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A jam submission

Just A CircusView game page

A small puzzle platformer where you help Benjamin the Circus Bear collect flags. Or do you?
Submitted by Ms.RedNebula (@MsRedNebula) — 26 minutes, 21 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#523.8293.829
Game Design#633.6323.632
Overall#663.5243.524
Fun#1093.4213.421
Innovation#1253.2893.289
Audio#1453.3683.368
Graphics#1723.6053.605

Ranked from 76 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted

Nice game! Puzzles were really good, graphics and audio gave the game a nice feel.
Would play more if added!
Great job!

Developer

Thank you! I rated yours as well. Ran into a couple bugs but the idea is very cool and the mini games were fun!

Submitted

Thanks, I enjoyed playing just a circus!

Developer(+1)

Thanks! Your game is quite fun too, the animations are neat and the hybrid 3D background is a really fun idea!

Submitted

Hi! :D I really enjoyed playing your game! Benjamin is so cute and I really liked the dark circus atmosphere. It took me a couple rounds to realize how to solve it, but I thought it was a clever puzzle game! I also loved all the ways you incorporated the theme into the game. Great job! :D

Developer(+1)

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

I checked yours out and rated it as well! I might not be sleeping tonight, though, lol. :D

Submitted

Hahaha, thank you so much for checking our game and rating it too! :D 

Submitted

Great game !!! The yellow ball came with me all to bottom so had to reset from beginning :( ... Good work with the game !!!

Developer(+1)

Thank you! The feedback from you and others has given me some fun ideas for improvements after the jam is over. :D

Submitted

:)

Submitted

The graphic fits the theme!

Is there a escape?


Developer

The game might lie, but I won't. There is an escape. :) I'll be putting a quick walkthrough on my YouTube channel later this week if you're stuck and curious how to win!

I checked out and rated your game too. That is super polished! The key layout was kind of unintuitive (though that's part of the challenge!) - but I managed a C on the first two songs at least! Great music and visuals, I liked the animated bits at the start and in the background too, and everything felt very tightly programmed and solidly timed to the rhythm. Well done!

Submitted

Cool game! I got myself into a few corners pushing stuff in them, or rolling the yellow ball into a pit (restart does not fix that one, the ball is gone forever), but finally beat it!

Developer

Thank you, I'm glad you were able to beat it! Someone else mentioned that bug too with items not resetting, so I'll be looking into it after the jam rating period is over. I want to add maybe a pull mechanic to help with items getting stuck, too. Thank you for the feedback!

I rated your game as well. I like survival games! It's a good start - I noticed you said in the comments it can't currently be completed. Seems like it'd be fun to develop further!

Submitted

Really cool game, love the design and the music!

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted

My favourite game so far! I will take my time to win someday :)

Developer(+1)

Thank you very much! There are so many games in the jam, that truly means a lot. I played and rated yours as well. I got a little stuck as I kept running out of fuel, but the graphics and the music are very nice!

Submitted(+1)

Yeah, there is a problem with fuel because of a bug in the story. It doesn't show up a dialogue panel. I just had no time to test it because of unexpectedly huge build time... Anyway, thank you too for playing my game! 

Submitted

Nice audio and visuals. Had an issue where the yellow ball wouldn't reset, but other than that I like it. Well done! :D

Developer

Thank you - and thanks for the feedback too. Weird that the ball wouldn't reset! I experienced that once with the green box, but was never able to replicate it to figure out what was going on. Once the jam is done, I will try to tighten everything up.

I checked out your game and rated it too!

Submitted

Cool game and really like the visuals. The first groundworm was dope XD

Submitted

Oh and would really appreciate if you would check out mine :)

Developer(+1)

Thank you! I checked yours out and rated it too. The mechanic of having to pay for movements and jumps is really neat! I tend to play platformers very cautiously (clicking a lot), so that was a habit I had to unlearn very quickly, haha! Very solid idea.

Submitted(+1)

Haha that was the plan! I used to do the same.. So it hurt me and my teammate to carefully play it.. making the levels was really fun though! 

Thank you so much for your compliments! Really means a lot and helps boost our confidence! :)

Submitted

I like the idea and the visuals. The music is fitting also really nice. 

The only thing that bothered me a little was , that I had to restart, as soon as I made a mistake with the boxes or the ball.

Anyways, good job :D

Developer

Thank you, I appreciate the feedback! I'm considering some ways to fix that, like a pull mechanic or the ability to reset just one item at a time. Glad you enjoyed the game!

Yours is fun (and I rated it), but I wasn't able to get very far! (That's just me needing to get better at fast-paced platformers, though) I liked how you had obstacles suddenly appear. The music was nice as well!

Submitted

Had a fun time playing your game! Very similar to my game in terms of  the end scenes. Rated 4 Star!! 

Developer(+1)

Thank you! I like the cutscenes in yours... at least, the two I died on, lol. The art style is nice too! (Rated yours as well :) )

Submitted

That's a really smart game, I had to think for a while before figuring out that there were only one big scene (trying not to spoil to much there x) )

I had to restart a couple times because i messed up with the boxes... It became a little less interesting the third time I went trough the beginning.

Great concept though !

Developer

Thank you, I appreciate the feedback! The boxes were a little tricky. I'm thinking after the jam I'll implement a way to reset just one color of object since some of them can only work once.

Submitted

good game and like the concept 

Developer(+1)

Thank you very much!

Submitted

Cool and fun game. Rated.

Developer

Thank you! I rated yours too, very creepy. I won but I only had a tiny bit of health left! Very nice considering you guys did it in 2 and a half days.

Submitted

Looks and runs solid. I lol'ed the first time that earthworm attacked. Great animation

Developer

Haha, thank you! I was hoping that would be a nice surprise for players.

I checked out and rated your game too. Very polished graphics and music! I had a little difficulty with the controls, but you've got a solid concept there.

Submitted

Great game, but it could surprise the small children LOL

Developer

Heh, I suppose it could... But then again, surprisingly small kids love FNaF, so I'm not sure they can even be scared anymore!

I checked out your game and rated it.  I didn't get very far, unfortunately - kept getting eaten by ghosts! But that was a pretty wild retro trip!

Submitted

Nice one! yeah, levels are cool!

Developer

Thank you! I checked yours out and rated it as well. Great work, I liked the music especially!

Submitted

Clever levels :) The amount of times I got eaten by that eyeless beast is embarrassing.

Nice work making this game! I can see you put huge amounts of effort in :) Looking forward to seeing what else you make in the future

YEAH RIGHT (I Jumped down anyway)
 
Spoilers:

I got stuck after this section, It seems I can only jump down but it spawns me at the first level (all other deaths give you the option to retry, so maybe this isn't a death?).  I get the feeling the "Up is down hint" might elude to needing to fall to hit that yellow sparkle at the beginning? 

Developer

Ahh, thank you! You were very close to solving it. I don't want to give too much away, but as a hint, you're right in thinking you didn't die when you  "escaped". :) Otherwise, I'll be putting up a dev log that includes a full playthrough over on YouTube sometime in the next few days.

I'll check your game out!

Submitted

Nice main character and monsters! Couldn't figure much out, though.

Developer(+1)

Not to worry, glad you liked the characters! I'll check your game out too. :)

Submitted

Thanks! I'm sorry if the movement feels odd, it's hard to make a fully functioning FPS controller by yourself, without spending a lot of time on it!

Developer(+1)

Not to worry! It was fine once I got the hang of it. The narrator was quite funny!

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