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A jam submission

Misfortune Mine (GBJam13)View game page

Navigate the endless tracks of the mine, dodging danger at every turn.
Submitted by ChunkySteveo (@chunkysteveo) — 3 minutes, 54 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Soundtrack/SFX#503.4873.786
Gameboy Soul#623.6854.000
Quirkiness#853.1583.429
Overall#863.1253.393
Graphics#883.4213.714
Secondary Theme Interpretation#1082.5662.786
Gameplay#1132.4342.643

Ranked from 14 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 obstacles and track are set at random, sometimes you get lucky, and sometimes you will be very unlucky!

Music by https://nahu64.itch.io/

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Really cool proof of concept. Would love to see this expanded upon

Developer

Thanks for your kind words!

Submitted(+1)

I think it's a brilliant idea, I love this game

Developer

Thanks for the kind words - I really wish I pushed and got level 2 working well!

Submitted(+1)

I liked the art a lot and the music is fun and driving. The concept of the game is cool, I played a ton of Pipe Dream on GB and this reminded me a lot of that. 
unfortunately, I couldn’t play past the third screen or so. I got a glitch where the select box just looped an animation. It seemed like pressing select reset the screen but not entirely. I will say it was fun to just walk around the overworld as the character and run into invisible walls, now I know how pokemon speed runners feel. I reset quite a few times but kept running into the same glitches not matter which path I chose at the beginning or which pieces I placed during game play.
With a few fixes this could be really fun.

Developer

thanks for the play. Yes - the game is very un-finished and only level 1 is completed.

(2 edits) (+1)

I agree with everyone else—this really is a stellar idea! Very nice art too! I hope you finish it one day because it would be a lot of fun to play fully!

Developer

thanks for the kind words!

Submitted(+1)

That was fun! I like the core concept, and the music evokes a strong sense of danger. Congratulations on the submission!

Developer(+1)

thank you very much! The music is great!

Submitted(+1)

The music was boppin'! We see a lot of potential in this game idea, love to see it fully made. 

Developer

thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

The game idea is great and I like the graphics. I’m curious to see what the gameplay will be like once you’ve fixed the bugs. Great game!

Developer

thanks!

Submitted(+1)

damn, this is a really good idea. i think its interesting that the bug makes you restart and then we can see the maps are randomized (cool!)

Developer(+1)

I hope to finish this one off, thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

I think you explained best yourself, it certainly is a great idea, just sadly unfinished, would love to see you pick it up however and make this idea come to life!

Developer

really want to expand on the idea and make a full game on this. Thanks for playing.

Submitted(+1)

I love the idea and the art style. Too bad you couldn’t finish, the bit I could play was fun. Well done.

Developer(+1)

I'm gutted I couldn't finish in time - I think I was on to a winner of a game too! Oh Well?!