GMTK Game Jam 2024

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Tower of Bricks: Built to scale [GMTK2024]View game page

Climb your way to the heavens to save the world by building a tower of bricks.

Submitted by Shrike Games (@ShrikeGames) — 18 hours, 52 minutes before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Enjoyment	#2828	2.913	2.913
Creativity	#2888	3.174	3.174
Overall	#3151	2.986	2.986
Style	#3581	2.870	2.870

Ranked from 23 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 use toy bricks to build towers, paths, bridges, etc in order to climb (scale) up the map in a way similar to Getting Over It, Jump King, Only Up, etc with voice lines that react to what you do and say pretenous things when you fall. It is much easier than those games though. You start from the bottom and scale your way up all the way to the far side of the moon.

Development Time

96 hours

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Programming and Development

Everything - Shrike
https://ShrikeGames.com
Platformer Controller (Used as a base) - Ev01
https://github.com/Ev01/PlatformerController2D

Art & Audio

Cursor, Bricks, Cloud, Music, and Misc Assets - Kenney
https://www.kenney.nl
Food Item Assets [CC BY-SA 4.0] - CodeSpree
https://codespree.itch.io/rpg-items
Player Character, Art Edits, User Interface, and Sound Effects - Shrike
https://ShrikeGames.com
Moon photograph used with permission - SirMeepington

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Comments

Fabio SalvadorSubmitted109 days ago(+1)

BRICKS WILL CONQUER THE WORLD

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oangel9110 days ago(+1)

The voice acting was quite a turn around! I love the visuals as well. I unfortunately couldn't figure out how to get past the second platform, but the collision is very rigid!

Nice work.

aloremiaSubmitted111 days ago(+1)

The voice acting is gold! I got soft-locked when I fell to the left of the pyramid. I think the brick placing would be easier if the camera is not moving too much when I'm trying to place them. Overall it's a solid funny Foddian game.

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The Journey to Orbos

littlehawk93Submitted111 days ago(+1)

First game jam game I've played with voice acting! Great job on that! I like the concept of a "Getting Over It" style game, but having building materials to help build paths as you move upward. The blocks were a little finicky at times and sometimes I felt like I spent a lot of time walking back and forth to move blocks, but all in all a very cool concept!

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devtancSubmitted111 days ago(+1)

I absolutely loved the work put in to narrate what the player does! Noce job on the game! Cool mechanics. Would have like the bricks to not move when they were clicked together. Maybe I was missing something to get that to happen. Nice job on it though!

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OkhalmeSubmitted111 days ago(+1)

I like this game! The mix of building mechanics and platforming felt fresh and engaging, and the voice lines added a lot of charm and humor to the experience. My only nitpick is that the brick physics could be a bit unpredictable at times, making it tricky to build precisely. Overall, though, it was a fun. Well done!

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Imperial Legions

TMT22Submitted112 days ago

It looks like a nice game, but on my end the loading takes forever and I get a freeze on the second platform. : (

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Square in a window

Shrike GamesDeveloper111 days ago

Oh no, this is the first I've heard of someone with this problem. What platform are you playing on? I've made it available in browser, windows (download), and linux (download). Try in Chrome or Firefox, if you still have issues then the downloaded version should actually be the most stable.

TMT22Submitted111 days ago(+1)

Running in Firefox on MacOS. Works in Safari, but with glitched out audio.

Made it to the top of the pyramid, but then got stuck in a death loop after falling of the left side. However, from what I have played it was a fun game. : )

sohwathismelvinSubmitted112 days ago(+1)

this is like the "only up" game with the building mechanic!

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tigerplushSubmitted112 days ago(+1)

This game has narration, that seems to react to the player - incredible effort!

On my first run I got stuck under a platform, but that made it even funnier somehow :D

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MacrowSubmitted112 days ago(+1)

a fun little game, i appreciate that it lego themed

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Scale . Ice . Mountain

Helmir112 days ago(+1)

Enjoyable. Also managed to catapult a brick into the stratosphere which was pretty funny.

BarSubmitted112 days ago(+1)

Great game and well-done on the lego system, the dialogue was funny and helped break up tension/quiet moments, kind of reminded me of Thomas was Alone. Unfortunately I ran into quite a few bugs and eventually got softlocked permanently falling (I was respawning off the platform) on the left side of the pyramid

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Come Back at Level 100

MiruSubmitted113 days ago(+1)

I love physics games! They are always really fun as well as challenging. This game has a lot of charm and personality, good job!

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Intern at the 161

HalfSmoreSubmitted113 days ago(+1)

I hate this game. But I also love it. The game was fun in an 'i hate this' sort of way if you know what I mean. There were some ways to gain height that didn't necessarily seem intentional, like grabbing a brick, jumping twice, placing it under you, jumping twice again, and rinse and repeat, although that was very difficult. The physics were a little bit buggy and it felt like the bricks only locked on sometimes. The voice lines were amusing and really added some charm. Overall, great job!

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Physeter0Submitted113 days ago(+1)

Overall a fun experience, although the brick physics could get a bit buggy.

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Shrike GamesDeveloper113 days ago(+1)

Thanks for trying the game and the feedback, glad you had fun. Believe it or not the physics used to explode and be far more unforgiving. That is the danger of making a game with a heavy reliance on it, hard to get it perfect all the time.
Voting is now open, so if you could leave your feedback there that'd be a huge help!

MindrenSubmitted113 days ago(+1)

Voice acting is pretty funny, game is cool too

Shrike GamesDeveloper113 days ago

Thank you for playing, and the kind words.
Voting has opened now, so if you could vote that would be a huge help.

DragonEngineerSubmitted113 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

I got stuck at the first tree lol. Not sure how to proceed from there so I just tried to make the tree fall over by placing bricks over it, and try to stack the bricks to the next platform after the first tree. I'm not sure if the trees are supposed to fall over initially, because when I reach the first tree, it's already toppled. I will try again to complete the game when I have free time later this week.

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Urban Expansion

Shrike GamesDeveloper113 days ago

Knocking over the tree is one of (several) ways I came up with to get past that area.
If you need some tips

You have a lot of bricks at your disposal at that point, and can build wherever the tree is not, or on top of it
If bricks are connected together enough they actually freeze in place, so you can make anchors.
When you pick up a brick there is a little version of it above your head. It still has collision. Although it's a mostly cut mechanic (and not required) you can still use that tiny brick with your jumping power to really push physics objects.