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GMTK Game Jam 2021

Hosted by Game Maker's Toolkit · #gmtkjam

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A jam submission

Dead WeightView game page

Pew pew space game

Submitted by underben — 33 minutes, 25 seconds before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Fun	#672	3.485	3.485
Overall	#846	3.515	3.515
Originality	#997	3.576	3.576
Presentation	#1140	3.485	3.485

Ranked from 33 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 drag around another charecter that you're "joined together" with

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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Comments

JRevelSubmitted2 years ago

Pretty interesting take on the theme, it's quite a cool game you have here ! It looks like a shmup but the dual-ship mechanic makes the control and the gameplay really different. With a bit of polish that could become a great game !

One thing that I would change though is reduce the amount of health the enemies have. It takes a bit too long to kill them, and reduces the pace drastically.

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Ben MehlosSubmitted2 years ago

Oh, well done! This is tremendously fun to play and well presented. With a little polish this'd be a proper saleable game.

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SonarRonar2 years ago (1 edit)

you guys have something absolutely gold here. i absolutely love the concept. please carry on working on this, its almost perfect in every way. edit: sorry for the spam my network is slow and i clicked post like 5 times

MushroomManToadSubmitted2 years ago

Fantastic job with this game! It seems you knew the exact scope of a game you could pull off in the 48 hours, and you took a fair amount of time polishing it and making it feel fun to play. The concept is also a really interesting take on an old genre, and at least for me, it was ridiculously fun to play with. The fact that you can also choose your own skills to match your playstyle also adds a lot to this game. The only thing I could never figure out is what "F" did...

Seriously though, I think I've sunk somewhere between 3-5 hours into this game these last two days. It's well made, challenging but (usually) fair, and a lot of fun to play. Awesome, awesome job with this one!

Also, I tied your record :) http://prntscr.com/15irm6c

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underbenDeveloper2 years ago

Damn, never thought anyone would like this game this much! I greatly appreciate it

OneThatEatYouSubmitted2 years ago

Great gameplay mechanic! It was satisfying to smash the enemies by swinging another spaceship at them. I can really feel the impact of the swings. There's even playstyles to choose from.

The only problem I have is that there are a little too many buttons to remember. I never remembered to use press 'space' or 'F'.

Great work!

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DumividSubmitted2 years ago

The spin mechanic feels quite fun + the control for the game is smooth and very responsive. Honestly, the only piece of feedback I can give is enemy AI. They mostly sit on 1 place and shoot which is not very challenging in the long run. In rest, a very good and fun entry.

Submitted

Zap. Punch. Explode.

RockclawSubmitted2 years ago

Fun game, a cool twist on the mechanics, reminds me of Hammerfight!

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underbenDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

announcement to all gamers, my record is wave 31. If you want to torture yourselfes, go ahead and try to beat it

Inter Dream GamesSubmitted2 years ago

really unique and fun game play and it also has an insane amount off replay ability.

very cool

Submitted

potato of Truth

KittyCatCrunchie2 years ago

I really like this! I've never seen the swinging mechanic before in a bullet hell type game and I think it's really fun and pretty challenging. I'm overall pretty bad at this game haha (I couldn't get farther than Wave 6) but I would've liked a high score/highest wave record tracker just to keep track easier. I liked that the waves switched it up a bit with different enemies in each one as long as you've 'discovered' them. The swinging is really tiring to keep up though haha

underbenDeveloper2 years ago

thx for the feedback, yeah kinda annoying Having to keep spinning. Atleast the "spinner" style, makes it a bit esier

KittyCatCrunchie2 years ago

Haha I wasn't complaining! It was really fun!

Doncaster GamesSubmitted2 years ago

Really like the art and music, great job!

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Mixer - (GMTK Game Jam 2021)

NantoSubmitted2 years ago

Swinging the space ship feels like swinging a medieval flail, just in the future, i guess?! The game was very fun and am amazed that you implemented different game styles.

The ultimate is the most fun. Unfortunately, i couldn't fill the bar that often, i usually died first. Perhaps you could also let the bar fill over time. This way, you could also reward player's who play bad.

Apart from that, i enjoyed your game. Great work.

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Tower of Creation

omaras2 years ago

game!~~ wwww

SlugeHugoSubmitted2 years ago

Pretty epic man, me like ;D

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LaserBound - GMTK GameJam 2021