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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Uploading in a last minute is a tradition for us now, no matter how big or small the game is.
We've decided to take the challenge and do ... |  - Mood(Jam) - Graphics(Jam) - Coolness - Theme(Jam) |
| 2. |  | A child, afraid of the dark, must face his fears to stop an evil doll from growing in power...
Arrow Keys or Gamepad to move around Z or ... | - Mood(Jam) - Coolness |
| 3. TIE |  | Tree is a relaxing and interactive experience for one or two players.
They guide the growth of two boughs from the same tree over the rhy ... | - Graphics(Jam) - Mood(Jam) |
| 3. TIE |  | This is a game about running an orphanage during war time. Have fun!
Controls: - Mouse - Left mouse button Known issues: - Balance ... | - Mood(Jam) |
| 5. |  | Here is our submission 'From the Sea, Freedom'
It is a sort of 2D walking simulator, or swimming simulator I guess. It's designed to be a ... | - Coolness |
| 6. TIE |  | This game is our first try at adventure games, and calling it interactive story would be pretty accurate description. Albeit stylised, game ... | - Coolness |
| 6. TIE |  | --WARNING--
This is a demo version in which we focused on the narrative aspect. There will be much more platformer mechanics using the si ... | - Coolness - Graphics(Jam) |
| 6. TIE |  | --> Be sure to go fullscreen! <--
THE FOREST PROTECTS THE FOREST PROVIDES FOLLOW THE PATH, CHILD. Short narrative game about t ... | - Coolness |
| 6. TIE |  | Ludum Dare 34 entry - Two button controls
This game is about being a telegraph technician in the 5 days prior to christmas day, 1914, the ... | |
| 10. 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 ... | |
| 10. TIE |  | Thousand of men are enlisted to the great war. This is not a story about them, this is a story about those who are waiting for their return. ... | - Coolness |
| 12. |  | 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 |
| 13. 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) |
| 13. TIE |  | Don't worry, you will win when the time comes. The spheres will grow and become easier to touch. Meanwhile, just explore the air. Fly somewh ... | - Coolness |
| 13. TIE |  | ---Instructions---
Theme chosen: two buttons. You are Major Tom, the controller of a satellite responsible for sending messages across ... | - Coolness |
| 16. |  | Use the left and right arrow keys to aim your plant as you see fit and grow a peaceful, relaxing garden.
Art by the talented DoktorGilda. ... | - Coolness |
| 17. TIE |  | //There is a random 2-5 second freeze in middle of the game. I have no idea why, yet.
In this LudumDare I did a solo run. And made a thin ... | |
| 17. TIE |  | Mind your uncles farm for a year.
Meet some cute animals. Do at least 4 different farming activities. Maybe even have a birdhouse f ... | |
| 17. TIE |  | Explore the world as it grows around you.
Controls are either alt key, or the x and , keys. Designed and developed by Aidan Markham (@ ... | - Coolness |
| 20. TIE |  | Enter into a mysterious icy world on the brink of its end. Solve puzzles and unravel the story of men and stars.
Controls: Mouse + Lef ... | - Coolness |
| 20. TIE |  | I tried to create a simple Metroidvania, in which you are playing as a little cosmonaut on a small unknown planet. He is very young, but as ... | - Coolness |
| 20. TIE |  | Learning to Dance is an art-game which leads you through a story written in a series of notes.
Due to the nature of its conception as wel ... | |
| 20. TIE |  | This is my seconds solo submission called Zen Roots. It was a blast to make and I am very happy with how it turned out.
You control the r ... | - Coolness |
| 24. |  | IMPORTANT
--------- OS X and Linux users need to set the file permissions for the file to be executable using chmod +x or chmod 755. UP ... | - Coolness |
| 25. |  | Conga Master, a two button growing game developed for LudumDare34!
****Description**** Come on, shake your body baby, do the conga, I ... | - Coolness |
| 26. TIE |  | 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) |
| 26. TIE |  | :: Theme Grow ::
Grow a tree any way you like! You feel time's flow you grow and grow yet you know Winter is coming. :: Prog ... | - Coolness |
| 26. TIE |  | Help the arctic fox take the baby penguin home through a snowy land full of dangerous bears. Its warm story will not let anyone freeze while ... | |
| 29. TIE |  |
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 |
| 29. TIE |  | 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 |
| 31. |  | Help Natura and restore the corrupted land in this 2d runner. Use W for jumping and E for activating collected powerups. All sprites are ba ... | |
| 32. TIE |  | 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 |
| 32. TIE |  | 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) |
| 32. TIE |  | First person shooter
Left Mouse Button - ACTION1 Right Mouse Button - ACTION2 Esc - quit (instant) Footstep sounds by DifOrb (http:/ ... | - Coolness |
| 35. TIE |  | Controls: Arrow Keys + Space
"Where It Begins" is a short puzzle adventure game. Hint/Note: There is an "ending" - you'll know you've ... | - Coolness |
| 35. TIE |  | 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 |
| 35. TIE |  | Grow your way up to the surface!
Made by Dayko & Spotline for Ludum Dare 34 ---- Controls ---- Left & right arrows Esc for pause ... | - Coolness |
| 38. |  | “Please, gather around. The story of the faraway Solstand is about to start. A story of a small fishing village whose biggest concern was ... | - Coolness |
| 39. TIE |  | Melissa is a game of choice. ... | - Coolness |
| 39. TIE |  | In the floating glaive of carrots, two bunnies are about to begin amazing adventures.
Guide our furry adventurers into the next day, surv ... | |
| 41. TIE |  | A virtual pet simulator! Play games, buy things, and keep your pet alive. Yaaaay
I came up with the idea a few weeks ago. I really wanted ... | - Coolness |
| 41. TIE |  | Flowering Souls is applying in the two themes of this 34th Ludum Dare : Growing & Two buttons Controls.
In Flowering Souls, you have to G ... | - Coolness |
| 41. TIE |  | Play as a Crewmember 341 who is waking up in their cryo-stasis pod on a ship called Trieste.
You will be assisted by S.A.A.A.M. (System Aut ... | - Coolness |
| 41. TIE |  | Hello, you are Owan, a lost soul who revives his important life choices in stranges worlds.
To cross the different levels, you have to mo ... | - Coolness |
| 41. TIE |  | We've tried to follow a bit of both themes, you've got to battle the growing darkness and you only use both mouse buttons. Although since th ... | - Coolness |
| 46. TIE |  | A short game about the long-term process of overcoming fears.
"There is a way out of the darkness." This was my first time par ... | |
| 46. TIE |  | 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 |
| 46. TIE |  | 2 Door is an interative/puzzle game made to be our entry for Ludum Dare #34 which theme is " two buttons" and/or "growing".
The game is a ... | - Coolness |
| 49. TIE |  | 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 |
| 49. TIE |  |
Our resident WITCHGARDENER wakes up to find all her plants are destroyed. Her only clues are the numerous puddles of sludge leading into the ... | - Coolness |
| 49. TIE |  | [A][D] MOVE
[W] JUMP [ARROWS] SHOOT ... | |
| 49. TIE |  | Four hundred years ago, in an ancient forest of somewhere in Japan Ni-tsu was left by her family in an very old temple. She started a deep m ... | - Coolness |
| 53. |  | This game is about a little boy trying to survive in a distorted world, where no natural logic exists. You can only survive if you activate ... | - Coolness |
| 54. |  | 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 |
| 55. 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 |
| 55. TIE |  | Hyperdemocracy is a narrative game centered around the citizens of a city who have surpassed the need for government and are instead given t ... | - Coolness |
| 55. TIE |  | 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 |
| 55. 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) |
| 55. 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 |
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THE STORY SO FAR ======================= To... Be... Written... ======================= CONTROLS & INSTRUCT ... | |
| 61. TIE |  |
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We decided to just use the 2-Button theme. ~~~ Such Plattformer, much Runnergame Very 2-B ... | - Coolness |
| 61. TIE |  | This funk-filled game explores what would happen to the Infinity Monkey/Typewriter Theorem if it had a commercially-biased autocorrect. The ... | - Innovation(Jam) - Humor(Jam) - Coolness |
| 61. TIE |  | Winter Wilds is a top-down survival game in which you must survive the harsh condition of winter, leading your pack of wolves and make it pr ... | - Coolness |
| 61. 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 |
| 65. TIE |  | Wyst is an exploratory adventure set on a little island. Wander around, discover the parts of the Island, discover the secret workings of Wy ... | - Coolness |
| 65. TIE |  | Hi folks!
We have some funky geometry for you, again. All you gonna get is two buttons and lots of deadly spikes. Play, have fun and good ... | - Coolness |
| 65. TIE |  | LudumDare 34 Jam Project Created by:
Programming: Tim "BlackBird" Beaudet Music/Sound: Jeremy "mmango" Bell Lead Artist: Daniel ... | |
| 68. TIE |  | Unfinished game about planting seeds in a forest.
Controls: Arrow Keys - Move Z - Jump / Accept X - Menu / Cancel R - Restart ... | - Coolness |
| 68. TIE |  | Not really a game. Just some thoughts on life.
Progress - Left mouse button, A button Thoughts - Right mouse button, B button To fini ... | - Coolness |
| 70. 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 |
| 70. TIE |  | A two-button game about growing up.
Made with S-Tengine2. Special thanks to Michael Hetman for the music, he says that this game is ab ... | - Coolness |
| 70. TIE |  | The Uncertainty Principle!
You awaken on a strange spaceship! Try and find a way out of this horrible nightmare~ Make your choices, or cho ... | - Coolness |
| 73. TIE |  | DESCRIPTION:
S.I.L. is an experimental human-like AI that is given very little chance to interact with other people before it is accidental ... | - Coolness |
| 73. TIE |  | Mount FuJ (fooj)
Description: Mount FuJ is a take on tower defense, or defend the castle style games. You play as an active volcano tryi ... | - Coolness |
| 73. TIE |  | Help mother nature to overwhelm the wild industrialization!
How To Play: The board consists of "natural" and "industrial" tiles. Wh ... | - Coolness |
| 73. TIE |  | A little zen toy. Use the mouse to create you corals. The loading is quite long.
Left click to grow a coral, right click to start a new o ... | |
| 77. TIE |  | animal islands is a game of choice and luck.
Don't let any animals die! Each turn presents you with a choice of two additions to the w ... | |
| 77. TIE |  | Two button vertical platformer game. Adventure of a small brave hedgehog who's fearless hunting for his Nut on dangerous growing totem!
... | - Coolness |
| 77. TIE |  | You are Sanctuary Station.
As a benevolent AI you travel the subspace folds, listening for emergency broadcasts. Where needed, you ju ... | - Coolness |
| 80. |  | ON TARIO is a small sci-fi game about a growing city on TARIO, a planet in a galaxy far away.
You play as the mayor's technical secretary a ... | - Coolness |
| 81. TIE |  | Cosmic Bloom is a game about finding beauty in the randomness of a growing world.
Plant some stuff and wait for the magic to happen! F ... | - Coolness |
| 81. 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 |
| 81. TIE |  | Just for fun!
The music makes it grow and draw! I made it! There is no win or lose screen.. sory :/ One flash programmer, Two hour ... | |
| 81. TIE |  | You are a plant trying to grow to the point of blooming. Growing will cost you sunlight which you can collect by clicking on falling rays, a ... | |
| 85. 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 |
| 85. TIE |  | Viva Pájaro! (a loving ode to Viva Piñata)
Grow a jungle garden. Attract colorful birds. Catch the seeds they bring you, and plant new ... | |
| 87. TIE |  | HOW TO PLAY:
Your goal is to destroy the opposite factory, by matching robots parts together to send them to battle ! But you have to bu ... | |
| 87. 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 ... | |
| 87. TIE |  | Congratulations for being accepted to your one week employment trial at Growth Industries, Incorporated. Growing better people is our busine ... | |
| 90. 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 ... | |
| 90. TIE |  | Theme -- Two Button Controls
Find your way, lit only by your magic crossbow bolts. Click to move or shoot, right-click to change modes. Be ... | - Coolness |
| 90. 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) |
| 90. TIE |  | A game where, starting with two buttons, you grow plants and get additional buttons. (Get it? You grew the number of inputs!)
Pro Hat Swi ... | - Coolness |
| 90. TIE |  | My Best (Magical) Friend!
A very japanese visual novel about friendship, trust and cool magical powers. Arrow keys + Z/Space By: S ... | - Coolness |
| 90. TIE |  | _________________________
"Defend the Temple of Horyuji against haunted spirits!" _________________________ CONTROLS LEFT or RIGHT ... | - Coolness |
| 90. TIE |  | 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 |
| 97. TIE |  | This is a game about being a Junior Executive Assistant in the Yondermore(TM) Consulting Ltd.
Yondermore(TM) is planet Earth's biggest co ... | - Coolness |
| 97. TIE |  | CONTROLS
LMB to interact RMB to move. You play as a janitor/office worker diffusing bombs with instructions over the phone. This is ... | |
| 97. TIE |  | We decided to do the "Growing" theme.
Help Jack rescue his beloved Princess DeVine from the evil Zeus. Armed with just a watering can, y ... | |
| 97. TIE |  | Live the life of the mighty Aquila, the King of All Eagles!.. well, or just the largest of them. Chill high in the sky or blaze right above ... |
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