Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → Willops
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Category | Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥈 | 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | Keep The Beat Alive! | compo | Audio | 4.48 |
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 60 | Old Tech | ZERO_DAY | compo | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 58 | Collector | BIGDIG | compo | 24 | 3.95 | 3.95 | 3.33 | 4.08 | 4.08 | 4.03 | 3.83 | 4.08 | ||
| 2021 | 49 | Unstable | 👥 | Split | jam | 441 | 3.74 | 3.50 | 3.95 | 4.27 | 3.67 | 4.02 | 3.50 | ||
| 2021 | 48 | Deeper and deeper | Deepspace | compo | 43 | 4.12 | 4.23 | 3.53 | 3.72 | 4.15 | 4.10 | ||||
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | Keep The Beat Alive! | compo | 33 | 4.14 | 4.32 | 3.92 | 3.87 | 3.57 | 4.48 | ||||
| 2018 | 42 | Running out of space | Collapse | compo | 466 | 3.21 | 3.19 | 2.93 | 3.48 | 2.98 | 2.85 | 1.88 | 2.61 | ||
| 2018 | 41 | Combine 2 Incompatible Genres | Rhythm Jumper | compo | 255 | 3.53 | 3.39 | 3.36 | 3.53 | 3.19 | 4.16 |
Willops leaves an average of 16.4 feedback comments each event.
Very good "aha" moment, beat it with a time of 6:49 in the end, great meta-puzzle! Extremely amusing to discover the rules are faaar simpler than me and my friends were trying to come up with. Still unsure about what hint 2 on the itch page is talking about, but hints 1 and 4 were very important.
Great work for your first entry! Gameplay was fun, music was bumpin, art was cute (wish there was more of it!). Looking forward to seeing you again in future LD jams :D
Fantastic entry, a very fun spin on the deckbuilder formula, could definitely see this one developed further
Awesome idea for the theme, creating a collection of minigames for a 48 hour game jam is unhinged, but you managed to pull it off, great twist at the end too!
Nice entry! All the cards felt meaningful and I had a lot of fun trying to put a deck together, avoiding getting whittled down was hard though and sometimes felt out of my control.
Wow fantastic entry, will surely be near the top by the end! Had a blast collecting all the cards and beating all the schoolmates, nice work!
Fun game! Drew me in more than I was expecting... for some reason reminded me of the "find Luigi" minigame...
Loved the graphics and mood lol! Nice work
Nice work! Wish it was a bit longer but I liked the replay mechanic :)
Wow fantastic entry, will definitely be high up in "fun" at the end I think, nice work.
Nice entry! Was really fun trying to learn all the villagers' schedules for maximum tax collection :D
Nice game! Was fun to cut out the stamps and try to get the highest quality, could definitely be a fun "cozy game" with the right mechanics, good work!
Neat game! Pretty short but I liked it, great graphics
Cool game! Good job with the graphics and music!
Loved the graphics, nice work!
Nice entry! Simple but fun
Great game! Short but sweet, I like it!
Cool entry! I like the music, very relaxing
VOICE ACTING YES!!! Always awesome to see that in a jam game, great work!
Great entry, tons of fun! I ended up playing it to completion and got a score of 10187! Very well balanced, not too hard not too easy.
Dug so deep the game crashed, 10/10, played this one for awhile lol
Really enjoyed this one, fantastic entry! The difficulty was just right and it was a ton of fun listening to the sharks. My only suggestion is that it would be nice to have the sharks you're standing on sing to the beat, how it is now it's a little discordant and kind of messes with the vibe you might've been going for. Overall, great job!
Absolutely incredible entry! Every thing was on-point, really, great job! You guys have earned my first 5-star overall this jam!
Great entry! It was a ton of fun to run around and collect treasure, and the mood was on point! A few of the encounters I had down in the deep really got my heart pumping haha!
Definitely a contender for rank 1 graphics in the whole competition, great job you guys! Makes me wish I went for a similar art style with my entry :P
Great entry! I really liked this one and played it all the way through! It was super fun and felt great to fling myself around the map building up momentum, though I think you might be able to do a bit more with that core mechanic, since it did get a little boring near the end. I also found it a little obnoxious to collect all the blue spheres, they felt like they were there to extend the length of gameplay more than anything. My suggestion is to try adding more ways for the play to build up their momentum, and make that the main goal instead of collecting the blue orbs, really hone in on that core mechanic, that's what arcadey games are all about. Overall this was a great entry though, loved it!
Loved this game! (and thanks for reviewing mine 😄) Definitely one of my favorites so far. That last song is brutal but after 3-4 attempts I beat it! Music is great and so are the graphics, my only suggestion is to allow the player to use a key like "z" or "x" to hit the beats. Clicking AND moving the mouse on those directional beats is really difficult. Overall, great entry!
Wow! incredible entry you guys! The graphics and gameplay were stunning! I had a lot of fun with this one, but unfortunately I died to the last wave.
Great entry! I really liked this one! The gameplay was fun and satisfying and I ended up playing it for awhile
Cool little entry, I liked it! It was hard to control the car but after I got better at it it became very satisfying to move in tight turns. Good job you guys! Looking forward to seeing what you make next time
Check out my game if you've got some time :D
I really liked this game! the graphics and music are top notch!
Awesome entry! I had a lot of fun! Getting to the notes and dodging the bullets was both satisfying and challenging. I interpreted the theme in the exact same way, you should check my game out!
Cool game! the concept was really easy to grasp and the music was great. Had a lot of fun with this one!
I had to stop myself at 120 dudes before I just spent an hour dragging and dropping guys in haha. It's surprisingly fun, adding some extra particle effects and making it so you can fling dudes with gravity would go a long way too. Good entry.
Interesting little game! I found it a little confusing at first but the survival guide helped me. I think you did a really good job with the mood and overall it was a decent entry.
Cool game! I like the art direction, and I found the gameplay fun. It was always nervewracking when I had to move off screen to get logs for my fire.
Cool little game, I think you have a really solid base here for a great arcade/mobile game! It might help to make the player accelerate downwards as he falls to give the player slightly more control over his movement, but other than that just adding some depth in the challenges the game throws at the player would be great!
Cool game! the gameplay was a little confusing but I eventually figured it out, the game looks really nice, you're getting points in that area. I think adding a little depth to your mechanics in the form of powerups or enemy types would help, but it's understandable considering the time constraint.
Also...
@splendiddog I had the exact same idea for interpreting the theme, you should check my game out!
Cool game! You really did a lot with a little here! I haven't reviewed too many games yet but so far this one is my favorite, I was dissapointed when there were no more levels after the one with perlite, but I hope you'll take that as a complement haha. My only suggestion is to make the cracks a bit more visible, sometimes they were a little hard to see.
Fun little game! I ended up playing this one all the way through. Visuals work very nicely and I found the core mechanic fun. My favorite level was the last one, adding that time element made things a lot of fun.
Good title! I liked it! I found timing my swings to combat the various enemies very satisfying, perhaps making the swings a bit more responsive would be good however.
Hey, it seems that your downloads are missing the data file for your Unity game. Make sure when you build your game to put it in a folder and zip it into a compressed file, that way all your assets are preserved. As is your game doesn't seem to run.
Fun little title, I liked it! Some of the enemy placement was pretty clever, but I'd have liked to see you make use of the main mechanic of vision reduction more, as is it didn't really effect my gameplay a whole lot.
Oww my fingers... made it to wave 15! I really liked this one! Perhaps just because I wanted an excuse to use my spamclicking skills. Your music is a little on the weak side, visuals are decent, and I enjoyed the gameplay. Perhaps adding in some powerups or enemies with weak spots would help add depth to your game so that it's not just left clicking over and over again. Good entry!
Cool game! I think it would add a bit more depth to your game if you implemented some direct way to control the swarm. I also felt as though the movement was a little too slow and unresponsive. Interesting take on using a swarm though, I've never seen anything like this.
The thrusters were a bit difficult to move, but that aside it was a pretty fun entry.
Great game! it became pretty easy once my food growth was positive, but still lots of fun. Score 2466!
Score: 1745, really fun! simple and easy to understand mechanics with a creative premise. I enjoyed trying to hold onto my last platform the best I could.
The music needs a bit of work but I found the gameplay quite fun! I really enjoyed this one.
12077, Great entry with good sound effects and fun gameplay, you guys did a fantastic job with the shooting, it was super fun to fly around and blast away at asteroids. The music is okay, and enemies of some sort would have been good. 4/5 overall.
Very enjoyable! definitely one of my favorites, wish there were more levels!
Hahaha, hilarious! Your game has a lot of charm to it, and was quite a bit of fun. It was a bit difficult, scaling up the challange as time went on might have been a good idea, but great entry nonetheless!
It took me quite a bit to figure out the start, but once I got it the game was quite fun! could have used a bit more difficulty pacing.
I was pleasantly surprised with this one! I thought that the game would be over-complicated and hard to understand, but once I got a hang of the UI it was quite a lot of fun, I'd even go as far to say that it's one of my favorites! Managing my crew was hectic but never unfair, and the random events always kept me on my toes. I beat the game in 12 minutes, I really enjoyed it 4.5/5 overall!
Although if I hadn't grasped the game mechanics I can see how this would be a very confusing game, putting more effort into your tutorial would have been a good idea.
This gets a 5 in humor for the sound effects alone hahaha!
It was short but fun, I liked it! moving the ship left/right was a little wonky though.
Great entry! I can see a lot of effort went into the graphics, they turned out really well. The gameplay is quite fun, and the sound effects add a lot to the experience.
Great entry! I liked the music and the sound effects and the concept was very creative! although the gameplay was a little dull after the first playthrough, perhaps some more variation in game mechanics would have helped.
Good entry, my main grievances are the floaty controls and the fact that sometimes projectiles were impossible to dodge.
My god that entry was brutal, but I loved every second of it, great game!
Great game! It was a lot of fun, but something that would have made the game more interesting is adding enemies of some sort.
This is by far my favorite entry, I wouldn't be surprised if you landed top 10!
The art was pretty good but the game itself was lacking quite a bit of depth. It seems the best strategy is to simply play all your cards right off the bat and hope you got luckier than your opponent, after a few matches the game became pretty boring. Still, not the worst entry, it was fun for a bit.
You made a FANTASTIC shooter! ... and a pretty crappy Chess game. While I do see how you were trying to incorporate the movements of the Chess pieces into your game, there was no element of strategy that typically comes with Chess. Still, the game was extremely fun, and that's the most important part!
Wow, this was a good one! I enjoyed ducking and dodging about, luring enemies into my towers whilst trying not to get killed myself. You did a great job combining the two genres and turning them into a fun play experience. So far, this is my favorite game yet!
Loved it! this was an awesome entry! The game was lots of fun and my only two gripes were very minor ones. Firstly, on the last stage it's very difficult to see your character's health bar because it blends in with the background, and secondly, the music could be a little better. Normally this would be a perfectly fine track for a Ludum Dare game, but since your game rests a lot on the music, having a mediocre track can drag down the game as a whole.
You did an amazing job here! definitely one of my favorites, I found myself playing this one for quite a while. My one criticism is that you could have done the theme a bit better, as the combination of builder and action isn't that "incompatible". Still! excellent entry, you're in my top 5 :D.
Great entry! my only criticism is that you could haven implemented the Shoot Em' Up aspect a bit better, as currently it's a little unwieldy.
Seems to be broken, once I launch the game all I see is a green checkered plane.
A big problem with your submission was the controls, the ship is unnecessarily floaty and unresponsive, most of the time I was just sliding into enemy fire, and the fact that you can only take one hit doesn't help either. However, once I got over the controls the game was actually pretty good! perhaps having some way to stack the powerups would have been nice though, as after I got the ally ships and weapon upgrade collecting duplicates became meaningless.
This game desperately needs a bit more player direction. As it is now it's a glorified guessing game, which is NOT very fun. It would have been much better if the platforms were shown briefly before the level starts, that way the player is tasked with the challenge of remembering them properly. Or maybe if platforms revealed themselves when you stepped on them. It feels like I'm just jumping around randomly, hoping I don't fall to my death.
Short, but fun! I like it! It was really hard to tell whether or not I had selected a unit though, perhaps a highlight or indicator of some sort would have been nice?
I had huge issues with keeping track of both the blue and red arrows at the same time, it's almost impossible to get them BOTH down properly. Luckily since you can't die I was still able to enjoy the game, I just ignored the blue arrows. Although you did the rhythm aspect well, you failed to really incorporate it into the shooter in a meaningful way, since you can't control your ship at all. Instead of a rhythm-shooter game it just ended up being a rhythm game. Still, the game was decent and I ended up enjoying it.
Great game! you did a fantastic job with the graphics, and the gameplay was very fun! I think you nailed down the survival aspect really well, but the tycoon/economy part wasn't incorporated as nicely so I gave you a lower rating on Theme (3.5). And it was a fairly generic survival game, so I gave you a lower score on innovation (3.0). But everything else was great! you got a 4.0+ in all other categories :D.
Hahahaha! I love it! Although there's not much in the way of gameplay, ramming into stuff is fun enough on its own to qualify this as a game. My one criticism is that the controls feel a little unintuitive, the ship is a bit too floaty and turns too slowly.
The concept was quite cool, but I feel like the game was ruined by the floaty controls.
Great fun! I really enjoyed this entry!
LD60 — Old Tech (30)
GEARBOUND by Ethernal Tech 2026-10-23T01:38:29Z ♥ 0
Nice little survivors-like! Definitely a top entry. I had a good time with it :)
Also I'm amazed you've sent out nearly sixty ratings and your game has still been rated less than 20 times... I think there's been a problem this time around with people botting ratings and messing up the smart balance
TeleFÓ by Braulio_JG 2026-10-23T01:30:30Z ♥ 1
Neat little entry! One of many that I saw took the "telephone operator" riff on the theme
TERMINALWARS by darwyn 2026-10-23T01:26:26Z ♥ 0
Wow, amazing entry, it has an incredible amount of content and the online multiplayer aspect is awesome! It was a bit overwhelming at first but I got it after a few minutes. I'm curious if you used and AI to help code? I've noticed that this Ludum Dare there's been an abundance of games with a huge number of features, ones that were often prohibitively hard to code beforehand
Northline Ltd. by Custodi 2026-10-23T00:30:43Z ♥ 0
Holy content Batman... this is really impressive for a Compo entry!
Everything here feels airtight. The visuals are great, music is soothing, gameplay is challenging, the atmosphere is good, it's on theme, there's even an upgrade card! It's almost TOO much haha
My only point of criticism is that is has quite a steep initial difficulty curve. Perhaps starting the player with just one wire and letting them upgrade from there would have been better, but I got the hang of it eventually. Also, letting the player voluntarily unlock the frequency control as a way to make more money might have been better then forcing it on them, as it allows them to up the challenge when THEY feel ready for it
Anyways, nice work, easily in the top set of Compo games I've played so far. Will be circling back to see how this one placed when rating ends :)
Mycelium by Aleksey Salion 2026-10-23T00:15:50Z ♥ 0
Nice entry! The graphics were great, though they would have been even better with a little more juice added in the form of animations, particle effects, screenshake, etc.
The core gameplay loop is pretty interesting. While what exists in the compo entry is pretty barebones, I could easily see this expanded into a form of deckbuilder where you're assembling your own punch cards.
All in all very solid, nice work!
WHACK-A-TONY: Super Platformer by Spaint 2026-10-22T20:46:41Z ♥ 1
WOW Great entry, 5 on theme and innovation for sure.
OHP: Our Homework's Playable by Thoastbot 2026-10-22T20:24:03Z ♥ 1
Nice sound effects, they were funny XD
The game idea is cool, but the transition between the projector and game view adds a bit too much friction in my opinion. It may have worked better if there was a way to use the projector while also controlling your character.
The art is decent, though lacking in a bit of cohesion. It would have been cool if the character was more of a shadow like the other elements, and the zoomed-in view makes some sprites kinda blurry.
Pinball "Repair" SIMULATOR by Fifut 2026-10-22T20:12:31Z ♥ 1
Neat take on the theme! Don't think I've seen anything like it so far.
The Lost Rifleman by freamdev 2026-10-22T20:09:01Z ♥ 0
Spooky! You did a good job with the atmosphere :)
A Little Louder by Nesmon 2026-10-22T19:58:59Z ♥ 1
Great atmosphere! Kept me on my toes. You could probably work this into a nice little horror title with some building suspense :)
Old PC by Asalidonat 2026-10-21T21:50:11Z ♥ 0
Neat little entry! Kept me engaged for quite awhile. With some points and upgrades I'm sure you could make this kind of game quite addicting!
OldInternet by ALEXTRASH 2026-10-21T21:45:07Z ♥ 0
It all starts here! Keep working hard and you'll be a game dev star in no time ;)
And nice entry, simple but fun!
Lady DeBugger by fullmontis 2026-10-21T21:42:46Z ♥ 0
This one was actually REALLY fun! It took a sec to get the jumping mechanic down but once I did it was a blast. Art is super cute as well, good job!
BOGEY OR BANDIT by rekk1d 2026-10-21T21:37:03Z ♥ 0
Decent entry, nice take on the theme ad great graphics! The gameplay itself felt a little stale after while though
Piece of Ship! by Sirplop 2026-10-21T21:30:14Z ♥ 0
You actually brought this together impressively well, the jokes made me smile a few times, nice work :)
Medieval Hotline by sanechekz 2026-10-21T21:22:20Z ♥ 1
Simple but fun concept! Kept me playing longer than I thought it would
Primitive Logistics by CupofCuppuccino 2026-10-21T21:13:48Z ♥ 0
Nice little entry! It was a lot more fun that I thought it'd be, good work
Hold it There by Grizwhirl 2026-10-21T00:38:47Z ♥ 0
Best score I could get was 5, took a bit to figure out how to get on top of the TV XD
Art is great! Very cute, music works pretty well too :)
And thanks for not using AI. As a compo jammer it's been a bit depressing seeing how much positive reception some of the compo AI games have gotten. There's just no way to compete with the sheer speed if you're doing everything by hand :(
Krong by bigwhiteshogun 2026-10-21T00:26:42Z ♥ 1
Wow, amazing entry! Probably my favorite so far. The movement was a total blast, reminds me a little bit of Pizza Tower, nice work!
Antiquus Labyrinthus by Trusty 2026-10-21T00:22:41Z ♥ 0
Nice little entry! Good ambience
Train-O-Matic 3000â„¢ by Rolly 2026-10-20T23:52:28Z ♥ 0
Nice entry! Some of the later puzzles got pretty tricky. The terminal is an interesting riff on the interface
Flesh Harbour by AxolotlUwU 2026-10-20T23:43:28Z ♥ 3
Nice entry! Excellent mood. While the fishing did get a little repetitive after awhile, I enjoyed it nontheless
DECLIVIS by b4ux1t3 2026-10-20T04:27:53Z ♥ 1
Nice concept! Took a bit for me to get it
The Animation Morgue by WeLoveGames 2026-10-20T04:18:35Z ♥ 1
Cute entry, and a cool concept! I ended up playing all the way to the end
Operation MISSILES! by Planetary 2026-10-20T04:07:52Z ♥ 1
Surprisingly fun once I got the hang of it, really cool concept, I could totally see this as a way to teach morse code and get better and faster with it like typing games. Nice work!
No Matter by Prunus Padis 2026-10-20T04:00:53Z ♥ 1
Pretty neat entry! Very atmospheric, though not much in the way of gameplay. It's a shame the audio in the browser version is bugged
Cyber Cquabble by Khananaphone2 2026-10-20T03:53:20Z ♥ 0
These controls are awful, gets a 5 in theme easily XD
But seriously, awesome concept, great job emulating the shittiness of the past
Window Explorer by makkurataichou 2026-10-20T03:48:11Z ♥ 0
Fun little game! It did make me quite nostalgic, and the writing was good enough that I found myself a little disappointed when it ended, I wanted to see how mouse would react to all the insane things going on in the future! Anyways, nice entry :)
My Little Robot by peremily 2026-10-20T03:40:20Z ♥ 0
Cute little game! Simple and small
Rewind to Survive by EX3D0 2026-10-20T03:35:53Z ♥ 0
Fun little game! The graphics and effects look great, and the concept is an awesome spin on the theme. My only criticism is that the tape degrading mechanic doesn't really do anything since you can always just press backspace to reset, but other than that this is a very solid entry!