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Brackeys Game Jam 2024.2

Hosted by Brackeys, Yasahiro, AquaXV, Duxez · #BrackeysGameJam
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A jam submission

HOT BALLOONView game page

A simple but interesting game!
Submitted by MessyGear — 22 hours, 3 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun#9992.1352.700
Game Design#10472.0552.600
Innovation#10831.8972.400
Graphics#11092.0552.600
Theme#11411.8972.400
Overall#11421.8582.350
Audio#13851.1071.400

Ranked from 10 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?
Classic Game and very Casual

Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes I wrote all the code and the assets are from a free non-copyright website

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MessyGearDeveloper1 year ago

Wow Thanks for all the comments!

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Anony-gamesSubmitted1 year ago

Nice, quiet fun. Congratz on the first public game! The only part that is a bit in the way is the collision area of the clouds, which is a bit too large. I think it is nicer if these kinds of collisions are "inside" the cloud in these scenarios, and if you want them to be that large, you can just make the cloud sprites bigger to get the same effect :D

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The storm countdown
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MrMathurSubmitted1 year ago

Great game. I had fun playing it!

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Zen Garden
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hendrikrasSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

You make the use of HTML canvas look so easy.  It keeps making network requests for assets that are already loaded. Not a big deal, but I would optimise that. There's no audio unfortunately. Wen sourcing assets its sometimes hard to get art styles to match, but this works really well together and ties in with the theme. Well done.

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S0L0
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NexGenInsanitySubmitted1 year ago

Good little submission to the jam, well done!
10/10 would win with W again

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Silent Harbor
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Natural PowerSubmitted1 year ago

Very nice calm gameplay :D

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Storm Security
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21glitchesSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

If I keep mashing the W key it becomes very easy. Needs a difficulty arc.

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Stormy Night
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HnixSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

I had fun playing your game!

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Block Survival
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unmagical_magicianSubmitted2 years ago

Reasonably easy game to pick up and play.  Straightforward controls.  Not very dense obstacles allowing me to advance pretty much as long as I want.  Would love to see maybe an autoscrolling camera that I have to stay in frame of or more dense cloud cover.

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Literally You're in a Small Boat Vibin'
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MicrikacikSubmitted2 years ago

This a nice game for a first Game Jam. I would have some suggestions: 

  • First thing, I hitted a cloud that had hitbox outside of it. So maybe you could make hitboxes a little smaller. Even if they are all rectangles, if you just fit them in the clouds it would be more accepteble for the player when they hit a cloud.
  • I noticed that sometimes when holding W I would fly up and then stop, but the duration was a bit random, so maybe you coud make it more like a flappy-bird such that you can't hold W but would have to press it repeatedly.
  • Or instead of flappy-birding it you could add a fuel that would refill over time. Just a number on the bottom of the screen would be enough to tell player how much is left.
  • And furthermore, instead of reffilng the fuel over time you could make some fuel pickups that would give player some fuel. This would also encourage player to make more dangerous feats.

Keep in mind that all above are just some suggestions, what you made is really nice especially considering this is your first Game Jam. Keep up the good work!

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Tetrisdefense
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MessyGearDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Thank you for playing the game and leaving some suggestions. I will try my best to fix the bugs and add some more improvements in the future!

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