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A jam submission

Entomologist SimulatorView project page

You are an entomologist. Like all scientific research, your expedition is underfunded.
Submitted by Advertiser Unfriendly — 4 hours, 24 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall#601.8092.182
Polishing#601.7342.091
Theme#632.0352.455
Fun#651.4321.727

Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

did you use any assets?
no

Discord Username/Usernames
i wasn't on the discord! sorry :(

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InnarqSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Cool login and password mechanic, but other stuff is just boring.

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Debugger
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Advertiser UnfriendlyDeveloper1 year ago

thanks for giving it a shot!

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romain-1Submitted1 year ago

I'm still confused on how your game works. It looks like a good concept but maybe not suited for a game jam. The polishing is great, really liked the login/password part.

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Luciole
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Advertiser UnfriendlyDeveloper1 year ago

i definitely agree, I believe it’d benefit from more time to develop a more interactive interface or materials set. i do plan to return to the concept over time, hopefully shape it up and clarify the gamepkay. thanks for giving it a shot, and im sorry for any confusion!

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autistmouseSubmitted1 year ago

Very unique concept. Did you use Twine? It kind of reminds of a Twine game.

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June Bug in the Spotlight Theatre
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JohnnyOlBoySubmitted1 year ago

Kind of confusing

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Buggo Army and the LIGHTS
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Advertiser UnfriendlyDeveloper1 year ago

sorry to hear that :( thanks for giving it a shot!

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qntntSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

Really unique! Never thought I'd see a print-and-play game in a game jam. Don't have time to play a full round, but I love the concept and the rules seems straightforward

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Mount Glitch
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Advertiser UnfriendlyDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks! I don’t have much game programming experience and the time frame was pretty short (i spent 2 of the 3 days occupied with other commitments) BUT I play tons of rpgs and i thought i could do a decent job of balancing the different mechanics in time for submission ☺️

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koonSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Yeah uh, I don't get it.

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Bug Feast
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Advertiser UnfriendlyDeveloper1 year ago

totally understandable! i find longform minmax resource games fun, but definitely not to everybodys taste haha. can be a little tedious especially if you keep missing the upper point limit for new funding 😅 thanks for trying it out!

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koonSubmitted1 year ago (1 edit)

Even though I read your answer, and thought for sure I missed something, I still couldn't really get anything to happen :( Just seeing points (not that they're going up anywhere) and randomly generated bugs 🤔

Edit: Oh my god, it's a game you're supposed to print. That explains thing. Oops. Sorry. To be fair, the login screen set me up for believing something would happen!

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Advertiser UnfriendlyDeveloper1 year ago (1 edit)

?? Did you download the instructions? The BugBase is included as a supplement to help with tallying up bugs in the physical game. I thought for sure I listed the game as a physical game to avoid confusion about that, my bad!

edit: just saw ur edit lol!!im sorry about the confusion!

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