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A jam submission

BACK TO THE PRESENTView game page

Submitted by Sanay, Prakul2006 — 2 hours, 21 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#9182.7822.782
Audio#10752.2182.218
Fun#11122.3452.345
Overall#11382.3272.327
Innovation#11592.2732.273
Game Design#12092.2182.218
Graphics#12962.1272.127

Ranked from 55 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

In what way does your game fit the theme?
It is about Time Travel and the player has ability to rewind time

Did you write most of the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
yes, but some audio and some sprites were not from scratch most of the things were from scratch

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Developer

Everyone check this

https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-4/topic/934475/beta-testing

Submitted

The cactus are EVIL!

The jump didn't work most of the time making me crash into the cactus :/

Developer

we are making it into a proper game and we will also fix bugs

Join our Beta testing for being first to get the beta version and you can help us improve by giving feedback

Beta testing: https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-4/topic/934475/beta-testing

Submitted

Nice small game. I had some fun playing it. Sometimes it was a bit frustrating since I wasn´t able to jump over any cactus without losing health. Sometimes I wasn´t able to jump at all.

Overall a nice concept.

Developer

Oh we are improving the game check the beta testing post

Submitted

You got the theme pretty well. I had fun playing it, but the cactus gave me hard time. Maybe you could make the jump higher in the future. I liked the flipping animation of the enemies.

Developer

Thanks

Submitted

The cactus gave me a lot of trouble, so I'm glad I can use my bullets to jump higher. Not sure if it was intentional or not, but it was a fun feature. Also, the unlockable abilities motivated me to keep playing. I'm a sucker for those.

Developer (1 edit)

Thanks a lot for checking out

I didn't get about the bullets you are taking about.....?

Submitted

If I shoot and then jump into the bullets, I get pushed higher into the air. It was very useful for getting over obstacles.

Developer (1 edit)

I am going to put a cooldown on it so people can't just do that and complete the game easily

As you can skip some part

We are making it into a proper game so if you are interested we also have beta testing so you can help us I will send the link if you are interested

Submitted

Has some major bugs but it seems like a really cool idea that fits the theme well!

Developer

We are making it into a proper game so if you are interested we also have beta testing so you can help us I will send the link if you are interested

Developer

Check thishttps://itch.io/jam/brackeys-4/topic/934475/beta-testing

Submitted

You should reduce the height of the cactus and also some indication when the player is hit. Also you should include some post processing to the game. Some audio would have also been very great. Apart from that, great job.

Could you please take the time to rate my game too? I know I just criticized your game so I should not ask for one but it would mean a lot to me if you rated it.

Developer

we are fixing the bugs and adding new level and much more so stay tuned 

There will be a big update and there is also a beta testing so you can help us know how you like the game and if there is any bugs

Developer

Sure will check if available for macOS

Submitted

everytime you jump over a cactus, you get hit, you can't avoid them.

secondly, the art style isn't consistent and controls need more polish, you run too fast. needs more work, but congrats for submitting!

Developer(+1)

thanks will try to improve the bugs and problem and give an update with more new features/ level

Submitted

The game is great. But the player and the shooting doesn't match with how the game looks. Also, jumping is a bit difficult and if I press A or D while in air, I can literally fly. Other than that, a great game. Also, I'm a big fan of the rotating dinosaur, it was like the funniest thing in the game.

Developer(+1)

thanks

Submitted

I couldn t play the game because the jump button didnt work and I couldnt get past the first cactus :'(

Developer

Sorry about that this is the second person complaining!! We don’t know why

Thanks for checking out our game

Submitted

im in windows 10 64 bits if that info helps

Developer

Oh thanks for the info

Submitted

The idea of the game is fun and e.g. the shadow in the distance looked very nice.
Also the 2D dinosaurs turning on their X-axis also made me chuckle each time ;)

But you should polish especially the colliders a bit more, especially the colliders of those evil cacti ^^

Submitted

Very interesting game but I think there were a few collision issues

Developer(+1)

Thanks for checking out

Submitted

The idea of using your points to rewind is actually very original and it could be improved and turn into something much bigger.

The only(and biggest) problem with this game is that is unplayable, sadly. The movement is really poorly made, jumping is too slow and walking is too fast and that makes it even weirder. Collisions are so bad and it's actually impossible to pass a cactus without taking damage. It is a solid good idea but right now it looks like just a prototype. Maybe you should work more on that idea and then make a good game about it.

Did you already checked my game?Give it a try!

Developer

As we were In a hurry we did not get time to give finishing touches 

We could have improved all of the bugs if we had a little more time

thanks for reply 

Submitted

Great use of theme and the shooting feels nice. Its impossible to jump over the cactus without taking damage from it. Rewind mechanics is good. I would recommend renaming the file of the game to the actual name of the game rather than a bunch of g's. Otherwise nice job.

Developer

we submitted in a hurry so could not do finishing touches and it is not impossible to jump over the cactus you just got to time it right (it is really hard)

Thanks for your feedback

Submitted

Hey my friend, was looking forward to playing your game. Here is my honest descriptive criticism for it.

Pros:

-Love the ggs mate haha the name was phenomenal but i know you didnt go for it

- At first game had a good feel for it, I could do almost all i was instructed to but then it took a turn which i will get to in the cons.

-The sound of the shot was pretty solid nothing too much nothing too little and i didnt have audio bugs which are pretty common during game jams.


Cons:

- instructions are not designed for 4k i can assume they are on one half of the screen and look quite small to read that can be said with other elements such as the buttons on the middle of my screen

- The dinosaurs looked very janky turning halfway and sometimes even going underground

- After killing enough dinos, dying and being able to rewind time was a good idea but sadly the execution was poor. My character did not regain half health(might be due to the UI bug) but other than that I could walk while rewinding which made it bug out and rewind me while i was moving making me sometime drop in with the cacti haha


Overall pretty fun experience if i say so myself ! This is not supposed to offend you or make it seem like your game isnt good. I hope you read this with an open mind my friend! Would appreciate if you could leave a detailed feedback about my game as well.


Thank you very much! 

Developer(+1)

realy appreciate your feedback and in play testing things were going fine but when I submitted people were facing a lot of problems I guess as we had very little time left I forgot to add some small but key features that might have resulted in the bug

Thanks for your feedback

I am glad you liked the game

Developer (1 edit) (+1)

The game manager in second level is not assigned properly so in second level if u rewind ur Health will added but the bar will not be updated 


The reason for dinosaurs going under ground is that box collider is misaligned with the sprite

Sorry 😐 

Submitted(+1)

I see ! Thanks for letting me know and I wish you guys great success with the future of the projects. Definitely spent some time developing games just for fun and not even for jams just together to teach you guys. I was solo dev but when i worked in studio thats what we did. Just made random games with small teams sometimes to get bonding and learn a lot.

Developer(+1)

Thanks, do u have a youtube channel or something as u mentioned to teach u guys

Submitted

No we just do stuff until it works haha use unity documentations or other sources you can find. Anything that works and gives you the satisfaction is awesome !

Developer

oh ok

Developer (1 edit)

Check this outhttps://itch.io/jam/brackeys-4/topic/934475/beta-testing

Submitted(+1)

I really loved the game, i had troubles at few places. But really liked it. Rate our game too if you like it

Developer

Thanks a lot for checking out our game!

Submitted(+1)

I don't think I 100% understood this game... The first time I played, I didn't understand the point of the rewinds. After I realized you could do them after you died it made a little more sense, but the bugs made the game really difficult to play. :( I will mention though another thing I didn't see anyone else say is that in the second level there is not anything stopping you once you fall through the hole in the ground, so you just fall infinitely. Overall, good job on finishing something in a week, but it could use some bug-fixing.

Developer(+1)

oh I think that the ground might have been removed in play testing it was there 

and the game is about a person stuck in the past and has to reach back to the present

Thanks for the feedback

Submitted(+1)

I beat all 3 levels. I really enjoyed playing this game, I know other people have mentioned it already but the box collider on the cacti should be adjusted. If you're using unity or if other game engines have the capability I would recommend either making the box collider smaller or using a polygon collider to fit the shape of the cactus. I liked the way the enemies turned around (reminded me of paper mario). I also discovered a way to get past the cacti, If you spam the shoot button and jump forwards you can use the bullet's colliders to stay in the air longer and go higher. If that's something you'd like to remove you can do so by making separate layers for your player and bullets and go to project settings > Physics/Physics2D and unticking the boxes from the matrix at the bottom that connect the player and bullet layers. (If you're using Unity ofc, not sure how to do it in other game engines). Even with it's flaws I thought this game was fun.

Developer(+1)

thanks for your feedback 

Thanks for telling about polygon coliders

This feedback really helped me 

Due to less time I could not fix the problem and this is my 3rd game jam and first brackeys jam. Thanks for the feedback it is very helpful as I am new to Unity I don't know about all the stuff like all coliders, etc but I know the basics and you telling me how to fix the bugs really helps me

Submitted

Glad I could help!

Developer(+1)

actually we had used circle collider I think it was the problem 👍

Developer

Check this out https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-4/topic/934475/beta-testing

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

The movement is a little be fuzzy but nothing unmanageable. Really liked it good job!

Developer(+1)

thanks for playing

Submitted(+2)

Despite its simple mechanic, the game is so fun
Tips: You should add an exit button in the UI :)
GOOD JOB!

Developer

Thanks for playing our game!

I thought of adding it but my teammate told not necessary! Next time I’ll do it 😊

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