BOSS RUSH JAM 2024

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Invading SpaceView game page

Submitted by ThePlatypus — 22 hours, 18 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
USE OF THEME	#236	2.157	3.200
BOSS DESIGN	#251	2.157	3.200
FUN	#262	2.023	3.000
SOUNDS / MUSIC	#275	1.888	2.800
ART / VISUALS	#277	2.292	3.400
Overall	#280	2.000	2.967
CONTROLS	#352	1.483	2.200

Ranked from 5 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Game's take on the theme
Ships power is exchanged between stats and the player exchanges positions with a wormhole.

Did your team create the vast majority of art and music during the game jam?
No, only a couple of UI and HUD sprites were created by us

Did your game use PlusMusic?
No

Did your game use Playroom?
No

Did your game use generative AI art?
No

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Comments

Croy JohnsonSubmitted299 days ago

The exe worked for me. I really like the bosses, and the wide variety of attacks and patterns they have. I particularly enjoyed the two bosses in different arenas, and how you have to switch between them. If I may ask, do you get a random one each time you start, or are they connected to what stats you choose?

I like the wormhole mechanic, and it's fun trying out different options with the stat exchange.

At first, I found the controls strange (I don't play a lot of games like this, so I don't know what is considered standard), but I got used to them rather quickly.

Since there are only a few days left, I am rating and giving feedback to games with few ratings. I would appreciate it if you rated my game too. No need to leave a comment, unless you feel like it.

Thanks for the experience =]

ThePlatypusDeveloper299 days ago

Thanks for the feedback, I'm glad you enjoyed it :D. A lot of people found the controls a bit strange and I think the problem was because I played it so much developing it I got used to them and didn't realise how weird they were. I'll give your game a try right now!

samu1407Submitted301 days ago

Got 4/5 bosses, the art and sfx are nice, shooting feels a bit weird because you shoot in the direction your facing and most times I was facing back or sideways compared to the boss but maybe its intended, great UI aswell good job !

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Scrapyard Brawl

SeeOneSubmitted305 days ago

Same error code as mattpollack, cant get it to run.

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ThePlatypusDeveloper304 days ago (1 edit)

Sorry about that, I made a mistake with my full screen code so that it doesn’t work on some monitors, I will update the game page with it patched once the jam is over but unfortunately I don’t think I can change the file during the jam.

Hawke GamingSubmitted306 days ago

I like the mechanic of placing a wormhole you can teleport to. The pixel art is awesome, and changing your stats is pretty cool. My biggest problem with the game however is the controls for the spaceship. It's kinda weird how you move in the direction you press with WASD, but there's a rotation delay. I think it would be much better if it controlled like a car where pressing a/d rotates you left/right, and w/s makes you fly forward/backward. That way you can move and aim easily while keeping the maneuverability stat relevant.

But overall, good entry!

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meraiSubmitted309 days ago

nice game bro!

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ThePlatypusDeveloper309 days ago

Glad you enjoyed it :D

SIMMIXSubmitted310 days ago

The game works fine to me! For your 1st GameJam game this is AMAZINGG! Reallyyyy well-done, love the art design and overall atmosphere of the game. Good Job! :D

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Whispering Flames

mattpollackSubmitted310 days ago

Same, can't get it to launch on win 10:

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ERROR in

action number 1

of Create Event

for object oDisplay:

Invalid surface dimensions

at gml_Script_aspect_ratio_management

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gml_Script_aspect_ratio_management (line -1)

gml_Object_oDisplay_Create_0

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The Immortal Gauntlet

ThePlatypusDeveloper309 days ago(+1)

Really sorry about that, its the first game I've ever exported and I should definitely should have done some more testing on other devices. It seems the problem is that there is an error scaling to full screen on certain monitors.

mattpollackSubmitted309 days ago

Hey no problem! If you get a build running maybe after the jam I'll give feedback :)

Hercules10Submitted310 days ago

The game would not start it would give me only an error message

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Guardian of the Keep

ThePlatypusDeveloper310 days ago (2 edits)

That's odd, are you on windows?

Also if anyone else gets round to playing this I would appreciate it if you could let me know whether the exe work or not.

Hercules10Submitted309 days ago

I was on a windows system.