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A jam submission

Atoms 2DView game page

2D Platformer for GMTK Gam Jam 2021
Submitted by dylsub — 9 hours, 14 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun#9383.3453.345
Presentation#13863.3453.345
Overall#14733.2303.230
Originality#23613.0003.000

Ranked from 29 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?
The game focuses on collecting all four atoms that join together and in turn make your character bigger. This size makes the platforming more challenging as it progresses.

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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Comments

Submitted

First and foremost I absolutely love the look of this game! The pixel art is really cute, and giving the spikes faces was a brilliant touch. The gameplay feels really responsive – you've got the jump and dash mechanic to feel really satisfying – and i really like the idea of playing each level twice, once to 'get used' to it, and then a second time with a difficulty bump. Really nice game!

Submitted

Quite charming game!! Simple but very well executed and polished. Something i'd like to point is the level design, at least for me the last level was a lot easier than the second one, so maybe you should take a look at them. But even so you got a pretty and fun game. Good job!!

Submitted (1 edit)

Pretty good game. Please, please, use space for jump and shift for dashing maybe, random keys can be really frustrating to use (for me at least).

Otherwise, this is a very well-made game! Good job!

Submitted(+1)

Dang, for just two days, the precision on your controls is fantastic! Very well done! Short, sweet, and right to the point. This is an excellent proof of concept. The concept of replaying the same short section with bigger/different shaped characters is fairly unique, too. My biggest problem was the control setup. Z and X are super unintuitive placements for a game that requires active controls on WASD. A key that can be more easily hit by the pinky or thumb would be much easier to control, like L-Shift or L-Ctrl for dash and Space for jump. 

Otherwise, you did great on this. Clean art and sound, too. Well done!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the response! I really spent a lot of time making the movement feel fun in my game and I am glad that feel the same way. I tried to incorporate WASD alternatives in my game through my description but your control scheme makes so much more sense as it mimics a lot of other popular games. I will use this feedback when designing my next game. Appreciate it!

Submitted(+1)

A fun simple concept executed very well. I found the game charming. Quite polished. Swell job !

Developer

Thanks mate!

Submitted(+1)

The gameplay was pretty smooth, great job!

Developer

Appreciate it!

Submitted(+1)

Cute game with simple yet effective visuals and gameplay, good job! If you want to see a more litteral take of the theme of atoms, you can check my game :) 

Developer

Thanks! I'll definitely do that.

Submitted(+1)

Neat little game! Movement felt really good! The art is also really cute. I would like to see a few more mechanics though but overall a good job!

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you! I would definitely want to expand the game to make it interesting for a longer period of time.

Submitted(+1)

Really fun little game! Love the simple visuals (wish the spikes weren't so sad :(  ),  a cute little platformer. If you wanted to flesh it out it could be fun to have the different atoms grant some benefit or something when picked up, to extend the risk-reward system of getting bigger and make some  different kinds of platforming challenges, but that's not to say you should have done this for just this short jam game! I really liked it as is, nice job!

Developer

Thank you so much! I really like your ideas and I definitely will incorporate them in future games/expansions of this current project. I really appreciate the time that it took for you to play my game and write this comment.

Submitted(+1)

Really quick game. Took me about 2 mins to finish.