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GMTK Game Jam 2021

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A jam submission

CARRION KNIGHT (59th Place GMTK 2021)View game page

control a knight and his decapitated head
Submitted by Federico Calchera — 24 minutes, 23 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall#594.1704.170
Originality#664.2834.283
Presentation#1394.3214.321
Fun#1833.9063.906

Ranked from 53 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?
The player controls the head and body of the character seperately or together.

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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wildBass3 years ago

Very nice and fun game!!

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CodingCrateSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

When i initally played it i didn´t get it, but when i saw your comment on my game i decided to play it again and it´s actually great! :D

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Square Pair
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LeSamSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Love it!

At first it was a bit hard to understand how everything worked, but once you get it it’s so fun.

Really interesting game with lots of place to grow in case you ever make this into a bigger game. Great job!

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Familinks (GMTKjam2021)
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norcrelSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Nice! I like the ambiance. The level design was solid and the mechanic was unique. I think this fit the theme really well and I would love to see it get more developed!

Great job!

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Junkship Turbo GMTK
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arya-sSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Really good and unique mechanic!

The game is really hard but satisfying when you hook it up. I definitely appreciate the checkpoints. The song fits the atmosphere really well.

It reminds me a bit of dark souls.

Congrats on making an awesome game!

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CRABBED
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Angus BeerSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Pretty interesting idea! I like the bloody head!

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Sky Glove
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Lame Duck StudiosSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

I really like the mechanic of the head and body and how it can be used to navigate the map. I would like to see more to do though. There was a bit of exploration which is nice but no enemies or collectables.

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Silk Fly
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PitBuIISubmitted3 years ago(+1)

This game is absolutly beatifull! I loved the mechanic very much and had a lot of fun playing the game.

Fantastic work!

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Parallel Self
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deuxdeuxSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Incredible concept and execution! loved the presentation 

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Atoms
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Federico CalcheraDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you so much!

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FranchovySubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Really great game! You've done a great job with the stretch-join mechanic, and your level design is really perfect for getting to know it. 

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BlockChain
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CroSnakeSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Amazing art and very fresh idea for the concept! Had a lot of fun playing this one, really nice work!

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Defying Instincts
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MaxGampSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

I love the concept, art and audio. This could totally be a full game on its own with a bit more polishing! Well done!

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Combined Shields
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NightmareArcadeSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

 Amazing game !!!


Love the mechanics, quite challenging but once I got the hang of the controls the rest was... well still pretty hard but I managed to beat the game.

The graphics, the music and the atmosphere gave me a really nice hollow knight vibe that I simply loved.

Thanks for sharing this awesome creation with us, my only feedback would be to find a better key binding to make the controls les painful LOL.  It would be amazing to play it with a gamepad but other than that amazing job !!!

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GMTK 2021 - Joined Game
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Federico CalcheraDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks for the kind words! <3
Could you elaborate on what you disliked about the controls so I can fix them more easily?

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Gustavo PassosSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Loved the game, I saw it in a stream the other day but I did't catch the name, good you found my game and commented on it! I liked the fast respawn, it made the deaths more bearable, but it allowed me to move before the text was gone. The sound effects are great too! One bug that I found is that if I die in the first challenge I skip one checkpoint.
The game is great and the difficulty is okay, but I was not able to figure out how to pass that part with the spikes and acid right in front of the respawn, I have zero idea on what I could try there.

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Who Killed George?
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Federico CalcheraDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks so much Gustavo
Theser some good catches that need fixing! (I'll hire you as QA ;))
The part you didn't figure out is visual problem I think. You can boost yourself up and land on the spikes connected than you can walk through under the rocks. But there is a decorative asset that makes it seem like you wouldn't fit underneath it.

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xandercalvin@gmail.comSubmitted3 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Really fun concept! I think if you tightened up the controls a bit more you'd have a really great game on your hands (: Also the art is really nice

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Pile Up
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Federico CalcheraDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks for the kind feedback, Sus3!
Do you feel like a particular thing in the controls need improvement the most?

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alejandro núñez3 years ago(+1)

This game REALLY is great. One of the most polished and artistically beautiful I've been able to try. It uses a couple of mechanics that I have already seen in other games of the jam but in a much more solid and varied way. It's a great job, I trust it will make it into the top100

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Federico CalcheraDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thank you so much, I hope you are right! :)

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NvrSkipGameDaySubmitted3 years ago(+1)

This game is SO COOL. What a unique concept that is done *so* well. A couple things too that I appreciated - "You tried" is so polite and encouraging, and the little adorbz smiley on the slime was everything. Honestly fantastic submission all around. :D

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Where You Look
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Federico CalcheraDeveloper3 years ago

:D thank you !

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Zomorro StudioSubmitted3 years ago

OMG!! This reminds me a project I am working on with a headless executioner! It is called Guillotine (you can find it on my itch.io!!!

I love the grim ambient and the graphics are nice! The gameplay looks difficult at first but you have created a really cool step by step tutorial. I WANT MORE LEVELS! I hope that you will continue the game!

Is similar to Bionic Commando but faster and darker! :D

Good job!

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Arroxa
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Federico CalcheraDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you :) 
Interesting, I'll check those games out later :)

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NantoSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Really underrated submission. The games concept is amazing!

The overall presentation somehow reminded me of the game "Hollow Knight", which is really really nice. Even if you didn't make the music yourself, it goes so well with this game.

The  gameplay mechanic just fits the jams theme so well.  I only had problems a few times, when i wanted to launch my knight back, i got stuck on edges if the angle didn't fit that well. Despite that i had so much fun with the gameplay and you did a very good job with the difficulty level.

Overall i think this is a amazing game. Great job. Really wanted to see more.

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Tower of Creation
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Federico CalcheraDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thanks so much for the feedback!
Good point, I wish I made some of the collision boxes rounded!

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TheChronicPhenixSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Oh man this is fantastic! Really dig the atmosphere you captured (rocking that hollow knight inspiration I see haha) the feel of the game is just really good, the sound fx of the armor and that little screenshake when it lands in particular really sell it being heavy and solid. The core mechanic is quite cool, but, the ways you implemented it are what really sell it, using it to launch the armor into the air and drag it along while you platform through small tunnels with the head are excellent.

I would really love to see more from this concept, expanded upon and developed out further. Great work!

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Your Strength Is Mine - GMTKJam 2021
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Federico CalcheraDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks you so much <3

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