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A jam submission

Codename: MurphyView game page

Backtrace Game Jam 12-2021

Submitted by Sinedrone Sentinel (@sinedrones) — 1 hour, 48 minutes before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Compelling Audio (10%)	#15	2.829	2.829
Overall	#16	2.976	2.976
Visual Presentation (30%)	#18	3.366	3.366
Fun Gameplay (30%)	#21	2.829	2.829
Creative Use of Jam Theme - "It is not a bug" (30%)	#22	2.878	2.878

Ranked from 41 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Your Backtrace Project URL
https://blast.sp.backtrace.io/p/BT-Jam-11-3-2021/triage

Describe How Your Entry Fits the Jam's Theme
Your name is Murphy.

You are a welder at a Backtrace facility. A hacker has uploaded a virus to the factory servers and the weld-Bots are now rampaging through the facility.

Backtrace executives have tasked you to hold off the horde of bots whilst they flee to their cushy company jet. They will give you an extra $2500 in hazard pay if you do this for them.

The problem is that the virus has affected your welding visor and gravity boots.

When you "Jump" (Space bar), you fall through the floor.

When you try to use your welding visor ("W", "S", LeftMouseClick, RightMouseClick) only one of them ever works! To make matters worse, the one that works keeps CHANGING!

It's not a bug! It's a virus!

Did you create all of your art/sound/music as a part of the game jam?
Not all. The "Pipe" platforms were bought from Unity Store as was the "Crosshair" that you aim with.

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Comments

blindeyesSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Such a good controls and graphics. Really love it!

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Sinedrone SentinelDeveloper3 years ago

thank you bub! I only slept 10 hours making this game. Me and my teammate worked super hard.

iwanmartundi3 years ago(+1)

Love the gameplay and graphics, it really suites the theme well with the controls. Its a fun challenge!

Sinedrone SentinelDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you!

vvp33 years ago(+1)

Put a bomb in there too ;)

Sinedrone SentinelDeveloper3 years ago

Might come up with some game modes! That's not a bad idea

Kuala_Chip3 years ago(+1)

Fluid controls and fun little game!
Except from the horrendous audio that is :D

Sinedrone SentinelDeveloper3 years ago

was that last part a joke? or did u actually have problems with audio?

Kuala_Chip3 years ago(+2)

No no I'm not joking.

The audio is clipping and cutting out all the time, and the left and right channels are either swapped or just acting weird all the time. It was super annoying, had to mute it ...

I ran the game twice to make sure , but nope.

Sinedrone SentinelDeveloper3 years ago

interesting this is the first time I've heard of it hopefully somebody else who reads this let me know if you hear the same thing is it all the audio or is it just the song or is it the sound effects or both?

Sinedrone SentinelDeveloper3 years ago (1 edit)

I think I have the audio set to stream so maybe I'll just include it with the actual game file itself

The BoysSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Very cool concept.

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Sewage Treatment

Diamond32Submitted3 years ago(+1)

Pretty nice idea, I liked the way it felt. Audio and visuals were on the spot!

I suggest giving some kind of penalty for pressing the wrong button many times (or maybe something else). Because in the end, I realized that you can press all of the four buttons simultaneously, so I could keep shooting without guessing which button is the right one.

One bug I found is that if you go to one side of the screen and press space a few times you get stuck outside the borders, you still able to take damage but unable to get back in the camera view.

Overall, I think it is a great entry, good job.

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Sinedrone SentinelDeveloper3 years ago

excellent reporting I had no idea I'll fix it for whenever we update it after the judging

ana.merzlayaSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Fun little game:) At some moment the screen just became crazily shaking up and down for like 10 sec (i think i was having two times of count down between glitches) and then i died. Was it a bug or intentional?:)

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Bugs make fine snacks

Sinedrone SentinelDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

not sure....not intentional...might have been confused if you "jumped" exactly when you died. does it keep doing everytime you die? when you jump, you are supposed to go through the floor...if you are on the bottom floor, you pop through the top!

ana.merzlayaSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

hm, if i would die during jump i would go to end screen, but i was watching this screen jump for some time (it was hard to say what was actually happening on the screen) and only afterwards i went to death screen

Better say it was intentional, it would fit the jam:)

Sinedrone SentinelDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

lol

Sinedrone SentinelDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

I was able to replicate your issue....lol....For the time being, if you are pinned next to the wall.....don't jump.....you CAN walk right through the robots. Jump farther away until judging is over :)

Also, re-reviewed your game!

ana.merzlayaSubmitted3 years ago

thanks for trying to de-bug it (hehe) :)

Sinedrone SentinelDeveloper3 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

absolutely, the "Bug" you found wasn't something I anticipated....it's actually fixed now (We'll push our update after judging is over). I extended the collider walls further and added a surface effector to push all objects "ON" screen....so not only does your player no longer freak out.....but enemies no longer hide off screen and shoot you.

Sinedrone SentinelDeveloper3 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

To anyone interested.....

Me and my other teammate are still working on the game! Once judging is done, we will re-Release the game with MAJOR changes.

Bigger map, more AI code, on death "Bug", new aiming system to allow you better shooting, full controller support, better UI scaling, more animations, more SFX and more!

electropenguinSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Really fun game with great visuals. Nice one!!

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ZeboudinSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

that cool game, the graphist so amazing !

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Bugs Are Everywhere !

FaFeDevSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Good job to the whole team! Art is very nice. The idea and execution is interesting. Only little thing would be to have the "glitch change" notification more obvious so you can be better prepared (I noticed the counter on the top right but too many bots to be looking at it xD). Sweet and short, I like it! =)

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They're (not) bugs!

Sinedrone SentinelDeveloper3 years ago

yes...few things needed to be louder...the weapon change audio was one lol. thank you bub

fufarevsSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Good game and graphics, good luck in further development.

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More bugs - More interest

Sinedrone SentinelDeveloper3 years ago

My highest score is 69. Every 60 seconds you play, the max enemy count increases by 1, fyi.

oldmarioSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Love it, great poster!

Having that eye laser is so fun!

Sinedrone SentinelDeveloper3 years ago

Audio was made with Ableton Live 11 Suite with Spire and Serum.