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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Use of console | #3 | 3.715 | 3.923 |
| Overall | #4 | 3.399 | 3.590 |
| Creativity | #4 | 3.860 | 4.077 |
| Fun | #11 | 2.622 | 2.769 |
Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Pre-made assets (Optional)
We used some existing community modules like the box2d physics and AnimatedSprite.
Source code (Optional)
https://github.com/JulienKaspar/ProjectMoose
Explanation (Optional)
IMPORTANT: The submitted build only runs on the Playdate and Linux. Playing on the SImulator via Windows and Mac will sadly not run.
A claw machine game from the perspective of the trapped toys, that try to ascend by way of claw :)
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This was a cool interpretation of the theme. I like the variety of toy shapes to work with although I found it very hard to reliably move around or get picked up (I think this might be deliberate to go with the theme?).
Thank you :)
Well, we for sure tinkered with it some more and made it possible to succeed, it wasn't meant to be (almost....probably) impossible. It was just tricky getting it right on time with the physics and all!
I like how this is played from the perspective of the toys, and the graphics feels very polished overall. There are some weird lag at times and escaping the machine seem require a fair bit of luck depending on how the toys are stacked. It was good fun.
Wow, this one is slick! Love the art and sound design. I cannot resist all the cute toy references.
As others have been saying, it is tough. I managed to escape on my first go by riding on top of the claw, but seemed to run into the “gravity reset” bug described in other comments here, where I could barely move the highlighted toy.
Other than the difficulty and control tweaks mentioned already, I can’t think of anything I’d change. This is great!
This game is tough! I think I managed to successfully pull a toy from the machine, but I think I still lost a life. I expect that only the highlighted toy is the one to go for. The overall presentation quality is very high, though. It really shows the team's talent!
It does feel like a real claw machine which is satisfyingly annoying lol. Also the visuals and the sound are really nice. I found myself just trying to grab a toy that I wanted not necessarily the shinny one which was fun for me.
Game crashes for me on loading screen, says + 10 second timeout. (on device)
I'm getting this as well (on device)!
It looks great! Can't say I really understand what the controls do though. Cranking combined with pressing A seems to jump in a given direction, but tilting the device doesn't appear to do anything?
I wonder if you're meant to actually be able to make it out? Even landing the head precisely within the claw's grips it still falls out eventually, and other body parts don't fare much better. Maybe I'm just bad at the game
There's also an issue with starting the game which can cause the physics to go haywire, tossing both my toy and the crane off-screen lol
Thanks!
The tilting is actually shifting the gravity to the side, but you're right that the effect of that seems too weak.
The claw also needs to become less "slippery" even though it seems to match the experience with a real claw machine right now. Oops :D
The physics also have a problem when you restart. The best way to restart the game is to first go to the main menu.
Crank is to rotate the toy, A is jump, tilt tilts the vending machine/gravity.
> I wonder if you're meant to actually be able to make it out?
That's the real claw experience :D Sometimes I could manage sometimes I just don't. But we do plan to tweak the parameters a bit so that it grabs better.
> There's also an issue with starting the game which can cause the physics to go haywire
This will be fixed in v0.0.4
we made it all borked on monday, sunday it was so winnable :'D It is the game jam way..
Played on simulator... this one really makes me miss my device!! I bet it feels amazing to play.
Pretty tough game, honestly, similar to real klaw machines :D But well-done, it's pretty, looks good, and the controls work great! A top game for sure, congratulations to your team!
Thanks you! Yeah it's a bit more intuitive on the Playdate :D
The Discontrolled man! Nice to see you back for this jam :)!! Checked out your yt channel, nice job sharing playdate developer know-how!
Thank you! Let me know if you want to see any kind of playdate content!
I'm getting in v0.0.3
We are investigating! Thanks for letting us know!
It seems that the build we submitted only runs on the Playdate itself. We'll try to upload extra builds to fix it for the Simulator.
You're right! I actually hit the install button this time and gave it a go!