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YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrHuMoCo
201534Two Button Controls / GrowingHard Decisionscompo1923.643.253.454.233.283.7484
201532An Unconventional WeaponSpoon-Fucompo5043.223.322.913.663.162.772.7385
201431Entire Game on One ScreenSpace Battle - Multiplayercompo6733.093.142.893.392.6957

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Comments by vortex

LD31 — Entire Game on One Screen

Lunch Money by drstik 2014-12-09T19:03:00

just love how the fat guys drop pork. very nice that you can throw everything

Snowy's Escape by mutuware 2014-12-08T19:22:00

very fast controls... and very hard...

Much Ado About Pirates by andrewkennedy 2014-12-09T17:23:00

Best game I played so far... key locations helped...

Farm Invaders! by Reyn 2014-12-08T19:53:00

Really nice game... I died though, not knowing that you actually could :( please tell me that in the description. It is a bit easy

Tesseract by Fede3751 2014-12-08T20:31:00

Very nice game, but the controlls are really awful with a german keyborad :(. The only thing i disliked, is that it wouldn't hook on instantly, but on a timer or something

Release the Yeti by bazld 2014-12-09T19:31:00

Amazing idea... Perfect use of the theme...

Bathyal Commodore by BubbleChien 2014-12-09T16:58:00

Amazing concept, but very hard to controll... You did not get a real sense of motion, but I know that a sonar doesn't update instantly, so it was not really avoidable

SUPER Market Madness by flwns 2014-12-09T16:35:00

Nice Idea, but I am really missing a score... you should have just added like scanned per second or unscanned as mistakes...

Ball Room by BroCade 2014-12-08T19:44:00

After I was finally able to jump through the gap on the first bit, it was a really fun game. I got 312.6...

Lab by lricardo 2014-12-08T19:32:00

I can't exit / go to the next level:(

Zapping Fury by Sundry 2014-12-08T18:46:00

nice idea, nice graphics, but i am missing a score/ health or somethin

Phantom Luminosity by willGM 2014-12-08T18:13:00

Nice game, I really like the concept, but make it clear that it is you finished the last level... last one was just evil :)
The only other i would like is to be able to change the luminousity with keys

Khattraction by memilian 2014-12-09T16:49:00

Very nice idea. Only suggestion i have is that you should limit the number of atractors and repulsors.

Lumit by Leaghorn 2014-12-09T16:42:00

Really good game... love it!!!

Coded Universe by peterthehe 2014-12-09T18:48:00

Amaizing idea, but really confusing...
Graphics are really good too. I think you should increas the walking speed.

From Well by Rushout Games 2014-12-09T18:34:00

Nice idea, but I think that lifetime should be included in the score. Controls are nice, but the moving wall in the background was confusing

V for Vectory: Maximum Overquill Edition by quill18 2014-12-08T19:28:00

Very nice Game, good graphics, nice effects, lots of content, but HARD!

Snowman Battles | Online Multiplayer Game by tatelax 2014-12-10T14:39:00

screenshots look nice, but oh well, no one online ever...

LD32 — An Unconventional Weapon

RELIC by CptDustmite 2015-05-10T18:25:00

The player should be able to move faster. It was really annoying having to wait for the rocks to bob up and down in order to jump up, but the (sadly short) story made up for that. I would have liked to have some voice acting for the player. It seemed a bit odd just hearing the robot and having to read the player

OPERATOR 42 by TravisChen 2015-04-25T13:02:00

I killed all those people... on a Friday!
Best game I played so far!

Bubblegum Parkour by Linus Lindberg 2015-04-20T16:23:00

I really which there was more conten. Apart from that really nice game concept

Super Motor Jousting or... Katarmageddonari by erdos 2015-04-25T09:43:00

Like the graphics but the cars controls were a bit slippery

Get the Game! by xirion11 2015-04-20T17:48:00

The Graphics are amaizing, but the gameplay not so much. It was too hard to aim, and despite not really hitting many I still won

In Air by SleepyStudios 2015-04-25T11:53:00

Nice art style and idea. It was very hard to hit something with a plane first try, but apart from that great game

Space Boy by Hyoga-3D 2015-04-20T16:37:00

Really liked the gameplay and the music, but dude...
Give us a Score!!!

Puppet Guardian by sebasRez 2015-04-29T16:53:00

Really nice game. Only problem I have with it is that the respawn didn't always work(for example the very beginning and once later on in the game were teleporting was introduced)

I'm Only a Ninja! by herniewise 2015-04-21T18:09:00

Love the art style and the intro...

After Glow by AmyDee 2015-04-25T12:08:00

Your art style is awesome... would have loved to see some more after getting to the bar

GAMUBòRU GUMBALL!! by Robber 2015-04-24T17:05:00

At first I thought I would die of boredom if I would play this for more than ten minutes but when I did... I loved it... Amaizing game even thought there is no goal

GAMUBòRU GUMBALL!! by Robber 2015-04-24T17:06:00

At first I thought I would die of boredom if I would play this for more than ten minutes but when I did... I loved it... Amaizing game even though there is no goal
One of the best I played so far

Weapon Regulator by drludos 2015-04-20T16:30:00

Such an awesome game... great idea... Take all the weapons from red!!!

Planet Crush by Jagang 2015-04-24T16:46:00

It took a while to get harder, but when it did it did...

BOOMBOX by Darek Greenly 2015-04-20T15:43:00

Nice idea, but I didn't like having to watch through the beginning every time when I restart the game

Feed The Birds by Gunzil 2015-04-21T14:14:00

The Controls need a tutorial, but apart from that it is a very creative and fun game

Use your head by SimonIgefjord 2015-04-20T16:06:00

So much Fun... and so hard... the thing I love most about the game is the tutorial... without it I would have given up after 10 seconds max and missed out on this game

Master of Music by Robinerd 2015-04-25T10:29:00

I really liked the music... very creative idea

Sock Ninja by monkeedude1212 2015-04-24T18:04:00

I was squinting so hard to read the text...
But all in all it's a nice game that could do with some polishing the collisions

Love is in the air by BabaJaga 2015-04-21T18:58:00

Love your art style. The puzzles were well designed, but I walked into the walls and got caught all the time which was annoying

Spread The Village by Luminar 2015-04-21T19:15:00

I really liked the game except for the brakes between the waves that felt slow. I would have liked a speed up time button

Dr. U and the bottomless PIT by farwyler 2015-05-10T18:04:00

I can see this game doing well on mobile...
Great work, love the art style

Don't steal my toaster! by MrDave 2015-04-20T17:41:00

Really nice game, but I didn't really find a use for the barricades.

Je Suis Charlie by Paulozz 2015-04-21T19:27:00

Good message, but you should only be able to shoot one shot at the time because it was easy to just mash all the buttons

Umbrellespionage by Ilseroth 2015-04-20T17:02:00

Really fun game... Audio fitted in very nicely

No casualties by GromHoll 2015-04-20T17:35:00

This game needs more explaining...

Word Weapon by EverlessDrop41 2015-04-29T17:07:00

You HAVE to add "Love me"!!!
Great Concept

Zombinball by PanKamil 2015-04-25T12:03:00

The controls feel so smooth! Loved it

Ball-O-Ball by Mohagged 2015-04-21T18:51:00

It was really hard to controll and the keys in the tutorial didn't do anything. The key i could figure out was space to shoot

Weight Lifter 2000 by Leon75 2015-04-20T16:55:00

It would have been easier if you could use the mouse to throw boxes. Just dropping them makes building stuff really tedious

Word Battle by cicanci 2015-04-20T16:47:00

I would have prefered to play against a bot or something...
I also didn't like that you could reuse words.
it became Type in : red,green,yellow,blue,red,...

Zombies Took My Strawberry by Dungeonation 2015-04-20T17:19:00

Nice Idea, but the Window in which the game was presented really bothered me... I didn't know how to close the game or what the flag and stop sign did. The vanishing zombies were really confusing too.

SPOON by JDAivaliotis 2015-04-25T18:20:00

Nice game, theme buddy!
But please don't use Z and X as keys for those of us with a qwertz keyboard...

Bouncy Ball of Death by Aik 2015-04-20T15:54:00

Nice idea, but the particles that went after the ball stayed relative to the camera, which was really confusing... You sadly can't die, which is making the game not challenging

LD33 — You are the Monster

Earth Was a Bad Choice by zatyka 2015-08-28T11:40:00

20 hit combo... aww yeah... sadly can't vote this year; would be 5/5

Lil' Drake by bombjack 2015-09-06T14:02:00

After trying to finish this game for ages I can say, you are the real monster!
Nice game... really frustrating

LD34 — Two Button Controls / Growing

Milgram by Kortuga 2015-12-18T14:23:00

Found someone else who had a similar idea to me :)
I really liked your game, and how it looks and sounds.
The first time I played, I only had my left earphone in my ear, so I didn't get what was going on.

I replayed the game while writing this comment, because it bugged me, that I only found two endings...
Guess whose Humor score just went up to 5 stars!!!!
Really great game

become a game developer in 60 seconds by unprompted 2015-12-13T10:42:00

This is wonderful... My game really sucked, but I'm so happy this exists

Left-leaning by tayl1r 2015-12-18T19:19:00

Your game is just plain evil...

Life: The Game by ohmaigawd 2015-12-15T17:50:00

Babysitting is so hard!
Really fun game with great graphics...
Keep up the good work

Blink by cacciatc 2015-12-29T10:56:00

Very nice idea, and graphics, but your game was kind of hard, because it was difficult to get your teleport target to the correct place, before a slime hit you...
Aiming with the mouse would have been better in my opinion
Checkpoints would have been nice too
Also, I have no clue on how to beat the slime at the end.
The part I really liked about your game was the almost puzzle, where you had to jump twice, in order to avoid the spikes...

CLON by Boberro 2015-12-15T17:37:00

Love the name!

hARBOuR by Aurel Bílý 2015-12-14T18:30:00

like jcmonkey I also struggeled with the jumping and double jumping. It took me two runs to fully understand my purpose of the game. I think your game needs some more description like collect all the blobs, and you have a double jump...
That kind of thing.
I really liked your art style, and the character animations.

Santavania by andrewkennedy 2015-12-17T20:58:00

It took me longer than I want to admit, but I did it...
Loved the comment about the last item not doing anything new XD.
Your game looks really nice, but the game took a little long to complete

Great Nation by StuffBySpencer 2015-12-18T14:02:00

Your game looks really nice, and bonus points for a good in game tutorial

Aaaaah! Crows! by Todnut 2015-12-29T11:05:00

Very nice game! Looking around feels really nice.
Got to level 5 easily, but then just got eaten...

F-L-O-I-D by dmecke 2015-12-15T17:01:00

I love the comments before the levels...
A slight issue is that the frame rate started dropping some times, but other than that, nice agar.io twist XD

Cornucopia by LadySith 2015-12-28T19:21:00

Listened to the entire song too... XD
The game was almost a bit too easy... I easily mangaed to grow all of the corn. Maybe the laser should speed up, so you had to choose which ones to grow, and which to leave behind

Growing Ties by drludos 2015-12-27T21:40:00

Your game is really fun and I like the graphics. A slight improvement in my opinion would be if you had some sort time pressure, but apart from that, great game!

S.E.N.T.I.N.E.L. by rnlf 2015-12-18T17:40:00

I get an error when I try to start the web version:
lust/statemanager.lua:54: attempt to index field'?' (a nil value)

Tile Risers by et1337 2015-12-14T18:56:00

You say multiplayer in the description... Are those actual other players... Am I stealing their numbers?XD
It was a really nice twist on the whole 2048 games... It had nice graphics and was fun to play, but I think the other high numbers just laying around is making the game almost too easy...

Hillary vs Donald - America's Greates Battle by holgk 2015-12-15T17:35:00

What? I lost even though I had like all of the map? Screw the American election system!
Amaizing game... Took a bit of time to get the hang of, but really fun

Klodowski by SK16 Games 2015-12-28T10:50:00

Great Game, really fun to go back and join ISIS instead of studying html, but the not working buttons confused me...
I tried pressing a few times... You could have added some feedback, that the button is not meant to be pressed

Pollywog by Dan Norder 2015-12-18T13:55:00

I really liked the look, and the game was kind of fun to play.
I would have loved it if there had been a way to go up, so you wouldn't have to wait

Hard Decisions by vortex 2015-12-14T17:58:00

@Falkreon Thanks for your feedback :). The problems didn't occur to me, because the background is 16:9, and I wanted to lock your Window only to be 16:9 too. That's where your first problems came from. Since I opened it in windowed mode, I didn't need a quit button, since I just used the red X.
These small bugs are now fixed! :)

Hard Decisions by vortex 2015-12-16T19:22:00

@Si1ver No... It isn't.
I didn't want you to be able to win because that would result in there being a definitive "correct" path, that would be a weird combination of choices...

Hard Decisions by vortex 2015-12-17T12:54:00

@thedashdude right now the data is just sitting in an xml file... I will probably post it somewhere once I got the time to actually put it into some nice diagrams

SAAAM by Ogniok 2015-12-20T14:21:00

Your game is about the only Ludum Dare game, that actually requires a decent PC...
My laptop unfortunately wasn't able to run the game above roughly 5 Frames per second...
Sadly I couldn't play your game :(

Happy Little Flower by Reccy 2015-12-15T18:18:00

Really funny...
The graphics were really nice and smooth and the clicking sound was really statisfying.
The red button was just too tempting to me...
You got fired...

O3000 by farwyler 2015-12-15T18:42:00

The Graphics are really nice.
One of the best looking games I've seen this far!

Interview at Incredible Inc by EvanEGibbs 2015-12-18T18:01:00

Was really fun, but I'm bad at reading things quickly, so I didn't get past Nicol...
I didn't like that you have to start all the way at the beginning again...

Evadanoid by Rex Peppers 2015-12-18T13:44:00

The first time the death sound came I really jumped...
Nice game... I found the debug mode btw XD

Torque by pianoman373 2015-12-14T20:45:00

Great mechanics, gameplay and graphics.
Only negative points are the number of levels and that I didn't notice when I finished them all and just pressed restart...

Sickle & Sword by MSiddeek 2015-12-28T19:11:00

I really liked your game. The artstyle is really nice.
One thing I didn't like, is that my village died of venom suddenly, without me even expecting it, or being able to do anything about it...

Trick Shot by RadMcCool 2015-12-29T10:40:00

Very fun game, although I have some slight issues with it...
In the beginning I found it very confusing, that you can't move your cannon, after releasing the button. An order would have been nice too, so aim first, strength afterwards. You also don't have a single artstyle (The cannon and target for example could be from very different games).
Apart from that, you really made a fun game

SportsRaces by Patomkin 2015-12-20T20:58:00

Wow... Those were some fancy transitions for a ludum dare game!!! Really liked the weird effects...

Memory Jump by dregamr 2015-12-27T19:25:00

Very interesting and fun game, but I got stuck on the part where you have to jump up three blocks, because my player kept getting stuck on the side of blocks... have you tried making a slidy physics material to prevent this?

Button Betting by torcado 2015-12-28T10:37:00

Very nice game, but I am really bad at it... it took me way too long to figure out what I was supposed to be doing and by the time I did, the timer already ran out. You could add some difficulty setting, so that people who can't read quickly can win something too.
Another design flaw I found was the minigame where you had to press a specific button and it said fast, would lead me too pressing the first button quickly over and over again, and causing in my hands getting guilloutined!
Apart from that solid game, with lots of content!

Chicken vs Smoke by eprincev 2015-12-29T15:11:00

I don't know if the weird jumping is a design choice, but if it isn't, next time try storing your vertical speed in a variable, and subtract [insert gravity value] from it every frame or something... then if you jump, set it to [insert jump value]

Twotler by Member1221 2015-12-17T21:06:00

This looks so nice... Which you could have completed the game...

Zombie Hammer-Smash Acrobatics by Khamekaze 2015-12-20T14:27:00

The graphics and audio were great and you had some interesting gameplay, but the thing I disliked, is that it took so long to restart...

Puzzlerun by velddev 2015-12-15T16:02:00

It took me a while to figure out how to pass through enemies, and how you get over edges...
I also found a glitch, where you can get a sort of infinite score if you have a thing that pushes you up and you go around in circles.
Other than that it was a really nice idea, and very nice graphics

Snowman's Christmas by beetracks 2015-12-18T17:30:00

After getting close to rage quitting, I finally managed to get poor Kevin to the top of the tree.
Great game. Made me really happy. It would have been better if you could jump quicker(like it would remember that you pressed jump just before getting on the next bulb)

Dino-Chicken by SubmersivoGS 2015-12-28T20:00:00

It says "This game is still In Development and is not currently playable" on the site...

Kimmirut Chasm by Max Amaden 2015-12-14T19:32:00

Man I hate reading... You'll realize how ironic that statement once you look at my game :)
I'm looking forward to looking through your sorce code to see how you made your game...
I didn't really like the story, because it's so unclear what's going on... What the hell are those creatures? I want to know!
I liked the little pictures that went with the stories. nice artwork

Grow Up by alexander0153 2015-12-29T14:22:00

Very nice pixel art, but it is a bit odd that the plant isn't continuous(just goes into another direction without smoothing)...

All Ways Down by noddingTortoise 2015-12-29T11:16:00

Great and fun game... I really liked it, but it got slow at some points... Maybe a speed up time button would have helped

My RoboCaptain! by EternalCastleStudio 2015-12-29T15:17:00

Great sound design, and nice graphics...
The only thing that didn't really match the artstyle were the explosions...

U.G.O by aamatniekss 2015-12-15T18:09:00

Great game with a beautiful artstyle and nice sound.
I found your game extremely hard and didn't manage to get past the first level...

Staten & Kapitalet by Lamebait 2015-12-14T18:46:00

Wow! That game was great! I just kept smiling playing this game! :)
When I first saw the game on the games page, I thought that I would spend the next five minutes reading an instructions guide on how you play. What I got was two button controls. I am in love with the theme!
The graphics are really great, and the animations and pop sounds are really statisfying. Sadly the framerate started going down when my city grew.
What I really loved is that you made a game for the audience it is targeted at. The level of complexity fits the five minute play sessions, that people are going to spend on your game perfectly.
A little negative point is that I didn't feel an immediate response to the changes that I made. You could possibly have indicated the actual amount of red/blue relation somehow...

Spinny Whale by burntcustard 2015-12-20T14:13:00

It took me a while to realize, that i could controll where the wale was moving instead of just controll the rotation. A background with more going on would help...

a choice of weapon by munchor 2015-12-28T16:48:00

Great audio, and nice gameplay, but the thing I find odd about your game is the loosing condition...
I think it would have been better if you lost when too many blobs left the screen instead of running out of ammo. Because of that you can use the sniper 1000 times, which makes the machine gun pointless.