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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #73 | 3.842 | 3.842 |
| Overall | #153 | 3.579 | 3.579 |
| Game Design | #165 | 3.658 | 3.658 |
| Audio | #178 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Theme | #249 | 3.605 | 3.605 |
| Innovation | #321 | 3.316 | 3.316 |
| Graphics | #399 | 3.553 | 3.553 |
Ranked from 38 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?
1. I initially was building a much larger game, but I wasn't close to finishing, so 5 hours before the deadline, I decided to punt and turn my most interesting game component into a full game by itself. I "embraced the chaos" by saving every interesting or funny bug/mistake that I made in the process of turning this component into a game, and I share each failure with the player and try to build the game for them as they are playing it.
2. It is a game about rush hour traffic. Chaos :-)
Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
All the code was my own. Sound was from Freesound.org, but I did combine some effects in Audacity. Textures were from a Kenney.nl free texture map. I did put the tiles together to make the game background.
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Interesting idea to have the game style be "being developed as you play".
From an analytic standpoint, it's quite an interesting game design choice to have the cone speed powerups be "optional" so you can choose to increase the pace- or not. I like that.
Nice game, I had fun playing!
Awesome game! I really enjoyed the idea of having bugs be a feature like this. Great job!
Please play and rate my game if you'd like: Chaos Climbing by CosmosPanda (itch.io)
Simple and fun game, I laughed with the intro and loved the music! I played until I beat the highscore! Good job, I would love to see the larger game you had in mind!
Dang. I related to the intro a bit too well lol. I really enjoyed the game a lot. I realized that if you find that sweet spot in the middle you are basically untouchable. Though seriously, you can expand on the game later. it was really good.
A good looking, good feeling game, with a lot of funny meta humor! (I defnitly had to laugh a few times!).
I feel like you are relatively safe in the middle of the road? It's weird because it doesn't look like it in your screenshots, but I could just stand in the middle of the street for minutes without getting hit. Maybe this could be fixed if the other cars had more movement options (maybe you'll encounter another crazy ghost driver, just like yourself). But of course I understand that time is always a limiting factor in a game jam!
One very minor issue I had was that the Z-odering sometimes didn't work properly (oddly enough, it seems to be right after the introduction of the cones, but before that, my car was sometimes behind other cars when I was supposed to be in front)
Other than that the game is definitely fun, well made and worth a try. I also found the music quite fitting.
Good job!
Really good job. This game has a lot of character. I love your story about how you accepted the game for what it was instead of over scoping. The humor made me chuckle and the execution was really good. The main game mechanic wasn't the most interesting, but the buildup to it was the highlight. If you were to expand on this game, I would recommend doubling down on the story and the "game-in-progress" aspects you have added for your game, it makes for a very interesting experience.
Thanks for the feedback! This was actually a 5 hour sleep-deprived journey after a larger game failed. You are the first person to mention that the main mechanic is uninteresting. I totally agree! It is really interesting how most people overlook that when I added some humor to it. I'm doing a small update then moving on, but there were definitely some cool lessons learned here.
Loved the intro! and the X+1 joke, I do that almost every time I make a player controller. Fun game!
I'm glad that it was relatable!
haha dude very cool! i loved the breaking the 4th wall aspect!
Thanks! It was fun to write
How cool was that idea! A game about a game in progress!
Great fit for the theme, really chaotic
This was really good! The intro/story was cool and made me laugh - so relatable! The gameplay was also pretty fun. Overall I loved the game. Please rate my game, as I still need a lot more ratings to qualify.
Thanks for playing. I'll take a look at yours
great work, nice narrative made me laugh.
good game
Love the intro! I think you should keep working on this one after the jam, it's got a lot of potential! Like, maybe there could be a forever mode where you can crash into cars without the level stopping? Or a certain point in the game where the apocalypse starts but nobody stops because they don't want to lose their job? That'd be pretty chaotic. Anyhoo, great fun. Commuter chaos!
Thanks! I did one update and am working on a second. I don't think there are hours of gameplay here, but I might add more variations down the road if there is interest.
Love the intro. The graphics are great, the music too. But my lazy me found that you can easily beat the high score by just following the two yellow line in the middle. Maybe adding some obstacle there can be good to avoid it ^^
I did that in version 2! Just waiting for the upload window to re-open. Good catch, though, I missed that during my own testing
Really nice game! I like a lot the intro and development process, I was hoping something would happen when I reach the high score (that was me on the tutorial) the horn sound effects are awesome and how the change based on where are you, they give a nice touch to the game. If the UI was pixelart too everything was perfect!
Keep making games
Thanks, that's a good idea! I'm doing a small update, I might have to add something special if you hit the high score.
Very consistent Art. I really enjoyed playing your game.
Fun game! The unconventional narrative element was a lot of fun. And yes, it is looks and sounds very nice, but it is buggy haha
Hopefully buggy in a contained way 🤞 Thanks for playing
Great Game! Your intro idea of taking the player through the bugs is really good. it made me feel part of your process. the Gameplay is simple but quite smooth and fun. Nice Job!
I liked the music and the intro was funny. The gameplay was actually pretty nice for its simplicity. It was fun that the cones would bounce around.
Glad you enjoyed it!