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[Nest Quest]

Pretty impressive monkey ball clone that was quite fun to play, but ultimately a little lacking in some respects in comparison, unfortunately! Obviously it is still very impressive for a game jam and plenty fun with its levels and mechanics, but I couldn't help but be a bit frustrated at times. The way the camera would flip around was confusing and nauseating at times, especially when you reverse and it does a completely sudden 180 forcing you to switch your movement quickly, the graphics were very muddy and gross for the floors which made it difficult to keep track of everything as it all gets lost a fog, and the physics were a bit wonky with me slipping off or colliding in weird ways, even getting stuck inside platforms at times. Again, still a cool experience and I'd like to see if I can beat it all, but a bit challenging in ways that's not just from the intended levels themselves, I'd say, haha.

[Red Egg Redemption]

Haha, certainly a bit of a nostalgic game for me as I am reminded of a lot of similar flash games from back in the day, but having said that, I felt like this game was decent as a concept, but lacking its it execution here. Again, it's not that bad as a concept, but as it stands the game is incredibly easy and very lazy, especially when it comes to the scrawls that barely represent a victory/game over screen and the lackluster levels. If there was maybe a short time limit for each level which pushed you to search for the egg in rapid fire succession, or if there was more variations in levels like a moving egg that you have to try and hit as it hides behind other eggs, or a red egg hidden amongst a bunch of differently shaded red eggs, maybe then it could be quite fun and novel.

[Puzzle Sigma]

Finally, a worthy successor to Number Munchers! Definitely a really cool concept that is executed very nicely: love the amount of polish on display with the little visual/audio effects for moving around and solving equations, and I love the level design and how it introduces concepts to the player very intuitively and ramps up the challenge and mechanics bit-by-bit to keep the player hooked. All I'd say it's missing is maybe a save system since some of these puzzles can be a doozy to do in one sitting, but in general, this is an all-around grand slam!

jontopielski responds:

Thank you for the thoughtful feedback!

[PRODUCER (2021) - DEMO]

Decent text adventure! Graphics and general aesthetic were very interesting with this weird grungy collage feel to it, though I felt sometimes it worked against itself since it made it very difficult to parse (and the way the font would get chromatic aberrated at times made it physically painful to read). Also while the game has some cool reactivity and variability between playthroughs (reading the letters in a different order for example) it also had some weird consequences if you did things out of order like opening the window/cleaning and such for the apartment. Not to rain on it, but it did ultimately feel a bit lacking to me: not necessarily bad or anything as it was still a positive experience, but it didn't really have anything special that stood out to me that hooked me into playing more. The most special aspect it has at its moment is it graphics, but as interesting as those are, they actually made me a bit conflicted as stated before with its damaging its readability. Without that, its 2nd best attribute is its humor, and while it is not too shabby with its funny dialogue and amusing events, I dunno if it's enough to make it stand out from other visual novels. I understand I might be being a bit unfair and holding it up to a higher standard than necessary based on previous entries from you which I felt were a bit more interesting. Again, though, it was still a positive experience and I am still interested enough to see where this goes a bit more: just not sure how much longer.

By the way, I do wish it also had some quality of life changes, such as hitting a button during a text scrawl to speed it up, and the ability to resize the window to be larger because playing this game now is like playing a game for ants: so tiny, haha!

StuffedWombat responds:

those are valid points!
thanks for taking the time to make them.

the chromatic abberation will be turn off-able in the final release and u can press F for fullscreen :)

(also what do you mean by weird consequences for opening window etc? would be dope if u could DM me the specific thing u found weird, bc i dont really know what exactly u mean rn^^)

[Death's Clutch]

Cool horror game! Thought you did a pretty good job at building up a creepy atmosphere: the surprise at the start, the beating sounds of the eggs as you get closer in proximity, the crackle when you accidently shine your light on an egg, the anxiety of going without your light and relying on the monitors to guide you, the music and how it shifts when the shit fits the fan, all in all creepy stuff! The graphics were decent too, though they could be a bit annoying at times: due to the wonkiness of the way the 2d sprites flatten or rotate in 3d space, it was really confusing at times to tell where things are actually located (I had real difficulty picking up the keycard on a floor for example, and eggs were weird to locate at times). This is a minor quibble, but I did find it a bit annoying that C was the flashlight button: why not utilize F which is the more obvious choice and easier to hit without twisting my fingers off the movement keys? Anyway, I wasn't able to make it all the way through yet, but I'm definitely interested in getting back in as you seemed to keep escalating the mechanics as I got farther, so well done (and thanks for the save/load feature)!

[Enoki - Classic]

Not bad as a promising proof of concept or a vertical slice, but it ultimately felt a little lacking in its current state for me. At its core, I liked the way the character moved around all blob-like, bouncing and deforming and such: had a very satisfying feeling of momentum and squash/stretch to it all. But as satisfying as the movement was, it couldn't keep my attention forever, and the game didn't really offer much else to interest me as I went deeper and deeper. I kept expecting the game to escalate by introducing new biomes or enemies or more obstacles but it never did in all the distance I traveled, leading to me just getting bored. If, on the off-chance it does actually have new events or changes that occur the deeper you go, than I'd say that those events should come sooner as it felt like it just dragged on. Furthermore, I felt like the splitting mechanic was really underutilized as it was only used to just make it through forced checkpoints, and I hated the unsatisfying way you just jarringly reform instantly with no animation to it. I really didn't find the collectibles to be satisfying or enticing to collect at all either. Having said all that, I still feel like there is lots of potential here and I'd love to see it worked on further!

[Put a Ring On It]

Cute little game! I thought the concept was very unique and funny, and the gameplay was very fun and, while simple, was deceptively challenging to get through. Loved how the levels ramped up the difficulty and introduced a lot of interesting events which kept me hooked all the way through, especially the last level which was a huge gauntlet and ended with a bang. Speaking of those events, I felt like the game had a lot of charm to it: cool aesthetic, slick animations/transitions, goofy failure messages, wild replay mechanic, etc.

I gotta say, though, I had a really bad start: I know it seems obvious now, but when the first level started, I had no idea I had to press space to actually start the level, as my focus was on the instructions to hit up and down. I actually loaded up a separate browser since I thought maybe the game wasn't reading my inputs, haha! Glad I figured it out though as I had a great time afterwards.

[Egg In the Cosmos]

Decent little game! Definitely took me a bit to get used to at first since it just dumps you in and starts the clock before you can even learn how to play, but once I did get used to it I thought it was a decent speedrun game. In terms of learning the game more effectively, I do wish the status bars were a different color than gray on gray since it made it very difficult to read what my status was when trying to focus on gameplay. I feel it would also be helpful if there were multiple increasing stages of annoyance for the egg so you could tell how close you're getting to losing, as with just one level of annoyance that starts so early you can't really tell at a glance. Speaking of that, I felt like the real thing that was missing from this game was a bit more juice and pizazz: I was definitely impressed with the cool goo splat effect that you did, but then I was really disappointed that there was no sound or visual effect for other actions, like picking up music notes and such: seems weird to prioritize the goo over that considering how essential it is, haha! Also I have no idea what's going on with the graphics: on one hand I really liked the animations, especially for the player and the egg, but then you got these weird green blobs in the foreground that can block your vision, and even block tutorial text! Anyway, I still had a nice little run in this game.

Just-a-ng-dummy responds:

Thank you for this in depth response

I really got a lot of reviews funny or critical
I plan to add difference to the progress bars so you can tell the difference between them
I thought the foreground looked cool, but yeah it can block the view a bit
Also with the sound effects, I might plan to add more sfx soon too

[Omelo's Trek]

Neat game, but I feel a bit conflicted on the execution! Definitely feel like the game has a solid core to it: I liked the graphics for the general presentation and way the player is animated (especially the jump) and I liked the gameplay as it felt smooth and fun to get up the mountain. I'm really conflicted on the stamina mechanic and how it was implemented though, as it felt like it had so many ways it could just screw you over. I hate how I didn't even notice stamina at first since it's tucked away in the corner and its effects aren't visible on the player until its all gone, I hate how stamina can only be recovered by forcing yourself to wait at campfires which kills the pace, I hate how stamina isn't restored after death, and I hate how stamina can slowly get depleted and screw you over into an unwinnable situation that you might not realize you're already in. I think the stamina system does have potential merit in terms of making you calculate your route and be very cautious and conservative and such, but here it just felt like it got in the way. Also felt like the game was very short and would've liked more to the journey with more interesting obstacles and such (understandable for a jam though).

LeviRamirez responds:

it’s almost like this game stinks

[Medieval Cop-S2-E2]

Pretty neat game! Got some really neat presentation to it with the cinematics and way the story progresses, and I liked all of the interactivity with the many objects. Story starts off strong as well, and introduces elements so even a person who might not be in the know can get the basic gist. I did find the dialogue to be a little bit too quippy and jokey for my tastes: humor is good, but it gets to the point where so many characters end up with the same over-the-top personality. But hey, I still did enjoy the gags most of the time, so it works alright.