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GMTK Game Jam 2023

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Behind the HexagonView game page

Submitted by chsxf (@chsxf) — 1 hour, 4 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#23643.2923.400
Overall#31372.8622.956
Presentation#31772.8402.933
Enjoyment#36842.4532.533

Ranked from 15 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?
This game is a reverse dungeon crawler into which your control the dungeon master (and Random God) and not the hero.

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

No

We used pre-existing art

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

DanidanSubmitted298 days ago

Really interesting concept! I played until I backed myself into a corner and the game broke. Even though I had fun, I never understood what the goal of the game was. It just felt like I was just walking around. 

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Space Invader
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chsxfDeveloper298 days ago(+1)

Unfortunately, we lacked some time to make a proper onboarding.

Basically, the pitch is that you play the dungeon landlord and not the hero visible on screen, and you control the choices offered to this non-playable hero/character. They have to reach the end of the level by finding the exit (the general direction of the exit is given by the yellow glow in the mini-map).

Thanks for playing anyway!

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DanidanSubmitted298 days ago(+1)

Ahaaaaaa!! Right, I never realized there is an exit that I was supposed to try and get the character to.  Yeah I can see how that will add a lot more strategy to the game. I think this could also make a really cool board game!

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chsxfDeveloper298 days ago(+1)

And of course, we have some breaking bugs, like the one your encountered where you’re asked to choose between two cards, but some of them are in fact invalid. We have to address that at some point.

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Angry Armadillo GamesSubmitted298 days ago

This felt mighty ambitious, but I love when teams run with these ideas that we otherwise arent really used to seeing.  I think there could be some really interesting mechanics here that might work well in a multiplayer setting, with one dm picking the options that the crawler has to choose from.  Either way, great work!

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Bricker Breaks Free
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chsxfDeveloper298 days ago

An asynchronous multiplayer game could work indeed. We did not think of it but it is totally applicable.

Thanks for playing

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NikitaPlombeerSubmitted301 days ago(+1)

As a fun of hexagons, I really enjoyed playing. Nice concept!

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We deliver humans
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chsxfDeveloper300 days ago

Thanks a lot!

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GuilhermoniSubmitted302 days ago(+1)

The idea is really cool and the game loop is enjoyable and fun, but i can't be sure where the walls will be since i don't have a clear reference from where the hexagons will be placed. Got stuck after the character had no free room to place any other hexagons.

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Reverse Run
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chsxfDeveloper300 days ago(+1)

Yes, we identified a number of issues with that, as well as bugs with some edge cases. I think we should have rotated the camera with the character in order to provide a better orientation for the player.

Thanks for playing!

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mellowtoaster1303 days ago(+1)

Pretty interesting idea having to predict how the character will react to your choices. The cards could be clearer with showing where the walls are going to be, also twice I got stuck where the character was running in place

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chsxfDeveloper300 days ago

Yes, we identified a number of issues with that, as well as bugs with some edge cases. I think we should have rotated the camera with the character in order to provide a better orientation for the player.

Thanks for playing!

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