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Historically Accurate Game Jam 5

Hosted by Holmgang, Gogani, Humane Tiger · #hagj5

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Paleo ShowdownView game page

Join the Bone Wars - rush to dig up dino fossils and prevent your opponents from getting them!

Submitted by SeraJakob, Praxem, Spainmail (@spainmail), bryanv7 — 3 hours, 17 minutes before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Audio	#4	3.895	3.895
Thematic Relevancy	#11	4.263	4.263
Graphics	#13	4.053	4.053
Historical Accuracy	#15	3.947	3.947
Overall	#16	3.684	3.684
Gameplay	#17	3.632	3.632

Ranked from 19 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

On what countries' history is the game based ?
United States of America

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Adventure game based on the Bone Wars - a brutal rivalry between two paleontologists during the American Old West period

Credit the makers of any assets you used below:
Ciconia Studio - Free Double-Sided Shader

Nicole Fally - "Rye" font

Astigmatic - "Special Elite" font

Kenney - Additional 2D and UI assets

Brian Funk - 100-year-old piano VI

Eddie Blower - Harmonica samples

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Comments

jonathanmccSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Very interesting and original idea. The graphics, music sound effects and animations are all great.
Unfortunately, with mouse and keyboard controls involved, I wasn't able to play it effectively being left handed (combination of space to jump and left mouse to dig is very awkward).

Submitted

Scéal - The Story Of Ireland

SpainmailDeveloper2 years ago (1 edit)

Thank you, and sorry to hear that the controls were troublesome!
Did you try moving with the arrow keys and using spacebar (jump), Z (dig), and X (carry bone)?

Thom "dot com" CraverSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Really fun. The AI really digs itself into a hole, eh? :)

Music and "Yeeee-haw!" was great. mechanics were cool too.

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Attack on Fort Ticonderoga

DishGamesSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Great game and as you mentioned the AI didnt work to well but mine weren't the best either. The Music and sound effects and art was awsome.

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MateusSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

really liked the game but the enemy AI wasn't working for me.

but overall the game is very fun.

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Brazil vs Dolphins

Robin Toller HovlerSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Cool! It's sad the AI didn't really show much ambition (just jumped on the spot) and that would've added so much if they were working. As an idea this is really nice - and there's a lot of potential to expand upon! :) Good work, people!

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ArroslinSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Really well done. Simple and straightforward gameplay just that the AI looks like it is not complete and the player jump should be maybe be analog. That is the longer you hold the space bar the higher the jump until max height reached.

Nice artwork only visual aspect I didn't like was how the text blends with the orange background. Good audio choice and sound effects for user feedback.

Overall a well done, short, and enjoyable game.

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Bukhara Operation

Tymedust GamesSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Fun little game. :) Enjoyed the smooth 3d-esque models, and it was cool that you programmed in some enemies too. For me, it was a bit easy, and it was sometimes hard to pick up bones in mid-air for some reason. All-in-all, great work. :)

Submitted

The Skirmish at Bender

WaygoneSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Really good game!
It's a little short but really enjoyable for a casual game!

AleshaniSubmitted2 years ago(+2)

Cool game ! Nice visual and audio !

I have just two comments :

- I had a glitch when the enemy take a bone, the game just freeze.

- I understand this is a gameplay choice, but I don't find logical that you can't dig left or right.

I enjoyed playing it !

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sampyxisSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Great simple and fun game play - love the 'yeehaw's too!

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vocoder00022 years ago(+1)

Great contribution. Cool and fun game. Kudos.

luthfialdiheSubmitted2 years ago(+2)

That was really fun to play. The game is greatly optimized! However, in Level 2, the game hangs after the opposite AI picked up the bone so I couldn't progress. Overall, great game!

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Bandel Battalion

MaiGamesDevSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

many fun, and I like now I know the information of may bones

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The Battle of Bubat

Dmitry ManannikovSubmitted2 years ago(+3)

Super fun gameplay. Simple but addictive. Multiplayer version could be awesome to play.

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