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A jam submission

Bark n DodgeView game page

Push monster over the edge by dodging their attacks
Submitted by rthurmed (@rthurmed) — 18 hours, 13 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall#84.0174.017
Music/Sound#114.0834.083
Fun/Design#154.0004.000
Theme/Limitation#163.9173.917
Graphics/Animation#194.3334.333
Technical Implementation#253.7503.750

Ranked from 12 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)?
After 3 levels theres a boss. The theme is applied on you needing to make to enemys fall off the edge

Team Size

Solo (1)

What main engine/tool/language did you use to construct the game?
Godot

Which diversifiers did you use, if any?
None

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Awesome game! I really love the art and the sound effects are really nice! My dog who was sleeping on the bed next to me  kept perking up everytime she heard the bark. I love that all the characters have little parachutes. I think if I were to add anything, it would be a revision to the way the level restart works.  It can be really tough to have to start a level completely over because a hog vital to the puzzle just walks off a ledge, or for some reason he parachutes the moment he hits the ground. The solutions are actually very clever for the second and third level! I think finding a way to signal those to the player or making trial and error a bit more forgiving would be the way to go. Great job!

Developer

Thanks so much for commenting!

Submitted(+1)

That was fun but i really struggled at the cannon level. Sometimes the pigs fall by themselves forcing me to restart the level, and i found it very hard to aim properly because i believe you change their charge direction when you dodge. Maybe giving a bigger hitbox to the cannons could make it a more enjoyable experience !  Good job on your submission !


Submitted(+1)

That was harder than I expected. I really liked the mechanics and music, nice job!

Submitted(+1)

Cool little game with an interesting mechanic too it.  Well dome!

Submitted(+1)

Cool graphics style and sound. Awesome work!

Submitted(+1)

One of my personal favorites so far - a simple mechanic that is used at least 3 different ways. Really polished feel and vivid graphics!

  • I spent an enormous amount of time on the boss, partially due to the fact that a) I am never sure which direction piglet will throw itself on, I noticed that when I step away, the pig also steps away in that direction, making aiming really hard and b) With the pigs in ships, I wonder if it makes more sense to aim at the entirety of the ship rather than the pig in the ship. Just really frustrating experiencing in aiming, again.
  • Sometimes pigs will just throw themselves off the cliff... considering how they're an "ammo" in the last boss battle, made me restart couple of times.
  • In certain cases where you need the pig, I would suggest they respawn after a certain amount of time. Like when you need to be pushed to an island or in the last boss battle. I can imagine much larger levels where losing pigs forever could be very frustrating.

But the game is really fun to play. You game design skills are great!

Developer (1 edit)

Thanks so much for the feedback! Im really glad you liked the game!

On the boss level I was planning to implement this specific feature of spawning pigs if they fall off but I ended up spending more time working on the boss

The pigs throwing themselves was actually a bug I found very early in development but decided not to fix because I thought was funny lol (also kinda helped the player on the levels you need to make them fall). But yeah, this does gets in the way of beating the boss so probably should have fixed.

Submitted(+1)

Great work!  Impressive for a one-man team.  Kind of wish there was more of a story with the theme of the boss.  

Submitted(+1)

Nice job on the game!  Keep up the good work!  It was a fun time and a great concept for a game


check out mine if you get a chance https://itch.io/jam/vimjam2/rate/1200495