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A jam submission

Harry McLinestriderView game page

McLinestrider, a big grinder who is never late. What's his secret? Power-lines.

Submitted by Smokybones22, Rotan E., Simiaman, KTDGames, tylersback132 — 13 hours, 47 minutes before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Originality	#417	2.960	3.625
Theme	#513	2.552	3.125
Fun	#532	2.245	2.750
Presentation	#563	2.245	2.750

Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game represent "Power"?
Our game represents power using power-lines. Race through the the powerlines using your Electro-Shoes™ and zoom through the skies... or rather 20 feet above the city streets as you dash past birds and government drones.

Comments

rose makes gamesSubmitted291 days ago(+1)

very fun! deserves more ratings, loved going so fast.

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powery

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Palin_dromeSubmitted291 days ago

There is a really nice sense of speed in this game, and I like the intro/outro animations. The game doesn't really have a fail state it's just about keeping speed & score, so the best score I could get was 7485. The power line mechanic is really cool, I feel like the game could play better but I just have a hard time putting it into words. I think maybe adding more FX or the ability to bounce of enemies could improve it, but I think you'll just have to play around with things and do stuff that seems fun. Oh and maybe add a leaderboard so people can compete for scores, great job regardless.

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Blaster Power (Big Mode Jam)

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LE Lilith LambsSubmitted291 days ago

pretty good! i liked zipping on the powerlines like i was shadow LOL great work!!

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Anemia Ampere

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GoldShotsSubmitted291 days ago (1 edit)

I like the idea of riding power lines and gaining speed, but the addition of the enemies seemed quite unnecessary and felt more like something put there to just slow you down. If you get far enough, it eventually just turns into an insane amount of giant red birds that makes it impossible to get anywhere. Expanding on the enemies, and giving some sort of "end goal" (even if it's endless, just something to work towards) I think could do a lot for this game. The art style, in a weird way is pretty cute and I like it. Well done!

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Aether Core Industries

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Smokybones22Developer291 days ago

no that was on purpose and there is a way to get past them. the end goal is to make it to work. i beat the game with 9k+ everytime. You using the attacks

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GoldShotsSubmitted291 days ago

Ahhh, I see. I guess I missed that there were attacks, that's my fault!

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Esfratch293 days ago(+2)

The game was a little buggy, but i loved the idea you implemented and how you could dodge the enemies, i also loved the intro, i think some fix would come in handy, so one could had fun at their fullest, this game has potential ^^

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Smokybones22Developer293 days ago (1 edit)

there will be updates in the future but not anytime soon

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GeouugSubmitted293 days ago(+1)

I had a game like this on my ideas board for the jam so I'm glad to see one among the entries! I like it!

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Buster's Bunker

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Dog In A HatSubmitted295 days ago(+3)

Something about the art here is really reminiscent of the show Home Movies and some of the point and clicks I used to play as a kid. I really liked it!

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Fugue BigMode Jam Build

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Smokybones22Developer290 days ago

really liked your games art too, very stunning

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VechiineSubmitted296 days ago(+3)

Very interesting theme application! The game reminded me of Pizza Tower

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The Codex Show

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Smokybones22Developer297 days ago