Its not perfect, but it is feature complete! We intend to work on a post jam update. Your feedback would be appreciated.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/poppet

Poppets can be quite mischievous and require professional intervention to properly cleanse. Only the best can exorcize the spirits before they become too powerful to control. Can you survive the whole night?

Our first horror project and our first time using Godot. We'd appreciate your feedback and hear about your experience.

Give Poppet a try: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/poppet

If you've been on Twitch at all this past week, you may have seen our game being played by creators in the community.

We've gotten a lot of helpful feedback, and it's been great to see players enjoy their time with Poppet. If you’ve got a moment, check out these links to hear what some awesome creators have to say about their experiences: - ColeSlawski - Ategon - RookRules - Tobugis

Poppet was a big undertaking for our small team, and it definitely came with its challenges. But we’re really proud of what we’ve created. We're truly grateful for the incredible response from this community and appreciate all the feedback from our players.

There is still time to rate, so please, If you haven't had a chance to play our bite-sized survival horror, be sure to give it a try. You will not be disappointed.

PLAY POPPET

6 days left, or 143 hours. Seems like a lot but time can slip away if you're not careful. The Poppet is already in the microwave, you just have to press the button.

Play Poppet Today

New update incoming!!

Poppet version 1.2 is now available and comes with a number of quality of life improvements​. We have also provided a Linux build for the hotfix and 1.2 versions of the game.

[Patch Notes]

• Collision has been tweaked to eliminate frustration. The Microwave is no longer curse!!
• A proper options menu has been implemented providing a handful of screen and audio settings including fullscreen mode.
• The lose screen will now display the ghost type that kills you.
• The win screen will now display all the Poppets you have defeated.
• Poppets are more chatty and will shut up when stunned.
• Lights will now flicker during Power Surges.
• Blacklight symbols will now appear in other parts of the room.
• The green button activates far less frequently.
• The volume of some sfx have been modified to improve the experience.
• A lot of bloat has been removed from the game's directory to minimize the file size. Most of this was due to high quality sound files.
• A message will now display when a new Poppet spawns.
• The main menu scene now mirrors the main level correctly.

Thank you again for all of the love and support for Poppet. ​We really appreciate all the feedback received over the jam period and hope that players will continue to enjoy Poppet outside of LD56.

Play Poppet v1.2 now!

Less than 24 hours left in the jam, one week till Halloween, and only one night to survive. There is an infestation of Poppets and you are the only one who can stop them!

CALLING ALL SCORE CHASERS!!

Think you’ve got what it takes to be the best? So far, only one streamer has managed to survive the night. @deadroach, the legendary Poppet King, who took down 6 Poppets! Do you have the skills to beat their record? The challenge is on! How many Poppets can YOU kill in one night?

Play Poppet now!

Only 2 hours remain!

Haven't experienced Poppet yet? Dive in now before it’s too late! This ghost hunting game only takes minutes to play but leaves you with chills that linger for a lifetime. Dare to face your next nightmare?

@deadroach continues to dominate the Poppet King title and has set another record by banishing 9 Poppets with support from @autotrophian and @langotriel in a single night!

Play Poppet now!

Hey Jammers!! I will be playing and rating submissions live with friends later tonight. We will go for 2 hours starting at 7pm PT / 10pm ET.

Find us on Youtube or Twitch

Hey Jammers!

We will be doing one final Ludum Dare stream for this event.

We do have a submission form you can fill out to have us play your game on stream. Please understand that all games will be played depending on the volume we receive. We also require a member of your team to be present in the chat in order to play and rate your project.

We'd love to have all of you join us live tonight at 7pm PT / 10pm ET.

We do stream on multiple platforms. You can find our channels by following the links below:

Youtube

Twitch

Hey Submariners!!

It’s hard to believe, but it’s already been 18 days since we submitted Hello Darkness for Ludum Dare 57 — and the response from all of you has been absolutely incredible. Your feedback, support, and enthusiasm have meant the world to us!

Since then, the team has been hard at work crafting a Post-Jam Version of the game — a version that we believe is truly worthy of your time. Whether you have played it before or are just jumping in, we are incredibly excited to invite you to dive back in and experience what we consider the definitive edition of Hello Darkness.​​

Below is a comprehensive list of changes for the new update:

• Difficulty curve has been adjusted to extend play time.
• Some environment geo has been modified to balance gameplay.
• Radar Siren range has been doubled so players can hear it from the back of the sub.
• The warning system has been tweaked to be more reliable.
• Impact sounds to the sub's hull are now directional.
• Fixed an issue where the machine failing sound for equipment wasn't firing.
• Water will now appear to pour out of cracked windows.
• Particles have been extensively optimized to improve overall performance.
• Machines will now spark at the first damaged state.
• Directions and inputs now appear when mounting the helm.
• The reticle is less jumpy when switching between indicators.
• The toilet will now be highlighted when holding a full bucket.
• The Wrench and Bucket now play animations when used.
• Water has been modified to stand out better inside the hull.
• The color and scale of some tools have been adjusted to stand out better in darkness.
• Modified the compression of textures to ensure they appear correctly in web build.
• Fixed a bug where the depth zones were not being counted properly.
• Fixed an issue where suffocation audio continued playing after death.

We have done a number of optimizations to help improve the overall experience, more specifically: getting our html build to not crash. Suffice to say, we are confident we have achieved that. That said, even with all the improvements, performance in the HTML version still varies a lot depending on your device and browser. We’re pretty new to developing for web, and this jam has been a huge learning experience for us, and everything we've picked up will definitely help future projects. If you’re playing the HTML version, we highly recommend using Chrome — it seems to run the most consistently there. Honestly, the fact we got it running at all feels like a small miracle, and we’re super proud of how far it’s come! Still, we recommend downloading the .exe for the best experience.

You can find the post jam version available on our Itch Page

While there’s always more polish and features we could add, we’ve decided that with this latest update, we will be wrapping up development on Hello Darkness. It’s been an amazing journey, and we’re so proud of how far the game has come thanks to all of your feedback and support.​

Rest assured, this will not be the end for Tiny Bot. We hope to continue bringing new creative ideas to future jams. In the meantime, we’re shifting our focus back to our previous project, Poppet​ which has seen massive improvements since our 1.2 update released at the end of October. We're not quite ready to show anything off just yet, but we promise — it’ll be worth the wait. You can expect more updates from us in the coming months!​​​

Thank you again for being part of this journey with us. 💖​

Come join my friends and I playing your freshly finished games!!

https://www.twitch.tv/coopcouchshow

My stream has begun!! Join me! 💪

https://www.twitch.tv/gingybeardyguy

I plan to stream more of your LD submissions later this afternoon in approximately 1 hour. Check out yesterday's stream in the meantime.

https://www.twitch.tv/gingybeardyguy

I am live. Bring your games!!!

Also, here is yesterday's stream.

https://www.twitch.tv/gingybeardyguy

Co-op Couch is back this week playing more LD submissions!

Join us live at 7pm PT / 10pm ET tonight.

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Kick

The stream is live. C'mon in!

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I am live playing your LD projects!! There is a chance I won't be tomorrow. This could be my final stream before the deadline.

If you need ratings or just want feedback, I am your guy.

https://www.twitch.tv/gingybeardyguy

Do you seek ratings and feedback?

Join me live and I will provide! 💪

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This past weekend Gasp Away! received its Post Jam update bringing in a number of QOL improvements and performance changes. We have a devlog here you can see for more details.

We would appreciate it if you all tried it out.

Windows, Linux and Web builds are available on our itch page.

Gasp Away! is now our most rated LD project thanks to all of you.

We greatly appreciate your support and all the more excited to see people enjoying our Tiny game.

Play Gasp Away! now