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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Music/Sound | #57 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Fun/Design | #101 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Graphics/Animation | #117 | 3.375 | 3.375 |
| Overall | #121 | 3.158 | 3.158 |
| Theme/Limitation | #138 | 3.042 | 3.042 |
| Technical Implementation | #210 | 2.542 | 2.542 |
Ranked from 24 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game apply the limitation (and optionally, the theme)?
The hero is THE boss. And he has probably fallen over any edge there is..
Team Size
Solo (1)
What main engine/tool/language did you use to construct the game?
Unity
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i enjoyed crawling a lot
Good you found a favorite way of moving :) Thanks for playing.
Oh this is hilarious omg! I really like the ads in the wall. There are some collision bugs. This could be a fun endless runner type of thing, the walk animation of the main char makes you laugh from the get go.
The game is fun and is enjoyable. I found it funny that the boss moves in sync with the music only thing I found that made the game hard was that the projectiles were a bit fast. other then that it is fun
Thanks for giving it a play and for the feedback
That was fun! I liked how the boss walks in sync with the music! Perhaps slowing down the projectiles could give players a bit more time to react as it seemed a bit fast!
Thanks for playing and I am glad you found it entertaining. Yes, I made it a bit hard.. I will fix it after the jam is over.
This was a fun silly experience that I recorded myself playing and was immediately disappointed to find out later that the game music overpowered my mic because I didn't turn the right nob :( Still, I wanted to share my playthrough with you if only to show you a funny thing that happened while playing and some feedback I give at the end ;)
Hahahaha.. loved the flight you ended up doing. Thanks for the feedback. The employee throwing things should just be visible once, the rest of the time I was hoping it would be obvious that it was the employees throwing whatever they could at you. The resolution thing is interesting and definetly a case of "works on my machine". The items are all placed in the level at certain points and get thrown when they are about to come on camera and as I don't take the width of the screen into consideration when throwing the stuff the game becomes virtually unplayable with a low resolution while a high resolution like yours becomes a bit easier.
Thanks for playing my game and for the feedback !
The animations were on point! The fabulous jumping and great music!
I like the background people doing their things aswell!
Music is quite loud, and sometimes when the item comes flying it looks like a dodge moment, even though it is a jump movement.
A fun game nonetheless. Good job!
Man, i ABSOLUTE love the animations of the boss lol
Love the dance in main menu and love the walk on the rythm of the song lol
About the game itself is a bit hard and i generally agree with people down here
Thanks for trying it out, and I am glad you liked it.
Yep, it's a bit hard. I thought it was easy while making it.. Today I couldn't beat it :)
Now this ... is why you play jam games! What a treat and different take on the theme and design!!
I've got the song stuck in my head and I love it. His strut killed me. The ragdoll physics were hilarious. I liked jumping around like a flopping fish after I'd been knocked down.
My biggest critique is that for what should be a fun-time, quick run through ... it's pretty brutal in difficulty! If the objects followed the same pattern of flight, they'd be more manageable. But some bottles I had to jump over, others I had to duck under without any clear telegraph animations.
I think one simple way to balance it out would be to regenerate the boss' health when he's strutting. It makes sense. He looks like he thinks he's got it going on, so he should build up his boss-meter. I gave it quite a few runs and couldn't make it beyond the kitchen. I wanted to see more of the funny scenes you'd placed in there! Not related to gameplay, but I really appreciated this line in the description: "despite some subtle signals from your employees"
Subtle indeed. Well done. I'm glad I played this gem. Is the song available anywhere? I'd love to hear the entire thing.
Thanks for the nice words and I am very glad you found my attempt at humor funny :)
Good idea with the recharging. I was otherwise just thinking I'd add a "Ego Boss Mode" where there is simply no way to empty the boss meter as it's so overflowing with his confidence. But yes, it is too hard. I was afraid to make it so easy that it wouldn't be a challenge at all so I guess I over-corrected a bit on that. Next one will be easier :)
I put the song up on soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/sverrirv/the-boss-game-version where you also can read the lyrics.
The music is an absolute bop. Definitely made the game start with a bang. And that in game theme song is just the absolute BEST! Really made me enjoy the game sooo much more and made it so memorable. The game itself is also really fun, the animations tie really well to the actions! Great Job!
Thanks for playing and I am happy it was enjoyable :)
Pretty good, love the music ahaha!
But yea, the obstacles are too fast and have no warning, so I don't really have a choice but to react, and yet sometimes they just throw stuff to the ground, it's not very intuitive, it takes time to learn.
Good job!
Thanks for playing and I'm glad you liked the music. Yeah, it's perhaps a bit hard (you basically have to learn what to do where).
Nice song but damn, those obstacles are fast. Really nice choice for the animations ^^ good job !
Thanks.. I need to add a easy mode.. :)
Great game!!!
Thanks for trying it out :)
there's just too much awesomeness in this game!!
1) the music/song is so awesome
2) the animation is hilarious at the start menu. the way the boss walks is so boss like reminds of Mr mcmahon
3) the whole world is amazing, you're walking through an office that his wizards, a worker jumping up and down on their broken pc, statues and so much more
there's so much game juice in this it's dripping outside my computer screen
the only sad part is the objects that are being launched at you come so fast it's hard to dodge them, and some of them feel impossible to dodge whether you crawl or jump
so i wish it would either be made easier so i can enjoy the world you've built
i would liked the ability to swat away the objects being thrown at me. like the entire office is on edge, employees are throwing shit at me, and i just walk through it like a boss
great job! 👍
We need a laugh category just for this game. Loved it!
My recommendation unlock a slow mo if you manage to avoid getting hit on the last minute, and find a way that the object are better telegraph, sometimes it felt like it was going to hit me up but the fall on me while crawiling.
Thanks for playing. I will add something that makes it easier after the jam. Like make the boss invincible or not lose that much energy on every hit. Good the game managed to entertain some :)
Hilarious and fun! Did run into a glitch though where I fell out of the layout and was falling forever but still good job
Thanks for playing and I am glad you appreciated the humor. Thanks for the bug report (I see how that can easily happen..)
Well, if I had better reaction times, I'd play more cause I really wanna hear that song in full. Also, you picked some pretty good assets to go with the game. The song fits the style so well
Thanks for playing and thanks for the feedback. Since the game is more about the song than the game I figured it's proably a good idea to put it up for listen: https://soundcloud.com/sverrirv/the-boss-game-version
Hope you like it :)
Fun game, I liked the art style and animations. The presentation was nice and I liked the detail of the coworkers in the background.
Thanks for playing and for the feedback :)
Obviously the music is amazing and the game is hilarious, but I was having a very hard time dodging things, almost felt impossible. However, the crawling had me cracking up
Thanks for the nice words. Yeah, the game is pretty hard I've figured.. even for me that knows exactly what to do at every point... Glad it entertained some :)