{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/rock-eaters\/","author_name":"Rock Eaters","cat":"LD #35","categories":["LD #35"],"comments":[],"epoch":1462805160,"event":"LD35","likes":4,"metadata":{"p_key":"85178","p_author":"Rock Eaters","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"295939","p_title":"We have tested 400 games, here are our favorites !","p_cat":"LD #35","p_event":"LD35","p_time":"1462805160","p_likes":"4","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1460678400","event_key":"33","event_name":"LD35"},"source_url":"2016\/05\/09\/we-have-tested-400-games-here-are-our-favorites\/","text":"

It was our first Ludum Dare and it was a pleasure from the very beginning.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s great to see such a lifely community, so many creatives people !<\/p>\n

We have spent a lot of time to test games, and i\u2019ve to say that browsers games are a bless for this kind of event !<\/p>\n

Some time it was really complex to download the game or install it, install additional strange library\u00a0 to be able to run it\u2026 and when finaly it crash after 30 sec in the game it\u2019s hard to really enjoy the experience\u2026.<\/p>\n

On 400 games that we have tested it was really hard to make a choice, and because we are a team it was even harder !<\/p>\n

There are so many different style of games, graphics and mood\u2026 Many finish or almost finish games, some absolutely not but with great mechanics, graphics or music\u2026 It\u2019s truly amazing<\/p>\n

We had a lot of disussions about why \u201cthis\u201d is a genius gameplay, or \u201cthis\u201d is a crappy\u00a0 design\u2026. eachone defending his champion ^^<\/p>\n

Finaly we agreed on a top 3.<\/p>\n

1st : Shapeshifter Biker<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This one is just truly great on every points. Very tatsy graphics with great simple but very polished style and well working 3D even in browser mode or small configs. The music is perfect (just should not restart every time you die). I cant take it out of my mind, singing it in the morning or in the street ^^ The gameplay is also very tight and after a few minutes of practice\u00a0 the game is pure pleasure. Crusin\u2019 in the desert on our lowrider is really smooth and get ride of the ennemies dodging a rock at the last moment become so natural and tricky.<\/p>\n

The shapeshifting in diferent animals form is also very funny and clever. It offers many variations on the gameplay. The eagle stay my favorite \":)\"<\/p>\n

You can really feel a real achievement playing this one and we really hope it will turn on a \u201creal\u201d game with a little more graphics environements and musics.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the freshest thing we have tasted since a long time !<\/p>\n

2nd : Splitter Critters<\/a>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This is the greatest gameplay and innovation that we have tested in this Jam. It\u2019s a great puzzle game with clever and full working mechanics. It fits absolutely to the theme and the graphics are such lovely. Very clean work, except for the backgrounds with this strange anti-analiasing on big pixels effect\u2026.<\/p>\n

Everything make you feel like it\u2019s a finshed game, great graphics, nice music, many levels and this amazing and perfectly polished idea of gameplay.<\/p>\n

If you want to support them, its already on greenlight and we think it will be a great sucess on android and ios too !<\/p>\n

We wish them all the good that they diserve!<\/p>\n

3rd : It got Paul ! <\/a>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This one is less polished than the two first places or than many games in the jam but it offers you one of the greatest experience !<\/p>\n

In our team we are all quiet big fans of the Carpenter\u2019s movie \u201cThe Thing\u201d. And this game is the dream game of this movie !<\/p>\n

The gameplay is very simple and work perfectly, same for the pixel art and music, very minimal but 100% working. The mood is dark as hell. If you enjoyed splinter cell or metalgear solid\u2026 forget it, you wanna be this black hungry shadow !<\/p>\n

The Ai should be a little more complex to make the game replayable to infinity.<\/p>\n

Great, Great , Super, Good Game !<\/p>\n

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Here are some other good games :<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do-od<\/a> is a great casual game with a super concept, plenty of levels and really great graphics. A must play !<\/p>\n

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Pluto\u2019s Tears<\/a> is an astonishing polished game with wonderful graphics and a perfect mood.<\/p>\n

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Werewolf Airline Simulator<\/a> is game about a stewardess shapeshifting into a Were\u201danimals\u201d. Great graphics and music. Even if its not the same thing the game make me think to Theme hospital. Really funny one!<\/p>\n

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\u2026\u201dZen and the Art of Transhumanism<\/a> is a cyberpunk pottery game about improving the human race through technology.\u201d\u2026 couldnt say this better ^^ behind this awesome teasing concept,\u00a0 there is a really polished game with a very rare level of pixel art (probably the best of the jam) and a great ambiance. It takes a a few minutes to\u00a0 get into it but it really deserves it !<\/p>\n

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Porknight<\/a> is a nice game where you have to defend your king, there is no great innovation in this one and it is too short but the graphics are made in a wonderful style and its pretty fun to play.<\/p>\n

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Flesh Mess<\/a> is a great Run\u2019n\u2019Gun game , very similar to our game on many points \":)\" . The graphics style is ill and the game is really responsive. If you like to shoot this is a must play.<\/p>\n

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Blob Tales<\/a> is a very nice \u201d lemmings-like \u201c. The graphics are really a good and this is plenty of good ideas.<\/p>\n

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Muoto the Geometry Wizard<\/a> is a great dungeon shooter where you have to kill constant shapeshifting ennemies with your shapeshifting magic . The pixel art is great and after a few fights everything become intuitive. It\u2019s also quiet hard and offers\u00a0 a nice challenge.<\/p>\n

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Look at your Feet<\/a> is this kind of game wich use simple mechanics and beautifull pixel art to make you live a story that you didnt except\u2026 The work of this guys is great, you should definitly check their others games <\/a>.<\/p>\n

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SLAHP<\/a> is a platformer game with a great atmosphere and unique chillout rythm. You should give a try to experience the nice art style of this eye shaped planet. It quiet funny and addictiv.<\/p>\n

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Aftertile<\/a> is the CGA game you have dream to pocess when you were a kid. The minimal graphics are amazing and the cga colors is perfectly balanced. The level design is good too .<\/p>\n

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Nyamo\u2019s Adventure<\/a> is a platformer where you shape shift to find your way in the levels. The graphics are really good aswell as the mechanics that shapeshifting involve.<\/p>\n

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there is a lot more of good games. we will be back for a second round \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

otherwise,we have commented every games that we have tested and rated, some comments are more complet and contrutiv than others so if we have tested your game you should know what we think of it \":)\"<\/p>","time":"May 9th, 2016 2:46 pm","title":"We have tested 400 games, here are our favorites !","title_was_empty":false}