The Jam Report: February 2019

The Jam Report: February 2019
February brought us many amazing game jams, and so we recommended fifty-two entries made for fifteen different jams. There are games about the meaning of love and home, but also best retro hack and lash action, mind-blogging puzzle as well…
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GOTY 2018: Game Jam Edition

GOTY 2018: Game Jam Edition
We do not care about the “God of War”. The growing and shrinking horse balls in “Red Dead Redemption 2” elicit only a weary smile from us. “Tetris Effect”, shmetris effect; okay, no, that one actually was great. …
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Ludum Dare 42: Runnink out of Space

Screenshot of "Runnink out of Space"
“Runnink out of Space” by Aurel Bílý & Marwane Kalam-Alami. “The gameplay consists of exploring rooms, answering riddles, and transforming words, while managing a growing inventory of known world and words.” I will not lie: “Runnink out of Space” …
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Ludum Dare 41: Treasure Chest #53

Treasure Chest #53
“Nightclub Showdown” by Sébastien Bénard. In this gorgeously pixelated turn-based action game it is on you to decide who you shoot when and where. While the average shot is fast, but pretty weak, a headshot needs more time, but …
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2nd Alakajam!: ████████ – Where’s █████th @ ?

Screenshot of "████████ – Where’s █████th @ ?"
“████████ – Where’s █████th @ ?” by Aurel Bílý. “Roguelike dungeon crawler[.] Procedurally generated conspiracy stories[.] ███████ when █████ at █████████[.]” The game developer █f this jam sub██ssion seemed to ███████ the scripts of some old “The X-Files” episodes …
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GOTY 2017: Game Jam Edition

GOTY 2017: Game Jam Edition
For most online magazines, “Super Mario Odyssey”, “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” and “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” are the Games Of The Year 2017. While these titles surely are great games in their own way, we asked us …
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Ludum Dare 40: Ignorance is Bliss

Screenshot of "Ignorance is Bliss"
“Ignorance is Bliss” by Aurel Bílý & Eido Volta. “You take control of an [artificial intelligence called AICO,] which oversees the surveillance of the city Metro via [a] console. You are investigating a possible rebellion. [Surveil] the city for a …
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Ludum Dare 39: Batterycorp

Screenshot of "Batterycorp"
“Batterycorp” by Aurel Bílý. “The [battery] building […] has a power leak and it is up to the player to fix the problem. [A point and click] puzzle [game.]” Besides the interesting retro user interface, “Batterycorp” offers plenty of …
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