Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → Walt
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 24 | Evolution | Survivalism | compo | 357 | 3.00 | 2.93 | 3.14 | 2.55 | 3.37 | 1.63 | 1.90 | 2.56 | 87 |
i agree with what has been said, the shape editor is a great feature, the game should gravitate around that much more! the generic obstacle avoidance gameplay is not too exciting, wish you had made more of the editing.
great effort! but very unfocused. each of the components could have used a bit more attention. the fact that you have a sidekick character for example is impressive considering the amount of gfx you threw together and the different gameplay mechanics you have in place besides all that. results in a lack of polish of controls and pacing though. still, kudos for it out in time.
one of my favs in this contest. loved the variations of enemy behaviours, the tight gfx and focused yet somewhat extensive experience. good work.
crashed after the löve screen in 32 and 64 bit ... :(
great looks, rough controls
cool idea, bit disconnected but funny. nice execution too, i like it
i like that i get to play different classes here
well yes, testing alone is kinda pointless, too bad.
nice, i actually get to evolve significantly in this one! enemy behaviour is frustratingly unpredictable i must say and eating didn't always seem to work.
good idea, but left it feeling unbalanced and chaotic. guess this kind of approach takes ages of tweaking and polishing, so considering the restraints, well done
very nice, some very repetitive aspects and aimless gameplay but cool visuals
the speed and curvyness are fun! but the unpredictability of the track and slow sideward movement leave hardly any time to react, which leaves no room for any steering skills. and the fact that you can't fall of the track or be punished in any meaningful way even makes it unnecessary to steer. well executed and funny gene gambling nonetheless!
nice idea. never really got the hang of the interface i must admit
cool idea, feels somewhat incomplete though through the lack of feedback. bit more of a ramp in difficulty would be nice, it's tricky the first time around
had problems with the control scheme, sometimes ran off in unwanted directions. some rules are still somewhat unclear, why was i often killed by the flood despite being on land, even for longer?
the sideway trick feels like a glitch declared a feature
great concept. the overlapping blocks give it kind of a sloppy touch though. very cool overall though
real cool
can't say i understood the game
nice one. a little ramp up in challenge would have been nice
impressive amount of work you got done there! agreeing about polish, controls are tough. great job though!
nice and simple fun
good point, a score system would have been on my list, but alas ..
@ AaronGordon: some systems seem to have trouble with the screen ratio i picked. added a version to let people pick their resolution
@ metadept: i agree, the colors could do with a little more differentiation
@ bejamin: yes, the overlap is problematic.
thanks for the feedback so far guys
thanks mate! as mentioned above i agree about some lacking signs and feedback. considering the lack of time for iteration i'm still fairly happy with what is there ;)
agreed, audio a some refinement in player feedback would make sense. had no idea where to get audio in time, but I'm glad you liked it
@zx81: yeah, no idea where u all got your music from in time
@gama11: i agree, some more time for polishing good have gone a long way. nevertheless i think core gameplay i quite fun and can shine with just a little more polish
@ghRibacki: very true, i'm gonna flesh that out in a post-comp version. should work nicely, now that core stuff is in place. extending this is gonna be fairly easy :)
great! but why only WASD and SPACE? had me play the whole game with only my left hand.. other than that, nicely focused and fun to play!
still a bit rough, lacking feedback makes difficult telling whats going on.
level design needs a bit more thought, the potential dead ends right at the start are kind of a bummer. some nice ideas though.
nice one, although i have a hard time enjoying the possibility of beeing thrown back all the way. the jump cooldown i find far too long, condemning me to fall back one level after another all passively.
rest is pretty well executed though!
took some real patience till i got it. and never actually got very far. pretty difficult.
no idea how to run it :(
haha
nice explorational trip, gives an unreal 1 feeling :)
super hard to play, couldnt make it very far
nice idea. goals could be more clearly communicated
one of the graphically more appealing entries. gave up the chase as well.
should go for a more establish control scheme, the general movement mechanics are nice. I'd even limit the booster resource and make managing it part of the challenge or something, but I guess you had further plans for it anyway. promising so far.
i didnt get it, fighting didn't happen, who do i fight if i control everyone and why can every creature create offspring with itself? i missed something, didn't i?
very interesting. i like the approach of evolving costing lives.
but i too think that the balance is rather off, throwing to many gameplay parameters around that would require to fundamentally change the game environment.
- with the glider i find my best bet to not move at all while i can, while dodging a straight down bullet with the zeppelin is almost impossible.
- the first plane i can oddly run into the screen border or circle numbly to avoid bullets in a handlable way.
- the second plane is finally making proper use of the enemy and camera behaviours, even making the level kinda simple, which was of course necessary for it to be somewhat playable with those other control schemes.
hope you don't mind my elaborate feedback, just trying to point out what i think this quite bold design choice entails. great effort and brave take all in all!
tutorial would indeed be nice, would have stopped playing if not for the compo. but after i got i really got hooked, nicely done! graphical style is not necessarily my thing, but it has a humorous wackiness to it.
not sure i get it, but what i identify as underlying idea i like a lot. for a puzzle challenge i believe it would need more guidance but the sandboxy aspect is nice
awesome. not sure i fully got all control commands, how do i heal myself. i also wish there'd be more room for player skill in combat, the heavy coooldowns, slow turning and lack of dodging leave hardly any room to optimize my health losses in combat. great effort though, enjoyed it overall.
great game! once i read the move-skip trick i got along nicely, didn't figure that out on my own. nicely focused and well executed!
felt like a massive orgy at times :) funny one.
great, cute and addictive. beautifully simple mechanics.
excuse the selfpromotion but i also did an arena-bombing-thing, d'be glad to hear your thoughts on it ;)
nice. not sure the physics weren't more of a pain than a rewarding toy component. difficult to judge where objects would land. liked the music :)
worked fine on my machine.
needs more player guidance in my eyes, hard to tell where there's something to shoot and not much of a challenge there. main challenge here is rather orientation and there you're not doing much to make the player feel his progress.
technically a nice effort and generally a nice idea, i think.
very nice! i think a bit more controlled progression and difficulty would make it feel more polished and sometimes stuff seemed to drop outside the view which adds to the same issue. but considering the time constraints it's still real cool.
this is great, an emergent quality to it.
surprised to see so much customisation for such simple interaction. combat is super tough, could be more forgiving. nice effort anyway!
nice. confirming what's been said so far, more focus on level design would've been needed to acually have something to play