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Boot King's Tax DayView game page

Earn your way to the top in this 90 second one-button platformer!

Submitted by jonas newhouse, Splubble — 4 days, 10 hours before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Fun	#153	3.500	3.500
Presentation	#272	3.389	3.389
Originality	#291	3.417	3.417
Theme	#306	3.194	3.194

Ranked from 36 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game represent "Power"?
Boot King is quite powerful, increasingly so. He collects money to grow his crown, increasing his potential jump power. The long you hold down the jump button, the more powerful his jump. This game also represents themes of power inspired by my own reflections on the world and the word over the last week or so.

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RyGuyDSISubmitted280 days ago(+2)

Fun game! Getting the money was pretty satisfying and super awesome music.

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pijinguySubmitted282 days ago(+2)

well that was a lot of fun. i love the king's voice lines. its so satisfying to steal... i mean collect the money i deserve from the people.

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POWER OF LOVEBALL (JAM)

JackMacGraceSubmitted282 days ago(+2)

This was pretyt fun! Loved the sound effects!

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AttaBoySubmitted282 days ago(+1)

The Rich get to eat their big salads while we're stuck building their golden guillotines. We truly live in a society smh.

(Really fun, love the voice work)

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With Great Power...

JamlessSubmitted284 days ago(+2)

Nice game! Silly and fun, the art is nice and I really enjoy all the delightful chuckles with every conceited hop!

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FikusM9Submitted285 days ago(+2)

WOW, the music is a banger!

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Power-Line Fried Chicken

jonas newhouseDeveloper285 days ago

Thank you so much! It's based on the folk song "Bella Ciao" but I had a ton of fun making this version of it.

Brian WoSubmitted285 days ago(+2)

💀

Fun quick game

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クリクリ Wonderland

Snail's PaceSubmitted285 days ago(+2)

I thought I'd play only once but when I saw the leaderboard, I had to get the high score. I didn't in the end but it was pretty fun to try to come up with a strategy of making money faster. The end jump is a bit unfair as no matter the power you've got, it's really hard to do a vertical jump and bouncing off walls slows you down a lot and doesn't let you land at the top platform.

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Power Of Electorate (jam version)

bene-labsSubmitted285 days ago(+2)

This was delightful! :D

Simple but super fun game. I love the kings hilarious voice lines!

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Feline Frontier

oflattSubmitted285 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

I seem to be soft locked at the beginning- can't jump high enough to get more than 2 bills
Edit: Seems like I'm running into a bug other people also experienced
Am I doing something wrong?

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ORBLORGO COMMAND

jonas newhouseDeveloper285 days ago

Yeah I've been tearing my hair trying to figure out what's causing/how to avoid this. Can I ask what browser you experienced the bug in?

oflattSubmitted285 days ago(+1)

I'm on Chrome!
Is it possible it has to do with screen resolution? What's your monitor resolution?

jonas newhouseDeveloper285 days ago(+1)

I had that thought as well. I have two, both at 1920 x 1080. fwiw, I don't believe anyone has experienced that bug on firefox or through the .exe

oflattSubmitted285 days ago(+1)

I was on 1080p, but I also had multiple displays connected..

works on chrome on my laptop tho!

rose makes gamesSubmitted285 days ago(+1)

very fun and love the mobile support. the dialogue is great. I loved seeing the improvements from when I first playtested it, was a blast!

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BigPoobisSubmitted286 days ago(+1)

If you didn't vote for boot king unfollow me rn

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BangoSubmitted286 days ago(+1)

Also had the PC bug but it plays well on mobile nonetheless. I liked the voice lines for the Boot King - good stuff!

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jonas newhouseDeveloper285 days ago(+1)

Thank you so much for playing! Can I ask what browser you experienced the bug in?

BangoSubmitted285 days ago(+1)

Yeah! I was on Chrome for Windows. It was the bug where I couldn't really jump, despite how far I clicked and dragged the mouse around the screen.

jonas newhouseDeveloper285 days ago(+1)

okay that tracks with what i've heard so far! opera and chrome have had that bug sometimes for sure, i'm not aware of hat happening on firefox or through the download yet though. thank you!

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