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Blackthornprod GAME JAM #3

Hosted by Blackthornprod Games · #BTPGameJam

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A jam submission

The Kostka DEMOView game page

Do you enjoy cute logical puzzles? Then look no further. The Kostka is here just for you.

Submitted by Nejcraft (@honzapat) — 5 minutes, 55 seconds before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
MUSIC	#7	4.364	4.364
OVERALL	#19	4.273	4.273
DESIGN	#29	4.091	4.091
VISUALS	#31	4.364	4.364
INNOVATION	#81	3.773	3.773
SOUNDS	#99	3.545	3.545
THEME	#221	3.455	3.455

Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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NejcraftDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you guys for all your support. I see that we finished at 19th place and are currently the 1.st in popularity in submissions. We are TOTALLY gonna CONTINUE. If you have any suggestions make sure to write them below.
You can follow us here on Itch and on all the social media:

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Patreon: https://patreon.com/nejcraft
Or you can join our discord: https://discord.gg/m48ND94

Again thanks for all your feedback and stay tuned.

Polysplit GamesSubmitted3 years ago

It was a beautiful experience! Also impressed with the amount of puzzles/levels you created. And not only that, they were clever as well! Wasn't too hard, nor to easy. Maybe just increase camera and player move speeds and everything would be better. Great job on your entry!

Submitted

Pug's Coco Island

NejcraftDeveloper3 years ago

Oh, thank you. I liked your art style too. Ye the camera and movement speeds could use some speed up, maybe permanent sprint.

KRÉSubmitted3 years ago

Pretty cool concept! Really liked to play this.

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Takaduki's planet

EsosekSubmitted3 years ago

Pretty cool idea and visuals. I think the music alone makes a great mood. This would make a real solid standalone game. Congratz to your team for making this in such a short time. I'm glad we have such a talented people in Czech republic :)

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Speedy Alchemist

NejcraftDeveloper3 years ago

Thx for playing.
Taky si to myslím, jen zas jak nejsme zapřáhlí do jamu, tak se týmu nechce do práce.

PospecSubmitted3 years ago

Great puzzles. You need to make a plan and then execute it. Also good graphics and music. Only think, that bothered me was very slow movement speed. So if you have to replay whole level it feels really tidus.

Jinak dobrá práce :D

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NejcraftDeveloper3 years ago

Jop, proto je tam "sprint", ale kdyby se takhle hráč pohyboval normálně tak by na to ta animace už vůbec neseděla.

PospecSubmitted3 years ago

To asi jo, ta animace je vlastně udělaná na takový pohyb,

on je tam sprint, sorry, přehlídl jsem

I_Am_PenguinSubmitted3 years ago

I really like the graphics and the way you control 2 people at once,

The best part is the music. Great job! :)

Submitted

Maze of the Neglected Triangle

NejcraftDeveloper3 years ago

If you controlled 2 people at once, that is a bug XD, its meant more as coop game, where you can switch sides, so you can actually play solo. But thx for playing. Did you play till the end?(Like it must have been like 10x harder with the double at once controls)

FreludeSubmitted3 years ago

Your game is neat, with a nice mood.

+ Intro scene

+ UI
+ Voxel art
+ Many Different Levels
+ Different environment
+ Cute Music

- Camera : It will be great if the camera can always be on high angle view, because as it, this is the main enemy. I often fall because I was not seeing well where my feet where.
- Sound FX on fall/walk/...

Sorry I didn't test all the levels, because it will take me too much time, that I can use to vote for other games.

Great work, Well done !

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NejcraftDeveloper3 years ago

SFX were planned, but hard, Camera can be rotated(but you might have missed it) if you mean that sometimes the player cant be seen, it is also planned to have see through walls like effect. Anyway thx for playing.

FreludeSubmitted3 years ago

I saw that we can rotate the camera, and used it. What I wanted to say is that when you are on top of the level, it's hard to know exactly where your feet are. You can rotate, but i think it's tedious, and not resolve the problem completely. It could be great to make the camera going up, when the character go up, in order to always easily see his feet.

NejcraftDeveloper3 years ago

Oh like that, great idea thx.

EnchessencySubmitted3 years ago

The 3D pixel art is really cool. I enjoyed the puzzles. Reminded me of Captain Toad. Curious if that was in any way an influence on you. Going up stairs maybe felt a little weird if I had to criticize something.

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NejcraftDeveloper3 years ago

You have a good point, I dont think any of our level designers play Toad, but I know about it and I have to give you that, it is pretty similiar.
And yes the stairs are a bitch, I just didnt know how to implement them properly, so that one can scale them and one cant.
Anyway, thanks for playing.

MouthHole GamesSubmitted3 years ago

The 3d art is some of the best i have seen this jam. I like the concept, but there is no explanation on how to play or what the switch mechanic did. The first level is honestly really hard for some reason and made me fustrated. The music was awesome and helped with my anger lol. Really cool game broskes

Submitted

One Less Boîte

NejcraftDeveloper3 years ago

This is interesting, what part you were frustrated about? Like sure I get that there was missing some dialog which would atleast tell you some of the controls.

MouthHole GamesSubmitted3 years ago

i didnt get too fustrated, just was confused on the first level. Otherwise great job!

NejcraftDeveloper3 years ago

Ok thx.

Marxy 37Submitted3 years ago

The game is really cute, and the few puzzles i've played are great!! Good Job!!

Submitted

Herbal Tea Shop

NejcraftDeveloper3 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Then try to play it in whole, theres even an outro, which explains the story. And ofc Thx for playing.

Marxy 37Submitted3 years ago

Oh really?? I'll give it another go tomorrow then... (^D^)

NejcraftDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Dont worry, your progress is saved, so you will continue from the island you were last.

SamBDevSubmitted3 years ago

Great game! I love the voxel art style. Loved the combination of both the tall player and the small moving at the same time creating a very engaging puzzle game!

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viktorf13 years ago

Thanks for playing, but moving at the same time is a bug. Fix is, that you start some level, go back to menu and play.

RegSubmitted3 years ago (2 edits)

This is a really nice game! I love the design of it and the peaceful music is really well done :) Just a small thing, I didn't find the mix of movement and camera controls that easy to use with the player directions changing along with the camera movement, but that's probably just me and would get used to it after a while :) The idea is really great and it's certainly tricky trying to work the puzzle out, must've taken ages to come up with them all! Great work :)

If you get a chance any feedback on my game would be much appreciated!

Cheers

Submitted

Stop the Spread

viktorf13 years ago

Thank you for playing.

gamedevwithmarkSubmitted3 years ago

I liked it, everything is great :)

Submitted

The Evil Grapes

viktorf13 years ago

Thank you for playing.

bobbes4321Submitted3 years ago

I actually started this game with a super bizarre bug where I controlled both characters at the same time, and I was so flustered for a long time because I didn't understand how you had to do this xD Eventually when I found the swap button it got fixed and I could play normally though, luckily.

I really enjoy the cute visuals and the amount of content in the game which is quite impressive for such a short amount of time. I'm okay with the player controls for the most part, but the camera move is sooooo slow, especially on a gamepad. I would've loved seeing an option to control the camera rotation with a mouse, as it would've felt much more natural to me than using both hands on the keyboard. Seeing an outline on characters hidden behind walls would also be a great addition, because there are many moments where I'm not sure where my little dude is, and then I found out I've made him fall far down accidentally.

The puzzles are really well designed, and I personally love switching between two characters, each with different strenghts and weaknesses to solve puzzles, and I think the concept is really well executed here.

Submitted

Ocean Trash: Cleanup

Marxy 37Submitted3 years ago

Oh, that was a bug?? I thought that it was intended behavior (I even completed the first level like that xD)

viktorf13 years ago

Thank you for playing.

GargantusSubmitted3 years ago

Very nice puzzle game! The controls could be better though

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NejcraftDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you for playing, could you elaborate a bit?

GargantusSubmitted3 years ago

It's just not really comfortable to control

NejcraftDeveloper3 years ago

Like its slow or?

GargantusSubmitted3 years ago

Yeah, a bit too slow

NejcraftDeveloper3 years ago

Did you try the sprint button?

GargantusSubmitted3 years ago

Yes... I just don't like the controls, okay?

NejcraftDeveloper3 years ago

I get that, but there must be a reason, I just want to avoid that the next time

EM_GameDevSubmitted3 years ago

great game. very fun. love the cutscenes. but i couldnt find a swap button.

plz rate my game

Rate cubic sword game by EM GameDev for Blackthornprod GAME JAM #3 - itch.io

Submitted

cubic sword game

NejcraftDeveloper3 years ago

Its Q on keyboard or Y on controller, depending how you play.

viktorf13 years ago (2 edits)

Try play it again and enjoy it

AmberJay3 years ago

A nice game, simple, good looking graphics and visuals, and an interesting principle to differentiate it from most of puzzle games. The only slight issues I had were: 1. the music, as it got repetitive pretty quickly, but I understand that good free-to-use music is hard to come by, and 2. the world design, as some hitboxes are illogical (for example a snowman is standing in a corner of a square and the whole square is blocked out), but since it doesn't deny me from completing and enjoying the game, I don't mind it.

TLDR: Nice game, great job devs.

viktorf13 years ago

Thank you for playing.

kakoeimonSubmitted3 years ago

Very good game, aesthetics and design are very good. The only problem is that it is outside of the theme or I just don't get it.

Submitted

The Eyes of Doom-MD

viktorf13 years ago(+1)

When you don't understand where is hidden theme, it's explained in outro. : ) Thank you for playing.

kakoeimonSubmitted3 years ago

I rewatched the intro and I still do not get it. Where is "less is more"?

viktorf13 years ago(+1)

I wrote OUTro. It's that small people can be more usefull than big...small can be better...less is more.

kakoeimonSubmitted3 years ago

Ok sorry for my mistake, but in the game both are equal.

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viktorf13 years ago

Thank you for playing.

NejcraftDeveloper3 years ago

XD, Thanks for playing

RANZOMEGASubmitted3 years ago

A very cute game with just as cute visuals. Loved the puzzles!

Submitted

The Legend of the Lessir Moresoul

viktorf13 years ago

Thank you for playing. I'm glad that you love it.

NejcraftDeveloper3 years ago

Thx for playing