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GMTK Game Jam 2023

Hosted by Game Maker's Toolkit · #GMTKJam2023

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A jam submission

The Black KnightView game page

Become a video game character in real life, recieving instructions from the player! Playable on mobile and in browser.

Submitted by StupidCupid — 22 hours, 55 minutes before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Creativity	#640	3.908	3.908
Overall	#2609	3.053	3.053
Enjoyment	#2700	2.803	2.803
Presentation	#4217	2.447	2.447

Ranked from 76 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?
Instead of playing as the player, you play as the in-game character. Ordinarily the character takes all of the punishment for the player's actions, but in this case, you're the one being punished.

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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GeegazSubmitted291 days ago

Oh wow this is so fun ! Wasn’t sure what to expect, but it definitely wasn’t this :D

While the gameplay and story were a bit confusing (and repetitive), I loved all the wordplay and little references in the text. Never knew you could do all this with IFs !

Overall a good entry, I’m close to the target audience so I really enjoyed it :D

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Go Down Go Fast - Pinball Rush

technosquirrelSubmitted291 days ago

This was interesting. I'm not sure it's quite my thing but it was still nice to play something different.

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iliekpixelsSubmitted292 days ago

Very funny and truly unique, nothing like any game I've played this jam. Great work!

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Blinding Lights

WoolfeatherSubmitted292 days ago

Very creative take on the theme!

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freefangSubmitted292 days ago

Simple, fun and I liked how you mixed up the formula in the later fights.

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Scry QuestSubmitted295 days ago

Really creative game! Love the writing and humor. I found the context quite confusing for what my role as the player was, but it was fun to be along for the narrative!

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Evacuation Protocol: Awakened City

Scry QuestSubmitted294 days ago

Forgot to mention, your game was assigned via Review Swap from the Post Jam Productions Server :)

Mary2043Submitted295 days ago

It's such a cool idea and really fun when played properly haha!

Great job!

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Sheep Gone Wrong

SenorGurkiSubmitted295 days ago

Very interesting idea, was this made using Twine? Looks very similar.
It kept subversing my expectations, well done :)

StupidCupidDeveloper295 days ago(+1)

It was! Glad you enjoyed the game!

DhafoSubmitted295 days ago

I wish I didn't lose if I didn't hit the win button in time but it's an interesting idea, it took me awhile to get it tho not sure if it's the explanation or i somehow glossed over it.

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StupidCupidDeveloper295 days ago

In case you didn't read the description - that's a known bug. Thanks for playing!

CateSubmitted295 days ago

A very unique text-based adventure game, it takes like truly crazy bold to create a game like this telling others about losing arms, legs, and head in real life. I like it.

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vandarthulSubmitted295 days ago

Interesting idea, although it's too much of a hassle as is to understand/play/enjoy the game. Less text, more interactive elements, shorter and simpler sentences, also addition of some visuals would help. Just my 2 cents because I know how hard it is to pack all of them within 48 so no worries there :). It was very interesting to try to play the game with my elbow though. I like the way you think, keep going!

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VronasSubmitted295 days ago

I vote for Monty Python +

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GrapefruitChiliSubmitted295 days ago

Very different idea. I am not sure what I expected but I did spend more time reading and trying to pick out words than I thought I would. Good job!

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Shafox - Ninfox TeamSubmitted296 days ago

Cool game, I'm not a fan of this type of gameplay, but this one was very interesting, I really liked it. Great Job!!!

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David Martín SalaSubmitted296 days ago

I expected a slow game and i found somewhat caothic and funny, good job

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Ale & Adventures

Gromi MomiSubmitted296 days ago

The idea is nice but making it nearly only through text makes it very hard to follow if youre not a native speaker, maybe sum illustrationsd would go a long way

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Heavendships and Helliances

StupidCupidDeveloper296 days ago

Yeah, unfortunately the limited time did not give me many opportunities to add accessibility options :(

If it's any help, you should be able to copy-paste any text you don't understand into google translate (outside of timed events, which are hopefully easier to understand?) I know that isn't a great answer but it might help a little.

AkalecioSubmitted296 days ago (1 edit)

Cool idea, but I think it's kind of "abstract" and difficult to follow, but maybe changing the way the limitations work could make it more fun, still, good work and congratulations!

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Agent Bullet Bot

Walrusware296 days ago

This was really enjoyable. I found it easy to understand the machanic. Aside from the already known issue the only thing I found to be a "problem" was that you only seem to progress if you fail, and I understand the game is intentionally a positive feedback loop meaning the more you lose the easier it is to lose again. Unfortunately on day 2 of the game I was doing really well and so there was no progression.

Audio effects would go a long way for this, optional of course, and some work on the text presentation could really improve the game but overall this is an enjoyable premise and a nice mechanic coming out of the Monty Python joke.

StupidCupidDeveloper296 days ago

Thanks for all your help testing this game!

I went back and forth on whether it should be possible to "win" and not lose body parts or not. I wanted crazy high scores to be possible with increased game knowledge. Seems like I probably made the wrong decision, since I forgot to consider the fact that on days following day one, you don't start out with any lost body parts. Potentially, making the player lose a random body part at the start of day 2 might have also been a good solution for this....food for thought, anyhow.

Audio is definitely something I'll be looking into after the jam. Unfortunately I ran into a really nasty bug with twine when I tried to add text effects to screens with time-based events: every time a time-based event happened, everything that wasn't the default color flashed white for a moment. Not totally sure how I can deal with that, but I'll report it to the engine's creators.

Again, thank you so much for all of your help! If you've ever got a game you need tested in the future I'd be happy to :)

LemonL1keSubmitted296 days ago

Unique idea trying to achieve a different level of simulating feeling. But losing arms, legs, and head irl is just "too insane" to be realistic and achieve. Since it is a heavy text-based game now, instead of a dense paragraph, using dialogues with highlights should help the player gather information.

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Billy Bob's Block Bonanza

aRandomCoinSubmitted296 days ago

Really unique idea, and it fits quite nicely with the theme!

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Dungeonmeister Meisterdungeon

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