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A jam submission

Bubble BattleView game page

A PICO-8 game where you can test your reaction time and luck. Dodge or shoot coming dangers.
Submitted by Cu2koo — 1 hour, 21 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Presentation#174.1254.125
Overall#423.5473.547
Enjoyment#533.2503.250
Use of the Limitation#543.3753.375
Concept#573.4383.438

Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Team members
PeanutsFly (Art, Programming, Sounds)

Software used
PICO-8, Aseprite

Use of the limitation
The oxygen for survival can be used as ammunition for defense.

Cookies eaten
Skipped counting. Too much!

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

This game looks super good and is presented super well considering Pico8's limitations. It is very polished and doesn't seem rushed at all. I do wish there was a little more in terms of content though. Maybe a shop to upgrade skills or items?

Developer

Thanks for your feedback and these are good ideas that I can maybe add for long-term motivation. ;)

Because of the 3 days I didn't have time for more. Was already at the limit, but maybe I can reuse code for menus and collisions in future jams and then integrate a shop. :)

Submitted(+1)

Great game! Fast paced and fun with a great vibe and nice music. Nice job!

Submitted(+1)

The game is very simple, can you add more types of bubbles? My, score: 9590

Developer

Very good score. Will work on balancing after the jam, but I hope you enjoyed it anyway.

Developer

I adjusted the balance and made the game more difficult. If you like, feel free to play it again. ;)

Submitted(+1)

Cool Game

Submitted(+1)

Dude this game is cool. I went for the pacifist play through, haha jk I was nervous to shoot because it costs O2. Anyways it was fun lol. The sprites look great and I like that you used a specific selection of the already limited Pico-8 palette. Killer.

Developer

Very cool and yes, choosing colors is a difficult thing too. Very cool that you liked it and being a pacifist is also possible. ;)

Submitted(+1)

cool concept and great presentation.

nice game.

Submitted(+1)

Our games have the same name :]

Submitted(+1)

Really love the music!

Submitted(+1)

The concept and use of the limitation are very clever and for the most part it works how you intended it to. I think shooting the poison should destroy it first shot every time that would add more balance to the gameplay. Presentation is excellent -- I love the music!

Developer

Thanks, also a possibility to adjust the balancing. I'll check it out and adjust it later (after the jam). Have fun in the jam and thank you for your feedback!

Submitted(+1)

The concept is really neat, the idea is great, but evading the enemies as a whole is just much easier and better for recourse management than attacking..

The art style is brilliant, along with the music! As a whole, the game looks and sounds really nice. Only small complaint I have with the presentation is that the background made it a little difficult to concentrate. Making the stuff in the back slightly darker or such would help with that.

Plus, not to forget the achievements! Really good addition. Honestly just a really cool game overall.

Developer(+1)

Thank you very much for your feedback! Yes, the balacing has to be adjusted in any case. Unfortunately, I didn't have the time to do this. Was too focused on a lot of less important little things, but unfortunately that's how it is. I was restricted to the colors by the Fantasy Console PICO-8 (limited to 16 colors), but of course there are other ways to adjust this. Thanks for your suggestion and have fun in the jam.

Submitted(+1)

Pros:

  1.  Achievements. Come on, guys. Where did you find time for this on 72 hour jam?
  2. Cool cheaptune

Cons:

  1.  Background musics restarts when you are re-entering main menu, from credits for example. Sounds clumpsy.
  2.  Enemy looks like a bonus. Try to add some spikes on it.
  3. Top bar is just a bar. Change it to health/oxygen bar. So it will be easier to track your status.
  4. Static difficulty. Get booring very fast (At ~5000 score). Increase the speed/enemy amount each 1000 score.
  5.  Firing is overrated, only evading is enought. Try to add more targets for my bullets. :)
Developer

Thank you very much for your feedback! In fact, there is an increasing difficulty, but it is barely noticeable and I wanted to add achievements for fun.

Thank you for playing and hope you enjoyed it. :)