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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 41 | Combine 2 Incompatible Genres | Twin Stick Runner | compo | 619 | 2.84 | 3.05 | 2.68 | 2.92 | 2.50 | 2.27 | 1.91 | 2.55 | ||
| 2015 | 34 | Two Button Controls / Growing | Centi-Snake | compo | 658 | 3.03 | 2.81 | 2.84 | 3.86 | 2.89 | 2.00 | 1.77 | 2.74 | 57 |
I couldn't figure out what the guidelines for seed planting were. But... it seemed to at least work, as far as the animation cycle and stuff was concerned. Some in-game guidance would be good, for the first seed or two.
Not bad, but it seemed more like just an endurance challenge than anything. Also, I would have made the sounds flow better, instead of cutting off the way they do.
Impressive entry. As Ariake81 said, very good use of timers to expand your options, and allow you to use both themes.
Impressed that you made a board game, but I'm not going to have anyone or any time to really try it out with. Kudos though!
Amusing and fun little title. The controls are a little touchy for me, but it definitely fits the theme very well. Good job. :)
Interesting start, but needs a lot of work still. Text adventures are challenging to do right, because of the command parsing needed. Good luck, and keep working on it!
I'm impressed! You even got documentation in there. That's one thing I needed in my game. Also, fun to play, and easy to understand. Good job!
Not a bad start, but it really needs more development.
I had to force myself to stop playing it, so that I could rate it. :)
Not bad at all. I ran into several places where I got stuck in the terrain, but given what you were doing, that's not too surprising.
First, thanks for rating my game. I enjoyed yours as well, and it was better implemented than many others I've tried that used the same sort of movement mechanic. Good job!
Interesting take on a platformer. Some sound would really help it, even if it's suble.
I'm unable to get past the initial segment, but I think that's because I'm misunderstanding game mechanics. It's still well done, and has some potential.
Wow. That's well named. Very chaotic. I'm REALLY bad at keeping track of that sort of thing, but it's very well done, and I'm impressed.
Not bad, although I didn't really enjoy it much.
Maartene: You just need to eat more. As you move, you lose 1 hp per turn, and the initial fruit only restores 10 hp.
Thank you everyone for the amazing feedback. A few comments:
Yes, it starts a little slow, and without the help screen I didn't get time to add, it's hard to understand exactly what's going on with food / health / score. That will be improved!
And yes, the sound is... yeah. It needs work. I was working with Bfxr, and did the best I could in the short time I had. I want to add some quiet music eventually, and improve the sfx a lot. I also want to polish up the graphics a bit more, and add some new challenges.
Not bad! Definitely a good original idea that fit the themes well. Not sure if the lag in input was intended (a cooldown, maybe?) but it took a bit of adjustment.
Quite a good entry, although very difficulty in parts for me. (That's not a negative... just a reflection on my platforming abilities.) The controls could maybe use a little tightening, but it's still a good start.
You got nearly a perfect score from me. Lots of fun, and VERY polished. Good job!
No linux box to try it on. Sorry!
Sorry, don't have anyone to try this with. Looks interesting though.
Definitely a fun little racer, as others have said. Iron out the bugs, and tighten up the controls a bit, and you've got a good game. My biggest suggestion would be maybe add some hint as to which way the track is going to go? You can see so little of it that it's really easy to fall off.
Not bad, but it seems like if you don't get ahead early there's no way to recover. You also need to fix the web client.
Seems to be well made, but the controls are extremely annoying to use, and feel kind of tacked on. I would have enjoyed it much more if you had left the Two Button Control theme off of this game.
5 star from me. Clever use of mouse position and one button for your controls! GREAT job on the sounds and graphics as well.
I rather enjoyed this, actually. Well done on the audio and the theme fit. It might be good to make it a little more obvious how to proceed to the next month. It took me a little long to figure out how to proceed to the next month.
But the biggest thing I can say is that I realized I needed to stop playing it, so I could review it.
Don't have a mac to test it on right now. Sorry!
Definitely fits the themes, and is a solidly made game. I would have liked a bit more sound, and it's very challenging gameplay for me, so I didn't have as much fun.
I enjoyed this, although it's a very hard platformer, which is something I'm not really good at. It would improve a lot with sound and bugfixing.
I absolutely loved this. It took me a second to catch onto what was going on, but as soon as I did, I was cackling with glee as I ate everything I could. I'm an old-time Katamari fan, and this definitely reminded me of that. BRAVO.
Very interesting little game. Certainly unique.
Not a bad start for a game. As others have said and you agreed with, it does need some balancing, some more weapons, and maybe some way of placing barriers. Maybe destructible walls, so the players can make new routes if they find a weak area in the gun coverage?
Very enjoyable! I'd love to see this idea developed further. More levels, more cards and monsters. MORE.
@Angelbait Thanks for the comment! I plan to polish it up more later. :) It'll end up on itch.io with my previous game eventually.
@Smooth As explained in the description, that was music I had added that I then pulled back out because of compo rules. I should probably throw up a version without that credit. I was just lazy about cleaning up the title screen.
@Smooth As explained in the description, that was music I had added that I then pulled back out because of compo rules. I should probably throw up a version without that credit. I was just lazy about cleaning up the title screen.
v1.2-compo is being uploaded now. It removes the credits for the music that isn't in the game. :)
@ThePelranthean Thanks! I wish I could take credit for the keybinding menu. :) That's an asset called Rewired. Very very useful.
And I certainly plan to be doing more work on this game. I quite enjoyed working on it, and people seem to like it. I'll probably keep the 'prototype' feel of the graphics too. They just feel Right.
It's by design... but it's certainly open for change after judging is over. :) This game will be getting a post-LD update cycle, because I quite enjoy it, and it seems like other people do too. :)
Thanks, @NateTheGreat. I'd love to have done more, but I only really had time to do Compo. I'll be coming back to this later, but it'll be a month or so before I have the time... we have to move in the next month. *flails*
@C1FR1 Thanks! Odd that the background started having issues. I haven't seen that issue. But yes, camera does start having some jumpy movement near the edges of your movement range, and as you get faster. That's on my list of things to try and fix.
@sh1rogane Thanks! I'm going to try and fix the camera, for sure. I hand-rolled the loose-follow script during the compo, and it's definitely not perfect.
Very well done CLI interface! I'm loving how many different CLI games came up this time. One suggestion, since I was silly my first time, is to have a help window that you can pop back up somehow, with an indicator on screen of what that key is.
Heh. Amusing. I wasn't real clear what was going on sometimes with the 'oof' sounds my guy was making on normal platforms. But it certainly is an interesting take on the theme.