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A jam submission

Outcasted BeginningsView game page

A game where you play as an ANT gathering food for your new nest while trying to avoid being stepped on by humans!
Submitted by 2Dreams — 4 hours, 7 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Cozy Spring Vibes#243.9234.083
Presentation#263.9234.083
Overall#313.6303.778
Fun#413.0423.167

Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Dang it was hard to win! Really cute game and cute drawings. Like the theme and it was challenging which I always appreciate. I would suggest tuning down the humans speed so we have a chance to escape or something like that. I'll definitely come back to this to beat it after the jam.

Developer

HAHA yes, when i was originally designing the game I had a really elaborate chasing and escaping mechanics in mind, but when i was writing the mechanics time was cutting short, i had to move on to other important parts of the game. So i had a really basic chasing mechanic implemented in the game. One last thing with the upgrading system, I didnt have time to really finetune and balance the shop in the game it is all dynamically generated based of a math equation so I wouldn't know what late game would look like when you play it for a long time, because we didnt have much time to test the game out. But again thanks so much for playing, really appreciate all the support and feedback!

Submitted(+1)

This game was really cute! it took me a really long time tho to figure out what strength I needed to lift everything. I think it would have been nicer if the heavy items but became obstacles instead of getting stuck under them and not able to move.

Developer

Yep, that was one of the things we were really scared of when we were designing the game. It was with the communication of the game mechanics, we really had no time in the end to implement anything extra into the game so we wrote a massive story line in the description (It was last minute decision, I didn't even get to read the description until after submission) with all the controls and mechanics intergrated throughout. Which I thought it was a pretty cool way, but i guess in the end it was still rather hard to get the jist of the game with just a big block of text. Thanks for the feedback and support I'll be sure to take into account when we decided to go back and polish the game after the jam. Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

This game is really cute! I love the art and presentation generally (audio speeding up and slowing down, transitions etc, the game was so polished)! The gameplay was fun too. Great job!

Developer(+1)

Thanks so much for the recognition! That was one of the tiny detailed that I spent alot of time on to make it feel decent. As it was our first proper game Jam, I really tried focusing on polishing the game to make it feel the best I could as with the limited content of the game I was really hoping to make the game feel good to play and experience. I'm SO very glad that it is noticed and appreciated! 

Submitted(+1)

Really fun idea! I was playing on a trackpad, so definitely recommend a mouse for this, but otherwise it was really cute!

Developer

Yes, I designed the controls for the player with a mouse or track pad in mind. Although I developed the whole game with a track pad but it may just be because I am really used to the controls of the player. I wanted this game to be really simple and easy to get your hands on, and be a quick game that you can play off the bat in a short time! I'm glad you enjoyed!

Submitted(+1)

Wow great game! What you managed to achieve in such a short amount of time is great. The art was very nice and had lovely spring vibes, the menus were all very well done and game was also very polished for a jam game.

Developer(+1)

Thanks so much for the kind words and support, It was out first game jam and it was one of my focuses to really polish the game and make it feel good and satisfying to play, as I know we would have really limited time to bring out extensive content. I am really glad you enjoyed the game. Thanks again for playing our game!

Submitted(+2)

Human is so scary.lol 

I very like your art work. :D

Developer (1 edit)

Indeed haha, all the art work and visuals were done by one person which was really impressive within the time big props to the Artist! Really enjoyed working with all my team mates.

Submitted(+2)

Very nice art, music was fantastic and controls felt good. I wouldn't believe it if you told me this was made in 48hrs but here we are.

Developer(+1)

Thanks so much playing the game. We grinded on the game with minimal sleep, and we're relatively happy with where the game ended up at. As this was our very first game jam, we were just happy we can finish in time. Again really appreciated your time.

Submitted(+2)

Very pleasant and fun little game <3

Developer

Thanks alot for playing! I'm glad you enjoyed.