Willisika

Tail by conk 2017-12-24T12:05:03Z

Hey! Nice entry! I started by playing with keyboard and it was really hard to do anything in the game. I'm glad I have controller close by at all times, when I switched to controller the game became waaaayy easier. I got all the gems an made it to the exit with no problem at all. :D

so here's some thoughs:

- The gameplay is really smooth and core loop is simple enough to understad without a tutorial. That's good. You can just get into the game without even thinking about that you need to do next. just go with the flow. this might be because of "gamer logic" though. To a non gamer this might be confusing.

- The controls were good... **IF you play with a controller**. playing with keyboard is SUPER hard because you only got 4 directional keys. It's really hard to aim and maneuver in tight spaces. Making the creature follow mouse cursor for example would be more intuitive or just making so that you move mouse left or right and the creature turns left or right respectively. or making it so that pressing forward makes the creature accelerate and pressing left & right makes it turn.

- I found that killing enemies was not very important... I only killed the enemies that literally got into my way. otherwise I just mostly ignored them.

- The art stye is simplistic and really well thought out and the audio is fitting.

Maurim: Unepic thief by bakudas 2017-12-05T20:06:38Z

Found an infinite pile of gold. Got greedy. Was killed by an enemy because I was carrying too much to run away. 8/10 would get mauled by a mummy again.

The gameplay is fun, The art is awesome, The audio is Good, You nailed the theme and the mood. Overall great job!

The Darkest Light by zblah 2017-12-08T19:57:42Z

Interesting gameplay mechanics! I like it alot! It really fits the theme! - Fun, solid adn innovative gameplay! - Nice graphics (animations would be nice though) - Good audio. - Nailed the theme. - Mood is on point. - Overall a very good entry! Good job!

Daily Debug Dash by Elemental Zeal Game Studios 2017-12-07T03:02:23Z

Super Fun game... If you're a programmer :P Honestly though I got distracted by that damn email spam way too many times. Well done. - The Interface (graphics) are nice. - The audio is on point. - The emails give it a nice humorous twist. - The theme is there... the more spam you get the worse it is...same with the code the more bugs you have the worse it is. - The mood of he game reminds of the JAM itself.. lol - The gameplay was fairly innovative.

You pretty much ticked off every box there is, Well done!

Famous Knight by Lucas Ferrantelli 2017-12-12T16:59:36Z

Awesome! I love the artstyle!

- Great game mechanics - Nice graphics! LONG LIVE THE PIXEL! - Good gameplay - Good SFX and fitting music - Relatively funny - overall a very fun game! Good job.

Just Make It Work by Hurlu 2017-12-06T17:39:51Z

Haha.. I love the boss and his screaming! - Overall a fun experience. The learning curve is quite steep though. - I like the graphics and the humor. Good job!

Catch for cash by flip120 2017-12-05T14:15:38Z

Sweet artstyle! I love how polished the game feels. Good job!

Adventures of Sir Eek O'Nommie And The Invisible Hand Of The Market by KafkaLovesYouy 2017-12-05T14:26:40Z

It won't run on Win 10 either. - 6ab767a0f6c356c8dda5bceabb214b70.png

Needy Greedy Pirates by witylernn 2017-12-05T08:35:17Z

Great visuals! I love the character art! The sword could use a swing or poke animation to give some feedback for the player, but otherwise 5/5.

Apparently I'm a detective by Hayzar 2017-12-16T15:52:57Z

Finally got around playing your game! It's quite cool. - The controls were a bit unreliable. It was relly difficult click on some of the clues for somereason. - The art is good, well done. - The audio creates a nice mood for the game. - The story was really predictable, but otherwise it was a fun experience. :D - @jk5000 had some really good improvement suggestions. You should totally do a post LD version with improved controls.

Temple of Greed by fusionnist 2017-12-24T12:27:24Z

Got a nice big house. lol. The core mechanic was very interesting. Some more information about the level would be nice.. maybe some sort of map to show where you have not been yet. otherwise a fairly good game. the "first" ice room got me off guard and i fell right into those spike ball thingies...

- Solid gameplay, but the double tap to dash was a bit pain in the butt and I kept dashing when I didn't want to. - Graphics and audio are decent. The tileset could use a bit more variation, seeing the same brickwall pattern everywhere was quite an eyesore. - The game was fun overall. and it made you think about the route you need to take to get home with the most loot. I never got all of the loot but that's fine. :P

Cardhoard by HacksawUnit 2017-12-05T02:27:48Z

Awesome! It's exactly as cool as I expected! I really like the art style and the feel of the game! solid 9/10!

Hungry Dino by nax_89 2017-12-06T23:22:46Z

Nice little puzzler. I like the level design, the levels are very well though out. The only complaint is that the text is near impossible to read. I mean there is only so much you can do with 5x5 pixels. :)

Infection by Daniel Conway 2017-12-07T02:43:04Z

I was 20 pixels away from the last brain when the game froze.. :,( oh well. (too many zombies I guess) - The game is simple, as are the graphics and audio too. - Some more color wouldn't hurt.

RuneLight by Arden 2017-12-17T21:57:59Z

Very nicely made game! I got succumbed into darkness but that's fine I suppose. :P I really like how polished the game feels. - The graphics are really nice. - The audio is fits the game very well. - The mood is....dark? :D - I see how theme you included the theme with the darkness mechanic but the effect was quite weak and unnotcable at first. You could maybe add some more negative effects. - the gameplay is really fun and creative.

Endless, Nameless by LeonLaci 2017-12-08T19:51:04Z

What an innovative idea, well done. Some animation for the character would be nice though. The game play is solid, but sometimes it's hard to judge the characters collision box size. especially after the spikes. - Pro tip for the future: Always make the character collision box sligthly smaller than the actual character graphics, that way it feels more fair for the player and makes the game play more enjoyable. It also it makes the character feel more like a part of the world when it's legs actually touch/sink a bit into the ground.

Quantum's Rick by cortexdeveloper 2017-12-05T08:27:06Z

Simple yet very fun concept. Nice job!

Grooblins! by ahintoflime 2017-12-06T17:52:13Z

Thaw tas a very strange experience... I dont know what to think of it... - I like the artstyle.. - The audio is..fine I guess? reminds me of the old pokemon games. - I didn't quite understand how this fits the theme.. sure there was alot of grooblins but how is that worse? :D

Overall a nice little experience.

King of Coins by SandPile 2017-12-17T21:35:26Z

One fo the best coin based games in LD40! Well done! - Gameplay is smooth as butter. - Audio is great! (Did you do it all by yourself?) - The game is fun to play and the puzzles are good. - Over all a very well made entry.

The Cleaner by mateusculpo 2017-12-06T02:06:47Z

Wow, I didn't know cats poop so much. :D - The graphics are nice but I don't know if I should rate them. because you mention that the tileMap is from "humble pack" what's that? sohuld i exclude it from my rating? - Same goes for the audio. it's good but I hesitate to rate it because I dont know if you made any audio for the game and just forgot to opt out of the audio category. - That being said you pretty much nailed the theme. the more poop there is the worse it is. - The humour...is well... poop humour, and that made me smile. :P - Overall good job with the game.

Greedy Dungeon by daul 2017-12-05T02:40:40Z

I love the mood of the game. The artstyle is quite cool and the sounds are great! The aiming mechanics are a bit tricky though. Overall a nice experience.

Bring us food JAMes! by Willisika 2017-12-05T23:33:21Z

Thanks for the feedback everyone! @nillard & @kaisean-games there was bug with the menu where it would instantly order the selected food when interacting with the menu stand. Changing the controls was a quick workaround for it. I never actually got around fixing the bug.

Bring us food JAMes! by Willisika 2017-12-07T12:57:06Z

@nax-89 Hey! Thanks for the feedback! The tooltips were in my to do list but they never got added. I'll be sure add them to the post JAM version. Long live the pixel! ;)

Bring us food JAMes! by Willisika 2017-12-08T20:08:12Z

@leonlaci & @josscomposer Thank you for the feedback! <3 - I made the game ramp up difficulty very fast because JAMmers have ALOT of games to play so I wanted players to experience the stress (the point of the game) as quickly as possible after starting to play. This way they can move to the next game. I wasn't really aiming for long gameplay sessions. :P

- About the missing bg music.....err... yeah. I suck at making music, so after struggling with the music for a bit I decided to go with high quality audio effects instead. ;D

Bring us food JAMes! by Willisika 2017-12-13T23:37:51Z

@hayzar Heyyy! Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'll be sure to check out your game soon! It looks really interesting!

Bring us food JAMes! by Willisika 2017-12-18T21:39:09Z

@ddrkirbyisq I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the constructive feedback! I'm currently working on the post LD version and your suggestion has been added to the todo list. Would you prefer to use mouse when navigating the menus instead of WASD?

Bring us food JAMes! by Willisika 2017-12-23T12:41:05Z

FUN FACT: You CAN control the player with arrow keys in the game... I totally forgot about that. I was going through the code for the controls and there it was:

``` key_right = max(keyboard_check(vk_right), keyboard_check(ord("D"))); key_up = max(keyboard_check(vk_up), keyboard_check(ord("W"))); key_left = max(keyboard_check(vk_left), keyboard_check(ord("A"))); key_down = max(keyboard_check(vk_down), keyboard_check(ord("S"))); ``` I didn't make any alternatives for the "Interact","Ok" and "Cancel" keys though... whoopsie. :P

Penti by DogSquad 2017-12-06T00:22:10Z

Good job! the game is what you expect from a first timer, but that's not a bad thing! Many first timers quit before the end of the compo/jam, but not you. You made it through the JAM! Congratz.

Caffeinated Alien by Justin Toyo 2017-12-05T08:21:54Z

The concept is great, the art is fine (I like the trees. :D), but there is quite a bit of room for improvement on the programming and audio side of things! Keep up the good work!

NOTE: There is a minor bug/exploit with the health crates. You can shoot them when they're open and get small amount of score. funny thing is that they dont block the enemy bullets, so you're in kind of a disadvantage when you're behind them. :P

Slithering Secrets by meanmon13 2017-12-06T00:32:18Z

Nice game! I like the stranger things style of logo and presentation. The snake sounds are really LOUD for headphone users.

Crystallone - False Stars by forrest 2017-12-06T02:16:01Z

Really nice game! That's a really interesting way to intepret the theme. the graphics are simple and fit the mood nicely. Well done!