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Shacknews Jam: Do It IV Shacknews

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A jam submission

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2D arcade idle clicker style game.

Submitted by treblig-punisher (@punisherx6) — 38 minutes, 44 seconds before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Fun	#9	2.981	3.333
Audio	#10	2.236	2.500
Use Of Theme	#10	2.460	2.750
Visuals	#11	2.683	3.000

Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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HenryDorsettCaseSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Great game! It was fun to play, but I'm not sure I'm comfortable having mosquito allies, lol. Hey, if you have a moment, will you try out my game and maybe give it a rating? Thanks!

https://itch.io/jam/shacknews-jam-do-it-iv-shacknews/rate/504116

Submitted

Be Evil (Street Edition)

treblig-punisherDeveloper4 years ago

hahaha. Glad you enjoyed it. Today we'll be releasing an update to it. I'll give your game a try to for sure. I'll be playing all games and rating them.

SerfaBoy4 years ago(+2)

This was a good use of the theme. It could use some more sound effects, even some music.

One thing I found confusing was the lose-states. I didn't realize there was a set amount of butterflies I had to kill or I'd lose. Would also like to see some stats for the various weapons. I didn't know if I was using the best option for my goal!

Good work on delivering this!

treblig-punisherDeveloper4 years ago

Thanks a lot for the feedback, more than anything for playing :).
I will be rollin gan update a few hours from now, 10 hours maybe? That'll include your suggestions regarding the butterflies goal and so on.

Were the instructions clear enough in the main menu?

MarcoPoloStudios4 years ago(+2)

Nice job treblig! The visuals are minimal and perfect, sound effects right on point. The bug AI also was great. As another commenter said, I would have really liked some sort of "negative" sound effect when hitting a mosquito. I lost a couple of times from hitting too many of them and had no idea I was even hitting them! Tons of potential with this game and everything is so clean. Amazing work. See you around on the gamemaker slack :)

- MarcoPolo

treblig-punisherDeveloper4 years ago

thanks a lot for the comment, and for letting me know in the slack Marco. I'll be sure to share the progress and let you know about today's update. The behavior of the bugs was no other than Cass. The guy did an amazing job for sure.

Once again, thanks a lot for the useful feedback !

DEMBERGSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Nice game, I could easily see it expand into something bigger! I would only suggest that you put some background music and as others said different sfx for hitting allies and enemies (I think that even a separate hitting sound would be good). All in all very fun and great visuals! Good job!

Submitted

treblig-punisherDeveloper4 years ago(+1)

Thank you! Today we'll be rolling out an update that fixes the UI, and adds some more clean elements in regards to feedback and what not. We've also got a highscore setup for your max combo ;).

Im super excited to see people playing the game. Thanks a lot for playing!

thelebaronSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Game is hard! or I'm bad, anyway besides a negative sound, maybe a highlighting effect when you hover over either friendly mosquitoes and bugs you want to smash would help give feedback on what you're attempting to swat. Liked the use of the theme, though I couldn't help but think twitch swatter when I saw the name of it.

Submitted

(Personal) Space Invader

treblig-punisherDeveloper4 years ago

oh man, totally unintended to be related to that twitch swatter stuff.
The game is hard, but we'll add some new awesome stuff soon. Mostlikely tomorrow :D. The sound effect is already implemented. I like the idea of knowing where you'll hit. Thanks for that tip! will be adding that soon :D

-Gilbert

TickHeadDogSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

I agree with ortsac, definitely need a negative sound when you hit a friendly. Only super negative issue I have is that I have dual monitors (secondary is to the left) and if you click outside the game window it takes you to the desktop.

This could certainly be a good mobile idle/boredom game for sure!

Submitted

Get Off My Beach!!!

treblig-punisherDeveloper4 years ago

I took everything to heart and have already addressed the negative sound effect. We now have that, and we'll have a indicator that shows how much money has been lost :).

In regards to the double monitor issue, Im sorry this happens. Does this happen when you're fullscreen?

-Gilbert

TickHeadDogSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Yeah, was playing fullscreen.

TickHeadDogSubmitted4 years ago

I agree with ortsac, definitely need a negative sound when you hit a friendly. Only super negative issue I have is that I have dual monitors (secondary is to the left) and if you click outside the game window it takes you to the desktop.

This could certainly be a good mobile idle/boredom game for sure!

Submitted

Get Off My Beach!!!

ortsacSubmitted4 years ago(+2)

Good mechanics and visuals. I would add a negative sound effect when you accidentally swat one of your allies so the player gets more feedback that they did something wrong.

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treblig-punisherDeveloper4 years ago(+1)

Thanks a lot for the feedback. Sadly that's one thing I had in my to do list, but other bigger things made me forget about it.
That'll be in the next update for the game once the game jam is over. Glad you liked the game :).

-Gilbert

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treblig-punisherDeveloper4 years ago

Hey thank you!

Glad you liked the game. We'll be rolling some updates to make the game as much fun as we first intended. How far did you get? Hope you were able to buy some of the other weapons. Thanks for playing!