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A jam submission

Fam Slam: TogetherView game page

An indie dev quest for good.
Submitted by Nathan Wiles (@NathanWiles13) — 2 hours, 27 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun#1033.8283.828
Theme#1663.9663.966
Overall#2303.5753.575
Game Design#2953.5523.552
Graphics#3863.5863.586
Audio#4173.2073.207
Innovation#4323.3103.310

Ranked from 29 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?
Multiple characters must combine their abilities to reach and defeat a shared enemy.

Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
I wrote all the code myself and created all the art; sounds and fonts are external assets.

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Submitted

I think I've already given my comments on this, but I'll add a couple more.

AI was great. Audio was quality.  Love the graphics.

The boss fight was well done. I think if you had more time to put into it, you could make the ending a bit more lengthy, giving him some more health and dragging it out some more.

I forgot to mention when testing that, imo, the character switch would be nice on ctrl/shift instead of tab, so I can use my pinky (maybe some people press tab with their pinky, idk :P)

I think it would be nice if the dialogue triggered once you landed. It's a bit awkward hanging in the air listening to this guy talk who isn't in the frame yet.

Great job. I'm looking forward to the next installment ;)

Submitted

Its a fun platformer :D I love the assets <3 the animation when the pig is shooting the minigun  is the best lmao I love his tiny sun glasses.

All the characters are so cool, the background could do more style, but other than that, the art design overall is great!.  And the writting of the dialogues are so creative, plus nice music selection! 

As for the gameplay, I was craving some checkpoints haha. The enemies are challenging and great, they actually feel like another person is controlling them :O nice job writting the AIs! 

Submitted

i got stuck inj the final boss, but wow that was really cool

Submitted (1 edit)

Things I didn't like:

  • Couldn't click on UI. Not immediately obvious you can only user keyboard
  • Couldn't shoot while jumping or moving
  • Controls were floaty
  • No jump buffer/coyote time
  • No tutorial

Things I liked:

  • Art Style was simple yet effective
  • Music and Sound FX were good

Overall, I had to rage quit, I couldn't figure out what to do after beating the turtle, since I couldn't make that jump. 

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Submitted (1 edit)

The game reminded me of old school 8-bit megamen games. You beat bosses and get their abilities by turning into them. At first i was trying to beat the turtle by making him hit a wall. Someone on  stream had even suggested to lure him into a pit, lol. Turns out it was all in the the manual and then bam, all the sudden my piggy has badass terminator sunglasses and a minigun.  I loved the art and quirky dialogues. Gameplaywise, i think the game would benifit from checkpoints, since it's a real bummer to accidentally fall into a pit and start right from the beginning. Good job, Nathan!

Submitted

Unfortunately, when it launches it won't get past the menu, the UI is frozen. The screenshots make it look really cool though!

Developer

Hi, thanks for playing! I don’t think that’s the case, no one else has had that problem. Did you use the controls listed on my page?

Submitted

I would suggest adding some simple background sprite, other than that it's a neat game

Submitted

The game is so much fun! I loved the unique fights and abilities.  Also, the art is cute.

It could use a few bug fixes(smoother camera & bullet burst hit fix) and please add a checkpoint system because restarting kills all the fun!

Submitted

Bro, that is osm... First of all , the graphic part is amazing and I love its sync with the game's music ... Overall , it was a soothing game for me ...

Submitted

Hey! the game is just really fun. Love the musics and the art style is simple and easy to look at. Overall a fun submission to play!

Submitted

Great little platformer!  Confusing start with the pause screen, and a couple of the sprites don't deactivate after boss battles, but a great start, looking forward to where you take this!

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)
  • Audio is a bit too loud

  • I’m not a personal fan of the art but it all looks very cohesive which is great

  • Music is good, no complaints there (although I’m not exactly good with sound design so take that with a grain of salt)

  • I didn’t grab a screenshot in time but when the dialogue starts the player’s gravity temporarily freezes which looks a bit weird (they float)

  • I was a bit confused at first (I prefer to not look at the itch.io description unless I have to)

  • I can’t really put my finger on it but something seems off about the shooting animation. It feels as if one of the frames might be duplicated

  • I love the idea of taking an enemy’s abilities and using it as your own. It reminds me of one of the old Skylanders games lol. I’m surprised I haven’t seen this before in this jam

  • Enemy AI is great. They actually feel somewhat intelligent and they’re each like their own little boss fight

  • The game is very unforgiving since there are no checkpoints

  • The sky is quite empty. Maybe some clouds could make it more interesting?

  • I got stuck here as the blue turtle guy (going invisible again fixes it though)

  • A pretty good entry!
Submitted(+1)

Very cool idea! Any criticism i could have given you has already been said. great art design and loved the animations! fun helicopter too :D

Submitted

I really like this! Each of the characters feel very different and have different uses so it's very easy to tell which ones to use, the disadvantages and advantages were also pretty nice, like only being able to use the minigun on the ground or not being able to jump with the turtle while also having higher horizontal movement. The animations and characters were cute and I wasn't expecting the final boss at all haha. I have a a few things to improve the game though

-The background was just a solid colour so it was a little boring, maybe a few clouds or a background sprite can help with this problem

-It gets a little tedious to have to replay the entire game because you died, maybe a few checkpoints could help?

Overall, very fun game. The movement was solid and the game was fun to play. I liked the balancing for characters and they were pretty cute

Submitted

Very cool game! I really liked how all the characters have different abilities, the sunglasses and minigun  for the first character was hilarious! As said by others, I think a few control prompts would have been good, but at least you displayed them on the itch page. Nicely done!

Submitted(+1)

Really really cool game ! I think we had a similar concept in this jam but you really pulled that off nicely ! The mechanics are well thought and the game balance is really good ! But it's hard when you can't heal at all :p

Submitted

I got hard to find the controls but nice game!! 

Submitted

Good Metroidvania(ish) game. I wish you could switch between characters using the number keys or the scroll wheel though. Also 10/10 for the Dani reference lol.

Submitted(+1)

really great game! i thought the characters were cute and the theme was on point. definitely enjoyed it. my only issue was restarting from the very beginning with every death! i almost beat the boss i was stuck on but couldnt quite manage it in the end

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