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A jam submission

Stupid BobView game page

The main character acts by himself, but he isn't smart enough so you will need to keep pushing him, silly yet fun!
Submitted by Sufian Diraneyya, sirin_d — 3 minutes, 5 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun#4853.5773.577
Overall#7273.4933.493
Originality#9753.5633.563
Presentation#11773.4513.451

Ranked from 71 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?
You can't control the main character. You play by dragging objects around to push him.

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?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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Submitted(+1)

cool prototype, but its very obvious you ran out of time.

here are my gripes with the game:
1. no tutorial, tho i do get that you ran out of time, at least some minor in-game text would have been nice.

2. no planning ahead. you cant simply go ahead and place boxes where you think bob would land, you have to wait for bob and then reactively put boxes where  he think he might need them. It would be nice to be able to have control of the camera and be able to save the world state even if bob dies. on that note,

3. bob is unpredictable. sometimes he flies through the level all by himself, and sometimes he dies to a random hazard half way through. this makes protecting him 100x times more difficult. it would be better if, given the exact same inputs / world state, that bob made it through / died to the same hazard every time.

4. hazards have weird hitboxes. especially near the waterfall, bob randomly dies on the same platform everytime. it looks like he's dying in thin air for no reason. also, he can die by not going down the pit and going off screen to the right; he dies to nothing.

5. lack of checkpoints. especially when you go to a new screen, you should have checkpoints. 

Honestly, by biggest gripe is #3 and #4. If i cant predict whats going to happen, I'm basically playing a slot machine with extra inputs.

The art was lovely and for a first time game jammer, you guys did a really good job. Keep up the good work!

Developer (2 edits) (+1)

This is by far the best, more helpful, more detailed comment we ever got. Thank you very very much for spending the time to read the game page and the frustrating time it takes to play the game enough to analyze it in such a good way. You have provided very helpful game design comments. We will definitely take all of them into consideration if we ever did a post-jam version, which I think we really should do after reading your comment!

Submitted(+1)

you guys should totally do that! id totally play the post jam version!

Submitted(+1)

Haha, this is a really charming and fun game! I like how it feels, even though its very chaotic! Super fun game here, great work!

Submitted

I'd also really appreciate feedback on my game (If you want) https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2020/rate/695512

Developer

I already tried your game on-stream and gave feedback! You were around and you even thanked me. Also, I already rated and commented on your game.

Check out the stream at 01:15:30: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/680724268

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

omg, I didnt realize you were the person who made this game haha! You're so talented, again great work. I would have remembered if I saw your profile picture on the game page, I didnt recognize the name!

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you very much for playing and for your comment!

Submitted(+1)

bob !!!!! xD

Amazing game, 11/10


Okay, on a more serious note, that's a really fun game ! (and also pretty tough because of the physics... ^^')

2 little nitpicks (sorry xD) : a checkpoint system would have been welcome, and maybe the music could have been looped a little more cleanly c:

Anyway, great job ! Bob is the coolest character of all time ! >w<

Developer

Thank you very much for your comment!!

Yeah ... it's hard, unbalanced, and should have included checkpoints, but this is the first time I got a comment about the music looping, I would look into that if we ever did a post-jam version.

Bob is definitely cool! But Bowser might be the coolest of all time 😉 

Submitted(+1)

GMTK: The theme of this year's jam is "Out of Control".

Bob: Hold my crate.

Also, can we please have a 10 hour loop of that music on YouTube?

On a serious note this game is an absolute riot, I love Bob, such an unpredictable wee scamp! :D

Developer (2 edits) (+1)

LOL. Thank you very much for your comment and for checking out the game!

This is the music if want to listen to it for 10 hours 🤣:

Submitted(+1)

Hahaha amazing thank you! :D

Also, did not know about this channel, great resource, thanks!

Developer

You are welcome!

Submitted(+3)

bob...

Developer

BOB for the win! Thank you for your comment!

Submitted(+1)

Very humoristic and whimsical, the character has a lot of personality! I liked the idea, it's a bit hard for me to beat (I always die in the beginning of the second map), maybe add checkpoints. Good job!

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you for checking it out!

Submitted(+1)

Neat game, but the physics are a little buggy (kept flinging the dude into orbit if I clipped him with a box.) But considering 48 hours, great job!

Developer(+1)

Thank you very much!
About the physics, I spent a lot of time trying to make it better, Unity's physics engine acts weird some times. Definitely could be improved though ...

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

This is a nice idea that captures the out of control feeling well! I thought it was a little bit too difficult and personally that took away from the fun for me a bit. I kept on launching bob into outer space and the poor guy couldn't take it.

I really like the visual style for the environment, but maybe bob could use some artist-love. The music is really fun too! I think the game would feel a little nicer if there was feedback to the player when you die --- even just some screen shake an audio effect would go a long way to help me understand what exactly it was that ended my run.

Great job!

Developer (3 edits) (+1)

Thank you very much for checking out the game. I'm very happy about your feedback, this is one of the most helpful comments I did get. This is almost the first game I fully developed, the same goes for Sirin (The artist), she never made game art before, and all of that really shows in the game's polish. Will definitely work on all of your suggestions if we did a post-jam update. Thank you a lot!

Submitted(+1)

This game is fun! It only lacks a checkpoint system to be really good. It fits the theme very well and made me laugh.

Developer

Thank you very much for playing the game and leaving such a nice comment!
Yeah I should have added checkpoints I agree ...

Submitted(+1)

Hey! I already downloaded and rated but forgot to leave a comment! Great work on the submission and a really neat concept! 

Developer (2 edits)

Thank you very much! I appreciate you leaving a comment.

Submitted(+1)

I really liked this! I wish there was a little confirmation when Bob dies or something before he respawns, because that was a bit jarring, but I loved flinging him around. That was a really fun interpretation of the theme, thanks for the game! Good work!

Developer

Thank you very much for trying the game and leaving such a nice comment. I'm glad you liked it!
Yeah ... the death mechanics definitely could be tweaked.

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

nice game good job

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

This was the funniest game I've played all day, absolute stitches - I'm just sorry I couldn't help bob get to his final destination

Developer

Thank you very much for checking it out! Your stream is amazing by the way.

Submitted(+1)

It was super fun knocking bob around the stage but the gravity seemed a bit weird. He kept double jumping himself through the top of the first stage and dying. Still very fun though

Developer

I'm very happy you had a fun time playing!

Yeah ... I didn't have enough time to tweak the movement, dying trigger, and hitboxes, so it's a bit weird at times. Will defiantly work on that if we continue development.

Thank you for playing and leaving a comment.

Submitted(+1)

amazing concept , i had a ton of fun playing!

great work!

Developer(+1)

I'm very happy you had a fun time playing! Thank you for playing and commenting.

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Developer (3 edits)

I'm very happy you liked it! Thank you for checking it out and leaving a comment.

Submitted(+1)

The game was very fun and I really liked the quirky visuals. My main criticism is that the speed of the game is a bit too fast which can make it feel a bit less out of control and a bit more frustrating. I think that Bob should probably be a bit slower and the speed of the camera should also be decreased so that is a bit more manageable to guide Bob. Also, I think that the time between dying and reloading the game should be instant or have some kind of animation. That being said, I loved the concept and the execution was really good. I hope you keep developing this game, great job!

Developer (2 edits) (+1)

Thank you very much for your awesome comment.
Yeah ... I didn't have much time to tweak his movement and he ended up too fast. Your suggestions are very appreciated as we might continue working on this game post-jam. Thank you for taking the time to check it out and for sharing your thoughts.

Submitted(+1)

The concept of this game is really Amazing! please keep working on it, i'd love to see it became a bigger project! please check out my game too :D

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you very much for trying the game and leaving such a nice comment! I will check out your game also.

Submitted(+1)

This game makes me go YES!

Developer (1 edit)

Your comment makes me go YES!!
Thanks for playing and commenting!

Submitted(+1)

Daaamn I love the game, I love bob's derpiness (is that a valid word though?) and I love the music. It fit's together so great! Definitively one of the better games.

Would you rate our game as well? Much appreciated!

Developer(+1)

Thank you very much for checking it out! I'm very happy you liked it. I will check out your game too.

Submitted(+1)

No problem, mate. Thank you!

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