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Xephrys

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YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMo
201945Start with nothingMagic Escapecompo2013.523.432.542.974.343.522.654.06
201841Combine 2 Incompatible GenresMonster dress up gamecompo5643.002.692.723.413.693.863.11
201740The more you have, the worse it isA path to followcompo6362.632.022.222.694.253.16
201739Running out of PowerNOT ALONEcompo1913.543.132.723.774.182.824.04
201738A Small WorldCaterpillar Chompcompo4492.852.652.043.053.812.203.27

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Comments by Xephrys

LD38 — A Small World

Scenes in a Globe by nratcliff 2017-05-01T19:38:00Z

Loved the music - so soothing =), the minimalist graphics worked great, maybe consider making more interesting color schemes? other than that i really enjoyed it as an art piece =)

The Cashbags Man by ZephyrRaine 2017-05-01T20:10:07Z

LOVED the radio

Spermicorn by Fanu 2017-05-02T06:38:12Z

I loved the idea of sperm as "a small world", the animations were rickety but charming, but i did love the story!

Go with the Flow by Bart Huylebroeck 2017-05-01T19:54:12Z

Liked it apart from the steering being pretty difficult on a pc, for noobs like me at least =P

rockfall by widdershinscrustacean 2017-05-02T06:47:56Z

wow, this game is so minimalist, the only way of life is death. You have opened my eyes for what a true work of art is. I am whole.

LD39 — Running out of Power

Ads will tell our Story for us by Nicso 2017-08-02T14:31:11Z

I loved the amount of detail you managed to put into the game, parallaxes, rain, that the signs followed perspective. The twist in the middle/end/start(:P) really made the game interesting, all in all great game!

Messages In The Void by Olowynd 2017-08-02T16:51:40Z

liked the game but only got 2 endings, it was definetely a nice take on the theme.

Icarus Fate by saintheiser 2017-08-05T23:43:42Z

nice game! The game over could have been a bit flashier (i know, overkill, but would tie the game together more), maybe having different sprites for obstacles would give more of a change in scenery. I liked the different bars that you had to keep track of :)

Run out of Coffee by BerserkerChris 2017-08-02T16:11:40Z

I loved the graphics, they fit with the game, the idea was great. Must say it was shocking to see my guy keel over and die from lack of caffeine, i think if you'd made him spurt blood or something it would have been even funnier :D

LOW BATT by simonhutchinson 2017-08-05T23:52:31Z

Fun experience, more of a music simulation but still cheered me up for sure!

Infinitree by Quaternius 2017-08-02T16:39:07Z

The music was so cheerful! maybe making the background blue instead of black would have fit more with the outdoorsy feel, but the growth mechanic was really fun.

COAL by beta 2017-08-06T11:00:26Z

Maneuvering the shovel was pretty hard, but i did thoroughly enjoy the chaos that ensued on the boat. Possible bug is that the game keeps playing in the background after you loose.

Mech by widdershinscrustacean 2017-08-02T16:03:12Z

such sudden ending, the birthday card and brofisting was nice touch, also just sayin there could have been much more fluff, at least some hugs. So nice playing a text based game where you NEVER have to type! (i am lazy)

Bribe or Die by LeonLaci 2017-08-02T15:36:40Z

It seemed like the bribing was kind of random, two creatures that looked alike seemed to have different demands, i agree about the mobile game idea though. Also kudos for the Bill!(probably were other refences i didn't catch but oh well)

Despotism 3k by NikolayKuznetsov 2017-08-06T11:44:20Z

I had so much fun with this game! All the alternating missions were cool (quelling that rebellion was very satisfying), not to mention how fun exploiting humans for power turned out to be, having won at lv 10 makes me feel like i truly did someting great today with my surprisingly dubious morals.

QTechnologic Quest by BottledMajesticness 2017-08-02T16:32:30Z

It was good for being so short, would have liked to have a quit button on the levelmax screen. Sound was AWESOME!

Rats will kiss the gunner's daughter by Mr.Houdini 2017-08-06T12:19:07Z

I love puzzle games so i gobbled this one right up, the idea of interrogation was super fun. Side note: The icon is amazing, seriously nice looking, as are the graphics in the game.

Feed the Machine by SprovGames 2017-08-06T10:30:31Z

Cool concept, the sound effects were a bit too loud but i like how you had to time everything nicely.

Spare Crow by TwoWolfGames 2017-08-05T23:34:50Z

I liked that the game was very easy to get into, the follow mouse function got pretty "slidy" at times were character did not follow mouse. Other than that it was an easy way to control(would fit great as a mobile game), the whole recharging and gathering food was fun! I know sound is pretty hard to make, but you could consider using a sound generator like BFXR for the next jam, make things a bit more interactive with sound effects and doesn't take much time ;)

Goodnight, Wizardog by barsoosayque 2017-08-02T15:45:45Z

Loved the graphics, seems like i suck at the game tho, never even made it past lv 1 X), would have been even better with some light background music, but i totally understand time issues. You made a very polished game which is great!

Paranoid Android by ging3rbeast 2017-08-06T12:25:11Z

pretty fun game, would have been nice if the hitboxes of meteors behind the ship weren't active. I liked the backstory and graphics, i turned out to be lousy at playing the actual game though X)

Character Building by Badly Drawn Rod 2017-08-06T10:49:19Z

OH GOD FAMILY I AM SUCH A DISAPPOINTMENT. One life your spouse hates you for disageeing with you and the next they hate you for being sarcastic for agreeing. Truly loved this game, as hilarious as perpetually making people hate you can be.

I demand food, human! by torkboar 2017-08-06T11:59:58Z

I suck at minesweeper, but great first game!

The Crossing by Crabman 2017-08-02T16:18:51Z

It was kind of boring, but if you'd put something in the environment (obstacles, people, sidequests), or some way to fins more water and food it would make it more engaging, Still liked the aesthetics and progressbar at the top.

LD40 — The more you have, the worse it is

RE-SANTA by Thygrrr 2017-12-06T13:00:19Z

Loved this game, the christmas sweater style is so nice! It's a very addictive game, the only trouble i had was occasionally having a hard time picking up a gift, great entry!!

Mayfly by silkworm_sweatshop 2017-12-09T11:37:26Z

Loved the music and audio bits + the dark story, it got pretty annoying to be clicking constantly, but the story kinda just had you hooked. I did feel like the choices didn't matter, but even so it would have been fun to have some more choice scenes. Great mood!

Poser by PeachTreeOath 2017-12-09T10:13:58Z

I enjoyed the different controls for the game, the map was a good guideline and the only real downside was that the music got pretty annoying

A path to follow by Xephrys 2017-12-05T13:25:28Z

@elodeon Thank you! I know the controls turned out unstable but I'm not sure which typos you're talking about, if you could elaborate then i know what to change in the future! =)

Leader's guidance by ExNihilo 2017-12-09T11:56:09Z

Nice game, for a noob like me it was naturally very hard making me ragequit. I enjoyed the controls and rules, and the mood was nicely creepy and orwellian, fit great with the theme :)

Guinea Post - Rodent Delivery by Deke 2017-12-09T11:02:04Z

This was soooo addicting, seriously good game, gave total Papers, please vibes :) not to mention the graphics were very nice, great game!

Pigeon by RIBOUT Horace 2017-12-09T12:19:44Z

I don't see how this fits into the theme, i liked the graphics and the relaxed mood, maybe have some more competition vibe between the pidgeons? Animations were great :)

Mine Games by danman113 2017-12-09T11:09:53Z

liked the easy controls, the graphics and the level design, it's a very solid entry with a nice connection to the theme!

Office Escape by Korpokrowa 2017-12-09T12:08:40Z

couldn't get past the stairway glitch despite several tries, i think it's still a good entry for being your very first game. A pretty easy improvement you could do would be to apply an effect that changes a clickable object while it's being hovered over, like making them slightly grey of something. Some games ofc don't want that but it would make things clearer. My favourite part was definetely the killing animations, they made things really interesting. "what am i gonna do with this sign hmm... oh no jeff i'm so (not) sorry!, muhhaha!"

LD45 — Start with nothing

Tentacular by Archimagus 2019-10-13T22:13:53Z

Oooh absolutely loved the music! it really egged me on while i was desperately running from like 20 ants and 5 mushrooms, it would be cool if there were some kind of pickups such as health or speed as the difficulty was so high otherwhise

A Brand New World by RealityCheck 2019-10-12T14:11:23Z

Wow i spent a super long time playing the game, it got sort of addicting. Final score was 7967 but could not for the life of me figure out how to breed dryland herbivores, perhaps those are just doomed to fail? Really fun and simple game with a lot of potential

Magic Escape by Xephrys 2019-10-13T13:31:56Z

@kessutinnu Haha yeah, don't have a destroy condition and compensated by toggling visibility for objects (should have crosschecked visibility against current inventory)

Magic Escape by Xephrys 2019-10-13T13:48:23Z

@reheated Thank you so much for the thorough review! Would have loved to have more sounds and more puzzles in the game but ended up not balancing time between art/programming properly, btw i agree that escape the room games have weird logic (e.g. the mouse does nothing but please the cat)

Magic Escape by Xephrys 2019-10-13T21:58:45Z

@ynneblack you are basically done after that, just need to light the log by the big fire and light the cauldron :) i've resized the itch.io embedded viewport (didn't even realise i could do that at first) to be browser friendly, thanks for bringing it up

Nothing but Ghosts and Clouds by xatulu 2019-10-12T14:24:33Z

like the idea of having shorter levels witch specific tasks to learn to continue and backtracking to find new things, but would have liked to have a better game over screen when failing (consider using sprites over the default buttons?). Impressed that you made it with construct 3 as i've heard there are still many bugs and such in that game engine.

Head Chef by ChristopheBessette 2019-10-12T14:32:38Z

Loved the graphics and animations! had some issues with the collisions and movement but it was still fun to bounce around in nature

Nothingness by PhillSerrazina 2019-10-13T11:27:26Z

Ahhh to find someone else who enjoys EYEZMAZE! really clever use of the theme and obviously super fun to try out different scenarios and enjoy FLAVOUR TEXT, great job!

Dream Avatar by ynneblack 2019-10-13T22:38:17Z

Great game, i really enjoyed being a cat! usually don't enjoy surrealism but this game felt really nice and comforting to play, and spot on for a weird dream. The browser version worked fine for me btw.

Moonlight Kingdom by lesinvisible 2019-10-12T13:21:37Z

Wow! Voice acting!! Enjoyed the unintentional humor of stepping out right in the middle of everyones' evil monologues, and casually stepping over dying people to keep looking around. Enjoyed the unsettling art, the interesting symbolism and the metaphors speaking to you. But oh gosh voice acting in a compo jam game though!

Blank Kanvas by Alykhan 2019-10-13T18:58:32Z

super fun lil game and great idea for theme! be sure to play & rate other peoples games so you get more feedback and ratings, as you can only find the game in the zero ratings section

Blank Page Syndrome by okkolobr 2019-10-12T12:36:04Z

Fun little game and relatable for starting a drawing on a blank piece of paper, i particularly loved the choice of font :)

click4cats by spacey3d 2019-10-12T12:53:49Z

I am overwhelmed by cats, am i a magician cursed with uncontrollable cat summoning powers? ah the answers elude me. Great lil clicker owing mostly to the WONDERFUL audio, meow and music alike.

Abyssal Maze by AntarcticRuler 2019-10-12T13:05:03Z

Really liked the short flavour texts and the music. Was slightly confused over the attacking vs. defending but the easy meachanics were a plus, never got to the goal so can't comment on how balanced the game was. Thumbs up for the calming music combating the frustration of trying to navigate to the square !

Nothing and Everything and Anything by ayushka 2019-10-13T11:39:08Z

Text game with varied font! Wibbly wobbly time stuff, yes please! Wanted to play much more of this aaand it fits great with the theme, Kudos!

LD41 — Combine 2 Incompatible Genres

Golf War by ted 2018-05-05T19:32:38Z

It was suuper fun and addicting, it's practically begging to be developed further. Fresh graphics, fun voice acting, interesting gameplay, good sound effects. Only downside is that i want moore!

AsteroidSweeper xTreme by Ananace 2018-04-25T11:22:00Z

wow! you made me realize i suck at both asteroids and minesweeper! :P

Pins and Needles by milieu 2018-05-06T18:08:40Z

it was pretty satisfying to hit that bowling ball with a racing car not gonna lie, while it was short the base idea was pretty fun, make sure to play & rate some other games so you can get more ratings and feedback for your game though!

Submerge by ectucker1 2018-04-24T20:53:13Z

Ha! loved the graphics and the overall aesthetic of the game, the card designs were beautiful :] in terms of improvement a sort of healthbar thing/effect could be added to the enemies (like a bar or a hue shift). Fun game!

Monster dress up game by Xephrys 2018-04-25T13:34:46Z

@desdemone @t8kk i'm probably the most bummed out that i couldn't fix up a proper ending to the game, which is a priority i'll definitely be applying to future jams :) the object stacking was both unfortunate and stupidly easy to fix in hindsight

Happy to hear it was entertaining though!

Battle of the (Mostly) Brains by widdershinscrustacean 2018-04-23T12:34:42Z

Wow! reminds me of Welcome to Night Vale :] and i won/escaped(??!!) on the first try while only getting one question right, but i totally owned the rock, paper and scissors so that tells me i could totally win actual game shows :) we should have more game shows like that IRL

YOU LEFT ME. by Angela He 2018-04-24T20:06:00Z

I cannot believe you made this for the compo, -the art, the coding, the writing- they're all amazing. You're such an amazingly dedicated person to be able to make this, which is underlined by your time lapse (so inspiring *^*). In terms of constructive feedback i'd say that you could have maybe made your clashing of genres more proounced? it was a bit hard to catch the humor when i was so immersed in the psychological aspect of it (owing to the great writing). Awesome game!

Axe and Roses by Hippunk 2018-04-24T20:40:23Z

Nice fourth wall break there, and i romanced the dude! *fist pump* Also please take better care of that graphic designer because the game totally said so. I liked the story part of it, so much that i would have loved to see another character just tripping in on the date and lore bombing in a very interrupty way (obviously i only played one ending so this might very well happen :]), Fun game!

LD41 - Pet Defense by Shadowl33ch 2018-04-24T20:23:54Z

i really enjoyed the art and the idea! the cute pets were a fun clash with "typical" tower defences. It does have the already commented bugs(for example the "bullets" for the goldfish don't disappear), but was still enjoyable, the thing i missed most was knowing the prices of the pets. A fun little game and i hope you learned a bunch, (usually LD is when i learn like 500+ times new things i can't apply anywhere :] )

Ms Grunhilde's Sandwiches by pparadigm 2018-04-25T13:27:31Z

Really liked making sandwiches, it was a surprising amount of fun. Would have loved to get a goal number to work towards though, but i understand your time issues (i myself had to sacrifice a bunsh of text to get my game mechanics working properly)

⏰ :alarmclock: by Stralor 2018-04-29T20:31:08Z

i don't know what happened but i do know i liked it, did accidentally eat all them mushrooms tho

Furry Love: Under Skin of Rabbits by Atelier Duchu 2018-04-25T11:00:06Z

liked the art and especially the colours! Gameplay wise it was a bit vague. You could for example add some sort of shooting animations so you know that you're shooting to make it more fun, very unique game with a good clash of genres