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GMTK Game Jam 2019

Hosted by Game Maker's Toolkit · #gmtkjam

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A jam submission

Sarah and the Lonely KeyView game page

A short puzzle game with many doors, but only one key

Submitted by tesselode (@tesselode) — 15 hours, 50 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Design	#66	4.310	4.310
Overall	#240	4.057	4.057
Adherence to the Theme	#436	4.172	4.172
Originality	#697	3.690	3.690

Ranked from 58 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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StefenismSubmitted4 years ago

This game had me guessing for so long. Such a challenging puzzle. Good work!

If you have time please play and rate my game:

https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2019/rate/463512

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Yahia ZakariaSubmitted4 years ago

Wow, that was really challenging. At one point, I kept progressing but forgot the key behind so I had to undo a lot to go back and get it. I kept wondering for a long time if all the doors except one were for misdirection but they turned out to really useful for exploration (followed by a long stream of undo bcz I still need dat key). Overall, this is one of the best puzzle games I've played and solving each part felt very rewarding. Amazing work.

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Tapehead GamesSubmitted4 years ago

This game is quite challenging but I love it. For me as some one who loves playing (challenging) puzzle games is this game flawless. Because of the logical simple and clear design it's also very fair.

Brilliant job!!

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One Action Heroes

TempeSubmitted4 years ago

This game is awesome! I love how it looked like you needed to use the key at an early door, but then you'd soon realize you needed to save it for later and find another way around. Is it possible to win through any of the 3 locked doors? I could only get the left one.

Flawless game imo, hope it gets top 100 :)!!!

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There Can Be Only One

SimpleTeamSubmitted4 years ago

A very good and priginal puzzle game ! I finished it and I really love it !

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Lunazera4 years ago

I liked this, made you really have to think about your order of movements. Having a quick undo button was great for being able to test ideas and explore, made me willing to make mistakes to learn the ins and outs of the puzzles :)

Zefiris4 years ago (1 edit)

I liked it a lot. I only gave it 4 for originality since it felt like a good "Baba is you" level to me - and that's a compliment, in my book :)

5 for the other two. I think it adhered to the spirit well, those were some teasing doors :)

JohnLee CooperSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

That was quite smart! I like how I went one way, saw stuff I didn't understand, went the other way and learned it, and then came back. Really good knowledge gating.

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tesselodeDeveloper4 years ago

wait i'm curious, what did you learn assymetricaly? i thought i designed everything in a pretty linear fashion

JohnLee CooperSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

I didnt know what the blue blocks on the left were until you see the switches on the right, and I didnt know about pushing multiple boxes together to get stuff through on the left (not sure if I actually needed that) until i had to do it on the right.

Le SloSubmitted4 years ago(+2)

I really liked the level design here, I solved the game the two possible ways (which is quite incredible for a jam!). The difficulty is consistently progressive and everything is taught without words (I love that). The only thing I would mention is that on the right path the key is more of a burden that you carry everywhere whilst on the left one is part of the puzzle and feels better. Great work!

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shleef4 years ago(+1)

Very well done! I don't know whether there were many valid options to use the key for or not, because I only saw one and went for it, but the idea of having a lot of options to use it wrongly is really cool, and a great example of how giving you only one of something you would expect to have a lot of can really create interesting outcomes!

DrunkenChokoSubmitted4 years ago

Really well made and fun, what is the game engine that you used ?

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tesselodeDeveloper4 years ago

pico-8!

amdotblacksheepSubmitted4 years ago

Very fun puzzle game!

npinskerSubmitted4 years ago

A lot of fun! Love the puzzle design and sound FX!

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tesselodeDeveloper4 years ago

thank you!

AlmightyzentacoSubmitted4 years ago

Nice work. Good art and design overall.

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quadapeSubmitted4 years ago

Very nice little game!

I didn't read the description, and ended up at the end of the game with no key, but redid everything, and regret nothing!

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tesselodeDeveloper4 years ago

hope it wasn't too much of a slog to replay everything!

quadapeSubmitted4 years ago

It was ok, since there were more puzzles ahead ( which I though I solved, but I had no key) !

PuffPastryPrinceSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Always cool to see more pico8 games! This is amazing! The step sound effect when you hold a move key is simply the best

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tesselodeDeveloper4 years ago(+1)

lil tippy taps

The Lame Brain4 years ago

You wrote an impressive puzzle game in 48 hours. I am in awe. That is astounding.

Man3wSubmitted4 years ago

Very nice level design, very well made

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olhermiteSubmitted4 years ago

very nice design, getting the key isn't easy :)

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The Orphan Sock

PeDevSubmitted4 years ago

Nice puzzle and art style!

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