LD51 - Hidden Gems

Hi guys!

A lot of people participated in Ludum Dare 51, many of them for the first time, some just don't have enough time to promote their entries and ask for feedback, some just not aware about the way, how usually it works.

I've played more than 70 entries already and have some to share. I won't share ones, which creators promoting them often on the front page, but would like to offer you a few entries, which are really catchy, but a very little amount of people reviewed them. Let's go!

Drum Dance Showdown from @cyberfrank

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Yes, it doesn't look very attractive, tho has it's own charm, but try it out if you are not afraid to download it. One of the best music-based entries I found on this jam and that's quite sad, that not so many people crafted something music-based for such theme. But anyway this one is definitely worth to check!

Auto Parker by @grlmc and @bathpirate

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Do you have driving license? If yes - probably you know how hard to park and this game doesn't make things easier! Aside of the cool puzzle mechanic there are cute assets, nice UI and one of the non trivial gameplay for the given theme. Are you still sitting here? Go and try it now!

Jumprope by @djd123456

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How often I've heard excuses like "I'm not an artist" or "I'm not a game designer". This little creation shows how little you need to actually make something first of all playable, second of all funny as hell.

Toad Cat's Cemetary Watch by @43sam

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I always wonder how a small team (or even one person like in this case) can create a small, but pretty compete game. This one is a good example how to keep balance between everything - gameplay, art, music and code (which is not buggy at all), give a player in-game tutorial and still match the theme!

Farming Fatigue by @benstar, @disomikron, @thcgourami and @halleester

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I don't know how this one missed the hype-radar, but that's a fact it has not a lot of review. Want to udnerstand what's going on? Try to imagine a plants vs zombies, but where all flowers are actually fighting against you right after you've plant them. Imagine? Now try to survive!

That's all for today from me

But keep me posted, did you find any other good example of gems inside the piles of games people created during the jam? Is there something to share? Or maybe you created a game, but didn't have enough review? Leave a comment and we all will be able to check out and help each other!

And don't forget to play some Dangerous Zone games, let's keep the event cool for everyone!