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Games

YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuMo
202047Stuck in a looploop-loop-loopcompo3.404.003.803.902.803.00
202046Keep it aliveNurturer (Compo)compo4473.503.403.333.833.103.303.33
201945Start with nothingBlob of nothingcompo2003.523.413.763.783.123.123.08

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Feedback left by Zanthous

Zanthous leaves an average of 13.5 feedback comments each event.

LD46 — Keep it alive (21)

Error code: 107222 by emil0227 2020-05-04T21:35:41Z ♥ 2

A nice experience even through the rough translation.

Dodger by Unevilicorn 2020-05-04T17:55:12Z ♥ 1

Neat little game, suprisingly simple ideas like this can be expanded into really cool games and I think this is one of those cases. 6447

Missing Pieces by Abu Sabiq Mahdi 2020-05-04T17:47:53Z ♥ 1

The game's strong points are the mood/art/audio. The gameplay isn't anything interesting/special but manages to provide a good experience nonetheless. I would say it isn't very applicable to the theme personally, since I see the theme as something that should specifically relate to the gameplay and this game for me didn't do that.

a matter of life and death. by Ryan Harriman 2020-05-04T01:03:24Z ♥ 1

Cool as a simulation even if the gameplay isn't super interactive/interesting from what I could tell. I also accidentally softlocked my game

Feed It! by Bernhard 2020-05-03T19:22:31Z ♥ 0

Felt really smooth, only things I can really comment on is maybe having a max speed on objects so they can't clip through walls and in a couple levels it felt a bit slow. All in all really fun and seemed like a cool concept

Fire Escape! by ZechW 2020-05-03T06:28:48Z ♥ 0

I've been looking for decent puzzle games this whole jam so happy I stumbled across this. I think it is neat even though sometimes it starts to feel hard to calculate what will happen next in a lot of cases. Putting out fires for most of the levels seems really op right now though, and that makes the levels way easier, was able to blast through the second version with this strategy.

Galactic Crèche by Paul Stiles 2020-05-03T00:21:06Z ♥ 0

Congrats on your first completed game, I think like the other commenters said that improving the controls would be the biggest/easiest improvement. Also could be worth making the movement more snappy (up to you, design choice), changing the colors of the asteroids to be less dark (can't see some well), and adding a fire rate limit so the player can't just spam the shoot key

Feeding Mr Biggs by Marco Stagni 2020-05-02T19:18:10Z ♥ 1

I agree with some other comments that movement seems weird. It appears you can input multiple move commands (which tick the hunger bar) without actually moving. With the current state of the game it appears to be a puzzle game but didn't really present any strategical decisions. This is what I would focus on next after movement

Precious Animals by despdair 2020-05-02T19:08:35Z ♥ 1

A decent concept, but has a few issues. The barrier seems to not move perfectly in some instances/gets stuck. It would also be nice if bullets bounced back in the direction that the barrier is pointing toward so you could aim at the enemies. Things also get a bit weird with multiple animals joining together and I am not sure this is necessary, or could use some work before it could be an ok mechanic

Feed Charles by mmmcgill1232 2020-05-02T19:02:41Z ♥ 1

Really well put together game, I think if the pull on food was a bit easier to use and the game focused a bit more on navigating throughout the level (maybe some dynamic elements) it could feel a bit better to play

Keep Moving by Robin49 2020-05-01T22:46:00Z ♥ 0

Menu instructions are checking if a key is currently pressed instead of getting when enter was pressed down, it just skips the instructions because it runs fast currently

Dunkman by congusbongus 2020-05-01T22:37:25Z ♥ 1

Really funny, love it

Little Sunshine by Bloham 2020-05-01T22:28:07Z ♥ 1

I think the scene setup is kind of neat with the perspective and all. Don't forget to set a layer for your sprites (unless this was intentional)

Sheep Sheep Halloumi by Dining Philosopher 2020-04-25T19:47:37Z ♥ 3

A couple issues, the music is in 3d space so if the camera moves away it's only playing in one ear, additionally my sheep's pathing got stuck and ran back and forth until it diedsheep.PNG

tyle by jordantanner 2020-04-24T01:50:21Z ♥ 1

I assumed there would be a clear rhythm but it seemed to not sync up very well, the audio feedback/syncing seems like it matters a lot as well for this game so it is unfortunate that did not work out great. I did like the music though not sure it fit the game very well.

Hommel by Supernapie 2020-04-24T01:41:26Z ♥ 1

Fantastic graphics/audio I can tell those were the focus.

Adventure Watch by blearn 2020-04-24T01:22:12Z ♥ 1

I think there is an issue where the character on the top screen can go a lot faster potentially related to fps or monitor refresh rate, at least compared to the gif the game plays extremely fast and the game is over in 5-10 seconds. Seems like a neat concept if you can make it strategic and change up the minigame according to levels.

Keep the GameBoy alive. (on GameBoy Advance) by Timo Strating 2020-04-24T01:11:54Z ♥ 0

Cool game concept, just feel like a bit more time before the first action is required on some levels would be nice to have.

Battle Box by Likai 2020-04-21T19:18:53Z ♥ 1

Well done, cool game concept, and I like the color matching mechanic. I think it would benefit a lot from a slightly larger view area and improved enemy spawning coordination, such as potentially full scrolling levels with a background + new enemy types. I'm entirely sold on the auto rotating turrets at this point either. I also wonder if shift/spacebar could be better used for rotating since I could use different fingers for this than the main controls, and then leave q/e for less active mechanics such as powerups. I look forward to seeing if you improve the game further.

Dust Bunny by depperm 2020-04-20T20:23:07Z ♥ 0

your game is not published, tried going to depperm.itch.io as well and the page did not exist

CellForm by watswat5 2020-04-20T06:44:33Z ♥ 2

Controls need some work, control + wasd movement means I will press ctrl w to close the tab

LD45 — Start with nothing (6)

Amnesiac Adventurer by justinooncx 2019-10-10T08:50:20Z ♥ 1

Funny idea and pretty good execution. The last level took me a while. One of my favorites so far

HEARTSCAPE by ZakAmana 2019-10-10T08:33:01Z ♥ 1

Extremely well made, but being a puzzle game and rng based at the same time seems like a confused setup to me

Hold X to Focus by toasteater 2019-10-08T08:47:25Z ♥ 1

I believe that my game softlocked when I skipped viewing the drawing at the first interactable, then viewed it at the second, maybe I pressed it too fast/ before getting out of bed.

The game is very cute, and the music is also very nice. I may have been stupid but I wasn't sure where to go right after getting the wall jump.

Star Twit: H. Nothing by ogre 2019-10-08T08:39:10Z ♥ 1

As many others have stated, the controls took away heavily from the gameplay. The concept of making it through levels with only some mechanics each time is decent though

Blankspace by Dominium11 2019-10-07T20:36:17Z ♥ 2

Jump key press keeps getting eaten. If I had to guess you are listening for getkeydown in fixedupdate instead of update or something

In the beginning by djee 2019-10-07T20:23:51Z ♥ 1

My only issue is the movement felt unresponsive/laggy. The mechanics make for a decent puzzle game. As the game is now it could have existed on a small grid of tiles as well instead of a larger open world, depending on the direction you want to take the idea, it could help