| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #2 | 4.129 | 4.129 |
| Were the controls intuitive? | #2 | 4.357 | 4.357 |
| Did the game keep you playing for a long time? | #2 | 4.071 | 4.071 |
| Was the game fun to play? | #4 | 4.071 | 4.071 |
| Was there a good variety of events? | #6 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Was the game free from bugs? | #7 | 4.143 | 4.143 |
Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Who would you most like to avoid pairing with in Dev v Dev?
HalfSmore ⭐️
Who do you think will win GDKO 2024?
HugBug 👑
This is the best entry of this entire round! I loved to play it. Thank you for letting me break your game, the ring mechanic is awesome
I set my focus on getting as many fouls as possible, with the ring combo: more fouls = more run and jump + more mony at end of each round
Great game, I definelty had the most fun with this one and I played the longest. You earned the max rating <3
I cant imagine that you dont make it to the next round, already excited to see what you make :)
Absolutely top marks.
tbh I was considering not actually entering this round, because I didn’t have any history with the game and I’m not the biggest fan of button mashing arcades (I was sweating just thinking about developing my own game let alone playing everyone else’s game).
Well, with no rub against anyone else’s entry (my own no different), I’m kind of expecting your entry the be the only one that I actually really had fun playing. Early rounds were unsuspecting, but as I started to see those rings to unlock and how the stacks multiply each other, I was having a blast given how ridiculous the modifiers got. Let me tell you, once I got “run on walks” paired with “5x run but no jump” along with the not being slowed down by obstacles, everything was a breeze but in the “I earned this and really gratifying” sort of way.
Verrrry minor UX thing, it took me a bit of UI hunting to finally see where my coin balance was, there’s a lot of things competing for equal attention in the shop page. But, quickly learned.
For the UI I definitely had some trouble placing everything. I should have just added a money bag as an icon in the UI. Or to make it more clear I should have added some particle effect pop ups whenever something increases, for example "+7 money" or "+1 foul" so the player knows the number increased.
Thanks for playing, glad you had fun!
Not to defend on behalf of the author, but just felt like chiming in that actually I really liked how some challenges actually are impossible.. until you the the right stack of rings. Forces you to think about that and not just the events in isolation.
In my case I never had too much trouble with the mountain, but I ran into sprint once when it was impossible to keep up, and then quickly it was the high jump that had me out to dry. One ring (walk on walks) suddenly changed all that, which also gave it that spark of actually discovering something.
Totally agree and see your point! For me it just ended up I’d have like three options that repeated that I wouldn’t be able to complete with my current build, which was not ideal. Having some sort of loadout of events to plan ahead for might actually be a good addition, that way I don’t pick a ring that will screw me over for the next event or spend my money on the wrong thing.
I did think of adding a map (in the style of Slay the Spire) where you could see the upcoming events but in the end it did not get prioritized, that probably would make it a bit easier to plan ahead and choose what events to do or what fouls to take to get to a shop.
For the spider ring, yes that one is only useful when you have a build focused on the high jump. I did nerf it a bit before submitting because it made the event too easy.
Thanks for playing and all the feedback! ⭐
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