Best LD Game Ever! by alks

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made by alks for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

THE BEST LD GAME EVER!

Set on an adventure to create the best Ludum Dare video game of all time!

Collect stars and upgrade different categories as: FUN, GRAPHICS, AUDIO and HUMOR.

Screenshot 2022-10-04 at 1.44.43.png

* This game includes such features as: *

  • * Jumping! *
  • * funy dialog, haha *
  • * a minor amount of tiny bugs enhancing the game experience! *
  • * A boss battle! *

Screenshot 2022-10-04 at 22.23.55.png

If this doesn't convince you enough to play THE BEST LD GAME EVER! I Don't know what will?!

Controls

  • * Moving: A D/Left Right *
  • * Jump: Space *
  • * Add stars: Space/Enter *
  • * Shoot: W / Up *
  • * Fullscreen: F / F11 *
  • * Quit: Esc *

  • * If you are lucky the funny narrator might even reply to you! Haha love that dude! *

Changelog:

v.1.1 Fixed bug with adding two or less stars.

v.1.2 Fixed bug with rebound.

v.1.3 Fixed typos and game not progressing.

:)

Ratings

Overall 147th 3.97⭐ 68🧑‍⚖️
Fun 114th 4.008⭐ 68🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 55th 4.115⭐ 67🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1154th 2.646⭐ 67🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 614th 3.598⭐ 68🧑‍⚖️
Audio 162th 3.892⭐ 67🧑‍⚖️
Humor 14th 4.409⭐ 68🧑‍⚖️
Mood 140th 4.008⭐ 67🧑‍⚖️
Given 57🗳️ 107🗨️

Feedback

Ismael Rodriguez
03. Oct 2022 · 23:51 UTC
Some rough edges but it's literally THE BEST LD GAME EVER!

I especially liked the ending ;)
Vader89gg
03. Oct 2022 · 23:54 UTC
Quite an interesting game, yet it must be one of the best games yet ;)
🎤 alks
04. Oct 2022 · 00:28 UTC
@ismael-rodriguez Thank you so much! Love your games! Yeah it's still pretty rough as this is the first game I have ever made :D Will try fix a few major bugs! :)
🎤 alks
04. Oct 2022 · 00:29 UTC
@vader89gg Thanks! well it's at least one of them :)
Ismael Rodriguez
04. Oct 2022 · 00:36 UTC
@alks It's very good for a first game! Keep up the good work!
MsPlanlos
04. Oct 2022 · 20:17 UTC
Okay, first of all, that gave me a heartattack. xD
The humor is just brilliant and it reminds me so much of Undertale! Keep it up!
PhoenixofForce
04. Oct 2022 · 20:19 UTC
Very nice and innovative game. I like the meta level. Now take my brown and sticky stars ;)
ChillerTyp
04. Oct 2022 · 20:28 UTC
At first I thought this was just some Super Mario rip off, but then I played it and holy cow... this is freaking awesome! I just gave you a 5-star-rating. Maybe this one is better than my own game. Great work!
🎤 alks
04. Oct 2022 · 20:58 UTC
@msplanlos Thank you! What is an under tale? Never heard of it :)
🎤 alks
04. Oct 2022 · 21:02 UTC
@phoenixofforce Thanks! I'll take good care of them! Don't know about any meta level... just level 1-1 :)
🎤 alks
04. Oct 2022 · 21:07 UTC
@chillertyp Thanks!! Yeah on top off being a super mario rip off, it's also an undertale rip off... at least that's what I have heard. Don't know about being better... Maybe this is just a video game, and yours too!! :)
Vulpez
05. Oct 2022 · 01:54 UTC
Oh my god, that was such mindblowing, super funny and smart! Good job
🎤 alks
05. Oct 2022 · 06:41 UTC
@vulpez Thank you so much! Don’t want to blow any minds… this is a kids game you know!
Igor Morgun
05. Oct 2022 · 11:56 UTC
Cool game,style like Mario
DeltaMain
05. Oct 2022 · 16:39 UTC
On the first glance it looked like another awful game made in few hours. But then it shined! Bossfight was awesome! ;)
Skitak
05. Oct 2022 · 16:54 UTC
Very nice game ! I enjoyed having the game being built as I played , but I couldn't finish because I didn't unsderstand what i needed to do :l Very nice work !
🎤 alks
05. Oct 2022 · 17:14 UTC
@deltamain Thank you!! On the second glance it looked like a Cool game,style like Mario. :)
🎤 alks
05. Oct 2022 · 17:14 UTC
@skitak I'm sorry this game might a bit confusing! The objective is to fill all the stars on the rating scale and you do it by going to the right and finding the star :)
LDJam user 237240
05. Oct 2022 · 18:53 UTC
At first i though that the theme "10 seconds" is about you saying that every 10 seconds game is uploaded, but then i progressed to the boss battle i understood the "10 seconds" here, very nice game i could say, i laughed at every joke cause my humor is so broken, keep it up! GJ!
Lautilaj
05. Oct 2022 · 18:53 UTC
Litterally the best LD game ever. I loved it. I didint understand how the theme fits in here but its one of the best games i tried. The humor is excelent.
Magnus Lindh
05. Oct 2022 · 18:58 UTC
First it was too easy and then almost too hard. Very innovative to include rating in the game. Good job :)
SuicidalMango
05. Oct 2022 · 18:59 UTC
Great job! I for sure jumped at that transition. But I had a smile the whole time playing it. I will say that the little bounce when landing bothered me a bit and I absolutely fell down that hole cause of it more than once.
SiliconDioxide
05. Oct 2022 · 18:59 UTC
this game changed my life again. also it was fun, however, I don't think the boss battle worked for me, perhaps it was a bug.

think this game had a lot of style, made me and my friends laugh.
LDJam user 300184
05. Oct 2022 · 19:01 UTC
Very unique take on this! It's looks pretty polished, except that the audio is a bit louder than I'd like. I loved upgrading the graphics especially! Nice job!
PenguinMunch
05. Oct 2022 · 19:20 UTC
Wow! This was a great game. Wonderful humor too! :laughing:
🎤 alks
05. Oct 2022 · 19:34 UTC
@kudneus Thank you so much! Wait... there was a theme?! I just put a counter as I thought is was cool. Damn.
IBWSI
05. Oct 2022 · 19:56 UTC
This game made me laugh :)
🎤 alks
05. Oct 2022 · 19:58 UTC
@lautilaj Thanks!! Didn't you see? there was huge ass clock! :)
🎤 alks
05. Oct 2022 · 20:04 UTC
@magnus-lindh Thank you so much! Glad that it wasn't too hard!
🎤 alks
05. Oct 2022 · 20:06 UTC
@suicidalmango Lovely to hear that you had a smile in your face the whole time! Yeah I'm sorry about the bouncing... Accidentally left one physics value at like 0.1 :/
🎤 alks
05. Oct 2022 · 20:09 UTC
@silicondioxide Thanks! This game also changed my life (for better or worse). Sorry if the boss battle didn't work :( Was it jus the fake glitch after getting all the stars or something else? Would love to know!
🎤 alks
05. Oct 2022 · 20:10 UTC
@vimmagic Thank you!! Wish I could upgrade graphics like that for forever... Sorry about the audio as I did not have enough time to make even a shitty volume fader.
🎤 alks
05. Oct 2022 · 20:11 UTC
@penguinmunch Thanks! Rather hard to be funny on command as you upgrade the funy points ;D
🎤 alks
05. Oct 2022 · 20:12 UTC
@ibwsi Thanks! I love when people laugh at me!

Edit: *With
thebmxeur
05. Oct 2022 · 22:27 UTC
I wish there was a star to stop the rebound after jumps ;)
🎤 alks
05. Oct 2022 · 22:47 UTC
@thebmxeur Than.. wait. HEy I'm the only one allowed to snarky in this comment section!!

Just as magic, you will notice that there never was any rebound after jumps and you were crazy all along. There are no traces of such a bug ever occurring... not even in the changelogs or older versions... It was all in inside your head my friend :)
okshirl
06. Oct 2022 · 07:57 UTC
can confirm, best ld game objectively.
SiliconDioxide
06. Oct 2022 · 08:53 UTC
@alks I got past the fake glitch, the glitch I was talking about was that when the boss rose from the ground and got into position it simply remained there. I have a feeling dialogue was meant to occur, or some other form of progression
🎤 alks
06. Oct 2022 · 14:46 UTC
@okshirl Thanks! it has been officially confirmed now!!!

@silicondioxide Okay! thanks for letting me know! Will look into it but haven’t been able to repro it.
Faust_Mi
06. Oct 2022 · 19:01 UTC
Very nice game! It was a pleasant and fun experience!
Roroto Sic
06. Oct 2022 · 19:44 UTC
Such an unique concept , It was a pleasant experience that made me good laugh ':)' !
limered
06. Oct 2022 · 20:57 UTC
Cool concept of a meta game. Somehow it reminds me of undertale. Maybe cause of the different gernres bit for enemy killing. I played until the end and had fun.
Woud have liked to put all my points into humor at first but i understand that you can't make all the combinations.
THere were some glitches and little bugs but nothing gamebraking. Really good entry.
theheheo
06. Oct 2022 · 21:12 UTC
Amazing! Super unique and very fun! Loved the humor in this! Really liked the concept of progressively adding improvements to the game, seems very cool and like something that could be explored further. Overall great job! :)
OnurY
06. Oct 2022 · 21:19 UTC
I like the concept. But i think player should move little bit faster, because we play same lavel with some updates.
LDJam user 302468
06. Oct 2022 · 22:07 UTC
I had a huge smile on my face throughout this game. I really like the use of audio, the humour and just the general quirkiness of it all. I love the meaning behind the end sequence which now makes me giggle even more (if you know you know) well done - a stand out entry :)
Rafale25
06. Oct 2022 · 22:12 UTC
Very fun game !
TobiasD
06. Oct 2022 · 22:17 UTC
Wonderful idea and genuinely made me chuckle! Did I miss the connection to Every 10 seconds tho?
IQuant
06. Oct 2022 · 22:36 UTC
Good game... eh I mean best game :)
However it felt like some stuff doesn't change that much to be that long, so it gets a bit repetitive. Also I'm not sure why the camera is so far to the left, causing you to see only a bit of what's to the right of a player.
🎤 alks
06. Oct 2022 · 23:08 UTC
@roroto-sic Thank you! Lovely to hear!

@limered Thank you so much! Hey!! This person wants to hoard all the funny to themself!! (yeah it's a bit buggy as this is my first game)

@theheheo Thanks!!! Yeah... if only the game could ACTUALLY get better, that would be great!!

@house-trap-charlie Thank you so much!! This gives me a smile on my face :) Great to hear that you like the audio! I'm a musician primarily and was fearing nobody would pay any attention to it over everything else happening in the game! Yeah it's pretty funny when you know :) Seems to have worked!

@tobiasd Yeah it's a bit loose.. did you happen to fill all the stars :)
vivyhasadream
07. Oct 2022 · 00:48 UTC
very cute game with fluctuating emotion. feels very related to participating in LD :)
Strega
07. Oct 2022 · 07:23 UTC
A great message for everyone that jams :)
TsFreddie
07. Oct 2022 · 09:21 UTC
I actually don't have anything to say other than "I liked it", but it seems that you made me :)
SimonO
07. Oct 2022 · 09:42 UTC
Congrats on making something so fun and complete - didn't get theme connection but other than that I loved the progression, clever, great jokes and loved the message at the end :)
Langotriel
07. Oct 2022 · 16:20 UTC
Not gonna spoil anything but I always enjoy games that aren't entirely what they seem!

I enjoyed it a lot! :)
Maksim Chugunov
07. Oct 2022 · 16:42 UTC
Very funny game I did the haha :)
NoeF
07. Oct 2022 · 19:05 UTC
Did not expect that plottwist :)
Ethereal
07. Oct 2022 · 19:09 UTC
:)
Trigrab
07. Oct 2022 · 19:14 UTC
OMG, I totally love this game.
I first thought this would be a lazy submission. But I got suprised. I liked how you included the theme in multiple ways and still kept your very original idea.

This is a very good example that you don't need fancy graphics to build a good game.

Keep up the good work :)
🎤 alks
07. Oct 2022 · 19:43 UTC
@vivyhasadream Thanks! Yeah I guess most games start with a moving square!

@strega Thanks! Yes! Always remember to cool off your jam before eating!

@tsfreddie "Thanks"

@simono Thank you so much! So you mean I can not just put a 10 second counter and call it quits??

@langotriel Thanks so much!! Yes! If you look really close you will notice that on top of being a game, there's also many bugs from all the spaghetti I made :)

@maksim-chugunov Thanks! Watching you play made me do the haha :)

@noef Thank you for playing! Yeah me neither!

@ethereal :)

@trigrab Thank you so much for your kind words! So you are saying my 5 star graphics might not actually be five star graphics? I'm in shock! ;)
JoeShanahan
08. Oct 2022 · 14:24 UTC
I think like some of the other players, I saw the thumbnail and thought it would be a joke entry, but glad to see I was wrong! :smile: Not that this isn't funny, because the humour is great, but it's a well-made entry with more depth than might seem on the surface :)
loveapplegames
08. Oct 2022 · 15:08 UTC
Good job, I like to see games like this. Original idea, though I remember a game where you upgrade your graphics in a similar manner. I had some technical problems on Linux. It did not work on Chrome (blank screen) and I did not get sound on FF.
Sk Katea
08. Oct 2022 · 20:08 UTC
Wowwww, i like the idea of the Game and the artstyle
JonnyLynx
08. Oct 2022 · 20:13 UTC
Really funny idea :)

Keep on doing !
csLupius
08. Oct 2022 · 20:17 UTC
After the RPG fight with 'not goomba's I started to avoid them, kind of threw me off the rhythm but other than that it was innovative and fun well done, solid entry :)
Bluesand
08. Oct 2022 · 20:18 UTC
;) I am crying after playing this game, thank you for create it.
fgamer99
08. Oct 2022 · 20:23 UTC
Lovely game. Had fun the whole time. Nice graphics, music and humor. Might be ont of the best games i played in LudumDare (though i haven't played that many to begin with).
One thing though, i feel like i sometimes got stuck on the tiles, but i could be mistaken. If i'm not mistaking and you are using Unity, then you might want to try to put a "Composite Collider 2D" on the Tilemap and set the "Used by Composite" in the "Tilemap Collider 2D" to true. Had a similar problem in my project and this helped. If you didn't use Unity then just ignore this part o the comment.
Anyway, nice game, especially for theamount of time you had.
:)
Bender Biber
08. Oct 2022 · 20:26 UTC
This was a nice idea. I really liked the base concept and the twist at the end :)
Joror
08. Oct 2022 · 20:45 UTC
Very fun tongue in cheek reflection of the LD spirit - quite a bit of work and story in there! Sound and graphics were nice, and the final boss wasn't too easy or too tough!

GJ! :)
Gonzalol
08. Oct 2022 · 22:00 UTC
This is the funniest take on the theme until now, and I love it.
I wish the gameplay was more complex to fit the greatness of the concept.
🎤 alks
09. Oct 2022 · 11:39 UTC
@joeshanahan Thank you so much! Yeah I was a bit scared would anyone even dare click on this game! But guess ye old click bait works!

@loveapplegames Hmmm... So far I have tried to play web version with several macs and windows computers with chrome and all where fine... might be linux thing? Dunno? Sorry still!

@jonnylynx Thanks!

@cslupius Thank you for playing :) Yeah I was bit worried when introducing the not goombas later that how players would react to it! Hopefully it was not too confusing for too long :)

@bluesand Thank you so much! Lovely to hear... no wait..

@fgamer99 Thank you so much for you kind words! Yeah I have got this a few times but actually this was made with gamemaker studio 2! And I think the issue is caused that I had to upgrade the IDE mid jam because there was crucial bug with web exports and in the newer gamemaker updates they sort of changed how collisions worked and it kinda messed everything up! I should go back and try to make the windows export with the older working version! Anyway thank you for your help! :)

@bender-biber Thank you :) Great to hear!

@joror Thank you for your kind words :)

@gonzalol Thank you! Yes I agree! At the start I had ton of cool and more fun ideas what could happen but did not have the time or the skill to make them happen, as I'm just a musician barely trying to code and draw!
LDJam user 298734
09. Oct 2022 · 14:45 UTC
:) what a great game!I complete the game twice!btw, is this a typo?(rate back plz)

(there were a photo)
🎤 alks
09. Oct 2022 · 14:52 UTC
@projectcolorball Thank you for playing! :) Yes it is typo I seemed to have missed!

I already rated and commented on your game :) It was really good and enjoyed it a lot! Really clever mechanic!

I would appreciate if you could now delete that photo as it kinda spoils the meaning of the ending :)

Thank you!
LDJam user 298734
09. Oct 2022 · 14:58 UTC
@alks

got it, I already deleted it.

and thank you for this amazing game!
Wendel Scardua
09. Oct 2022 · 20:03 UTC
I loved the ending and its message :)
Turquoise Moon
09. Oct 2022 · 22:12 UTC
This game is great! One of the best I've played so far :)
🎤 alks
10. Oct 2022 · 16:21 UTC
@wendel-scardua Thank you so much! I think it's a good reminder why we are here in the first place :)

@turquoise-moon Thank you so much for you kind words :)
Shadowcast
11. Oct 2022 · 13:12 UTC
Impressive for a solo jam project! A bit short on the theme side, but a working boss fight is of itself hard enough to make!

(tip for unity platformer: if your character stuck on walls when in air and pressing the movement button on the side of the wall, apply a smooth physics material on either the wall or the player collider)

Also :)
🎤 alks
13. Oct 2022 · 21:43 UTC
@shadowcast Thank you very much!

Thank you for the advice but sadly this is made with gamemaker :D Quite a few people have given me some unity tips about this :D
F1Krazy
15. Oct 2022 · 12:59 UTC
This is great! I was having so much fun with the upgrade system, and how meta the game's premise was, that I didn't actually realise it wasn't adhering to the theme... then the boss battle kicked in and I was like "ohhh, *there's* the theme!" I think I actually lost the boss battle but I seemed to get the good ending anyway. Still, I love the premise, the narrayion, and how the upgrade system was implemented (I burst out laughing when I saw the wonky :thinking: emoji). Great job! :)
LePoulet
16. Oct 2022 · 07:05 UTC
Good job, it reminds me there is no game in some aspect. It was a great amout of work for one people :)
🎤 alks
16. Oct 2022 · 21:42 UTC
@f1krazy Thank you so much! If you got the ending dialog in the white room then you passed the boss battle :)

@lepoulet Thank you! Haven't played that game but will have to check!