Woo, got to 100 games played and rated. It’s a lot of fun, but also a lot tougher than expected since I like giving some useful feedback to each game’s creator(s). Didn’t succeed on all counts, but I think I did a pretty good job.

Anyway, I guess I’m not the first one doing this but I think I’ll celebrate my 100 games mark with a little highlight reel of my favorite games so far!

True Treasure of Kartoffelschloss

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=20884

Of the 100 games I played, at least 5 of them had the “you lose an ability/item after each level” mechanic as the core minimalism thread in the game. This game executed it amazingly well. At first it looks like a decent platformer with bad wall jumping, but once you get through a few levels it becomes very deep and one of the funniest and most emotional games I’ve played this LD.

Follow The Line

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=17883

Very simple and polished one-button game. Challenging and frustrating, just like a one-button game should be. It’d probably make a very good mobile game.

Centroid

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=12606

Puzzle game where you find the center of mass of a shape. I felt like I’ve seen the idea before but nevertheless it’s still damn original and the execution is great.

Be The Wind

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=22673

Not so much a game, more a fun little zen garden. You swoosh around, plant trees, make the procedurally generated trees swoosh around, and smile. Found this one on Reddit, actually.

Gods Will Be Watching

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=11045

The gorgeous LucasArts adventure style graphics is the least impressive thing about this survival adventure. You are stranded on a planet and you have 30 days to get out. In the meantime you have to manage crew morale, food, fix a radio, and generally not get killed by one of the many things that want to kill you. It’s reminiscent of Oregon Trail, if Oregon Trail involved decisions like “should I kill off the mom who is infected with a deadly alien virus so everyone else can eat her rations?”.

Unfortunately, my Unity Player decided to completely crap out on me this last week, so I haven’t played any of the Unity games yet. Hopefully I’ll be able to do that soon because some of these Unity games look damn good!

Oh here have a shameless plug of my own game. My favorite comment so far is that it’s almost as mean as Super Hexagon. =)