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Brackeys Game Jam 2022.1

Hosted by CodeMyst, TheDutchMagikarp, Yilian, Brackeys, Duxez, AquaXV · #BrackeysGameJam

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A jam submission

The Mocking MimicView game page

Escape the evil Mimic in this crazy mix of Escape Room and Prop Hunt!

Submitted by BashFuchs, JamieWindfox, MN-Design, Sudo — 2 hours, 56 minutes before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Theme	#199	3.680	3.680
Audio	#268	3.360	3.360
Game Design	#288	3.480	3.480
Overall	#351	3.333	3.333
Fun	#427	3.200	3.200
Graphics	#494	3.400	3.400
Innovation	#611	2.880	2.880

Ranked from 25 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does you game fit the theme?
The core mechanic is to interact with objects that will transform into something else. In that sense, nothing is real because nothing is what it appears to be.

Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
We created all the assets ourselves from scratch.
Exept from the AStar Pathfinding System we wrote all the code ourselves from scratch.

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saddest_potatoesSubmitted2 years ago

Cool game,

I really like the art and the narrative.

The enemies spawning in SFX is a bit repetitive I'd say and they often get stuck on objects, I also noticed that their speed was changing sometimes, not sure if that was intended or not.

The idea is very nice, the riddles are cool.

I think with some polish and lighting this would make for a nice puzzle game.

Would be nice, if there was a way to deal with the enemies other than switching scenes maybe.

Nice entry, Good job!

Submitted

This Was Never A Game

TwoBeerGamesSubmitted2 years ago (1 edit)

Hey man, nice little game! I really like the concept of the mimic. I feel like this game could tell a very strong story.

Two things to improve: You cant get rid of the mimics once you spawn them(except for changing scenes). So you might add a mechanic to lock them out or something.

Second: I thinkg this game could benefit from well placed lighting. The flat look took away some of the creepyness you tried to convey.

A cool submission nevertheless!

Feel free to play/rate our game here -> https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-7/rate/1420718

After the voting ends, we publish the 1.1 Version with bugfixes and improvements :) Thanks!

Submitted

BashFuchsDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you for you feedback :)

We wanted to add a mechanic to interact with the torches and candes to make some dynamic and creepy lighting, but we ran out of time.

We wil check out your game 👍

GAME JOYSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

I like the core concept. Each riddle is well written: tricky to understand while still being clear if you think about it. The way they ramp up in difficulty from the first to last is also well done. I like that interacting with an incorrect object spawns an enemy rather than instantly kills you. Sprite art is well done, too. The biggest (and only major) issue I had was that the player character moves a bit slow.

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WofkeSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Fun game to play. Unfortunately I was stuck at the throne room thing, I tried to interact with each object without success. Aside from that fun to play!

Submitted

Shorted Circuit Story

ZoitrixSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Nice game with nice art & music, specially knowing all assets were created from scratch

Submitted

Make'em Unreal!

GreenCloversSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Nice little game, impressive that you did everything from scratch! Could definitely have used some more time polishing, just little things like the black lines between tiles, overlapping tiles or making some smoother transitions between scenes. but a cool experience!

Submitted

The Ringing of Psychic Bells

Roni12345Submitted2 years ago

cool game rated it can you rate my game please

Submitted

JamieWindfoxDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for playing and your review, we'll rate you game too!

Sledge1692 years ago

Great game, the art was great and the gameplay was incredible, I really liked the mixture of prop hunt and puzzle, very clever! My favorite thing about the game is how the audio transitions from the standard music to the battle music, it was very smooth. Riddles were the perfect amount of difficulty and the game was overall very well designed and polished!

JamieWindfoxDeveloper2 years ago

Thabk you for that great review! I love the music composition/transition as well :)

Killerpredator1Submitted2 years ago

Awesome game. At first I went around clicking everything in sight to soon realize that was a mistake. I thought the riddles were challenging, but not too difficult to figure out after a couple reads. :D

Submitted

JamieWindfoxDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks :)

aislebsoupidSubmitted2 years ago

I really liked how you used riddles as hints on where to find everything! I also liked how the combat music transitioned smoothly from the regular in-game music! The pixel art looks amazing, but I noticed that the text box looked a little out of place compared to the rest of the art! That's probably just a placeholder used for the jam though! It would be nice if we had some way to defend ourselves from the monsters that spawned as well! Very neat and simple story though! Great work!

Submitted

UNDEVELOPED - No Time Left

BashFuchsDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Thank you for your feedback :)

Yes, the textboxes were placeholders, but we has some bugs to fix so we left them in and prioritized the bug fixes.

JamieWindfoxDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Thank you for your review!

LostGameDevSubmitted2 years ago

Great game! I really love the pixel art, you did an amazing job!

I just rated your game, maybe you can do the same on mine ^_^

BashFuchsDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you. I rated your game as well :)

TurtixSubmitted2 years ago

good job)

Submitted

TreemoloSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

This is a solid application of the game jam theme. Very cool to see that you implemented from scratch the a* algorithm for shortest path. I use something similar in my game, but to the pathfinding AI of some bouncy enemies that can only jump and not walk in my game. Congrats on your submission.

BashFuchsDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks! :)

Mostly HarmlessSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Loved the riddles! Keep up the good work.

Submitted

BashFuchsDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you very much :)

GpBukSubmitted2 years ago(+2)

Look out shaggy! That boneman has a sword!

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MikeMcKnightSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Very engaging and the riddles were clever and challenging

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JamieWindfoxDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you!

NivMizzerSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Awesome work! I loved the graphics but the UI scaling had some issues. The game design is super cool, loved the puzzles and the story. Overall great work! Feel free to check out my game as well if you can (:

Submitted

JamieWindfoxDeveloper2 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Thank you for playing our game and for the review, we'll check out yours as well :)

ToffeDevSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Great themeing of the game! Super smooth animations and fun setting! Felt like I wanted more audiodesign, and maybe easier navigation of the dungeon, but not a big deal!

Overall great game!

Submitted

JamieWindfoxDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you for playing and for the review! We'll see what we can do after the ratin phase :)

SiennaFay33Submitted2 years ago(+1)

Well done, good game

Submitted

JamieWindfoxDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you!