Tag: LD25

Ludum Dare 25 Rankings

I was pretty pleased with how Bad Puppy turned out, so I hoped that my placement in the rankings would be higher this time than my previous entries. I did see a modest improvement in my scores overall.

Bad Puppy LD25 Ratings

Ranking Category Score (out of 5)
Coolness 100%
#70 Humor 3.55
#274 Fun 3.04
#312 Audio 2.57
#426 Innovation 2.71
#450 Theme 3.00
#490 Overall 2.76
#526 Mood 2.47
#636 Graphics 2.18

The 70th place (out of 902 Compo entries) in Humor is the best ranking I’ve had in any category in an LD compo game so far. So hey, that’s something. I’m in the top 10% in the Humor category.

Comparing to my previous LD games, here’s how I did:

Category LD23 LD24 LD25
Coolness 56% 100% 100%
Overall 2.76 2.82 2.76
Innovation 3.41 2.58 2.71
Fun 2.62 2.58 3.04
Theme 3.34 3.20 3.00
Graphics 2.75 2.22 2.18
Audio 2.07 2.60 2.57
Humor 2.07 1.86 3.55
Mood 2.68 2.70 2.47

I’m a little surprised that I didn’t do better in the Graphics category this time around, since I actually had animated sprites in this game for the first time. And they were pretty cute, I thought, if primitive. But I am pleased to see marked improvement in Humor and Fun, which were the things I focused on when I made Bad Puppy.