The cat was a great addition! Super fun puzzle submission! I’ve rated your game. I hope that you’ll check out and rate my submission as well. :-)
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Ghostman's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Mechanics | #12 | 4.266 | 4.266 |
| Fun | #14 | 4.281 | 4.281 |
| Theme | #47 | 4.109 | 4.109 |
| Sound | #76 | 3.563 | 3.563 |
| Music | #144 | 3.563 | 3.563 |
| Aesthetics | #152 | 3.859 | 3.859 |
| Story | #195 | 2.906 | 2.906 |
Ranked from 64 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How many people worked on this game total?
1
Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
All 3rd party assets are in the description of my itch.io
Link to your source?
https://lew1smarks1.itch.io/ghostman
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3 years ago(+1)
Thank you for playing. Your progress is saved, so you can have another go at it at any time!
3 years ago(+1)
For me, it started with the theme which helped me make the mechanics. Then I made a list of interactions between each object and drew a bunch of levels that would introduce the mechanics and how the player can interact with objects. All on paper! Then start coming up with challenging levels that use those mechanics in combination with other mechanics.
Currently the only objects are walls, boxes, hearts, humans, ghosts and Ghostman in the game. I had a bunch of other mechanics I had thought of but slimmed down in order to make creating levels more streamlined. What I learnt from this game jam is that limiting what the player is able to do means you can tailor a puzzle to what they can do.
There's a couple of specific methods like reverse designing, where you set the goal first and then find ways to stop the player from getting to the goal. Designing a single level around a specific theme/concept/name/image. Pathway design where you start by placing the player and create a specific route you want them to take. And many more that I'm sure other game jammers here would be more familiar with.
But if you asked me IRL I'd say coffee and free time haha.
3 years ago(+1)
I definitely agree! That's the challenge of continuous vs discrete movement there for ya! I'll be trying out discrete tile based movement if I make this into a full game in the future, see if it feels better. Thank you for playing and I'm glad you enjoy! I appreciate the feedback too my man, looking forward to more boss fights in your game.
3 years ago(+1)
Haha, thank you! Congratulations! Getting to 11 is a real toughie. If you have time, come back and try it again! Your progress is saved ^_^
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