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Spooky 2D Jam '21

Hosted by TheoClarke · #Spooky2DJam

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A jam submission

Tricks and TreatsView game page

Spooky Platform Shooter

Submitted by Elporkador — 10 hours, 33 minutes before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Is it spooky and does it follow the theme?	#6	3.882	3.882
Audio	#11	3.412	3.412
Overall	#14	3.353	3.353
How much do you like the game overall?	#15	3.118	3.118
Graphics / Visuals	#18	3.412	3.412
Gameplay / Fun	#19	2.941	2.941

Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Any Premade Assets?
My basic movement script was pre-made and the crash sound effect is from Mixkit.co. All other art, music, and programming were done during the 2 days.

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Comments

LiioniSubmitted2 years ago

I love the player character and the jump animation, it definitely made the jumping feel more real. The level is great with added difficulty when you get further along. I did feel it was a bit of ghost-spam at the end, but I had fun with it! Great game!

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ElporkadorDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for playing! I put a lot of enemies at the end to be kind of like a final challenge, but it's actually possible to lead the first few ghosts away and only have to throw two candies before avoiding the rest. I may have gone a bit overboard with it though since I got so used to their movement pattern that it didn't feel like it had a challenge anymore :P

BreakfishSubmitted2 years ago

I felt the jump to be a floaty but nothing game breaking. Generally a nice, simple and charming game, good job!

Submitted

A Vampire's Shadow

Haeys2 years ago

Pretty cute ! Congrat !

WebFreakSubmitted2 years ago

is there a download? online version doesn't seem to work here

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ElporkadorDeveloper2 years ago

Sorry there isn't a download, but I'm not sure what's the issue. I just tried it and it worked, and no one else has mentioned it either.

WebFreakSubmitted2 years ago

might have been an issue with incognito mode, worked in a regular tab

ASK12350Submitted2 years ago

Nice concept of making the enemies move when the player doesn't look! I found it difficult to move when I am on top of a platforms though. Overall a nice game. I brought 55 candies to home!!

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ElporkadorDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for playing! Can you elaborate on what you mean by "difficult to move"? Also can you let me know where you lost most of the candy? (I tried to design it so that there wasn't anywhere that you can't just shoot or dodge the ghosts)

ASK12350Submitted2 years ago

It was hard to move on the 'moving platforms'. these:

I lost many candies because I was mostly pressing SPACE instead of W to jump. I also lost a quite a bit of them at these moving platforms.

ElporkadorDeveloper2 years ago

Oh do people generally use space to jump? Idk I'm used to 2d games with either the up arrow or w key to jump.

ParkerLeathersSubmitted2 years ago

awesome! big fan of platformers so i had a ton of fun. movement felt very bouncy and fun

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emulation studiosSubmitted2 years ago

great music, quite some ear candy you got here! And the extension of the "Boo" from mario mechanic was enjoyable!

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Trick or Treater Pro

ElporkadorDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for playing! How well do you think the shooter mechanic worked in the game in combination with the "boo" mechanic?

ernaniSubmitted2 years ago

Best use of limitation. Super Mario World sends hello. Awesome Entry, Top5 Overall in my books.

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BlublubSubmitted2 years ago

I really like your game ! Pretty cute, music is cool and the fact that enemies only move when we're not looking at them is pretty interesting I think.

ElporkadorDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Thanks for your comment! By making the enemy only move they you are not facing them, I was trying to simultaneously fulfill the theme of "behind you" and also somewhat give the player control of the enemies' movements to maybe lead them away and avoid them instead of having to shoot them.

HonzusSubmitted2 years ago

Neat little platformer. Good job!

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CarlosGASubmitted2 years ago

Nice little game. The art was pretty cute. I found the enemy's movement kind of weird, and they didn't seem to be able to kill you... But a part from that, really enjoyed the game.

ElporkadorDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for playing! The enemies can only follow you when you are not facing them, to match the theme "behind you". The point of the enemies is also not to kill you, but to take your candies, since your goal is to get home with as much candy as you can.

CarlosGASubmitted2 years ago

Ohhhhh okay that makes more sense! Nice mechanics