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VanMerwan

Category Medals

YearLDThemeGameDivisionCategoryScore
🥇 2013 26 Minimalism X = 3 - 1 jam Theme 4.65
🥉 2013 26 Minimalism X = 3 - 1 jam Humor 4.40

Games

YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMoCo
201429Beneath the SurfaceCordycepscompo4533.282.813.663.622.772.412.733.0985
201326MinimalismX = 3 - 1jam4812.552.623.904.652.284.402.7332
201225You are the VillainConsumptionjam2592.622.262.883.283.731.352.652.50100

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Comments by VanMerwan

LD24 — Evolution

Porte par le Vent by Elisée and friends 2012-09-17T22:06:00

C'mon mighty seed, time to sprout.

LD25 — You are the Villain

Rive Gauche by lightspeedlucas 2012-12-27T21:20:00

I'm a Parisian metro user and I felt like I was in the metro.
Color, sound, moving, names. Everything help the immersion.
Love schematic games. One of my LD25 favorites.

Ta tum tadum~ Attention à la marche en descendant du train.

Trolling by permanente1600 2012-12-28T16:02:00

Very good art.
I didn't try to beat my score a lot because I find the luck factor too high.

Tiny Sorceress by L 2012-12-29T19:49:00

Hahaha, this was quite unexpected. :D

Happy Vil Friends by Dew 2012-12-31T18:00:00

I found the atmosphere very polished.

uSlender by bechsen 2012-12-27T19:56:00

Killing kids is bad so I made circles like I was ice-skating. :)

Car Chase by waveon foxdale 2012-12-27T20:04:00

Nice! Maybe the Policemen should drink less alcohol, but for 48h it's good.

Vixen by bentosmile 2012-12-29T14:42:00

I'm not used to visual novels but I sure like this one. :)
Got four different endings.

Spy Trouble by Sos 2012-12-28T16:20:00

Even my fingers are laughing, I can't comment, sorry.

Villain OS 8 by tommycreo 2012-12-21T16:57:00

Clicking on buttons is hard but very immersive. :)

Killer Crusade by Loginaut 2012-12-28T20:54:00

I didn't realized at the first play the purpose of Shift and Space.
Easy game. I really enjoyed the credits music.

Kim Jong-un's Glorious Missile to Liberate the Nations DX by dremelofdeath 2012-12-17T19:45:00

Best game I've rated so far. Awesome work.

Second Skin by MrAmazingSocks 2012-12-19T20:51:00

The different powers aren't very well balanced, I always use the skin power because it uses less mana and I feel like an assassin.
The boucy power is pretty fun too. :)

Consumption by VanMerwan 2012-12-17T22:14:00

@Crimsoneer : This is what happened : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7tj6Ht7R6I
Thanks for all of your comments. I will remember them while I'll be working on my next LD entries. :)

ERGOS by guilhermescosta 2013-01-05T20:05:00

Nice looking. Maybe you should reduce the lateral speed of the ships because dodging is sometimes really hard... or add mouse controls.

Robin Banks by BlockBrains 2012-12-27T20:46:00

Haha, goats are so dangerous.
I like a lot the art style.

You are Bankster! by Deril 2012-12-21T17:11:00

The tutorial wasn't necessary because the game is simple to understand, but I loved this attention and it's very well made.

the BRINK by radmars 2012-12-28T21:49:00

Maybe you should add a little power-up progression because I found it slightly repetitive. But maybe I ask too much because the rest is absolutely amazing.

The Quite Annoying League by Pierrec 2012-12-29T15:22:00

Masterpiece.
Take my money.

DinoBurgers by Contraspect 2012-12-30T15:22:00

Maybe it would be even funnier with a melee weapon.

Scary Chicken by Joncom 2012-12-19T21:11:00

I loved the idea of a new instrument at each egg pickup.
Dodging the chicken was very funny. (This jump after the 4th egg... :O)

Catvillain by Andrey Krivko 2012-12-19T21:00:00

For some items, the hitbox seems to be too small (pot, TV), sometimes I wait here doing... nothing. Very good entry. :)

Conviction by DangerPenguin 2012-12-17T19:35:00

I like your game. Games nowadays need more abstraction.

Elfie by Pixelboy_85 2012-12-19T21:06:00

Good scores in graphics, audio and mood for me. :)
I loved swinging the candy cane, I didn't like the automatic item pickup because the other items were less funny.

Escuro by azure_nimbus 2013-01-05T19:37:00

Bright idea for a puzzle game. :)

Greed by Gib 2012-12-31T18:44:00

Genius!

I clicked. I clicked a lot.
Why ? It's repetitive, it's not especially funny...
But I clicked. I clicked for charity.

Now I'm sure, I'm a good guy. This game demonstrates it.
This is one of my definition of gaming : helping the player to discover himself.
Who need fun when you have this?

The Villains' Empire by Colapsydo 2012-12-28T21:17:00

Very innovative. I found the balance between attacking and dodging perfect. One of my favorites so far. :) Awesome audio by the way.

Cruel Cruel Dastard by alect 2012-12-28T15:43:00

I'm pressing space but there's no "Choo Choo". :(
I like this game.

Knights of Uruk by Mark Ffrench 2012-12-19T21:16:00

Nice graphics.
I couldn't find which unit was the Swordsman.
So I zerg rushed with the men holding halberds.

Hopesington by Norgg 2012-12-28T15:27:00

Haha, helping people in order to increase the population of slaves 30 years later is pure evil.

The White Rabbit by kato9 2012-12-29T14:07:00

This game is one of the most immersive of the competition.

Beach, Please! by Elisée and friends 2012-12-18T08:11:00

Who needs a cannon when you have a minigun? :p
Congratulations.

Mad Professor by AhNinniah 2012-12-27T20:34:00

Simple concept but very effective.
LOVED the music.

Hero Must Die by CireNeikual 2012-12-27T20:21:00

Very very fun, too bad the challenging levels are post compo.

Under the Bed by Logun 2012-12-29T15:57:00

The game is good but I had little trouble understanding how to not be seen.

Susie's Xmas Hit List by AdricZero 2012-12-31T18:17:00

Arcade Santapede!
The idea of Santa moving backwards is funny.
I want to see reindeers moonwalking.

Bad Ufo by dsoft20 2012-12-21T17:39:00

Very fun. But hard to make beautiful crop circles with such inertia.

LD26 — Minimalism

Pong-mt by BrokenPipe 2013-05-01T15:16:00

Nice !

The paddle reacts too quickly, I would have put some inertia.
But yeah, that would be less minimalistic. :)

X = 3 - 1 by VanMerwan 2013-04-28T14:03:00

@Killswitch Spoiler alert! :p

Physix-Breaker by Kashi 2013-04-30T13:12:00

I like the idea of a breakout with realistic physics.
Be carefull, starting from the level 2 the ball can stay on a white block and it will never fall down again.

World of Glitch by RayZ 2013-05-01T15:20:00

Boooing! Booing! I'm an extraterrestrial from the planet XDE56 and I enjoyed your game.
Boooing !

Pixel Dominoes by Pinkerator 2013-04-30T12:22:00

Nice !
This clearly shows that the basis of a good game is a good gameplay.

PaperCoaster by Elisée and friends 2013-04-30T13:48:00

It's too hard, that must be the last level... fuu
It's too hard, that must be the last level... fuuuu
It's too hard, that must be the last level... fuuuuuuuuuu !

Love it.

LD29 — Beneath the Surface

Beneath the surface with Sir Walter Wuffington by Larzan 2014-04-30T08:43:00

I like the gameplay where the player is it's own enemy. Nice.

UNDERQUEST by Tweak 2014-04-29T08:47:00

Well, that is a racing-puzzle game where you have to find the best circuit by considering the level, the monsters and the power-ups.

It's incredibly fun. I fell intelligent when I finished the last levels. Everything seems to work properly. The view was a little blocked in the last level.

Maybe each type of enemy should have a defined speed so you can predict them more before having to die. The game is too enjoyable to be so short. Please make a longer version. :)

And the Shield is overpowered, you can just brainlessly run after getting it. Maybe some enemies should be able to push the player to counterbalance its effect. But what you already made is amazing.

Snake Driller by Florent 2014-04-28T14:23:00

The store is hard to find. The space button isn't used, maybe you should have used it instead of the Escape button. The game seems to be very well coded. The text/interface is well organized. Maybe you should have used several colors or fonts for the store so the player can understand it more easily or quickly (icons and graphics might help.)

The concept is good. Maybe mixed with incremental game design (Cookie Clicker..) and with more difficulty with the time, that could become a very addictive game.

Acceptance by zatyka 2014-04-30T08:13:00

Your game have something that many others don't : feels. :)

Cordyceps by VanMerwan 2014-04-29T21:00:00

Bugfix: No more crashes. :)

Beneath Europa by Intoxicatious 2014-04-30T08:22:00

Awesome aesthetics and sound design.
Going at full speed is challenging.

LD29 Jam : You Are The Magnet by robopossum 2014-04-29T10:04:00

Nice. Maybe the magnet should attract the ball from a more far distance.

Behind The Surface by td1801 2014-04-28T14:43:00

Well done Thomas. Simple and effective.
The textures are well done, the whole is coherent and can be easily contemplated. I think the hidden object gameplay is a nice choice.

You should have disabled the space button up to a z limit. The fact you can fly makes the game too easy and breaks the mood.

The jellyfishes add to the mood but you could have done better in this criteria, with other small but quick details.

(I say a lot about the mood because the majority of submissions here doesn't even try to have an atmosphere. :/)

FALL! by DanDias 2014-04-28T13:47:00

Yay, scoring game!

The music makes me think of castles, plotting ambiance ; not very "sporty" or "arcade".

The sound effects are good.

Some accelerators are too near the wall, you can have infinite points if you succeed to block yourself in an infinite loop.

It's hard to tell if an accelerator is going up or down. A color code might be handy.

The spinning bonus is very clever: the player always has something to do.


And most importantly : I liked it. :)

Hopelessness by lantto 2014-05-03T22:22:00

Obviously, this happened: http://i.imgur.com/epXQ9y4.png

(It's a sign that your game is awesome.)

Dark Moles! by ninjascript 2014-04-30T08:06:00

Nice art. The hitbox of the character is maybe too big.

Layered by Jessica Hayley 2014-04-29T21:57:00

I liked your game. It's hard to find a submission where the theme is interpreted in a game design.

Walrus, Mole, Puncher by VikingWarriors 2014-04-29T10:17:00

Cute and funny. I enjoyed juggling with the moles. The game is well made and the animations are nice. :)

Come On, Sugar ! by Skywilly 2014-04-30T09:23:00

Nice visual effects. I think you put too much sugar in your coffee.
Trivia : Metal spoons absorbs the heat.

LD30 — Connected Worlds

Azuroj by Buttsteam 2014-08-26T07:46:00

This game is sooo enjoyable.
The concept is simple, but the level design is mastery. Well done difficulty curve, not to short or too long. One puzzle in the game makes me feel so intelligent. The music fits well.

I end up using my right hand for moving left, right and jump. Swapping color with the left hand while you use the left hand for moving isn't... handy.

Really, great entry. The fun is high.