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GMTK Game Jam 2020

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A jam submission

BuildifactoryView game page

Build items for your shop for customers to buy
Submitted by FriscoeHotsauce — 1 hour, 51 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Presentation#18303.1113.111
Fun#20782.7782.778
Originality#21323.0563.056
Overall#22332.8332.833

Ranked from 18 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?
By overwhelming the player with a number of tasks they won't be able to complete, and by taking the shop, the main scoring mechanism, out of their hands.

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

Nathan HallSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Cool game design, it was quite enjoyable to play. :)

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DOGEBALL
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Anicet NougaretSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Hey that's a good game idea! The icons for the arrows and wasd are too similar tho

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ORDEEER!
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FriscoeHotsauceDeveloper4 years ago

Oh yeah for sure, they were both from the same asset pack; if I was going take this game anywhere I'd want more distinct buttons

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nDevSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

It was fun to get the hang of pressing the buttons. I could sort of get into a rhythm where I would quickly go through the key presses, until I had a slider request. I think it might have been too much of a break in rhythm, but I think some break like that is nice because it adds difficulty.

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RuleScramble
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FriscoeHotsauceDeveloper4 years ago

I've got some ideas for that, I think it would work to still have those tasks, but use the buttons on the left and right as (-) or (+) to adjust the slider of the corresponding color to the right level, that way the player wouldn't need to move their hands.

Also, I'd kinda like to lean into the rythm angle a bit, even if that's just playing a track with a good beat you could press buttons to.

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TyrSubmitted4 years ago

Great entry! Had fun playing it. With some polish, I think you have a potential for a full game there. Do you plan on expanding/finishing the game?

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Drunken Dungeoneer
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FriscoeHotsauceDeveloper4 years ago(+1)

Hey thanks for playing, I don't know yet, it definitely has potential. If I did there are several changes I would make;

  • The slider's break up the flow pretty bad, I think the idea is okay but the execution was lacking; I'd either remove them entirely or find an alternate control scheme, like using the buttons of the corresponding color to change their value
  • Items are currently randomly generated, but *do* have a gold value corresponding to the complexity of the task, I'd like to re-tool that so more complicated tasks create visually more valuable looking items
  • I've got ideas for different types of tasks, like pressing two buttons at the same time, larger multi-tasks etc
  • Some kind of progression would be nice, but I don't know what that would look like, maybe some kind of idle-game management for the shop?

Either way it was a lot of fun to build, thanks for the feedback!

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TyrSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Ah, I hope you will realise those ideas! Following you up! <3

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ahpekSubmitted4 years ago

i'm looking forward to a mobile version of this game so that i can play it on my commute to work,  nice work!

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Sticky Slime Situation
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darida12321Submitted4 years ago(+1)

It is a really nice game. I find that switching between using the mouse for the sliders, and the keyboard for the buttons is a bit weird, but other than that, it's a fast paced button smasher. It would be a really good application on a phone.

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UNIT
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FriscoeHotsauceDeveloper4 years ago(+1)

Yeah, that's definitely something I picked up on during play testing, having to mess with sliders breaks the flow; the intention was to have a sort of obtuse arbitrary control panel with lots of levers and switches, but I didn't really have the assets.

I think it would probably work best removing the sliders all together and doubling down on the different types of button combinations and sequences.

Thanks for playing, and thanks for the feedback!

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DerfSubmitted4 years ago

Hey, i tried to play your game but nothing is happening.. I see the interface and can put things in the box with my arrow keys but nothing else happens, theres no shift or time indication where it's labeled.

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Too Far Too Furious
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FriscoeHotsauceDeveloper4 years ago

Hey thanks for the download, once you clear the first set of tasks, a brief intermission should play then shift one should begin, were you able to complete the first set of tasks?

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DerfSubmitted4 years ago

Ahh nice, thanks for the reply, it worked! :D

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FriscoeHotsauceDeveloper4 years ago

Awesome, thanks for the feedback!

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