GMTK Game Jam 2020

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Wild Magic (supports controllers)View game page

Jump resets when you touch a solid surface. Walk off a ledge, then jump. Bump a ceiling, then jump. =D

Submitted by jiaaro (@jiaaro) — 2 minutes, 46 seconds before the deadline

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Wild Magic (supports controllers)'s itch.io page

Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Presentation	#1323	3.370	3.370
Fun	#3238	2.370	2.370
Overall	#3241	2.481	2.481
Originality	#4586	2.074	2.074

Ranked from 27 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
extreme mobility and out-of-control lethality

Did your team create the art for this game during the 48 hour time slot?

No

We used pre-existing art

Did your team create the audio for this game during the 48 hour time slot?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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Comments

Danial JumagaliyevSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

The game is very challenging, I was able to get to the platform after the first skeleton campfire. I found out that by jumping from the sides of the platforms let's you double jump, which kind of is under control, but at the same time its frustrating, which makes it more out of control. Anyways, great job!

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jiaaroDeveloper4 years ago

Thanks for reviewing :)

You can jump at any time, including after you walk off the edge of a platform or after bumping the ceiling. but you only get one jump until you touch another solid surface :)

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jiaaroDeveloper4 years ago

Try walking off the ledges and then using your jump midair :)

jiaaroDeveloper4 years ago (1 edit)

Day 3, no winners =(

Maybe this will help (warning, spoilers):

Mangoman4 years ago(+1)

Love the aesthetic, definitely out of control-lethality... after DS I kept wondering why I was dying on the bonfire haha

KuodosSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Win builds seem to be broken, holding a/d makes the character move random amount of pixels at random times and the jump is really low (see gif)

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jiaaroDeveloper4 years ago

weird. the jumping is not supposed to be like that :/ (see youtube vid on game page for how it should work)

jiaaroDeveloper4 years ago

I think the issue is we accidentally depend on the game running at 60 fps. You’re probably running at a higher frame rate (we use vsync. is your display refreshing at a higher rate? like 120 hz?)

Default FrogSubmitted4 years ago

Art looks great! Movement is a little finicky but I guess that was the point based on your answer to how your game fits the theme!

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Midnight Monorail

jiaaroDeveloper4 years ago

Movement should be smooth but it seems like it gets weird if your framerate gets too far from 60fps

POSTRED PLAYSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

beautiful ! great use of assets! please add sounds, it will be so much more fun!

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Emotional balance

Pip (Agapios Kokkos)Submitted4 years ago(+1)

I'll start of with the good bits. The art assets are well utilized, I actually have the same pack of assets, but I hadn't thought to use them the way they were used here. The overall control scheme seems decent with there not being that many issues. Though at the start i had no idea I would hang onto walls and thought the game had glitched. Overall, idk how big the game since I couldn't complete it, but any sort of functional game by the end of 48 hours is an achievement.

Now for the criticisms. The lack of music and sound effects make the game seem a little creepy? I'm not sure if that's the sort of mood the rest of the assets are fit for but I digress. The lack of animations and particles somewhat hinder the games feel as it doesn't exactly feel polished.
The vibe I'm getting is "I want to be the guy", as it's promoted to be a really hard game. So saying that 'the game was hard' is somewhat of a null argument.
I would have loved to seen the random magic system but I won't complain if it would have out of place.

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jiaaroDeveloper4 years ago

Thanks!

Mainly we planned to add the random magic (which would have made it a bit easier) but ran out of time. Same for music and animation. We will learn to start polishing in the last 4 hours next time regardless of what is ready haha >_<

SimpleTeamSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

I like the art, the game is intresting but too hard.

Well Done !

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I DID NOT WANT THAT CARD !

seek_seekSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

This truly is the Dark Souls of the GMTK Jam 2020.

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Blastius | GMTK Game Jam 2020

SimpleTeamSubmitted4 years ago

True xD

StormCatSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

The idea is interesting, but it's hard to know what to do because there are no control instructions in the game. I wasn't able to shoot or use abilities either, so I couldn't make it past the first level.

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THE CONTROL TOLL

jiaaroDeveloper4 years ago

The shooting is broken, we didn’t finish it in time :(

Some tips on jumping: you have one jump that is reset whenever you touch a safe surface.

Try walking off the ledge then jumping as you fall to get more distance.

Or jump after you hit a ceiling.

Heartlamp Strikes BackSubmitted4 years ago

I'm sorry. I couldn't figure out how to get passed the first jump. I must be missing some controlls. If you add a description of the controls to your page I'll give it another go.

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Re-ember (with Controller Support)

jiaaroDeveloper4 years ago

[reposting] Some tips on jumping: you have one jump that is reset whenever you touch a safe surface.

Try walking off the ledge then jumping as you fall to get more distance.

Or jump after you hit a ceiling.

Piggybank StudiosSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Couldn't get to the second bonfire. I got to the lower area finally after realizing you let me jump as long as I want after I walk off a ledge.

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jiaaroDeveloper4 years ago

Nice work! since your jump resets whenever you touch a solid surface you can used the edge of the ice pool to hit the ceiling (which resets your jump) ;)

I’ll take a look at your game!