Awesome animations hilarious sound effects. Overall I love the character and want to see more of them... not just because I'm hungry.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun Factor | #3 | 4.250 | 4.250 |
| Overall | #6 | 4.125 | 4.125 |
| Balance | #9 | 3.781 | 3.781 |
| Overall | #9 | 3.974 | 3.974 |
| Polish | #13 | 3.844 | 3.844 |
| Music and Sound | #15 | 3.688 | 3.688 |
| Visuals | #17 | 4.156 | 4.156 |
Ranked from 32 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Video URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHXvRCC4SbE&feature=youtu.be
Comments
First off! This is an amusing main menu. I spent about a minute or 2 just playing with the sound because it increases with up and decreases with down. Nice touch! I found it rather funny.
- The camera moves way too suddenly on proximity of text boxes. Also, if you just move a little, it gets back to you instantly, and if you stop moving, it goes on the text box suddenly too. I think it should be smoother!
- Speaking of which, the text box was pretty slow and restarts if you move. I think it should just stay there. On the tutorial, it felt like the focus on the text box should have been the normal view (it's more convenient to see above than below in platformers, with the exceptions of below platforms, since they lead to leaps of faith)
- The hot dog has sometimes weird sprites, with some mustard or such for a second, or trembling in fear? I didn't notice reasons for this to happen. Too bad cause several states are a fun idea. OHHH I get it now, the condiments you find change your sprite, but not all of them
- I think there is something weird with the collisions, as sometimes I feel like I should have reached a platform and not get blocked by it.
- Sometimes, the double jump doesn't trigger. It seems to happen near platforms (it happened to me on one block of platforms)
- The game feels floaty, accentuating that kind of lack of control while moving. Makes platform jumping tedious at times.
- I wouldn't recommend space for jump, it's kind of an awkward key in my opinion.
I gotta admit I gave up, I kept getting lost. If you can't make a minimap, I suggest you to add props/items that the player can recognize to have an easier time finding his way in this level because it's pretty big!
Aside that, the game looks nice and having dances and such is a nice touch!
Kwisarts,
Thanks for the feedback! I am a fan of your art and games so it means a lot that you would take the time to share your thoughts.
1. Main Menu -- I had fun making it and probably spent too much time in there. The point in doing that was really just to see if I could and then use the idea to change the pitch of the sound when collecting coins. Also if you go into the settings menu I just changed the pitch to be random so if you leave your finger on the up arrow it sounds like the talking sequence in Mike Tyson's Punch Out (which was a fav for me as a kid).
2. Camera: I agree... camera movement needs a lerp command or something like that when it comes to the text. So at first it was a lot worst. As in when you walked by the Tiki's it would automatically snap the camera to the text box (just for walking by it). So I changed it to where the text box would not open unless the player was stopped. So if his xSpeed = 0 and he was near the tiki then the camera moves to the words. that way you can run by it with no jerkyness. But yes still it should be smooth when going to the words.
3. Character Sprites: So there are a ton of animation sprites. I just did not have the energy to create all new ones with all the different combos of condiments. So i just did it for when you are idle. So if you lets say just have mayo and mustard then you will get the sprite that has just mayo and mustard and you will only get that sprite if you are not moving. I prob should have just left this off. I talked a lot about it in the Discord channel getting opinions from other jammers and we really just decided together that who cares throw it in there lol
4. Double Jump: Next time I wont use the space bar but honestly keyboards are terrible for platformer games. If you use the controller it is very smooth with no problems or delays of any kind (this is most likely a prob with how I code as I"m sure others make great platfomer games using a keyboard).
5. Yulp, map is huge! I wanted to make it even bigger just ran out of time. My plan was to make NPCs all around the map as like indicators as to where you are but just never got the time to do it.
Thanks again for taking the time to play, rate, and give me feedback. It really does mean a lot.
The walls are a little confusing (as some allow you to wall jump and slide while others don't) and the double jump doesn't seem to work for me sometimes, but maybe that's because I'm using a keyboard? Hot dog boy's charming dance and all the sparkley bits make it a thoroughly fun ride though!
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WorthlessThe graphics and animation is owsome 👌 it's so funny , and the number of details is massive for a short game .
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BURN demonsthanks for your kind words. And super thank you for checking out the game and leaving a comment. I just started to learn how to draw and I love pixel art so that is what I want to do but I was a little disappointed with the tile set and the fact that i did not have a background (i just couldn't draw it so that part is just blue lol but thank you so much for your kind words.
thank you so much for taking the time to play, rate, and comment in Hot Dog Boy! I only got eight hours of sleep in those 72 hours lol. But i really wanted to make a "feel good" game. Something that gave off that satisfying feeling. I had 20 more ideas that I just ran out of time and could not put in the game. Thanks again for your kind words
Great game, really well thought out and clearly well planned. I found the shortcut to the end area!
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AstroVoidsGreat job! awesome game, a really fun play and I love the cheers you get!
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See no evilVery fun game! Loved the art work and the overall style and feel of the game. Collecting things was so satisfying when the particles flew everywhere!
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Sticky SituationFantastic game! I loved the style and charm it gave off the whole time. I wasn't so great at getting the double jumps down, but I think that's just a timing thing I need to work on! Awesome job dude!!
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Ants of Jam: Justice UnleashedSo much detail and polish. Cute and good work. Coin bonus mechanic feels very fun
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Justice PizzaThank you for trying out Hot Dog Boy! The coin combo was added early just to see if I could change the pitch of the coins when you collect them quickly. Then every time I made a change to the game I would test it out and I would of course just get those coins again until finally I was like, this is really satisfying let me make that a thing and add some cheers!! haha.. :) Thanks again for playing, rating, and commenting. That really means a lot!
Was great to finally play this after keeping up with the development on Discord. ; )
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Press Space To StickThere is a lot of nice touches that make this game awesome. The game reeks charm. The wall jumping can feel a bit weird at times but that stuff is hard to do in 48hr. Good Job pal!
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Sticky Justice!Thank you Adam for checking out Hot Dog Boy and adding your kind words! That means a lot man! Yes, about four hours left in the JAM and I was so tired I could hardly move was when I realized I might have spent too much time doing those things.... but I had never done them in a jam and really wanted to do them this time.
This was a lot of fun, I think you have a really awesome character with Hot Dog Boy, a lot of personality. I'm glad I joined this jam, even though I had to drop out, I still remembered Hot Dog Boy from the Discord chat, so I had to play none the less. Great job, and hope you do some more with this character in the future!!
Best part was watching the progress in discord! Keep up the good work!
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