{"id":1871,"edition":10,"categories":1,"features":0,"size":13296,"name":"Bardo","authors":[{"name":"Mark Racette","url":"https://markracette.com","twitter":"markracette","login":"mracette","gh":8781763}],"description":"

Controls:

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Arrows / WASD - Movement\nEscape - Pause\nEnter - Select

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Bardo:

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In Buddhism, Bardo is the state of existence between two lives on Earth.
\nIn this state, one may experience terrifying hallucinations that arise from previous actions.\nFor prepared and appropriately trained individuals, Bardo offers a great opportunity for liberation.\nWhile for others, it can be a place of great danger…

\n","source":"mracette/bardo","stars":2,"comments":[{"at":315887181,"author":"Roberto Capuano","login":"robertocapuano","gh":2651123,"url":"https://2think.it","twitter":"robertocapuano","text":"

Classic gameplay well adapted to this year’s theme. In my opinion rounds are little too long, and the main character has a too simple animation.

\n","games":["The High Cost Of Life"]},{"at":315888762,"author":"Salvatore Previti","login":"SalvatorePreviti","gh":6913178,"twitter":"SN74HC00","text":"

I enjoyed the role play elements of this game, and how actually it becomes more complex the more you play. The gameplay is actually nicely addictive. I would have liked a more detailed/complex graphics and a style more near to the theme of this year

\n","games":["Dante"]},{"at":315893296,"author":"Michael Primo","login":"michaelprimo","gh":10359577,"url":"https://michaelprimo.it","twitter":"MPMintis","text":"

Liked this game so much! I only wished for shorter rounds. I liked a lot the summoning circles, my best friend on that game! I liked the original ideas and game flow, along with the polishing! Congratulations!

\n","games":["Bye Roll!"]},{"at":315965306,"author":"Antoine Dricot","login":"gagamoto","gh":89348536,"text":"

Awesome! The visuals are not really my cup of tea, but I genuinely loved playing it!

\n","games":["Nimbus"]},{"at":315984892,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"

I really like original art style implemented in 13kb, satisfying gameplay, ritual circle rules. Runs smoothly. Very minimalistic and simple. + for role-playing elements in gameplay

\n","games":["13"]},{"at":316242316,"author":"0ctothorp","login":"0ctothorp","gh":5238816,"url":"https://kamilkaminski.dev","twitter":"0ctothorp","text":"

I like the title and backing story :) Nice graphics. The mushroom powerup is fun, although (I might be blind, but) I did not see if there is any indicator of how much time of the powerup is left and I lost a bit of health because of it. Overall really nice package you have here for 13kB and a month :)

\n","games":["Grim Reaper Dies Too"]},{"at":316249743,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"

An interesting game.

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The enemies were very persistent and there was a lot of them.

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The power ups were helpful but I never knew quite what they were or what they were for. Did the stars help me?

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Was there an end to the game or an ultimate goal?

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Just when I felt I was getting on top of the enemies surrounding me, new ones appeared from the edges. I had to keep my wits about me.

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Character movement felt a little slow.

\n","games":["Bee Kind"]},{"at":316775665,"author":"Jerome Lecomte","login":"herebefrogs","gh":1383818,"url":"herebefrogs.com","text":"

Spectacular execution! The game manages a great balance between simplicity, interesting upgrades, progressive difficulty, audio reinforcement of strategic behaviours (more hit sound = good!), and beautiful vector graphics with a hand drawn feel to them!

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(I got stuck moving in one direction a couple times using WASD because I accidentally clicked the Caps Locks key)

\n","games":["Stand By Me"]},{"at":316838174,"author":"Javi Agenjo","login":"jagenjo","gh":393515,"url":"http://tamats.com","twitter":"tamat","text":"

I started a little sceptical about the game mechanic but I ended up hooked and finished the whole game. Nice work on the presentation, and the timings (slowdowns, etc).

\n","games":["EVAC3D"]},{"typ":2,"at":316925762,"author":"Huabin Ling","login":"pandamicro","gh":632460,"url":"https://linkedin.com/in/huabinling","twitter":"pandamicro","text":"

Love the gameplay, rogue lite is always addictive !\nThe performance is really good, especially when I got the mushroom, the game still runs very smoothly.\nThe graphics is also a special point, it gives the game an unordinary style.\nI wish it could have more skills so that players can really have a build each time they play.\nAlso I think a background music would be nice and the sound effect doesn’t seem very fit to the theme.\nOverall, really good job !

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Really fun, I played all the way to reincarnation. It was maybe a bit too easy, but the powerups felt very powerful. Team orb!

\n","games":["DEAD AGAIN"]},{"at":317160602,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"

Really nice game. At first it looked super simple, but the power ups are really satisfying. They compliment each other really well.\nThe graphics are super simple but i like them, The sound effects are nice as well. I got so invested in the game, I was really sad to die.

\n","games":["Planet B"]},{"typ":2,"at":317317027,"author":"Michelle Duke","login":"mishmanners","gh":36594527,"url":"mishmanners.info","twitter":"MishManners","text":"

Lovely that you linked this narrative back to something that seems to be important to you. The story when you open the game is great and really draws the player in.

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Immediately love the colours, graphics are good too - simple, yet effective and charming. The line drawing and animation on the little character all adds to the charm of this game. I really love the style of ‘enemies’, the diversity of them, and their dynamics.

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The stars are super cute (I love stars), and the way you level up through the game is cool - getting to choose new abilities. Took me a bit to figure out that you could actually collect the stars. The chests and random ability provided is a cool and innovative touch.

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Sound effects are amazing and adding some zen/chill vibe music would really add to the overall aesthetic of this game.

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Great that you made it available to use both WASD and arrow keys! It’s a hard game, but very intuitive. Having a couple of slightly easier levels to start with might be a good way to such players in even more. However, I managed to get to level 5 on the first go so I think that speaks to the intuitive nature of the game. Having the health bar and being able to regenerate it is a good metric and even the game over screen with all the stats will well thought out.

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I also love the use of screen space; you make most of the screen available to the player and fill it accordingly. Great job, this is a very polished game!

\n"},{"at":317324156,"author":"Chris Glover","login":"madmaw","gh":1129626,"twitter":"mad_maw","text":"

I’m a sucker for arena shooters and I really enjoyed this one. Upgrade system keeps things fresh and the upgrades themselves were really cool and unique

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