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GMTK Game Jam 2020

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A jam submission

Stray ParticlesView game page

Prevent the unstable core from collapsing. A 2-day game for the Game Maker's Toolkit Jam 2020. Theme: "Out Of Control"
Submitted by fbrccn (@fbrccn) — 3 minutes, 22 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Presentation#7433.7163.824
Originality#8863.6013.706
Overall#13333.2013.294
Fun#26262.5722.647

Ranked from 17 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?
Trying to wrangle a system that is out of control. Your input accelerates entropy.

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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Comments

Bagel033 years ago(+1)

Very good for chilling out, a larger reticle would be nice, but the graphics were amazing, top 10 that i've seen, nice work on that shader. :)

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fbrccnDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks! Yeah, the reticle (and the gameplay overall) definitely still need work. I feel improving the spatial perception of the reticle will also help, hopefully.

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mixokaSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Nice shader,  could it work on mobile too? Could be a nice relaxation app.

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UP!
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fbrccnDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you! And yes, I was thinking that the current control scheme lends itself to work on touchscreens, too. A visually dialed back version would likely work on mobile.

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Anurag1212Submitted3 years ago(+1)

Damn, how you make such awesome shaders , these look amazing,nice game

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Backfire
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fbrccnDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks! I have been doing plenty of shader work as part of my day job in the past years :)

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hruksdevSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Nice! The graphics were really beautiful and the gameplay was fun!

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Suspicious Sheep
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fbrccnDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you!

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Scyriate3 years ago(+1)

the idea was very good in my opinion but the execution was a bit poor. i didnt initialy understand what to do and that took me a while to figure out and it felt too hard to play wich impacted how much fun i had.

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fbrccnDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you for the feedback! Besides expanding the core gameplay loop and exploring more interesting mechanics, I definitely plan on improving the controls, and conveying more clearly what the goal of the game is (as it is not communicated very clearly currently)

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VertexSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

I really love the visuals in this game! great work and fun game overall! 

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No Control
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fbrccnDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you!

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darida12321Submitted3 years ago(+1)

The shaders in work are really amazing, it felt like I was watching a live album cover or something similar. The controls are a bit fiddly, but after getting a bit used to it, it  wasn't unbearable.

Also, after getting all the particles, nothing really happend. Is that the end of the game, or did I miss something?

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UNIT
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fbrccnDeveloper3 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Thank you! Yeah, right now the goal is purely to last as long as possible before a particle escapes- but I would like to explore more interesting and interesting mechanics, like chain reactions and some actual winning conditions (which didn’t make it in for the submission deadline).

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Joan Sol ROOSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

This game is outstandingly beautiful, the shader work is remarkable.

I have to say i am a bit dumb and did not manage to handle the unstable nodes, is there a button for that?

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Good Boy: Unleashed
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fbrccnDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Hey, really appreciate  the feedback, glad you enjoyed the visuals! As for the controls- it’s not you, it’s on me 😀 To remove stray particles, you need to align the little spinning reticle with the trailhead, by using a combination of tumbling and zooming in and out... the controls definitely need massaging!

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Joan Sol ROOSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Oki I will try it again later then!
No need to feel bad, that amount of visual polish takes a lot of time, and 2 days was so short!

Congratz again

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fbrccnDeveloper3 years ago

Again, thank you! Will make sure to check out your submission later as well. 

Your question prompted me to add some instructions to the game page, hopefully those will help clarifying the concept :)

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