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Bored Pixels Jam 8

Hosted by barrels · #BoredPixelsJam

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A jam submission

Slay The HeroView game page

Spawn minions and show em whose boss.

Submitted by Htastic

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Slay The Hero's itch.io page

Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Relevance to the Theme	#69	3.236	4.125
Presentation	#96	2.648	3.375
Overall	#110	2.373	3.025
Concept	#111	2.550	3.250
Gameplay	#114	1.667	2.125
Immersion	#118	1.765	2.250

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

Credits
Coding and shifting stuff around inside Unity: By me
Character Sprites: Chocolotl
Level Design, Level Art, Title Image: SketchyGhost

Team QT!

External Credits
We used parts of the More Mountains Top Down Engine

How did you/your team interpret the theme?
Well, you are not the hero so your job is to spawn your loyal army of goblins to kill the hero instead.

How was your/your team's experience in this jam?
Need more people working inside Unity to actually get things done I feel like. With one developer there is only so much you can do. Fiddling around with adding assets and making things work takes 70% of the development time, so features have no chance of getting coded into existance.

I learned a lot, and can move on to my next project with a lot of knowledge now though.

Content Warnings
N/A

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Comments

zeropoint1221Submitted2 years ago

Very pretty, visually. I dig the concept. Would like to use mouse click instead of space because now i got carpal tunnel. amidoinitrite?

Submitted

HtasticDeveloper2 years ago

We actually had mouse controls first, but that seemed even less interactive (and fun) then having a character *gently placing* them on the map. You can opt to gently tap the spacebar instead of mashing it though! *Or a controller might also work*

KaappisSubmitted2 years ago

It's a good start and it has potential to be a fun game!

Submitted

A Spoonful Of Dollars

HtasticDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks, I will see if I can think of a way to expand it

Captain CoderSubmitted2 years ago

Wow! This is a beautiful game. I'd love to see it expanded and grown into a full game with sound, more mechanics, and additional scenarios. Nice job :)

Submitted

HtasticDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you!

barrelsHost2 years ago (1 edit)

While the concept and visuals were nice, I felt that the gameplay could've been better.

Addition of music and sound effects would make the experience more engaging and entertaining so I highly suggest it once you're able to do an update.

I'd love to see this get updated and I hope you get to polish it someday. Thank you for joining the jam and congratulations on your submission!

HtasticDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks, music rarely makes the cut ~

DortexSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

I see great potential in this game, nice art, good idea for the gameplay, but it should have sounds, and gameplay should be more extensive, because currently I can just spam space bar

Submitted

HtasticDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks

tducasseSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

really nice art and pretty cool interpretation of the theme!

Submitted

Not on my watch!

HtasticDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks, we got a whole narrative for it too. But that was never gonna make it in in time 🤣

TLLanghamSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Congrats on submitting! The level art is great. I loved a lot of the statue and architecture pieces.

Is there a way to quit the game? I had to force quit because I couldn't find any options. ^^;

Submitted

HtasticDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks!

Yes actually there are two ways.

Losing (not killing the Hero in time) and using Alt + F4 ☺️

Resurge StudiosSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

I saw on your page that you weren't able to get everything you wanted into the game, which is a shame because there's a lot of potential! I think you should consider expanding it since it's a good idea but lacking in gameplay right now. Good job!

Submitted

GRIDLOCK (Game Jam Version)

HtasticDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks, scope got us a little. We had a lot of ideas but they didn't make the cut.

HtasticDeveloper2 years ago(+1)