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[Treasure Sweeper]

This is a nice game. The graphics are decent and the sound effects are nice as well. The gameplay is definitely was inspired by Minesweeper (a game at which I was pretty good once), but you added your own ideas (digging up treasures, instead of flagging mines). So Minesweeper only acts as an inspiration to this game.

The gameplay itself is pretty simple. Click to walk, press Space to dig. But a good game doesn't need to be overly complex (just think about Tetris, for example). Often it's the more simple games that are the most enjoyable. Treasure Sweeper is an enjoyable game and it's simple controls make it a good game to waste some time with it, like during the lunch break or when you have nothing else to do at the moment.

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funstorm responds:

Glad you got some fun out of it. Thanks for the review!

[Lincari]

It was very confusing when I tried playing this without looking at the tutorial here. I didn't know what the hell was going on. So, I had a look at the tutorial and things became clear. An interactive tutorial would've been nice or maybe some kind of a "video tutorial" where you show some scenes of the gameplay and explain what is going on.

Anyway, after I got the hang of this game it became very interesting. I like that you have to think ahead to develope a strategy and to maximize your points. I think economists will LOVE this game since it visualizes "consumer choice" quite nicely, heh. "If I 'consume' this card right now, I get 9 points. But if I wait one round and 'consume' the other card which gives me 1 point, I can get 18 points on the next round, since there's a multiplier coming up!"

Very nice. ;)

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Kwing responds:

Thanks, the strategy was exactly what I was trying to incorporate ;)

[Switch - Reaction Game]

Good game

A very simple idea, but very well excecuted. It's a very addictive game and I was surprised that this game even has various difficulty levels. Not only are there more dots on the screen on a higher difficutly, but those dots are also smaller, making it harder to hit them (on Insane I could only hit a few, because my mouse didn't point on the exact spot).

I also like how the music gets faster and faster, the less time you have left. It really makes you nervous if the music gets faster, so it becomes harder to hit the circles.

The addition of the high score board is pretty nice as well, but I guess those users on top have cheated their way there. There's just no way anyone could hit 500 circles in this time limit...

Anway, this is a really nice game!

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[Mini-Game Collab 2]

Good collab

There are some pretty nice games in this collab. Brick Duel for example, which I already played in it's own submission. Whiteboad Avoider is pretty interesting as well. I also like the presentation of this collab, even though it would have been even nicer if all games would be displayed on a single page, with a short description of the game (a single page might not be enough in this case, but more than one game on a page would still be more convenient).

So, the idea of this collab is pretty nice. You can have fun with those minigames for a few hours and if you grow tired of one game, there are still other games to try out here.

However, there are a few bugs, or at least I found one bug. At some point during trying the games out, the mute button stopped to work. Sadly I cannot say exactly when it stopped working, or if I did anything to provoke such a behaviour, all I know is that the mute button stopped working, in game and even in the menu. However, when I started another game I hadn't played before, the mute button started to work again. So maybe it was just a one time thing that others might not even experience.

Overall, a nice collab, well excecuted and with some pretty good games. Nice work!

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[Gather the Clock Crew]

Nice clock day submission

Hey, I played that game on clock day and I thought it was a pretty nice submission. Of course, the graphics are very basic here, but I like the idea of riding the B's with a Strawberry Clock. After all, this is what Clock Day is all about, right? Also, this game stands out from the overly spammy clock day submissions, this is a huge plus. After all, I remembered this submission. Can't say I remember too much else from Clock Day.

The music is pretty good, as it creates a very happy mood and it kept me playing this game a lot longer that I would've played it without it.

The controls work pretty good, so that's always a plus.

The game becomes very challenging later on and I haven't been able to beat the third level yet. Maybe I will come back and try to beat this game!

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