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The GameDev.tv Game Jam 2023 - Free Course For All Submissions!

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A jam submission

Gift Train (GameDev.tv Jam 2023)View game page

They forgot about Mother's Day. They better act fast or Mom will be angry!
Submitted by waijee — 4 minutes, 7 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun#733.8283.828
Story#943.3793.379
Mechanics#1343.5863.586
Sound#2523.0003.000
Music#2753.1723.172
Aesthetics#2983.4143.414
Theme#4932.6902.690

Ranked from 29 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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ThraccoSubmitted360 days ago(+1)

I think the developer is a hoarder irl. :)

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A dog's life ( Jam version )
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waijeeDeveloper359 days ago

Thanks...

{Look around}

Maybe I am...

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MarcusFromOzSubmitted360 days ago(+1)

Yup its a fun game, but no I'm not getting my mum that many gifts lol.

Quirky in a way that appeals to me.

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2023 GDTV Jam - Chris the Cube
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waijeeDeveloper359 days ago(+1)

Doesn't you mama deserve it?

I wanted to give more alternate endings and one of them was an angry mother (similar to Cooking Mama) if you didn't get enough gifts! So you better get her lots!

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DaxSubmitted360 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

my dude what dope game it reminded me of crowed city the hyper causal mobile game this was alot of fun the cam and everything was smooth and a full game loop good job

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Tli2D
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waijeeDeveloper359 days ago

I haven't heard of that game so I googled it up. I see what you mean, lots of people following the player.

Thanks for playing and your comment!

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GamingTGTSubmitted360 days ago(+1)

Wonderful,fun to play.Very awesome game.Keep i up.

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Cursed Robot
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waijeeDeveloper360 days ago

Thanks. I appreciate it!

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Rabat8108Submitted360 days ago(+1)

Wonderful game, Fun to play, loved the zoom out after every item pickup but would've liked it to cap at some point (not sure if a cap was set and I didn't reach it). Loved the tunes as well. Its a solid 9/10 and fun to play game for me! 

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A slime In Us
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waijeeDeveloper360 days ago

Thank you for playing and your comments. Got confused for a sec since you also posted a comment on the game page. Haha.

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UkarusSubmitted361 days ago(+1)

Cool game, for some reason having a long train of gifts feels super satisfactory.

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Dimensional Bros
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waijeeDeveloper361 days ago

Thanks. I was hoping it would feel good.

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IsaacBowesSubmitted361 days ago(+1)

Nice job with this submission. Would be interesting to see a mobile version with some extra content~

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Dimension Hop
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waijeeDeveloper361 days ago(+1)

Thanks. This OpenGL version should work on mobile. It works on my phone. Press Run Game and it'll load full screen. Then press the Start button and the mobile stick will show up on the bottom left. Enjoy!

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ArchrodaSubmitted361 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

This one hits home quite close for me. my first idea for the jam was about mothers day too and ı also used kennys asset for my game. Its awesome to see that ı had the same thinking with someone else. Also loved the game the aspect of time limit adds the challenge you need and the point based system to get the items is quite fun.


TL,DR: It was really fun. loved it.

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Milk Quest
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waijeeDeveloper361 days ago

That's awesome we had similar ideas. I had planned to have the mother at the end give lots of crazy responses based on what the player collected. Didn't have time to do that though.

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ArchrodaSubmitted361 days ago(+1)

I wasted too much time while searching for assets so ı had to change the story of the game. Also forgot to write but loved the camera getting farther from player as train got longer.  and the objects had still their colliders enabled after being added to the train adde a good effect when zigzaging between builidings.

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waijeeDeveloper361 days ago

Thanks for noticing the zoom. It's kinda subtle and easy to not notice if you are focused on collecting the gifts. I had some issues with the zoom because I initially had the pixel perfect camera component setup on the main camera I was happy with that, until I realized the zooming would not work because it would break the resolution pixel ratios... So I had to disable it.

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Rexx ThunderSubmitted361 days ago(+1)

Cute game!  Nice job!

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Tropical Rush
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waijeeDeveloper361 days ago

Thanks!

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KingDratonixSubmitted361 days ago(+1)

Very cool and simple game

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Dimension Crashers United
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waijeeDeveloper361 days ago

Thank you!

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pproiaSubmitted361 days ago(+1)

Pretty cool game. I was a bit confused with the controls until i read the description. Maybe you could make that the gif you are not able to grab doesn't stop you?.

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Lagrange Dimension
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waijeeDeveloper361 days ago

Thanks for playing and your comment.

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Clayton RumleySubmitted361 days ago

Loved the katamari feel to the game. Wish I could have gotten enough points to start collecting lampposts and buildings! The secret passage to the diamond was cool.

Since you're running around collecting gifts you always don't get to see the funny names you provided for them. On the end screen it'd be nice if you could roll over the gifts (or cursor through them with the arrow keys) and see the large version + the name (and maybe their point value).

Great job with the time given!

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Quidl
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Clayton RumleySubmitted361 days ago

Loved the katamari feel to the game. Wish I could have gotten enough points to start collecting lampposts and buildings! The secret passage to the diamond was cool.

Since you're running around collecting gifts you always don't get to see the funny names you provided for them. On the end screen it'd be nice if you could roll over the gifts (or cursor through them with the arrow keys) and see the large version + the name (and maybe their point value).

Great job with the time given!

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Quidl
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SchmolSubmitted362 days ago(+1)

damn, one mom will be really happy with Jason S. and Chris H. as a gift. Loved witty item names, Great job!

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Debugging with Ricktato and potaTim
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waijeeDeveloper361 days ago

Thanks playing and leaving a comment.

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R3dlegSubmitted362 days ago(+1)

11 millions leaves for my mother? BBest present ever. ^^ Jokes aside. Was a very fun experience and an interesting concept. I could see this beeing expanded upon. Well done!

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Village Vista - A Charming 2D Village Simulator
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waijeeDeveloper361 days ago

Thanks. I did have some additional features I wanted to add, but ran out of time. Definitely needs more gifts.

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R3dlegSubmitted362 days ago

11 millions leaves for my mother? BBest present ever. ^^ Jokes aside. Was a very fun experience and an interesting concept. I could see this beeing expanded upon. Well done!

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Village Vista - A Charming 2D Village Simulator
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OUR CODE DIARYSubmitted362 days ago(+1)

I like the game's visuals, and the music is fine the only issue is that  colliders arent that well aligned they are blocking me from grabbing the gifts in other areas maybe you can work on that if you will consider updating the game otherwise keep it up :)

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Dimensional Escape
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waijeeDeveloper361 days ago

Thanks for playing. Yeah, the collision could be better. I followed the technique I leaned from a Code Monkey course to handle player collision via code instead of using rigid body components. I like it, but I need to figure out how to make it feel and move better.

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OUR CODE DIARYSubmitted361 days ago

you should try out tile map it's easy and quick.

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waijeeDeveloper361 days ago

I found where the problem was and the movement should be a lot better. Not perfect, but it won't just get stuck as often.

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OUR CODE DIARYSubmitted361 days ago

That was a quick fix, good job :D.

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porkrindSubmitted362 days ago(+1)

What a great concept. Gave me those feelgood moments of Katamari with a bit of snake-like challenge. I think you made mama proud.

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Descent into Lost Dimensions: Part 1
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waijeeDeveloper361 days ago

Ha ha. Thanks. I hope I did make her proud!

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Lance RitolaSubmitted362 days ago(+1)

Sweet game! It had a bit of lag on my playthrough but I believe that might've been due to my internet. Sometimes it was hard to tell what I could collect but found out that I just needed more points. The story and graphics were really good. I loved seeing the violent crab in particular. Thanks for the experience.

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Wish upon a golden man
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waijeeDeveloper362 days ago

Thanks. I am proud of that crab.

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itseg0Submitted362 days ago(+1)

I was a bit confused at how the game worked at first (Some controls or something in desc. would work wonders!), good job.

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Oil6 Wizard
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waijeeDeveloper362 days ago(+1)

Good idea. I scrambled to get the game done and submitted. I'll update the description to be more helpful.

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waijeeDeveloper362 days ago

FYI, given your input, I tweaked the gifts so that pickable gifts have a glowing outline. Thanks again.

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