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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Sound Design | #34 | 3.591 | 3.591 |
| Art | #39 | 3.955 | 3.955 |
| Overall | #67 | 3.379 | 3.379 |
| Theme Integration | #71 | 3.614 | 3.614 |
| Gameplay | #99 | 3.182 | 3.182 |
| Fun Factor | #105 | 3.114 | 3.114 |
| Innovation | #154 | 2.818 | 2.818 |
Ranked from 44 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game bring our theme, The Error is the Feature, to life?
Buggy Bob doesn’t care about order it thrives on chaos and uses in-game bugs to his advantage. Test your brain, test your reflexes, and most importantly…
Save your loved one.
Did you work in a team? If so, link their itch profiles.
https://vegivampire.itch.io/
Did you include a fake publisher splash screen at the start of your game?
Yes
Did you use the Audius API in your game?
No
If AI was used in your game, let us know how you used it.
No.
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This CINEMA. Very good entry on all front, very satisfying platforming and nice art, I HIGHLY enjoyed it! That end part is an absolute highlight, I really hope you folks are proud of the end product.
My only silly little gripe is that, while the various abilities you get are called bugs in the game, to me personally they didn't really feel like I was using bugs to complete it
The art is great, I feel the game was a bit too close from a rage game which is sad because the mechanic were fun , there was however some moving mechanic that felt weird, the character sliding inertia for example
The gravity mechanic is super fun! The art and polish make it stand out too. If the controls and feedback were a bit clearer it would feel less punishing and more satisfying, but overall it’s already a really cool platformer!
Wow, the art and the parallax background screen are amazing. Without reading the instructions I would not have realized I needed to press 'R' to restart after dying. I was just stuck in the death animation and a bit confused. Other than that, the use of coyote time when jumping off platforms was well done. A lot of platformer love was nestled into this gem. I really enjoyed this a lot!
Great job, love the cute artstyle. Overall a pretty solid platformer, if a bit rage-y. The gravity mechanic reminded me of VVVVVV. Good amount of polish for a gamejam game!
I did feel like theme interation wise, the bugs kinda didn't feel buggy enough. like, my initial expectation was that i'll be able to walk through all walls or that gravity would be off and I would float and would have to use the inertia to navigate. Same with the stability, eventually I just get zapped, but nothing particularly buggy happened. The actual mechanics are not bad at all, Just didn't necessarily feel buggy or errory.
Also, the gravity flipping mechanic felt a little bit unintuitive, I feel like the way the inertia buildup worked just didn't really jam with my brain (specifically in that boss escape level where you have to float in the middle) like, the first flip it kinda accelerates suddenly, and then it is sort of smooth/maybe some inertia gets carried over, idk. hard to say, probably it's just skill issue hehe.
but to bring the example of VVVVVV, IIRC that game didn't carry any inertia over to the gravity flip, so while it was challenging it felt very consistent. Might be worth experimenting with.
Nitpicks aside though, great job :)
Really nice game with great theme integration and a unique game health system! I love the music and sound effects!
Polished game with good integration of the theme but I didn't like the sheer amount precision jumps.
Cool theme and has some pretty nice arts.
I understand you said below that jumps are tested, but like many people have said, the margin of errors feel too thin so I didn't feel as fun playing it as you intended. The mechanics are cool and there some tricks you can do to the platforms that seem new to me.
I like the sound design as well, but still feel some are still a bit lacking like footstep sounds.
mb I wasnt as good as BordoP playin it but i I like it.
Very nice game idea, especially a polished execution!
I didn't like how the game revolved around precision pixel jumps, it felt like I was supposed to press the jump button within a time window to progress (I didn't feel 100% in control)
That said, it was a nice game to spend time with! Congrats on your submission :)
Yeah we wanted to keep game on challenging and engaging point. But just got carried away about level design i guess :D Thanks for playing <3
Great pixel art, great use of the theme and a very polished game in general. I found the platforming too hard for me though with the low height of the jumps.
All jumps calculated :D I know that some platforms really painfull but if you can pass first level, you have my word you can finish the game!
Artwork is wonderful and the player controller feels satisfying to use. The overall theme mechanic is sorta similar to what I tried but I fear done better. I'm surprised on how polished the game is with the timeframe and how enjoyable it was.
I was also wondering if the stability percentage was supposed to go down while a bug is active or only go down the 10% once used because I found that I could just turn a bug on once and not really have to turn it off usually?
Thanks for your kind comments. And yes the stability bar only goes down when you active/deactivate a bug. Would be good if it was decreasing by time while the bug active. Thanks for advice!
I love this twist on a classic platformer genre. This would make for a really nice Metroidvania style platformer where you unlock abilities like the collision bug and then return to prior areas to explore them with the new ability. Definitely some legs on this idea. The game was a bit challenging for me but I'm willing to admit it's a skill issue. Nicely done!
Last night we were talking about it with VegiVampire. It would be nice to evolve this idea to a full version metroidvania :)
Very polished, the sound and art is in harmony. Great work!
Thanks for your kind comments <3
This game is awesome, the art is great, and the controls, when you get used to them feel intuitive. The game is wonderfully balanced, its difficult but not so difficult as to be frustrating, right at the sweet spot where you keep dying but then try again because its really fun. Good job dev team!
We appreciate that you find that sweet spot. We really wanted to keep this feeling on the table. Not unnecessarily hard, but challenging and encourage to re-try. Thank you!
The game page is beautiful, I see that it was made with care and affection, it's so beautiful and I love pixel, ahaha I arrived at bosh and I couldn't spend a long time, I'm sorry, boy, the game is beautiful, congratulations.
I hope you can give another shot when you available. Especially last level is most fun :)
I spent a long time testing the keyboard, I'm not very used to platform game
If you have available controller, the game also supports. It was added for debug purposes but you can use <3
PS: just restart button not supported on controller
It’s very fun to play. Liked the jumping sound. You know, one of the enemies in my game is also called the “Collison Bug”!
Amazing work!
Really enjoyed playing this! The hand-drawn art gives it so much charm and personality.
If I’m being picky, the jump felt a bit stiff (I get that it’s part of the gravity bug), hate to admit how it took me a few tries to get past the first ledge lol .
Also, switching between Q/E and F/R was a bit tricky layout-wise.
But overall, super fun experience!
All kudos to VegiVampire here. He made a great job on art and level designs. Yeah, I can agree that the key layout would be better. Overall, thanks for your kind comment <3
Love the art and the level design! It was more challenging than I would like to admit hahaha
When you get the point that your hand used to mechanics, it will be smooth as butter :)
Excellent game ! I really love to play this game ! The art and sound are awesome ! (I can't finish the game but is a skill issue, so really really good work for all the team ! )
SirPoulpe thank you for your comment and i am glad that you liked it and i am sure that you can finish it :) i know game is not easy but i believe in you!