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Brackeys Game Jam 2022.1

Hosted by CodeMyst, TheDutchMagikarp, Yilian, Brackeys, Duxez, AquaXV · #BrackeysGameJam

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A jam submission

I lost my ballarinaView game page

Face the Witch to discover the fate of the Ballarina!

Submitted by Struo — 2 hours, 54 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Game Design	#369	3.375	3.375
Theme	#369	3.375	3.375
Fun	#382	3.250	3.250
Overall	#478	3.167	3.167
Graphics	#484	3.417	3.417
Innovation	#664	2.792	2.792
Audio	#678	2.792	2.792

Ranked from 24 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does you game fit the theme?
I can't tell, because it would be a spoiler, but something is not real, i promise! ;)

Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
All the code, assets and music where made by me in the jam period. Only the font and some sound effects are from the web.

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GAME JOYSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

A nice multi-staged boss fight. I especially liked the attack where the giant wall spreads out from the middle. The characters and environment are cute and charming. The player abilities, specifically dashing and throwing pumpkins, felt good to use.

Didn't seem like there was much penalty for getting hit. There's no hitstun, and I got hit several times and never died (Is there health? Can you die?).

The fight was easy overall, which I can respect. As someone who loves a good challenge, though, an extra hard version of the fight would have been a nice bonus.

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StruoDeveloper2 years ago

hy! the “low penalty” was part of the ideia, since the witch just wanted him to go away.

you guys giving me so much great feedback that i’am really hoping i can do a complete game out of this one. Be assure, there will be a hard mode!

D3kryptionSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Hey

Really nice work. I enjoyed beating the witch. Solid controls and good attacking (more than I could say for my game lol!)

I couldn't however beat her when she was flying? :(

Please can you play my game. I'm looking to gain more feedback on what to improve on.

Thank you

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Child Daycare Battles

StruoDeveloper2 years ago

Thx! when she is flying, you can throw the pumpkins at her.

Sure, i will play your game!

StruoDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Oh! i just watched your stream! Thx for the great rating! it was very nice of you!

Spirit of the RaccoonSubmitted2 years ago

This is an excellent start for a story-driven game that lasts for about a half-hour or so. The jam’s theme gives away the story, but it can definitely work outside of it! The character design was really impressive, and the whole thing felt complete for the purpose of the jam! Kudos!

Let me know if you’d like my complete notes, especially if you’re considering to continue the development!

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StruoDeveloper2 years ago

oh, man! you don’t imagine how it makes me happy! i do want your notes and do a complete thing out of it! thx a lot! you already made my day!

StruoDeveloper2 years ago

oh, man! you don’t imagine how it makes me happy! i do want your notes and do a complete thing out of it! thx a lot! you already made my day!

dindotjsSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Very nice game. The controls are solid and the art style is very cute. The gameplay is overall pretty nice. The only nitpick I have is with the blue walls, I kept getting basically stuck on them which was kind of annoying but other than that everything is great. Good job!!

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Nightmares Aren't Real

foumanSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Nice use of the theme! Good job on having different mechanics to the fight. I enjoyed experiencing the story, nice build up!

Some notes:

I could go through the purple walls after being stuck a little bit in them. That wall mechanic is a good concept but there doesn't seem to be any downside to getting hit right now.
Not sure what the cauldron is for. Hitting hit produces the same sound as for enemies.
I like how you can't seem to be able to die to experience the whole story. But a losing health mechanic, hp bars, healing options would have added to the intensity of the fight.
The throwing mechanic is bit clunky to hit the witch right now but it's a nice addition.

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Accident at Faux Pass

StruoDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Thx dude! The purple walls where the bane of the project. I spent so much time failing to fix this collision glitch, that the cauldron was the first of many victims… In 4th phase, the witch would keep in the air and the cauldron should be destroyed to prevent skeletons to spawn. But, thanks to the purple wall, i couldn’t polish the throw mechanic and, because of that, the witch only flys a little bit and the cauldron lost his function… A true domino effect.

I had planned a health bar to the witch too, and sometimes it would shown the balarina picture. But that was yet another victim…

For the main player, the lack of health was one of starting points, since the witch just wanted him to go away. But, after some great feedback, i think i could do something better with a gameplay mechanic.

foumanSubmitted2 years ago

Having had to cut a lot of scope in our game too, I totally understand! Keep at it!

DeeRaghooGamesSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

cool game idea did not see the twist ending coming. would have liked to see the health of the witch some where on the screen, and maybe add some player health so that the witch could kill the player but that would make the game more difficult, great game idea though

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Falisar Speranza Brackeys 2022.1

StruoDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Thx a lot, dude! The witch health was planned but was cut to make the deadline of the jam… I though much about the soldier health and, since the witch just wanted him to go away, i decided to make the game “unlosable” to fit better with the history.

Red SalmonSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Aiming the pumpkins at the witch was really hard for me lol

But overall very fun game. I enjoyed it.

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My Friend Chinto

5hadowduckSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Great game. It's a very solid boss fight, took me a while before I realized I could throw pumpkins at her.
I loved the models, they were super charming, especially the goblin and the skeleton (freakin loved the way he just explodes into bones. Wish I would have implemented that into our game.)
You did a great job. Keep it up!

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Illusionist's Labyrinth

RKI3000Submitted2 years ago(+1)

Love the music! Great job :)

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SocksNGamesSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Loved the twist (it's a twist hahaha) the music is what kept me going not gonna lie!

Here's my game plz check! https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-7/rate/1420259

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Voyager StudioSubmitted2 years ago

Really fun game! We love the little story going on and the movement feels very nice. Love the little character you play as too! Nicely done!

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Play Pretend - Brackeys Game Jam 2022

friedlettuceSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Really solid game, one of the most cohesive I’ve played so far! Would like to see some work on the assets (music/sfx/graphics) but you made a complete and interesting game. I think the wave effect was cool to have in there. I would suggest making it quicker, waves spawn farther apart, and have a bigger open section, because it became tiring to chase down the witch and get caught in that constantly. Throwing pumpkins was also hard because it was difficult to gauge the space and where the pumpkin would go. Really solid game though, I really appreciated how it was one solid level with everything working towards the storyline from beginning to end!

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Posh SlothSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Ah the frailties of youthful ambition. It reminds me of my days at university writing sonnets to woo the ladies. I have come a long way since those days.

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Illusionist's Labyrinth

JHawk StudiosSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

A pretty neat experience! I really enjoy how unique all of the fazes feel while still like they all fit the character.

I did encounter a bug where if you roll in front of a pumpkin, and then pick it up as you're rolling, it then makes the roll animation a bit odd, as well as sometimes mess up the rotation of the pumpkin. Overall though, that's a small bug for a well put together boss fight. good work!

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ToyDragonSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

That was great! I really appreciate your choice to not have a player death mechanic, because I really took a beating there :P Getting cameras to render the different characters in the text boxes must have been a challenge, I really appreciated that! It made a big difference compared to if you just had static images.

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StruoDeveloper2 years ago (1 edit)

Dude! the render was the easy thing i made in unity in my life! here is how i did https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56783654/how-to-capture-frames-from-the-unity3d-camera-and-display-them-on-another-rawima

i’ll play your game and leave the feedback. Thx a lot for play my game!

[edit] the ‘not die’ mechanic is part of the history, since the witch just wanted him to go away…

StruoDeveloper2 years ago

I’ll need to borrow a windows PC, but i will try it soon!

Jeh DieSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

It was pretty fun, I love how your character roll , well played

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Fly High Butterfly

curlyGoblinSubmitted2 years ago

Was pleasantly surprised by how responsive the controls were! Fun stuff!

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WhizmageGamesSubmitted2 years ago

Really well made game! I liked all of the different stages of the boss fight, and all of the fighting mechanics felt clean!

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2373655rSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

3D game, multi stage boss fight, twist ending. I love it!

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Biomedical Text Annotation

StruoDeveloper2 years ago

thx, dude! soon i’ll check your game too! The 4th stage should spawn way more skeletons, but something is wrong and the jam rules don’t let me fix it during the voting period. but i’m thinkig in repurpose the mechanics in a full game sometime…

N1CSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

First game that dosent Earrape me, 10/10

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StruoDeveloper2 years ago

thx! soon i’ll play your game too! i am very happy that the music didn’t anoyied you! I was fidling on garage band and the ideia for the entire game came from this tune.