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Mini Jam 89: Pumpkin

Hosted by ZahranW, KingW, ManuGamesDev · #minijam
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A jam submission

IntrospectiveView game page

Short platformer rich with atmosphere for a story about after death.
Submitted by 8 Bit Simple (@8bitsimple) — 43 minutes, 51 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Concept#143.7804.286
Presentation#223.6544.143
Overall#283.3073.750
Use of the Limitation#323.1503.571
Enjoyment#432.6463.000

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

Team members
Vespir Belmont

Software used
Unity, Photoshop, Pixel Studio (Android, FL Studio 12

Use of the limitation
I based my game off the New York City in the United States Hell Gate's Bridge legend. I made used the premises to create a plot of you riding your way to the afterlife as you experience the 5 stages of grief.

Cookies eaten
Trying to be healthy; so 0 this time :)

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Drew_GSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

I don't think I've ever felt emotionally impacted by a game jam game before, so that's really incredible!  You added a ton for such a short time, and it's really thematically consistent.  Would've preferred a slightly less extreme punishment for failure, but other than that I really enjoyed it!  Great job!

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Pale Faced Lightning
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8 Bit SimpleDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thanks! It really means a lot! I was hoping to make it emotional in some way, and it's actually only my 2nd project making my own art so I'm glad it fits together nicely!

Everyone has mentioned the difficulty and while I want it to be difficult; making it too difficult seems to be the issue. I'm actually moving forward with updates to the project including a health system and after a game mode with checkpoints for a more fun experience. I'll be publishing them once the rating for this jam has ended :)

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Drew_GSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Nice!  Can't wait to play the updated version!  

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8 Bit SimpleDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Hey! Just wanted to let you know the new update for the game is out!
The biggest change in terms of difficulty is the health system. 
I'm going to be adding in the checkpoint modifier into the game in the next update hopefully later next week :)

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CuriousCinniSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Super fun, the visuals of the game are definitely the best part for me, everything fits in so well with each other, providing a nicely immersive experience!

Good job :)

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A Patch to Appease
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8 Bit SimpleDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thanks! It really means a lot!

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Cho00Submitted3 years ago(+1)

The visuals are amazing, I enjoyed the atmosphere.

But, big but, I couldn't make it past second stage and having no checkpoint in between the stages made me frustrated and eventually I gave up. You might look into that and upload.

Overall pretty good gob, congrats!

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Pump-kin
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8 Bit SimpleDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks! The game is supposed to be pretty difficult, originally was a rogue-like but I didn't get the car randomization in.

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8 Bit SimpleDeveloper3 years ago

Hey! Just wanted to let you know there's a new update for the game if you want to try it again.
I added in a proper health system which will hopefully reduce the difficulty in a fun way.
I'm also adding run modifiers later on next week which will include checkpoints for a more fun and less punishing experience.

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ahmetahaydemirSubmitted3 years ago(+2)

This super stylistic. I loved the atmosphere. It took a couple tries but I finally understood the concept :)

Having no checkpoint frustrated me a bit, but it was enjoyable nonetheless.

Keep up the good work!

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Medusa VS Perseus
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8 Bit SimpleDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks! Checkpoints were something I thought about adding in but didn't due to it originally being a rogue-like; but that didn't get all the way implemented. I have plans to add a checkpoint system though! 

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8 Bit SimpleDeveloper3 years ago

Hey! I wanted to let you know that there's an update for the game that adds a proper health system. Which should make the game less punishing.
There's also plans to add run modifiers in the game which will include a checkpoint modifier in the next update later on next week.

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