Ludum Dare 34 — December 11th-14th, 2015 — Theme Tied: Two Button Controls, Growing
NOTE: Because of the Theme tie, we allowed everyone to pick either Theme. Using both was optional. To keep things simple, there will still only be one Theme category. Every category in Ludum Dare voting is an opinion, so you’re welcome to rate them as you see fit. But we encourage you to be fair in your scores to people that chose only one Theme, and not both.
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| 1. |  | The Everything Building
Elevator Operator’s Manual We are delighted to welcome you to the team as our newest elevator operator. You ... |  - Fun(Jam) - Overall(Jam) - Coolness |
| 2. |  | Life goes by so fast!
This is a game about your life. Will you achieve your dreams and goals? Play various minigames and discover more t ... | - Coolness - Fun(Jam) - Humor(Jam) |
| 3. TIE |  | There was an Old Woman that Swallowed a fly...
Play through the interactive poem with tough mini-games as the old woman eats larger and l ... | - Humor(Jam) - Fun(Jam) |
| 3. TIE |  | Slash Quest is a small game by @BigGreenPillow and @mgaiastudio :D
As the theme was "two button controls" and "growing", in this game you ... | - Overall(Jam) - Fun(Jam) - Coolness - Graphics(Jam) |
| 5. |  | Conga Master, a two button growing game developed for LudumDare34!
****Description**** Come on, shake your body baby, do the conga, I ... | - Coolness |
| 6. |  |
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We decided to just use the 2-Button theme. ~~~ Such Plattformer, much Runnergame Very 2-B ... | - Coolness |
| 7. |  | The Buttons from all over the land have been stolen! You must use the last 2 remaining buttons to defeat the dragon and restore the kingdoms ... | - Coolness |
| 8. TIE |  | Radical Revolver Recoil Rampage (or Recoil Rampage for short...)
Is a "survive for as long as you can" type of game. You use two buttons ... | - Coolness |
| 8. TIE |  | Despite some initial difficulties we consider this a success. We chose "two button controls" theme over "growing". You are the most handsome ... | - Overall(Jam) |
| 10. |  | Drugs are bad.
Rude Bear Recreation is the 11th game in the Rude Bear Jam series (which you can find most of here: http://ludumdare.com/c ... | |
| 11. TIE |  | Spin your way through several increasingly hostile parts of space and eat all the happy little asteroids you can. Shoot or avoid the bad ast ... | - Coolness |
| 11. TIE |  | Yume Starcatcher is a game about Yume, who is an ice mage kid. It's focused on the Two Button Controls theme.
It's a new take on breakout ... | |
| 13. |  | Cocoa Moss proudly presents:
Grow Your Love by DDRKirby(ISQ) and Kat Jia A short collection of games about their growing love. Use t ... | - Coolness - Audio(Jam) |
| 14. |  | One day a bean sprout with a pretty flower showed up out of nowhere, peaking Pete the Pengiun's interest right away.
You control Pete by ... | - Coolness |
| 15. |  | You play a king who's in charge of all kinds of important decisions. Give your decree in simple yes or no answers, and help the kingdom grow ... | - Overall(Jam) - Coolness |
| 16. |  | Take your place in an angry mob while you climb through Nosferatu's Tower seeking revenge, avoiding traps and looking for other folks to joi ... | - Coolness |
| 17. |  |
Double Kick Heroes mixes a shoot'em up with a rhythm game!
You must survive on the highway to hell by killing zombies with your gundillac ... | - Audio(Jam) - Coolness |
| 18. |  | How to play!:
Eat food that will make you fat! Toss food that will make you not fat or unhealthy! Fill your fat meter to full to win ... | |
| 19. |  | PWOTECT YOUWR PWANET!
Use your space ship's mighty space gun to blast away incoming asteroids, and evil aliens! But be careful! You do no ... | - Coolness |
| 20. TIE |  | Destroy your enemy's castle. Don't let them destroy yours.
Use the orange button on the bottom left to train your army. Use the blue bu ... | |
| 20. TIE |  | Grow your way up to the surface!
Made by Dayko & Spotline for Ludum Dare 34 ---- Controls ---- Left & right arrows Esc for pause ... | - Coolness |
| 22. |  | An RPG made with Superpowers by Pixel-boy, Alexis, Romain, Bilou and Elisée.
You can play solo or with a friend! # Controls * Pla ... | - Coolness |
| 23. TIE |  | How far can you punt the poultry?!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Game by: Michael van Diest & Kurt Gietzen Music by: zac @melt ... | |
| 23. TIE |  | Play as Night, a spirit in the Spirit World, on his adventure to find the Spirit Hearts.
Controls: - Arrows/WASD: Movement - Mouse butt ... | - Coolness |
| 25. |  | Twin Condition is a reflex/coordination game where you must controls two characters at once. Try to survive until all the blocks have been p ... | - Coolness |
| 26. TIE |  | Unfinished game about planting seeds in a forest.
Controls: Arrow Keys - Move Z - Jump / Accept X - Menu / Cancel R - Restart ... | - Coolness |
| 26. TIE |  | Be the Robomancer! Slowly grow your horde of minions until you become unstoppable!
-Click/Hold where you want to move. -Click/Hold on ... | - Coolness |
| 26. TIE |  | _________________________
"Defend the Temple of Horyuji against haunted spirits!" _________________________ CONTROLS LEFT or RIGHT ... | - Coolness |
| 29. TIE |  | Upgrade is a combination of a micro game rush and a top down shooter.
You control a small robot with only two buttons. You must beat mi ... | - Coolness |
| 29. TIE |  | Once again this was intended as a compo entry, solo and from scratch, but I ran out of time. I had pretty much all the art and music, but st ... | - Coolness |
| 29. TIE |  | Piece together your spaceship to transport your hamster hero to space and glory!
Hectic and fun physics-based two-button game with online ... | - Coolness |
| 32. TIE |  | Fruitwolf
Arrow keys to move Hold/Release C to pick up & throw - Play as fruitwolf - Grow an army of fruitfellas - Make your way ho ... | - Coolness |
| 32. TIE |  | Slate is a two-button arcade fight game. Execute patterns quickly to kill your enemies, and try to reach the final boss!
Controls Le ... | - Coolness |
| 32. TIE |  | You run a tie shop. Patrons want to get custom ties.
Can you cut a tie at the right size for each one of your patrons? Use Right Arrow ... | - Coolness |
| 32. TIE |  | JUMPR
A 2-button endless runner by Supernaught --- Controls: Z – Switch run direction UP Arrow – Jump R – Restart game -- ... | |
| 36. TIE |  | Cupcake snake is hungry for only one thing: thousands of cupcakes!
You can eat cupcakes to grow longer, but watch out for obstacles that ... | - Coolness |
| 36. TIE |  | Hello, NecroMac here, a fledgling game developer from Poland.
With my very first time at the Ludum Dare I wish to present You "Stomp Tim ... | - Theme(Jam) |
| 36. TIE |  | Fight through waves of dangerous enemies by unleashing powerful combos and smashes. Each combo begins with a punch, and you begin targeting ... | - Coolness |
| 36. TIE |  | One Viking. Hordes of enemies. A final stand.
You play as Svard Bjorn, a fierce viking who has to fight off a growning number of enemies ... | |
| 36. TIE |  | Welcome to Crooked Town, where women give birth in seconds instead of months. Get them to the hospital as fast as you can! But have you, uhm ... | - Coolness |
| 41. TIE |  | "Please remember to drill at all times,
lest you meet an unfortunate demise." You are being chased underground by a giant monster. Purch ... | - Coolness |
| 41. TIE |  | Hi folks,
Here's our game : Horde. A simple game about destruction and killing around the theme of Vikings. ===Goal : As a viking ... | - Coolness |
| 41. TIE |  | [A][D] MOVE
[W] JUMP [ARROWS] SHOOT ... | |
| 44. |  | Holiday Rejects is a simple arcade game that will challenge your memory as you sort through parcels containing contraband.
Using the Left ... | - Coolness |
| 45. TIE |  | Welcome to the pixel world - Two Buttons!
This is a platformer puzzle game and must play with 2 Players (Unless you're good enough in con ... | |
| 45. TIE |  | As B. Dogg, escape the pursing government agents with your bag of government secrets, and keep yourself from a crash and burn!
Controller ... | |
| 45. TIE |  | Another fruitful day was passing by, as always you gave it all and worked hard for the glory of your planet, but unfortunately you can't res ... | - Coolness |
| 45. TIE |  | ABOUT
====================== Rocks, maps, scissors is a deck building card game based on rock, paper, scissors mechanics. GAMEPLAY (YOU ... | - Coolness |
| 49. |  | WHY DO I PUT MYSELF THROUGH SO MUCH PAIN! I know why, 'cause when you look back at what you've created, you feel so very accomplished.
A ... | - Coolness |
| 50. TIE |  | The Web version(not the embeddeb one) is a post-Jam version in which we changed the camera!
Controls : Player 1 / Red Sumo : ↑ : move ... | - Coolness |
| 50. TIE |  | ▲GROW puts you in the shoes of a trader, in one of the biggest stock market on the planet.
Help capitalism grow stronger by getting as ... | - Coolness |
| 52. |  | prune space ! try to make 3 different friends !
controls: wasd -> move around arrows -> move hook / hose space -> grab / spray Q -> s ... | |
| 53. TIE |  | This is TRONZO! It is a gold square.
Drag him around and place him precisely side by side to other objects to grow. As you proceed, you w ... | - Coolness |
| 53. TIE |  | SWAMP WITCH
The Ghost of the Great Wizard has returned to haunt the Swamp. Brewing spells under the constant threat of attack from the ... | - Coolness |
| 55. |  | The cat monarch has taken a seven week sabbatical and left you in control of the kingdom! As monarch it is up to you to decide whether to gr ... | - Coolness |
| 56. TIE |  | You are a chicken, and your life goal is to hatch an egg.
Keep at it and dream big, you fabulous bird! I wonder what's inside the egg thou ... | - Coolness |
| 56. TIE |  | It's rollin' time!
- Collect gifts to get more time - Gifts may alter the gameplay - Get points by going faster and farther - The snow ... | - Coolness |
| 58. TIE |  | The Darkness is our take on the Grow theme. The objective is quite simple: defeat the growing darkness.
Controls: WASD - Move Left Cli ... | - Coolness |
| 58. TIE |  | This game is about.. survive as long as you can and gain as more score as possible?Hell Yeah! Totaly!
So you are warior? ranger? um.. who ... | - Coolness |
| 58. TIE |  | Get revenge on the ski masked fiends with the help of your fly friends.
The two buttons that control the game are S & D. ... | |
| 58. TIE |  | This is gabriel.
Gabriel can grow. This is a small plateformer made for Ludum Dare 34 using the theme "Growing". It take a lot of insp ... | - Coolness |
| 58. TIE |  | ==================================================
CONTROLS RED ORB LORD - Left Shift (or Left Arrow) BLUE ORB LORD - Right Shift (or ... | - Coolness |
| 63. |  | Super Sky Golf
by Kyle Reczek Golf into the sky! as far as you can! I was going for a relaxing vertical infinite golf game. This was ... | |
| 64. TIE |  | Fuzzy the Bouncing Ball is a hardcore platformer that takes inspiration from Super Meat Boy, and other games of that style. The game was cre ... | - Coolness |
| 64. TIE |  | \\You have destroyed your own planet.
\\You want to create it elsewhere. \\You send your machines to do your deed. The God Machine is c ... | |
| 66. TIE |  | [TUTORIAL]
Music can be switched off with the button in the bottom right corner. The sound effects will still play. The goal is to red ... | - Coolness |
| 66. TIE |  | Welcome to Charmr, the premier dating app for snakes! Looking for love? Cruise around the club and wrap around your dates to show your affec ... | - Innovation(Jam) - Coolness |
| 66. TIE |  | As a newly born deep-sea Gromorphia Wormaptera, capable of reaching over 100m long, your only mission is to navigate the pitch black underwa ... | - Coolness |
| 69. TIE |  | WINDOWS DESKTOP VERSION is preferred for SUPERIOR GRAPHICS. WebGL is slower and on minimal graphics.
You play the role of a two-button-co ... | - Coolness |
| 69. TIE |  | Grow your beard by shooting aliens!
Grow your beard fully to unleash the power of the SUPER BEARD. Right click the green selection squ ... | - Coolness |
| 69. TIE |  | You are Barbar the fearful barbarian. You must kill the vile creatures and follow your destiny using only 2 buttons! Stay in rhythm if you d ... | |
| 72. TIE |  | **For the web version you can right click to go into full screen. Otherwise, use "space bar" instead of "right-click" to shoot. Use the link ... | - Coolness |
| 72. TIE |  | Harvest Dues is a match 3 game where you grow and sell plants to pay off your debt and run a successful farm! This game combines both theme ... | |
| 74. TIE |  | Navigate robots though a complicated factory by controlling all of elevators within the building.
The aim is to get all of the robots fro ... | |
| 74. TIE |  | Play as the bird of legend and grow as you devour critters on the country side.
Features 3 different ending scenes. Dragon, Phoenix, and Ze ... | |
| 76. TIE |  | "Grunnist" is a randomly generated endless runner! (With a gun included!) Everything is random! Map sections, enemy color, weather, and even ... | - Coolness |
| 76. TIE |  | DESCRIPTION
--- You are a janitor at a high tech scientific research complex called SUPER SCIENCE CORP. After a busy day sweeping flo ... | - Coolness |
| 76. TIE |  | You are an outworld seed, carried to earth by a meteor. With luck you landed near the highest building, made by men. Earth atmosphere is har ... | - Coolness |
| 79. |  | You control different species of animal in a fight for survival. Each animal can perform two actions, depicted by two buttons.
Written i ... | - Coolness |
| 80. TIE |  | YOU HAVE A FRIEND:
You are a wizard. You have 1 button. Your friend is a wizard. They have one button. That makes 2 buttons. 1 Button Wizar ... | - Coolness |
| 80. TIE |  | In this game, you play a snowball, and you become bigger and bigger in your fall.
The goal is simply to crush the skiers and to avoid the t ... | - Coolness |
| 80. TIE |  | Hello!
Here is our LD34 submission , "Barber Chop" ! The theme was a tie between "growing" and "two buttons controls", so we made a bear ... | - Coolness |
| 80. TIE |  | -------[Description]
We focused on the theme Two button controls. The sound and music made by @parejoMusic are really great, and we fo ... | - Coolness |
| 84. TIE |  | Looks like your little babes need some guidance growing the World Tree once again! Help them ascend the tree's branches out into the heavens ... | |
| 84. TIE |  | You are a vampire assassin. To clarify, you are a vampire that is also an assassin. Kill people and drink their blood to "grow stronger".
... | - Coolness |
| 86. TIE |  | This game is about a lazy guy who lost his TV remote. Help him consume sports and find his TV's remote control.
(Send help) ... | |
| 86. TIE |  | You are a snowball, roll down that mountain !!!
Use left & right arrows to steer, press them together to speed up, release them together to ... | - Coolness |
| 86. TIE |  | You are a mute Idol manager. Manage an Idol agency with nothing but your bare hands. You have one month. ... | |
| 86. TIE |  | Controls:
Button 1: Z or < Button 2: X or > SOUND CREDITS: Football fans: http://freesound.org/people/paulw2k/sounds/196284/ http: ... | |
| 90. TIE |  | My name is Handsome Dave and I'll be your personal trainer to guide you through steps to get a manly beard.
TIME TO GROW A BEARD! Hand ... | - Coolness |
| 90. TIE |  | "Archangel" is a game where you play as an angel from the heavens and defeat demons to prevent them from entering the holy land. Using your ... | - Coolness |
| 90. TIE |  | Vine Runners is a game in which competing vines weave through obstacles and intertwine with each other. Whichever vine is last standing gets ... | - Coolness |
| 90. TIE |  | Gravity Glide is a Shoot-em-up sidescroller in which your spaceship is permanently falling up and down between two gravitational sources.
... | - Coolness |
| 94. |  | \*IMPORTANT*/
Prefer the windows version, the web version is having collision bugs I didn't manage to fix yet ----------- Simple arca ... | - Coolness |
| 95. |  | A gentlemanly duel of Rock Paper Scissors among wizards.
Outwit your opponent by firing a beam of the superior element! Fire beats Gra ... | - Coolness |
| 96. TIE |  | Partners in Crime: Play both halves of a two-man bank robbing team! First you must work to steal as much money from the vault as you can bef ... | - Coolness |
| 96. TIE |  | This game has gamepad support! :D
Kawaii Cat returns in his sequel, Super Kawaii Timeshift Desu! He can't stop running for some reason, but ... | |
| 96. TIE |  | You are Dande, lion of space and time. Spring forth into the void to collect pieces of sparkle and relume the dead planets.
Controls: [l ... | |
| 96. TIE |  | CONTROLS
LMB to interact RMB to move. You play as a janitor/office worker diffusing bombs with instructions over the phone. This is ... | |
| 96. TIE |  | What awaits you at the top? Money? Glory? Power?
===Controls=== Left Arrow Right Arrow ===Credits=== Programming: ekun & K6L2 Mu ... | - Coolness |
| 96. TIE |  | EAT STUFF. GROW. USE YOUR SUPER MUNCHY POWERS.
Munchy Munchers is a game about a plant called Blubbity who likes eating all kinds of thin ... | - Coolness |
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