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GMTK Game Jam 2024

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BUS BALANCEView game page

Save these small passengers from a fatal fall in this balancing puzzle game.
Submitted by patch_potential — 7 hours, 2 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#14643.6003.600
Enjoyment#19123.2003.200
Overall#30503.0173.017
Style#53442.2502.250

Ranked from 20 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?
My game fits the theme in that the game was built off of a scale. The game is about balancing a bus on top of a mountain as one would with a scale.

Development Time

48 hours

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Comments

FoverSubmitted108 days ago

Awesome game! I absolutely love the concept and while the first two levels had me skeptical as to the the idea’s value, the latter two had me thinking! Might even go back and see if I can three-star level 4…

Great job! Makes me thankful I grew up in an era where school busses ending up on the tops of mountains is no longer commonplace.

On another note: NOOOOO!!! I NEED TO SAVE THOSE KIDS IN LEVEL 5!!! YOU MONSTERRRR!!! AAAAUUUGGGHHH!!!

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Touhou: Aura of Ice
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patch_potentialDeveloper107 days ago(+1)

Haha, thank you so much for the feedback.

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ParanoidWallet108 days ago

Tried a couple times but could not get the game to advance levels. The concept is really fun for the scale idea of the jam. 

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patch_potentialDeveloper108 days ago

Could you give some details as to your problem with the game not advancing in levels? Did you make sure that the bus was balanced before you moved a person to the door?

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CourierSubmitted111 days ago

Fun and challenging puzzles. Visuals need more polish and improvements but gameplay is realyl neat. Congrats!

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carDOGrapher
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patch_potentialDeveloper108 days ago(+1)

Thank you! I appreciate the feedback.

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paweljarosz112 days ago(+1)

Very nice idea and challengine puzzles! I would improve the visibility of the selected character. The area on which you can click to select it is small, so I ended up deselecting the character sometimes. It would be maybe nice with "Tab" or other key to switch between characters? Gameplay might be way faster then ;) 

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patch_potentialDeveloper108 days ago(+1)

I agree with the visibility. The area to click on the people should be even a square around the character, which should be easy to click if you are in full screen. The tab suggestion is interesting, though I don't know how well it would work in the later levels with more than 2 people. I'm glad you enjoyed the game!

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paweljarosz108 days ago

Switching with a key/button should work with N characters :D But anyway - this is a really great idea, if polished I believe it would be interesting for players as a quick casual webgame or mobile game ;)

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ZnerolSubmitted112 days ago(+1)

Nice Puzzle and unique Idea of Balancing a bus on a cliff. Actually suprisingly challenging puzzles! Good job!

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Blossom Rain
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patch_potentialDeveloper108 days ago

Thank you!

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