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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #43 | 4.091 | 4.091 |
| Overall | #49 | 4.091 | 4.091 |
| Presentation | #58 | 4.364 | 4.364 |
| Creativity | #170 | 3.818 | 3.818 |
Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Pandaman1122 and Studio Ni (Comprised of one guy)
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Yes - I'm new to game jams!
How does your game fit the theme?
The objective of the game is to protect the gumball machine as it is GETTING STARTED on a certain procedure...
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This game was so cute and I really liked the title screen music a lot :) There were also some cool systems in place like upgrading and shooting. My only real complaints were minor bug-related things (like sometimes getting stuck on the wall) but other than that I thought it was very adorable and fun! great job, esp on your first jam!
It a really nice concept and it has a good executions as well, very adficting. I would love to see this expanded with more content :)
Feel free to play my game as well, i would love to hear your thoughts
Gameplay is really addictive! But i have to be honest i got confused initially on why i couldnt attack after a while only to realize after 10 minutes that my ammo was limited. It got pretty fun after that; having to manage my ammo, get gumballs to heal the machine, while trying to kill enemies. Got me hooked until the end! Only problem i had was the speed boost was a bit too much cuz it made the character a bit more difficult to control. Other than that, stellar game!
I really should have made the ammo more obvious or maybe emphasized it in the tutorial, the UI does need a lot of work haha, but thank you so much! I am honoured to hear that from you as I enjoyed your game so much aswell
Great game and art! I like the concept, but I'm bummed that the machine had to get destroyed at the end. It'd be really cool to see this concept expanded on, with more tower-defense elements
Thank you! Sorry I let the machine turn on you I wanted to add a bit of a story to foreshadow it but sadly there wasnt enough time. I wanted to implement typical turrets and mines but they were harder to do than I expected so I focused my time on other things but I may try adding it to the game after the jam!
Yeah, the game was very well done overall. I think it was really well polished. Nice job
That intro is a banger ngl
Thank you! Its really cute and we wanted to do more cutscenes like it but we didnt have time sadly
I SAVED THE WORLD
with a total of 993 points :D
While there is a learning curve the gameplay, once understand, is very very very fun. I loved jumping around the big level, fighting the two enemies, and buying upgrades. The plot twist at the end was cool too. I liked the explosion gif haha, i did the same in my game. I also think the main menu and credits where very good.
My only feedback is to just make all of the hitboxes more forgiving (aka bigger.) apart form tat that the enemies where fun to fight and navigated the level in interesting ways, you can be proud of your first game jam submission!
NIIICE
AM REALLY HAPPY YOU ENJOYED IT
Am really glad someone took the time to really get good at the game I understand that maybe I shpuld've made it easier so its more accessible to more people but whenever I do that people would think it was too boring so am glad you really enjoyed it! I do agree on the hitbox I should've made them much more forgiving
Am honoured to get such high praise from you now I can be truly proud of what I've done!
This was a lot of fun, albeit a bit hard for me XD.
I am glad you had fun! balancing difficulty is really hard admittedly it is really hard but maybe I shouldnt have made hardcore gamers test it cause when I made it easier they said it became boring lol
Completely understand that struggle. The difficulty actually made it more fun for me and kept me going for more runs. So while my scores weren't crazy or anything I still had a blast!
A bit hard for me haha but maybe thats a me issue. The idea and execution is really good, it's very unique. If this game was fleshed out evern more, it could be an absolute banger!
It is pretty difficult even I struggle with it I did make it easier but when I made friends play it they said its difficulty is what made it fun before so i reverted it back. Thank you! I plan to flesh out the game more after the jam I love the idea and I have so much more I want to add to it
This was fun tower defense platformer! the combination of the genres made for a fun interactive game, I also loved the style and the way the game presented itself. Cool submission!