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GJL Game Parade Spring 2021

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A jam submission

UNBOUNDView game page

Explore a beautiful world of duality, using the 'Soul-Shift' to solve puzzles as you go

Submitted by BigBrainGamesLTD

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Visuals	#3	4.571	4.571
Overall	#29	3.000	3.000
Gameplay	#32	2.786	2.786
Fun	#40	2.571	2.571
Audio	#47	2.500	2.500

Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How have you used the theme "Strength Lies in Differences" in your game?
The player must make use of 2 spirits and 2 worlds to solve various puzzles and collect fragments of the past

Game controls keyboard:
'jump' - SPACE
'move' - W, A, S, D,
'soul-shift' - E
'interact' - F

Game controls xbox or xbox style gamepad:
'jump' - A
'move' - left stick
'soul-shift' - Y
'interact' - X

Game has only been tested with official xbox controller, generic xbox style controller and DS4 controller with use of DS4 software

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3

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Comments

Thresh AverySubmitted3 years ago

Stunning visuals, really polished aesthetic and both worlds just looked so nice I really liked switching between them at will just for the sake of it! The animations and sounds on smashing rock were very nice too. The camera could use a little work just to allow the player to work out the best route around the landscape, but the use of theme was great!

I'm not sure what else to say - it was just a totally polished and unbreakable game with no bugs - I tried to soul shift into a rock to break the game, but it wouldn't let me haha. I'm glad I played it because it wasn't done justice in the livestream! :)

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BigBrainGamesLTDDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thanks for playing and thanks for the amazing comment, I plan to add more to it. Although I didn't get the amount of playable content into the game, I did take some time to try and remove anything that would break the game to ensure it could actually be played. Hopefully you should see an update soon with some more levels and things.
Glad you enjoyed :D

firepro20Submitted3 years ago

Looks like a great game, given its unfinished status I can say it could be a potentially fun game with the switch character mechanic.

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SLID - Strength Lies In Difference

tatltuaeSubmitted3 years ago

I spent ages trying to solve the sandbox level because it loads at the end of the tutorial and I thought it was just another level. Other than that, it's hard to say something that hasn't already been said before: good visuals, nice theme, level design needs tuning, simple mechanics well implemented.

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BigBrainGamesLTDDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Yeah sorry about that, it was a case of not enough time. The next part of the tutorial is introducing the soul shift to the player and having them use it for themselves but I ran out of time and couldn't build a full puzzle but didn't want to leave out showing the possibilities

BigBrainGamesLTDDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Also you're profile pic makes me feel guilty for putting you through that XD

Det.Black3 years ago

Love the art style and very neat ideea in using the theme.

BigBrainGamesLTDDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks glad you liked it

D. MasterSubmitted3 years ago

Good mechanics, clean visual style, the camera could be improved but overall very good concept!

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Too Cute to Shoot

BigBrainGamesLTDDeveloper3 years ago

Yeah I thought similar, how would suggest camera adjustment? I'm going to change it when I add in some other levels, I think it's a little to low and close to the player (that's why the sandbox level has a slightly different camera position)

But thank you for playing and glad you enjoyed

D. MasterSubmitted3 years ago

I would add a "rubber band" or "sticky" effect to the camera. Use the right stick to move the camera slightly and once the player releases the stick, the camera goes back to were it was.

BigBrainGamesLTDDeveloper3 years ago

I'll give it a go

jessfoleySubmitted3 years ago

Looks great and I really like the sound design. Only criticism I have is that the platforming in the demo is way harder than a demo level should be IMO. I really like the mechanics though and I could see myself putting HOURS into this

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BigBrainGamesLTDDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you for playing and I appreciate the feedback, I completely understand what you mean with the difficulty, it is a little hard and needs toning down but I didn't want it to be super easy, balancing this game is gonna take a little time, more time than I had to test it.

Glad you enjoyed though

AnnaLatchmanSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

This game is one of my favourites out of the ones that use a contrasting world mechanic in this jam :) great art, movement feels great. Overall very polished considering the time frame we were working on!

Submitted

Too Cute to Shoot

BigBrainGamesLTDDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you and the polish is due to the amazing team I had, I hope to add to it very soon

Love From TomSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Game looks super pretty!

Submitted

Ever wondered what the clouds were thinking?

BigBrainGamesLTDDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

I'll pass this to the awesome artist :D