The Pacifist Jam (Honest Jam IV)

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A jam submission

Pug HuntView game page

Chill and grab some Pugs

Submitted by Softmints — 6 minutes, 44 seconds before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Audio	#4	4.143	4.143
Pacifist Theme	#5	4.714	4.714
Overall	#7	3.829	3.829
Fun	#8	3.571	3.571
Visuals	#18	3.429	3.429
Originality	#29	3.286	3.286

Ranked from 7 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Briefly explain your games interpretation of the Pacifist theme?
No animals were hurt in the making of this project

How much CODE (text or visual) did you make?

All

You created all of the code from scratch (excluding game engine)

How much of the game's ART did you make?

None

You didn't create any art assets - you used existing assets for your game

How much of the game's SOUND effects did you make?

None

You didn't create any sound effects - you used existing audio for your game

How much of the game's MUSIC effects did you make?

All

You created all of the music heard in game

Other comments (Code / Art / Sound / Audio)
Music done by my 9 year old nephew and my BIL!

Did you enjoy the jam? Is there anything you'd change if you could start over?
I would have made the decision to join sooner and then maybe i could have done the full set of goals i had set!

Aren't you awesome for being creative and taking part?

Yes

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Comments

CJ GladbackSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

I indeed never had a chance to get more than about 1500 points, but the important thing is I have so many pugs now. Very cute! And sweet music. If it didn't interfere with your lane-clearing implementation, it might be fun to have them fill in more behind the first line (and then start stacking?). For navigation (and confirming quickly that there really is no way to make it through a gap), it would help to increase the number of lanes or keep them closer together; as it was, with camera distortion it is tough to tell when you're about to side-swipe a horse when you thought you'd be jumping behind them. Not that that's much safer, in reality.

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Turn the Other Chick (concept)

SoftmintsDeveloper2 years ago (1 edit)

Thanks for the feedback!

Stacking pugs sounds like an excellent idea :D

Increasing lanes would have been a very simple and elegant solution for my spawning issues I think, i should have thought of that!

HonestDanHostSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

I am very glad you decided to join the jam after the first weekend! Especially with no game dev experience other than the last Honest Jam, I think you've done great. There was a decent challenge since the positioning of the non-pugs meant that you had to really time the lane switches at time. Lots of charm was added by you, in ways like: pugs following you, music, and woof woof at the end of the track. Good job!!

Submitted

Avian Photography Society

SoftmintsDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for the feedback! Enjoyed taking part!

bixarrioSubmitted2 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

The game forced me to downgrade my GPU. It didn’t run proper with my current driver, so I upgraded instead and it ran fine.

Endless runners have a soft spot in my heart because one of the first ‘games’ I ever made (back in the 1990’s) was an endless runner. Nice and chill. Brought back some memories (although mine had you drive a VW and trying to hit people in the road). Well done. Music was great

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SoftmintsDeveloper2 years ago

Ah strange about the GPU issue maybe I did something wrong with the build.

Thanks for playing and I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙂

My nephew will be thrilled that you enjoyed the music!

axgamesSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

I have a crappy GPU so i couldnt run this at more than like 15fps. I liked the ukulele music and it seemed like a pretty fun Run game like Temple Run. The low poly style is always a plus for me as well.

Submitted

Summer Break (Honest Jam IV)

SoftmintsDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Thanks for playing sorry it wouldn't run properly for you!

axgamesSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Getting a better computer soon!

BrainoidSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Another contender in Music category!
Very chill game. Could be really fun with pugscare mechanics as you said, though I'm not sure how pacifist that idea is :D :D

Submitted

Gondo vs Stage Fright

SoftmintsDeveloper2 years ago (1 edit)

Haha thanks.

My nephew did great with the song, proud of him for giving it a go!

The pugs would only be barking! That's their way of saying "Hello" but maybe the other animals are a tad skittish haha

Bauke RegnerusSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

The pugs running behind the player are so cute! The overall look is nice. Awesome that you had family joining in for the music!

My main issue is the camera relative to the player; it kinda gave me a headache. Just a static camera at the center of the road would be more pleasant. With one three lanes you could compress the road a bit, or have the camera zoomed out some more, so everything is in view.

Nice entry, I hope you learned a lot by joining the jam.

Submitted

Untitled Space Game

SoftmintsDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for the feedback!

I did have the camera fixed originally when I had a "jump" mechanic and then I had to rework some elements and the camera changed with it. I do agree that a fixed camera would be more pleasant so as I will be updating this for my nephew I will make that change on your recommendation!

I definitely learned a lot in this Jam so hopefully I will keep improving :D

ROOK RULES: Straight Forward Gaming2 years ago(+1)

I didn't quite like the spacing of the other animals, it was very hard to find an opening sometimes and I had to take the hit

50 PUGS THOUGH

SoftmintsDeveloper2 years ago (2 edits) (+1)

Hey thanks for the feedback!

Yeah I found there were times where the spacing wasn't quite right I think i needed a bit more robust logic on the spawning and spacing as I experienced this during testing.

To counter act it I tried to make the collision more forgiving but it still causes issue if they end up lined up perfectly on the Y axis.

This is only my second time playing with UE so just glad it ran to be honest!

I will add this to a current issues list on the page.

Thanks again!

*Edit*

I just watched your VoD on Twitch and I noticed that the highlight on the pugs didn't render either so something else has gone wrong there!

The pugs should have had a green highlight to make it more obvious what you wanted to collect.

ROOK RULES: Straight Forward Gaming2 years ago(+1)

oh heard! I'm glad you found the VOD! sorry if the energy was a little low when i got to your game I was super happy to see it was a "collect the pugs game" but also liked the 3 lane running game (I dont know what this genre is called, but I really like games like yours)

loved it

(how did you find me if you don't mind me asking )

SoftmintsDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Glad you enjoyed! I believe someone mentioned you were playing the jam games in the HonestDan discord

ROOK RULES: Straight Forward Gaming2 years ago(+1)

oh sweet! If you see them again let'em know i said thank you for the mention