Indie game storeFree gamesFun gamesHorror games
Game developmentAssetsComics
SalesBundles
Jobs
Tags
A jam submission

Jon WhackView game page

A Challenging High-Octane Adventure For a Hot Sauce Refund
Submitted by HouckDev — 3 hours, 30 minutes before the deadline
Add to collection

Play game

Jon Whack's itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun#1024.0004.000
Originality#1864.0954.095
Overall#2633.8893.889
Presentation#10043.5713.571

Ranked from 21 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?
A heavy ball meant to stop Jon Whack turns out to be his greatest tool in mobility, defense, and Whacking bad guys in the face

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

Leave a comment

Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.

Comments

(1 edit) (+1)

I John Whacked my head into my keyboard

Submitted(+1)

*very* fun, long and polished! i could even say that it was a bit........ whacky ;))))))))))))) (i'm so incredibly sorry)
one of my favorites of the jam!!<3

(+2)

Had a few issues with telling what was a wall and solid lines can be difficult to view. Some neat mashups going on and would love to see a polished version with a bit easier to view rooms and a little less flashiness going on. Clicking repeatedly come to find out can stick you in places you would not expect. Playing this game while you are impaired by edibles will up the challenge level and potentially cause some vertigo. The nice part is the ball arcs some giving it a more physical feeling to it and makes it more fun. Music choice is great, SFX are a bit loud but working well. 

(+1)

Great game! Simple mechanics but still challenging. The graphics are definitely different; I can see how some people might have an issue with it, but I didn't mind. I think the kind of clunkiness of the ball is nice, would be too easy to zip through if you could just easily throw it perfect and reel it back instantly. 10/10, would get mad at myself for repeatedly throwing the ball right out of bounds again.

Submitted(+1)

Awesome game! This is the kind of stuff I like to see at a gamejam

Submitted(+1)

Very fun game and it felt great to play mechanically, however it was a bit of an audio/visual nightmare and also fair warning screen wide flashes of red can be problematic for people with photosensitivity. I also think I managed to double back on myself at some point. Polish it up and it'll be great!

Submitted(+2)

I simultaneously absolutely love and hate this game. I had a lot of fun but also probably about about 7 aneurysms playing it.

Flinging yourself about is super fun but it's really hard to understand what's going on while doing so, and the fact you can't see in front of you when holding the ball is super frustrating given you're trying to aim.

That said this is also one of my favourite games in the jam

Submitted(+2)

That was really fun, with just a bit less of clunkiness it would be just perfect, I kept getting deaths I found unfair. The art is really cool, those shaders give a really unique look to the game, although sometimes it looks really chaotic.

I got lost a lot in the levels, maybe adding some visual cues to differentiate the different rooms and walls would help a lot, as you keep flying everywhere it's easy to end up looking on the wrong direction.

I talked almost only about the downsides, but truth is I had a lot of fun ! With a few quality of life adjustments it might be the next superhot !

Submitted(+1)

Amazingly juicy! Love the flinging of the wrecking ball for the theme. Presentation 10/10.

Submitted(+1)

WHY AREN'T THERE MORE REVIEWS OF THIS?

I think my only critique is the lighting feels quite harsh at times but honestly, I absolutely LOVE THIS

(+1)

Superhot meets a 3d platformer, and it's a match made in heaven. 
There's just a ton of juice in this game, it feels SO satisfying to throw the ball, to slide around, and just maneuver in general. Love smashing through doors, through windows, through....people? 
There's a tiny bit of jank with the magnets, and the chain around the ball, and just generally felt like we were carrying a balloon, instead of a heavy ball, but honestly that's mostly all nitpicky stuff that can be ironed out if the game was worked on a little bit more.
Overall, incredible game.

Submitted(+1)

Wow, there's so much JUICE in this, the effects for WHACKING people / doors are great and feel very punchy and heavy. Good job! Very fun little game, and cool that you included secrets!

(+1)

Really fun game! The concept is genius, and I love the feeling of whacking things with the huge metal ball. Some suggestions to make the game better are maybe the ball could come back to the player faster (maybe even it could phase through walls, cause it getting stuck while returning is annoying sometimes).

I hope Jon gets his hot sauce back 😢

Developer(+1)

Thank you!
Having the ball phase through walls is a good idea.
and Jon will definitely go on another quest for his hot sauce in the future

(+1)

this game is awesome, with some finishing touches you could ship this. love that the main game mechanic can get you out of bounds really fast :)

Developer(+2)

there are a ton of secret collectibles around the map as well as speedrun routes!
allowing the player to go mach 5 really does cater to that

Submitted(+1)

The game is really fun. There is a lot of flashing lights and it is hard to tell where you are some times, if you solve that one issue the game would be even better. Thanks for sharing.

Developer

thank you for playing my game on stream! I'll definitely release a post-jam version with your suggestions in mind