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Game Maker's Toolkit Jam

Hosted by metc, Game Maker's Toolkit · #gmtkjam

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A jam submission

Bad JujuView game page

A GMTK Jam game where you kill stuff.

Submitted by Sean Noonan (@SeanNoonan) — 3 hours, 3 minutes before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Feel	#5	4.688	4.688
Overall	#38	4.188	4.188
Aesthetics	#66	4.313	4.313
Theme	#213	3.406	3.406
Innovation	#243	3.188	3.188

Ranked from 32 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your submission match the theme?
Shooting:
Kills enemies

Stopping Shooting:
Reloads your weapon
Sucks gems towards you
Increases movement speed

Using gems (Juju):
Slows down time making it easier to react
Increases the player's rate of fire
Increases the player's fire power
Slows the enemy speed increase (during use)
Slows certain time sensitive objects (the bosses weak spot)

I wanted to build a lot more but only had time for the grunt "floater" enemies and the mini boss. The mini boss can be killed conventionally but is far easier with Juju active.

Third-party resources
Engine:
Construct 3

Art:
Built in Construct 3 and Adobe Photoshop CC

Audio:
Created in LabChirp

Music:
A royalty free music track from Incompetech (credited in game).

Everything else I made myself during the jam.

Contributors
Just me, Sean Noonan.

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Comments

Jupiter_Hadley7 years ago

Nice little game! I included it in my Game Maker Toolkit’s Game Jam compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :)

neuro7 years ago

Enjoyed this game! Kinda reminded me of a faster paced Bezerk, and thats a good thing.

Eli VazquezSubmitted7 years ago(+1)

Love the game feel. The screen shake really sells the impact of each shot. The colors and minimal aesthetic work well. I like the subtle way the enemy speed and positioning is set up to make the time slowdown mechanic useful. I also like the way the boss emphasizes the importance of that time slowdown mechanic. It's perhaps on the short side, but it was really satisfying to beat after a couple of attempts. Excellent work!

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MalooshSubmitted7 years ago(+3)

Somebody watched mark brown's video on game feel! Are you sure you don't work at vlambeer? Great game! Short and sweet!

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MosspigletgamesSubmitted7 years ago(+2)

Has a great game feel and the time mechanic is pretty satisfying to use.

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Tiny Tank: Defender of Earth

UMINEKO STUDIO7 years ago(+1)

Great fun game :)

SplitHareSubmitted7 years ago(+1)

This game has the juice!

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DaemonSubmitted7 years ago (2 edits) (+1)

Great game and with it being this difficult, it's surprisingly rewarding getting to new levels. Nice to see Construct 3 being used, sorry to hear about the crashes though.

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Sean NoonanDeveloper7 years ago

Scirra have since fixed one of the crashes that plagued me most during the jam \o/

Piranha305Submitted7 years ago(+1)

awesome game,the sound effects mixed very well with the juiciness, it made me feel really good when i cleared the stage!

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joespacioSubmitted7 years ago(+1)

This has really good game feel. Nice work!

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Brush with Death

Corso7 years ago(+1)

Solid, engaging experience. The polish and feel made it stand out. Color, animation, music, overall aesthetic pleasing. My only criticism is that it was too easy. I didn't use Juju until a second run through and at that point, it was super quick to blaze through. The time slow on the Juju was really cool and I think that could've been pushed more. Maybe the enemies being fast enough that you were required to use Juju to make it through.

Sean NoonanDeveloper7 years ago

Yeah, it was definitely meant to be an introduction level. The eye ball "boss" was meant to be a standard enemy - I just buffed the health to give the game more of an ending.

And you better believe I wanted to do more with Juju/time slow. Moving the player faster for example. I just ran out of time. Rather ironic :)

RisingThumbSubmitted7 years ago(+1)

Game feels impactful and juicy, really well polished Sean. Lots of fun. Main gripe is that I didn't figure out how to juju until the boss xD

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iffalsepanicSubmitted7 years ago(+2)

Don't recommend playing this on a trackpad. :-D

The floater's speed seemed to pick up really fast, and the benefits from the gems are perhaps too subtle. But the game feel is great. Good job.

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that Place between Life and Death

Sean NoonanDeveloper7 years ago(+1)

Yeah, it wasn't until this morning that I realised this will be impossible to play on a trackpad due to requiring LMB and RMB at the same time. I'll add some alternate keys in an update :)

randomphantomSubmitted7 years ago(+1)

Very juicy entry!

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SabretuskSubmitted7 years ago(+1)

Good game! Only the screen shake was too much for me.. :D

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