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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #38 | 4.219 | 4.219 |
| Sound | #67 | 3.656 | 3.656 |
| Fun | #95 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| Overall | #104 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| Aesthetics | #170 | 3.875 | 3.875 |
| Mechanics | #212 | 3.344 | 3.344 |
| Music | #263 | 3.313 | 3.313 |
| Story | #276 | 2.813 | 2.813 |
Ranked from 32 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 in total?
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Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
LowPoly Survival Character Rio by VertexModeler/ Modular Sofa FREE by Vertex studio/ Dinning Set by Luna Szymanska. All of them are free assets on unity asset store.
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The game is fun and good looking, I really enjoyed it!
Nice feeling but quite challenging!
Thanks for playing and reviewing! I agree it's too challenging, should have made it easier so players can get carried away.
The game features engaging mechanics and beautiful artwork, providing a truly unique experience. It's enjoyable and well-executed, making for a fun and memorable play. Great job!
Thanks for playing and reviewing ! You make it sound better than it is but I'll take it ! :D
Oh I get it! "Spare Me" :D
This didn't STRIKE me as an idea, but seeing how many games interpreted the theme for bowling really SPLIT my sides!
Okay enough of that. Fun game. I found the delay between rounds frustratingly slow, and just wanted to get back at dodging. Who are these rowdy teenagers throwing all these balls at once?? I could also have done with smoother movement forwards and backwards.
The bowling alley feel via sound effects was spot on, and the "Nice Spare" losing sound was just so irritating I wanted to show them who's a nice spare :D
Good job!
Thank you for playing! I see that a lot of people didn't enjoy movement forward or backward, but to me it felt fine (maybe because I came up with it and tested the game so many times :D), for the future I'll pay even more attention to the movement :)
The mechanics of dodging the oncoming balls worked well and I like the details you had in there - overall nice job on the game!
Fun game! Took me a while to realize you could leave the back row :/
Also excellent job with the lighting!
Thank you for playing, I agree that I could have made it more clear on how to move to save some time for players.
Took a couple of rounds before I knew what I was doing and after that it was a lot of fun dodging the balls.
Thanks for playing! I wanted to make a tutorial, but I didn't have any time left.
I felt like the controls were a little awkward with diagonals like some of the other comments. Also, it was a little weird seeing the score at the end of a run by itself say high score when it resets every time. Fun take on the theme and I liked the perspective. I got to like 28 seconds survived before dying.
Thanks for playing! To me the diagonal movement didn't seem that bad, but maybe that's because I played the game a lot of times :D And about the score, I forgot to add that logic, it was a big blunder from my end, I even forgot to add a condition when time runs out... :D
Interesting take on the theme! Although there were a few bowling pin games, I like the 3d perspective for this one.
The transitions between each try was also very cool!
My only comment would be, it was slightly difficult to move diagonally, and the risk of getting hit by bowling balls is too high. I stuck to dodging the balls laterally. But i had a lot of fun doing so!
Solid entry!
Thank you for playing and reviewing! I think I made it too difficult as well, so for the next game jams I'll keep that in mind so people can have longer runs than ~30 seconds :D
Hi @HxdDev. I am having some trouble while running the web version of this game. Could you kindly also upload a Windows executable of the game on the submission page, if possible?
Hello, I added Windows executable just for you :)
Just tested this and thanks for uploading the windows build version of the game. Really nice graphics and feel, especially those ambient environmental sounds. A great twist on the 9 pin bowling. My highest score was 26 seconds. Simple controls and nicely paced mechanics. I see a lot of potential in this for instance you can add more thematic sets with matching pins , balls and billboards in the arena when the player has survived for a given time like 60 seconds of survival unlocks the Shopping Arena, or 90 seconds of survival unlocks the Arcade arena etc. Nice gameplay that encourages you to comeback and survive for a little longer. Keep up the good work :)
[Note: The web version was giving a runtime error in Chrome version 125.0.6422.142, but is working fine now after clearing the cache and restarting that. In the Firefox browser its working fine and the windows build version is working fine as well]
I like the game, just i had trouble moving forwarded to get the lights for more time. But evading bowling balls is nice :D
Thank you for playing and the review! Through these comments I've realized that the movement could have been better, but as I never have done movement like that it was all I could come up with in that time frame.
This is so much fun! I wish I could use the arrows though. The pin animation is very well done too while it moves
This is fun. I'm terrible at it... but I could also see myself getting addicted until I perfected it. Good work!
Thank you! I think movement in diagonals make it harder to master, but I had no choice otherwise movement wouldn't make sense.
I really liked the light and sound effects. Great ambience overall, I enjoyed it!
Thank you for playing! For lights I just tried to remember how the bowling alley I go to looks like and tried to copy that vibe.
A+!
Great game! Perfect scope for a jam to let you polish the look and feel. The music had a great vibe for a bowling alley, and switching the camera around to the pin's perspective was a great way to "show, rather than tell," what was going on.
Much respect for a job well done.
Thank you very much! It was my first time working with multiple cameras so I'm happy that it worked out :)
very original idea. i can see how it could become very addicting! great job
Thank you! I hope someone will have 1000 hours in this game someday ! :D
Simple to understand and fun to play! Visuals and sounds were nice. Great work!
Thank you! For music I just youtubed copyright free bowling background sound and music :D
Loved the idea. The visuals looks good and it has a good curve of difficulty. Great job!
Thank you! Out of visuals I'm most proud of the pin movement animation as I had no idea how to animate it :D
Great idea! Now I know what it is to be that one pin still standing. When bowling I'm going to be happy I don't get that last pin. Thank you!
Thanks for the nice comment! I think I'll do the same thing when bowling to make myself feel better :D
I like this one and it is enjoyable!!
Good luck
Thank you very much!