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[EGG DROP ONLINE]

The controls don't work well on Firefox. Pressing up doesn't always work, or gets canceled by pressing right or left.

Otherwise, good casual fun.

Edit: It happens whether I use arrow keys or WASD. And its not just when pressing up, now it seems like the left key is more affected. It's a bit random.

gasgod responds:

Are you using arrow keys or WASD? Weird
Look into sticky keys?

[Squid Game]

I'm pretty sure I have good reflexes (I'm skilled at action games like Quake), and I rarely, if ever complain about games being too difficult. But after trying for more than a half hour, it seems I cannot beat this. Maybe it's due to monitor and/or input latency, but I think it really is too difficult on my system. Perhaps try playing it on different computers/browsers and see if you can still beat it; I'd be curious to know.

Miroff responds:

Good reaction isn't enough to get to the finish line. need savvy. your computer and your reflexes are fine. respect for Quake

[Arrow Girl Shoot Shoot]

Very simple but addictive, especially with the High Scores board. I like the high rate of fire of the arrows, and the sound effects are nice.

08jack responds:

thank you man, i hope to beat your highscore one day haha

[Huerage]

Really simple but really fun! I found it pretty addictive, probably because I like twitchy fast games. Made it to 157, would love to see a scoreboard.

The music is perfect for this, and seems to be in beat with the color/speed change of the cursor. I wish the music would go on longer, at 145 seconds or so it repeated. I like how the movement gets faster, and there is some strategy involved in getting the orange triangles to destroy the red ones.

I think there is definitely room to add some more gameplay features, for example it would be cool if I got some kind of advantage (such as time going by quicker) by being inside the squares, or maybe a powerup that makes you invulnerable for a bit.

Tykua responds:

Wow, thank you so much for your amazing feedback, I'd love to work on it more.

[Mayor Outbreak]

I had a lot of fun with this! Also impressed with the amount of detail here for a jam game.

I like how it's a simulation game but you're just controlling one character, doing what you can to save people (or not).

It was fun to have two phases, first you're collecting money to research a vaccine while trying to avoid infection, and then you're immune and have to hand out the vaccines.

I was frequently down to only one infected, and while trying to find him he would infect others, quickly raising the number of infected again, which felt realistic and frustrating in a good way.

At a certain point I would have liked to have more stuff to purchase, such as building upgrades, but for a short jam game it was pretty well paced and I never felt bored.

Fat-Leech responds:

I'm extremely glad you had fun with the game and didn't find the infection overwhelming, I spent a lot of time trying to make sure the virus felt dangerous for the player while still being manageable.

Thanks a lot for playing and for leaving this fantastic feedback!

[Drones]

Really love all the graphic effects and style, and the music.

As another reviewer said, shooting could be more satisfying. Gameplay seems to need some adjustments, it feels a bit repetitive and unfocused.

Overall, my favorite jam game so far!

Edit:
Sure, I played it a bit again. The explosions look cool, and the hints are definitely helpful, especially regarding the possibility of changing weapon. I also liked how the drone can go underwater (I think you would die in the water previously?)

I feel like you changed something in the graphic filters and/or resolution/zoom. It feels like it has more noise, maybe more contrast, and that I can see the individual pixels better. Honestly, I think that I prefer how it was before, but it's hard to say without a direct comparison (or maybe I'm just imagining things and it's the same).

The shooting still doesn't feel very satisfying, I think that having enemies "knock-back" a bit when they are hit would help a lot in this regard. I also feel that the upgrades could make a much bigger difference, I don't feel much more powerful after 10 upgrades, and the game gets a bit too difficult quickly.

filipp8 responds:

I added explosions and some other things like ingame hints.
I plan to add more content. Would you mind play it again?

[Humanoid Space Race]

It's a shame that the stomping collision detection doesn't seem to work well; many times I feel that I've stomped correctly on an enemy, but I take damage. If it's not a bug, then it needs to be more forgiving somehow, such as having the player invulnerable to enemy collision while stomping.

There are also a few ways where the game could be more polished, such as having a transition between the end of a wave and the upgrade screen. Otherwise cool game!

decafpanda responds:

Thank you for the play and review. I'll will look into making some sort of invincibility during stomping. I never had any issues with it during testing so I wonder if it was some kind of lag on your browser. Even so it never hurts to give the player a few more I-frames!

Thanks again for your feedback

[You Have 8 Bricks]

I love this. It's epic, plain awesome, and very well made. Why have I not seen this before? Why is its rating so low? This game deserves better. Well done!

Rarykos responds:

Thanks you so much! :) The rating is low because 1/3 of players don't know what to do when the game starts, that's the price of having no tutorial and hoping people will understand :(

[A Place in Space]

Really liked the style. Would like it more if it went outside the one screen, with maze-like design and special items that are needed to go beyond certain areas, like a 2D Zelda game. Still a nice game though.

lokijki responds:

The theme for the compo I made this for was "entire game on one screen," so the current game is limited to that, but a Zelda-style exploration game may be a fun thing to try if I expand on this! :)