Szczypce, a game created by Insecure Shark (Bartłomiej Sieczka & Piotr Bartosiak) for the Ludum Dare 34 challenge, is a tricky shmup game where you pit yourself against countless enemy units, assimilating more and more weaponry as you attempt to rack up a high score.

You start out as a tiny orb, and you’re given simply instructions on how to control said orb. In … Read More

SvardBjorn, a pixel art, two button fighting game made for the Ludum Dare 34, has you playing a mighty viking, battling hordes of enemies in a fight to the death.

You are Svard Bjorn, a single mighty viking with many weapons who is facing a horde of enemies looking to take you down. Your backpack is full of swords, axes, shields, and spears, all … Read More

Snakedate is a ridiculous dating simulator made for the Ludum Dare 34, in which you play a snake who finds love in a nightclub by wrapping your body around horse-people and using a Tinder-style app.

You are a snake who has gone to a club full of horses. As you slither around the area, you will receive notifications from the Charmr App (Tinder for Snakes/Horses). … Read More

Spinning Around, a revolving platformer made for the Ludum Dare 34, has you solving puzzles and climbing a tower to save a robot princess.

In this 3D puzzle game, you are a simple robot looking to save his love. Your robot princess is trapped in a circular staircase much like your own, only it is very short, not able to reach the top. As … Read More

Relay is a simple, little Morse code game built for Ludum Dare 34 that retells the famous ceasefire of Christmas Day, 1914.

You play as a British telegraph technician relaying the status of your troops to your higher-ups. In order to operate the telegraph, you will be provided with a sheet of paper translating each letter into Morse and you will need to send dots … Read More

Pete and the Beanstalk, an endless runner made for the Ludum Dare 34, has you running up a beautiful ever-growing beanstalk, avoiding thorns and collecting flowers.

Pete the penguin came across a beautiful beanstalk sprouting one day. He decided to climb it.  As you run up this ever-growing plant, branches start to grow off the main steam. These branches are pretty rough, almost thorn … Read More

Dandelion, a colorful, relaxing, abstract game made for the Ludum Dare 34, has you floating around collecting pieces of sparkle.

You play as Dande, a lion of space and time sent to relume dead plants. There are some dead flower bulbs dotted around this strange world. You can launch yourself off of these bulbs and float around to collect different colored sparkle. These sparkles … Read More

3:LLIS – Protocol : Protect Plant Life is a post-apocalyptic 2D platforming adventure game built for Ludum Dare 34 where you play as a gardening robot trying to save the last plant on earth.

In the distant future, all organic life on Earth has been eradicated by a robot uprising. 3:LLIS, a simple, outdated gardening model, somehow missed the memo. You control 3:LLIS as it … Read More

SAAAM, a game created by Ogniok (Fireline Games) for the Ludum Dare 34 Game jam, is a narratively driven, steampunk styled ship fixing simulator.  Well sort of….

In SAAAM you take control of Crewmember 341, awoken from cryo-statis by a voice informing you it’s time for your daily routine. When you finally gain control of your character you are thrusted out of your cryo-pod, … Read More

2 Button Metroidvania is a brutally difficult, retro precision platformer built for Ludum Dare 34 that takes the game jam’s theme of “Two Button Controls” to its natural conclusion.

Essentially, 2 Button Metroidvania is exactly what it says on the tin. You have access to only two buttons: the ‘a’ key does mostly jumping-based actions and the ’s’ key performs mostly shooting-based actions. All of … Read More

Harvest, a survival game made for the Ludum Dare 34, has you building a farm to survive with only some seeds, a hoe and a gun.

You are left in a strangely deserted world. Around you, there are crates, a hoe, and a gun. This is just enough supplies to set up and guard your own farm. With a hoe, you are able to … Read More

Parse The Sky is a beautiful yet simplistic, low-poly flight simulator built during the Ludum Dare 34 game jam.

As you glide around Parse The Sky’s serene skyscape, you’ll be tasked with collecting a series of ever-growing, slightly glowing orbs. Immediately upon loading up the game, we were struck by Parse The Sky‘s fantastic art direction. The use of color in the game … Read More

Duo is a slick, two(ish)-button puzzle-platformer built for Ludum Dare 34 that uses a neat combination of rolling and stacking mechanics to help you bypass simple obstacles.

In Duo, you’ll transform between a rolling circle and stackable square to climb across platforms, launch yourself across gaps, and avoid a spiky death. Duo’s presentation is refined and vivid, employing liberal use of contrasting colors … Read More

Cave Swing, a fun and simple arcade game made for the Ludum Dare 34, has you swinging through caves while trying not to hit the sides.

You control a small dot who swings on a rope through a cave. Using your momentum, you must work on clicking the cave at the right time, to shoot out a rope, and move forward. You can right … Read More

Psychra, a game created by Noah Ratcliff and Aidan Markham for Ludum Dare 34 , is a relaxing, polygon based growth simulator that sees you picking up orbs to make the earth evolve and bloom around you.

All you are is a simple angular floating object that must gather the orbs in front of you in a barren land. Before long life begins to … Read More

33grams is an eerie experimental game built in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 34 where you must guide an eclipse of silk moths out of the confines of a deadly silk factory.

33grams has a one button control scheme that would work marvellously on mobile devices. You simply click to guide your moths across the map, collecting small cocooned moths as you make your way … Read More

Longbeard is a short, stylistic puzzle-platformer built for Ludum Dare 34 where you play a bearded pirate who must collect coins to maintain his impressive facial foliage.

Immediately upon starting up the game, you are greeted by a flashy title scroll and a very epic, sea chanty-inspired soundtrack. It’s hard not to be taken aback by how gorgeous the art of Longbeard is. The painterly … Read More

Dead Man’s Volley, a super tough Pong Hybrid made for the Ludum Dare 34, challenges you to a musical showdown!

In Dead Man’s Volley you must dodge red bullets and bounce back balls in order to obliterate your opponent. There are three main bosses, each of increasing difficulty. Each boss has their own soundtrack, which your character will bob too. The bosses open by … Read More

From the Sea, Freedom is a meditative swimming simulator made in 72 hours for the Ludum Dare 34 game jam where you must explore the flora and fauna of a coral reef.

From the Sea, Freedom is intended to be a very relaxing experience. There is no timer, no risk of death. There is just you, the ocean, and some fish. As you swim by … Read More

Grow Your Love, a cute Wario Ware styled game made for the Ludum Dare 34, has you completing mini games to grow a loving bond with your girlfriend.

Getting someone to fall in love with you is quite complicated. It takes time, dedication, and effort. In this adorable little game, you meet a girl on the dance floor. To impress her with your epic … Read More

Spirit Hearts is 2D puzzle-shooter game built for Ludum Dare 34 where you play as a spirit named Night as he explores the strange and mystical towers of the Spirt World on his quest to collect the much coveted Spirit Hearts.

As you float through the hauntingly beautiful, pixellated world, you’ll encounter evil spirits wandering the lonely halls of the tower. Fortunately for you, … Read More

Let Me Explain is a short, stylish and dark interactive story made for the Ludum Dare 34, in which you’ll have to make some pretty tough choices if you want to survive.

In Let Me Explain you play a boy stuck in a hard situation. Your sister, Lily, and yourself have had a tough life. You both don’t have money, don’t have enough food and … Read More

Loss of Fluid is a tricky flight simulation game that challenges you to perform an emergency landing of a malfunctioning cargo plane.

Loss of Fluid picks up just as your plane’s hydraulic and fuel systems fail, causing you to lose control of your landing gear and ailerons and the plane to rapidly eject its remaining fuel reserves. In order to safely land the plane, you’ll … Read More

St. Orchint’s Orphanage, a Paper’s, Please-esque game made for the Ludum Dare 34, has you running an orphanage and managing child labor in the time of war.

Each month you get requests from the government. They need everyone, even the orphans, to help out with the war. They are looking for new trained military children and a sum of money to go towards … Read More

Frank & Stein, a game created by Vegapomme27 for Ludum Dare 34, is a pixel art two button side scroller full of grotesque creations, dark humour and pixel violence.

You take control of Frank & Stein, two people that have been mashed together in an experiment gone horribly wrong. Joined by a single organ they must venture through a run down science facility … Read More

Infinite Monkey Autocorrect is a totally ridiculous experimental game built in 72 hours for Ludum Dare 34 and #clonejamnathalie, the latest game jam in Game Jolt’s ongoing series featuring the work of prominent freeware developers. As such, the game draws its inspiration from the quirky and award-winning Nathalie Lawhead.

Infinite Monkey Autocorrect is based on the theorem that given a sufficient amount of time, a … Read More

Cubyrinth, a game jam game created by Kezhaar for Ludum Dare 34, is a 3D Puzzle Platformer where you must navigate your way from start to finish by manipulating a rubix cube-esque maze.

At first glance Cubyrinth looks simple enough. Start from point A and reach the end at point B. However as you stumble into a giant windmill things begin to become more … Read More

Slash Quest, a game jam game created by Big Green Pillow for Ludum Dare 34, is a fun 2D slasher with an incredibly cute art style and addictive gameplay in which your sword grows in size with every enemy you kill.

The game itself is quite simple, but very fun and addictive at the same time. You use your sword, that looks like its … Read More

Mobsferatu, a 3D two button platformer made for the Ludum Dare 34, has you gathering a mob and scaling a tower to take on Nosferatu!

You are the leader of a mob looking to run Nosferatu out of his tower. As you climb through the tower, you are able to jump to higher floors and get closer to the top. Villagers are trapped all … Read More