Play it here :video_game:

We really took the idea of an anniversary seriously, so we aimed to create a game while drinking a lot of beer. For the sake of Ludum Dare’s next 15 years!!!

The idea doesn't sounds so right now that I'm writing it and, in fact, it made that the first day a mess. The jam started at 3:00 AM in our Time zone, so we were at a rock bar until the fateful hour. That meant that one of the team members fell in action (I won't say who) and nested in the only couch of the office.

So the remaining two started prototyping ideas on paper and blackboard until almost 10:00 AM, when they fell asleep on a table. Shortly after this event, the fallen team member woke up and gathered the other two to his home so they could sleep in a bed. During the way, they told him that they've got a great idea: something related to two tiny planets sending messages via radio frequency.

However, the afternoon came and one of the team members who took part in the brain storming awakened with his mind changed. He stated the following: 'We are thinking on complex ideas instead of focusing on a small funny concept, like an arena or something'.

And the other two agreed because ideas worth to nothing. In fact, they agreed a lot, the game would be a multiplayer arena. Also, each of one added an idea of his own to the arena concept:

1. A button would suffice to control the characters.
2. The world would be hell. A small hell, of course.

And everything went smoothly from there. We invited some friends to test the prototypes and we saw it was funny even for non-drunk people. In fact, the development was going so well, that we went to a rock concert to celebrate. They were two amateur groups, but they were really good and the beer was almost better.

The following day we polished some features and added the sound effects (the beer was really helpful for the countdown). We also added the famous Wilhelm Scream to the mix. And for the music… As our musician was in a stag party, we took the tunes from our last Ludum Dare and they fit reasonably fine, so we moved on.

As we had to work on Monday, we closed the project and spent what we could of the last day fixing some bugs and uploading it.

Maybe one day we’ll be able to add some features that we discarded for time reasons: power-ups, more interaction with the scenario and random goats.

And that’s all! You can make a game in weekend while partying! Ludum Dare Celebration completed with success!

We are pleased to present our Ludum Dare 38 project : Bubblenaut !

Come play and vote here : https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/bubblenaut

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Bubblenaut is a slow-paced adventure game set in a dreamy world. Born inside a small planet, you will explore several realms to find the Heartfruit, and witness the might of its taste ! We hope you enjoy our work :)

Hey Guys: Is your game struggling to hit 20 Rankings? At 4pm Eastern Time I'm gonna be rounding up folks to play with me streaming over YouTube to get as many games as we can over the finish line while still providing constructive feedback!

Subscribe and Join us at 4pm: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPY6adDEbEbx4CoxiVsAb1w

Hit me up on Twitter: '@OccultSoftworks'

Fill out this link here: https://goo.gl/forms/Bo9APlF7EHECKiCy2

Join Discord: https://discord.gg/p3UXSFJ

My Game: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/atlantis

I thought I would share my video post-mortem for LD38. I made this before actually seeing any reviews from players, so I might follow it up with a second, talking about people's feedback. I've had some fantastic critisims that have been really valuable.

So please, have a watch! And if you haven't already, consider having a play of ANTIVIRUS as well (it will give me a chance to use your feedback in the follow up video) - https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/antivirus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQlabpj72sk

Hello! I need just a few more ratings to meet the minimum requirement for my short but difficult platformer, Spike Spire!

Please give it a try, and see if you can beat it!

I need a few more votes before the voting ends. You don't have to finish the game, just try it out, get a clear picture of it and leave a vote!

I'm really grateful for any vote i can get!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/planet-of-the-precursors

Try mine! Link

If you haven't played Leucos yet, maybe you should give it a go! You can find it here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/leucos

Hi developers, I need some votes xD I'm inviting you to play and review my game

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/little-wild-invasion

Thank you!

PD: You can share your game link here in the comments, I will play it :)

Hey, we just need 3 more ratings to get a score! We would be so happy, if you'd take the time to rate.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/daffodil-village

Thank you!

I am still under 20 ratings, so if you have the time, please try my game!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/defense-against-the-giants

As it's the last day of Ludum and everyone's on fire anyway, check out Entropy, our online multiplayer game.

Join other players in either trying to burn the world down, nurturing it or balancing the chaos.

Link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/entropy

I desperately need votes for my game to make it in the rating. I did not have time the last week to rate a lot of games. :(

I will play and rate the games of any person who plays my game an leaves a comment on this post or the game within the next hour :)

EDIT: Thank you guys for your help! I received enough votes :) I will play a few remaining games of people who commented on the game as I promised, but I have to go to bed soon.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/mr-un-and-the-small-world-village

Our game entry is still under 20 ratings.

You can check it out here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/my-other-world

Here are some screenshots:

Thanks~!

Join if you wanna help rate and provide feedback for games in the danger zone! Still need 20 Scores? Fill this out! I'm doing any on this list first before we move to the Danger List: https://goo.gl/forms/Bo9APlF7EHECKiCy2

Join Us Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPY6adDEbEbx4CoxiVsAb1w/live

It's been a blast guys! Looking forward to seeing all the rating wrap up!

We are still under 20 votes - I'm blaming the the delayed voting :(

But please help us out at https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/shrunk-down

We would be in your debt, it's really sad to work so long for a game and then not getting rated :)

Hey folks!

Semi-bad news: we don't have enough ratings for the results yet!

Yesterday we had about 800 games (of ~2980) that met the minimum threshold for a score (about 20). That's barely more than a quarter of all games submitted. Usually it's under a quarter that don't have enough for a rating.

At the time of this writing progress is good. We are close to one third of all games, but I would like us to push as close to half as possible. So, I'm bumping results day to Friday.

That said, I put together a quick poll to get your opinion on the new date:

https://goo.gl/forms/MPM40z0Nhrtl9zY33 <-- Poll

Besides the obvious things (voting started late, 1 week less, lack of filter variety) I started getting reports last week that folks that were getting 50% less ratings than expected. It took some digging, but long story short, the algorithm was punishing users that were extra generous with feedback (oops)! So as a temporary measure, Monday morning I switched us to a more aggressive version of the old algorithm (30 vote cutoff, instead of 100). That has helped, but it wasn't quite enough.

Today I've made several new alternative filters available, most importantly the new Danger filter.

If you're familiar with the old Rescue Rangers, Rescue Chicken things that users ran on the old site, it's like that. And since it's integrated, I can make it the default (at least until we get the backlog of "almost there" games across the line).

You can check on our progress towards 50% by viewing the event stats here:

https://api.ldjam.com/vx/stats/9405?pretty (proper page is coming soon)

Boston

I was really hoping to avoid this, but I am travelling to Boston on Thursday. I'm on a train all day, and the train WiFi isn't very good (sometimes non-existing). So if I'm unusually quiet Thursday, that's what happened.

I'm in town meeting some friends for a thing next week. Friday I'll be working out of the Collective's office, so I'll check on things and flip all the switches for results then.

I also hear there's a Game Jam going on somewhere in Boston this weekend. I don't know the details, but I do hear a couple of the guys are helping out, so I may make an appearance there (just to say hello). :wink:

I need about 10 more reviews on Claimed so it can get an official scoring. :scream:

I've been working on updates for it since Compo ended, but I'm waiting until they're all done so I can have one big post-jam release.

If you leave Claimed a review, I will happily review yours in return!

Someone come join the LDjam Twitch game by ShaunJS please! I would like a human opponent :P https://www.twitch.tv/shaunjs

EDIT: seems like there is no way to delete a post, but I'm gone for now!

We still need only five votes to get to the rankings! If you like our game, please leave a rating, we will try to rate your game asap! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/snoozle-pooz

btw, we're working on expanding this game to a more polished version which will go up on itch.io later ;D

Still need some ratings! I'd really appreciate if you could take the time to play & rate my game (WebGL version available)

I am still under 20 ratings and need your help. I will play and rate the games of any person who plays my game and leaves a comment on the post or the game within the next hour.

My post: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/cosmo-ant

Bonus (some photos from our developing): http://imgur.com/a/VGFPn

Finally took the time to fix some bugs and clear up some things within the game!

I'll be getting into rating other games now, so if you could check out our game, it would be greatly appreciated!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/my-world-1

Hi,

Do you like 3D Games ? If so you have to test our game, made with Unreal Engine 4.

Play DUNG BEETLE

If you like Persona 5, or Malcolm Gladwell, or have crippling social anxiety like me, you should check out my game The Tipping Point! Easily playable in the browser, you can get the gist of it in about 5 minutes. Try to make connections with all 1000 randomly generated people in this small world (get it????)

Hi everyone!

We're close to the end of this LD, and I just can't wait to see how well everyone did!

I saw so many little games and experimentation this LD, it was really awesome and inspiring.

I really want to thanks Mike for his incredible work. The LudumDare Events are the only moments in my life where I find the faith and motivation to finish a games. I already took part 9 times, and it really changed my life.

Please, everyone, continue to surpass yourself, to experiment, to create, to grow. It's a please to live this with you.

If you have some time or are juste looking for one more game to try, you can check our Jam Entry :

The Burrow

We really need feedback, this LD was quite hard for us, and we're proud of our results!

Don't hesitate to comment this post with your games, I would be happy to rate theme before the end!

Have a nice day guys, bye!

EDIT : 2 more days! I just can't wait! Let's rate another batch of games guys!

And can I panic already? Or should I go to bed?

Hey guys !

I am posting again because I want to try your games, especially those who don't had the chance to be rated.

You can play my game if you want to but I have enought votes to be on the ranking, so feel free : Wake Up!

If you wanna try some games here are some I rated and needs some more votes to get on the Jam :

Star Keeper : the gameplay is quite simple but the music and graphics are really cool

I'll edit if I found some new interesting games ! Feel free to comment your games if you needs ratings !!

Maybe I misunderstood the metrics and/or the rules, but now there is a warning than I'm under 20 (and I could swear it was not like that before?)

Anyway, please, pretty please, play my game =) https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/run-the-world

It has it's share of bugs, but might give you a bit of fun times! Works on the web and even mobile devices! No downloads required!

You should try to escape the time loop. Pixel art

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxUCRaUA0VQ

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/time-loop

With the end of voting looming over us, I'd like to have one more shot at your games. So, without further ado, here's Feedback R Us Part 6. Link us your games! Last chance!

We have a bunch of feedback already, but if you want to try rovR we'd still really appreciate the feedback.

- @morrilet & @caterein

Hey everyone, could you please rate the game: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/sheetadventure And leave comments, for I could rate your game

I'm getting really close to 50 ratings. I know I only need 20, but I love feedback! :D

It would be great if you could leave a comment on my game!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/solitary-freedom

As Im sad to say my friend was only 12 and has past! I have dedicated my game to him with the recent update and really hope that some of you check it out in his honor. I pray for his family and i ask you do the same.

TheGame

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/giant-1

The Armada release should be up this weekend adding new content :

• Planets and sectors are now capturable and will generate ressources and ships

• Armada Management: Manage a LOT of ship simultaneously, attacking or defending your territories

• A LOT of new enemies to fight with !

Please try and rate the original game here :

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/a-small-world-in-a-big-universe

And make sure to bookmark it for the upcoming release :)

The Armada release should be up this weekend adding new content :

+ Planets and sectors are now capturable and will generate ressources and ships

+ Armada Management: Manage a LOT of ship simultaneously, attacking or defending your territories

+ A LOT of new enemies to fight with !

Please try and rate the original game here :

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/a-small-world-in-a-big-universe

And make sure to bookmark it for the upcoming release

STEEL GEAR CHAOS https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/steel-gear-chaos LOOKAT DIS IT'S LIKE CLASSIC PC-98 STRATEGY STUFF RIGHT HERE! AND IT HAS ART BY THE VA11-HALLA ARTIST! HOW IS THIS NOT MORE POPULAR? IT ONLY NEEDS A FEW MORE RATINGS TO BE RANKED! GO SUPPORT IT THE BEST YOU CAN! (but also Fluorider b/c that's our game https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/fluorider)

This is my shameless self promotion. I'm quite happy with how my game worked out - if anyone could rate me, I would be grateful!

No need to download anything, it works in the browser.

Also I'm very interested... who can find the easter egg? :)

Here's the link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/a-small-world-how-original

Thanks for all the ratings / comments / votes!

Wow, another self-promotion. Welp, I have 16 ratings on my game, and I need 20 ratings "to score". Whatever that means, can someone explain?

Anyways, I want to get whatever that thingy is. Just rate my game and leave a comment bellow, *then I will rate yours. *

Here's the link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/step-squish

* EDIT: I have enough games to rate now and I'm going to sleep. Thanks everyone. *

I am a 13yr old game developer and this is my first LDJam. Please check out my game at https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/survival-game

And it's sad to see so many people not getting enough votes. So if you want me to play your games, just comment the links below. :slight_smile:

Hey guys, just in time for the ending of Ludum Dare; I uploaded a signficant overhaul to the game to show off to my friends and family. You can find it over on itch.io at https://izunah.itch.io/mtgalpha.

Now in the game is a title screen, music, difficulty levels, options menu with fun features including GodMode / Jumping / and Grapple Super Speed, a tutorial, and most importantly a fixed aiming and collision system. If you played the game before I highly recommend checking this out, you'll have a lot more fun.

Thanks everyone who checked out and rated my game; and good luck to everybody in the last couple days. I hope we can get the number of qualifying games up there before this ends.

Take care!

I just want to know my peer review rating already...

:waningcrescentmoon: >> Play Caelium Alpha Here <<

Caelium Alpha was something that I always wanted to make, interactive software for making imaginary solar systems. I think this was my more favorite Ludum Dare event yet. I made something decently playable within the 72 hours, but also made a Post-LD build that has more features and bug fixes.

I really appreciate all the people who played the game and gave feedback! The feedback will help me greatly in determining what features to add to the game and what should be fixed. I intend to keep making this after the event's over, but it will have to progress very slowly because of life obligations.

• I'm happy with the complex object hierarchy that allows each of the planets to orbit around the star with different orbit speeds and rotations. It can even support tilt (like the planet Uranus), but this was an experimental feature that was not released as of yet.
• The UI could always improve, but I don't use Unity's UI features that much, so having the changeable UI with sliders feels like an accomplishment.
• Planet selection with the mouse. Doesn't sound like a big deal, but it's fundamental in order for this game to work.
• The particle effects help with depth perception and adds visual cues to the game.
• Got great feedback from the Ludum Dare community. Thanks again!
• Object-based data system that allows stars, planets, and moons to have adjustable properties that they all have in common while also having unique features.
• Decoupling between a planet's data and the scripts controlling the properties of a planet.
• (In the Post-LD Version) My implementation of auto-padding between planets allow planets to change size or have additional moons without other planets colliding them.
• (In the Post-LD Version) Being able to use a musical piece from Stephen Tanksley. Adds nice atmosphere to the game!

• Towards the end of the jam, I encountered a weird bug where multiple planets would spawn the more you add planets. This bug was fixed because someone told me that I could fix important bugs after the jam. The bug was caused by a prefab referencing itself, which is apparently a big no-no in Unity; my blog post explains this problem in depth.
• Did not have time for sounds in the LD Version, but they are fortunately available in the Post-LD Version.
• Many people were not fans of the camera controls (especially zooming). I myself do not like my own camera implementation, but I couldn't spend the entire jam making the perfect camera controls ;p
• My code organization was okay, but it could still use a minor refactor if I intend to develop this game further.
• Could not get moons implemented during the jam, but fortunately they are available in the Post-LD Version.

These desired features are not listed in any particular order, and are only up for consideration. They may or may not eventually be implemented:

• The ability to tilt a planet's orbit and rotational axis (these are partially implemented, not made available to the user).
• More music and sound effects
• More realistic orbital speed dynamics based off orbital distance
• Better camera movement controls (including better zoom (no more fisheye), "anchoring" on selected objects, and top-down view)
• Different types of planets (rocky, terrestrial, gas giant, etc.)
• Rings around planets
• Ability to remove planets and moons
• Procedural textures with adjustable color properties (very long term feature)
• Procedural space skyboxes (very long term feature)
• Realistic rim shader for planets and moons
• Flare and light effects for stars
• Rename planets, stars, and moons
• Pause planetary movements

Once again, I thank everyone who played the game and gave feedback. If you haven't played the game yet, feel free to try it out and give feedback :) If you want to follow further development, you can either follow me on Twitter, follow the game on Itch.io, or bookmark the project page on my blog.

Note that this postmortem is also posted on my blog.

Quick tip if you're trying to edit your LDJam profile page. I tried to edit mine, and found that immediately after editing, if I went back to look at my profile, it seems to cache the old version until I log out and then log back into the site. I lost a few rounds of revision figuring this out, so if it helps anyone else, know that when you hit Save, it's really saved, but you probably can't see the update until you log out/in again.

Hi developers, I'm inviting you to play and review my game

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/little-wild-invasion

Thank you!

PD: You can share your game link here in the comments, I will play it :)

I will try to keep this short: The game I made for Ludum Dare is a really quirky and strange one, and much different than any others entered it seems. It doesn't fit the theme, and has a seemingly nice story, even though due to time limits, it isn't put together very well.

However, I spent a lot of time on the music, a little on art, and design of the game storywise.

Music: https://soundcloud.com/flygamer101/sets/kanjo-soundtrack

So If you're looking for a nice visual novel, one with nice music, come stop by!

The reason why I want more votes, is that (as some of you may know) school is coming to a close soon. I will be going into high school this year, and I have chosen to take all the Honors/AP classes possible, so I can imagine I will have less and less time to develop my game. By the end of summer vacation I plan to have a very good, playable Beta which I will release, and I need your feedback!

And feedback and necessary criticism is extremely helpful for my game, as I will take it into consideration later.5.PNG So please! Go ahead! Thanks!

NOTE: THESE GAMES BELOW URGENTLY NEED VOTES:

40 Ratings Given, 14 Received: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/rocket-me-out-of-here

18 Given, 7 Received https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/group-traffic-control

36 Given, 16 Received: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/evo

On to the Metrics!

Ranked Games: 28.70% Last Night versus 32.18% Tonight

Unranked Games: 71.30% Last Night versus 67.82% Tonight

We see a Positive Shift of 3.48% over the course of the Day: 104 Games Added to the Ranked List.

We've seen a very small decrease in the amount of Unranked games with very high GTRR Scores: 2.79% to 2.01% . My current hypothesis on these are games that run exclusively on niche or unpopular platforms. Linux exclusive games seem to be struggling to get folks to play them, despite having very active creators. This group would benefit GREATLY from a Platform tag, Filter, or button so folks on that platform can search for them.

The amount of Ranked Games with GTRR Scores of 0 have decreased slightly, 0.64% to 0.57%, I hypothesize this is the result of creators returning to their previously abandoned pages the night before they assumed voting would end.

Unranked Games with a Score of 0, which I previously labeled "Abandoned", do not appear to have budged significantly. They have gone from 31.04% last night, to 30.84% tonight.

At current rate: We will likely NOT break the 50% Mark. I would guess probably be sitting at about 42%

My current numbers are from a Snapshot at around 5pm Eastern. Credit to: @timeracers

These numbers have shifted about 1% or so since then as per Data from: https://api.ldjam.com/vx/stats/9405?pretty

This was my first Ludum Dare and only my second game jam of any sort, so it was an interesting experience. These postmortems seems to be a common thing and I have certainly found them interesting to read, so I'll add my own thoughts to the mix as well.

I created a game called Agoraphobia, which I felt was an interesting take on the Small World theme. Agoraphobia itself is an anxiety disorder, with one of the most common manifestations (in terms of what is portrayed in media) being people afraid to leave their own homes. I attempted to adapt this into a game mechanic.

What worked:

• The music - I must first give credit to Abstraction, who made several music tracks that were free to use for LD38. I found track 8 to fit well with my game, though I slowed it down significantly to fit the mood better (using Audacity). https://soundcloud.com/abstraction/sets/ludum-dare-challenge
• The theme - I wasted a lot of time considering the theme and how I was going to approach it. Yet, despite the toll that took on how much content I could produce, I am happy with my take on the theme. It's a less literal interpretation of A Small World and one I haven't seen any other games do this jam (but would love to see if there are any).
• UI - The lack of a UI might be more accurate. Aside from a health bar and the anxiety effect, there was no real interface in this game. I thought this may result in confusion for players, not knowing that health packs weren't related to anxiety, or that you could increase your home size/safe area. Everyone I've watched play has understood these mechanics pretty much immediately though; maybe

What could be done better next time:

• No Jampo! - I didn't make a clear decision to do the Jam vs the Compo, so I ended up not making the best use of either. In hindsight, I should have just gone with the Jam as it allowed more time (which I needed) and I could have used third party graphics, instead of committing to using my own art, which leaves a bit to be desired.
• Planning ahead - I had not even looked at the list of potential themes prior to the jam beginning, let alone considered what kind of game I might want to make. Next time I would at least consider possible themes ahead of time. I think I would narrow it down to a few potential genres that I would like to work on, then limit myself to one of those once the final theme was decided.
• More content - This was largely due to me taking so long to decide on an interpretation of the theme; initially I was planning a Carmen San Diego type game as a take on the idea of 6 degrees of separation. Changing my approach halfway though the jam obviously didn't help. As a result, Agoraphobia is a pretty sparse experience.

Other thoughts:

• This game revolves around a single mechanic. I've watched a few streamers play Agoraphobia so far, for some the mechanic has clicked with them right away. For others, the lack of a fun hook in the game has been the main takeaway (that I could see). I don't think a game that deals with this kind of subject should necessarily be fun but you also have to accept that you're going to have a smaller audience that will be engaged by it.
• I'm looking forward to LD39!

Get in touch with me @ https://twitter.com/Kodiqi

a) I've get more than 30 reviews. So if you are going to "rescue" some games without enough reviews, eh, you are welcomed too.

b) However, I've seen many excellent games getting only a little reviews. LdJam is getting bigger and bigger and there are a lot of games to play and a lot of great people making great games. I'm wondering if there is a lot of people judge the game only by its cover image. I donnot blame them. Because I did so after I reviewed dozens of games and getting tired. So I decided to remake my game cover image.

c) Welcome to play my game: * https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/clean-the-dorm *

d) How I make my game: * https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/clean-the-dorm/technical-sharing-how-i-make-a-photo-based-ar-game *

e) I'll keep on updating the list below about some very excellent games that worth more than 20 ratings. I think you should play them first after playing my banality game. I'll sort them by how excellent they are:

List of low-rating-high-quality games

* https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/a-social-network *

I beg you play this game. I'm so surprised to see this game in the "Danger Category". When I first see during the jam, I think it must be the top-20 ones.

* https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/prison-blues *

* https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/evo *

Another carefully made simulation game.

* https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/save-the-little-world *

f) Although this time ldjam have a lot of mess, It is the first time I take part in ldjam and I really enjoy it. Thanks everyone.

I'd really appreciate it if you checked our game and left some feedback. We've reviewed multiple others but don't seem to get reviews ourselves.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/atomic-clicker

This year, the theme wasn't my favorite. Despite that fact, i managed to create something that i really like and passionate me enough to work on a full game experience. Now that the ratings are showing, i'm happy to see that i'm no wrong by persevering on that idea.

If you didn't have played the game yet, or rate / commented it, feel free to do so, i'm hungry for feedbacks. Don't forget to mention your game in the comments, i'll be happy to try and review them.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/a-small-world-lost-in-a-big-universe

Play UFO GO HOME!

I'm nearly halfway in terms of required ratings. Hope there are enough Rift owners among the LD38 participants to achieve a ranking!

I am a 13 year old game developer and this is my first Ludum Dare. I would really appreciate it if you rate my game. :slight_smile: Link https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/survival-game

P.S. If you want me to check out your games, just comment below :wink:.

Decided to dedicate a couple of hours of this afternoon to play and rate some games that urgently needs votes!

Please comment with your Link and i will get to it!

While you're at it you can also check out our little playable thing here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/whats-the-point https://joovel.itch.io/whats-the-point

Good luck to all of yous!

Hello, here is a gameplay video if you are stuck.

Play before here ! : https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/lonely-moon

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

I wanna thank you for improving the website look and feel in such a fast pace. Simply amazing ! and for pushing the results date I think this is expected due to the large number of submissions.

Now that we have a Danger filter in the site, please vote for these games so that they can get a rating at the end.

https://ldjam.com/games/danger/all

I have found that feedback given by the community to us has been a great influence in how we as a team want to move in the future.

Also, if you would like direct feedback from us, leave us a comment and we will do our best to give you a rating and some feedback as well :)

If you have time, do also check out our game Retro Rabbit found in the link here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/retro-rabbit

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/the-fleas-in-my-head

The Games with still less than 20 ratings can comment there game link and i would surely help them to get the more ratings.

Till tan u can please give your Valuable ratings and reviews on my first LD game.

Please do try my game : https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/sunken-mystery

Well we are have achieved the minimum criteria required for the ranking and would like to thank all the people who liked my game and told me the bugs so could fix it and it better for the coming future.

I would like to help people rate their game .....just comment your links......also check my game if you can....

Game Link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/sunken-mystery

:sweat_smile:

If you rate me, please leave me a coment and rate your game leaving a free cookie in your coments!!

:cookie::cookie::cookie::cookie::cookie::cookie::cookie::cookie::cookie::cookie::cookie::cookie::cookie:

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/escape-from-tiny-world

OH YES, EVERY ONE WANTS FREE COOCKIES

If your game still has less than 20 votes, and as long as there is a windows or web version, leave a comment with a link to it and i'll go play it!

Let's see how many I can rate and give feedback for!

Whoops I did not realise there was a 20 vote requirement. Anyway post in the comments and I'll play your game.

Link to my game: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/masked

And a short gif of gameplay: http://imgur.com/azAkiMW

(needs ratings) https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/masked

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/sunken-mystery

:O https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/little-wild-invasion

The last days i noticed, that its really hard to get rated. On the pages where you could find games to rate mostly the same games are shown over and over again.

Mike really did a great job on the new Website and its getting better and better, but rating were and are still hard to get.

Also don't just rate games with a nice image, try also ones without the shiny images. I did and sometimes you will find great games.

Last i would be happy if take a look at my game as i don't really get rates:
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/picto-world

Positive feedback on Mallows World Adventure has spurred me in to making a proper go at a sequel.

Mallow and the Nuts of Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq13bP8McK4

Stranded on his island after a Hurricane destroyed the only bridge - without any Milk - Mallow must travel across time in order to get his morning cup of tea.

Travel back ten years to 1977, or get drunk with the British Colonial Navy in 1887, or off to the far flung future of 2007, where paper money is a distant memory.

https://soundcloud.com/canazza/mallow-visits-the-future

Unfortunatly the game is not completed, but all art assets are in but maybe the gameplay mechanics are not clear but is adventure puzzle game and try to do everything you can, but please don't try to fall from the land :P And comment with you entries, I will try to test them and give a constructive feedbacks

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/escape-from-the-bygone

Hey guys, I am a thirteen year old game developer and this is my first jam. Please check my game out at https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/survival-game and if you want me to rate yours, leave the links in the comments and I'll be more than happy to oblige. :slight_smile:

Hi, if you are bored and you dont mind downloading a .rar file, please play and rate this: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/lil-hunt

(someone streamed it so check him out in the comments)

Thanks ;)

Would be great if you played my game!

Here's a list of some games that are still in the danger zone also run in your browser:

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/small-town

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/your-small-world-2

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/its-me-billy

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/infectious-virus-attack

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/little-world-of-pistachio

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/darkman

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/a-small-story-in-a-small-world

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/small-world-giant-steps

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/100-infected

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/first-entry-a-small-world-ld38

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/planet-orb-trials-time-attack

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/small-world-inc

This is really just a reminder for me to play these when I get home, so feel free to add more in the comments.

Yume is an ordinary girl who is suddenly trapped into her dreams. Help her find the 4 elemental crystals to get out of the Small World

We've been given the chance to reach 20 ratings until friday. If you can, stop by and rate my game! Also, feel free to leave a comment and I'll rate your game as well !

LD entry: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/yume-trip

The main objective of the game is to keep an ecosystem in equilibrium using GUN, LIGHTNING and METEOR.

So basically there is 3 species in the game which is the Slimes, Rabbits and the Rhinos. If one of the three species’s became extinct then it’s game over.

Comment down your game and I will play it and rate it.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/statera

Hey ! Did you make a one button game ?

What a small world ! We want to try games with minimalist interactions !

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/fluorider

Hi guys and girls!

First i want to say, i love you! I love you all guys and girls! (Well, boys in pure heterosexual way (except for Mike, my feelings are slightly homo towards him ;-* )

I need to apologize for not rating any games. I was so happy with finishing my LD project Cottage

But, deep in my heart, i was not happy with result. It was just boring and not scary at all. I was really depressed about that from some reason. It was actually first time when i created something what i don't like at all...

But still, i trying to get some votes. (I have 6 now :D).

Sorry for my selfishness and begging even i did not played any game. But if you play my game, it helps me a lot. Even if i think my game is bad, i need to know why is bad. So, play and rate please.

Play

So many things in the world are relative.
Time.
Station.
Size.
This is the one confirmed fact that I have seen in my studies into the world that we live in. So many things are relative, yet they bring order into the world unlike anything man can dream of.
Because of this order, though it may seem hopeless to fight against the chaos and the relativity, I have always observed that our stations in life are as they have always been.
Purposeful.
Perfect.
Right.
Never forget this.
-Dr. Artemus Blackcraft

A Relatively Small World.

Today I have time to rate some games. If you are struggling hard to get ratings, rate my entry and don't forget to leave a comment. Using your pseudo, I could find your project and I will rate it ++

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/abaddon

Hey everyone! We are the Button Masher Bros!

We are back and ready to showcase more of your favorite Ludum Dare games!

It's the season premiere of Ludum Dare to Believe! It's S:9 Ep. 1!

(May contain strong language)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwO_ok8N8gA

With so many submissions, there was absolutely no way we could play them all.

Special thanks to our friends at Reddit, twitter, and Youtube who all stepped up to give us suggestions - you guys are the BEST!

If you like the games you see, be sure to check them out on Ludumdare.com and let the developers know what you think!

Today we will be highlighting:

Title: Holy Shit! A Spider !!!

Category: Jam Entry

Creator: Aurelien (@aurelien)

Title: A Bombtastic World

Category: Jam Entry

Creator: dennyrocketdev (@dennyrocketdev)

Title: EAT

Category: Jam Entry

Creator: Mr.McGibblets (@mr-mcgibblets), djfariel (@djfariel), and Sondrian (@sondrian)

Finally, we'd love to hear what you think! You can comment on the episode linked above, comment in this thread, or tweet us at:

@ButtonMasherBro - Show account

@MathBlasterRitz - Chris

@SuddenlyZach - Zach

or @jwowBMB - Josh

Thanks Everyone and HAPPY LUDUM DARE!

It's just couple of days left until end of LD38, so I decided to write up my experience in this short postmortem.

From the first hours of LD we decided to create boardgame-ish tile based city builder (actually, the very first idea was about managing a city under siege, like Stalingrad or something, but war theme was not very admissible). First mockup

Most of sprites was ready after 24 hours so we had a time to play with game mechanics.

Originally we thought about people moving between buildings by themselves, but after some testing we let that idea go. Too much chaos is no good for ‘eurogame’. Chaos

On the second day of LD we was working on the code as hard as possible. But stupid bugs just didn’t wanted to disappear. Fortunately, most of them was eliminated by Artem, but couple are still there, hiding and waiting to crush everything down. Good ol' switch

At the end of the sunday we’ve got the prototype working. And it was very challenging. Like hell, everything burning! We needed to balance everything down. Oh, the last day of LD. That feeling of not making it on time. We still needed title screen, levels and, most important, game balance. At that moment the winning condition was tied with altars, generating victory points, but it was kind of dull and we decided to take a risk and changed everything. From now on the game goal was to occupy every tile. This goal combined with population decreasing mechanics created very challenging, but pleasing feel of struggle. It's like a missing piece of puzzle has appeared. After that change everything started to go by itself. Finally, after dozen of energy drinks (not good for your health, yo!) the game’s finished and I’m kind of proud with the result. (Of course there's a lot of stuff that could be fixed and improved.)

That's exactly what we needed! Thanks @pov!
Although if it keeps expanding at this rate, we're going to have a ridiculous amount of filters.

Hey guys, I am a thirteen year old game developer and this is my first game jam. I would really appreciate it if you played my game. Link https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/survival-game

Play Now

As we've mentioned in the past, we couldn't be any happier with the reception we've gotten, from players, youtubers, streamers and the like, for our game, Petty Puny Planet. But we at Whales and Games have been so busy that we haven't had time to properly give back.

However, with the introduction of games filtered by danger, we got pumped up. I spent a good chunk last night rating and commenting on games on that filter, and I'm pleased to see that, today, they've all passed the 20 ratings barrier!

Among the ones I've checked out so far:

• Ellipticats, a physics based collectathon with simple, yet deceivingly wonderful mechanics.

• Duckinator9000, a bathtub twinstick-but-not-really shooter about a rubber duck and laser eyes.

• Tiny Colonies, a minimalist simulation experiment where the people live, eat and work on their own.

• +1CashEmoticon (the game), a game which title I can't really pronounce. In game, it's a pseudo clicker that, plot twist, becomes a competitive scenario.

• Game of Worlds, a game where you recruit meat shields by day, and fight evil at night.

• NT-virus, a shooting game that starts slow until you start wondering if you're a worthy opponent of its end game challenges.

• Yume Dream, a gorgeous top-view adventure experiment with very different maps.

And it's only increasing. Now, here's the problem with the Danger filter. It's mostly showing those games that are about to get past the 20 ratings necessary, while there's a lot more around sitting around 10 that need notoriety. And there's even some people that keep asking for ratings when they're not giving some around. I personally avoided some endangered projects because of this.

I want to keep rating endangered games, but I'd also like to further help those that have been giving feedback to others as well. So, while we're going through more Danger filter, leave a comment here with your game on it if you've given 5 or more ratings, and we'll rate you back. Even if you're past the 20 mark, we'd like to further encourage those that are actively playing and rating more games (playing and rating our game would be cool too, but this is not about us, so it's not a requirement ;3)

Please keep rating and making the LD a more feedback friendly place! Let's help others leave... the Danger Zone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siwpn14IE7E

Thanks for yor time. If you liked this post, here's more Petty Puny Planet stuff for your reading pleasure :whale::

• Play the game! Download it, play it on your browser or even get it on Android!

• Post-Mortem

• Suggestions to add stuff to the game

• Timelapse video

• About the art

• Star Wars Day post

I need 5 players to play my game to fill the Leaderboard

• I will be playing game like 20 if you have low rating Or you think you game is awesome please post the link of the in the comment i will play it in next 24 hours

Hi developers, I'm inviting you to play and review my game

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/little-wild-invasion

Thank you!

PD: You can share your game link here in the comments, I will play it :)

Hey everyone. This was my first ludum dare and I was hoping for some feedback so I could improve for the next jam. But as it seems, my game is really low on votes and feedbacks. I have rated some games as much as I could, and little amount of votes is all I received. Please help me everyone _/_ Please rate my game - https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/last-breath

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4is83n8xfLY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiDC6gCw2yw

guyzz do check out my gameplay video. And Please do play the game and give your valuable ratings and reviews.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/sunken-mystery

Goblin Assault is a mix between Survival and Tower Defense. We still need lots of votes, so please check it out!

The game is about building Archer Towers and Barricades to kill and prevent goblins from reaching the mighty Crystal of Ididnthavetimetocreatealore. In order to do that, you can build and upgrade Towers - that deal tons of damage, but are fragile - or build and upgrade Barricades - which deal no damage, but have tons of HP.

There are 10 waves. Between each wave, you'll have about 38 seconds (Because it's LD38) to collect wood and stone - which are going to be used to build structures (You can only build during preparation time). You can also use your melee weapon to knock enemies and deal little damage to them. Speaking of which, your melee weapon is very smart and automatically changes to an axe, pickaxe or sword whenever you need it to.

{SPOILERS}: Some waves contain special enemies: a boss on waves 5 and 10, and a special enemy that buffs your melee weapon if killed at waves 3, 6 and 9. There are also 3 normal enemies; a Melee, an Archer and a Tank, which will appear on all the waves (Not necessarily all of the 3) {/SPOILERS}

The game might seem to be too hard at first - which was kind of the intention - but don't give up on it! You'll find it easier with each new attempt you do. The game is also not very long (ranging from 2 to ~15 minutes per run), so you don't lose much time when you get a game over.

For the controls, you'll find them and some more information on its itch.io page, where you will be downloading the game.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/goblin-assault

If you enjoyed the game, check out my twitter (@Syndelis) for some other cool games I'm currently working on.

Also, I love reading feedback, so please leave any comments here, even if they are negative. Cheers.

Only got 5 I need 15 more ratings. If you want to check it out go ahead and leave me a comment about it. It's our first game for the jam.

Link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/outer-reach

This will be my last post for this ludum dare (I think), please put you (web) games in the comments if you need more votes and I will play the game. If you have time check out my game: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/earth-quest

Hey I know alot of you need rating so if you need some rating please put your game in the comment section so i may check them out!

Also check out my game! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/giant-1

Howdy guys, ~~I do know that it's quite sad to ask for ratings, but I'm that desperate.~~ ~~I would greatly appreciate if you could play my game and rate it accordingly :3~~

Please drop your games in here so that I can rate them when you're also in need of votes!

I put the post just 50 minutes ago, with only 5 votes on my game. But with all of your help, I have reached 18 :'D. Thank you everyone, and I'd highly appreciate if someone could end that barrier of 2 remaining votes too :')

Here's the game :

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/last-breath