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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #657 | 3.803 | 3.803 |
| Originality | #690 | 3.720 | 3.720 |
| Overall | #781 | 3.550 | 3.550 |
| Fun | #1398 | 3.127 | 3.127 |
Ranked from 157 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?
JOIN various materials TOGETHER to get tiny little BOB safely across the scaffolding. Without being properly JOINED TOGETHER everything might FALL APART.
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?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
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This was a very well-made and cool game! I hope you keep working on it post-jam!
Very nice game, well polished and original concept!
fun idea. can get really manic.
Awesome game, really clever, and I love the bounciness effect you added. Great job!
I'll be honest: I feel like I don't get the game. I really struggled to to do anything I really felt was "successful" in this game. I had some issues that I'm not sure I understand. The GIF in the description shows the character rolling up on the floating platform, but I couldn't figure out how to replicate that myself. Pretty much I found I couldn't use the floating blocks or the detonator buttons without something going wrong. (With the detonator, I suspect it's an interaction with the disappearing blocks bug). I also felt like the blocks grid was more restrictive than it needed to be. It would have been nice to be able to place blocks more across the game space and not just in a three-block range. I think the game idea is neat, but I just couldn't get into it.
Thank you for your honest feedback! After all we won't be able to improve anything without that! As far as i see it it's an issue that was already adressed a few times in the comments and will be adressed once the GMTK GameJam 2021 ends. We want to change it so that blocks will slowly be introduced into the game. The player will then be able to slowly adapt to the new blocks at each milestone.
The character (a.k.a. BOB) can only roll onto the flying platforms when they are at their lowest (as they hover a bit up and down). BOB can also be pushed a bit by placing blocks direct behind or in front of him.
The disappearing blocks are destroyed by the TNT which explodes when any of the currently visible buttons are triggered (there is no animation and no audio as described in the known issues panel). We are also considering changing this functionality to require a minimum distance to the button.
We hope you still enjoyed our game a bit and will give us a chance to improve it!
well made game !
Wooow I feel like you deserve top marks in presentation for the skill in which you crafted that game page on itch! A real masterclass haha.
The game itself is fun, it was challenging at first for me to get a grip of which blocks did what, and how to best position them. I was also doing a lot of mis-clicks in my panic! But once I got the hang of it, it was very satisfying to keep trying to beat my high score. Real good job on this one, especially as you said below it was your first jam? Impressive!
Thank you very much for your kind words! We are trying our very best to not only deliver a good game but also a good presentation!
Nice mechanic, well presented :)
I did hit a few bugs, but looks like you’re well aware of them (48 hours is always too short!).
If you continue to develop it, I think it would be worth exploring more ways to force the player out of the ‘easy’ route of cycling blocks along the bottom; just moving the more challenging ones out of the way; maybe collectables they have to climb for?
I had a lot of fun :D
Thank you very much for your kind words! We are aware of a few issues, but if you found any not listed on the "Know Issues" panel feel free to message us. We are currently discussing to fix and improve the general game. We do not know yet if we will continue the development long-term-wise. But we might consider it depending on the popularity during the GMTK GameJam 2021!
Really fun mechanic and art too. It feels really well executed.
A very original game that is fun to try to beat the high score on (I was nowhere near as high as many others here). I think the music could do with a longer loop, and would be cool to see more block types (I saw you talking about that very thing in a stream). Would make a great mobile game.
Thank you for your kind words! We are currently discussing addressing all the issues mentioned. We are also considering to publish on to Android and iOS depending on the further popularity of this game during the GMTK GameJam 2021!
I liked the art style and the music fit the game although a bit repetitive, its a fun time killer good job
My score is 13596, not the first try though.
I like the gameplay, and it might be a good time killer game. Some material interactions were not clear though, I mostly placed whatever blocks I could at random.
The music gets a bit annoying, perhaps longer loop would be nice.
Not directly related to the game but still: thumbnail GIF is not looped properly, and it feels a bit off.
Now to the good part. The graphics and game page look amazing! Like, it's better than my own page, and your game is well-animated. Overall, it feels professional.
The fact that it's your first game makes it an outstanding job.
Thank you very much for your feedback! We are currently discussing to address these issues once the GMTK GameJam 2021 ends. Regarding the Thumbnail, we agree with you but sadly due to the file size constraint this was the best we could do in our short time. We might change that later on during development!
And thank you very much for all these compliments as they mean quiet a lot to us for our very first GameJam entry!
Interesting game. Really like the concept behind it. Keep up the good work
Сool and simple idea, but the game is not as simple as it seems, I was able to score only 5000 points.
Lovely game from the adorable art and music to the interesting mechanic and interactions. the randomly generated levels spiced it up and the simplistic yet complex mechanic kept me coming back. this was a really enjoyable game, good job
First of all, congratulations for participating for the first time, what an game entry you managed to create! I personally love score-attack games, so this was rights up my alley. It's surprisingly difficult, it took me quite a while to break the 10k barrier, but after that I started to get a couple of 20k runs, before finally reaching my current record of over 37k.
The art direction of this game is just lovely, it feels like a released mobile-game, which brings me to my next point; you should consider releasing a version on the app store. It would work really well with touch controls :)
Fantastic job overall! :D
Thank you very very much for your kind words! We really love hearing from people enjoy our very first GameJam project!
We are currently discussing the future of this very project. We will at the very least fix all the currently known issues shortly after the GMTK GameJam 2021 ends. Depending on the next few days and the popularity of our game we might consider to improve or even port it to different platforms as suggested!
Congratulations for reaching the highest score yet!
Nice idea and looks very good well done. I think some of the post processing was a bit unnecessary
The game feels very polished, I like the look and feel of the game, the music can get a bit repetitive but it doesnt take away from the experience overall
This game looks amazing, I love the aesthetic a lot. I ran into a few of the known issues which is a shame but it was very fun to try. I have no idea how I got any points because I felt like I wasn't doing very well but I loved every moment of it. Well done for finishing a very cute game
Thank you very very much for your kind words! Sadly we made quiet a few mistakes on the way due to the fact that this was not only our first GMTK GameJam but our first GameJam in general! We are currently discussing to fix all the know issues once the GMTK GameJam 2021 ends and even adjust a few other things!
This is a difficult game unless you cheese like the below person, but I really like the art. The concept is also very unique, I'm not sure how you would go about expanding on it but it feels like as it is it's missing something.