Amazing job for making a multiplayer game the Jam, it looks really fun to play with friends.
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The Big Cheese's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Innovation | #66 | 3.321 | 3.321 |
| Theme interpretation | #80 | 3.429 | 3.429 |
| Gameplay | #165 | 2.821 | 2.821 |
| Overall | #168 | 2.964 | 2.964 |
| Graphics | #237 | 2.679 | 2.679 |
| Audio | #239 | 2.429 | 2.429 |
Ranked from 28 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
GitHub repository URL
https://github.com/Game-Off-2020/the-big-cheese
Theme interpretation
This game is a fast paced multiplayer shooter set on the moon.
It is technically ambitious, as not only we created a client with a custom pixel based physics engine for destructible terrain, but also a sharded back-end server for online play across multiple regions around the world.
It also uses GitHub Actions to automatically test, and deploy the game client and backend servers upon new commit to the main branch.
Comments
Game's really ambitious. Making an online multiplayer game for a jam is incredible! And it even has destructible terrain!
Gameplay-wise though it's a bit boring. There should be some indicators when you hit someone (or get hit yourself), cause the only way you know it happened is with the cheese drop. Aslo, the goal isn't immediately clear and people don't tend to find each other often enough for combat. Bombs are really tiny and hard to see and the green cheese is hard to avoid.
Overall, a really good job. I commend your hard work. However, it doesn't quite fulfill its "fast-paced gameplay" promise yet.
But maybe that's a matter of the number of players (I played with 3 other only).
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ParalunarThis is a really unique take on a multiplayer shooter. Reminds me a bit of Dig Dug and similar arcade games.
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Nocturne of PostsMaybe technically ambitious but sort of pointless multiplayer game when no one else is playing. I mined straight down until reaching the green core, and then I died. After this I tried walking on the giant cheese/moon but eventually got bored since nothing happened. Still a nice start of something.
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Tower DashTried it with a friend and it was as stressful as it was fun :D However, I couldn't really differentiate between the green cheese and the yellow since i'm color blind so picking up cheese was always a bit of a gamble haha
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Last WindowCool concept! Feel like having the bulk of gameplay being shooting the ground can't be too deep but it seems cool. Nice
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Space-ball pool: Moon ShotVery nice ! I play alone but I think it's very cool with friens !
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Edmon Taigne JourneyWow! Multiplayer! I managed to play with a couple of people and it was a pretty interesting concept. You kinda pick the cheese that you lost from getting hit right back up, so shooting people didn't work that well, but it was still interesting how the whole battlefield changes as you play. This is cool!
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The Lunar Defense InitiativeThe destructible moon is impressive, now I just need some people to help me dig.
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Comrade KokoFor some reason I can't put in a "z" in the name. It's a fun concept and always impressive when people manage to get multiplayer running. The movement is a bit janky, with gravity being insanley high. I am also, apparently, very bad at digging for cheese.
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Last WindowWell done. I wasn't expecting to find multi-player games here. I would have liked to see how it played with more than one player. :)
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Lumi and the Dark NightArt and animation are very cute! I wish there were people online playing this when I got on but I got to explore the mechanics on my own. Love the jump/hover animation. I did notice that I was still able to fire bullets when I was out of ammo, could be a small bug?
Nice job though guys! Super cute characters c:
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MonMonit remind me of Wallace and gromit. You know the first one where they go to the moon haha
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