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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Cm | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 26 | Minimalism | austerity | compo | |||||||||||
| 2010 | 19 | Discovery | 1492 | compo | 241 | 1.20 | 1.60 | 1.00 | 1.60 | 1.50 | 2 | ||||
| 2010 | 17 | Islands | Bouncecrab, Starfish Island | compo | 194 | 1.71 | 1.78 | 2.39 | 2.33 | 2.17 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.50 |
It's strangely compelling! I found a slalom technique to be optimal for turning on multiple plants quickly. I wanted something more out of the controls, but i'm not sure what -- maybe just some feedback as to where the plow is currently headed.
Also, i was definitely creeped out by the ice spiders at first, but less so when it became apparent that they weren't bothering me :)
Oh, and the linked page didn't work for me (Safari on OS X) -- i had to go to Main.swf directly.
Not bad for a first shot -- it's kind of fun :) The glitches were pretty annoying, but not showstopping: at one point i was pressing 'r' everytime the room restarted as a matter of course.
The music is extremely repetitive -- if you play guitar and know music theory, why not improvise some hot licks instead?
Wow, what a spirited discussion :) Thanks for the encouragement, everybody.
@GreaseMonkey: Yeah, in theory the code should compile without modification on Linux and Windows as long as you have MLton, but i don't have the relevant machines handy to produce a build (contributions welcome!). But i have to admit i was pretty lax about making the whole thing execution-speed insensitive... if my past efforts are any indication, it'll probably run way too fast on Windows and way too slow on Linux :) (OS X, of course, is juuust right ;))
That penultimate puzzle was a doozy! I agree that the "Bring all robots..." message comes a moment too late. As for the punishing deaths, i found them frustratingly motivating :)
Well done.
Couldn't really figure out the point, so i just made thousands of boats and drew lots of lines :) Even without a clear objective, some measure of progress like a score or some inventory counts or something would help make this fun.
Love a game that inspires its own mythology..