Coolo your game looked and played very well. The theme was broadly interpreted but I think you made a lot of good decisions that were economical with time and it payed off nicely. The controls were responsive and intuitive. I played right to the end where the UFO picks up Joe. The level design was excellent, especially the difficulty gradient. I thought the sound was a little harsh and unbalanced plus I missed having some music somewhere but all in all it was great work.
Omadan for a very quickly made game I think you also made some good decisions to get something finished with good playability. The only thing that didn’t work for me was the difficulty. After a point the world doesn’t get any faster and it was too easy to time the jumps. Given it was made in 3 hours it was still very impressive.
Hark0 so sorry you couldn’t finish yours. I liked the idea of it a lot and I think its great that you tried something ambitious and less common. I also loved Nebulous
Kaotiklabs I’m looking forward to playing your take on the Limbo style game. Looks fantastic.
Pjarosak it was brave to make your first game ever using a language you weren’t familiar with! By the next Ludum Dare I expect you’ll be at the level of creating a full Doom clone in 4 hours.
Gernot its incredible what you managed to achieve in just 8 hours. If the controls were more fluid and you had time to put sound and music in this could have been a serious contender for the top spots. If you do LD again I hope you do get the full weekend off and have the chance to socialise.
Albert good luck for the Jam. The wall/roof climbing dynamic has a lot of potential. Very interesting. As of writing this there are 3 hours and 30 mins left before the Jam finishes so I hope you’re in time.
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I have to put up my postmortem later. Although I found the overall experience very worthwhile its mostly worthwhile because I had to learn from so many things going wrong. I had a bit of a meltdown, multiple interruptions, made many bad decisions and nearly gave up on the last day. Although I'll probably put it up I'm a bit embarrassed about what the time lapse video will show: A burst of hard work on stuff I should've had ready before starting, followed by many forms of procrastination and mindless activity. What I lacked in sleep I certainly made up for in time wasting.
