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GDEX Game Jam 2021

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A jam submission

The TempestView game page

Use your focus to calm the forces of nature
Submitted by ThePieFace — 6 days, 5 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Gameplay#53.5003.500
Functionality#63.8003.800
Overall#63.6403.640
Engagement#73.7003.700
Representation of Theme#73.6003.600
Visual Design#83.6003.600

Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous.

  • Really dig the concept of elements countering elements. Tutorial intro is such a great way to play without initial punishment. Be cool to have a tutorial that may be a smaller/simpler circle version of the real one. Not dying in tutorial is a great feature. Sprites are well placed I feel and would love to see them more in the white circles and ground as well! The varying chaos of maneuvering around obstacles really fun to navigate. It's a bit random at times I feel but may benefit from other pattern cues. Most seem like a line but maybe you can do circle emissions or zig zag movements. Obstacles are super fast at first. Maybe slow down and speed up after a few elements are collected. Overall really like the concept and where it's going wonderful job!

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KatieRondotSubmitted2 years ago

I could not figure how what we were supposed to be doing at first, so I think maybe I just can't read.  Your animations are SO CUTE

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Kaos Kitties Part 2 (Not the electric boogaloo)
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KatieRondotSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

I could not figure how what we were supposed to be doing at first, so I think maybe I just can't read.  Your animations are SO CUTE

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Kaos Kitties Part 2 (Not the electric boogaloo)
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ThePieFaceDeveloper2 years ago

Oh no! I'm sorry that I didn't make the tutorial clear enough, but I think I've learned some important lessons from this on how to better guide players and teach them the correct mechanics. The way the game is meant to work is you're meant to take elemental powers from one altar and go to the altar opposite it to shut that altar down. For instance if I go to the water altar I get the water element then I go to the Fire altar to shut down the fire.

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CakestormSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

I really loved the idea in this game, having to slowly disarm your enemy is such a neat concept! It was great seeing things slowly get calmer, it made for a refreshing change from games always getting harder as they go on. The bullet time addition was great too, it made the game a lot less frustrating without making it too easy, and giving statistics for how much you used was a nice touch. I appreciate the lines on the ground too, they really helped make the connections clear along with the tutorial (though I went round them backwards at first :P). All in all it was great fun playing this, and there's a lot you could do with the idea, great work!

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Inner Peace
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ThePieFaceDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Thank you so much! You really grasped exactly what I was trying to accomplish with all of these things which makes me really happy lol

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confusiongrenadeSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

I liked the graphics in this game!  did you make them? 

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Unwind & Unreel
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ThePieFaceDeveloper2 years ago

Most of them no. The things I made were the hearts, the giant metal balls, the vines, the little wasd poster, the puddles, and the fire

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Tony JSubmitted2 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Them visual! love the animation and the idea behind it. Making the elements work with each other at the beginning as a test is pretty darn neat. Great job overall, nice movement, nice looks, nice mechanics. Oh and the CALM integration is pretty darn slick! The one thing I would like is to have seen was a sort of "tempest" creature,  it would've add a little "oh this is what I'm fighting". Perhaps there was one if I didn't get killed constantly lol!

Oh and the Slowdown mechanic is really nice, love the visual concept for it too.

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CalmVille
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ThePieFaceDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

thank you so much for all the praise and for taking the time to play! I did originally want to have a big cloud serpent in the middle but I couldn't make something I was happy with in time 

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NeroviaSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Calming the tempest is a great concept, and I love how well it fits with the theme. It’s challenging, but the lines are good indicators. Well done :)

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Deep Breath
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ThePieFaceDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for giving it a try!

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silvermorphSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Love the commitment to the theme, very satisfying to calm down the tempest. Cute dialogue. Loved the tutorial art also. Great work!

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Meditative Typer
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ThePieFaceDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for checking it out! Were you able to complete it? I might have made it too difficult.

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silvermorphSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Yep! I used space heavily to start and ran like mad, then stuck to the edges and crept the rest of the way when that ran out. I was down to 1 health point but managed to get to the last shrine thingy.

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RetroReflector2 years ago(+1)

I like that it has a tutorial, has some difficulty, and the character animation is nice. Great job

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ThePieFaceDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for taking the time to check it out!

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