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A jam submission

This Tree Was Built To ScaleView game page

Endless runner platformer; climb to new heights! (mouse and keyboard required)

Submitted by Rainbow Chicken Games — 8 hours, 17 minutes before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Creativity	#1107	3.737	3.737
Overall	#2526	3.158	3.158
Style	#3165	3.000	3.000
Enjoyment	#3431	2.737	2.737

Ranked from 19 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?
You are scaling a tree while also changing the size of the branches.

Development Time

48 hours

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
“Autumn Day” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

“Carpe Diem” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Open Sans Font (Google Fonts)
Licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
https://openfontlicense.org
Copy of license included with game files.

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Comments

bouncy_rocket_studiosSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

The rotating mechanic is pretty unique! Amazing take on the theme.

Rainbow Chicken GamesDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

OakTheWise2 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Yo! This game was great! When I rotated the tree for the first time I was like WAHHH!! It took me a bit to get the hang of it but after I did I found the game play enjoyable. Also bonus point for the team name lol. No notes. (max height 81)

Rainbow Chicken GamesDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you so much for the kind words! ^_^

grindbootsSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

this was wonderful, got to 166 and had to call it because i was getting frustrated. i was shocked to see the tree rotate like it did, that was really cool and unexpected! great work!

Submitted

No Rights, Only Repairs

Rainbow Chicken GamesDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for playing! I think that's the highest score so far! Most we got to in development testing was like 49 or 58, or somewhere along those lines.

BarSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Fun game, very well done core mechanic, I didn't encounter any bugs with rotating the tree. Unfortunately not every tree was built to scale, I found myself restarting a lot for better RNG. Great game overall, my best height was 27

Submitted

Come Back at Level 100

Rainbow Chicken GamesDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for the feedback! We'll take a look at spawn rates and patterns if we do a post-game jam release. A trick we discovered in development was jumping and then rotating the tree to catch yourself, which might be helpful.

natto gamesSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

What a surprising mechanic! Really love the feel of freely rotating the tree as you climb. Thanks for the game!

Submitted

a carp’s dream (jam ver.)

Rainbow Chicken GamesDeveloper2 years ago

And thank you for the kind words! ^_^ Glad you enjoyed it!

Wikkus2 years ago(+1)

Chill and creative, love idea of controlling the entire "world" and use it to go further.

Rainbow Chicken GamesDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Thanks! We wanted a relaxed platformer, and we're quite happy how this turned out.

Subo00Submitted2 years ago(+1)

The game is really freaking creative, I just wish the controls were more forgiving

Submitted

Rainbow Chicken GamesDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Thank you! We'll examine that for any post game jam release

StockPileCorner2 years ago(+1)

Platformer controls are not very responsive but the concept is very cool! reminds me of fez

Rainbow Chicken GamesDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for the feedback! Can definitely see the comparison ^_^