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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 30 | Connected Worlds | Twist And Weave | compo | 161 | 3.66 | 3.60 | 3.95 | 3.56 | 3.24 | 2.76 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 100 | |
| 2014 | 29 | Beneath the Surface | Her Touch | compo | 412 | 3.32 | 2.94 | 3.57 | 2.58 | 3.04 | 3.31 | 2.35 | 3.67 | 100 | |
| 2013 | 27 | 10 Seconds | Half the Time | compo | 700 | 2.93 | 2.66 | 3.17 | 3.02 | 1.98 | 1.37 | 1.97 | 3.21 | 100 |
Extremely impressive amount of acceptably polished content. Very cool level design, and nice difficulty curve all the way through. I also liked the retro graphics and audio a lot (although the dying sound was a bit too obnoxious)
The mechanics, and especially the running (which felt pretty great actually) could have worked if you had designed the levels differently, I think. Less maze-design, more distance and dodging perhaps. And since the wall-jump doesn't work very well, you should have maybe scrapped it completely - in favor of a double-juimp perhaps?
Nice sprite and game over animations!
The mechanics, and especially the running (which felt pretty great actually) could have worked if you had designed the levels differently, I think. Less maze-design, more distance and dodging perhaps. And since the wall-jump doesn't work very well, you should have maybe scrapped it completely - in favor of a double-juimp perhaps?
Nice sprite and game over animations! And you did get the quick restart right!
This was freaking AWESOME. Very very smooth and nice movement, and good overall flow of the game (except for the lack of checkpoints, which made it too hard to complete for me).
It felt so good to fly around those "planets" and just bombard them. The graphics had a very clean and polished look to them, and I loved the way the planets turned to color when defeated.
In my book, not following the theme at all subtracts at least one star from every category though (giving you a 4 star rating in some of them ;). But you definitely have some design skill, I'll look forward to maybe seeing your next LD-game, hopefully WITH the theme this time :)
Okay, nevermind, I went back and completed it 8D
Few extra comments: as someone else noted, it very much centers around circling the "planet", but I'm sure you could have figured something else out with a little more experimenting.
Also, I think if you spent just a little more time polishing this, it could become something very special, even by non-LD-standards. It just *feels* so good.
Had a good laugh when he said "the DEVELOPER". I can see the potential in this, if you
reduce the fluff talk, and
make the text advance by pressing space, instead of waiting,
and actually give that poor mechanic something to do.
Your art is very nice.
First jam game I've played, so not really sure how to rate it. Just basically gave it a star less than I would have a compo game in all categories, meaning that I gave you a couple of 4-stars ;)
Amazing art and audio, and some very nice puzzles in there as well.
I love the responsive audio and the way it plays together with the graphics and game.
Not a big fan of the claustrophobic, confusing feel though.
Fantastic, definitely one of the best games of this jam.
Sooo nice with a break from "something new happens every 10 sec" or timer-based games (which I am sadly a victim of as well, albeit with a unique twist).
And on top of that, some eminently crafted levels. Last two especially were frustratingly great.
This is also the first game that has made me check out more of the creator's games (and follow him/her on twitter!). I like Linescape a lot :D
And all of that in TWENTYFOUR HOURS? Insane.
Very nice game, with impressive detail! Got badly stuck on one level though... My brain malfunctioned...
Nice game concept, and actually executed very neatly. I would have liked more levels like the last one where it was important to avoid the black clocks, since that level was awesome.
Such a happy, great-looking game :D
The difficulty curve was, well, more like a difficulty very-high-step-and-then-just-flat-ground since after I managed to grab the first oil drum I could pretty much keep going as far as I wanted.
Challenging, but not very varied levels. Smooth controls though, and some nice, fast-paced gameplay!
Cool stuff, quite well balanced as well I think. I quite liked the scroll effect, gave a unique feel to it.
The randomness of when the species appeared was a turn-off though, since it made it more luck based.
I JUST WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS FOREST. STOP KILLING ME!
Great fun, and awesome graphics & sound :D
I loved the walking animation ;)
I hate this forest.
MEGA BATTLE CONFUSION ELEVATOR!
AMAZING DRAMATIC CUTSCENES
BRILLIANTLY ANIMATED GNOMES
EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE FOR SUCH A SHORT TIME
Actually really great job. Balanced, fun gameplay, admirable graphics, hilarious. Thanks for the laugh.
Very very cool game, it felt extremely polished. Nicely balanced as well, I liked how it got harder around 12 and then gave you a breather before crushing you.
The music fit the feel of the game well, and the audio and graphic feedback was very clear.
Although it is another timer-based game, it felt very different, since the timer became part of the game. A refreshingly original take on the theme.
It was fun to run around, but the map was way too huge, and there was no real reason to kill the eyes. Seems like you hit some time problems ;)
Cool idea, especially the ammunition system, but the game tends to get very stuck (for me at least). I think increasing the power of shots would make it more fun.
Good job making a game without libraries, there's not really any point to it in a weekend like this (other than to challenge yourself of course, which I fully respect!).
A maze-based platformer? Not really the most original idea, but actually kind of fun anyway. I got badly stuck at one point and could not figure out what to do at all...
Actually a pretty cool mechanic, and some challenging, varied stretches in there. I played with a touchpad, which I think made it a bit too hard and I got stuck, but it was fun anyway :D
Very nice combination of art, gameplay and sound. Creates a nice, sad mood.
Also, impressively balanced level. Challenging, but in that way that made me play it again and again because I knew I could do it.
Main critique is that he didn't reach the moon at The End.
Also, when travelling between screens, the game forgot that I was holding down a key, which is really annoying.
In GM, a way to fix it is to make a persistent object, and give it some boolean variables remembering whether it was pressed in the last room. (I remember having this problem in an earlier game ;)
Was very confused... But nice art!
I like the idea, but it got very frustrating because of the high speed and the way it swung from side to side, making you miss stuff at random.
The countdown was awesome though.
Feels very polished, and it has a perfect fast-paced rythm, just making you want to play again and again (and this time I won't get that stupid control scheme).
I think I reached the bottom! Yay?
Neato animations. Shame with no end-goal, I think this could have been fun.
Dooleus seems to have said everything that I would want to say, except that I got 4 or 5 out of 6 endings I think.
Confusing download page -.-
But awesome game! Some very cool, and neatly balanced problems (except for the powder one, that one seemed way too hard). Especially liked the Legion one.
Now I'm going to hide in a corner and cry over the fact that I let 300 people die...
I got frustrated very quickly because of the seemingly random speeds of the character. Other than that though, it was a fun little game with some pretty cool levels actually!
This was actually more fun than I expected. I think making some of the weapons a bit more powerful, and showing the next weapon would improve the game!
High-five for first Ludum Dare!
A shame that it's not finished. I didn't really understand the story, and especially not why you had to shoot that guy at the end.
Cool notebook graphics, and some neat descriptions.
The submarine moves way too slow though, and there is no real challenge...
This was fun actually! A bit too easy, but enjoyable none the less. Impressive amount of levels!
Very cool game! I missed the part of the instructions where it said press Q, so I was very confused for a while, but after realizing what I had to do, it was actually fun. Nice take on the them, and sublime sound effects ;)
Liked the sound effects a lot! The sword swing was good, but as Kevlanche said, the hitbox felt off.
I think you did a good job on the characters as well. They're pretty cute.
And yeah, very nice difficulty actually!
I liked the heartbeat sound, but the rest of the game was kind of lacking in entertaining challenge.
Score: 729, 144 seconds and yes I feel proud! Watch out for this magical polygon!
I like how you have to be strategic in which enemy you're moving towards/aiming at. Very smooth controls, and clean audio/visual design.
Yay! I completed! Will they finally accept me at Mensa now?
Very simple gameplay, dangerously close to the uninteresting, but some humorous level design saved it :)
I liked the graphical design of the levels, and I am also impressed by the number of levels. (is it actually allowed to upload more levels after the compo ends though?).
I am a bit tired of platformers though, but oh well, that's just me.
Very identifiable theme ;)
Kind of sad that it didn't accept my toilet photo...
Good job on finishing a game, and it actually had a nice idea behind it. However, the collisions were buggy, which is something that really annoys the player. I know from personal experience that collisions are hard, but getting them right is crucial.
Furthermore, the questions would have to vary, and/or be harder if you want the entertainment to last. And you should randomize whether it's the monster on the left or right that has the answer.
Okay, this is definitely the best game I have played in this Ludum Dare. How the heck you managed to make all that in such a short time is beyond my comprehension.
Seriously, it was funny, it was innovative, it fit the theme in a very original way, the graphics were nice and clear, the music fit everything perfectly, and the gameplay was original and entertaining.
You are very good at this. Thanks for this experience.
Seems like a neat concept, but it definitely needs some polish. An obvious part of that would be to speed up the enemies a lot, since the game is mind-numbingly slow right now.
But some cool bomb ideas and nice throwing mechanic.
Best thing about this was easily the way the perspective worked. The gameplay was too much work, and too little fun, at least after the first round.
Unlocked 2/3 endings, and was pretty disappointed with the second one I unlocked.
Also, the theme was not very present.
I did like the exploration part and the graphics a lot though!
I don't understand how to play this game...
Quite fun, I liked the connection between the different parts of the game, it fit well. I made it to level 61 (that's what the game said at least. Might have been level 6 :D)
The retro graphics are very nice and personal in a way.
The game is also quite challenging (only ever made it to weapon no. 2...) and in a good way.
Look at all these guys celebrating christmas with me after I ran out of ammo: http://imgur.com/lxdx5bG !
Great job for your first real project! Everything worked and it was actually kind of fun.
High-five for doing your first LD! Me too!
Yay, I got all three endings! Superb game, you deserve all the praise, especially since it's such a joy to read through all your responses. Although your game (deservingly) has gotten a lot more praise than mine, I share that extremely positive feeling after this Ludum Dare. That tiny shot of adrenaline every time I notice a new comment :D
Let's just all agree that this community is awesome :D
Kind of hard to figure out what's happening, since there is no scrolling background to move in relation to. So it gets confusing, but there is an impressive amount of content.
Quite nice for a first-time game. Neat with the 3D perspective on a 2D game.
It seems unfair that you don't have any idea as to where the exit is though.
Quite fun game, and very original way of taking the theme. Also sweet pixel art and decent music.
Needs seasoning.
I like the idea of the game changing every seconds, but I never really noticed anything changing other than my ammo...
But good job anyways.
Here we have someone who fits the title "L".
I think this game would have been a lot more fun without the barrels, since they are pretty tedious to move around. Some of your level design was pretty original, don't be too hard on yourself. I would have liked to see the shots-->lever mechanic explored more, instead of the barrels.
Nice pixel art, cool idea with the second ending.
Great game for an Indian pacifist.
Good job finishing your first game. It worked fine for me, and the path finding was a cool idea!
It was pretty buggy though, which was a shame. Also, I think it would have worked better if the controls worked by holding down a button, and not pressing it again and again.
ARGH. So hard. After many tries, my best is 9.8 seconds. I really want to see that little alien succeed in his weird objective.
Nice original twist on an otherwise old mechanic!
Wow, I am in love with those graphics! What a very nice clean design!
And the game is fun as well. The time cubes are a nice touch.
Although it does say 1-4 players, it is not really playable when you're only one, so I didn't rate. Since I don't have any friends :'(
Game seems fun though!
Such a cute little game :D it made me happy.
Although it took a long time for the last two germs to become friends, I made it all the way! Superb relaxing soundtrack, and it was entertaining to look at the confused germs. Good job!
It was really hard to move, I had to start over a few times to move the character and then I got caught. Love the title though!
Great game. It was so much fun when they divided the first time. Tried to get as many as possible but never got above 10-12. Played all the levels. Liked the boing sound and the eyes!
To matthias_zarzecki (who seems to be everywhere!): it works fine on windows! You just have to unzip twice!
It's not a very original concept. Of course matching your skills is very understandable, but just make sure to challenge yourself a little more next time, and scrap the first few ideas that come to mind.
High-five for first LD entry though, me too!
Thank you so much for the nice comments everyone, if any of you see this. It makes me all fuzzy inside every single time I get a new positive comment.
But please don't hold back on the constructive criticism either! You guys have highlighted some great points that I might follow up on.
@netmute you have to collect a night stash (that dark blue square with a moon on it) which is randomly located in any of the four corners of the game area. Then you have to return to Her in order to advance to the next level.
@kirbytails7 you can attack people always, also when being hit! The enemies just have more health for each level that you beat. This could have been clearer, but it seems that people have mostly realized that the game works that way.
I love games that go the surreal way and breaks the rules that they set up themselves (this kind of felt like a micro version of Frog Fractions) and this was really great.
Surprisingly, the moving blocks mechanic was very cool, that seemed like it could be expanded and explored a lot!
I actually really want to make games like this, but I never dare pour more than an hour into it, because people just think it is super weird. Maybe one day I'll make something like this for a full weekend :)
Thank you for this great experience :D
Oh and btw, I had never heard of In Time before you mentioned it in a comment on my game :D I think it would fit a game story better than a movie.
The art was stunning, and definitely the strongest part of this game.
A good gameplay idea on paper, but then in reality it's either very easy or very trial-and-error.
It's a cool, original idea, not really my cup of tea though, but evidently crafted with care, and seems to have quite a bit of depth.
The instructions seems to be a little bugged, they sometimes don't update (especially after building my first dock).
It's a cool, original idea, not really my cup of tea though, but evidently crafted with care, and seems to have quite a bit of depth.
The instructions seems to be a little bugged, they sometimes don't update (especially after building my first dock).
Surreal. I tried for quite a while to win, or make any progress at all, but it was very hard, and I kept dying. If you have to go somewhere specific, then maybe give the player a hint, so that it feels like you're doing progress.
Also, I'm not sure, but I think arrow keys would have suited the game better.
Very nice mood.
This is the first virtual card game that I have actually enjoyed. Very nice take on the theme as well.
Never got to see the cat in the screen shot though...
So yeah, it was great fun, but relied a bit too much on luck. I didn't really notice that when I was winning though, because then it was of course because of my awesome strategic skillz ;D
A good idea very well executed, the levels were nice, the AI impressingly clever and varied weapons and enemies.
However, the timer (and game with it) kept freezing every time the enemy timer hit 8 or 9, so they only got very(!) short turns making it a very easy game.
Can't wait to play the last level with a friend ;D
Really. Another timer-based platformer. Please try to make something more original next time.
I'm sorry for being so blunt, but I am getting pretty tired of these.
Okay, updating this. Last time, I was tired and playing on a bad computer, I'm very sorry for reviewing the game under those conditions.
I've replayed it, and I see now that it has a slight twist on the timer mechanic. I still stand by my original point though ;)
Most of the levels are quite entertaining and feels polished, but the one where it says "trust yourself" is just way too pixel-perfect jumping based. Your key levels are definitely the best.
Some neat audio as well!
Highest: 13
Lowest: -127
Great soundtrack, and that's the most important part of DDR, right?
This is a quirky little entry
It was interesting to see how bad my brain was at connecting the screen output to pressing the right buttons.
Although extremely simple, it's a bit entertaining.
Finished with 14400 points, and only 12 warps :D
It was fun, and had some good level design, teaching you the workings of the time staff.
Strangely addictive, and I'm not sure if that is a good thing...
This is the most fun I've had with any of the games in this Ludum Dare. I was laughing so hard at it.
Played as "Hannibal" with FrozenCow and some others, and it was actually fun with anything from 5 players to 10. Even beat FrozenCow in that race when we reset scores! :D
Haha, that was fun, especially the final part :D
I never figured out how to beat the final stage though, and I feel kind of dumb because of it.
The messages from the boss had a lot of style to them, I was sad when they stopped coming. I was also sad that there was no dream world for the final part, I liked how they worked together.
I'm not too crazy about platformers though...
So beautiful. Got the biggest shock I've had since I played Amnesia: The Dark Descent.
I would have liked it even more, if I it felt like there was a point to it somehow, other than just looking at cool effects and listening to awesome/trippy ambiance.
Fantastic, mystierious environment, that fits extremely well with the soundscape. Controls were too slippery (I'm not rating no cheating post-compo version, nono) and I ran into dead ends way too much. All my games ended with me falling down a hole with dead ends in all directions, which sucked.
But, yeah, so beautifuuuuuul.
Haha, that was fun. If you are ever going to return to this, I think some crowd noises would be nice.
I like how there's one guy who is always frowning, but still jumps to the music like he's being forced to do it. Jump OR ELSE
Wow, this such an ambitious game for a LD-game, I love it!
Once I understood what was going on (your original tutorial, and like 20 seconds about the symptoms in the video was enough! The video is waaaay too long... Maybe you could make a shorter one that just goes quickly through the basics?)
The jump from normal to hard is maybe a bit rough? I was guessing every normal in the first turn, but hard just seems so intimidating at first glance (the difference in pathogen speed and symptom radius is 2, and both of them are increased! O: ). But I guess that's partly what the "custom game" is for.
I want to make it clear that I'm absolutely crazy about this game. It's rare to see a puzzle game of such caliber in a LD, I'm bookmarking it and coming back to it after I am done rating 100 games. The way that you mix guessing (for lack of a better word, since it's not random guessing) and planning ahead is great.
It's true that it doesn't have the Minesweeper solution of the player losing a lot, but that doesn't bother me. It makes it feel more like a pen and paper puzzle game, like Sudoku or Kakuro.
Anyway, nice job, thanks for the game (and for the great feedback on my game, I appreciate it a lot!)
I was super confused at first, before reading here. I thought I was supposed to collect all the hats :D
Very cool, effective backgrounds. And pressing both arrow keys is actually a very nice control scheme for something like this, instead of using the spacebar or the likes.
Audio was nice, and suited the game well!
Probably a better idea to package your game as a .zip instead of a .7z since not everyone has 7zip.
I couldn't seem to craft anything else than saplings or ladders, which made approaching the stone layer very daunting. Planted a nice forest though :D
I guess I won 83 yen? I like the static effect a lot! And I also like the idea behind the "matching" mechanic, but the way it worked wasn't optimal, since it would give very similar patterns.
Theme?
Very nice aesthetics, and nice ambience, but the gameplay is not interesting, since there is no challenge, but a challenge of patience.
With a bit more excitement, it could be a joy to swim around in though!
Super great concept! All the mechanics work wonderfully, and for me the interface was very clear and intuitive (the camera movements helped a lot, very nice!). The only thing wrong is that the AI is a little bit too stupid (to be expected from a LD game though). It would be awesome as a mulitplayer game though. I especially liked how the king worked; that he had some purpose other than just being something to protect.
Theme is... Well...
Looks nice, but having the obstacles effectively in the background makes it too hard to keep track of things.
Took me a while to figure out how to use the arrows inside the circle, but once I did, it was a nicely balanced game.
The game has potential, but the controls (the squares) were too confusing.
Once I figured out that you had to press ESC to access the store, the store was actually a nice mechanic.
Neat little puzzle game. Got positively stuck on "Roll End Credits", but managed to figure it out after doing the same thing over and over again, and then finally trying something else...
Hm. It says that MSVCR120.dll is missing when I try to launch on Windows.
It wasn't very clear to me, that you had to match tiles for them to take effect. Also, tile-revealing seemed a bit buggy.
Quite a nice idea though, and some wicked retro graphics :D
Sound effects were sadly more annoying than helpful. I guess I just tire of bfxr effects quickly.
Yay, I like my little new peaceful trench.
It was quite a frustrating journey, as many have pointed out, because of the collisions. Also, the gameplay mechanics have been done over and over (except for the boss battle!)
Some comments about the level design:
-Designing levels with keys generally feels like lazy design, since it basically just makes you go through the same thing twice. Which brings me to the next point:
-Some places had the same challenges a couple of times in a row, (like several urchins in the same amount of space) which is also not very good level design. More variation, thank you!
-More kinds of enemies = more variation! I know it might be challenging to program more enemies, but it does a lot for making the game feel more alive.
But with that said, let me just say one more thing: BOSS BATTLE! That was awesome! I was so surprised at seeing that.
Congrats on your first Ludum Dare! Nice job finishing!
The game has a nice resource system, but it ends up being pretty much about walking back and forth until you die. Would be fun if something else happened as well!
Not enough variety to justify such a long timer. It ended up being a waiting game, since there was no incentive to go anywhere, so I just stood still and shot, until the boss (who had way too much health) showed up.
The movement felt pretty good though. For this kind of game, making shooting happen when you hold down the mouse button, instead of every time you click, is way better.
Brillant sound effects ;)
Controls were a bit too "slippery" (increase the drag!), and the game was too easy at first.
Very cool idea however, fun interpretation of the theme.
Great for relaxation. Nice and small, maybe a bit too small for my taste. More details in the system would have been nice.
Didn't really understand why I lost, since one time I had two sisters left, and another time I only had one sister left.
It's certainly quite polished for a jam game, but it quickly got repetitive. First time playing it was fun, second time less so. Great job nonetheless.
Trippy and beautiful, but it was hard to tell why I was losing health at times, and what was prey and what wasn't, which made it frustrating, ruining the otherwise idyllic mood of it all.
If it was a child who made this, then great job! Keep making games, those were some cute animals.
Otherwise... Well. Try harder next time!
I feel like this would have benefitted from being simpler. Like, remove the grappling or the divekick or infinite jumps, and just keep two or one of them. I liked the quick pace of the game, which was kind of ruined because of the many small enemies crammed into small spots that you had to grind through.
Very nice graphics, and the audio part of things was not too shabby either. Best part was definitely the elevator ride.
hands down best game of the compo. Can this please be obligatory for all kids in school? Such education.
This was a great riddle game, I enjoyed figuring out what I was. Figuring out what had killed the victim was quite hard though, but that didn't necessarily hurt the game.
Excellent graphics and nice lighting system. Could have done with some music.
The gameplay was completely ruined by the fact that you had to press a button to collect the gems. I was not able to pick up the megagems when I got to them, no matter how much I tried, and it left me frustrated (maybe that would even classify as a win condition bug?). Such a shame, since the rest of the game was shaping up to be a lot of fun! Good job all in all.
I feel like this was too short and too easy. It suddenly ended with a "success" screen, which confused me, since nothing special had happened. But nice music, and neat lighting effects on all sprites, made it feel like it was really underwater.
A bit hard to figure out what I had to do. I don't think the red bar was actually necessary, it just added stress and forced the player to restart a lot if using too much time. Good amount of content though, and it had a nice mood to it actually.
Okay, I see you asking about what is specifically wrong with the controls. What's wrong is that there are too many input ways that the player needs to keep track of. A better way of handling the controls would be: mouse for ALL looking around, WASD for moving around, spacebar and Z for upwards and downwards movement (that last part worked okay). That means that the camera looks towards the mouse, and A & D strafes, W & S moves back and forth, spacebar and Z moves up and down. This is how the majority of first-person games do controls.
The camera should move quickly with the mouse, not slowly like it does in the current version. And inverted mouse will not work at all when the camera moves with the mouse, AFAIK.
An alternative to this would be to discard Z and spacebar altogether, and to have the character just move in the direction of the camera with W, instead of moving along an axis. This is a nice way of doing it, because it's simpler and requires less buttons. However, it also takes some of the freedom away. For example, you can't look down and go upwards at the same time, you need to be looking in the direction you want to go.
But yeah, choose one of these two control schemes, and it should improve the experience a lot.
I liked the different personalities of the color guys a lot! Great way to create some variety.
After the first level, the gameplay got quite repetitive. I could beat the rest of the levels easily by circling around all the enemies and just shooting them a little while going around.
Nice sprites however, nice with some variety in the looks of enemies. Would have been nice if the enemies also acted differently.
This was a wonderful experience :D Very disappointed that Cry In The Corner didn't make you more thirsty though.
Didn't quite grasp everything about the story, especially the ending. They found a lot of bodies, and, uhmm, she started crying?
I can feel the ambitions seeping out of it, which I love, although I get the feeling that you did not have Enough Time. The levels felt a bit empty, and you didn't see the npcs that you talked to, which was confusing.
Very nice base game though. The wireside/meatside stuff could be explored far more, I feel.
I've never been a big fan of sokoban games, but I appreciate the puzzly nature of them. This doesn't really improve on that aspect, since the odd camera angle, and weird controls makes it hard to focus on the puzzles, and instead draws attention to things that shouldn't be important. Also, where is the theme?
The music is neat though, and I like the indication of speed being the light on top of you.
Gameplay definitely has potential that leaves me feeling sad that it wasn't developed further. Good luck with keeping your ambitions in control next time (but not too much, that will just get boring ;) )
Website link just links to a web host.
Great concept that could be a lot of fun with some more polish. An awesome use of the theme!
Also: Congratulations, not Congragulations ;)
Too tone deaf to play this game, I can't even hear when the sequences start and end, and I can't for the life of me match the sounds that the player produces with the totem's.
A little too simple for my taste, I think more could be done with a little sound guy like that :)
Very nice aesthetics and sounds and concept. The way the levels were designed with sudden traps that you would hit without even having a chance of seeing them made the game not only hard, but frustrating as well. A shame, since the game seems surprisingly full of content.
Deep truths about humanity are revealed in this game.
"YAY BEST FRIENDS FOREVER" *Instantly kills me*
He's really bad at being friends. This was a nice and wacky game, and I can feel that you poured a lot of work into it. I'm kind of tired of platformers, but it was a cool experience anyway, although a bit buggy.
Thanks for the comments! Difficulty is supposed to be a bit high, but it's definitely beatable. I updated the game to fix the crash after the red one, thanks for the bug report!
I kind of liked the slow-paced combat, it was cool that he threw such short distances. Collision boxes seemed way too small though.
Getting stuck in walls sucks. I know it can be hard to fix, but do try next time!
Congratulations on making your first game!
Music got quite annoying, because it was so repetitive. Would be nice with some variation there.
Please lock the cursor to the game screen. I kept clicking outside of the screen.
It took a long time to locate aliens. Some indicator of the direction of one of them would be nice.
I got stuck going up stairs, I needed a "running start", which doesn't feel good.
Controls were okay though, and the sensory power is a nice idea for the theme!
Unable to launch, even with Java 8.
Very very nice game! I liked the mining and managing aspect of it, and the cutscene in the end was excellent! I mined every single ore and upgraded every single hut in order to please my wonderful mayor.
The digging sound was annoying though, especially when lots of workers were mining.
You're not allowed to use Freesound effects for the compo, only self-produced sounds made during the jam. No one really cares, but just a heads up for next time
Nice idea, it just needed some fun challenge. I think it took too long for the beep to appear.
Quite buggy controls, but a nice idea. It seems like the game suffered from being too big in scope. I'll second much of the good feedback that you've already gotten.
The mining mechanic could become an interesting one, if the game was tweaked a lot. The enemies definitely need to be more dangerous, and the pace has to be increased. Got to level 10, with 6985 points, 2 platinum found.
The soundtrack just kept me going, it's so awesome.
Rest of the game is really good as well, a lot of fun. I encountered a bug where it would say I was dead, and not let me restart. It happened when I pressed Enter too quickly after dying.
FYI: Freesound effects are not allowed in the compo, everything must be self-produced. No one seem to care though, but heads up anyways.
The fact that you run out of jump power doesn't seem like a very good idea, since it gives a lot less freedom, and feels frustrating. It seems you suffered from Not Enough Time, better luck next time!
Wasn't able to reach the web version (Chrome), and the windows version won't launch (Vista).
Very cool idea actually, after I understood it. It's seems like it's mostly hard to understand because of language difficulties. You could maybe ask someone who is better at written English to proof-read it next time? I only say it, because I think it's a shame that an interesting mechanic like this gets overlooked because it's hard to understand.
I really liked the evacuation mechanic, and the gambling feel to it all! Getting rewarded for quitting at the right time is a pretty cool idea in this kind of game. Kind of a Blackjack-feel. Managed to get 20834 with it!
The Alert button was weird though. Why not display the score at all times?
I have no idea why I got a Game Over screen. Cool ambiance though, and I was legitimately scared when the clownzombie came out of nowhere. Quite hard to make out the shape of the wall because of the textures and a lack of shadows.
Kept falling through the platforms, which made it insanely frustrating. I like how the level was split in two in order to see the last part from the beginning. It could have used more types of enemies.
Frustrating controls, and not very interesting gameplay. Cool opening sequence though.
Also: please think about whether sfxr sounds will fit your game, and how you can make them sound less annoying.
I was confused by the "Day One" and "Day two" names, at first I thought that day 2 was maybe a post-compo version, but I guess they're from Saturday and Sunday of the jam?
Very nice graphics, and an awesome interpretation of the theme. The game itself was uninteresting though, and the music seemed a bit messy? Having music at all is a nice feat in LD however.
Got here from your post-mortem, I loved how quickly you got this brilliant idea :D Best use of the theme I've seen in this jam.
Also, a fantastic ending.
The menu music was awesome!
I hope you survived the tornado! :O
As others have said, strangely beautiful. Amazing what camera effects can do to change everything.
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww D:
One of the best Twines I've played.
Congrats with your first LD! I'll repeat the wish for some challenge, to enforce the story in some way.
Yay! The hammerheads are free!
I liked the idea of controlling a huge group at once, but more could have been done with it.
Some way of increasing time temporarily would be nice.
Was lagging a lot on my computer every time I collected a square, so much as to render it practically unplayable. Seemed fun though.
Addictive, but not in a fun way, more in a grindy way. Base system works very well though.
Very cool controls that could have been explored at lot more. Shame there wasn't more to it.
WON'T YOU TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS WITH ME
I enjoyed this immensely. It had a kind of The Real Texas feel to it, both with the graphics, the mood and the occult happenings. Very surprising considering the thumbnail picture.
And it's definitely a frog through and through, even the sound is the sound of frog fro(g)licking through the woods.
I don't fully see the theme, THANKS OBAMA.
Very nice aesthetics, especially the score screen just looked so crisp. Game is fun for a while, but could do with some variation. The shoot-behind you mechanic works nicely once you figure out how to aim properly. And lastly, one word: AUDIO! This game already has so much charm from the graphics, but with audio it could have been really enjoyable.
Haha, that was great, loved the little cut-scene at the beginning. The mechanics themselves were actually also surprisinlgy good. I really liked the risk-taking part of it when going downwards in order to get more diamonds.
Moral of the story: weed solves everything?
It would be nice if you could put the source files in a seperate link, under "Source", so that people don't have to download the whole project just to play the game!
And also, like the others, the zip file isn't working for me.
I liked that the franticness of it encouraged shooting all the time, but that it was discouraged because you would damage the walls. However, the fish spawning right next to the player made the game unplayable.
Yeah, as Linkigi said, the Windows & Source are mixed up!
But a great idea, although it took me quite some time to figure out that you had to click on the little guy in order to do stuff. Also: it's quite frustrating that the last guy left can just die randomly.
Nice exploration aspect, but controls were a little awkward at times (especially when switching between surfaced and submerged). Very nice environment, great job with the fish.
Funny, but ultimately sacrificed a bit too much of playability to the huge graphics, which made it feel clunky.
I did learn a valuable lesson though: policemen who only look in two directions are bad policemen.
Bug: Score doesn't reset at death.
Good job finishing, but not a very original concept. Great sound effects thouggh ;)
Congratulations on your first game, but do note that you must create all assets yourself in the compo. That means no sounds from Freesound or similar, and no art from google images or similar.
Providing a zip file is not "Web".
Soo... Beneath the surface, everyone is dead? I'm not sure that I'm getting it...
The audio was great though, very strange and effective! And the graphics suited the general mood and oddness quite well.
I liked how there was just a massive amount of fish coming in. Seemed overwhelming, but was actually managable. Maybe too managable though, once I figured out a good strategy (holding shoot, going up and down in a small area), I managed to farm my way to 10890, and I could probably get even further if I had more patience.
Better luck next time!
Lack of enemies and ability to go up hills (super important feature!) made it a bit boring. Also, I randomly died when I got hit by a single shot. And "collecting parts" is not a very exciting objective.
Yup, same dll issue.
Regarding advice, DON'T take something old and make it your own, it will make you a copycat, strip you of originality and make for a boring experience for anyone you might show it to. Instead, be fascinated by every stepping stone on your way to programming mastery.
Not sure what kind of criticism you're looking for if you don't want comments on the length, since it is pretty much impossible to give feedback to something this short. Arrows felt nice, I guess, and it was cool that it changed color in the sunlight.
Actually a lot of fun! Air controls felt nice, kind of like Luftrausers, but the underwater controls were not as good. Too slippery. I dig the artstyle! I also really like the fact that health, ammo and oxygen all share the same resource, it makes for some nice simplicity in design.
Very buggy, but nice style and had a nice feel to it when it was working. Cool idea with the surface switching.
Fun little experiment. I disagreed with some of the descriptions (especially "Don't worry about it"), which is always fun to experiment.
Super super nice wonderful, just needs some balancing (I've only played the compo version, not the post). But a lot of fun, and a good idea.
Wall of text at instructions is very intimidating for someone who just started the game. Try to make them (a lot) shorter next time, and put the story in the game itself. It was cool that you had a story though!
Some camera movement relative to the player would have been nice to indicate that you were going faster or slower, or right or left.
Game seemed okay, but the difficulty increased at a too slow pace for this kind of game. And I don't think that having such a wide level is wise, since it just felt unfair when the air bubbles appeared far away from you. Maybe an indication of where there was air bubbles would help?
Very ambitious goal, and a nice job at achieving that. Definitely needed some kind of communication of what you were supposed to do at first. It also seemed way too hard to me, but I think that mostly came down to me not really understanding how the pigs worked.
Has some balancing issues (rate of fire for enemies is WAY too high, and it definitely needs some checkpoints), but otherwise feels like a very complete game. Thanks for taking the time to make this worth the while, this stands out from the crowd in terms of polish (not innovation though).
Favorite part was that you met a guy with a weapon before you even had a weapon, that was great.
Didn't Vlambeer tell you not to do clones? Go say sorry right now!
Just kidding, this was pretty great. I'm digging the graphics, and I actually also like the mechanics concept, although I'm not sure the upgrade system suits the game type. And the upgrade interface could definitely be quicker to use.
Don't understand why you would discourage people from looking a secret ending for hours. I would be ecstatic if people did that in one of my games! :D
Lots of neat details in this game, like the fun conversations, the red eyes behind the doors, and the cheery soundtrack. Game iself is super easy, if there is in fact no secret ending. I tried my best at finding it, but only succeeded at getting stuck in a little corner all the way to the right...
Great stuff, awesome graphics. Very nice tutorial/build-up. Fighting system was a bit too opaque though, and a restart button was missing?
I answered your plea, and uncovered some of Madagascar for you :) It's great that you're doing some good pro-comment work on this site!
Great game! I love a game with some real challenge, and I can tell that an effort was made to make a good difficulty curve. But I've noticed some rules of thumb for designing levels in hard games:
-Make sure to "teach" (make an obstacle that needs it) the player a maneuver before requiring it in conjunction with other hard maneuvers. When I say "in conjunction", I mean within the same checkpoint.
-Put the hardest part of the area between two checkpoints in the beginning of the area. This seems counter-intuitive, but it actually makes the hard part feel a bit easier, because the player can learn how to beat it, without having to go through the easier stuff every single time.
Those two things could have made the game quite a bit less frustrating, especially the second one (argh, that blue spike area.).
Great game though, I like the atmosphere a lot.
Great game, played it with a friend.
It has some weird quirks, like at one point a building just closed in on itself. It also seemed to rely a bit much on who got the most military power - maybe more cards at a time would help?
But all in all, we had a lot of fun playing the game, it really felt like a tense battle :D
Hi there, I put this game on my recommendation list for this LD: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2014/09/13/5-1-games-of-greatness/
Powerful experience, if a little monotonous - but that might be the point? I walked for a long time in several directions, but never managed to find anything but killer whales and ice walls. But it was awesome nonetheless, at least in the beginning.
Don't see the theme very much though..
Great sound and the graphics were fun as well, especially the boss animations.
Graphics were kinda cool, but they made obstructed the gameplay by being unclear, which is a huge no-no in my book.
Good fun for a little while though :)
Liked the graphics style a lot, great job capturing something so joyful. The music did wonders as well :D
Looked cool, but I got frustrated by how zoomed-in the game was, I would have preferred a better overview.
I feel like an artist playing this game :D
Trippy, awesome graphics and soundscape :D
Wow, this was beautiful. I got really involved in the story, and as soon as war broke out, I was vehement about getting her home, [spoiler] and I was extraordinary relieved when she delivered the letter. [/spoiler]
Extremely impressive peace of work and writing, considering the time. My first 5/5 overall for this LD. I will probably return to it and try it again later.
Hi there, I put this game on my recommendation list for this LD: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2014/09/13/5-1-games-of-greatness/
Best of luck in the ratings :)
Great idea with the real photos, I'll definitely steal that for a later project :) Gameplay was a bit repetitive though, and the levels were not interesting.
Nicely entertaining. High score: 261. With a little tweaking her and there (enemy bullets another color than your own, more balanced cars instead of just random ones, maybe the ability to also drive forward a bit, etc), and some added variation, this could be a pretty nice game.
This was really fun! I think it would be a great multiplayer game, but it was a lot of fun to play it alone as well. Great job.
I liked that in spite of how chaotic it was, it still felt like it was beatable :)
This was oddly satisfying, I liked the effects when you matched the planets. Agree that it would fit mobile quite well.
It was a bit too easy in the beginning, but then it hit a good balance after a while, I think.
This is as perfect as a LD game can get. Damn. I'm impressed.
Great ambiance, great looks (the background and lighting effects go extremely well together), interesting but manageable gameplay. The types of enemies were great - the red one really mixed up the style of play, which was great.
I'm also a little impressed at my own 28-streak: http://i.imgur.com/fGTSbXk.png :D
Hi there, I put this game on my recommendation list as my favorite game out of 100 games this LD: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2014/09/13/5-1-games-of-greatness/
May the stars of ratings rain upon you! :D
Some ambiance or other music would have made this complete. Atm it feels a bit lacking.
Great game, very enjoyable. I'm not a big fan of the controls, but they worked. Liked the trippy graphics :)
Haha, I thought there was no win screen, but then I started mashing buttons, and a nice little secret message appeared :D
Quite a clever game. Controls need a bit of tweaking, portals should be bigger, and so on, but overall a pleasurable and braintwisting experience :)
Reminds me of the Shift series. Neat little entry. Would have like to see the switching a bit more explored, than just used for collecting one thing in one world, and then switching to the other.
Thanks for all the nice comments guys, if anyone sees this. Comments (=reactions) are the best thing about making games, especially if they contain valuable feedback, so keep them coming!
@Knowledge: Hm, that's weird, I haven't seen that on any machines before. Did you try to just start the game again? Your progress should have been saved.
@jomomomo No chance for a web version, sorry. I'm still working on a mac version, but I'm having a LOT of troubles with GameMaker and exporting to mac, even though I've done it before w/o problems.
@OFF: I would have liked to experiment with different amounts of friction more, but I made the levels too rigid for that. However, I did play around with it in the beginning of development, and I actually think I found a good feel. It doesn't give you perfect control as one might be used to from games, but I think I like the chaotic element.
Hey guys! Once again, thanks for being so nice.
Please don't be scared away by Knowledge's bug. I haven't seen it anywhere else, so it might be a rare, system specific thing.
And please do leave comments. Reactions is the reason I make games.
Even with the updated version, I'm really confused as to what I'm supposed to be doing.
It's too hard to click the nodes, and it's counter-intuitive that W makes the tether shorter, and S makes it longer, it ought to be the reverse.
And I see some people complaining about instrucions. I've found that the cause of that is usually not actually the instructions, but unclear visual communicaion from the game. Suggestions that could improve that: feedback when you press something, a highlighting of new things to catch, more zoomed out camera (gives a better overview), making the matching packages and nodes the same color. And also an easier beginning, since if people think the beginning is too hard, they'll often complain about the instructions. Just some suggestions that I've found often works. It's awesome that you try to make an original gameplay idea, it's much better than a lot of the uninspired games around.
Good work. Some decent levels. The gameplay has potential, but some small things felt off, like the fact that you moved really fast towards planets that were close to you. Although it's more realistic this way, it was just very surprising, and often led to frustrating deaths.
Also, the "You died" was there for far too long. I like hard games, but I need quick restarts in order to enjoy them.
The stop function could have been on the spacebar or right click instead of having to click the planet you were going towards, since the mouse would often be hovering above some other planet.
But pretty nice atmosphere, cool basic idea, really neat interface design.
Good fun, I liked this. I know it's extremely hard to think of original gameplay mechanics, but I would have loved to see this kind of 4-split world w. something else than a platformer.
Very cool idea with the switcher, but you move way too slowly to be able to do anything. Nice graphics and music though :)
An indicator of how close you have to be to people in order to "switch" them would be a big help.
This feels super nice, I can tell that you used a lot of time tweaking it to feel juicy. Smooth controls, and supercool effects. Not a fail at all.
Mucis would do a lot of good for this one for sure.
Seems like it could be a nice meditative game with a bit of work. Good job :)
I like how you took "Connected Worlds" and just made it "Connected sunflowers" :D
Got the error as well. Seemed to have some nice humor though :) "Is your name Gandalf?"
@Knowledge Your error on my game is weird, I haven't seen that on any machines before. Did you try to just start the game again? Your progress should have been saved.
@Knowledge what. I meant that you wrote a comment on MY game, Twist and Weave, where you said that you got a Windows Error while playing. That's what I adressed here.
Awkward controls, and for a game about audio, the audio wasn't really that nice. Seemed like an interesting idea though
Cool game, I played it alone, but rated it a bit higher than I would have otherwise, because I think it's awesome that you made a co-op game. Too few people do that :)
Got stuck on the ceiling at one point ):
This wins the innovation prize from me 100%. When i realized what I had to do in the red room, I sat wide-eyed with wonder, really hoping that my solution would be right, and then; bliss :D Thanks for this very unique experience.
I completed it, but used hints on yellow and red (only the first one though).
Your original idea sounds kinda cool - make sure to emphasize the difference between worlds in the gameplay :)
Fine short game. Good luck with making some more polished stuff :)
Controls were wonky, sound was really annoying, objective was unclear, concept was unoriginal. Better luck next time.
Okay, sorry, I'm pretty tired, here's the same criticism in a more constructive version: Try to work more on making the controls *feel* good. Make sure that they don't do anything that the player wouldn't expect, like getting stuck.
I appreciate the fact that you worked on putting sound in your game, but I'm very tired of listening to bfxr-like sounds, because they're often jarring. If you use that kind of sound, do it sparingly.
Try to make the objective more clear in some way (arrows? text? Guides? Just do something), I was pretty confused as to what I had to do.
And then, my last complaint; I'm tired of platformers. Please try something new next time ;)
I want to echo the complaints that many of the other commenters have, but also the congratulations! I think it's great that you're already participating in Ludum Dare, keep at it :)
Hahaha, this is amazing. I got to 9/22 enemies killed, but then there were no more enemies... Maybe I destroyed the idols too quickly?
Haha, a twitch game for Ludum Dare, that's a great idea :) And it fits the theme PERFECTLY. A+
W00t, high five for Game Maker :D It's totally underrated as a jam tool, it's so quick.
Please export to .exe and then compress it to a .zip. Having to install the game is a hassle.
Crashed when I pressed r. Managed to beat a single level, but I'm not sure I understood how I did it. Seems like a cool, but a little obtuse idea, that could use just a bit more explanation.
Neat idea, but I felt like the gameplay relied too much on walking back and forth. And I didn't really understand the naming of the characters, it felt like they were trying to push meaning into where there was none. Maybe some music would have saved it.
Game was quite frustrating, because you couldn't see very far ahead. The control were pretty nice though.
Such a huge area, pretty intimidating for Ludum Dare players...
You should tell the player that you can turn with Q and E, that was hard to figure out.
Proimising foundation, but it feels like it needs something to raise the pace. Maybe changing it so that the years increment automatically instead of manually.
I quite enjoyed the trading process though, but it was very easy, since you had all the time that you wanted.
The text scrolls by way too fast, it's near impossible to read and correct anything. Good idea though, even if Mario is a prick. Awesome interpretation of the theme :D
Haha, this is great. I love the art style ;D
I liked your interpretation of the theme. Despite the simple concept, I felt a clear difference between the worlds that you went to.
Made it quite far, I think, but the unforgiving nature of it deterred me. Fun idea, but I don't think the controls fit the game very well. Story seemed cool, but didn't get to finish it.
Cool game, from the instructions I thought it would be very similar to mine :)
Great concept, it's definitely a lot of fun to play around with.
Having to start the level all over when you fail is a bit harsh though, and quite discouraging.
What a quirky game :) A positive experience, if short-lived and a bit shallow, haha.
Cool enough idea, but not that good of an execution. Learning how it worked was quite unclear.
As the others, I liked the atmosphere, but for it to be an interesting game, it probably needs some more interesting puzzle than just lighting all the lightposts, or at least some interesting twists to the concept (something that uses the "connected worlds" part more, perhaps?). The two worlds were different, but still similar in tone, which was super cool.
That was quite the clever little idea. Would be a good way to really study a book closely :)
I do not like the sounds, they are way too jarring.
I also ended up outside. :) Good luck polishing it up. First priority should be new controls.
I also ended up outside. :) Good luck polishing it up. First priority should be new controls.
The fact that you restart the level when you touch something is very annoying in a puzzle game.
I love it when someone tries to tell a story with a game though, keep it up :)
I made it to "Don't get distracted" before getting frustrated.
Pretty great :D I like that you made it challenging. I made something a bit similar once, check out number 29 on this list: http://zeppelincaptain.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/31-games-in-31-days/
My Ludum Dare entry is actually also a little bit similar (not much, but the similarity is there!).
The galaxy is ravaged and utterly destroyed. Entire planets have been wiped out, rebuilt, wiped out, and rerebuilt countless times. Endless fleets senselessly massacre the same dead planets over and over again. Life has ended, and only Robotics remain. An eternal stalemate has been reached:
http://imgur.com/ZdaU8Mn
This is fantastic. Probably my favorite Ludum Dare game ever. Christ, it's just so much fun.
Would love for the ships to be a bit more intelligent though, like not targeting a planet with 0% health. And also some more information about what destroying a planet actually does?
So good though. Do something with this. I'll buy it.
Hi there, I put this game on my recommendation list for this LD: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2014/09/13/5-1-games-of-greatness/
Good luck with the placement :)
Super nice graphics and music, but gameplay was completely uninteresting. Also, the lack of restart button is unforgivable >:(
Would have loved to play around more in those graphics, if the gameplay had been somewhat original. Also, where is the theme?
Very solid game. Only critique would be that the same tech upgrades might appear too often.
Yay, I made all the people disappear. My favorite part is that in the screenshot, you've lost a heart. HOW?
This is impressingly well polished. Except for the fact that it took a long time in the beginning before I could get anywhere, the skill system felt really nice, and the movement system also felt well thought out. Great job!
Could use some music though ;) check out abundant-music.com, it could have made some fitting music, and it takes maximum an hour (much less, if you know how to use it well) to generate something useful.
Cool little mechanic, and nicely juiced-up game :) I liked the soundtrack as well. Will try it again, once I have a real mouse, and not a touchpad.