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201841Combine 2 Incompatible GenresđŸ‘¥Shady Cardsjam5993.433.073.493.873.953.673.71

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Comments by Yozamu

LD41 — Combine 2 Incompatible Genres

QuickDraw TCG by CMLSC 2018-04-25T14:31:16Z

It reminds me of some game I've been playing on PSP a bunch of years ago (I mean the mix survival + cards). Can't remember though; still, it's a concept that works! Good work

Dark Soil by Pietro Ferrantelli 2018-04-29T18:55:17Z

Guys, this is by far the best entry I've been able to test. It's really amazing and I would 10/10 buy it if you could continue working on it so that it reaches Steam. Sincerely, I've had so much fun and found the concept so cool, I'm impressed.

If you have some time, I'd really like to get some feedback from you on my own entry, since you seem to have a lot of experience.

Once again, great job

Self Golf by SecondDimension 2018-04-30T04:47:33Z

This game was really awesome. I found it a bit easy that we were able to move though. What I would have really loved would be that we only could hit ourselves. I mean, I was way above the score (approximately -12 in a few holes) and then I started trying stuff, and I found it really fun to hit yourself even while still airborne. It made me think about whole new stuff like speedruns and such. Really a ton of possibilities, so great entry there, well done.

Office Daydream by Jedeen 2018-04-24T03:53:01Z

Nice concept here. It's interesting to switch between tasks, but the only thing that bothered me was that the platform part wasn't that ergonomic; I don't know why, there was some moments I felt like I could hardly avoid TNT, even without taking care of the office part...

Congratulations though, looks good!

Putt-Putt BOOM! by LandoSystems 2018-05-02T18:49:29Z

Pretty fun game, nice genre mix, and the audio just killed me haha. Good entry overall!

PS: shiba rules

Just One More Flap by daneestar 2018-04-29T18:48:03Z

This game looks quite interesting. At first when I saw the flappy bird base theme I thought "meh please not again" but then I found the game surprisingly entertaining. Good job

Remote Bot by Yngvarr 2018-05-02T18:54:49Z

It is a cool mix, and I really like the console setup which is more original and justifies the theme better than a "regular platformer". Frustrating sometimes, it's still good to have the stop command to have a second to think

CONFESSIONAL by Rodrigo DenĂºbila 2018-05-01T23:02:23Z

The atmosphere is on point, and the mix you've chosen works really well. I really didn't expect something like this, and I must say I'm impressed. Great job dude

Harvest Doom by Fiote 2018-04-24T11:52:40Z

It's really impressive. This is the first LD game that I enjoy that much and that I would truly want to play on Steam with a full version! It's also my first 5 stars rating, and it's well deserved. Congratulations, you've been awesome!

Frogger: The Jigsaw by loveapplegames 2018-05-03T13:09:42Z

The game looks awesome. The mix is quite interesting, and I'd really like to see it developed further. The graphics weren't the best part (even though they are not that bad) but the fun was really here. I think that's a solid entry, with a lot of innovation!

Ritoru Ponpon no inu by Steing 2018-04-24T04:01:42Z

Really interesting! The mix is unusual and pleasant, but there's one thing I would have liked to see: the pattern length. I mean, when you start going on your path, you can't change it, so you have to start at the right time and... For the first levels it is kinda easy, but I imagine that when it gets harder, it would be nice to know when the pattern starts and ends so we could analyze it and work on a path more efficiently!

Other than that, I'm seduced. Graphics and music are neat, and the idea itself is original. Thumbs up

BREAK // HELL by Incredible Ape 2018-04-24T19:29:44Z

I feel like the concept is really simple, but that's also one of its main strength. The only downside I see is that there is no real "feedback" with own bullets (like you can't make bounces like in breakout). But everything looks good. Well done

Wizsnooks by kroltan 2018-04-30T06:15:34Z

This game looks so amazing. When I read your blog post I just felt curious about the mix, and the graphics looked attractive but... I wasn't expecting to have so much fun playing the game. Everything looks good, but if I had to make one remark, I'd say that being able to move "freely" by just inputting small moves to always have the safest position to kill the ennemies -without any penalty- can make it a bit too easy. The disenchant feature to get hp back was really cool also.

Light Shaft by 0uicmoi 2018-04-25T13:48:46Z

Game looks really great, and the concept is really fun. You can be proud

Oni Hunter by pataya 2018-04-27T17:17:59Z

One of the best entries I've been able to test. Everything looks great

True Love Adventure by neowhoru 2018-04-24T11:44:44Z

Nice game but I'm having some trouble with the controls; just because I do not have a QWERTY configuration but... It's still ok!

Nice job dude!

International Survival Soccer by Gaming Night 2018-04-25T14:09:04Z

I would have never thought about doing something like this... but holy cow, you've come up with a fantastic idea there. Would definitely love to see it on stores someday

MowZTower by Mowztouch 2018-04-24T03:54:35Z

Yep, link is broken! That's too bad, looked interesting. Still, a Bravo from France :)

Hanoi - City of Scooters by mshopf 2018-05-03T13:05:24Z

Massively singleplayer is for sure a term that triggers attention! Additionaly the Anonymous Coward default nickname is just a great idea. The only thing that frustrated me was that when I made a mistake and had to restart, I had to wait some time before getting back to high & bidirectional traffic. I wish I could have dropped instantely in the intense part but eh!

Graphics are simple, yet it didn't bother me that much. The fun was here! Nice entry!

Honest Dan's Trout by Honest Dan 2018-04-25T13:51:12Z

This mix is insane! I really like it, and the graphics are just so clean. One of the best games I've seen so far.

Mighty Hand by Ratbird 2018-04-24T03:56:09Z

Interesting idea, we've used Poker two as one of our two games in the mix! Welcome to the family

Super Slime Slasher Ultra by sebastianscaini 2018-04-24T19:19:23Z

Cool game really. The graphics, while simple, still looked appealing to me. So yeah basically I'd say that you've really done a goob job here!

Tetriform by magicdidac 2018-04-25T14:04:32Z

The concept is really awesome. It's kinda innovative and enjoyable, and while the tetris part is already well known, the mix with the platformer element is just so well made that it would be a must have if you sold it someday.

Ultimate Hero Simulator by antvelm 2018-04-25T15:48:14Z

Really good work. The gameover comes quite easily (STAY BACK DOGGO PLZ) but it keeps things entertaining. And those graphics and audio are just so awesome!

Tower Deck Furenzy by Seanharrs 2018-04-25T13:56:16Z

It's been a while since I played a tower defense game. Really enjoyed it, good work guys!

By the way, if at some point you want to check ours, let me drop a link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/shady-cards

Black Hole Zoo by Weekend Panda 2018-04-25T16:11:48Z

This is the first game I see where I can finally give a good humor rate. Really enjoyed that, good job!

Rhythm and Cruise by DigNZ 2018-04-26T13:12:53Z

I liked it, however the boat was slow and its hitbox was not really permissive. The mix was nice however, would play again

Snail and Salt by Kaiomoi 2018-05-02T18:45:15Z

Nice mix. The firt thing that looked a bit weird was the fact that we could go backwards; it seemed like a mistake at first, but when reaching the end of stage 2 I understood it was intentional. It just felt a bit weird because you could spend some AP to go backwards (twice a turn max) but then you were forced to move forward. Then another thing that looked weird to me was that you were basically able to "cancel" a turn (going forward) by moving once backwards for only 5AP. But then I saw that the camera was still moving forward so it would in the end lead you to death. So I think you thought about everything hehe. Well done, good entry!

Modern Fairway 4: Spec-Ops in the Rough by Lost Dutchman Software 2018-04-25T14:37:22Z

The graphics weren't too appealing at first, but the combination is really one of the funniest I've seen so far. I'd really like to see this game with improved graphics but same mechanics, because it rocks

Typewriter Dungeon by Jaime Paz Lopes 2018-04-24T03:46:50Z

Really interesting. If I could give some feedback though, I'd first repeat what someone said: having to type the right letters in the right order. Right now you can just roll your head on the keyboard without any penalty.

Another thing that would be really nice for people like me that types really fast, would be to see future words (like some cells away) and then typing words "in advance" would allow your character to go faster towards its destination... Then with some timer function we could basically hit high scores by typing fast and accurately! Would love to play once more if want to push the concept further

Fallen Leaves by LemonBalmGames 2018-04-28T20:44:39Z

It felt really refreshing. The graphics and audio really fit well together and it results in a good mood. I'm not a native english speaker myself so I'm not sure I got quite everything but at least I knew the last answer! :D

The King of The Hill by Alex13 2018-04-26T13:17:43Z

Controls were really painful, but the rest was entertaining.

Him & I by Aaronacus 2018-04-23T14:43:36Z

Haven't been able to try it yet, but the style looks awesome !

Type n' Jump by Richard N Silva 2018-04-24T21:44:04Z

Really interesting concept. It can be hard by times but generally I think it's well thought

Shady Cards by Yozamu 2018-04-24T02:43:40Z

@jaime-paz-lopes There is no concrete objective as we focused on core mechanics before the rest. In the end we lacked time, that's why we opted for procedural generation to ensure we got some gameplay ready. To know your current money, take a look at the bottom right of the screen. There is a cell with your number of chips for every kind. White = 1$, red = 5$, blue = 10$, green = 25$, black = 100$

Shady Cards by Yozamu 2018-04-24T13:46:28Z

@brendan-toy @perfectfitz @ratbird Thanks for the feedback! Indeed the speed may be a bit high; we want to make something really fast-paced and even tend to a hardcore platformer to contrast with many games that feels too slow or easy... But yeah because of how you can climb buildings and such, maybe tweaking it down a little bit could be useful! And thanks for all the compliments!

Shady Cards by Yozamu 2018-04-25T15:18:21Z

@themadpangolin Yeah surely some people told us that the speed was a bit too fast indeed. If we can continue working on the game, we'll surely tweak it a bit.

Even if it was our first LD, we really wanted to make things as polished as possible, so your compliments go straigth to the heart!

Shady Cards by Yozamu 2018-04-26T08:42:56Z

@shockeye Thanks for the feedback. You can use TAB once in game to open a menu with the poker combinations as well as a "Menu" button, which brings you back to main menu, where you can exit the game. Maybe I should have bound this command to ESC additionally!

Shady Cards by Yozamu 2018-04-30T04:20:04Z

Thanks for the latest feedback you all gave us!

@anagf I believe that this occured when you tried to pick more than 3 cards from the board to make your combination! You should select at max 3 cards from the board + 2 from your hand, otherwise it will be counted as illegal! It felt a little confusing at first to me because I wasn't aware about this rule, but we had to make things right for those who knew poker sooo... :)

Shady Cards by Yozamu 2018-05-02T18:38:36Z

Thanks a lot for all your feedback!

@Kaiomoi You may be right, we honestly didn't have a lot of time to spend on the tutorial even though it's essential! We planned to expand it later, but we focused on procedural generation and core mechanics in general. I think it's that kind of game you can get into after spending some time, but since we are all testing a lot of games, the boring and long feeling of the tutorial can only be increased! And of course, thanks for the compliments!

Shady Cards by Yozamu 2018-05-03T10:35:45Z

@yngvarr That's an interesting idea, we should dig it a bit more but we wanted both phase to happen at the same time for the mix to be more present... But regarding the combination, I believe that you've picked more than 3 cards from the board to form your combination! That's a poker rule I wasn't aware of before I made the game, but you're supposed to take max 3 cards from the board and 2 from your hand to form the combination!

@jamblefoot Actually you're right, the penalties you get when skipping poker are too low; we aimed for bonuses such as healing, giving money, increasing attack speed and increasing number of card thrown, but the only penalty you get from not playing is having a slower attack speed. In this context, where you just have to reach the end of the level without a lot of difficulties, this only penalty seem to be really light. That's the main thing we want to work on

Shady Cards by Yozamu 2018-05-03T12:53:27Z

@loveapplegames Thanks for the awesome and detailed feedback! I'll make sure to check your game!

Shady Cards by Yozamu 2018-05-08T17:31:00Z

@moski Thanks for the comprehensive feedback and the bug report; I'll dig into it! Also I understand what you say about the mechanics as well as things you'd like to see in the future. Those are great remarks, and we of course did not mean to keep the game as is when complete. We've done what we could given the delay, and while we're pretty satisfied with the result, we have no doubt there's a lot of room for improvment and having such a report is really helpful. Thank you

Date Night by Darby Costello 2018-04-25T14:34:51Z

Not my kind of game but I can feel the work put into it. But GOSH those graphics are just so awesome dude. Really nice style you got there.

Turn Around - When turn-based rules meets their opposite ! by ValBoise 2018-04-26T13:25:05Z

The mix is really unique and well made! The graphics also look really clean