This is simply awesome - great idea, really well executed! At first I thought it was too easy, but when I figured out the parry / score multiplier mechanic I was hooked! 5/5 from me!
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Teach Me! Mr. Punching Bag's itch.io pageResults
Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Overall | #24 | 4.393 | 4.393 |
Enjoyment | #27 | 4.302 | 4.302 |
Creativity | #80 | 4.368 | 4.368 |
Presentation | #110 | 4.509 | 4.509 |
Ranked from 106 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 play as a punching bag, while in boxing games you usually play as the boxer.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
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?
We used pre-existing audio
Comments
If this game isn't featured in the GMTK's post jam video i will riot. My best score was 94200.
Edit : It's now 129 000
This is actually brilliant! So simple but so fun, and the art is great! especially the poses when you correctly block a punch haha
This game is pretty great! Parrying is awesome, feels good to get a combo going, and sufficiently disheartening to misread the boxer and go in the wrong direction. Very well put together, 10/10 would box again.
Very nice game, the art is pretty, very fun gameplay, great work!
I got score of 51000, it feels good to parry - you nailed it.
Well combined 2D pixel art with 3D background. Voice acting is good and it serves the gameplay (that you can hear what's the next attack). Instead of avoiding boxer's attacks (that would be generic) you made it so that you make sure he lands them and adding some juice with that parrying mechanic.
Very creative.
These boxers lack motivation smh. They need a good punching bag. Def one of the more amusing games ive seen, I really enjoyed the simplicity in the mechanics and how things quickly speed up. I kept chasing my previous score trying to surpass it. The dialogue is also very funny, and presentation wise the game looks fantastic. More than anything though, I think you nailed the juice, who knew getting punched could feel so satisfying. My only feedback, is I would love for more audio lines in a later update. Thank you for making the best punching bag simulator.
Amazing entry. The increasing speed of the punches created a great challenge and kept me hooked on trying to beat my high score. Would've been nice to hear more variety in the voice lines. The graphics were my favorite part. Overall great game!
A great blend of 2D and 3D! Loved the graphics. This really took me back to my younger days playing super punch-out on the SNES. Lovely game.
Amazing entry! Great addition of the juicy for a perfect parry, simple yet extremely effective!!
Ok Ok, this game is an easy top tier. It's simple but you don't feel like it needs a lot more, ESPECIALLY since it's a jam game. I like the art, it's really great (reminds me alot about punch out) but more than that i like the feel it gives, you really feel good every time you get a perfect parry.
I really hope that you update this game after the jam is over. I could definitely see more boxers added that use different styles of boxing which would force you to switch up your playstyle like for example if you fought against a slugger you would need to do parry every attack or you'd get blown of the chain.
Keep up the great work!
Hahaha, this game is amazing and so fun!
Everything, from the art-style, to the voice-acting, to the punching bag when you parry, to the self-image of the punching bag. So extremely fun and well polished! The only thing I'd like to suggest for a potential improvement/ motivator for the player is that, if the boxer misses and loses Drive, then perhaps hitting the punching bag again could increase it slightly?
Whoa, this is amazing! Love all of this, realization is so on point!
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