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Help Alien DOB to flip the Switch. A GameDev.tv GameJam 2022 Game

Submitted by Zeno G. — 3 days, 3 hours before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Sound	#351	2.683	3.600
Music	#394	2.683	3.600
Fun	#512	2.534	3.400
Aesthetics	#530	2.683	3.600
Mechanics	#538	2.385	3.200
Story	#560	1.789	2.400
Theme	#628	2.087	2.800

Ranked from 5 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.
Visual & Audio Assets: https://www.kenney.nl/ ; Pixel VFX: https://codemanu.itch.io/pixelart-effect-pack ; Background Music: Daniel Stephens https://opengameart.org/users/scribe

Link to your source?
https://github.com/zgoerbe/DOB

Comments

stigliccSubmitted2 years ago

Cool stuff

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Aterions destiny

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mbalrog6Submitted2 years ago

It is a good entry. The loss of momentum while in the air makes it very hard to do any platforming. It break the immersion and makes it hard to anticipate the jumps. The game itself has good bones in that there is a good foundation to work with. A little polish and fixes on the movement feel and this would be something special. Keep up the great work.

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Fate of a Dying Star

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souvlakigamesSubmitted2 years ago

Great idea with different abilities - reminded me of The Lost Vikings, I wonder if that was your inspiration. Challenging, yet gets easier with more attempts - fitting the theme. One thing I'd wish for is more control for character movement while in the air. Games that lock your character movement in the air remind me of old 8-bit rage days. Overall, it's obvious you put a lot of effort into this, so kudos.

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Charon Runner

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Zeno G.Developer2 years ago

Thanks for the feedback. 👍🍻

The idea was not inspired by The Lost Vikings. Initially the idea was to change the abilities automatically when you get a gem, but I changed it in the last day of development to give the player the possibility of changing abilities accordingly to what he needs to get over an obstacle.

Regarding the in air control: it was intended to have a bad or maybe better said, reduced air control. This was inspired from old 8-bit and 16-bit games. 😁

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Astrydax2 years ago

I liked the camera effect although I felt the character moved a little slow. Overall nice game!

rate4rate?

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Zeno G.Developer2 years ago(+1)

Thanks for your feedback. 👍🍻

The character is indeed slow but only because repainting the Tilemap in Unreal Engine is a real pain in the ***. So I compromised the speed of the Player to make the gaps between the tiles feel just right for each ability. 😋

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Astrydax2 years ago

ah that makes sense. Probably a good choice.

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Hamster_steveSubmitted2 years ago

Loved the different abilities and the camera effect! Great game!

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Tiny Graveyard

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Zeno G.Developer2 years ago

Thanks for the feedback 🙂🍻

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