GBJAM 13

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A jam submission

Bump in the NightView game page

Submitted by lyghtkruz@gmail.com, Osmicow, Magicalflyingart, mapr — 1 hour, 27 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Quirkiness	#25	3.833	3.833
Soundtrack/SFX	#37	3.722	3.722
Overall	#50	3.454	3.454
Gameplay	#59	3.222	3.222
Graphics	#67	3.722	3.722
Secondary Theme Interpretation	#85	2.944	2.944
Gameboy Soul	#99	3.278	3.278

Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game meet GBJam's theme?
The cat is roaming in the dark and bumping into things and trying not to wake the owner and get caught.

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HegerWorksSubmitted188 days ago(+1)

Great concept! I wish my cat had the decency to try and be quiet/cautious at night. I didn't realize there was a radar/sonor option at first and just rampaged through the mini-game multiple times, so I felt a bit of variation there would be awesome (like wario-ware). Really well done and the loop was pretty fun.

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lyghtkruz@gmail.comDeveloper186 days ago(+1)

Thanks for playing! Yeah, I'm allergic to cats, but if I wasn't I might take a cat over a 50lb dog jumping on me while I am asleep.

e_sidSubmitted189 days ago(+1)

I liked the gameplay loop, but felt the game was on the easier side.

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lyghtkruz@gmail.comDeveloper186 days ago

Thanks for playing! If you failed the arrows with the minigame, it was very punishing, and we didn't have a lot of time to balance or add the other objectives/enemies that we wanted to try to add.

relei2004Submitted189 days ago(+1)

What a great idea! I also love that the owners don’t wake up right away and that you have another type of gameplay to prevent them from waking up. Everything just fits perfectly!!!

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Nut of Misfortune

lyghtkruz@gmail.comDeveloper189 days ago

Thanks for playing! Appreciate the kind words.

208trSubmitted191 days ago(+1)

My 7 yr old loved this game!

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Charmie's Missing Piece

OsmicowDeveloper191 days ago

Thank you, that is the highest compliment.

Giant Axe GamesSubmitted191 days ago(+1)

honestly, I didn't even use the sonar system, actively bumped into objects to play the mini game over and over again.

great concept and great execution.

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OsmicowDeveloper191 days ago

thanks. That's certainly a viable strategy.

carbonacatSubmitted193 days ago(+1)

Very cool gameplay, gotta love the sonar system and the whole (especially the ending) is very cute!!

great job!!

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OsmicowDeveloper191 days ago(+1)

Thank you for playing

marcanSubmitted193 days ago(+1)

I really like the concept, the game is pretty beautiful and the cat is cute. good work!

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OsmicowDeveloper191 days ago

Thanks for playing

Clark PadmoreSubmitted193 days ago(+1)

That was cute! The premise is funny, yet compelling. I especially enjoy the jazzy soundtrack!

It took me a while to realize the rhythm arrows were supposed to align with the line on top of the box. I had initially assumed the arrow was supposed to be inside the box.

I'm not sure if the mechanics mesh with the premise very well. It seems like I'm supposed to be encouraged to move slowly, using my limited noise resource to avoid obstacles, doing the minigame only as a last resort. However, acing the minigame (which is fairly easy) causes no noise to be built up, so it's potentially less risky to blind run everywhere than it is to use meowing at all.

All-in-all, good work! Congratulations on the submission!

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Jazz Tanuki Prototype

OsmicowDeveloper192 days ago(+1)

Thanks for playing. It actually is supposed to be close to the center. But there's more leniency in being early than being late.

MichaelSUltimateSubmitted194 days ago(+2)

Love the premise and the palette is also well chosen. My only real complaint is that the game assumes cats actually care if they wake up their owners. Alas, the poor mouse!

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Charmie's Missing Piece

OsmicowDeveloper193 days ago

Thanks for playing. You raise a good point. Cats really don't care about that.

MagicalflyingartDeveloper193 days ago

I guess this cat is the exception lol

TheGameBrosSubmitted194 days ago (1 edit) (+2)

Cool gameplay, we also loved the animations.

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The Unlucky Events of Henry Hare

lyghtkruz@gmail.comDeveloper194 days ago

Thanks for playing!

MagicalflyingartDeveloper193 days ago

Artist here! Thanks! It was fun to do!

dwhiffingSubmitted195 days ago(+2)

Great premise, love having to use your meow sparingly to solve the maze. Art and music are lovely as well. Would be good to make collisions clearer to the player, currently its hard to tell if you're going to bump into something. Nice work!

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lyghtkruz@gmail.comDeveloper194 days ago

Thanks for playing! I agree, we had to make the collision shapes smaller because we kept bumping into things. It also happens because the cat turns from a sideways profile to an up and down profile so the collision seems to jump a bit when you're doing that.

eoSubmitted195 days ago(+2)

Nice art and music. Definitely would play some more levels. :)

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Early Broadcast

lyghtkruz@gmail.comDeveloper194 days ago(+1)

Thanks for playing! The original thought, was to design it so there would be a random generator so that each playthrough would be different. I actually coded the randomization for the rooms, but we didn't have the rooms created to toss into the random generator. .