Thanks everyone for the helpful, thoughtful, and kind comments. I made a video talking about my experience doing game art in a game jam for the first time. I've never thought of myself as an artist and this was a great way to prove myself wrong. Feel free to give it a watch!
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Ricochet's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics/Visuals | #19 | 3.655 | 3.655 |
| Overall | #26 | 3.293 | 3.293 |
| Sound/Music | #32 | 3.103 | 3.103 |
| Gameplay/Fun | #33 | 3.138 | 3.138 |
| Theme Interpretation | #39 | 3.276 | 3.276 |
Ranked from 33 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit into the theme?
Your trusty boomerang is all you get to help you traverse the perilous desert. Ricochet your boomerang off various platforms, and use it to smash walls and clear your way. Be careful though. It's your only boomerang, and losing it could mean life or death.
What premade assets did you use if any?
Sound Effects from Zapsplat.
Music from Unity Asset Store.
Typeface from Unity Asset Store.
All other assets are made by me.
No A.I. was used in the making of this project at all.
What are the Discord usernames of everyone on your team?
stretch_holliday
Comments
Loved the art direction, from the fade out effect with the lines to the great use of the color pallet, it looks great!
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Fighting the Evil PeopleLove the graphics and music, it made for a great ambiance! The boomerang mechanic was fun but I think being able to use it multiple times as long as you catch it makes the idea of only having one recall a bit obsolete. Personally I loved trying to break as many blocks as possible in one throw lol. All in all, great game!
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Heat AtypicalThe vibes go hard on this one, great style and animations. Love it! The boomerang mechanic is really, really fun, but for the future it could definitely use some spicing up. Either way, really great game, definitely one of the top entries! Great job!
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Final ShotThis was good fun! I was actually waiting for a breakout inspired level at the very end, I think half of the fun was getting through the levels for me, half of it was trying to get as many walls down as possible with a single shot. :D
As others noted, it needs more mechanics to make it more puzzly, but the core is already fun!
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Moth MansionThe graphics and animations are wonderful, especially for a solo submission on such a short jam! I did find the text a bit hard to read against the background though. I also noticed that levels reloaded before the screen went completely back.
I do feel like there could have been more on the gameplay side of things. As others have said, there wasn't as much strategy as there was "throw the boomerang really hard until all the walls break". I never felt the need to recall the boomerang as it would always eventually bounce back to me.
Excellent work!
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RicochetLove love the mechanics and the vibes, especially how you incorporated the weapon (boomerang) into the aesthetics (Persian-esc)! I'm a sucker for those types of things yk :))
Other than that, I'd have to agree with xR3s1sT that the could've been some platforms that shouldn't be destroyed to make the puzzles a bit more challenging. Still, I'm very interested in this game's development! Hope you can expand more; with a story, mayhaps? 👀👀👀 Good luck on the jam!! <3
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Commercial FishingGreat game! The game looks and feels really nice and polished.
For criticism: I did feel that I started off the level destroying most things, and then jumping to the end, I like the levels where you had to only destroy parts of the blocks, but I personally feel there could have been some more puzzle like levels where you have to throw the boomerang precise or think about the order with which you have to destroy the blocks.
But Great game, it really was satisfying!
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[1]Fun game! Loved the vibe and mechanics. I hit the same glitch Deacrow mentioned but it was enough to get a feel of the game and enjoy it, keep up the great work!
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Just one more gameFun game! Using a boomerang is a very interesting idea. I found that you didn't really need to catch the boomerang since you could just wait for it to ricochet off the walls. Maybe a few more levels or a limited number of bounces could help expand on the mechanic?
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Thumble!!!Solid entry, good visuals and good music (although its short enough where it repeats a lot). I do wish you went harder on your interpretation of the theme since you can play the entire game without using your recall.
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Direction-less DungeonReally gives off an adventurous vibe! The core mechanic is great, and I loved the art is too.
If I had to nitpick, the controller could use a bit more polish, maybe better air control and a coyote jump would already improved it a lot I feel. But overall the experience was excellent! Good job on such a short time
Also, +1 to rbens feedback.
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Ex-rally girlThe interpretation of the theme is very good. I had the same bug as another commenter where I had to refresh the game in order to get to the next level. The art style is nice but I found the font quite hard to read. Great game overall though.
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Double Strike SlingshotReally nice game! Like the art style and the concept with the boomerang, plays pretty well! Although in one level I just could not continue, when going to the right it would not load the next level like in the previous ones, not sure if that is a bug or if that was the last level. Also like the transisition effect between the levels.
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Of Scythe & Shell10 total levels, you'll know your at the last level because you'll see a big monolith structure, and then when you run to the monolith, you'll be taken to a "Thank you" screen. I just replayed it myself to see if I could recreate the glitch, but I was able to make it to the end. Someone else commented about the glitch too, so it's definitely an issue. Sometimes Web Builds are weird, though. Not sure exactly why.
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