GMTK Game Jam 2019

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The Clumsy Cat MagicianView game page

What happens if a clumsy cat tries to create a ball of wool to play with?

Submitted by 42triangles — 1 day, 5 hours before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Adherence to the Theme	#275	4.333	4.333
Overall	#847	3.500	3.500
Originality	#1088	3.292	3.292
Design	#1173	2.875	2.875

Ranked from 24 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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FelineFriendlySubmitted5 years ago

I really like your take on the "one-button" idea. (Mine is also just the space bar, but certainly not as unique as yours!) I really liked this game, even though it felt like sometimes the ball was literally unavoidable (but IDK how you'd fix that). Great job overall!

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42trianglesDeveloper5 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

I didn't have the time to implement the "red zone" version two (the zone where the ball can't spawn), which would be try to make the first bounce always somewhat safe. Currently, the ball just can't teleport directly on top of you.

But you are somewhat safe on the walls at least.

KunstbanauseSubmitted5 years ago

Very quick to get into. Lots of depth nonetheless. High points!

Check out my game: https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2019/rate/460609

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Christoph JakobSubmitted5 years ago

Would have loved to hear some music and SFX in there. The design is nice though and the game is quite fun! :)

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42trianglesDeveloper5 years ago

I would've loved that too. But I started searching for music too late, and had to give up on SFX for the time being because the library doesn't support canceling sound playback, and playing only smaller samples just wasn't really feasible.

Thanks for your review though, glad you liked it :]

Late PandaSubmitted5 years ago

Very interesting for a quick game, I did think that the downwards falling animation was a shield but got over that assumption pretty quick.

I love the strict adherence to the theme though, you did "only one" of everything in the game so that's impressive :D.

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Head Ache (GMTK 2019)

42trianglesDeveloper5 years ago

well, the cat has more than one move... But yeah, some of the "only one" things are more jokes (albeit true!), *especially* the source file one.

JoshGrams5 years ago

Are the hex and the shield while falling supposed to protect you? They look like they should but it doesn't feel like they do. I love the multiple moves on one button thing. I only managed to get to about 36 seconds but it's very fun.

Windowbreaker5 years ago

No, nothing can protect you against the wool of doom, I'm sorry... I guess the spell just aren't strong enough.

Thanks for your praise and critique though, we're glad you enjoyed it :)

42trianglesDeveloper5 years ago

Just here to confirm that this person was the one in charge of the wonderful art :]

JoshGrams5 years ago

Yeah, I've been making design-focused comments since that's the core of this jam, but the art had so much character...

42trianglesDeveloper5 years ago

There was actually less programming needed than I anticipated. So let's just say I was the one who got more sleep in those 48h XD

Designing the game mechanics was done by both of us though.

JoshGrams5 years ago(+1)

Haha! My brother is an artist so I know how that goes. I bet that took a lot of work. My team on this jam (teamwintergreen) are both programmers so we didn't do any art at all, and we chose a very simple core mechanic, had the base game running in about four hours, and then it was just thinking up crazy level designs and doing little bugfixes and adding a bit of UI and control tweaks. Most relaxed game jam I've ever done. :)

Windowbreaker5 years ago

Thanks a lot ^^

NilsJil5 years ago

The feature of the teleporting ball of wool is fun, it helps to switch up the game a bit. A very nice touch.

MoreThanZo5 years ago

So cute and so very addicting. Love the character design.

XadrolSubmitted5 years ago

Really fun. Feels kind of janky at times because of rng ball respawn but it is probably more fun that way.

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Lydia1715 years ago

Love this game, very simple, made me laugh, a lot of fun.