Brackeys Game Jam 2025.2

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Hellbakers is a roguelike autobattler. Summon monsters and cook your enemies alive!

Submitted by NikX04, PixelTakkar, SovietSunflower, Viva, Mike (@bamfro29) — 2 hours, 5 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Gameplay	#426	3.367	3.367
Audio	#459	3.300	3.300
Enjoyment	#467	3.500	3.500
Overall	#551	3.306	3.306
Innovation	#588	3.100	3.100
Visuals	#692	3.500	3.500
Theme	#881	3.067	3.067

Ranked from 30 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?
Hellbakers is a luck based roguelike. You have to play a slot machine to determine if you're going to get monsters that will help you or help the enemy team in combat. The more you play the slot machine, the higher the chance you will spawn more enemy monsters. Balanced risk can win you the game, while mindless pulling and not pulling enough will kill you.

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Footstep sound by ZNukem
Hitmark sound by Anthousai
Alagard font by Hewett Tsoi

How many people worked on the game?
6

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Big 2 BirdSubmitted73 days ago(+1)

The animation is great, the concept really fits the theme, the game feels polished, and the tutorial is easy to understand. Great work man

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NikX04Developer73 days ago

Thanks for the review :)
We are very happy you liked the game.

TwoCube StudioSubmitted73 days ago(+1)

The concept is really cool and the animations too. Good Work!!

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NikX04Developer73 days ago

Thank you for the feedback!

dezm0nSubmitted74 days ago(+4)

Very cool concept! UI is very polished and cool looking. The only downside for me was not having fullscreen option.

Congrats with a great game!

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NikX04Developer73 days ago

Thank you for the feedback. Will look into adding a fullscreen option and implementing proper scaling.

Cheep Cheep StudioSubmitted74 days ago (1 edit) (+2)

Great game!
From art over music to animation. Everything fits well together and feels nice.
I have no idea what a great deckbuilder / autobattler should look like (never played one before).
But this one felt great. Maybe I will look more into this genre now, seems fun. Thanks for the introduction.

Amazing work.

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Energy Extraction

PixelTakkarDeveloper74 days ago

Thank you a lot men. It's the first game I see and make of the genre as well 😂😂😂. It is fun enough to try more for sure! Thanks for the review 🤗

Ilya ShevelevSubmitted74 days ago(+1)

Tried playing your game, and unfortunately I just can't do it. The game opens on a quarter of the screen dedicated for the game and everything is super small. I just cant read any text without causing pain in my eyes.

Figured out that part of the issue that I have an OS scaling, when disabling it, the game fits the dedicated zone, but everything is still to small, browser scaling does not helps as the game does not scale properly.

OS : Windows 11

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

Scaling: 150%

Hope this feedback will help you configuring the build properly!

Screenshot with OS scaling

Screenshot without OS scaling.

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PixelTakkarDeveloper74 days ago(+1)

OMG NEVER SAW THAT BEFORE 💀 I will tell my team thanks for warning!

NikX04Developer73 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

Thank you for the bug report. I've already pushed an update, however submissions can't be edited at this point in the game jam, so that sucks. Sorry.

VacrosDKSubmitted74 days ago(+2)

Very cute and fun combat game. Really like the artstyle and the music. Good job!

Hey, I would really love it if you wanted to give my game a try and some feedback!

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Avenge that Cookie!

PixelTakkarDeveloper74 days ago

Of course I will pal! Tomorrow I will come ACTIVE to try out a horde of games! Thanks you very much for playing and enjoy the game!

LemonPickleSubmitted74 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

Very cool game! polished and with a lot of depth. Loved the graphics! It took me a second to understand what I had to do, I would suggest reducing the amount of text the tutorial has. Other than that I enjoyed it and would love to see it polished further. Well done!

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PixelTakkarDeveloper74 days ago(+1)

Thanks you for the feedback!!! I will definitely write that down :D Glad you liked the game and the art ❤️!

birdnofootSubmitted74 days ago(+1)

I rarely play auto-battlers, but this game got me hooked. Top-tier arts. The monster types are pretty balanced. A very polished project for one week. Spotless teamwork. Congrats!

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The Dreamer's Echo

PixelTakkarDeveloper74 days ago

Thank you pal! All our team is proud of our work here! Also I love your game hope you get a lot of votes 😁

GlitchKatSubmitted74 days ago(+2)

The art was amazing, I loved the slot machine (but also the enemies! and the cards! really all of it was so polished). Also thought this had such a unique concept, I couldn't think of any existing game like it. Would love to see if you develop this further :)

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Untitled Cookie Game

PixelTakkarDeveloper74 days ago(+1)

THANK YOU VERY MUCH MATE 😭. We worked so hard for this one. Also thank you it took a LOT to do that Slot Machine thank you for pointing it 😂. I would be definitely willing to keep developing the game if it gets a lot of support here!

BoomuroomSubmitted74 days ago(+1)

Puzzle game + auto-battler is a cool combo. Plus you had a ton of levels on there. Very impressive!

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PixelTakkarDeveloper74 days ago

Thank you! Our programmers really did a good job with the game levels there 😁. I will definitely check your game later!

probeansSubmitted74 days ago(+3)

Holy moly everything in this game is like top notch, the art and animations, is insanely good, the gameplay is fresh and different from anything else I've seen alongside being really damn fun, soundtrack also pairs well very nicely, and the gambling is great, insanely great job!

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PixelTakkarDeveloper74 days ago

God thanks for such review! 😆 We putted a lot of effort and our very souls on this! Thank you very much!

Aleks_Zlat74 days ago(+1)

THIS IS SOOOOO AWESOME! I love the mechanics and the overall idea of the game. Even though it was only a week you guys managed to create a solid game. Good job guys and good luck with the vote! I am rooting for you!

PixelTakkarDeveloper74 days ago

Hehe thanks my guy! This was a week but it felt like two 😂, we spent a LOOOOT of hours to get this beast done. We are very proud of our jobs. Thank you very much!

NikX04Developer73 days ago

Thanks for the feedback and kind words, it means a lot :)

EoinEoinEoinSubmitted75 days ago(+2)

Wow the art in this game is amazing well done! Love the gameplay too overall really nice job! That slot machine is so cool

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The Biscuit Pact

PixelTakkarDeveloper75 days ago(+1)

THANKS YOU VERY MUCH. I did that Slot Machine and it took me 13-14h straight to do it 💀, with only two rests to have lunch and dinner. It's my best pixel art yet! Thank you 😂

TheMagnatSubmitted75 days ago(+1)

Really addicting, I spent maybe too much time even if I was pretty bad. I found the randomness of the card machine a bit frustrating by moment, like when it give me 4 red cards, maybe it would be cool to find a way to lower this. Very cool game !

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NikX04Developer75 days ago

Thank you for the review :)
You can buy slot machine upgrades in the 3rd page of the shop, which lower the chance of the machine to give you red cards :p

TheMagnatSubmitted75 days ago

Oooh, I see, I spent all my movey on the cards but ok will give a try to see where it get me

Null BuildsSubmitted76 days ago(+1)

I think I played this for over an hour and had a lot of fun with it! The animations on the slot machine are really cool but you may want to consider adding the card to the deck immediately or letting the player skip the animation so you don't have to wait. It's not a ton of time but it can start to add up if you die near the end of a run a lot. Still a really great game!

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NikX04Developer75 days ago(+1)

Thanks a lot for the feedback, I'm happy you had fun with it! Will consider adding animation skips :)

SheerAwesoSubmitted76 days ago(+1)

Ok this game is sick, love the art and mechanics! One small nitpick is that once you place your minions, maybe there should be an indicator if it's a player minion? I felt like the battles could be a bit hard to follow since I was placing my minions all over the place.

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Organic Fight Club

NikX04Developer75 days ago

Thank you for the comment :) There is technically an indicator, the enemy monsters are tinted in red but it's slight. I will probably make the healthbars of the friendly monsters green so it's easier to see who's who.

Alerrandro VinicyusSubmitted76 days ago(+1)

Eu gostei do jogo, ele me divertiu facilmente.

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The Last Biscuit

PixelTakkarDeveloper76 days ago

I'm glad you liked it!

N1RVANN_A76 days ago(+1)

99% of gamblers give up before they get the Vampire to win the map

Fun little game! I love the little flavour text between the maps from Mr. Hellbaker himself. The answer is anti-clockwise, by the way, please let him know I said that.

NikX04Developer76 days ago

Thanks a lot for the review. I will be sure to relay your answer to the Ovenlord 👀

MoonlightKingdom76 days ago(+1)

Been playing for a while now, you really lose track of time once you get into it! I love the pace and the simplicity, it's engaging yet easy to get into.

PixelTakkarDeveloper76 days ago(+1)

It is men I lost time track too when I played 😂. I'm glad you liked it! It was a lot of hours of work 💀

theDwarf80Submitted76 days ago(+1)

This is fun but a bit confusing at first. It has great visuals, but maybe make it easier to place the monsters. Otherwise, good job! 👍

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NikX04Developer76 days ago

Thanks a lot for the review :)

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