Good game with fun driving and unique design elements. Platforming sections were a nice change of pace. Car controls could use some refinement but overall it's a great submission. Keep up the good work!
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| THEME | #11 | 3.806 | 3.806 |
| JUICE | #21 | 3.806 | 3.806 |
| OVERALL | #21 | 3.722 | 3.722 |
| FUN | #28 | 3.444 | 3.444 |
| PRESENTATION | #56 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
Ranked from 36 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Did you use any third-party assets or skeleton code?
Text Animator, All in 1 sprite shader, CC0 music. some generic sound effects (sonic bumper). Everything else was made in the jam. Songs not credited via the radio: "Spooky Dungeon" By You're Perfect Studio, "Mysterious Sewer" by Smark, and "The Days Roll On" by Chance de la Soul!
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The downloadable version was MUCH better for me
I really liked how you two basically did two different games but integrated them really nicely. There's a lot of charm here and the effects have a really nice juice to them without being over the top. The one thing I'd change is the direction the car reverses. When you're turning while reversing you have the car turning in the opposite direction compared to how reversing a car works in real life, which is really unintuitive
Haha, yeah the reason why I implemented two timers was for people who might not want to go the hard core completionist route. Clearing the debt usually means visiting all the dungeons and seeing most of the major content in the game. However there are small easter eggs that unlock in your bedroom to reward you for finding more coins and chests! Thank you for playing!
Fantastic game. So much stuff to drive over and places to explore.
I Played for quite a while, and managed to pay the debt but could not find the last two chests. The remaining coins were probably at the teeth place or maybe behind the big catsby, which I couldn't get past. Had lots of fun though.
The feeding missions were a little difficult, especially with the car controls, but I found that you can ram the objects very hard, and they will bounce off the walls and eventually go in the target.
Overall this is a very well-made and visually appealing game. Good job!
2 years ago (+1)
Thank you for playing!! All dungeons have 2 chests except the tooth dungeon. Was it the ball of yarn you had to bounce on that gave you trouble? It is kind of a tricky jump, you want to aim for the center and let yourself bounce on it a few times to get height.
The Greater Catsby himself doesn't have a hit box (but he does have puurrrrsonality and is quite the talker).
Ramming the objects in the feeding missions is the best general strategy, they cannot get out of the area so you don't have to stress too much.
The game was designed to be chill and taken at your own pace with lots of funny little set pieces, jokes, and "lore". Im glad you appreciated that!
(until you realize there are 2 speed run timers....I'd die a happy man if someone speedran this game for GDQ!).
2 years ago(+1)
Thank you for playing. Yeah I designed the feeding games to let the player bounce the heads all over the place to account for the driving controls. They also will not bounce out of the boundaries.
What can I say, what an absolute joy of a game. I cannot believe how much you managed to pack in there. Its legitimately so fun navigating the map to so many different locations. Everything you interact with just oozes flair and character. The platforming sections were a nice break from the driving.
Everything about the design is just so unique, I love how much originality is here and it feels fantastic. I would love to see you flesh this out further, I think considering how much originality you've already packed in, something like this could really go places.
My only real critique is the driving. While it was often a lot of fun to go skidding like crazy in loops, it got a little wild at times which led to constant backing up and pulling forward.
All in all, incredible entry, I'm floored at such a unique and fun game.
2 years ago(+1)
Thank you! JDEV did the car controls and it was a first time for both of us doing that style of gameplay. We agree they were a bit loose, and might tighten them up in a patch after the voting is done. :)
2 years ago(+1)
Glad you enjoyed it! The original idea was for the car to be a standalone mini-game which would follow the theme of out of control driving, which is a common dream people have. However, we liked the mechanic a lot and decided to make it the overworld. So it was originally intentional but I wish I had the foresight to refine it more once we "switched gears" (pun intended).
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