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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Artwork | #1715 | 3.689 | 3.689 |
| Narrative | #2135 | 2.770 | 2.770 |
| Creativity | #3409 | 3.392 | 3.392 |
| Audio | #5009 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
| Enjoyment | #5667 | 2.473 | 2.473 |
Ranked from 74 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
As Steve Lacy once said - I pick my nose, it's a Bad Habit! Be the hero this world deserves, help a dude out by breaking his bad habit. (Habits are loops too) Game: You’re a "nosy" stranger on a train on a mission to help someone break their nose-picking habit. Your challenge? Stop them as many times as possible before the train stop, just 30 seconds away! Oh, and the dude also fakes it so don't be rude and stop him when he's NOT picking his nose.
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Art - Hand-drawn.
Sound - Freesound.org for Sfx.
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
khel ---- (pronounced: 'kh' - 'ale', means game in hindi.)
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I like the creativity of this - could see a lot more different scenarios of different habits that you help people break.
In the dude's defense, he really did need to clean his nose :)
Between the two of us, I designed five additional bad habits and came up with 14 in total. I couldn't develop them due to solo development, but now that this game has received so much love, I'll create them and improve.
Thank you for the feedback though!
I liked interpreting the loop as a habit, nice little concept. Great art as well!
I like how the fakeouts gives a little more depth, but there doesn't seem to be real penalty for touching the nose at the fakeouts. Maybe reduce the time left to penalize?
That's an excellent idea for the penalty; I'll think about it and implement something when I turn this into a full-fledged game!
Thank you so much for playing and giving out the feedback!
What a creative way to interpret loop! Should have made it into an exciting arcade game where he keeps doing different bad habits and you constantly clicking them (just like whack-a-mole) to extend the time bar and gain score. Really fun to play. My highscore is 6.
I love where your mind went with that idea! I will work on this project to turn it into a full game full of wit, humour and challenge.
Thank you so much for playing and giving out this feedback!
The idea of this game is very unique, a little too unique... 🥴
The artworks and visuals are very well done.
One suggestion I have (if you're looking to further develop the game post-jam) is that the game can have more minigames, or even a story mode. It can be about helping others, or even yourself as the player to break free from more bad habits.
All in all, great game, and keep up the good work!
Thank you so much for the feedback; it's as if you read my mind!
I've planned and designed a lot for this game, taking your feedback into account, and I'll release a more content-loaded version based on the feedback I have received!
i like the interpretation of the theme as a habit, something i haven't seen elsewhere in the jam! the graphics are very nice, i can tell a lot of effort went into them, easily the clear standout from the game. the gameplay itself is simple but i like that he jukes you out, adds a lot of depth to an otherwise one note mechanic. my only real criticism is the fact that he can go a long time without actually picking his nose, i think if you made this slightly more likely and maybe made it so you got more time every pick itd elevate the experience a bit and allow players to go for crazy high scores. overall though, this absolutely has the bones of a really great arcade game. good work!
Thank you for the appreciation!
I love the idea of it being an arcade game, and yes, I do plan to consider and implement all the feedback to the game when I work on it for a full release after the jam.
very goofy idea!
I have a few recommendations:
- I saw someone suggesting other actions like scratching their head which could add variety
- I did get a run where they didnt pick their nose once, and a way to make it so that the randomness feels less unfair would be to have an array [0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1], and then you shuffle said array, and then you pick actions from it: 1 being picking their nose, 0 being a fakeout (ensuring that they always pick their nose the same number of times every run)
I enjoyed this! and i can see the potential to have more actions, and more things to do to prevent those actions.
Highscore of 5!
Thank you for the suggestions! They are truly great ones, especially the array one.
I do plan to add a lot of variety and a better balance for the actions post the game jam when I make this into a full-fledged game.
A simple, goofy game. A have never seen any 'habit' kind of loop games before. It's a little simple game, gives me vibes of Murder 2: Be The King
Thank you!
You are right about the vibes of Murder 2, I might have unknowingly followed in its path (get it?)
Simple but fun! Thanks for your work!
Thank you!
it is fun goofy game 😂😂 really worth playing hahahaha
Thank you! I'm happy that you enjoyed it.
Goofy, this would cooler if he, like, went to scratch his head and similar stuff to juke you
One big issue is that you can just spam left click on the nose and you don’t lose points for it, also, weird that him just lifting his arm counts as picking the nose already
Great idea of the head scratch! You're right about that, the implementation needed more work, but time didn't allow me to fix that, good catch though
this feels like an original idea, the game is simple but fun :b
Thank you!
Pretty funny experience. I wish there was some more feedback for if I was getting it right. Great stuff.
Thank you! I wanted to do a lot more, but time was not being an ally.
I do plan to work on the game, polish it up, and add a lot more.
Really nice polished short experience! really nice to play and just gross enough to be fun!
Thank you!
The balance between gross and normal is a hard one at times.
Short and sweet! The art is lovely, the play with the logo is amazing. Well done!
Thank you so much! There's a piece of booger on the finger when the character fingers his nose, but the animation is quick, so people don't "pick on it" (get it?). Hence, I thought I'd make it more evident on the cover image.
High score of 5 and an entire run where he faked me out and didnt pick once. Very simple and fun 10/10 would pick nose again
As a "nosy" person, sometimes you get baited. (my puns are getting more ridiculous)
Thank you so much, though! I'm happy that you got till 5
The artwork is honestly really good! And the story line LOL, it would be hillarious if the nose picking got more intense if you didnt stop it long enough! fun little game!
Thank you! I couldn't think past this idea and there are so many more things I want to add in this game.
Simple and well polished. Loved the art (and the Steve Lacey reference). My only criticism is that it's a little repetitive after a while. Maybe add some different fake outs or bad habits? Good game!!
Thank you so much! (You're the first person to point out the reference; if you check the lyrics, Steve said I bite my tongue instead of picking my nose) I understand the criticism and there are a ton of ideas that I will use to solve those problems.
big brother is always watching
He is.
Nice artwork, simple but clever. (also, found myself picking my nose while playing the game)
Haha thank you so much! The meta and impact of this game is truly fourth-wall-breaking.
Simple game, easy to follow and the art is incredible.
Thank you so much!