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Hosted by Xavier Ekkel · #MetaGameJam

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A jam submission

GameDotEXEView game page

A game about making a game, removing bugs, and being immersed in a game dev's world.

Submitted by Yanni (@YanniMakes) — 8 hours, 14 minutes before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Metaness Quality	#10	4.222	4.222
Gameplay Innovation	#19	3.500	3.500
Uniqueness of Metaness	#19	3.778	3.778
Aesthetics	#29	3.611	3.611
Overall	#30	3.611	3.611
Audio	#31	3.167	3.167
Humour	#38	3.222	3.222
Fun	#49	3.000	3.000

Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Relevant Metaness Categories

Breaks the Fourth Wall

About Games Development

About Gaming Culture

Game Mechanic Deconstruction

How is your game meta (within each relevant category)?
It's a game where you are on an old computer making a game. There are bugs that are in your game that want to destroy your folders with the assets inside of them. You can only remove the bugs by clicking them.

Please list any pre-made art/music/other assets that you used.
All were created during the jam.

How many members in your team?

Team of 1

List your team's social media!
http://yakstudios.io

Anything you want to say to players before they play?
This is a game about making a game on an old computer. Where you have assets to create a game, but it is your task to choose which ones are added.

To win the game you have to build a game, play it, and then win it.

You will be able to choose what art goes into your project. You'll also be able to add up to 9 levels, but if you have no art - then you can't play your game. Up to 4 sounds can be added into the project for when player attacks.

Be careful of bugs, if you do not click them, they will destroy your project (one way or another). Bugs will not hurt your player, but if enemies bump into you - they will take away some of your health.

CAUTION: RED BUGS WILL MESS YOU UP

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Comments

MetaBitlySubmitted5 years ago

OK, I finally uploaded a video of my playthrough, it can be found here:

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YanniDeveloper5 years ago

Thanks for doing a video! I went through it, I appreciate the feedback. It is also really cool seeing someone play my game :D!

MetaBitlySubmitted5 years ago(+1)

No problem, it's a lot of fun playing them, albeit, a helluva lot of time and effort to get through them. Glad I could help though !

Tae.exe TeamSubmitted6 years ago

Nice concept, even if the game we can create is a bit limited. :p
I loved the idea of the bugs that can mess with the project and the computer !

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YanniDeveloper6 years ago

Thanks TOTG :)! Some people said the bugs made them super anxious, especially the red one haha.

Xavier EkkelHost6 years ago

Cool meta concept! Building your own game within the game is pretty cool, although the game itself isn't super fun haha.

YanniDeveloper6 years ago(+1)

Haha yeah. I actually wanted to add a sprite editor and a madlibs and a few other mechanics, and then I was like OH SHIT i have to finish it xD I'm definitely going to work on my scope more next game jam. Thanks for the feedback :)!

MetaBitlySubmitted6 years ago

This was agreed a bit basic but it was overall really fun and I enjoyed the idea behind the game! Keep it up!

Great work!

Submitted

YanniDeveloper6 years ago

Thanks Heinrich <3 C:!

randomphantomSubmitted6 years ago

Cute game and interesting concept, although the game within the game was a little basic.

Submitted

The World Ends Without You

YanniDeveloper6 years ago

Thanks for the feedback randomphantom C:! I ended up spending a lot of time making little things about it that weren't a big deal haha. Like making a media player in game. I probably could've used that time to make the inner game more exciting :X

MiniBobboSubmitted6 years ago

That was fun. I liked the multiple game aspect going on and how you had to manage playing the game then defending the game itself from the bugs. I'm generally not very good at these multiple games in one, but this was doable for me.

I agree with the other comments that the animation and sounds on the bugs was very good.

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YanniDeveloper6 years ago

I'm glad that it was manageable! I have a tendency of making games too hard to finish.

The bugs were really fun to animate C: If you notice when they stretch horizontally their tongues go out haha.

GreenBoxGamesSubmitted6 years ago

Nice Job! I like the bugs they look cool.

Submitted

YOU make the game

YanniDeveloper6 years ago

Thanks ! I had a lot of fun animating them and doing their sound effects :)

Qt01Submitted6 years ago

best game I rated in this jam so far :)

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YanniDeveloper6 years ago(+1)

Thank you! I really appreciate it :) <3

lucakSubmitted6 years ago

I only put art assets and somehow it worked with no code :D. Overall It's an interesting idea that could probably be turned into something better

Submitted

Escape Sequence

YanniDeveloper6 years ago

If you put a CD in first, and then the art asset the game will actually render the CD in game as an enemy. At first it was a bug, but when I fixed it - I realized it was more hilarious with a CD as an enemy xD

I may do a second iteration of it to add more features because it felt like a cute small thing :) I appreciate your feedback!