The visual is fantastic! Loved these animations a lot! I feel like I played Ori or something, but a bit simpler.
Would like to see if you continue to improve this game!
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Fox Bat's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #282 | 4.111 | 4.111 |
| Overall | #587 | 3.654 | 3.654 |
| Originality | #792 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
| Fun | #1266 | 3.185 | 3.185 |
Ranked from 27 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 Fox and A bat join team up through the powers of Possession and Exorcism!
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing art
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
Comments
2 years ago(+1)
thank you! I love Ori, can't help but be influenced. hehe. Yes we are updating it once the Jam is officially finished, so see you then!
2 years ago(+1)
We're glad you enjoyed the atmosphere and thanks for playing :D Getting the vibe of the game was tricky because we wanted it to be a little spooky, but ultimately focus on helping the adorable baby bat.
As for the bugs, yeah....lol There's a lot of work we need to do to fix some major bugs in the future. Thanks again :D
Was the butterfly added? I don't remember seeing it before and it was a cool timed challenge. Other than that I'm not sure what changed, it still feels buggy and could use more work. There was a bug that let me control the bat and the blue creature at once and it was hilarious. Also one that got me stuck when I proceed to the next level without the bat. btw I think you shouldn't blend the keyboard inputs into the dialogue, that kinda breaks the immersion. Sorry if I'm being too critical, it would be great if it goes more smoothly.
all good! We appreciate the feedback. We did add the firefly to make it clearer that Baxter was following it. We decided to dedicate a small amount of time to just cleaning a few things up before we put it to rest in its final current form. Onto the next game! If you wanna check it out you can here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1614440/Bo/?beta=0
Thanks for playing it to the very end! The unpossession of the ball which shoots you up was a last minute addition before we focused on designing the levels in detail (or at least as much as we could given the time lol). We could've done a better job including some sort of explanation of that mechanic and we'll work on improving that in the future. Thanks again :)
Thanks for bringing up some of these issues to light and it's always helpful to point out these issues to us. We agree that all of those issues you pointed out and we'll be fixing, or at least most of them, in an updated patch after the game jam contest has closed.
The only bug that you mentioned which is particularly tricky in code to fix is the 4th one: possessing both the bat and the ball at the same time. That's because we are using a Raycast2D range around the fox to detect possessable objects, which can lead to possession of 2 objects at once if they're both within range. Hopefully that's something we'll restructure in code in the updated patch. Thanks for playing our game :D
2 years ago(+1)
Yeah, I think the trick is to possess the bat and move it a little bit to the right, near the platforms. Then go to the other side as the demon and jump in the platforms quickly to possess the bat again and avoid dying.
Wow! Thank you so much for checking it out. Yes the fox was actually a pre existing asset from another game we are working on so the animations are a bit more fleshed out. Glad to know someone enjoyed it. Also you brought some bugs to our attention that we weren't even aware of so thank you! Some of the hitboxes can definitely be tweaked. We agree. Admittedly we didn't have a lot of time for play testing. Thanks again!
Very impressive. I can't help but sees the similarities in vibe/presentation with Hollow Knight and that is a great thing. I like how you did not just create one way to join together with someone else but multiple and in a fun and interesting wait. I did get stuck here which is sad but it was a cool experience.
2 years ago(+1)
Thanks so much for the feedback! yeah the key to solving that part is to time all the jumps perfectly. It's difficult but definitely doable! We literally forgot to add the burning timer sound effect in there to help make it clearer how long you burn before you die, so we can get how it discourages the player from continuing since they dont know how much time they have before they die. But yeah theres not really a puzzle there, jsut platforming.
2 years ago(+1)
Wow you beat it bugs and all! I think you were the first. Would love to hear about what we could improve. :)
I didn’t encounter any bugs while playing, except for the camera movement, it doesn’t seem to always follow me. But the biggest struggle for me was trying to understand what I need to do, because some parts of the game aren’t very clear. But once you do understand, it’s pretty easy.
Also, as a Linux user, I’d really appreciate a Linux build of the game. :-)
2 years ago (+1)
Thanks so much for checking it out! yeah we are currently ironing out all the little bugs that we couldn't get to during the jam. hopefully the post jam update will improve everything here. Much love!
2 years ago(+2)
Yeah, I guess you can tell that we didn't play test it very much. haha. I played through lot of the levels and they became little bit too easy for me and I made them bit more difficult, but maybe they re a little too punishing for someone who is plying it for the first time. Thank you for plying though!
2 years ago (+1)
Thank you! yeah admittedly, it definitely was a bit ambitious. This was our first game jam and got a little giddy. However, we learned a lot! Thank you so much for playing. The little bat gets excited easily and sometimes gets a little ahead of himself. haha
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