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201843Sacrifices must be made👥Detachedjam6713.253.333.643.542.932.783.613.19

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Comments by Toast Toaster

LD43 — Sacrifices must be made

This Little Isle Of Mine by MKnooihuisen 2018-12-04T07:27:35Z

I thought this was really fun. The tutorials were pretty in my face, but they did a great job of explaining the game (since this one's a bit more abstract than most). Once I figured out how to play, The Other Guy felt basically absent. I had assumed that he would steal sacrifices from the towns if I waited too long, but all he did was curse Briantown over and over again. When I won the game, I honestly had no idea why. Very fun, though.

ANGRY MOUNTAIN GODS by ted 2018-12-15T06:49:30Z

The board game aesthetics are honestly awesome

L.A.B. by disperse 2018-12-04T06:50:21Z

Every time I open the game, this happens 1111.PNG

Sploof Sacrifice Quest by Epicruins195 2018-12-04T17:45:10Z

Trading abilities is a great way to use gameplay to incorporate the theme

Altar of Abaddon by Issac 2018-12-04T05:30:56Z

That was awesome! I'm personally a sucker for clicker games, but that one was amazing. Originally I thought the resolution was just bugged, so imagine my reaction when the game window scaled to show new gameplay! I played through the whole thing with a smile on my face, that was great.

Ludum Dare: The Game by pantoufle 2018-12-04T04:51:20Z

Got a higher rating than my actual game, once again proving that video games are better than real life

Beat Sacrifice by itsN8 2018-12-04T03:02:49Z

Since I'm kinda beat deaf, I didn't really hear any melody (since my inputs were pretty random). I think you give way too much margin for error for the player, especially for a single input rhythm game. I think you can get away with making the game A LOT harder.

Beat Sacrifice by itsN8 2018-12-04T03:02:51Z

Since I'm kinda beat deaf, I didn't really hear any melody (since my inputs were pretty random). I think you give way too much margin for error for the player, especially for a single input rhythm game. I think you can get away with making the game A LOT harder.

Shooty Shapes by Andrew Castillo 2018-12-04T03:59:35Z

The windows version doesn't work for me. It just gets stuck in task manager and nothing happens. The android version worked tho. I'll admit you bamboozled me. I looked at the screenshots and almost thought you were using LD to get a quick buck.

Shooty Shapes by Andrew Castillo 2018-12-04T04:17:37Z

@andrew-castillo log.png It goes on with those 2 lines until the heat death of the universe.

Shooty Shapes by Andrew Castillo 2018-12-04T04:24:56Z

@andrew-castillo Are you tellin me your publisher can't pull a few strings to make that happen? :wink:

OpFern Class by ghost-in-the-toast 2018-12-04T04:22:18Z

This soundtrack is sicc as H E C K, my dude!

OpFern Class by ghost-in-the-toast 2018-12-04T04:33:18Z

Ok now that I've had a chance to play it, this is definitely the best game I've seen here so far. BUT, I really think it NEEDS mouse control for the spaceship, like in Tyrian.

Escape Pod by aevek 2018-12-04T05:17:13Z

Awesome game, and amazing use of theme. I did find two bugs, though. Guys can get stuck on the retractable stairs, and when they bump into other guys, they start moonwalking all over the place. They can also moonwalk if they bump under weird circumstances.

Farm to Table by mrspeaker 2018-12-04T17:57:25Z

A real grind ;)

Nezohuaya by adamdabrowski 2018-12-04T03:44:25Z

Didn't have a second person to play with, but I like the lighting on the lava

Prayer for the Dead by Reid Willis 2018-12-04T05:22:45Z

Looks neat. HMU with an @ when you patch it.

Prayer for the Dead by Reid Willis 2018-12-04T06:44:52Z

Honestly, I think this has pretty much every box checked for bad platforming (luckily that doesn't really matter for this game). The button mappings are pretty strange, I would put strafing on A and D rather than Shift+A and Shift+D. The controls being linked to the camera that you have no control over eliminates a lot of precision that you could have over the character. The character itself being kind of incorporeal makes it so that judging jumps is nigh impossible. That being said, I don't think bad platforming is really an issue this game has. While I have issues with what I listed on a fundamental level, they never hindered my enjoyment of what you made.

Ludum Dare: The Game by Darylsteak 2018-12-04T20:39:42Z

I couldn't get people to like my games :(. Just like real life, actually

Cave Adventures by Lyrcaxis 2018-12-04T07:11:56Z

I like that you put in a 'view controls' button. A lot of these games have me tabbing out to look at the game page. I think minion manipulation is a great way to use the theme.

Lava Luva by mcovert 2018-12-04T02:46:45Z

A really good interpretation of the theme. If you ever update it, I would recommend little tooltips when mousing over the buildings, as well as mouse-based camera panning.

Aztec Sacrifice by TouchMe 2018-12-04T17:54:22Z

Pretty fun! I'm a big fan of games where you build stuff

The Missing Piece by comenoha 2018-12-15T06:50:33Z

Haha I didn't think anyone else read that book! This was awesome!

Strain of the Gods by JavaSaurus 2018-12-15T08:03:18Z

Awesome game dude! The procedural audio is something I never woulda thought of(I just made all the sounds for my game with my mouth lol)

Leggy by organicpencil 2018-12-04T04:40:24Z

This thing set of like a million virus warnings. That being said, I think you should get some more sound effects, and that the sounds should change based on what you're sawing through.

Freelance Manager by Paulzz 2018-12-04T04:13:54Z

"Nah" is always the correct answer, which perfectly lines up with my life philosophy

Sacrifice Plains by thegreentofu 2018-12-04T06:53:29Z

.exe doesn't do anything when I click on it :(

Sacrifice Plains by thegreentofu 2018-12-04T07:06:25Z

Nah it's not blocked. Have you looked into ways to get certificates? You might be able to avoid that problem in the future.

Disincorporation by Firepit games 2018-12-15T07:58:43Z

It looks like you only rated one other game. Remember, the more you rate other people's games, the more people will see your games

Sacrifices must be made by Biebras 2018-12-04T17:51:21Z

Making a multiplayer game is really ambitious, but it seems like you pulled it off ;). Can't wait to see you at LD44!

SoulAssain by Joker_v 2018-12-04T04:09:23Z

This is an incredible set of mechanics

Tezcacoatl's Dance Dance Paradise by numeralien 2018-12-04T03:49:58Z

This one's freakin' adorable. Extremely well polished and well made

CUTE ROBOTS by rpgfaker 2018-12-04T07:04:35Z

Fun game! I really enjoyed it. Unfortunately mine crashed during my second playthrough. 222.PNG

Expendibots by pandan 2018-12-04T07:13:54Z

When I saw your blog post about the menu I knew I had to check it out when it was finished, and I was not disappointed! :)

Alien Sacrificial Predicament by nanocube75 2018-12-04T02:54:45Z

Hey man, I can't play your game. Can you upload it directly to itch.io?

Alien Sacrificial Predicament by nanocube75 2018-12-04T03:35:54Z

Works now, thanks for fixing it. I think your game feels incredibly alien. Everything is weird, and there's no clue answer as to "why" for anything (which is great). I think the dubstep is a bit much. It was giving me Dead Bits vibes (which is never good).

Alien Sacrificial Predicament by nanocube75 2018-12-05T04:18:44Z

@nanocube75 The game itself wasn't giving me vibes, since Dead Bits has a ton of control issues that make me nauseous (yours didn't have those issues). It was just the fact the music doesn't really fit the tone that the visuals give me. I think that no music at all will add to the eerie setting.

Dilemma by beats 2018-12-04T05:52:09Z

I think the biggest crime here is telling the player to use the arrow keys, when the mouse is much better at controlling the dot.

The Cost of Living by Xenoxygene 2018-12-04T04:21:11Z

Good level design

Downgradius by xjcl 2018-12-15T06:54:31Z

I like the use of the theme, but honestly the audio got pretty grating. As for your issues with the GMS license, you can probably find a product key for old GMS pro for pretty cheap. I got mine during a humble bundle haha.

Downgradius by xjcl 2018-12-15T06:57:02Z

I know g2a has a bad rep, but it was the first Google result. It was 10 dollars there. I think that's a lot better than the $100+ price that it usually goes for :smiley:

F R I E N D G U N by Hydezeke 2018-12-04T05:47:00Z

That was extremely disturbing. I loved every second of it!

Detached by Toast Toaster 2018-12-04T03:38:46Z

@arwith I knew I forgot something in the description lol. Thx

Detached by Toast Toaster 2018-12-04T05:12:49Z

@epicruins195 Haha yeah I agree. I had originally made it cost a leg, but then I never used it instead of the arm throw.

Detached by Toast Toaster 2018-12-04T05:14:10Z

@burnedkirby To be clear, is the danger of hallways a negative?

Detached by Toast Toaster 2018-12-04T05:20:39Z

@burnedkirby The loss of life and limb (haha) during ranged combat was intended, so that the gameplay would match this year's theme. I'm honestly only making this comment so that I could make the life and limb pun.

Detached by Toast Toaster 2018-12-04T05:55:51Z

@dry-squid How silly of me! Give me a bit to figure out how to port it, and I'll hit you up

Detached by Toast Toaster 2018-12-04T06:27:20Z

@dry-squid Unfortunately, I'm having a ton of trouble getting an Apple developer license. My LD44 game will definitely have a Mac OSX version, though! Thanks for reminding me! :)

Detached by Toast Toaster 2018-12-04T07:08:18Z

@jdelaay025johnd1788 Thanks for your compliments! btw, you can throw arms at the enemies, I just didn't have time at the end to implement button prompts on the first level :(

Detached by Toast Toaster 2018-12-06T03:56:03Z

@disperse This is all you missed out on haha. I'm glad you enjoyed! missout.PNG

Detached by Toast Toaster 2018-12-13T07:31:22Z

@shubart What do you mean by that?

Detached by Toast Toaster 2018-12-15T08:05:06Z

@nandemoguy I like how you use the word "actually" like you're surprised :grin: