Simple yet brilliant approach on Jam theme. The intro was really funny with all this voice acting and weird story. Graphics are pleasant and creates a nice atmosphere.
The game itself plays good, rocket jumping gets tricky pretty fast. I didn't manage to get last few cracks on the first level tbh. Guess I'm lacking some rocket jumping skills ;D. But the simplicity of the idea and it's implementation is so on spot. Congrats!
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Implementation of the Jam theme | #7 | 3.469 | 3.800 |
Ranked from 5 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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The first level gave me some issues with lighting but I had a pretty good time here. The rocket jumping mostly feels good, though strafejumping emulation could improve it. I would maybe try to block off the outer edges of the map as it is possible to get inside the hillside; I also wondered whether the island at the very top of the map was actually accessible, and some kind of signposting could potentially improve this.
Congrats on getting a submission done! I wish I knew how to do this kind of thing in Unreal.
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ENERGY FEEDHey anchorlight :) Great to hear. And yeah the first level has some issues with lighting.
Every island (except 1, which is below the death barrier) is accessible! It's all about how many rockets you can click out, so APM matters. Launching yourself off of a wall rather than a flat surface also lets you gain even more speed. The final island in level 3 is tough to really get onto, since you have to jump from a super tiny (and flat) island. Usually takes me a few tries to get it. So yeah some signposting there would've been a great idea.
We're mostly new at unreal (and gamejams) in general, so you could definitely learn how to do something like this pretty quick. It was pretty much an hour or two of Youtube tutorials :D I can send ya a few links to the ones we used if you'd like?
Ah so it's the 2nd level :D Yeah if you blast up and land on a branch, then rocket jump from there, you can make it to the mushrooms.
Another tactic is to blast up the side of the mountain, from the altar down below (before the floating island with the tree).
And sure thing, I'll collect the links we used and send them your way later tonight, when I get home from work :)
Hey mate :D Yeah it's a bit wonky on certain PCs, we had a laptop that turned the first level into a horror game pretty much. But thanks!
We're a team of 3, and we had a go at Herb 'O Cide as well. The arm-traps are awesome, and super cool that you managed to include a boss fight as well. Most of the game is spent paying close attention to the energy meter though, but that's how those kind of survival games go I suppose.
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