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A jam submission

Roland The DieView game page

GMTK 2022 Game Jam submission
Submitted by NewGlimpseStudio (@NewGlimpse) — 1 hour, 41 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#53921.5152.143
Presentation#55841.5152.143
Overall#56941.4822.095
Creativity#58081.4142.000

Ranked from 7 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 has the main character as a die, who has to roll to change form to adapt to an endless runner environment

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 (2 edits)

I am not finished testing (see below why), but I have a few remarks.

  1. Just a small detail: there seems to be a delay when clicking to go bach to the menu from the instructions; I thought I was stuck for a second!
  2. The lava grotto with golden dice somehow reminds me of some levels from Rayman 2. :) Maybe even the style of music, a bit.
  3. By the way, I see you created the music yourself; I like how it sounds. There is a sweet personal touch both graphically and musically. :)
  4. I realize you used the die’s 2 to depict Roland’s eyes; that’s cute. :3
    (And I also realize you chose the first name Roland because it sounds like roll; I am a bit slow on the uptake, sometimes. XD)
  5. I agree with SwornCoyote that the controls are confusing; maybe I did not understand something, because I try to reach the very first golden die, but this sometimes does not work at all (Roland jumps rolling, gets his jetpack out, and crashes like a stone on the ground). ._.
    I could not make after even the second lava lake… I only sometimes manages to jump several times in a row to reach high in the air, but I am unsure how this works.

Could you please explain the controls a bit more in the game page or/and the comments here? That would help immensely.

I will come back if you answer; I feel I have not seen enough to judge the game yet. (Although I can already say I like its style. :))

PS (24/07/2022): allright, trying again, figured it out: the controls are once again QWERTY-based, and I may have not tried enough my ill-placed Z on my AZERTY: I manage to hover a long time. Testing and then voting.

PPS: made it reasonably far this time. I must say I believe there is still a problem with the controls and display: it looks like the jetpack does not show sometimes when it should, and the jumping responds strangely (as SwornCoyote said, you need to press one key and then the other). I also would have like the number of available rolls diplayed, because this is not explicit at the moment (unless I missed something).

I also notice that you used the theme for the context and visuals only (and did so nicely!); I tend to prefer the theme to be used (also) in the gameplay, but that’s personal.

Anyway, if you correct these gameplay problems (and it should be easy to fix!), you will have a nice cute endless runner. :)

Submitted

Ah nice to meet Mr. Roland!

Pretty interesting little game! Like an endless runner but with a die with a jetpack! I will say the controls were a tad confusing. I tried pressing the one button and sometimes it would give me a jetpack but it wouldn't fly really, but then I'd die. But then seems like I could press the other key and roll before hitting the ground which helped me most of the time. Though eventually I figured out the secret... if you press both z and x you can jump in the air! So that helped with the lava parts but still had to duck under the walls. But I made it farther at least!

Anyways pretty cool and good work on this!

Submitted

I did not fully understand what the x and z keys did. I think one of them is for jump and the other is for changing form? Also, I could not figure out which form could touch the ground. It seemed like touching the ground had a 50/50 chance of dying.

Submitted

You cannot touch the ground when there is a jetpack behind Roland, if I have seen correctly.