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  DS's Space Search Adventure

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  DS 2025-08-12 19:58 UTC

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  Gave me much enjoyment, thanks!

  Tbh, I first hesitated to play this, because at first sight from the screenshots it looked to me like it was just basically a modsoup including pipeworks with different textures. But this is not the case, not at all!
  While there is a modified version of pipeworks included, part of its mechanics were modified in such a way that it makes a very different experience (they are triggered once per second instead of using mesecons signals, which makes automation much more resource). Well, that was maybe not a good way to start a review.

  TL;DR: This game has space, automation, and much cool stuff.

  You start on a single node (the core) with a questbook that gives you instructions on what stuff you can explore next. You might wonder, don't you need an atmosphere to breath? Well, there is actually an atmosphere, just not one made of air: The music, the skybox, the stylized gui, the particles, and the occasional meteroids (the meteroids in this game are so well made! great mechanic! and great use of particles!) make up this atmosphere.

  In the beginning, this plays like an idle game: You click on your cookie core, build matter generators for more matter, and click more on your core to provide them with power. At some point, moving the items around, and no longer the amount of resources, becomes the bottleneck, so you start automating things. Then crafting becomes the bottleneck (recipes involve unstackable tools), so semi-automate it with expensive autocrafters. Things start out expensive, but later they become so cheap that you mindlessly throws stacks of it into the trash, as expected from an automation game.

  Msg too long. 1/2

  Skyblock: Zero by zanderdev 1 comments

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  DS 2024-11-24 22:00 UTC

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  Good concept, needs a bit of QoL improvements

  • At the start there's too much text. Many people will just skip it. I did try to read it, but didn't grasp it at all, because it was too abstract, I haven't seen the nodes it was talking about. And after I closed the dialogue I forgot everything and didn't know what to do. After some minutes I noticed that I can place the color that's shown at the wall, and it caused progress. After that, when I saw a shape at the 2nd pattern, I understood what to do. But I just came there with the help of guessing and reading the node names with the debug menu.
  • I don't understand why such a big palette of colours is used from the start on, when 2 are enough. Finding the colors in inventory is also not fun. Maybe only give the colors to inventory that you need for the current pattern. And/Or make it so that if you leftclick a color with any color node, you get the punched color.
  • (Sorry, haven't played this for too long.)
  • Btw., you could also make a 3D version of this game.
  • Just out of interest, why doesn't this take part in the game jam?

  gridlocks by codeAtorium 1 comments

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  DS 2024-09-25 13:03 UTC

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  Wuff

  Mod does what it says. 🐶 🐕

  But how do I dig them without hitting? I don't want to make 🌭 out of them.

  DogBlocks by Hybrid Dog 0 comments

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  DS 2023-12-28 21:56 UTC

  Clever and polished details

  (Disclaimer: This review was made in the context of the game jam 2023. May contain spoilers. Edit: And most/all issues reported here were fixed in the meantime.)

  • Having a light orb in front of you for lighting is quite clever.
  • The damage indicator is really nice. Until yesterday, I didn't even know the compass hud element existed, and on the next day I already see a game use it in a hacky way.
  • The footstep sounds on the floating stone platforms in the stone level have reverberation. This is genius.
  • The dialogue text was cut off sometimes.
  • In the floating stone platform area, there's a spot where it's not deep to fall down, and you can see the ground. It's unexpected that one dies there, but unexpected in a bad way.
  • You can easily get out of the level in the first level, and directly go to the last level. This doesn't seem intended.
  • There are too many enemies at once. They spawn faster than I could ever kill them, even with full weapon upgrades. This makes the game too hard. There should be something like a limit of enemy count per space.
  • The goal and overall plot could be communicated better.
  • Picking up items by walking over them doesn't work reliably.
  • I haven't seen anything fitting the "unexpected" theme.
  • The boss fight was boring. There was no boss music, and all I had to do was run in circles and shoot for minutes.
  • There was no feeling of progress thorough the game. Finishing it didn't feel satisfying.

  Shadow Forest by Wuzzy 5 comments

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  DS 2023-12-28 21:48 UTC

  Has potential to be fun, but not without players

  (Disclaimer: This review was made in the context of the game jam 2023. May contain spoilers.)

  • Note: I haven't found a player to play an actual round, I only tested with a 2nd minetest client.
  • Interesting mechanics. Has the potential to work out and be fun.
  • The mechanic where treasures take up multiple inventory spaces is interesting, but needs more work. I.e. one needs the functionality to rearrange and drop treasures. Also, the inventory should probably be made smaller.
  • A bit buggy. At my first try, the players ended up in different maps.
  • To few sounds. Textures are nice.
  • In-game explanations would also be good. The statues, for example, are very non self explanatory, imo.

  Ghost Crypt by group_foo 0 comments

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  DS 2023-12-28 21:42 UTC

  Instructions unclear, do I live here now?

  (Disclaimer: This review was made in the context of the game jam 2023. May contain spoilers.)

  • Instructions are not clear.
  • Gameplay is boring.
  • Very dark.
  • Too quiet, needs more sounds.
  • Doesn't fit theme.
  • Still better than no jam submission at all. We don't want it to die after all.

  Robot Operator by Nathan.S 1 comments

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  DS 2023-12-28 21:39 UTC

  It's fun

  (Disclaimer: This review was made in the context of the game jam 2023. May contain spoilers.)

  • It's fun! But some parts a too unforgiving, more checkpoints would be good. (I ended up cheating with fly.)
  • Fits theme.
  • Got an "attempt to index a nil value" crash at regulus_mobs/boss.lua:240, when some projectiles hit me. And there are error messages due to dated API use.
  • The cinematic screen widening effect at the bossfight is innovative, I haven't seen this in minetest before.
  • You made the music and models yourself, right? They are pretty nice!

  The Velvet Crystal by regulus 1 comments

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  DS 2023-12-28 21:37 UTC

  Very inventive!

  (Disclaimer: This review was made in the context of the game jam 2023. May contain spoilers.)

  • Cool project!
  • Many interesting details, like the floating point error in the LuaJIT version. x)
  • From a players perspective, there's sadly not much to play.
  • The high pitched sound hurts my ears. I'd like to have an option to disable it.

  mineos by jordan4ibanez 0 comments

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  DS 2023-12-28 21:35 UTC

  Chess with wild rules

  (Disclaimer: This review was made in the context of the game jam 2023. May contain spoilers.)

  • Messes with settings: Sets time_speed to 0, viewing_range to 50.
  • Good chess implementation.
  • It's hard to see what happened in a turn.
  • Fits theme.

  The Unexpected Gambit by NO11 0 comments

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  DS 2023-12-28 21:31 UTC

  Haven't completely played through yet

  (Disclaimer: This review was made in the context of the game jam 2023. May contain spoilers.)

  • You can fall out of map, if at the beginning you don't enter the cave, but climb on top of it.
  • Hud text dialogue fade in/out causes low fps.
  • Nice challenging puzzle platformer.
  • I'd like to have some indication when the time travel didn't work.

  Citadel by Irevol 0 comments

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  DS 2023-12-28 21:25 UTC

  Far too short, but polished

  (Disclaimer: This review was made in the context of the game jam 2023. May contain spoilers.)

  • Fits theme.
  • Nice way of displaying text. Haven't seen that before in minetest. => innovative.
  • Very short.
  • Feels polished. Has like every achivement you could think of.

  What Were You Expecting? by epCode 0 comments

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  DS 2023-12-28 21:22 UTC

  Just offensive

  (Disclaimer: This review was made in the context of the game jam 2023. May contain spoilers.)

  • Very offensive.
  • Calls discord official. => More offense. >:(
  • Took longer to download than to play. Includes tons of sound files that aren't ever used.
  • Fits jam theme at least.

  Wisdom Check Part 1 by mt-mods 0 comments

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  DS 2023-12-28 21:21 UTC

  Very innovative

  (Disclaimer: This review was made in the context of the game jam 2023. May contain spoilers.)

  • Very interesting concept. Has potential.
  • Fits theme. It's unexpected what you find in the dark (e.g. when you find out the creature you hit was a chicken).
  • Sadly haven't found gravel. Hard to progress, especially without guide.
  • Suitable sparse use of music.
  • Some means of orientation would be good.

  Veil of the Unknown by StarNinjas 1 comments

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  DS 2023-12-28 21:19 UTC

  No gameplay

  (Disclaimer: This review was made in the context of the game jam 2023. May contain spoilers.)

  Fill the Void by Charleston314 0 comments

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  DS 2023-12-28 21:18 UTC

  Nothing to play

  (Disclaimer: This review was made in the context of the game jam 2023. May contain spoilers.)

  • Mission does not work (did steal hand dryer, nothing happened). Can't proceed.
  • Sets time_speed to 0. Don't mess with my settings! >:(
  • Doesn't fit "unexpected".

  Devious Licks by Migdyn 0 comments

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  DS 2023-12-28 21:15 UTC

  Just a redistribution of the airsword mod

  (Disclaimer: This review was made in the context of the game jam 2023. May contain spoilers.)

  • Just a redistribution of the airsword mod, no extra value.
  • Theme: Outcome is not unexpected, given the name. (Granted, I already knew the airsword mod.)

  Air Game by wsor4035 0 comments

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  DS 2023-06-20 18:13 UTC

  Great level design

  Finally played it.

  The level design is great! The mechanics were introduced properly. And the harder levels are hard enough that you have to think and not just fiddle around. Solving the levels felt very awarding.

  Other notes:

  • It would be nice if pitch move worked in space.
  • Sometimes I felt like I was teleported around a few nodes. Haven't found out if this a subgame or engine bug, and that's feaking me out.
  • Some of the effects, like the fire pushing you away, the feedback you get when you're in the way of a klotz, the bouncy walls, or the portal are very satisfying!
  • (If low latency is important for a better experience, you could also recommend decreasing dedicated_server_step to something like 0.016. This influences how frequent the server sends packets (also in singleplayer).)
  • I want more levels. :D

  Klots by Warr1024 2 comments

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  DS 2023-01-19 14:21 UTC

  Awesome!

  Great idea!

  And well enough executed (but sadly won't work well on laggy servers I guess).

  Mod could use some polishment though.

  I'd like to see smoother leg movement animations, i.e. don't jump to the next position, but move them along a curve.

  Legboat by ekl 2 comments

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