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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Style | #252 | 4.328 | 4.328 |
| Creativity | #382 | 4.075 | 4.075 |
| Overall | #609 | 3.826 | 3.826 |
| Enjoyment | #2293 | 3.075 | 3.075 |
Ranked from 67 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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'Banana for Scale' is 'Built to Scale'! Our hapless museum guard monkey must use his trusty Measuring Banana to compare the sizes of various art exhibits, to search for sneaky fakes. With only some approximate banana-scale notes to go on, careful comparison of exhibits of all scales and sizes is key!
Development Time
96 hours
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Awesome game! Couldn't do it, was to hard for me! Only realized now that there are multiple levels, with different art pieces! Really well made game and hilarious idea!
Thanks for playing! Sounds like you're as good at the fake-spotting as I am, and I drew the things xD
Awesome game! Couldn't do it, was to hard for me! Only realized now that there are multiple levels, with different art pieces! Really well made game and hilarious idea!
Really fun idea :D
I struggled with the control of the special measuring banana, but woah these art assets are amazing.
Thank you! Glad you really liked the assets!
Man that's a smart concept, going around and measuring with a banana, lmao
Funny gameplay, controls are good to move around and then inspecting the pieces, really well done, impressive game seriously
Glad you enjoyed it - the joke was the core kernel of the original idea for sure xD
Man, this was such a fun game! Loved it from the title alone but it's a really polished execution of the concept! Really had fun with it
Glad you enjoyed it and had fun! Thanks for playing!
I love it! the ambience, the art, the music and the mechanic, original and funny. I wish there was more to play.
Thank you! Haha I had 13 art concepts on the board at the start but it was trimmed down to ten as my wrists were exploding and time was running out xD
Sweet monkey bossa nova music right there. Props to the composer. Fun game and concept even though I think the controls could use a bit more polishing. Awesome art too!
Haha thanks I appreciate it! The guys suggested a jazzy style and I couldn't resist haha. Thanks for playing!
I really love the idea and visuals and the story! Brilliant! However it took me while realize the banana is clickable so my measures were a bit off so I lost so many times and also I was confused by the only one fake item. Good job!
Thanks for playing - I do wish we'd had time to squeeze in a controls screen, but I'm glad you figured it all out in the end!
Full marks for STYLE. I wish the instructions were a bit clearer as I did get stuck but those are ART PIECES man!! It was BANANAS!!
Thank you very very much! I shall accept my full marks for style with gratitude xD
Loved the game, the art is amazing. My only feedback is to make it easier to use the banana, maybe make it so you don't have to click and it's always the right size, there's currently a lot of trial and error just to get the banana where you want it.
Thank you for playing, glad you liked the art!
The banana definitely could have used a touch more polishing and testing, but we were working on it right to the death xD
Visually so cool, the work on the scenes is impressive, well done
I had a little trouble at first understanding the objectives and the controls.
Well done :D <3
Thank you - glad you found our visuals cool!
I would have loved to squeeze in a controls screen but I was drawing right up until the 11th hour, so we had to settle for putting them in the Itch description - glad you got it all figured out anyway! Thanks for playing!
What a great idea, which was executed pretty well. At first I was a little confused on the controls, but it didn't take long.
Glad you enjoyed our game, thanks for playing!
Great art and style, a little confusing until I figured out I had to click and hold to get the right banana scale.
Haha yes - we would have added an in-game controls description if we had just a hair more time - glad you enjoyed, and figured it out!
I'm a bit confused... is there only one fake or multiple? I can't mark another as fake after I did so for one
Ah, just one fake - the number appears in the opening dialogue. There were plans for a variable number of fakes, but those were phased out late in development!
This may be the funniest game idea in this jam. And your assets are on point! I kinda get why you have to rotate the banana - otherwise it's probably too easy - but it felt a bit arbitrary to have to do it. But yeah, it's good!
Thank you very much! I was drawing those art assets every hour I could xD
Glad you enjoyed it!
Oh wow, if there is a game that fits 100% the topic is this. Loved it. The controls on scaling are a bit weird and I could walk outside the scaling view, disorienting me a bit, but very positive experience! Good work!
Thank you! Glad you think it's perfectly on theme ^-^
Interesting you could walk in the scaling view - was that by using the arrow keys while in the art comparison screen? I guess we didn't test that xD
Yes, it was. In our game you can enter also into a "workbench state" like the your comparison screen and we have some movements binded to the keys and my muscle memory was kicking in
I'll have to try that now... I wonder if you can use it to cheat the scroll speed or if it's just a horlix xD
My only complaint, is i wish there was more. Great game really funny, great art and good music!
Thank you very much! I think more was beyond our power to make in 4 days, certainly my wrist would have dropped off if I painted more xD
I did leave 3 art pieces on the cutting room floor, but that was working flat-out from the Saturday to the Tuesday!
Great mechanics!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Good game design, Super good art, relaxing music. But a little suggestions, could be easier if the size of the banana is always ready for measure, and mouse button just for rotation. Overall create game.
Yes, as the artist I think I might have preferred that too, but I can't say I know what was going on for the coding side of things!
Besides, it helps to emulate how measuring by eye (or pencil) works in life drawing, so even if a little awkward, the awkwardness is real xD
Cool concept! Unfortunatly I had a bug where i dont have the 'fake' button on almost all of the artifacts
Ah, there only is one fake so you can only apply one sticker! There was originally a plan to provide difficulty levels with different numbers of fakes but that was phased out - the opening dialogue should always specify that there is one fake anyway.
Thank you for playing!