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A jam submission

The Hole MoonView game page

They threw your dog in a hole. You jumped in after.
Submitted by xokolade (@xokolade) — 9 hours, 46 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Graphics#234.3334.333
Audio#1273.2863.286
Overall#1573.3253.325
Innovation#1863.1903.190
Game Design#2353.1903.190
Fun#2633.0003.000
Theme#3352.9522.952

Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted(+1)

I just played your game.  I love the pixel art and music.  I especially love the title graphic.  The light coming down with the little girl and dog is very cute and engaging.  

The controls were a little awkward.  I'd recommend using the 'up' key for jump, and then choosing 2 buttons close together for 'lift' and 'stay' command.  That way your hands won't be forced  to constantly move around the keyboard.  

Some refinement to the items on the ground would be nice, as it was hard to tell what they were supposed to be, but that's understandable based on the time restraints you had to do the art.

I loved your artwork and story.  The graphics and music fit the tone of your game perfectly.  Great job!

Submitted(+1)

Cute game. I like the pixel art and the mechanics of using your dog as a stepping stone. (That sounds really messed up, haha)

But I could not make it past the 3rd stage, the blue beholder guy keeps killing me :(

Also, the stacking of objects is not intuitive, as you need to precisely position yourself and throw the object.

But all in all, a short and cute game. The premise is interesting, and the presentation is great.

Submitted(+1)

Really cool game. Interesting way of using your dog as something more than a pet that follow you around. Some puzzles can be a bit frustrating to figure out though as you have to restart the entire level when you die but once you figure it out it becomes easier. Great work!

Developer

Thank you very much!

Submitted(+1)

It's a cool game, and i really love the graphic and the art style of it. I play it until 3rd level, its boss its so hard to beat x'D. Overall its a fun experience to play this game :D

Developer

Thank you so much!

Submitted(+1)

The graphics were great! The gameplay is good, and I enjoyed the creative usage of the dog (like using him as a weapon and a pedestal).

The third level with the blue eye was really frustrating though, couldn't beat it. I think you need to throw your dog to the candle and get him to push the TV away, but I couldn't directly throw him in. I guess you need to use the fire extinguisher and the white object below the candle (towel? socks?) to push him in. I tried to do that, but the enemies made it too difficult. Particularly the blue one due to its speed and inconsistent stun times. Sometimes it would be down for 10 seconds, sometimes it would wake up right away, killing me as I tried jumping over it.

You might want to segment the challenging puzzles and the challenging enemies in different parts, they're not a very pleasant combo. Otherwise the game is good, has potential for a larger experience.

Developer(+1)

Thank you!  I wanted the dog to feel important!

I agree 100% on all that.  I didn't have the energy to playtest it (just checking that the triggers worked) and once I tried doing it for real I realized how nuts it is.  You were right about the dog--the actual method that was consistent is to push in the computer a little bit and throw the dog very close, so he is pushed into the hole by the ceiling. But I know it's not very intuitive--just more things to work on for the next update!

I do plan on expanding it greatly.  Thank you for your thorough feedback!

Submitted(+1)

Great work. I enjoyed playing it for sure. Rated it! Please rate us back 😊

Developer

Thanks!  I checked yours out!

Submitted(+1)

Really good game, it was very enjoyable to play it. I like its arts and smooth colors, animations and the dog. The game can become really big, of course, if you want so ;) Good luck!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much!  I do plan on expanding it!

Submitted(+1)

Wow, that music really is something else! Amazing work with the soundtrack. It was so funny that the actual solution was to jump on your dog to get to places, really neat. I do think that some of the levels were a bit long tho, and dying set you back a long way, which did get a bit frustrating. Perhaps consider breaking up the longer levels into two smaller ones? Still a very fun game!

Developer

Thank you, but while I made everything else, the music is credited to https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic!  I am, unfortunately, not a very talented musician, haha.  I wanted to make it feel like you needed to keep your dog with you, instead of parking him somewhere and doing the level on your own.  The last level especially needs some fine tuning, but this was intended as a proof of concept and way to get my main game functions programmed--I'll be revamping the level structure and giving an actual narrative in future updates.  Thank you for your feedback!

Submitted(+1)

ouuuu man graphics and game design are sooooooo epic this game really amaze me !!

btw i rated ur game can u do the same pls !! ^^ let's help each other :) and thx any way !!

Developer

Thank you very much!  I checked out your game as well!

Submitted(+1)

The music was jaw-droppingly good, and the art design equally so. Only problem was that I often found myself in situations where I had to restart the game because of where I threw things. I checked out your page and was bummed you didn't have more games! If you have more music somewhere you should tell me where to find it :)

Developer

Thank you, I'm happy you like the art!  But I'm no musician, the music was made by this person:  https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic.

I'll be working on more things in the future!  This is my first game jam, just to see how it all works.  Thank you for your feedback!

Submitted(+1)

I really loved the graphics and character design, the girl and doggo are preaty cute. The holes mechanics to find a certain iten based on a riddle is very cool to. Great game guys. 

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much!

Submitted(+1)

Pretty fun game. A lot of the puzzle mechanics were hard to figure out, the second level felt really good, the third level I couldn't figure out, I'd just continuously get surrounded by multiple of the eye things in spaces where they were hard to avoid. Other than that it's a really fun game.

Developer

I definitely need to adjust the eyeball's tracking speed, but did you try throwing your dog into little spaces?  He can move things if you call him to you and he's on the other side :)  Thank you for your review!  I'll be definitely making the learning curve much better in future updates.

Submitted(+1)

Yeah, I know about those mechanics, but the two areas I could get to in the third level I think were a pit int he ground and trying to get to the blue key, and couldn't really get either of them without being assaulted by multiple eyes. I think it's a fun game, and can't wait to see what it could be with added refinement.

Developer

Yeah, I definitely agree.  As it stands now the eyeballs track way too fast, or need longer dead periods.  (I can't even do it ahaha)  Please be on the lookout for the next, new and improved version! 

Submitted(+1)

Great puzzles and really charming visuals, loved it!

Developer

Thank you so much! 

Submitted(+1)

Such a charming game!! Beautiful design and Awesome narrative!!! Keep up the awesome work!

Developer(+1)

Thank you very much for your kind words!

Submitted(+1)

Love the way you implemented the theme. Gameplay  is also nice. 

I hope you like my game too!

Submitted(+1)

I'm glad you were able to post your game! The pixel art is gorgeous and the song is a banger!

Developer(+1)

Thanks so much!  It got hard there at the end, but I'm glad everything at least works!  I can't wait to work on it some more ^^

Submitted(+1)

Very cute game and I loved some of the puzzles. 10/10 would throw my dog again.

Developer

Thank you!  I'm glad you liked the puzzles, I've never done level design before.  Please continue to throw the dog!

Submitted(+1)

Really cute art, game requires some time to figure out the puzzles  and music is a bit loud and can't exit with esc button but other than that no issues, hope this continues to get developed!

Developer(+1)

I had a feeling it would be too loud...  I'll be implementing in sound settings for sure.  I totally forgot about esc!  Thanks for the feedback, I'll fix it up!  I'm glad you liked the art!

Submitted(+1)

Relly beautiful pixel art! The gameplay is more challenging than it looked. I like it how you need to  combine the stones and the dog.  I really love the dog an the sounds you make to give him orders :) lovely game!

Developer

Thank you so much!  I wanted to put more detail in, but that's for a later time!  I'm very happy with the dog noises, they're the first sound effects I've ever made.  Thank you for playing!

Submitted(+1)

Played this game since it did well in presentation, the controls are a bit weird, the game design it seems simple at first then , but on the 2nd level your gonna need some big brain thinking, don't throw your dog in the pit like I did, graphics definitely a 4 to a 5 for me but I feel that Lift on the L button and Reset on R are very awkward buttons combos for a 2D platform, especially E is to tell your dog to stay. And I feel like rebinding the keys would help a lot, but pretty decent 3/5 stars for the rest across the board aside from the graphics. Keep it up! :3

Developer

In the future I will definitely be letting people rebind keys, and pick some better ones for the default keys.  I'm very happy you liked it!  I'll definitely be expanding on this. Thank you for your critique!

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