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A jam submission

EscapeTheMechView game page

an endless runner game where you have to try to avoid the mech and other obstacles
Submitted by DaveUnbelievable — 2 days, 20 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio (Does not apply for Physical Games)#442.8572.857
Overall#572.8572.857
Visuals#583.0713.071
Fun Factor#612.6432.643
Originality#852.3572.357

Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Is your game a video game or a physical game?
video game

Was your game made solo or in a team?
solo

Did you use any third party assets, if yes what assets did you use?
I didnt use third party assets

Did you use choose from one of the optional secondary themes?
No Weapons Allowed & Shapeshift

Does your game contain 18+ content (Nudity, Gore, Language)?
no

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Nice game. Its like the TRex game we play when there is no internet. But the jump feels too floaty. I prefer the jump in the TRex game (in google crome).

Submitted(+1)

That was very pretty!  My only critique was it felt like when you jump your in the air too long. Or maybe instead how high you jump is based on how long you hold just so you can get back to the ground quicker perhaps.

Developer(+1)

Thank you :)

Thats a good idea, if I make an update I'll consider implementing that.

Submitted(+1)

Nice and simple concept with a decent challenge.

PROS:

  • The animations on the characters are nice and smooth.
  • The audio compliments the gameplay well with the music creating a nice sense of urgency and the steady mechanical noises from the mech adding to the presence of the character on screen.
  • The challenge can easily escalate over time with just a few factors changing on the simple gameplay formula (more boxes, more box combinations, limits to player resources/actions, etc.)

CRITIQUE:

  • Ducking into jumping felt nicely responsive since the animation didn't prevent a jump from occurring, but the opposite wasn't true (ducking after a jump felt delayed for some reason) so that just felt odd from a user experience.
  • I wanted some kind of feedback to tell how far I'd gotten. Even just a number that gets larger over time in the corner of the screen gives me a goal to shoot for next time to do better with each run.
  • I wish the duck animation didn't cause the bike to feel unresponsive to my controls. Ducking two times in rapid succession is a nice player skill challenge. I understand that the shield is a nice way to avoid damage from two duck obstacles in a row, but I wanted the shield to be its own solution to a unique problem like projectiles firing from in front of me or something.
Developer(+1)

Thank you for the detailed evalutation.

And i completely agree with each of your pros and critiques.

Some things had to be left undone (like another extra obstacle for the shield, or the ducking animation feeling a little odd), because I did not have enough time to implement more.

The timer or distance number would have been a fast thing to add, I sadly didnt remember to implement it when I finished up the game.

Host(+1)

I am terrible at it. But it's a cool game, with really nice visuals to boot.

Developer

Thank you :)

Submitted(+1)

Cool game! Are you planning on adding a progress meter sometimes in the future?

Developer(+1)

Thank you :)

Is it allowed to change the game after the jam is over?

If so I will propably do it.

Submitted(+1)

I don't see any problem here. I guess you could just leave two versions of the game on the game's page.

Submitted(+1)

Pretty good! Took me a while to learn how long the cooldown was on the slide, was kind of frustrating until I got the hang of it. I liked the shield, I've never seen recourse management in these type of games before.

Developer

Thank you :)

Submitted(+1)

Nice work.

How did you determine the number of boxes to throw at the player?  Was it just a matter of getting a random number or did you have something a little more sophisticated?

Developer(+1)

Thank you.

Its just a random number of boxes and a random distance to the next box, nothing complicated ;)

Submitted(+1)

Love the smashbot

Developer

Thank you :)

Submitted(+1)

Great Job, But I would have liked a Distance Meter so that I could keep track of how far I got.

Developer(+1)

Thank you,

I wanted to implement a timer or distance meter, but didnt really have the time for it.

Submitted(+1)

I am not good at these types of games! Ha ha. I could not get very far. But I really liked the graphics, and the music was nice and upbeat. Great job!

Developer

Thank you :)