Robot Party Jam 2024

Smoke Box BBQ: Hickory-Smoked Anomaly jam comments

2024-08-21T12:40:27Z

This is really good! The balancing of the weapons is interesting, and I like the graphics style. However, since I like some constructive criticism in these posts, here are some nitpicks: Is there an ending? At first I assumed it would be defeating The Pitmaster, but that didn't do anything special. Then I thought it might be getting Chip's upgrade (which seems overpriced compared to what you get, more on that later), but that wasn't it either. I only got to around Anomaly 15, so maybe it's later? I assume there's an ending somewhere (if only because I haven't seen credits), but a clicker might not have one. The game doesn't seem like it handles coming back with tons of meat especially well--the stack disappearing when you have plenty left isn't a big deal, but it could use with a speed-up of the stacking animation after you cook (say, if you hold A it goes much faster). The pickup range on the meat seems a little low--maybe starting at the level 1 range (as opposed to 0) might be good? Simply increasing the money you get per dish is a much better deal than going through all the upgrades related to tipping, so much so that those upgrades feel like bloat. I can see how all the tipping upgrades could be better if you combine them, but it's much easier/faster to just upgrade the base price. Maybe that should be a more expensive upgrade--or if you meant it to be commentary on how bad tipping is for service workers, good work! ;) The Pitmaster being able to put his hurt area over the teleporter feels a little cheap, but I don't know how you solve that without making it too easy to dodge (though it's not like you could just stay on that spot with all the other enemies swarming you).

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Smoke Box BBQ: Hickory-Smoked AnomalyView game page

Shoot anomalies, collect meat, feed the patrons. 3rd-person shooter, survival-like, clicker, restaurant sim hybrid

Submitted by Ultra Runaway Games (@UltraRunaway) — 3 hours, 43 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Actually Fun	#1	4.774	4.774
Overall	#2	4.484	4.484
Promoting the Restaurant	#6	4.323	4.323
Sticking to the Rules	#11	4.355	4.355

Ranked from 31 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Shaqsoda1 year ago

I could legitimately sink many hours into this. Great great job yall!

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LamIsWhoIAm1 year ago(+1)

Awesome concept, and the quality of the animations and UI stuff go such a long way to making it really satisfying!

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macmay91Submitted1 year ago

Got completely absorbed in this game. Your passion for game dev is abundantly clear with all the great player feedback. I loved how even the downtime at the restaurant escalates with mechanics like tipping and extra bbq. Absolutely inspired to create something this compelling for next year. Excellent work!

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Jam On, Jambon!

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