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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #320 | 3.691 | 3.691 |
| Audio | #357 | 3.289 | 3.289 |
| Innovation | #477 | 3.247 | 3.247 |
| Overall | #482 | 3.313 | 3.313 |
| Theme | #575 | 3.392 | 3.392 |
| Fun | #622 | 3.134 | 3.134 |
| Game Design | #674 | 3.124 | 3.124 |
Ranked from 97 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?
In my game, the kids aren't as afraid of bullies when they have their friends by their side. They're stronger together.
Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
I wrote all the code myself, but used an asset pack I purchased, and music from opengameart.org. I listed the creators in my description.
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Incredibly cute and well-presented game which both fits the themes and evokes a pleasant sense of nostalgia for old arcade titles, nice work. :)
Fun game, cute art, the second level is too hard with two bullies! Good job though!
Cute game, well designed, only real problem is the bug when friends get stuck.
Sooo cuute. I enjoyed gameplay too. When you fix the bug about our friends getting stuck i would love to play again
Hope you try and rate my game too.
Very cute game loved the pixel art here, and the AI of that fast fast bully lol!!!! At times though the classmates would go into a back and forth loop as they would get in each other way ( may have made sense to set them on their own layer and disabled them from colliding with each other in the 2d physic settings ). Other than that great submission!
If you have a chance please check out and rate my team's entry "Beatdown Breakdown Boomtastic" : https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-5/rate/928162 It's a rhythm-based brawler!
Liked how I could use the other characters to block the path for the bullies. It really reflected the theme there.
Thank you for sharing your game with us :)
Good AI path finding, especially when there are several bullies on the map.
I love the concept. Was able to get 6 out before the school day ended!
I was having issues with students following me at first. What I found was that when full screen students had a lot of trouble following. When I switched back to play in the small view the following worked much better.
SO MUCH FUN! My buddy got caught in the wall and spun out of control -- IT WAS AWESOME! I laughed so hard and the music hyped up the bully drama to the next level. Awesome game, would love to see a mobile version! 10/10 from me!
Nice game, I like this take on the theme! My classmates got stuck alot of the time, and somhow I got stuck behind the plants/lockers and had to restart the game :). But its a fun game, I would play it as a full game!
What a lovely little game; a simple but addictive core loop and a really awesome 'snake tail' system makes this a brilliant Jam entry.
Full release on Android, please? :)
That was great Concept and was playful simple game......
I really enjoyed this mechanic and the game. I really really like your play on the theme! Great job!
Really liked the art, very reminiscent of pokemon. It was tough because my classmates would constantly get stuck. Cool idea though, sort of like pac man and an escort mission.
Nice use of the theme in creating your game! Interesting concept and I could see this being a fun game to play through for quite a while with some more levels and a bit of randomisation. The AI sometimes got stuck (both the bullies and my buddies) but just getting the gameplay implemented within the time frame is a good achievement!
Very creative! Nice work :)
Nice little arcade) I spent some time trying to win more and more points. All well done - good little concept implemented well.
good fun mechanics, and intuitive controls. had fun running around avoiding the bullies, but my classmates got stuck behind stuff a lot
Nice and fun concept! But I guess I just have to leave through the right bottom door and wait till the time's up, then go to the next level?
Thank you! The idea is to deliver as many kids to the door in the bottom right as possible in the time limit. I was only able to get two levels done so far.
Good idea on one hand I expected to have like a trail of friends behind me as I collect them that somehow repelled the bully and was disappointed that it toggles them so you can only have 1 at a time. But on the other hand it was a fun challenge to run circles around the bully and the fact that your character is just a little faster means you escape by a hair sometimes.
Wow! it's a great game and I don't know why, but I found it so satisfying =) I know you already know but the classmates are wierd sometimes. In general, I loved the game!