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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 45 | Start with nothing | The Beginning | unfinished | ||||||||
| 2018 | 43 | Sacrifices must be made | Hostile Territory | compo | 3.16 | 2.50 | 2.83 | 4.00 | 4.33 | |||
| 2018 | 41 | Combine 2 Incompatible Genres | Battle of the (Mostly) Brains | compo | 2.75 | 3.25 | 2.75 | 2.50 | 3.50 | 2.75 | ||
| 2017 | 39 | Running out of Power | Mech | compo | 421 | 3.15 | 3.15 | 2.85 | 2.80 | 3.36 | 2.78 | |
| 2017 | 38 | A Small World | rockfall | compo |
Oh hey this was an awesome idea! I especially liked that you could scribble as much detail as you wanted (the customers may not like my maps but by god they will be pretty ;D )
Only improvement I can think of is maybe ask someone to proofread the text?
This is such an interesting and beautiful little game (those simple colours really nailed it).
Since I have no spatial awareness whatsoever I was afraid of getting completely lost in the dark, and realising you could *actually* navigate by the stars was such an awesome thing :)
So much cute it fills my eyeballs to the brim! I want to see a sequel from the perspective of the ants, making death-defying leaps to chomp the food right out of some hapless caterpillar.
Hey, your game looks cool but I can't get any controls to work? Bug? My computer unable to play nice?
Thanks mate!
Combining Greek mythology and runner gameplay was a smart move! I really like how there are two metrics to keep track off instead of the usual 'you have this much time to finish the level'. (It adds some strategy to the gameplay.) Maybe the numbers could be represented as bars or something so the player can tell at a glance how much wax/life is left?
This is a good, solid game. Everything about it just *worked*. Special mention to having a good tutorial for introducing the mechanics. Although I tended to forget I even had sonar, so maybe that one system could be more useful? Giving directional hints?
I have no idea what's going on, but it did remind me to spend more time with my parents so... kudos? I like the more serious take on Candy Box-mechanics (or whatever it's called when you get more stuff to do the more you play) and I like the subtle storytelling a lot.
This is a weird and beautiful little game, and the only thing I can think of that could be improved is maybe the graphics :)
Oh hey you made a game based on my favourite Asimov story! I really enjoyed playing through this a few times (although I can't seem to save humanity :/ ) and I can really see how lucky we are google isn't sentient ;D
Maybe give a couple more hints on what to research? Also, I had trouble following what impact answering the questions had. Overall a great idea for a game, and a very creative adaptation of a short story!
This was so much fun to play! I liked how smooth the jumping was and that you were free to do whatever you wanted (I mostly bounced between the rooftops :D). My dream version of this game would have looping levels or something so you could keep going FOREVER.
(seriously, so much fun!)
Sorry, but my tech skills are very very very low. Can you describe in detail how to install the game?
Glad you liked it! I'm also thinking sound effects would work really well with the game. Will keep it in mind :)
Hey there! I like what I see, but my slow brain really requires more hints to get anywhere. As a young sprocket I watched *Wargames*, and even that misspent youth only got me one command (+variations) in. I'm thinking about some puzzle games I like, and maybe the beginning of this one could point a bit more at the shape of the mystery/mysteries? (am I trying to access hidden files? getting SAM to hack something? uncover a murder?)
The framework for this game is *good*. The UI is simple, the command I found accepted a bunch of different variants, and my absolute favourite part is how you got the timing for the power bar juuust right :)
I think your links didn't save correctly :)
Your game is a lot of fun to play. Kudos!
I especially liked that the individual levels were short and the controls responsive. It really made the gameplay shine. Like Johnnyc1423 said, sound effects would make the game even better :)
This was an interesting piece of interactive art. I like the graphics, I like experimental entries, and I like promoting positivity. That is all.
(oh, hey, this genre is right up my alley. guess this review is biased as heck...)
This is a good game. Reminds me of an easier-to-parse version of *Zafehouse Diaries* ;) I like how you managed (maybe even prioritised?) to make the controls and basic gameplay feel all slick and polished even though there were some bugs and weirdness behind the curtain. That's a thing I seem to be constantly struggling with myself, so kudos for making it look easy as anything.
To be honest I could probably have played this for hours if there were some more random events popping up.
Finally a game that suits me perfectly. I like the mix of sugary and aaaargh-y things ;D
My favourite bit was leaning forwards, squinting hard, and trying to figure out how the anatomy worked. (I'm going to go out on a limb and say that there are some things not meant to be Known by the mortal mind)
Ahaha, yep you caught me with the music thing
Basically; this game was written with the intention of adding sound effects to some events (eg. applause). Poor planning meant the time I had budgeted for sound was eaten up by restructuring/whatnot, and you ended up freaking *hearing* the silences where those sounds should have been. So I made the last-minute decision to add music instead and hopefully preserve some of the feel I was going for. I tried to make it reeeaaally clear that the music wasn't mine, hoping people could overlook the technical rule break and still enjoy the game :)
(and I tried to accept as many permutations as I could think of in the free typing section, but there's always that *one* only playtesting can find huh ;D )