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Top Entries - Coolness

1.
TIE

Windows | Source (.mfa)

Apocalypse Adventure is a Fallout-esque top-down adventure game where the player takes the role of a guy whose airplane has wrecked onto a p ...
- Coolness
- Overall
#6 - Theme
#7 - Fun
#17 - Community
#24 - Graphics
#25 - Innovation
#43 - Audio
#50 - Humor
1.
TIE

Windows

3 Hours before the end of Ludum Dare, I call my game finished.

It's very experimental and I believe a lot of people won't get it. Would I ...
- Coolness
- Audio
#4 - Innovation
#20 - Overall
#25 - Theme
#30 - Community
1.
TIE

Windows | Source

This is my first time with the Ludum Dare game compo, so I definitely made some rookie mistakes. I didn't get to implement everything I want ...
- Coolness
#6 - Community
#8 - Graphics
#20 - Overall
#35 - Fun
#41 - Theme
#47 - Innovation
1.
TIE

Windows (v0.1) | OS/X | Source

Worker bees love to please their queen, and nothing pleases a queen more that gathering pollen to make honey. This queen, however, is quite ...
- Coolness
#6 - Audio
#16 - Humor
2.
TIE

Windows

Features:
- realistic Conestoga wagon physics
- 3 exciting diseases
- the legendary city of gold
...
- Humor
- Coolness
- Fun
#9 - Overall
#19 - Innovation
#31 - Audio
#40 - Graphics
#43 - Theme
2.
TIE

Windows | OS/X | Linux | Web | Source

Play this tiny level, collect coins and try to leave the cave again....

steering left/right (with a-key / d-key)
jump (right shift)

...
- Coolness
#21 - Audio
#34 - Graphics
2.
TIE

Windows | Source

Close call, don't have time to think of something witty to put here... :)

Anyway, the game is complete, just missing music and load/save ...
- Community
- Coolness
#9 - Theme
#22 - Humor
#49 - Graphics
2.
TIE

Web | Source

Explore the level, move with the arrow keys, X to jump, try to get to the end.
...
- Coolness
#10 - Graphics
#31 - Community
#35 - Fun
#40 - Theme
2.
TIE

Windows | Windows Installer | Web | Source

Here's Adventure Quest!

The game requires .NET Framework 3.5 and XNA Framework 3.1.

The game also requires Vertex Shader and Pixel Sha ...
- Coolness
#19 - Community
#40 - Humor
#45 - Innovation
#45 - Audio
#47 - Graphics
2.
TIE

Windows | Source

The game is to explore the asteroid field your in and not crash your ship into the asteroids

keys are:
up: move up
down: move down
rig ...
- Coolness
2.
TIE

Windows | Source

Edit: There is an updated build with diagonal movement here, if you want it: http://bentosmile.com/games/duct/Duct.exe :)

You play a tear ...
- Coolness
#5 - Graphics
#12 - Overall
#24 - Innovation
#33 - Fun
#39 - Community
#47 - Humor
2.
TIE

Windows - Original and Source | Windows - Fixed

EDIT2: HOORAY! I found where the memory leak was coming from - deleting an SDL_Surface doesn't work, you have to call SDL_FreeSurface() on i ...
- Coolness
#19 - Theme
#20 - Community
#48 - Fun
3.
TIE

Windows | Web | Source

My game is called Tree, and you have to explore what to do to it. :) I guess every game in existence fits the theme if you think about it.
...
- Coolness
#20 - Fun
#23 - Innovation
#28 - Overall
#28 - Graphics
#44 - Audio
#48 - Humor
3.
TIE

Windows Bugfix | Linux Bugfix (x86) | Original Entry

CollabRL is an attempt to make a multiplayer roguelike in which the players can edit the world around them. I didn't get as fancy edit cont ...
- Innovation
- Coolness
#22 - Humor
#38 - Overall
3.
TIE

Windows | OS/X | Linux | Youtube | Source

Important change because of http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/12/15/important-question/

Feel free to choose which version you want. The ...
- Coolness
#41 - Humor
#49 - Graphics
3.
TIE

Windows | OS/X | Source

(OSX version is 10.5+ w/ Intel only)

Controls are:

UP/DOWN to move forwards/backwards
LEFT/RIGHT to turn
SPACE to automatically move ...
- Coolness
#4 - Audio
#7 - Innovation
#35 - Overall
#38 - Theme
3.
TIE

Windows | OS/X | Linux | Source

Click on the brown dots and explore.

Well it not exactly a finished game. More a presentation of game mechanic. I lost sight of my goal t ...
- Coolness
#31 - Community
3.
TIE

Windows | OS/X | Web | Source

voxel penguins having fun in the snow!

edit: updated with source.

also please note, there is no jump button, the game is controlled e ...
- Overall
- Coolness
#4 - Fun
#4 - Graphics
#9 - Humor
#12 - Community
#19 - Audio
#44 - Theme
3.
TIE

Windows | Source

"In The Field" is my entry for LD16, in which the player must get from one point to another. The catch is that the goal point is in differen ...
- Coolness
#10 - Theme
#43 - Innovation
3.
TIE

Windows | OS/X | Linux | Source

Goal: discover all the energy sources.

The circle around you represents the detection zone.

Don't run out of energy! Two warnings will ...
- Coolness
#17 - Theme
#24 - Fun
#35 - Innovation
3.
TIE

Windows | Windows mirror

Explore exactly 100,000 straws of a haystack to find a needle that makes it wither.

Become worlds best haystack explorer!!!

...
- Coolness
#8 - Humor
#8 - Innovation
#9 - Audio
#33 - Overall
#38 - Graphics
3.
TIE

Web | Source (.as files)

You're lost and need to find your way home. You are a bat and can only see through the use of echolocation. Send out sonar pulses and naviga ...
- Coolness
#22 - Theme
#22 - Community
#27 - Audio
#29 - Innovation
#36 - Graphics
#38 - Overall
#43 - Humor
3.
TIE

Windows | Source

Help Bob find 10 gems to power his spaceship batteries!

man i dont know what else to put in here

dfskdfh

@comments: yeah should've ...
- Coolness
#7 - Theme
#12 - Overall
#16 - Fun
#18 - Humor
#21 - Graphics
#24 - Community
#24 - Audio
#33 - Innovation
3.
TIE

Web | Source

Find oil, become wealthy.

This is very unfinished so you may run out of things to do. Everything that is in the game should work though. ...
- Coolness
#33 - Fun
#36 - Innovation
#36 - Theme
#45 - Humor
3.
TIE

Windows | Source

Due to the time constraints I found myself under this weekend, this is really more of a toy than an actual game per se. Never the less, it d ...
- Coolness
3.
TIE

Windows | Source

Space Explorer is a game where you search the universe for a special treasure. Fight enemies, make money, and upgrade your ship as you trav ...
- Coolness
#29 - Graphics
#33 - Audio
27.
TIE

Web | Source

Well, it's not quite what I was hoping for, but I was able to get it to a more or less playable state, so here's the LD16 version of "Ruins" ...
#27 - Coolness
#27 - Fun
#35 - Overall
#44 - Theme
#49 - Audio
27.
TIE

Windows | Source

Well I didn't have time to polish this at all. In fact I didn't finish replacing my placeholder graphics.

Locate all 16 treasures by exp ...
- Theme
#16 - Community
#27 - Coolness
#33 - Graphics
27.
TIE

Windows | Source (BlitzPlus)

TextAge2: The Rise of His Majesty


53 minutes before deadline:
- fixed an unintended inconsistency that made the game unwinnable under ...
#10 - Community
#27 - Coolness
#30 - Humor
#36 - Audio
30.
TIE

Windows | OS X | Linux | Source

Explore all islands with your ship before the enemy does. Real simple concept. :)

More detailed instructions:
You control a ship and nee ...
#26 - Audio
#30 - Coolness
#40 - Community
#49 - Graphics
30.
TIE

Web | Web (zip archive) | Source

This is a game about finding a new home. It's very hard to win (you'll need a lot of luck). I hope you like it anyway.

The game itself ...
#23 - Theme
#30 - Coolness
#35 - Fun
#37 - Innovation
#38 - Overall
32.

Windows

You take control of a youth, while boasting to his friends one day decides he will set out and find the elusive uberbug, by searching every ...
#14 - Humor
#29 - Audio
#32 - Coolness
33.
TIE

Windows | Source

This is a game about exploring a dream as you try to wake up - your shape changes from dream level to dream level as the dream evolves.

T ...
- Graphics
#7 - Audio
#20 - Overall
#29 - Humor
#33 - Coolness
#41 - Fun
33.
TIE

Windows | Web | Source

Here is my game. It is called I Never Missed Anyone Until The Were All Gone. It is not finished. But it is playable. There's not much to do ...
#16 - Graphics
#33 - Coolness
35.
TIE

Web

Arrows keys to move, asteroids style. Dodge the holes. Music may or may not repeate (don't ask me why). ...
#10 - Humor
#25 - Audio
#35 - Coolness
#35 - Fun
35.
TIE

Web | Source

This is Robot Wants Kitty, the story of a robot who wants a kitty. It's a flash game, so play it in your handy dandy browser. Made with Fl ...
- Fun
#10 - Overall
#11 - Humor
#20 - Graphics
#35 - Coolness
#35 - Audio
#36 - Community
37.
TIE

Windows | OS/X | Web | Source

Not a lot of fun but I lost a lot of time trying to use Unity since I had no previous experience with it but really.... Unity is AWESOME! :D ...
#11 - Graphics
#35 - Humor
#37 - Coolness
#40 - Audio
#48 - Overall
37.
TIE

Windows | Source

Move with arrows. Explore the very strange place you've ended up in.

Made with ruby, gosu and chingu. sounds with sfxr.

The day after ...
#6 - Humor
#15 - Fun
#31 - Overall
#37 - Coolness
#37 - Graphics
#47 - Community
39.
TIE

Windows | Windows | Youtube | Source

You play with a friend to explore a jungle world. The one who has the most treasures at the end wins. Use your mouse to walk or swim to new ...
- Community
#25 - Theme
#39 - Coolness
39.
TIE

Windows | OS/X | Linux | LATEST WITH BUGFIX

How much did it take? 22 hours
What it was made in? bash
What tools you used to make your content? None, but i'll try to add some sound wi ...
#33 - Humor
#39 - Coolness
#40 - Innovation
39.
TIE

Windows (newest ver.) | Mirror (newest ver.) | Windows (compo ver.) | Mirror (compo ver.) | Source

A short and simplistic exploration platformer. Fly around and talk to a bunch of cats on cat planet. Possibly difficult to beat? I can't rea ...
- Overall
- Fun
- Theme
- Humor
- Audio
#6 - Graphics
#39 - Coolness
#48 - Innovation
42.
TIE

Windows | OS/X | Linux | Web

(The game was made in Flash and should run almost anywhere without problems)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You wake up dreaming of her. ...
#12 - Audio
#17 - Community
#19 - Overall
#19 - Innovation
#26 - Graphics
#31 - Theme
#42 - Coolness
#46 - Fun
42.
TIE

Windows | Source

Requires XNA redistributables - see my site at http://sites.google.com/site/haitaka/ludumdare16/ for details. Will only run well if you have ...
#14 - Graphics
#25 - Community
#30 - Overall
#37 - Theme
#42 - Coolness
#46 - Fun
42.
TIE

Windows | OS/X | Linux

Here's my entry. My idea was to try do audio only navigation. You can certainly try that with a pair of headphones. It takes advantage of ...
- Innovation
#34 - Audio
#42 - Coolness
42.
TIE

Windows | Source

Game made with Game maker.
Font made with fontstruct.
Sounds made with SFXR.

Based in the human Circulatory system. Save your dying hea ...
#13 - Humor
#29 - Graphics
#40 - Innovation
#42 - Coolness
#47 - Theme
#48 - Overall
#49 - Audio
#50 - Fun
42.
TIE

Windows

A mystery adventure game taking place of a vast desolate snow scape. All in a console app.! ...
#10 - Theme
#42 - Coolness
47.
TIE

Web | Source

This is a one-button game with two actions:
When you PRESS any key you jump.
When you LET GO of the button you use your special power.

...
- Innovation
#18 - Fun
#25 - Overall
#41 - Audio
#47 - Coolness
47.
TIE

Windows | Web | Source

The game is in Flash. From the zip file, open index.html to play in your browser, or click the "Web" link to play it online.

NOTICE: I *f ...
#6 - Overall
#6 - Fun
#6 - Innovation
#10 - Theme
#15 - Audio
#23 - Graphics
#47 - Coolness
47.
TIE

Windows(flash) | Web | Source

Platformer about exploration of person's mind, memories and pains.
Created in Flixel with use of Flan for level 'painting' and paint.net + ...
#14 - Theme
#22 - Community
#22 - Humor
#26 - Innovation
#43 - Overall
#46 - Graphics
#47 - Coolness
47.
TIE

Web

Exploring the feeling of death and drowning.

Mouse movement only.

Created with UNITY, Audacity, Paint.net, MakeHuman, and SculptMaster ...
#14 - Audio
#28 - Innovation
#45 - Graphics
#47 - Coolness

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