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A jam submission

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A comedy/rage game with a convoluted control scheme, paying homage to Metal Gear Solid.
Submitted by Philip Markowski (@captain567) — 2 days, 1 hour before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Originality#54.3214.321
Fun#383.4643.464
Overall#403.4083.408
Audio#403.4293.429
Controls#563.3573.357
Graphics#703.3933.393
Theme#883.2143.214
Accessibility#1282.6792.679

Ranked from 28 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Godot Version
4.4.1

Wildcards Used
N/A

Game Description
A comedy/rage game with a convoluted control scheme, paying homage to Metal Gear Solid.

How does your game tie into the theme?
I interpreted "Controlled Chaos" by giving the game an intentionally complex control scheme. Messing up the control scheme is punished by tripping (which extends your hitbox), hopefully leading to a feeling of chaos.

Source(s)
N/A

Discord Username(s)
captain

Participation Level (GWJ Only)
1

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Solid QWOP! :D

Submitted(+1)

Amazing entry. Walking is no joke. I chuckled a lot when failing. The plop the bear does when falling is so great.

Submitted(+1)

I apparently can't walk straight without calling as soon as I get up, great time. It's going right up there with QWOP for me 

Submitted(+1)

Bear? Bear? Beeeeeaaaaaaaaarr? ... Is the jar open?

Submitted(+1)

Fun game. I got some good laughs from the dialog and overall concept of the game. I was a tactical walking machine by the end of the game, great work!

Submitted(+1)

Dialog in the beginning made me chuckle. I'm not much for rage games but this one is pretty good! Love the falling animation but I wish it didn't keep me on the ground so long. I wish the step alternating reset after a fall so you don't fall on your first step after getting back up. Great job overall!!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

This game is so great, we played it again on stream. I *finally* figured out the walking, and was able to make it to the end. 100/10, would do it all for Iron Bear again.

Submitted(+1)

Love it. Intro dialogue was smart and funny. I never played metal gear, but I see it was a homage to it. Looking forward to Iron Bear 2!

Submitted(+1)

The whole metal gear theme is really funny, especially the codec scene. playing a character thats pretty much the opposite of solid snake made me laugh.  iron bear is way too flattering. bellyflop bear is very fitting :D

fun game, made me laugh :D

Submitted(+1)

I had to come back and adjust my ranking after we played this on stream. Watching someone else faceplant over and over and just stay down for so long...it's hilarious. This bear is so relatable. Thanks for the laughs!

Submitted(+1)

Fun goofy game! I like the homage to Metal Gear. It would have been nice to have feedback for how “well” I was walking. Like, when I fell, I wasn’t always sure why – was I going too fast? How fast is too fast?

Submitted(+1)

damn, didn't expect that i would be learning how to walk in this jam XD

awesome idea, pretty fun!

Submitted(+2)

Narrative was hilarious, and watching me try to navigate the bear from room to room was the highlight of the stream tonight - we could not stop laughing. Awesome idea.

Submitted(+1)

Love the parody of MGS, had me cracking up, watching him face plant is both frustrating and funny, good balance of chaos

Nice job

Submitted(+1)

I love it! I just keep starting with the wrong foot) Feel so sorry for that bear lying there waiting for the lazer to cut it in halves, ouch)Very nice original concept I think. Funny that you can't go too fast either, adds the challenge.

Submitted(+1)

This is the exact kind of thing I picked up game dev to make, thank you for this masterpiece!

Submitted(+1)

Surprised how often I forgot how to walk lol . Also noticed the space button had a symbol next to it that looked similar to something I came across when the font I was using didn't extend to non-alphabet characters so heads up in case that's unintended! Enjoyed this game though, surprisingly difficult for me haha

Submitted(+1)

The control scheme is chaotic and punishing, but watching this bear faceplant 100 times, sometimes right into a mine, is hilarious. The faceplant animation is a tad long but its also sorta funny like that. Very silly game, well done!