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A jam submission

The Unclosable MS PaintView game page

(1st in Sound, 9th Overall - Paint Jam 2021) A tower defense game about stopping hipsters from closing MS Paint.
Submitted by O. & Co. Games (@TetherGeist) — 14 hours, 15 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Sound#14.4354.435
Mechanics#64.2174.217
Challenges#93.7393.739
Overall#94.0434.043
Fun#104.0434.043
Art#244.1304.130
Theme#1252.7392.739

Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Wowie! The music is actually good. I liked the humor of the game. Great job.

Developer

lol thank you! I'm super stoked and honored about the #1 ranking in audio for the music! 

Submitted(+1)

Got to 72 :)

I love when I find games with a cappella soundtracks in this jam and yours is really well done! The concept is simple and fun and it feels well balanced.

At first, I had trouble starting the game: When I selected the first color with my mouse, pressing enter to start the game/continue with the tutorial didn't work anymore. Not sure if it's just me, but I was able to reload and start the game by only using my keyboard. I'm using chrome if that helps.

Nice job!

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you for the kind words! You know, I have the same issue from time to time! I use chrome too... I think it has something to do with control permissions. And 72, not bad!

Submitted(+1)

Good game! Love the music :)

Submitted(+1)

that song is so good

Developer

lol thank you kindly. Apparently it's the best part of the game! Managed to get #1 audio with it lol. Nice work on your game!

Submitted(+1)

Such a great concept. Love the background tune. Great fun.

Developer

Thanks!

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Developer

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

Such a fun game! Amazing job!

Developer(+1)

Thank you kindly!

Submitted(+1)

Every nice implementation of MS Paint

Submitted(+1)

I love it, the soundtrack alone should be enough for it to win

Developer

lol thank you so much for the kind words. No joke, I had to try super hard to not laugh while I recorded it.

Submitted

Very polished game! Fun to play, but nothing stops me to spamming all color randomly. And I missed the soup :(
All in all, nice job, the music is awesome, and the core mehanics are great!

Submitted(+1)

Very polished game! Fun to play, but nothing stops me to spamming all color randomly. And I missed the soup :(
All in all, nice job, the music is awesome, and the core mehanics are great!

Developer

The soup is there!! Since the theme was the artwork by Andy Warhol, I had all the hipsters reference his pop art movement or him directly with one of the hipsters occasionally talking about the soup artwork specifically. I also thought it would be fun to juxtapose the pretentiousness often associated with pop artists and the silliness of MS paint users by having the hipster Andy Warhol fans trying to close the game.

Also, spamming is a good solution for the first 100 or so! However, I built in logic to make spamming less effective the farther along you get. Hipsters run super fast sometimes or on just a couple quadrants before running around the edge to dodge anyone spamming the top right quadrant. I've yet to see anyone get above 300 by spamming...

Glad you liked the game!

Submitted(+1)

This is really cool! Really like your interpretation of the theme and the game itself is really fun! Also, WOW I want that music. I had a dumb smile the whole time playing because of that. Awesome work!

Developer

lol thank you! I honestly had a hard time not laughing as I recorded it. Glad you liked it.

Submitted(+1)

Nice game! I enjoyed the silly stuff the hipsters say.

Developer(+1)

lol thanks. They're legit things I've heard myself or fellow designers actually say lol.

Submitted(+1)

I love how you literally use “Paint” in your game and also was hilarious you have to defend from colorful hipsters. The gameplay was fun and very polished ! A nice and fun entry to be sure. Great Job!

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you for the kind feedback! I'm curious, did the audio work fine for you? I was having issues for a bit and I want to be sure I got it all fixed...

Submitted(+1)

Well I didn’t notice anything wrong with it 😅

Developer

lol excellent. Thank you!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

very fun game concept and the art fits really well, just passed the 100 score

Developer(+1)

Awesome! Over 100 is pretty good :)