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Hello, jam admins,
I'm specifically competing for the categories of Best Innovation or Best Audio, but it seems like all categories to compete for are required when filling out game information. I'd rather not enter for best pixel art since I'm using assets from opengameart.org 

- Aaron

Hi, Rawkin,
I appreciate your feedback. I will try fixing critical issues with enemy deaths and horizontal control (did discover some threading issues when testing the game on an actual Gameboy Color) before the Pixel Game Jam 2025 submission deadline.

Thanks again,

- Aaron

I’ll keep that in mind when working on a future version that balances fun and challenge.

• Aaron AKA LN204

Thanks for the kind words, @aaron84!

I plan to continue further development in mid-February. What would you say is not easy to manage?

• Aaron AKA LN204

I made a nostalgic 8-bit-style game for my 5 year-old niece as a gift for the holiday. It can be played here: https://lazynerdcomp.itch.io/check-on-stella

While on an adventure, Buzzy the Cricket finds an injured spider named Stella. Stella loves watermelons and hotdogs. Buzzy nurses her back to health, and the two become best friends.

One morning, Buzzy wakes up to find Stella is missing. He checks on her in his cricket village and his friends don’t know where she is. Buzzy is scared, but he makes a big decision. He’ll collect hotdogs and melons for Stella so she won’t starve. He’ll make sure he eats broccoli often to stay healthy. And he’ll travel through meadows, lakes, mountains, forests, and even winding caves to check on Stella, wherever she may be.

Features:

• simple run and jump controls and game mechanics
• challenging platform action where foes are rats, goblin bugs, and mutated fish
• graphics by surt over at opengameart.org
• music by shiru8bit
• sfx and programming by Lazy Nerd (that’s me)