Garden God by Chaoseed 2024-10-08T04:39:02Z ♥ 1
I actually bookmarked your initial post on the LDJam page hoping to come back and play a full game. Hope you get to flesh out the idea. It has the potential to be a bizarre but interesting sandbox.
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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | Depths | π₯ | Minion No. 1067809362 | jam | 427 | 3.57 | 3.55 | 2.74 | 3.43 | 3.53 | 3.83 | 3.35 | ||
| 2024 | 56 | Tiny Creatures | π₯ | Bug Bash | jam | 495 | 3.60 | 3.46 | 2.86 | 3.86 | 3.40 | 3.24 | 3.06 | 3.20 | |
| 2024 | 55 | Summoning | π₯ | Raising the Bread | jam | 437 | 3.70 | 3.42 | 3.42 | 3.97 | 4.35 | 4.08 | 3.86 | 3.86 | |
| 2022 | 51 | Every 10 seconds | π₯ | Bear's Home Repairs | jam | 289 | 3.81 | 3.75 | 3.03 | 3.59 | 4.04 | 3.46 | 3.84 | 3.47 | |
| 2022 | 50 | Delay the inevitable | π₯ | Shades of Deception | jam | 60 | 4.15 | 3.71 | 3.53 | 3.24 | 4.44 | 4.23 | 3.63 | 4.37 | |
| 2021 | 49 | Unstable | π₯ | Pillars of Stability | jam | 79 | 4.15 | 3.92 | 3.77 | 4.35 | 4.57 | 3.41 | 4.28 | ||
| 2021 | 48 | Deeper and deeper | π₯ | The Void | jam | 40 | 4.28 | 4.00 | 3.66 | 4.49 | 4.58 | 3.57 | 4.52 | ||
| 2020 | 46 | Keep it alive | π₯ | STASIS | jam | 158 | 4.06 | 3.79 | 3.42 | 3.13 | 3.63 | 4.58 | |||
| 2019 | 45 | Start with nothing | π₯ | Black Hat | jam | 94 | 4.03 | 4.02 | 3.50 | 3.71 | 3.81 | 4.32 | |||
| 2019 | 44 | Your life is currency | π₯ | Lifetime | jam | 619 | 3.37 | 3.17 | 2.54 | 3.44 | 3.04 | 3.33 | 2.13 | 3.30 | |
| 2018 | 42 | Running out of space | Memory Mayhem | jam | 374 | 3.59 | 3.51 | 3.64 | 4.18 | 3.37 | 1.75 | 2.98 | 3.41 | ||
| 2018 | 41 | Combine 2 Incompatible Genres | π₯ | Survival of the Smartest | jam | 792 | 3.26 | 2.83 | 3.21 | 3.76 | 2.83 | 2.00 | 3.50 |
ZuhairGhias leaves an average of 8.7 feedback comments each event.
I actually bookmarked your initial post on the LDJam page hoping to come back and play a full game. Hope you get to flesh out the idea. It has the potential to be a bizarre but interesting sandbox.
Super unique idea. Hoping to see more games in this format in the future. Congrats on the awesome submission.
Nice idea
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Overall pretty engaging and good story telling. The main character in game kinda looked like a squid from top down though.
I don't if it is because of my ultrawide screen, but I don't see a keyboard when I open the ouija board.
Nice puzzles. I was able to finish. Nice ending haha!
The audio on the other hand... interesting
"Think twice about having a different opinion next time" XD
This looks amazing and felt very polished. I like the dialogue and the mood. As with a lot of people in the chat, I struggled a little with the recipes. I feel like the rule of thumb is that it is safer to make your games easier than harder for these jams. Nice job!
That was pretty satisfying once I got the hang of it.
My favorite was striped cat. I loved the way he absolutely yeets the cat'erang.
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Ha! Finally made it. That final stretch is intense. Amazing entry. Can't believe this is a compo game.
Loved the art style and music. Very therapeutic game!
Wow I'm actually blown away at how fun and simple this idea is. And the execution is flawless. The smashes were incredibly satisfying, and the game fits the theme well. Congrats.
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Just barely won XD. That was super chaotic and I loved it. Bonus points for having a multiplayer entry in the jam.
Also super relieved I was able to skip the intro on subsequent plays (don't worry I loved the intro too!)
I wish there was more. You have an interesting idea. The last level really had me thinking.
I BEAT IT! That was a fun idea. And great use of procedural generation. Mechanics were polished and I got the hang of it by level 4. Only issue was the dip in frame rate in later levels, but that won't affect my review so don't worry too much.
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Jokes aside that was interesting but I don't think the game was ending. Loved the art and sounds. Great idea that needs a little more work.
That was epic! Awesome entry! Great use of the theme. Also love the audio and radio in the background. Really added to the mood!
Nice work! Had fun watching your stream!
Awesome effects and post processing. Really loved how the idea ties into instability. Also, is that S.O.A.D I hear in the back?
THOSE FARMERS ARE CREEPY
This is amazing. Love the angry space baby. So much character. So much sass. The dialogue reminds me a lot of Banjo Kazooie.
That was sick. Loved the CRT scan line effect and the general retro aesthetic. I loled at that one room XD
Man I only got 1 star on every level I must suck :(
Stunned by your game once again. Awesome job. Perfect for the theme, and super fun to play.
Very creative idea. I love it. Awesome submission!
A part from the awesome effects and audio, I feel like it was too easy. I was able to grab the fish right from the hand and put them back in. Not sure if this is because it was patched to be easier. But otherwise loved it. Best looking entry, especially among 3D games.
Edit: I see your comment mentioning you were running out of time. Understandable π
β₯οΈ Love the art style and music as usual. Only complaint would be that the game felt a bit repeptitive by the 3rd and fourth level. A few added mechanics would be nice. Like different enemies or cats with different uses. An armor piercing cat. Or maybe an explosive cat. But overall loved the interpretation of the theme. Great job.
Finished it! Finally got the hang of it after a few attempts. Loved the animations π
Why not use itch.io?
Really fun game. Loved the art style and mechanics. Music was good too, just wish there were some sound effects. Would've been the icing on the cake.
I think there is a bug where you can't start the game. It's just crossed out. Otherwise an amazing entry. Love the Jukebox feature and the music. How much experience do you have with music composition like this?
RIP Tabitha
Really Interesting entry. Cool that you can save pictures.
ngl i screamed a little when I got chased by the hammer. Fun game. Ending was kinda dark.
That ending music though! Nice take on the theme.
Really cool concept. Had me frustrated at first but once you figure out the mechanic it makes for a real brain teaser. Really good puzzle idea! Congrats. I feel like a lot of people will not understand, though I think that's their loss and not an issue with the game. Puzzles need to be challenging right?
Super interesting. Loved the style and sound. I accidentally deleted the game itself XD. Some mechanics were really unintuitive, like shooting the menus and hopping on viruses. But overall good idea!
Loved the concept. Had me playing for a while. Looked long and hard but couldn't locate the ranged weapon. Great art style and intro. Tutorial screen was kind of a mess though.
I evaded eviction yay! Finally a fresh idea. Needs a little tweaking but was nonetheless very fun. The upgrades were super cool. Would love to see a polished version where you can buy new weapons.
Wow how did you get the terrain like that?
I've always wanted to operate a forklift.
Loved it! All I can say is that it needs to be tweaked to make the game play more restricted by space than by time.
Wow this is a good puzzle game!
That was actually really fun. No complaints. Got quite hectic as the game progressed. The idea adheres well to the theme.
Awesome game. Super professional and polished. Only issue I had is the control scheme.
Also love the upload score feature. How did you do that?
Hella fun. Yes it was super comedic, but just the game mechanics and controls were alone enjoyable. The fire added variety. Well done. It seems as this game was properly thought out.
I got far but then died for no reason. You can walk infinitely by going diagonal.
Funny idea. Felt far from a game though.
It's a little random. Good idea though, could be refined.
Not bad. Feels like and exploration/puzzle game.
Great Idea. The mechanics need more tweaking.
Mood game strong
Also detecting a virus
It's really addictive, but its really easy to survive indefinitely.
Nice take on the theme. I don't know if this is a bug but I could leave the tiles and walk on the grey area so the game became a lot less challenging.
Edit: ok I see someone else mentioned this.
Fun idea and good choice of music. There seems to be a game breaking bug however where when I use the sugar rush to get to the ladder the game ends instead of going to the next level. I got the game over screen after the first level.
Tutorial was great. Game play felt a little relaxed. I actually didn't use queuing. I think it's because if the abundance of ships, and the fact that you can ignore the ships in the transit zone.
Love the look and feel of this game. Sound would've made it a lot better though. I used a similar block falling mechanic for my game. Definitely an finger twisting experience.
The plus button quits game for me. I'll come back and play once you've fixed that.
Controls were fun
EZ 5 star
Cool concept for a board game
Good puzzles. Had me thinking.
I really like the idea. The differing values and sizes of boxes forced me to to think critically about how to store the items. I still think the natural disaster thing doesn't fit in, however I'm having a hard time thinking what other mechanic you could use to add more variety to the game play. Overall a pretty unique and fun idea. Well done!
It's really hard to remember which arrow key is which color. Also there doesn't seem to be a point of moving around since you can't move after the first few blocks fall. Still a unique idea. I would work with it more.
Hard to believe this is a compo. Audio, art and mood were on point. Grid movement was also great.
How was I supposed to win without the hint?
Really like the idea, however I think you could've focused on getting the feel right rather than focusing on the post-processing. Also the audio loop wasn't seamless, so that was kind of irritating.
Awesome. Super Polished. Some of the puzzles were pretty challenging, which I think is the hard part when making a puzzle game in such short time. Also loved the variety and the part where the elevator malfunctions.
In all honesty, I didn't have a single issue with the movement. It's implemented well despite not being grid based. In fact it is good this way because I have time to stop before I move to the next block. Nice job with the art BTW!
@roaderful True. This one is amazing! Nothing more to say really.
Super creative! Theme is spot on!
Well done. Great art style and surprisingly fun to play. I died on the last website :(
Nice job with the models and animation. Voice acting was awesome too, is that you? Probably the craziest mashup I've seen so far.
Loved the way interactions and combat were seamless. Well done! Couldn't tell what normal attacks were good for though. Beat the game using just heavy attacks.
I learnt the lesson of staying true to myself in the face of adversity. Well done! Throwback to the classic gaming era. The game did feel a little repetitive, but the punching mechanic was fun as hell!
Really love the style! "P-R-I-M-E S-E-R-E-N-I-T-Y" in the robotic voice really sets the mood.
Loved it. One of the few games I've played with a little variety in the level progression. The music, sound effects and art style all made for a great experience. Good work.
Caught my eye because we also did a Trivia/Survival game. Well done. An animation of the zombie being smacked down after a right answer would be really satisfying. Apart from that the game is top notch. Well done!
Amazing, how did you get the weird parallax effect?
Super solid game. Doesn't feel like a ldjam game with all the polishing you've done. Also, are you using procedural generation for the map? If so I love it. Have you listed your resources anywhere? What tools do you use etc.
This was especially fun to play as an Anthropology student XD
I love the cardboard cut-out art style and the story telling/npc interaction. Definitely adds depth to the game. Great idea. I would definitely play this if you worked on it to it's entirety and added a little variety to the tasks. Well done!
Love the idea. Imagine if you had to answer questions in real-time while fighting. That would be intense. Just a thought :)
Nice one! This would be really fun with a joystick to shoot. Loved the visuals and art style. Kinda reminded me of F-Zero with all the effects and stuff. Fun.
Love the music and art style. Old school vibes <3.
I really love how you've made a fun game without separate models etc. using just polygon. That takes great creativity and imagination, and I agree it doesn't reduce the fun at all. Great game, on problem for me is that the controls aren't fluid for a fast paced game like this. I understand it's something that needs getting used to, but that's where I would put effort if I were to add one more thing. Other than that I loved it. Great Game!
LD57 — Depths (1)
In Murky Waters by Virtual Turtle Studio 2025-04-10T01:08:15Z ♥ 0
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Loved mood and atmosphere. Awesome submission.