Very fun and enjoyable, was playing for at least 20 minuets
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PACK YOUR STUFF AND RUN!'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Adherence To Theme | #60 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Originality | #120 | 3.360 | 3.360 |
| Game Design | #123 | 3.120 | 3.120 |
| Style | #132 | 3.320 | 3.320 |
Ranked from 25 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Comments
I really liked the stupid premise, and the animation of jumping out from so high! Second map tunes difficulty nicely up! Sounds area bit weak imo compared to everything else, but a really nice sumbission overall!
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Neon Runnerpretty nice game. controls are a bit slippery sloppery tho. in my opinion but its fine
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Bananazon Drone Delivery SimulatorOh boy, you deserve one big review for that comment made by Kayonji alone... Where do I start?
Summary
Adherence To Theme
- You collect your stuff before your psycho girlfriend comes in to murder you. While we (sadly) never get to see said psycho Girlfriend this is an excellent twist on the theme of packing! I loved the premise from the start!
Game Design
- Let me start with the worst possible offender. The one mark this game has that tarnishes it from perfection... It is not the tough time limit in the first level, nono It is the off screen firing projectiles that give exactly 0.2 s to react when they are on screen... I can think of no reason why these are here other than to make the player rage. Actually I know why they are here but the implementation is "I Wanna Be The Guy" level of frustration. I was not expecting this at all. The reason they are so cruel is that they firstly come from off screen almost all of the time and move rapidly fast. I'm not quite sure if this is intentional but I'm like a pretty tough nut to crack when it comes to platformers. Played Kaizo Mario without save states, if that says anything and I was quite angry. There needs to be a sound to signify the canons firing offscreen at the very least. If you feel like lowering the speed makes the game to easy. I was thinking of Super Mario Bros. 3 Cannonballs from the Ship levels. There needs to be some player anticipation.
- Now that I was super harsh with this one problem the game has, let's all calm down a bit. Wind down for a sec and continue. As I mentioned earlier the quiet strict time limit on the first level makes for a nice bit of challenge, being frantic but rewarding to pull off. I like this concept a lot!
- The controls where snappy and some jumps in the third level (not regarding those cannon crimes against humanity, oh no.) where quite tricky. But once the controls are mastered you find yourself zipping through the level easily.
- The cloth pieces where hidden quite well and I liked exploring the map. The only thing I didn't like is that sometimes it was not quite obvious where the exit will be, perhaps an arrow at the side point to it would help here.
Originality
- What can I say? The setting is adorable, the humor is extremely on point and the time attack concept is a nice twist on platformers. Perfect!
Style
- The game is an absolute treat, both visually and auditory.
- The graphics are super clean, clear and visible at any point in the game up until the third level. Where visibility takes quite a steep nose dive for noisy textures. Perhaps one could find some improvement here. The thing I'm talking about... There are portals, a new concept for this level, then there are little one tile graphics that look... Also like portals. The Solid ground is not standing out significantly more than the jump through platforms, unlike levels previously. This I didn't take into consideration as the art is extremely well done overall and it's not that big of a deal. One can grow accustomed to it quite fast.
- The music, I'm a big fan of, fits the comedic vibe but urgent nature of the game very well. Evolving soundtracks on top. So good.
- Sfx where a bit iffy. The jump sound got annoying on the third level, being played a lot back to back, but it was overall serviceable. The missing sound from the cannon is still quite bothering me.
Overall
Please don't take this review too personal. I loved this game a lot! Which meant I got quite heated when I felt like "Ooohhh nooooeee.... Why oh why did you do that!?" when the cannons kicked in haha. But... Perhaps... In a way this is metaphorical... The game reels you in with a love letter to all things platforming... But then tries to STAB YOU IN THE BACK...Like... LIKE A PSYCHOPATHIC EX GIRLFRIEND! How could I not see this all along!??!?!
Jokes aside though. I would highly welcome a bit of player feedback (Visual or Auditoral) on those cannons. They are the only things preventing me from giving this game full score and it is the most unsatisfyingly, wrong feeling thing I have had all month, not giving this game full score, that is.
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WolfPackThank you so much for this feedback, it was pure gold. It only reinforces the importance of testers throughout the development of a game: During development, I played my own game so many times and got so used to how it worked that somehow I forgot that it could be harder - or sometimes even unfair - for other players at some points like the canon. I only had 1 day and a half to finish the game because I started late, so the lack of feedback from others really shows up, right? You are absolutely right about both cannons and laser turrets: not only they were too fast, but they were also missing audio cues whenever the player was next to them.
I just updated the game with nerfed cannons and more cover options for the second level, and some reduced visual stage noise for stage 3 as well as blast sfx for them when the player is near (otherwise it would be playing sfx all around), so please try it once more if you have the time, it should be less absurd now. I hope it makes amends with your score.
Once again thank you for your feedback. You asked me not to take your review too personal, but I think productive feedback like yours is exactly what we need to improve. Cheers!
Jeah, that felt soooo much better now! This time, when I died, I felt like I was playing stupid. And now I have more of this, learn the Level, race against the clock feeling, where as before I had to play kinda perfectly because of the difficulty, so that the clock was a non issue. Adjusted my rating and gave it the score I wanted it to have from the start! :)
I love the sound effects, music and the idea of the game. The controls feel nice and the art is good too, the only thing i thought that could do with improving is the difficulty (as it is quite hard for a game jam game) as the first level is still quite hard and then once I made it to the second level that was way harder.
But overall great entry :D
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THE MORNING RUSHWhat an improvement! Much more of a blast the second time and nice update to the animations :D
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Solely BasilWow, what a great look for a game! The art and design go together really well. The pace of the gameplay is almost perfect, and it has very few bugs. The lightly sardonic tone of the entire design was absolutely great as well, keeping the mood up by escalating the absurdity at each turn.
My only notes are that if the jump doesn't trigger, not to play the jump SFX as that messed up my timing a few times, and then maybe a little tweaking to the hitboxes to make the level design a tiny bit more forgiving. That, and maybe a punch-up of the run animation. Contrary to other comments, the clocks as time-extenders seems pretty clear from the start.
For me, it was a brute force memorization game, learning the safe paths and building muscle memory, which made for a very rewarding experience, in which you're spending longer getting to know each level as opposed to rushing through many quicker levels as many platformers do.
Overall, high marks in every category. Thanks!
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Archport DaysOh, thank you so much for your review! I didn't even notice that the jump sound was triggering if you kept pressing the jump button, so thank you for the heads up! The character animation is indeed looking really poor, as it was made minutes before the submission deadline for the jam, but I'll take a couple hours tomorrow to remake it. Thank you again for your insight, it was very helpful!
I'd have to say, it was a bit stressful, but a lot of fun too. The escape alarm was perhaps a bit loud, but the other sound effects were pretty cute. Nice game, well done. (Also, the 'they are at your home somehow' did make me giggle.)
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Across the ice packs
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