great job! there have been few games i've played so far on this jam that has actually stuck by the theme and your nailed it, love the music btw
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Chaos Break's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #332 | 3.444 | 3.444 |
| Fun | #782 | 2.778 | 2.778 |
| Audio | #792 | 2.630 | 2.630 |
| Overall | #853 | 2.722 | 2.722 |
| Game Design | #861 | 2.778 | 2.778 |
| Innovation | #1010 | 2.370 | 2.370 |
| Graphics | #1144 | 2.333 | 2.333 |
Ranked from 27 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?
Unplanned interaction between systems leads to chaos.
Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes
Comments
I like the chaotic spin on an old classic, but I wish that it came with a manual! You don't need to add a full tutorial, but knowing what the different colored balls do might be nice. At one point, I had six paddles, two of them were skinny. Then it became a giant paddle across the entire screen, then it disappeared, and I watched my ball slowly fall off the bottom of the scree. It was a cool and chaotic moment, but it felt a bit undeserved, it was happening to me, but I wasn't actively participating in the chaos.
Only other critique: the paddle is a little slow. I lost the ball a few times because I simply couldn't move to the other side of the screen as fast as the ball was moving.
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Untitled Chaos GameYeah, so I watched this Game Jam Tips video before I started and it said "make sure you use playtesters because you'll be playing your game so much you won't notice you're getting good at it" and I said "pfft, surely not." Now I have learned this is a good tip because almost everyone is mentioning the ball/paddle speed and I will listen next time!
There really isn't anything to know to play better though, the powerups are the color of the brick they came out of, nothing more to it than that.
Hahaha. I like this game's sense of humor. I knew it would be something special as soon as I heard that opening music. The theme is super short and begins to grate after a few minutes, but as an 8-second song, it's golden. I especially enjoyed the quack sound that plays on each beat. As for the game itself...what a trip. I spent most of my time playing with my eyebrows in a confused furrow. Paddles changing sizes, multiple paddles, bricks getting munchy, title letters falling like leaves, a shuriken chopping up my ball, .. I'm not even sure if I saw all the gimmicks, but it was super strange and I thank you for that. Sometimes my ball would get "stuck" for a while, like floating slowly in space at the side of the screen for ~10 seconds, or bounce horizontally (straight from left to right) , where I wished that I could kick it back into play. But it would eventually get struck by something, and I was back in action. It's good stuff. Thanks for the trip.
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MatchBreakerHeya ~
I thought that all the mechanics you implemented were super solid and I had a lot of fun playing!
My biggest critique is that there was a lot going on and I didn't understand really any of it. I thought that this really added to the chaos theme but really detracted from the player experience. I think that some sort of tutorial or explanation would have gone a long way there.
That said, when it did go into full chaos it was a blast to watch and seeing the level get absolutely destroyed was awesome. I really liked how you incorporated the letters of the game into the game.
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La Cirque du Manchot MagnifiqueHoly ****, what happened?! :D I lost all my balls and my platform shrinked :P But I got a Highscore after every brick exploded! :)
Nice Touch that your UI is destructible!
What is the point of the munching crocodile bricks? :P
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Towers of ChaosHonestly.... so entertained by this. Absolutely loved watching the letters get bent out of shape and then start flying around, at one point it looked like one of the pink bars I had hit had grown a mouth and started crawling up the screen, chomping away. Loved the effects, fireworks explosions, I think "unplanned interaction between systems leads to chaos" is probably the best description for this game. Works very nicely in this classic breaking game structure.
I did feel like the ball moved a little too quickly for me to properly catch, and would oftentimes end up losing it off the screen before I could get to it. But also maybe I just need to get good.
Also the music is so good, solid job overall!
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Ghost King's CrossSo good! I love it :) Love that you can knock around the "CHAOS BREAK" letters too ;p nice touch. Love the sounds and the art (nice colors!) I just got confused sometimes when the yellow block would break because they looked like my ball... but I guess that added to the chaos. Loved all the explosions and spinning and everything was just really great. Good job!
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Get Chopping!Good chaotic shot game. One doesn't know, what happens next. You got topic well.
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The Chaos KnightGame is good and very polished.
Here's link of my game if you want to play:
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Chaos Adventure
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