Hello! It's me again. Wait, you don't remember? It's me furriKira, like waaaaay back in LD32. You know, that guy who placed top #17 in LD32 with Bagelbot?

It has been a good while. Why? I was in college. Now I'm back. Let's see what will I make this time! Maybe.

I have a relative that's currently visiting right now and we plan on taking a vacation. So, I'm sad to say, I am not sure about submitting this Ludum Dare since it overlaps more than half the whole time Ludum Dare is up.

So there's three things for me here: - I can make the game in 1 day and submit it - I can't make the game in 1 day and just polish after the duration of Ludum Dare - I can't make the game in 1 day and probably go Jam instead of compo

Well, who knows. We'll see about that. Best of luck to everyone! :star:

Using: GameMaker-Studio, FL Studio 12, (possibly) Aseprite, and GitGud (for repo)

Hey, hey! I have returned from making my game... How was your compo/jam going? Doing well? Keep at it!

Here's my entry for Ludum Dare! It's called Dense Revolve. It's 100% done but it has a lot of compromises due to the short time and a bit lacking on polish(?) To be honest, I'm surprised I finished this 15.. However, if I did make it back while the compo still going, I will definitely add music in the game and a lot more polishing. For sure, I tried my hardest to innovate with the theme than just donuts all over. I wish I could have a lot more time for this but someone needs my presence.

...and I might say, time's up for me. It's time for me to leave and I am pretty happy, yet a bit sad after all of this. But hey, I got a game going and I'm really proud of it! See you guys later~

PS: Want me to rate your entry? Gimme a :heart:, a comment saying you want to and maybe a follow, too! I would love to try out a buncha games after and see how far you guys came through! (Don't forget to rate mine when the time comes!)

Now I'm back, and as I said before, I made a game in 15 hours... and I still see an hour and 30 minutes on the clock. Sadly I don't think I would make it if I decide to put the music in.

I think I won't update the game if I rushed the music in. It will end up annoying the person than making the experience better if I rushed it out. So I'm gonna try and take my time on it. If it doesn't make it then I won't put it in.

:question: Also, is it just me or comments won't show on the game entry? Do they like, show it when the time runs out or what? I'm getting comments already as said on my feed and I can't see them.

Alright, listen up. This is a major problem for a lot of people. @pov

On some entries, it seems it's obvious for some people that there are missing comments on their entries. As someone who likes to take in feedback, we can't see it or react to it.

For people who doesn't notice, some entries have missing comments.

• In the notifications, you are told that you got some comments in the notifications.

• But once you check it out, you don't see any comments there.

• We know if the comments doesn't exist if it says there's no comments.

• Sometimes, we are greeted by this:

I am not sure if this is a server slowdown problem or what but I did start to see comments on some. Mine is submitted before the submission hour. The one I saw who got their recovered was submitted during submission hour. This needs to be fixed and fast.

My entry Dense Revolve has now an HTML5 port available!

Are you tired from downloading and just want to test the game? Me too. So I made an HTML5 port for you guys. There was a bug I need to fix for it though, but hey, it's there now!

Enjoy!

I was patching up my game when it suddenly corrupted! D:

Glad I have a backup! Anyway, patching up a lot of complaints and an accessibility improvement for the people. I'll update you guys once it's available.

:information_source: Did You Know: Giving hearts to the people commenting on your game's page will increase their karma. Use it especially if you got their feedback very useful!

Dense Revolve has been patched with adjustments, thanks to feedback.

Changelog: * Changed Z/X controls to X/C in order to compensate with QWERTZ keyboards * Adjusted movement speed (you don't move ultra slow or ultra fast now) * Despite this, you still can't slide a wall with 5 or 6 bullets * From x0.1-x2.5 to x0.5-x2 * Adjusted gravity multiplier (max x2 to max x1.5) * Fixed particles spawning every frame when moving * Minor optimizations

I'm tired, I'm ready to sleep. I'm supposed to work on stuff, but I ended up rating games. That's bad. We can all agree on that. At least you're the one who wants to get all the love on your game.

:star: Games I Have Tried

I took the time to do proper critiques on them all. If I mean that, if you check all of them, there should be a big list of stuff there or a large paragraph from me. I'm really happy right now cause I checked my game, Dense Revolve and see 15 out of 15 karma to those I comment ratio.

So here's my list: (:thumbsup: means Kaiera Approved. I really recommend checking it out) 1. [ 4.0 ] HTTP: The Game by @SaFrMo :thumbsup: 2. [ 3.5 ] The People's Army by @Zapakitul :thumbsup: 3. [ 3.0 ] Blob Hell by @ryuzaki-mrl 4. [ 3.5 ] Clumsy Paws by @sovogirl, @Draggs-Connor, @Horodep & @frozenspots [JAM] :thumbsup: 5. [ 4.5 ] The lost strawberry by @egordorichev :ok_hand: 6. [ 3.5 ] BaBaDungeon by @simplexcode [JAM] 7. [ 3.0 ] Money is Everything by @jani-nykanen 8. [ 2.5 ] StoneHead Shooter by @Piootrek [JAM] 9. [ 4.0 ] Slightly annoying traffic by @JOrbits :thumbsup: 10. [ 4.0 ] About the CyberFighter by @ginger9 11. [ 3.0 ] Noah's Apartment by @GastricSparrow [JAM] 12. [ 3.5 ] Blinding Light by @Gaminbru [JAM] :thumbsup: 13. [ 3.5 ] EARTH BLOSSOM by @Zarkonnen :thumbsup: 14. [ 3.5 ] Cholesterol [JAM] by @MadreDeDios 15. [ 4.0 ] Orbits by @tuism :thumbsup:

These are not sorted by rating. They are sorted by first to last played. Ratings on the left represent fiaKaiera's Overall rating.

Who's next? Well, there's some people's games I haven't tried out yet from my comments section. I have six of them in my list already so I'm checking them out.

That's it for me. I'll update you guys next time on what I rate.

:information_source: If you want me to check out your game the next day. Comment here, and I'll check it out. You can thank me by checking out my game, Dense Revolve,too.

... to prevent cheap wins and cheap deaths.

If anyone doesn't know. This is how easy you could beat the boss in Dense Revolve. There's even one where I did it in 5 seconds.

So I am changing the layout of the stage so you don't get taken out by spikes on the edge and/or immediately falling on damage. I'll also do some minor responsive improvements while I'm patching this.

Anyway, I'm not adding anything and it's not to my liking, so it's not against the rules.

Dense Revolve has been patched with adjustments, thanks to feedback. ...and mainly to prevent something cheap wins like this.

Changelog

• Changes:
  • Changed stage layout for balance
  • Stopping friction is much more strict
  • Minimum movement speed is now .5 (.4 before)
  • Shoot delay is now 3 frames less
  • Energy recovery influence is now %70 (than %90)
• Fixes:
  • Fixed R being read as an A
  • Fixed Boss not slightly moving faster per hit
  • Fixed character continuously hitting against a wall when repeatedly being hit
  • Now bounces off the other direction instead
  • Fixed rare bug where character stays stuck on death
  • Fixed recharge time being inverted (slow on no bullets and fast with full clip)

If you see something that could be against the rules, please contact me right away and I am willing to revert what conflicts within the rules.

Did you know, I'm actually an artist by day and night? That's kind of surprising knowing how Dense Revolve is done. It's because of my education, you see. I took some off time today of a few hours to test a few more games.

:star: Games I Have Tried

As I said before I took time to do proper critiques on all of them. There should be some large paragraph from me if you check each one. I'm kinda doubtful a bit since my ratings are less forgiving than I should have. I do give fair critiques.

(Click here for the first set!)

So here's my list: (:thumbsup: means Kaiera Approved. I really recommend checking it out) 1. [ 3.0 ] Pickup by @Funnboi :thumbsup: 2. [ 3.0 ] Spatium Calorem by @Jason-Kennedy 3. [ 2.5 ] The Golem Hunter by @NexusBreaker 4. [ 3.0 ] Wait, I have an another, better, idea! by @Mark-Kennedy :thumbsup: 5. [ 4.0 ] BulletCoin by @randomphantom :thumbsup: 6. [ 3.0 ] Friends and Monsters by @Killnaprimer 7. [ 3.0 ] Craskiing by @Rewzu 8. [ 3.5 ] Partymaker by @Sempiternal :thumbsup: 9. [ 2.5 ] Don't Get Hangry by @SniperA (this guy is trying!) 10. [ 2.5 ] Shoot - Keep Your Score Down. by @GoldenHart 11. [ 3.5 ] I'm not here by @Jiri-Hysek :thumbsup: * Sadly, I can't make it to 15... I'm tired.

These are not sorted by rating. They are sorted by first to last played. Ratings on the left represent fiaKaiera’s Overall rating.

Who’s next? The list got bigger for sure. Gotta return the favor and try the people in the comments their games, right? There's 16 from there! Other than that, there's like 15 I want to play outside of it. Probably for #4, maybe?

That's pretty much it for me. See you tommorrow!

There's this one who I wanted to check out but sadly they didn't finish. That's TOO MANY DEMONS by @Connorses. But hey, at least you tried. It's better than nothing and you could do it better next time.

:bangbang: Update on my entry: Dense Revolve

I am aware that people are saying that my game is actually hindering the fun value thanks to the mechanics. However, due to the time constraint I had with the game, you're supposed to be a "Glass Cannon" (the idea where you are powerful but frail) when you have a lot of bullets with you. Sadly, that didn't happen. :c

:information_source: If you want me to check out your game the next day. Comment here, and I'll check it out. You can thank me by checking out my game, Dense Revolve,too.

Dense Revolve has been patched with adjustments, thanks to feedback.

Changelog

• Changes:
  • Changed menu keys from 1/2/0 to Enter/Esc/P
  • Alternative keys: S/D can be pressed instead of X/C
• Fixes:
  • Fixed Exit Game showing in the HTML5 port

If you see something that could be against the rules, please contact me right away and I am willing to rollback what conflicts within the rules.

:star: I just need to shout this out.

Earlier in the LD40, @LarryChupacabra actually came here and asked people to feature games from the Ludum Dare, and he's been doing it since LD29. I pinned it on my browser immediately cause of how heavy his feedback can get and submit as soon as I finish. He needs some attention, cause he does take time making these and I need I feel he needs more of it.

He actually goes almost really thorough with his playthroughs. I really suggest checking out and/or giving it a try cause looking how people react with some Ludum Dare games gives you insight to do some more in the future. These gives also a way to give better feedback, cause you can explain everything you need to point out as you go.

Okay, I admit. I did promote this because my game is in it, but I did look further and this is really interesting for all the game developers. You can learn a lot from this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYoYvCeQ9XE

:star: Selection of Games

• Life's A Glitch by @gamepopper :thumbsup:
• Dense Revolve by @fiaKaiera
• too much asteroid! by @digitalfudge

If you can, you should sign up for yours to be reviewed using his google form here! You won't be disappointed.

Isn't it surreal that Ludum Dare was last week? So much has happened in between now and there...

Hey, I'm actually really busy lately as an artist that I feel I made my own insane version of Ludum Dare and draw 100 pieces of art before Christmas. Okay I know others can manage that but I wanted to test my speed. On the other hand, I should be testing more games soon. There's like 48 games on my queue. I'll do more of them soon, don't you worry! Who knows? I might stream it. I don't know.

That's it for me for now. See you whenever!

Oh and there's something about Dense Revolve that I don't wanna talk about yet. I know some of you already have the idea what's gonna happen.

I stare at the clock...

Why is it only now I decided to rate games again? I can't go through all 50 though my list in 2 hours! :disappointed_relieved:

I shouldn't have taken the time off for the last 5 days of the year...

Other than that, I actually managed to complete that self-imposed 100 artwork challenge in a matter of two weeks! All before the 24th. However, I can't really draw for about a week after. My hand hurts. Don't worry, it is still recovering!

(Sidenote: Nintendo! Please allow publishing to Nintendo Switch on GameMaker! >:T)

Heck. What happened? I mean, that's what I get for doing 15 hours for a baseline. I'm not mad or anything. I'm not expecting to be at the top 25 either. So that's fine!

Next time, I hope I have the time to make a full 48 hours next Ludum Dare! I swear it!

Other than that,

:star: will continue in progress.

Yes, I see the potential of this and I will be working on a full version of it! Thank you all for the wonderful feedback and I hope to update you guys soon in a form of videos!

I'll be announcing it here soon, or my Twitter soon enough! So stay tuned! (I might actually do a kickstart on this soon as well. I want to have the passion of continuing this through the end!)

So here's the pitch:

Dad left a treasure hunt for me to explore. Even with all of that effort, will it be worth it, or will be too much?

Take it as it is but in terms of my series world, it can be taken to a whole new context! Well, I am trying. Here's how it looks right now tho. All made from scratch.

That's it for me. See you next Ludum Dare or on the first update video of project Revolve!