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A jam submission

Not your Pawn!View game page

Action-Arcade game where you use dice to fight chess pieces.
Submitted by ButteredCoffee, JustHellygar (@JHellygar), BENI-O — 30 minutes, 14 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Top Marks#1n/an/a
Overall#404.3024.302
Presentation#624.5284.528
Enjoyment#704.1324.132
Creativity#834.2454.245

Ranked from 53 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?
In this game, you roll dice to kill enemies

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?

Yes

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

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Submitted(+2)

That is a game so polished that if almost feels suspicious (I mean it in a very positive way). If I could improve something it would be skipping the tutorial.

Submitted(+2)

Wooooooooow!

I dont know what else to say! This is an incredible submission!
Fantastic art, fantastic animation, fantastic use of space, and fantastic filling up of empty space so it doesn't feel empty!

I love that the enemies all feel different and have tougher requirements based on their relative chess value!

Unfortunately I couldn't get any further than the wave after the rook :( So I'm unsure if there's a queen/king piece, but if they exist, I'm sure they're marvelous! 

Absolutely near perfect submission. If I had to nitpick one thing, I would say: Be more generous with how easy it is to hit enemies, and to pick up dice (both of these can be fixed by just making the dice hitbox just a tad bigger!)

And finally I'm not sure if you need the mechanic of swapping dice if you run over another, I feel like that messed me up more often than helped me, and it doesn't feel like it's supposed to be an obstacle 😅

Overall, incredible!

Submitted(+2)

It was a very enjoyable game!

Good enemy progression. I also pleased with the mechanics with random enhancements when combining paired dice results. At first I tried to do it on purpose, it didn't really work. However, with a large number of dice, I was trying to just take the dice that weren't outlined already. And recieve good buffs as a nice bonus.

Toward the end of the voting, it's already a little hard to play a lot of games, but this kind of thing makes you enjoy the moment!

Submitted(+2)

What a nice example of how taking a simple, not hard to develop idea and then doing it well and polishing it to perfection makes for an amazing game jam entry. The game feels punchy. The movement feels tight and just right, and the difficulty accelerates perfectly. It felt like I was playing Doom Eternal, but 2d. And with dice. And all in a same room. And nothing like Doom Eternal...

Amazing job!

Submitted(+1)

Helly, Thanks for letting me play your game! Your game was overall super fun, a really great concept, and felt good. The feeling of the game was my favorite part, like the feedback when you throw dice when you kill an enemy, etc. The art is also really pretty and consistent.

The biggest thing I think needs to be re-visited is some of the UI. For example, I could not tell that I needed to hit the horse pieces lower or higher with the arrow it was hard to read and I did not get that right away. Also, the tutorial text was a bit fast, not sure if that was me clicking through it or what. One of my top 5 for sure out of about 40 played. Solid work. 

Submitted(+1)

It's the first time I've seen the odd/even concept in this jam. 
Presentation is really good ! Cool music and cute artwork.

Maybe a color scheme for the dice faces and the piece could have made it easier to distinguish even from odd ? Like white is odd and black is even ? 

Anyways, very nice game !

Submitted

It's the first time I've seen the odd/even concept in this jam. 
Presentation is really good ! Cool music and cute artwork.

Maybe a color scheme for the dice faces and the piece could have made it easier to distinguish even from odd ? Like white is odd and black is even ? 

Anyways, very nice game !

Submitted(+1)

Nice dice thrower game. Feels really good to play and has some nice content. Graphics are well done. I enjoyed every minute playing this. Good Job.

Submitted(+1)

Very cool and creative game! Really fun to play, and looks great and very polished! Well done!

Submitted(+1)

Incredible presentation and concept! The game is fun to play. Awesome job!

Submitted(+1)

Damn, this was reeeally good! Clever idea with some fantastic mechanics and enemy variations, both movement and shooting felt great, everything looks amazing, just wonderful execution all around!

Fantastic work! :D

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Such a great game! I love the artstyle and animation it's just so satisfying to play! Difficulty progression is also quite good. Healing with dice is a nice touch too. I'm definitely replaying this game later to try to get to the boss! Amazing job!

Thanks for coming to my stream! Here's a recording in case you'd like to refer to it

Submitted(+1)

Really cool game!

The mechanics are engaging and is just fun to play!

We think that te music could be a little less soothing for a more dinamic experience

Submitted(+1)

Thanks for a coherent experience! The art, atmosphere and sounds fit together well. The only thing I would request as a player is to tune a throwing trajectory. Now it's tricky to  hit enemies, need to get to them very close. Cheers!

Submitted(+2)

This was really cool!! The aesthetic is amazing and it feels really polished, I only wish it was a bit easier haha! Otherwise no criticism, I could totally see this game making Top Marks!!

Submitted(+2)

Very poggers, much fun! Played at https://twitch.tv/hedgein <3 !

Submitted(+1)

Very well done!

Submitted(+2)

A really nice game, the art is awesome, the idea and the result are as good as the art, so, well done?

Imo, your game would deserve to be in the top 100, everything was made for the jam, the gameplay and style is here, the creativity too.

It's a bit hard but that's not a problem, it's still super enjoyable!

(In case you want to rematch me play badly your game, here's the video https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1536364115 starting at 53:30)

Submitted(+2)

incredibly smart and beautiful ! Congratulations ! Another full 5 stars !

Submitted(+2)

Tons of fun! Very well polished and the art is superb!

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