Loved this! Such a clever concept! And could be a really great learning program to teach kids the different types of connections and to what device types and why we don't use the older ones etc. Loved it though! The physics application of the cables was a really nice touch!
Great job!
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Dongle Hell's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #8 | 4.541 | 4.541 |
| Overall | #28 | 4.288 | 4.288 |
| Presentation | #121 | 4.356 | 4.356 |
| Fun | #136 | 3.966 | 3.966 |
Ranked from 146 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?
Your laptop and the projector is Joined Together through a lot of dongles
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
We used pre-existing art
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
We used pre-existing audio
Comments
I like the idea, it’s very unique but I think you need to add more urgency, like your battery is low but for some reason you can’t charge your laptop so you have to do your presentation quickly.
Another idea is make multiple ways of connecting the connectors but then what connectors you use (vga or other old connectors might decrease the quality of the presentation and newer ones like hdmi will increase quality) and how you connect your connectors (maybe have a few switches that the player has to configure) will impact the quality of your presentation.
As for other stuff that you probably should improve, you should make a better tutorial because I don’t really like reading a wall of text before playing the game. And moving the connectors around was a bit fiddly, maybe you can make connectors easier to rotate?
Anyway, good job with the game, especially with just 48 hours!

Likewise to all other comments, I can agree that this is a very relatable situation! I'm pretty sure I had to do as wacky schemes of combinations back in university to get different laptops to work in our projectors as I had to do here. 😆
I think this game was pretty neat! The aesthetics were pleasing, the sounds were very clicky and satisfying, and the presentation room ambient and every one staring at you really helps give you that awkwardness as you try to solve the problem.
If there's one thing that I would have liked is if there were more than just one true-solution to the connections. It'd have been pretty fun to see more different types of ports (even if it they don't make sense in actuality) and seeing what sort of weird contraptions other jammers and players could put together to make it work! It'd also give it a fun sense of replayability, as I definitely tried to see if there were different combinations myself.
Overall though, this game still got a chuckle out of me and was pretty funny all things considered. I can tell you had fun making it as we had playing it. Cheers! 🐳
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THE GOOD (what i liked, and what stood out for me):
I really liked the 3d aesthetic, it was really fun, and it genuinely made me feel awkward plugging in a ddr ram stick thing while everyone was staring to start the presentation XD. The sound effects were clicky and spot on, and the idea of the game was very very unique I'd say!
THE BAD (what i disliked, the bugs, and other problems):
I guess you could improve the text ui for the tutorial? or make it a built in tutorial?
THE HARSH (stuff that would just make the game better, usually just personal opinion, don't take it too heavily :D ):
Make the game longer!
OVERALL: 4,4,5, amazing work!
This was just an all around perfect jam game! Sweet and to the point like a Warioware mini-game, kept my attention fully through its short but fun stay!
The controls were really tight! Honestly, I figured that was going to be my big complaint, however after a few seconds of seeing how snappy things felt while still maintaining that physics-y feel I was completely at ease.
Perfect entry :)
My own complaint is that this game isn't on steam yet >:(
I relate to this scenario so much after sitting in the back of so many meetings as people fiddle with the way to connect to the screen. This somehow captured that awkward moment so well and made it so fun! And the ending was absolutely hilarious! First game this jam that made me laugh out loud!
Such an interesting way to think about the theme. Finally all those years off helping teacher's relics of a computer connect to the projector payed off
This is the funniest entry so far. Honestly I'm just impressed at your dongle knowledge.





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