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A jam submission

Scale The TowerView game page

Submitted by BuzzyBee (@BuzzyBee26) — 1 day, 12 minutes before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Enjoyment	#1162	3.474	4.333
Overall	#3013	3.029	3.778
Creativity	#3056	3.118	3.889
Style	#4707	2.494	3.111

Ranked from 9 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?
The game is about scaling a tower and it involves puzzles in which the player must change the scale of certain platforms

Development Time

96 hours

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
All art created by BuzzyBee using Aseprite

All Music created by BuzzyBee using FL Studio, Vital VST, Drum Samples created by Cymatics, Image Line FLEX and Flex presets created by Image Line

All sound effects created by BuzzyBee using FL Studio, a Microkorg synth, Kilohearts Comb Filter, FreakShow Industries Dumpster Fire and ImageLine Vocodex

All code created in the 96 hour time limit by BuzzyBee using Godot 4.3 and VS Code

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Comments

Flo_12344Submitted109 days ago(+1)

Really cool game! The puzzles are really fun! Good job!

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BuzzyBeeDeveloper108 days ago

Thanks :D

Macar3naMacarenaSubmitted110 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

Waaaww this game is soo well designedd the puzzles are sooo good! honestly games like yours are supposed to win, not something that looks and feels very good to play but just barely fits the theme by forcing a mechanic! (your game looks and feel good too dont worry) , your game is amazing my dude 5 stars! please make it a full game, the levels are really good!

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Stuck in Cmajor

BuzzyBeeDeveloper109 days ago(+1)

Wow, high praise! Thank you so much! I have considered making this one a full game, but I don't think it's likely because I'm going to be very busy for the foreseeable future and I actually have another idea I want to develop in that time. It might happen, but I wouldn't get my hopes up. Glad you enjoyed it!

MarmaladeSparrowSubmitted111 days ago(+1)

This was really cool! It was really nice to see a properly thought out set of puzzle mechanics and levels and get a full game experience from a jam game. The game had a lot of aha moments and neat polish, esp with block scale affecting things between separate scenes. The music was also really good! My only note really is that hitting esc to access the menu just kicks you out of the entire game, I wanted to check the controls to see if there was a reset after I got soft llocked on a later puzzle and it ended up sending me all the way back to the start ;-;. But overall I really enjoyed it!

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BuzzyBeeDeveloper111 days ago(+1)

Yeah, using esc to go back to the menu was one of the last things I added so I was pretty tired at that point and just kinda went "eh, the game's short enough to get back to where you were pretty fast" but def should've made it save where you were up to at least in the same play session. Thanks for the feedback, glad you enjoyed it!! :D

wombatwarpworksSubmitted112 days ago

a bit hard to separate player, resizable boxes etc. shooting straight down while standing on something resizable doesn't work. platformer mechanics feels fun and responsive. fun use of the theme

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The Crate Houdini

BuzzyBeeDeveloper111 days ago

Yeah, I did notice the problem with shooting straight down on resizable platforms but by the time I'd figured it out I was too tired for bug fixing. Thanks for the feedback!

MaxusCorkusSubmitted112 days ago

Really enjoyed the platforming and puzzle elements of this. There aren't a lot of games in the jam I've engaged with on a level that I felt the need to finish it! Nice work. Loved the music too!

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Clockwork Spire

BuzzyBeeDeveloper111 days ago(+1)

Ayy, big compliments! Glad you enjoyed it!

TheKimeoSubmitted112 days ago

This was one of the best implementations of the theme I've seen so far.

Everything felt so intuative, and the puzzles hit just the right spot for me in difficulty.

The ending was especially cool, very much an "ah ha" moment. Very unique way to do the credits.

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Clockwork Spire

BuzzyBeeDeveloper111 days ago(+1)

Thank you!! The credits was one of the first ideas I had and I just kinds went "yeah, I need to do that." Glad it was a good difficulty too, I have a habit of making these things too hard lmao

MightyCodeSubmitted113 days ago

Nice game ! The mechanism of scaling up and down with a laser is a very good idea and fits well the theme. Otherwise, I think the visual aspect of the game could be improved.

~~I encountered a bug, so I was softlock.~~
(Bug fixed) Very nice!

(Comment copied from the game page)

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TULINIUMGAMESSubmitted113 days ago (1 edit)

Great concept, nice with the simple controls, and yet a wide range of applications. Good game!

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Scale The Tower

BuzzyBeeDeveloper112 days ago

Thank you!!