GMTK Game Jam 2020

Don't Text and Cycle jam comments

2020-07-12T19:08:29Z

It seems like you have a cool concept for a game here. However, it doesn't seem to matter what answer I pick for a text, so I don't have to spend any time reading it, I can just cancel it as fast as possible. Perhaps if the point of answering the texts was to select a coherant response out of some weird responses, it would give me more incentive to actually read the texts. The more I played, the more "loose" the left and right keys felt. It got to the point where I was traveling halfway across the road with a single frame of a button press. I had to refresh the window every time I played a new round to fix this. Often, I was too focused on the road to notice that I had a text waiting for me. If there was a text alert sound, that would be super helpful. Also, I had to check previous comments to see how your game controls because on the itch.io page, it says you have to press ENTER to answer a text, but you have to press backslash in the game. If those comments werent there I would have assumed your game did not work. Overall, I liked your concept, but the delivery wasn't quite there.

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Cycle to save your house from a wild roommate!

Submitted by hoistbypetard, DantonSlip (@DTS_GameArt), Aziz, Marocaron (@marocaron) — 11 minutes, 4 seconds before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Presentation	#759	3.704	3.704
Originality	#762	3.667	3.667
Overall	#1501	3.130	3.130
Fun	#2734	2.537	2.537

Ranked from 54 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?
your bike is hard to control while you text, and stress makes it even harder to control

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

Yes

We created all art during the game jam

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

Yes

We created all audio during the game jam

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16BitNarwhalSubmitted3 years ago

This game is really cool. I think the movement for the character was a bit fast though, but I guess that's just my personal preference. Good job!

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Drunk Duck

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Incredulous InteractiveSubmitted3 years ago

Really nice job! The controls felt a bit too sensitive to me at times - it was difficult to steer the correct amount without overshooting. But that should just be a little bit of tuning. Fun concept and I liked having to figure out replies while also trying to navigate the road. Very stressful!

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SpaceBus

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MonsieurPazurSubmitted3 years ago

Cool little concept! I love the unique underwater setting very much.

Controls felt a bit weird to me. I mean, why can't I simply pick specific text messages with space or enter?

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Baaaaad Neighbourhood

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hoistbypetardDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

We didn't have time to figure out what was stopping space and enter from working before it was time to submit, so we moved to slash or keypad enter.

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MonsieurPazurSubmitted3 years ago

Then I think you did the right thing. In such case it's always better to ship unintuitive controls rather than broken ones ;)

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MatheusCunegatoSubmitted3 years ago

I love how it feels exactly like texting and driving! (I'm kidding everyone I never did that to know how it feels). Amazing perspective from the theme! Lovely graphics and music! Congratulations!

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RuffHousin

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MarkW250Submitted3 years ago

Nice game, I like the art. The controls went a bit funky after restarting.

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Tank Escape

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