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A jam submission

Playing With KnivesView game page

Catching Knives is Harder than it Looks
Submitted by Arnwaz — 2 days, 6 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#393.4123.412
Fun & Game Design#403.5293.529
Graphics#433.6473.647
Originality & Innovation#633.4713.471
Overall#633.3653.365
Theme#1732.7652.765

Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Very much enjoyed this! The bouncing knives were fun and the upgrades definitely kept me playing. I appreciated all the options/settings as well.

Submitted(+1)

The setting options was nice. Good game.  I did think if your knives hurt you does the enemies weapons hurt them?  Would be fair to have friendly fire for the enemies.

Developer

Hey there! Cool idea, but I'm not sure I would have been able to find a fun way to balance that with the way I have the scaling designed currently. Maybe if I thought about it at the start of the game development, but the main idea was that your character has a hard time catching their own knives, so that's what I focused on. I'll keep it in mind for next time, it's definitely worth a prototype at least!

Submitted(+1)

Nice

Submitted(+1)

Really liked the concept of your weapon bouncing around and hurting you and there is a lot of variety in the different types of upgrades. I really loved how it felt to have a lot of knives bouncing around. It might be good to tweak the upgrades offered so you don't get two options the same. I kept running into duplicates on the upgrade screen. Music was good and I liked the settings screen to adjust the volumes.

Developer(+1)

Not a bad idea, it honestly never bothered me too much in testing, especially when I first started and there weren't even three power ups made yet. I'm sure it would lead to a stronger run and a better overall experience, so I'll implement it next time I try this style of game.

Submitted(+1)

Lots of different enemy types with different behaviors, and lots of upgrade types. Nice!

Submitted(+1)

I like the style Great job <3

Submitted(+1)

Awesome game!! I really like the visuals, congrats!

(+1)

very fun, very cool visuals, simple mechanics to understand, nice sounds and effects, congratulations. take a look at my game and see what you think thanks and good luck.

Submitted(+1)

Very fun game! There is a lot of replayability. I really like the knife mechanic

Submitted(+1)

very cool and original. The music & art reminds me of old school RPGs

Developer

That's actually what a lot of the assets packs I used were originally made for, but I love the style, so I adapted it for this.

Submitted(+1)

very good I like the game

Submitted(+1)

Nice game! Love the risk/reward of throwing and catching the knives. Fun mechanic.

Submitted(+1)

Original! good work man