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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Visuals | #125 | 4.318 | 4.318 |
| Theme | #442 | 3.523 | 3.523 |
| Overall | #494 | 3.352 | 3.352 |
| Innovation | #615 | 3.085 | 3.085 |
| Audio | #637 | 3.114 | 3.114 |
| Enjoyment | #739 | 3.227 | 3.227 |
| Gameplay | #934 | 2.847 | 2.847 |
Ranked from 176 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
Your sweet treat is the taste of victory of beating up your rival, however you need to risk being caught fighting by your strict teacher.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
UI assets, all music + SFX, and the health bars. All characters and code were done by me.
How many people worked on the game?1
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Reminded me a lot of Wario Ware, with the fast paced punching and hiding from the teacher. Love the subtle touch of being able to choose who you are fighting as.
I love the style and gameplay! However, there is no background shown when playing the game on browser. Despite that, I had a lot of fun!
Hilarious game, great adherence to the them!
You could expand it with a ladder/tournament system to punch your way to the top of the school hierarchy.
Nice work!
Good game!
I really love the art style and the character design!
The gameplay isn't bad, but it felt lacking and it feels so hard and luck based! and since other than hiding you can only punch it gets boring pretty quickly.
It would be more enjoyable if the player could dodge or block the opponent attack, it would also make it possible to do combos.
I won with both characters btw :)
Fun and silly game with a nice artstyle!
Well polished and amazing visuals. Really loved the artstyle
It has the style
A fun game with a gorgeous visual style that fits the theme perfectly
Fun game! Great art! Congrats on your first game jam! What a big success : D
the game is well polished i feel the risk factor shouldve been more present but well done overall!
Great game! The music and graphics are beautiful, the characters are amazing, and their animation is excellent. Great job!
Wow! This is really a polished game! I love the choice of art, animation, and music. The overall feel of the game and presentation is really nice and adds to the thematic feel. I really like the character art, it definitely was the part that stood out to me the most. I play a bit risky so I got caught but it was very fun. Good work!
Great art and overall vibe! This was such a fun one to play took me a few attempts but was able to get a KO! Nice entry!! I really enjoyed it a ton.
Short and sweet! I like it. The visuals are really well done, the girls are very cute (kudos to the artist), the gameplay is snappy, and the pacing is really, really good. The mechanics are easy to understand and I am having a blast.
A bit of criticism is that the punches feel uneventful, and just feel like button mashing despite there are two buttons to it. I would hope there is a secondary mechanic of the actual fight so as to keep the game engaging. Also, for some reason, the gameplay (punches) don't have any sound effects at all, and felt a bit weird with how polished the other parts of the game are.
Anyway, this is a very cool and well-made game! Well done!
Wow, fist jam game? Very impressive, love the visuals. Fusscrenn would be nice, maybe also punch sfx?
SSS ranking Simple Short Super.
Really loved it, love how it fits the theme, loved the art, and the humor of it all.
now the fight system was a bit shallow and there were not enough sound effects
but otherwise, this is amazing. and I loved it.
Excellent work on the game! You say this was your first game jam, and I say you absolutely nailed it. I had a ton of fun! Here are some notes:
- The title screen is really nice and well put together! The background is satisfying to look at, the buttons are well placed, it's all really solid. Really, all the menus are really nice! Sliding between menus is awesome, the ability to easily return to previous menus is helpful, and the sound effects just make the menus feel nice to traverse.
- The controls are super simple but very well-explained - I'm not entirely sure why there are two punch buttons, though.
- The UI assets are all well-positioned, the teacher's countdown timer is a bit hard to see but it's not super necessary with the clock anyways so it's fine.
- "Do not FIGHT!" as a countdown was GENIUS.
- It's a small touch, but the selection of different tracks for different parts of the game (main menu, loading, main gameplay, game over) was an excellent touch, and each song fit well.
- Obviously the star of the show is the character designs, the characters are ridiculously well-drawn, the designs are exquisite, and of course the facial expressions are the absolute best part! The "busted" screen and Mr. Z's glare really feel tense, too -incredible work on the art, your art style is incredible and I want to siphon your powers.
- The sound effects that are here are nice, but I do think the game loses a lot from not having combat sound effects, win/loss jingles, or any sounds associated with Mr. Z (a tea kettle sound effect that rises in intensity as the timer counts down? Some sort of a droning sound when he's staring?). Even just a few more stock sound effects would REALLY elevate the combat. More sound effects regarding the timer in particular would let the player focus more on the combat itself, which would be massively appreciated, if only because I want to look at the facial expressions more.
- I'm not sure I really have a solid handle on the combat. In the end, I just sort of mashed buttons - having the ability to put more thought into it might be nice. Also, I can't tell whether each character has different stats (it doesn't seem like it?). I think a small bio for each character could really elevate the flavor, if you felt like it.
- The K.O. screen is a bit underwhelming, but I assume that's just down to a lack of time. I'd love to see more to it, even if it's just a single-panel graphic of the knockout blow!
All in all, while there isn't much to the game, it's still REALLY fun -the visuals do a LOT, and the game is just funny. You're ridiculously good at visual comedy and facial expressions. You mentioned wanting to work on things more if people were interested, and yes! Yes, I'm absolutely interested! Please keep working on this game, it reminds me of old Flash games in the BEST way and I'd love to play it again sometime!
Easy and funny, short but joyful, love the art most.
Simple and cute with really nice art. Would be awesome if there were some more combos and if my opponent blocked a little better :)
Funny as well, I like the art much. Simple mechanic but yet very engaging and fits the theme very well