Hi guys, my game Smart gecko that participated in the Ludum Dare 42, now has a Steam version with much more content ... and much of the feedback I received in ldjam, includes in the mechanics and gameplay of the game
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1067100/Smart_Gecko/
https://youtu.be/WkKtYWk2mzA
Face for Death is a 2D runner platformer videogame developed for the April 2019 Lumdum Jam, in where you play a double faced coin and you have to scape from a city plenty of evil rich dudes.
We keep working on a modular level generation protoype and some of the mood we want to give it. Most of core mechanics are working on now, some music and sounds were implemented and it would be scaled soon. In next step we will be bussy in level modules design and probably we will introduce at least a pickeable item and auto-ranking, in order to give it some playability.
Havent played yet? Come and enjoy it in HTML5, but dont forget rate and comment!
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/face-to-death
While creating life merchant, the "Salesman" wasn't supposed to be a tent, it's supposed to be a person, thus the name "Life Merchant". Due to lack of time, I only had a tent in my assets sheet and ended up with that. I'm currrently working on improving the game. So! among other things, I introduce you the freshly drawn (and animated!) Life Merchant, In all its glory!
Have you played Life Merchant already??
Also! here's a quick look of a WIP level!
:videocamera: **Yes... I'm making a 'techlog' for my LD44 game, Sigillis, and damn is it a pain. :videocamera: **
This is my fourth re-recording of audio, and I've almost got it perfect, which will have to be good enough. Every time, there was some little problem that was just painful to listen to, one time the mic had a denoising filter that randomly turned on and off, now I've had to turn it permanently off (If there's constant noise, I can remove it in post).
My microphone was on the desk, but then I found that over the course of a 20 minute audio recording, my head moved enough for there to be clear variations in the audio level and quality. Now I'm using a headset. I've cleared my room of everything noise producing; my clock is outside (ticking could be heard in the first recording), and I've had to record sound to my phone, since the computer's fan is too loud.
I'm now going through the audio in Audacity, trying my hardest to get rid of all the annoying breathing and other unwanted mouth sounds. Then, there was a part that I had completely mispronounced, unnusable. So, I had to rerecord that bit, but then it was a pain to replicate the original recording environment. I initially just recorded a small part of the sentence, but then there was a clear difference between the first part of the sentence and the second part. So then, I rerecorded the whole paragraph, just to make sure that the new sound fits smoothly into the recording. In the main recording, there are so many random stutters that I didn't even notice, that I've had to cut out, then play with the different levels to make it sound like a continuous sentence.
:paintbrush: So that's how my day has been going thus far.
I'm going to continue working on my 'techlog' for Sigillis, a game where you draw on the screen, then an algorithm detects what you drew. This is what I'm trying to explain, so don't even get me started about the script making process.
You can of course rate it here and stay tuned for the eventual release of the techlog.
:bookmark: Thank you for reading through my mad ramblings. If you've had a frustrating time making any videos for yourself, I'd love to hear about the challenges you faced, and how you overcame them. I'm sure there are many more challenges awaiting me with the production of this techlog, so wish me luck! Cheers, JUSTCAMH :v:
IF ONE DAY!!!
Link is here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WiAKceXvukCkJjEC30ZVSZZIbPOItE2P
Thanks for playing my game:) And expect your wonderful games~
So... last week I went back to school and my phone didn't want to turn on (at least I thought that was the problem). It only vibrated when I hold down the power button. I tried charging it, but nothing! The worst part was that I had a field trip next week.
You see, my phone is a Motorola e2. I know that it is old, but it's futuristic in it's way (It warms my hands in cold winter and that is a feature that I NEED in my house). Motorola phones have many gestures. Mine only has one. Shake to open camera. That means if I throw my phone at my bed... it takes a picture of me. I tried shaking it and it vibrated. That meant that the phone was on, but the screen didn't work. I tried turning it of and on, but nothing worked. I gave up and took my phone to "Media expert" (I don't know if it is only in Poland).
OK. The phone should be repaired before the field trip. I still need a plan B. I know! Google hangouts! My tablet has a Sim slot, but it can't be used for calling. Just for the internet. My old tablet can be used for calling, but it lags hard and its old. I tried putting the SD card in the tablet, but then I realized. My tablet has a normal SIM card port, but I only had a mini SIM card. It was already too late. It was stuck.
What to do now? I handed the tablet over to my mum. She tried taking it out with a needle, but she couldn't even see it. I tried taking it out myself and after a lot of pain it finally popped out.
Now I just had to get an adapter. It was hard to find, but I got it! I put the SIM card in my tablet and... nothing. It didn't even detect it! Now, what to do? Tried cleaning the Sim card, blowing on the port, airplane mode, cleaning the case and even formating the tablet... nothing. Now, panic mode!
This is my final setup: my old tablet with a 24/7 hotspot and my new tablet form using the internet. OMG! This is ridicules! Some people may say that I'm crazy, some would say that I'm unlucky, but I only know one thing... NO MUM, I DON'T WANT YOUR IPHONE!!!!!!
I did it (yay!) - I finally got 20 reviews on my game. Thanks to everyone who took a look.
You can find my game here if you’re interested: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/failing-human
Note: there is an html version if you don’t want to download it
Hey everyone! :musical_note:
It's my first LD! Yay! I've made the music and sound effects of this game. I'm currently seeking for some feedbacks about it (mostly the score, but also the sound effects if you're into that).
You can listen to the full score here in better quality.
Making a game music score was a real challenge to me, especially considering it was the first time I made music for a game and not for myself. Moreover, I was used to produce more ambient or chill music, and nothing like a super rythmic and tense boss battle score!
I actually lost a lot of confidence in the first 24h trying to make something. Finally, in the end of the second day, I made a first version that you can hear here (click under the "start" word) using an oooold bassline and drums I made many years ago. But I was not super proud of this, so I continue working on it and came up with the whole soundtrack - that I'm more or less satisfied of - in the last 24h.
Please, I'll gladly hear any feedback you have on this soundtrack. :musical_score:
I'll also appreciate if you would precise if you are yourself a music maker, a game music maker or even if you're not
Destroy that village and unearth some neat treasures below grass level!
Game is here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/treasure-hunt
I need just few more reviews :)
Face for Death is a 2D runner platformer videogame developed for the April 2019 Lumdum Jam, in where you play a two-faced coin with personality disorders who has to scape from a city plenty of evil and greedy rich dudes.
We keep working on a modular level generation protoype and some of the mood we want to give it. Most of core mechanics are working on now, some music and sounds were implemented and it would be scaled soon. In next step we will be bussy in level modules design and probably we will introduce at least a pickeable item and auto-ranking, in order to give it some playability.
Havent played yet? Come and show us how long can you reach!.
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/face-to-death
Don't let them catch you and rate, feed is allways wellcome
Our (in our eyes) best game we've made so far! We're really proud about what we've achieved and we would be glad if you guys would take a quick look at our game <3
An extract of the story:
„Once upon a time in a world filled with darkness, monsters lived in peace and harmony. Until a creature of light was born. Tortured by the light emitted by the strange creature, the monsters began to attack to bring back the natural order of the world. Just as the first monster’s strike was set to end the gleaming light for good, the light began to transform into…“
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/lifelight
Hi LD jammers!
Do you have ancient projects, discarded prototypes, or experiments you grew distant from?
We want to celebrate those with you!
Come join Fragment Jam (June 1-30) and release your unfinished games to the world! 🕊️🛸🆓🌏
What is Fragment Jam?
Fragment Jam is a game jam focused on admiring and sharing unfinished games (fragments). Maybe you want to revisit these projects someday, maybe you want closure and to move on, perhaps you want to make a fragment for the jam. Fragment Jam is here to help sort it out and to provide a platform for celebrating and sharing our fragments.
Other cool things:
Hope to see you there!
Final IK was on sale so I implemented it this morning. Very easy to use!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rK0T0yq_Tg
THAT AINT A DROPBOX LINK.
DID I POST THE WRONG ONE AND LEFT IT LIKE THAT FOR A NITE? GEEEEZ
Hey everyone! What are you looking for on the front page? Go here and help everyone get their rating:
I've been hard at work on my upcoming 'techlog' all day long, and its going great. I've got audio all recorded and edited, and now I've completed the intro to the video below. I'm so dang happy about how it all looks and sounds, but damn did it take a long time. Hopefully that preview has you psyched for the full video, but unfortunately the full thing isn't ready yet... Stay tuned for more info!
*Oh yeah, bout the game... It's called Sigillis, and you draw symbols on the screen, which the game recognises and uses to cast a spell. *
https://youtu.be/A2gdLNnMXAo
If you have the time, you can rate and leave feedback too. If you're interested in hearing about this techlog when it comes out, follow me through your method of choice; on LD, or on Itch. There will be a post on this page too, but make sure you're subscribed so as to not miss it. Sorry for the huge production time, I'm working as hard as possible to pump it out asap. I'll also be posting these little techlog update videos daily til release, just because it keeps me motivated to share my hard work!
So after watching that little preview, what criticism can you lay upon me? Be as harsh as you'd like, tell me to redo it if necessary. I'd love to have feedback on the video before it's released, that way I can actually improve it. So any suggestions would be very much appreciated! Cheers, and hope to see you around, JUSTCAMH. :v:
Hi everybody !
This post will be like @jeremy-ryan 's (that you can find here). I'll copy his idea of selecting games by LD's categories but I'll try to name other games that he's speak about. But, definitely check out his post, he's got some nice picks.
*The dealine for _Playing+Rating_ is in a few days now, so I guess it's the perfect time for sharing with you the best games I've played so far. *
I've prioritize games that have not many ratings. Most of them are under 50 ratings, sometimes they barely have 20 and one even has only 6 ratings, definitely check it out for him to score !!!
The Tail of the Serpent by @le-slo (JAM) and Pucamuc by @catonator and @mors (JAM)
Music, innovative and fun gameplay, good take on the theme, great atmosphere and nice graphics, they have it all. These are my absolute best picks on this LD. Definitely check them out.
Pucamuc is a super juicy and colorful aventure plateformer with great humor and actual game design. In this game you have to move while jumping which is a bit weird at first but then become like a second nature with which you can fool around and have fun.The levels are challenging but not too difficult, creative enough to introduce new mechanics very frequently and have a little depht with secrets here and there. GREAT JOB to the team.
The Tail of The Serpent is a great puzzle game with a simple but effective atmosphere. The gameplay here evolves around the question: how can you move as a snake? You can eat your tail to become smaller and also to change the composition of your body with different orb shapes that needs to be in certain places to win the level. Overall the experience is super if you're into puzzle games.
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15 Minutes to Live by @f1krazy (COMPO) and Ente by @j0ye (COMPO)
Well, Compo really seems to let you dive into great ideas for a game.
In Ente you have to sell your own true secrets to the NPCs to have more time to spent on the island. Here, your own life is currency and you feel really like loosing cherished memories that you never shared with anyone to continue playing.
15 Minutes to Live delivers a very interesting story inspired by the movie "In Time". In this game, all humans have predetermined lifespans but yours has been stolen. You wake up and have only 15 Minutes to Live and to discover who stoll you your lifespan.
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The Trade by @jantunes, @isaque-picao-sanches, @davidvfilipe and @chickenpt (JAM)
This one only have 6 ratings!
The Trade is really hard to describe, you really have to experience it. Here, we got a true art performance. It's something very different, something that will really make you have deep feelings, that will make you be face to face with yourself ... The description of this game is not lying … Definitely try it out.
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Dear substance of Kin by @deconstructeam (JAM)
This one could have be in the mood category too. Dear Substance of Kin is a masterpiece of pixel art that uses details and such to give a dark atmosphere to the game. You embody a mysterious figure that ventures one more time in a desolate village to listen to the people's desires. I'm not telling more, it's an amazing game that needs to be experienced by itself.
There is no "Narrative" category in LD's classification but this one has an interesting storytelling which is not only by reading and learning but also by doing.
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Inflate me to the Moon by @xellaya and @ddrkirbyisq (JAM)
Inflate me to the Moon (that could be subtitled "a tribute to Bart Howard") is a game made of fast paced and very fun mini games.
I have absolutely adored the music of this game and also its sound effects that were super rich. The overall score of the game is pretty diverse and super catchy. Really, like, many genres and even a cover! :O It goes really well with the art style in making a goofy atmosphere with a - kind of - dramatic storytelling :)
I had a ton of fun playing this game which is also very, very polished.
And it has voice over ... me being like "what ?!" Definitely wins the Audio category.
You can listen to its soundtrack here!
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KNIFE=LIFE by @quadape (COMPO) and Our Dear Friend by @jyrkface, @ham and @wildebeest (JAM)
KNIFE=LIFE is an awesome action game where you shoot knives with slowmotion and dodge ennemies' bullets. You can buy powerups in exchange for hearts and collect more hearts as you progress in the level. The mechanic and the physics are overall very well done and the actual gameplay is super addictive and very fun. There is a loooot of juice in there and you'll love to die and retry until you're the boss of the game.
Our Dear Friend takes a more narrative turn but is also super fun with a lot of feedback and gameplay elements. Here you progress in a dark cave with your hook and a few arrows. You can then trade some of your maximum health for powerups (more arrows, more rope, more jumps). The level adds more ennemy types as you progress. Also, you have a bit of lore and atmosphere with some dialogue lines, which is super cool. The art, also, is pretty well done because you can't see really far from you so you must learn to be careful ...
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Seize The Clay by @failedstarfish, @adamd and @seconddimension (JAM) and 99 hearts by @failpositive and @barret (JAM)
Seize the Clay as the name suggests, is a game about pottery. It's like those NintendoDS-make-your-art games. You have everything to make pottery and can be creative about it. Nice job, didn't see something like that coming.
99 Hearts is a game inspired by the board game Caracassonne. Here, you can make your own map each time you kill all the ennemies on a tile. And each tile gives you also a random powerup. Then, you can quickly become mega baddass and overpowered and that's a ton of fun!
Also, both of these game have incredible soundtrack and are super fun to play.
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Victor Spumante and the Raindrops of Burgundy by @gimblll (COMPO)
Well, it's time for the end of the list already. And I'm leaving you with one of the absolute art pieces that this jam - no, the world! - has to offer ... Victor Spumante and the Raindrops of Burgundy. I think it needs no explaination, just be curious ;)
Alright! I think it's done! Have fun while playing these games and let me know what you think of them :)
*Don't forget to rate and leave feedback on these amazing games *:yum:
Hi guys thank you for reaching me to 20 rates I apreciate it alot.
You can find my game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/space-rabbit
No? So how about testing it out and giving us your feedback? :3 https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/necroblood
New Post-Jam features: - ONLINE LEADERBOARDS! Compete with your friends to see who can last the longest or get the most kills! - New Background Music - Better enemy AI, projectile behavior, and spawning system - Improved Upgrades and balanced upgrade costs - General polish and UI overhaul - MAYBE Achievements if I have time! - Possibly more, time permitting!
If you haven't played the game yet in it's current state, please feel free to do so, and please stay tuned THIS WEEKEND for the Post-Jam version!!