#### Things that would make it even better: - probably if you're cycling from the top of one loop to the bottom of another loop, reversing the winding direction would feel a lot more intuitive and lead to fewer deaths - the collision detection is a bit flaky, as in, it could be more forgiving.
Overall one of my favourite titles so far, and that opening screen alone is incredibly nice and cute.
GLITCH LOOP by ZakAmana 2020-10-07T20:50:31Z ♥ 1
@zakamana has single handedly EXPANDED and BLOWN AWAY my horizon of what is possible in COMPO Games.
This title is easily the best compo "production" I've seen, and I'm saying production because that amount of polish and value is something we struggle with even in everyday coding and design, not to mention in game jams.
Is amazing because... ----------- - π that glitch transition and how it makes the game such a rocking cool experience - π amazing idea with the square form factor and clock imagery - π the palette, characters, and overall art direction, flow, and design are top notch - π how did you even come up with the ideas and the puzzles - π this is, hands down, the smartest game I've played all LD47 - π so much JUUUUUICE! (shows how much a few tweens and animation curves can do - π cool music, great classic sfxr style sounds - π the game just works and explains itself in just a few turns, and it has quite deep mechanics! - βοΈ absolutely bona-fide COMPO entry that raises the bar for us all. excellent game page, too!
This is one of the few games where I literally can't say anything that would make it better, this is just so far out of my league. THANK you for being such an inspiring jammer. I will do compo some time again for sure (my last compo was LD37...).
Okay, I got one:
Could be even better if... -------- - βοΈ Time lapse of how you made this masterpiece? Teach us, sensei, what is your process?
Thanks again. Best game of LD47 so far for me, and easily top 5 contender in the Compo.
You are a true source of awe and inspiration. I also love how your profile page has your past entries, I'll go ahead and steal that idea, mmmkay?
Beyond Death by Trypants 2020-10-06T20:15:56Z ♥ 11
This is an insanely polished entry. How even?!?! π― The cutscenes, the atmosphere, even how the camera pulls back to reveal more of key areas are really nice. The visual are spot on and incredibly detailed.
A Jam entry like this shows me just how valuable a level designer is in making a game world spring to life. This has so much love and oozes style.
Good! ----- - π best entry I have played so far - this is a REAL GAME. - π lovely take on the theme, with simple game mechanics but some thinking involved - π the world (gradually?) seems to grow darker the more you die, that was amazing - π the amount of assets that was created in just this jam is amazing! 5 stars in graphics - π the little world is really nice and detailed - π waterfalls! - π beautiful soundtrack, voiceover, all important events have sounds
Better? ------ - βοΈ you could make the experience even more pleasant by giving slightly more elasticity to the camera follow - βοΈ sometimes the camera can't see an important thing, it's part of the mechanics but ... the feels. - βοΈ sounds near the arrows and flame throwers would add to the immersion. - βοΈ a single ambient waterfall audio source would take the players on an even deeper journey. - βοΈ there are two game binaries in that build, keep those folders clean βπ½
Overall the most impressive game jam entry I have played in a while. You folks really know your trade, and I must tip my hat to you!
Radiant Rewind by larkinia 2020-10-06T19:54:55Z ♥ 3
Wow, this looks very polished, also has a raccoon and my boyfriend is a raccoon, so this game gets 1 extra Star βοΈ
Good! ----- - π cute raccoon character - π cool music - π incredibly polished and stylized graphics - π innovative mechanic, really nice time controls
Better! ----- - βοΈ this game would benefit so much from gamepad or keyboard controls. - βοΈ I wish the ball behaved a bit more physically, especially when I clip through it - βοΈ a little more juice here and there and this would be an overall contender for top 20!
Sweet Ludum Dare entry, I really liked it!
Gravity Blade by chainedlupine 2020-10-06T19:09:30Z ♥ 1
I fired up the game and so anyway, I started blastin'!
A nice horizontal shmup with a clean and crip style.
This game does well: - π great minimalist r-type revival - π cool, driving music - π crisp sprites and very crisp collision checking - π butter smooth scrolling - π the snare mechanic is pretty interesting
Could make this even better: - βοΈ X / C may be ok to shoot, but on a gamepad, the buttons are mapped to the right hand - βοΈ I was crabing gamepad support - βοΈ add some explanations and teasers, screenshots etc. to your game page on LDJam - βοΈ more juice could make this a real winner
All in all a very nice throwback to my horizontal shmup days. Thank you :)
L8ps by Delender1100 2020-10-06T19:03:07Z ♥ 2
I wonder if this game has more to it than the eye sees. I played the Win64 build. There are a few things I can do to change the loop config, but I usually get stuck pretty quickly.
This game does well: - π great minimalist style
Could make this even better: - βοΈ sometimes my space key wouldn't register. - βοΈ hefty download for a tiny game! if you can, split the game binaries by platform - βοΈ add some explanations and teasers, screenshots etc. to your game page on LDJam
All in all a tiny game entry with an interesting, if vexing reveal.
Deja vu by Thomas Volpato 2020-10-06T18:49:55Z ♥ 1
DΓ©jΓ vu is a nice game that comes with a proper about screen. That alone is worth soo much.
The menu UI seems very polished and has this subtle understatement.
This game does well: - βοΈ nice menu - βοΈ nice tutorial - βοΈ interesting game idea - βοΈ nice character silhouette and animation - βοΈ the death effect is better than it seems, I learned to love it. Kaboom!
Could make this even better: - βοΈ βοΈ softer, more varied sounds would make this game really shine - βοΈ βοΈ if you increase the jump force and the gravity, you get a more deliberate jump and run feel - βοΈ βοΈ the camera could lead the character at least 1/6th of the screen width because some jumps are hard to see
All in all a solid game entry with an interesting, if vexing core mechanic.