Super interesting idea! It was pretty hard to move around, but once you were doing so, it was really cool and satisfying, good job!
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Lair of the Four Fists's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #97 | 4.200 | 4.200 |
| Overall | #464 | 3.733 | 3.733 |
| Fun | #838 | 3.400 | 3.400 |
| Presentation | #955 | 3.600 | 3.600 |
Ranked from 35 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 control a monster joined together by ancient hydraulics. You must move these parts in coordination with each other in order to play the game.
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
Comments
Great game. The controls took a while to learn, but once I did I had a lot of fun because of the things they allow you to do. The graphics also look good and the UI looks very polished.
I had a bug where my left fist sometimes became invisible, which was unfortunate, but didnÖt hinder my playing very much.
Great job :)
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Intergalactic Towing ServiceThe controls are a bit clunky and take some getting used to but once you get used to them the game is very fun and challenging .
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Protocol ConjoinedNice game!! I think it was a great idea. The presentation was clean also. Sometimes there were some bugs (couldnt move the body or the fists didnt kill) but I think there are inevitable in jam games. Main critic for the design is that having to move the mouse to each fist was kind of uncomfortable, more so considering that each click also moves the fists. Maybe have some controls in the screen that are fixed and represent the four directions? or controlling the fists with wasd and the movement with arrow keys? Idk, just thinking. Great game overall!!
The idea is good, I still think the controls were a bit difficult, I think that if only the keyboard was used it would look great, in general great game :D
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Rolling BuilderAs others have pointed out already the controls are quite unpleasant but I still had a lot of fun with this game. It was very satisfying to smack em in the face :D
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SoulBinderNice game. The movement is interesting, although I think the hit boxes for the feet could be a bit bigger, so its a easer to click. Once I totally understood how to move and was quiet secure on how to move, the game lacked a bit of progression. At some point I was just unstoppable. Killing the Knigths felt very juicy, literally :D A a bit more impact with screenshake and its awesome.
A suggestion for the movement pattern: what if you extend your arms with WASD and then move the monster-bot with mouse drag and drop. Or vice versa: Drag and dropthe arms like ropes instead of clicking them and then move your machine with WASD. Maybe this kind of movement would feeld a bit more natural
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Void Pilotcreative concept, using arrow keys instead of mouse would make it more playable, but its very nice!
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Forest of the Magic LampHey nice entry! I particularly like the squish sound when thieving knights are crushed haha. I think this might work at a slower pace more like a turn based puzzle-y game? Since it gets quite hard to manage all the arms. Or maybe you could extend the arms with arrow keys rather than mouse click because I found myself clicking around wildly trying to extend them really far as that gave the most mobility :D Cheers!
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Bump Bonkhey that's an interesting idea, just work a little in how u explain the game and we're good :d
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