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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #15 | 3.200 | 3.200 |
| How fun was the game? | #15 | 3.313 | 3.313 |
| How well implemented were the mechanics? | #15 | 3.375 | 3.375 |
| Did the game feel fair and well balanced? | #16 | 3.188 | 3.188 |
| Did you feel rewarded for playing? | #16 | 2.875 | 2.875 |
| How good was the aesthetics and polish? | #16 | 3.250 | 3.250 |
Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Which game engine did you use?
GameMaker Studio 2
Will you continue if you get picked as the wild card?
Yes
Who do you think will win GDKO 2023?
Jebouin probably. But ICY, Loten, or NUTT could be surprise wins.
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Awesome, loved the horror vibe going on, a shame you couldn't do everything you wanted though what you have is an excellent recreation.
thanks for streaming!
A fellow classic recreator! And a good job at that!
Arrow keys appear to be inverted, but WASD seem to work fine. I'd also like to see an autofire. After a while my hand got a little tired. But that could just be personal preference.
Overall, a nice recreation of the classic. Reading the comments below, it looks like you had several more things you wanted to add. Mind if I ask what they were and if you plan on continuing with them? (Also, totally get cutting stuff. Did the same thing.)
I haven't decided yet if I'm moving forward with it. There's for sure stuff there I want to explore more.
And yeah to give a bit of a rundown of the plan, Inscryption was a pretty big influence for where this was going to go. I did most of the art for a creepy pixel smiley face that would talk to the player before rounds and after. I was going to have a way to input a name and pick a face for your player. Then it would be an increasingly creepy arcade game where after you lost, you got sucked in. I played around with having a first round be very normal and then having the face invite the player to come back to the arcade after hours and giving them the code. When they came back at night, the player would learn it was a trap to suck their soul into the machine. The next round, you'd essentially be playing as a different person, and you'd see the face of the previous player as part of the centipede. I was going to have some easter eggs depending on the initials the player picked, too. When I was feeling really fancy I was thinking killing a segment that used to be a player would give extra points or drop powerups so that you essentially had to destroy previous players to get far enough in the game to not get sucked in.
That was about all I had planned for the jam, but if I move forward with it I want to have different games happen for when the player gets sucked into the arcade, and essentially have it be a process of working with people who lost and got sucked in to learn more of the secrets and eventually defeat the arcade. I'm thinking if you manage to "free" a centipede segment that used to be a person by shooting the segment before and after without killing it, it can escape and either guide the player to secret ways out of the main level or be available to help the player if they get sucked in to get further and explore more of inside the arcade game.
Anyways, long comment but I was really excited to make a horror story puzzle game with scoring higher in centipede as a story progression method and uncovering secrets as a way to do better in centipede. I'm still pretty happy with how it turned out all things considered but I really wanted to showcase the full idea!
I was also expecting some kind of pony island reveal at the end x) Great recreation, and juicy, well done !
Pony Island and Inscryption were big inspirations for where I was going to go with it. So sad I couldn't showcase the full idea. Thanks for playing!
Darn it! Couldn't beat my own score haha! somehow felt really good to destroy mushrooms. Was hoping it became an entirely different game after you lose lol. Great juice!
I really wish I would've had the time to do everything I had hoped to do! It killed me to have to cut so much of the story and secrets I wanted to add. Thanks for playing!
yea i can imagine! I can see where it would have went though
Really interesting game. I loved the screen shake and the particles, it really made the game feel super juicy! I also liked the little horror thing when you lose It really surprised me the first time around.
Really great recreation! The particle effects and screen shake are great additions. I'm curious about where the horror elements were going to go. Great work!
Man it killed me to cut so much of the horror elements due to time. There was originally going to be more dialogue with the arcade machine, evidence that segments of the centipede were people that lost and got sucked in, etc... I even thought about having ways that the sucked in people would help reveal secrets and take you to different game locations to help you escape as you slowly unraveled the story of the cursed arcade machine. I had pieces of a lot more stuff partially made but sadly had to cut it at the last minute to submit on time. Thanks for playing!
I wasn't expecting this to have horror elements in it. A real polished game I enjoy 10/10. I always like screen shake
Aww I was hoping for a Pony Island arcade machine reveal at the end! There are a few bugs here and there, but this is a great attempt at a faithful recreation
There was going to be so much more with the horror elements but I just ran out of time. Thanks for playing!
Imagine if your game transitioned into Solís' 🤯
nice remake! felt really good to play but i wish that there were 3 lives like in the original and also maybe an option to un-invert the up and down controls but other than that nice, (also idk if this is right but i think the scoreboard isn't actually real, cause ain't no way jebouin got 1000000 points lol)
WASD works as intended! But yea I think there was an accident when mapping the arrow keys haha
oops yeah I last minute decided to provide arrow keys and guess I did it wrong lol
Scoreboard was just based on the results from last round haha. The horror elements were originally supposed to go a lot further but there just wasn't time
Loved the graphics and take on Centipede. Well done.
19545 was my hi-score. It's a good fun game and you nailed the mechanics too
This game really captures the feel of Centipede, while not just being an exact clone. Good job!