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A jam submission

Gamble Your Life AwayView game page

Submitted by Chum — 1 hour, 45 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#14703.3333.333
Presentation#23223.0003.000
Overall#24292.8892.889
Enjoyment#33702.3332.333

Ranked from 21 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 player bets life (chips) on challenges, rooms and challenges are randomized and the game is set on a card table.

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

Yes

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?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam

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Comments

Submitted

Very creative use of theme on this one. I had my headphone volume on high and the shooting sound really scared me the first time :D

Really enjoyed the concept and the gameplay. Great game with lots of potential!

Submitted(+1)

Very cool concept, and incredible sprite work. Could use a little music, and the game could use a tutorial of some kind, as it is hard to understand what to do without dying a bunch since the time limits are so short. Very good jam game though!

Submitted(+1)

My highscore was 5, it was really hard!

Submitted(+1)

Presentation is clean and simple, music would have been nice.

The concept is pretty cool. I like the fact that you literally gamble your life away.

Gameplay is fine but way to hard. For game jam games, I think it is generally smarter to make easier games as people usually won't play your game for that long.

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the play, that's a good tip ill keep it in mind!

Submitted
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Developer

It was just me that made this one, I'm new to jams but I've worked on projects in the past, thanks for the review!
Checked out your game and left a comment!

Submitted(+1)

Very interesting idea betting life, the style of the game was harmonic 

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

The concept and art is really cool. I love the idea of a dynamic shooter where the player gets to choose what their objective is. If given more time I think the game would play nicer if the controls were fleshed out and enemies had less health but with the time constraint I think this project is really cool!

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

it looks and feels very nice but the enemy have a bit to much health i think

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the feedback! I agree with you on that

Submitted(+1)

Wasn't sure what was happening at all at the start but I got the hang of it. A really good idea with the gambling system!

Developer

Thanks!

(+1)

Art is nice, but game is brutaly hard

Developer

Thanks for the feedback! this concept I came up with I found super difficult to balance, definitely something I should work on next time!

Submitted(+1)

The art was nice to look it, but with the tight time limit and the very similar looking sprites between the enemies and obstacles, it made the game a bit too difficult for my taste. I want to reiterate the sprite work is very nice and polished!

Developer

Thanks for the feedback! Definitely could have used some colour coding/outlines to define things better!

Submitted(+1)

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Submitted(+1)

It seems like maybe I'm not understanding something important to play this game. What am I doing?

Developer

you're just meant to get as far as possible, had some scope issues lol