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A jam submission

Bonsai BanditView game page

The bonsai bandits are out to get your bonsais!
Submitted by MG (@MetricGames64) — 13 minutes, 47 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Graphics#4043.5453.545
Fun#8252.7272.727
Game Design#9002.7272.727
Overall#9482.5912.591
Audio#9862.3182.318
Innovation#11412.1822.182
Theme#12632.0452.045

Ranked from 22 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?
A chaotic group of bandits have decided to free all the bonsais in the world. It is up to you to defeat the bonsai bandits and take down their leader, no matter how sturdy he (or she) may be.

Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes. I used some code I found online but changed it to work for my project

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Comments

Submitted

Your graphics is very good, but I had to turn off the audio, so I don't even know if you have background music beside music when text is appearing. I would recommend you focus on repairing jumping - too fast jumping up and too fast falling back.

Submitted

Had some fun, the art is amazing and the story was pretty funny. I wish that the concept of chaos was more than just a subjective characteristic of the bandits, I wish it made somehow part of the gameplay.

Submitted

I'm not sure what I just played x'DD
Definitely quite funny, the art looks really good, but I don't think it really fits the theme and the lvl design could be better.

Submitted (1 edit)

Man, Your games visuals are really cool. Some critics are:

  • Dialogue should have a skip button.
  • Dialogues SFX are too irritating.
  • you should use cinemachine

I'd love you to play and rate mine. Its unique platformer and top-down blending. This is my first jam BTW.  Please check the gameplay, I bet you will love the challenge when you play by yourself. 

https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-6/rate/1177946

Submitted

Hey the game is very good looking, add some music and everything should work fine, the camera feels a bit restrictive at times

good job.

Submitted(+1)

Cool pixel art. The gameplay is a classic platformer. In general, it turned out not bad, but my ears could not stand this sound during dialogues))

Submitted(+1)

Great artwork. It was just a bit short and I didn't fully get the theming.

Submitted(+1)

I loved the art style, I just would like more difficult on the gameplay. Good job!

Developer

Thank you for playing :)

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the art style was cute and the game was fun too, for better camera movement install and use Cinemachine it really makes the camera move the character smoothly  

overally great job ;)

Submitted(+1)

I love how this game looks! The animations were really nice and the dialogue gives some charm to the game. The gameplay feels good too, but I think the camera could still be improved. Good job!

Developer

Thank you, I appreciate your kind words and your feedback. I agree, I also think the camera could be improved.

Submitted(+1)

really good art, but the gameplay can be better,

by using something like cinemachine instead of making the camera a child of the player the movement will feel better,

and you could change player jump height .

and the final boss was a little bit weird.

and you could add music for the game.

but over all good job, and i hope that i can see other good work from you.


I'd appreciate it if you could play/rate my game as well! :)

Developer

Thank you.

I struggled a bit with camera movement and placement, thanks for the advice.

Would you recommend a decrease in jump height?

I would've loved to improve on the level, boss and the music, but I just ran out of time and couldn't to get to it.

Thanks for the feedback.

Submitted(+1)

Wow! really good pixel art dudee i love the feel of the game

Developer(+1)

Thank you for the kind words :)

Submitted(+1)

love the animations and the art, made me laugh a few times. Love the story.

Developer

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.

(+1)

Really sweet art, also really like the dialogue.

Developer

Thank you :)

Submitted(+1)

let me know if you do the bonsai tree fight in the future i feel unfinished

Developer(+1)

Shall do.

Submitted(+1)

Cute little game, I love the artwork. The text speed is way too slow though, it felt like I spent more time reading than playing the game. The platforming is decent but there was a lot of blind jumps, either keep all the terrain inside the camera or zoom the camera out more. Good stuff!

Developer

Thanks for the feedback!

I agree, the text does move too slowly. Too many blind jumps can be frustrating, thanks for pointing that out.

Submitted(+1)

Really nice job! It's short, but there's not much you can do about that in a game jam. I saw that you put a lot of your time & effort into the art, which payed off - because it looks great! And even though you put a good amount of time into art, you still were able to create good gameplay that does not feel like there's anything wrong with it. Good job, make more games.


All that I can think to add later on is more areas to explore, probably more going on with the boss, perhaps things that change up the gameplay - but overall it was a really good job with your usage of time.


I would also appreciate if you rated my submission, I'm trying to rate a lot of games - so if you do too that would be greatly appreciated.

Developer(+1)

Thank you! I appreciate the feedback. I will definitely take a look at at your submission when I get some time.