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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 51 | Every 10 seconds | Machine Learning | compo | 91 | 3.78 | 3.81 | 3.15 | 3.76 | 3.91 | 3.29 | 3.47 | ||
| 2022 | 50 | Delay the inevitable | Icebreak | compo | 245 | 3.55 | 3.56 | 3.56 | 3.71 | 4.06 | 3.13 | 2.92 | 3.00 | |
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | Legacy | compo | 627 | 3.33 | 3.09 | 3.50 | 3.13 | 3.00 | 3.25 | 2.40 | 2.86 | |
| 2018 | 43 | Sacrifices must be made | The Arena | compo | 2.71 | 2.92 | 2.85 | 2.50 | 2.57 | 2.35 | 2.57 |
this is honestly one of the most impressive looking ludum dare games i've seen. extremely good atmostphere and very well done with the theme. it's very smooth and looks very finished.
like secretmapper said though, there is the warren bug where it gives you rabbits just by selecting him. otherwise, the game felt very complete.
the idea is there, but like you said, it's unfinished. would be interesting to see a finished product
interesting concept. felt like my choices didn't matter too much since i had so many resources of everything, but the game was very aesthetically pleasing and i enjoyed the soundtrack. i also had some issues with random artifacting/screen tearing when moving.
game has a lot of potential but seemed to be bogged down a bit by the vast scope of the game. there are a few bugs i got on my first playthrough:
-main menu doesn't work after you die
-torrential downpour seems to just kill all my people no matter what. maybe i did something wrong? but from what i understood all but one were in the houses
-when pressing ctrl + arrow key to select a villager, it only worked if you held ctrl. letting go stopped the camera where it was until you held ctrl again
some other things that i think would be helpful:
-more detailed minimap, i.e. show a box of what the player can see (minimap was much bigger)
-faster scrolling
-more responsive moving (sometimes villagers wait a few moments before moving)
overall the game was very pretty and kinda eerie, which i liked, but the constraints of ludum dare make more complex games more difficult to create. good stuff though.
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game looks and sounds good, but controlling is a little difficult, particularly since the player gets stuck on walls and will randomly die when jumping into a ceiling. also, the cursor disappears when you press escape and can't actually use the menu when paused. it is a fairly interesting concept though.
it's a cute and basic game. some things i will say though:
-the "it's a feature, not a bug" thing is a little unprofessional, and adding things like bounds so that the player can't escape are fairly small but go a long way
-there are quite a few typos at the end, would be worth looking at
-timer is a little bit small
ultimately, it makes sense a lot of stuff didn't make the cut (because that's the nature of ludum dare), but there are some things that are fairly important. that being said, i actually really liked the "bad" art style, mainly because it was cohesive and kinda fun.
@bloodyorchiddc @darylsteak My bad, it should be working now. Thanks for the heads up!
game didn't have much but what it did have felt fairly complete. not really sure how it plays into the theme that much. also, this isn't as big of a deal, but i think the crosshair in non-symmetrical, which was slightly annoying (but really did not matter, more of an OCD thing)
pretty sweet concept and well executed. enjoyed the game and felt adequately challenged. just so you know, there is sometimes a glitch where your first reincarnation immediately dies. also, there were a few typos in the intro. otherwise, fun game and solid use of the theme.
@okuar i am on windows 10 64 bit
music is awesome. only complaint is character felt either too slow or really slidey though but otherwise this is a great job
map scrolling is pretty fast and music is a little loud but i really enjoyed the game otherwise
really great simple concept, loved the music
i think it's a little too easy but i love the mood
FYI the button to start a new game when your crops die doesn't work
i enjoyed the level design. a little buggy though - you got your jump back if you touched the side or bottom of a block
@brandann i made this on a 1080p monitor so didn’t foresee that issue unfortunately. also didn’t realize the console was showing - oops
@chaseplays thanks, although i didn't really come up with the puzzle concept (look up binary puzzles). i will look into optimizations today or tomorrow as i didn't realize it might have issues running on lower end computers
@chaseplays hey i made optimizations to how the audio was loaded - if you have the time let me know if it runs better!
@chaseplays ah weird, i tested on a single monitor so had no clue. glad to hear though!
@isayneigh thanks! graphics were definitely the lowest priority unfortunately, as i spent the majority of the time polishing the game mechanics. if i were to work on it more, the graphics would for sure get a major overhaul
@sztrovacsek by any chance did you try dragging the punch card to the right side of the screen? That expands the card to a larger size
@sztrovacsek haha no problem. when you mentioned the right click didn't do anything i was like wait a minute
@mantou thanks! the theme idea was to keep the computer "alive" and running, also some dumb metaphor about keeping legacy machines alive.
@draklaw yeah i was not able to come up with a core design concept until the last day so the puzzles were not very fleshed out
@baylej hey, yeah you got it - the blue holes are just the pre-punched holes that you can't change. the black ones indicated that you punched them.
love how you thought outside the box for this idea
.exe crashed for me after showing splash screen for a quarter second and HTML5 webapp shows a black screen after the game starts for half a second as well
really well done, reminds me a lot of the old flash game shift (for obvious reasons). only issues were that sometimes that collision didn't feel great and that it was kind of confusing to control two people at once - maybe try switching between them by pressing a button? awesome job otherwise
really cool art but was having a lot of framerate issues on the web version, particularly when i left the grass area
one bug is that the play again and new game buttons when you win didn't seem to work for me. nice game concept otherwise
pixel art is very nice but like others, i was totally lost on what to do
it's fun but pretty damn hard lol. tree collision got pretty annoying pretty fast though
@thedestoryer i guess it was annoying because tradtionally trees are only borders at the stump. it also felt like there were trees everywhere which made it more frustrating. i understand what you were going for though, not sure of a proper solution
agree with others that some sort of HUD indicating ammo + dog hunger would have helped. game concept could have also been fleshed out more. however, art is amazing and the atmosphere is great, plus the music is pretty good.
would be nice to maybe have a minimap, or some indicator of where the flame is. otherwise really enjoyed the atmosphere you created
Seriously impressive game. Awesome concept with a ton of polish, way to kill it
Really enjoyed this, would be nice if combat paused when you clicked "run away" and also if there was some indicator of exactly how much mana/hp you have, but otherwise this is actually a pretty fun game.
Pretty expansive game - I enjoyed finding new encounters and exploring different planets or stars. I think there is a cool foundation here, but like gbgames said, sometimes it's hard to tell when you're moving since it's all black. I like this overall though, some GUI polishing and more in depth content could make this really fun
Can be really frustrating to fall and accidentally hit an earlier checkpoint, but the graphics are really nice in this
Cool concept though I think difficulty ramps up a little too quick, especially since it takes some time to learn the commands. Also, I am really not a fan of your inputs sometimes randomly being the wrong letter especially since you have no way of knowing if it was wrong if the malware is blocking it. Forces you to just keep typing the same command until it works
Nice presentation - the audio is kind of crackly, not sure if that is intentional. I also couldn't quite figure out where I could or could not place candles. Lighting looks good though!
@damnscout Thanks for the response. Can you elaborate on what you mean by the pushing mechanic is a bit confusing? I agree but I'm curious on your thoughts.
@adangtran I appreciated the feedback! Forcing the player to remember the attack types was certainly not intentional to keep the difficulty up but was rather a product of not having enough time to add those quality of life features. It is certainly something I will probably add to the game description here at least.
@william-corrin Thanks for the comment! Unfortunately the pathfinding algorithm I used (breadth-first) was a little random in how the enemy chose to proceed, so as a result it wasn't super predictable. In the future I would probably make it clear what the enemy's next move would be to help with this. Again, really appreciate the feedback.
@6smith I try B)
@cerno-b thanks for the detailed feedback. I was working until the last minute so was unable to add music in time - definitely something I wanted to do.
Your feedback in regards to strategy and knowing how enemies would act is fairly common and certainly something I’d work on in the future.
The enemy spawn time was a critique another friend had who played the first version, I messed around with decreasing the spawn time but then they fell too fast. In the future I would find a different method to spawn enemies and make it clear they just spawned - again very limited by time here unfortunately.
Finally, sorry about all the files in the zip, but again I didn’t have time to figure out a static build, plus I didn’t know about that limitation of the itch.io client (or that there even was one).
One of the more visually impressive Ludum Dare entries, but some of the gameplay was really frustrating, such as the guessing game with hopping on the river stones as well as the slow walk speed. Made it to the end though!
I think some sort of explanation of gameplay would really help here
It's kind of difficult to gauge what affects aspects in what ways. The overall presentation is very clean though.
Nice work
Space invaders but with the fighter, nice twist
Really liked how you have to choose which upgrade the demons got. Agree with others though that the controls (in terms of movement) were a little strange
Interesting concept, but I agree with Tadas, I seemed to be doing most things wrong and still won.
Really enjoyed this haha great entry
Great job on the atmosphere here, I'm glad to see you're looking to expand on this concept in the future. Gameplay definitely a little lacking in terms of depth but I enjoyed playing it.
Cute little game, managed to get to 8. The character can be a little tough to control and the audio is a little loud but everything else is really polished.
Really excellent twist on the theme, I admittedly had trouble understanding what I was doing but the overall aesthetic is very nice!
Seems a little too easy since the penalty for catching the wrong color trash is fairly low but overall I liked it! Music was very fitting.
Reminds me of something I'd find on scratch. Also pretty sure it's possible to never lose once you get enough stuff. But good stuff man, doing the compo in something besides Unity is not easy!
Art is great and overall it feels really polished - sometimes the mouse cursor gets lost in the sand and I forget where I'm aiming exactly. Got to 77 seconds!
(also not to dismiss the other guy's claims but I found pressing shift to dash perfectly natural for me)
The big mouse cursor kind of gets in the way of aiming at enemies and the long hallway on the left is a bit of a death trap, but enjoyed the game otherwise
@cactusdan oh very cool, that makes more sense
Love to see a fellow SDL2 dev in Ludum Dare! Nice concept, sometimes it felt really random whether or not I was going to get a good score, but this was fun. Reminded me a lot of the Mario Party minigame where you trace a picture!
Definitely see the Quake/Doom influence here, not just in graphics but in character design and whatnot. I think a crosshair as well as maybe a better sound effect for the wand shoot would be nice improvements, but overall like this a lot! Also the online scoreboard is a super nice touch.
@pianoman373 thanks for the feedback. i was worried about that section being too difficult but didn't have much time to test. the latest download tweaked that area to make it a little more forgiving
@phoenixofforce @mistagiggles @d34th0ftit4n5 @kory @vykri Thanks everyone for the feedback. That was definitely a gameplay decision I was not sure which direction to go, as I wasn't sure if resetting the timer at each checkpoint strayed from the theme too much. In hindsight, it would've been a much nicer QOL improvement.
@jose-bonilla @lustdante @climbing-dolphin Thank you all for the comments!
@codsalmon @kory @phoenixofforce Since people seem to be enjoying this game and there have been a few requests, I have uploaded version 1.0.2 which introduces the timer resetting every time you touch a checkpoint. Hopefully this improves quality of life a bit. Thought I would ping you all again in case you wanted to try again with the new changes!
@serxiolas Thank you, there actually is coyote time of 4 ticks I believe (so like 67ms). Not sure what the "standard" is and if what I did wasn't lenient enough. I appreciate the feedback for the ceiling touching though!
Really great idea and execution, obviously the AI could be better but that's a lot to ask in 72 hours, just wish I had someone to play this with haha! The polish on this is really great.
Really excellent use of the theme and a unique idea for a puzzle game as well. I'm not sure what to think of the randomized starts still, but it certainly keeps things fresh and helps reset things when you're stuck.
Nice aesthetic, kind of reminds me of the horror game Ao Oni weirdly enough. I also managed to find a bug where if you enter a door then immediately go back into the door it will spawn you out of bounds.
This is really awesome, especially the voice acting haha. The only complaint I really have is the platforming could be a little tighter + the final boss moved a little too slow, but overall one of my fav entries so far
Like the vibe, a lot of the platforming can be really frustrating though and the sensitivity (on 800 DPI) was insanely high. Music is on point though
Very nice polish on this game, like others have mentioned the mechanic of trial and error become sort of frustrating as it felt like completing levels was not based on skill but rather brute force. Very nice otherwise!
Agree with others, hard to tell where light sections are/where you are safe. Game also seemed to get stuck for me not super far in, not really sure what bug was but I couldn't get past a ledge near a lamp while the screen shook endlessly. Art though is quite good!
I placed a lot of units down but they don't seem to attack anything. Feels like I'm doing something wrong but I have no clue really.
Cute game, the graphics are nice and the addition of music is cool. It would be fun if the resources you needed increased per turn, as the challenge is pretty low once you get into the flow of things. Also maybe hide the debug console for the release build!
I now feel more qualified than before to disarm a bomb IRL, thank you
nicely done, good polish for only 1 day! the current enemies are all unique and cool, more variety would've been the next step but only so much time in a jam. some sound would've also been good
Nice work, background is nice and music is great. I will agree that I think more gameplay would be good, especially since I was able to go all the way to the right and just hide from the meteors. Some enemies walking around would negate that (and give a reason for jumping!)