Brackeys Game Jam 2025.1

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Fate of the DiceView game page

Bound by the Roll

Submitted by Pixel Pilgrim Studios, AdultSwaim (@AdultSwaim), aguren, UhhHehHeh — 3 hours, 21 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Innovation	#1119	2.553	2.553
Theme	#1165	2.553	2.553
Audio	#1210	2.368	2.368
Overall	#1307	2.386	2.386
Visuals	#1354	2.447	2.447
Enjoyment	#1367	2.316	2.316
Gameplay	#1446	2.079	2.079

Ranked from 38 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does the game fit the theme?
You are taken prisoner and are forced to fight in a gladiator arena. Before each fight, you are given the option to roll the dice of fate. Perhaps You'll get an item that will help you achieve victory, or maybe you'll get something that will put you at a disadvantage, but come on now, you're the best of the best! Nothing can go wrong!

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
The dice roll sound effects were from pixabay. All other assets, including other sound effects, music, voiceovers, graphics, and code, were made during the jam.

How many people worked on the game?
3

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Thomas BringerSubmitted1 year ago

Interesting game! It does look quite prototype-y at the moment, so polishing the gameplay is my main feedback (that's understandable you didn't have time, that's the nature of game jams). Keep working on it, like the idea!

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OverSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

The parrot is indeed a good companion to have! Good job on y'alls first jam!

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So you want to try a Game Jam?

Rinanda HidayatSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

A very unique take on the theme! Your life is already on the line, why not gamble? The gameplay is quite simple, you shield, you dodge, you attack, but the added gambling mechanic adds a lot of depth to the game, it adds a very fun risk and rewards sometimes, that might punish or reward you for your greed.

Great job on this!

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4 Jobs at the Same Time

Shy PotatoSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

The Parrot did not disappoint.
The game is good, it tackles the theme of the game jam nicely. Do want a little bit more options, changing the odds in terms of which game to go for all of these things would add a lot more to the game play.
Thanks for putting up the game.

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agurenDeveloper1 year ago

Thank you for playing our game!!! :D
We had a lot of fun implementing the parrot! We had plans to do more buffs/debuffs but unfortunately we ran out of time. We would love to put more enemy types and more vendor items in the future!

Cedar StreetSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

I liked the idea of “gambling for your fate”, you can roll for a positive OR negative effect. As other comments said, the game is lacking in the visuals but that’s completely normal for a first time game! I recommend looking up “game juice”. Good luck!

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agurenDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks for playing the game!! When we thought of the theme "nothing can go wrong..." we thought it'd be fun to make a game where you kind of "jinx" yourself by gambling for buffs/debuffs!

LagadoBrSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

Rolled the parrot and was not disappointed.

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Chain Reaction: Meltdown Mayhem

agurenDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Haha, the parrot was our favorite vendor item as well! Glad you enjoyed it as much as we did :)

SeaGoatGamesSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

Parrot made me laugh! Very cool!

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Toil & Trouble (Brackeys 25.1 Jam)

agurenDeveloper1 year ago

The parrot ~~stole my lunch~~ made us laugh a lot as well! Thank you for playing our game! :)

BanzaiSoftwareSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Like the home made voiceovers as I did the same for my project ;)

I did not understand the relation between the dice result and the item picked. For example I made a 4 and get the 3rd item.

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agurenDeveloper1 year ago

Heya, thank you for playing our game! As for the missing explanation between dice rolls and vendor items, that was definitely my bad. I completely forgot to show how the items were chosen because I was panicking over an animation bug.

The sum of the dice actually steps over each item, looping over, eventually landing on the Nth item. So, say that you have "Food Poisoning", "Herculean Strength", "Parrot", and "Quickfeet"; if you roll a 7 and starting at "Food Poisoning", you would get "Parrot"

The explanation is a bit too late, but hopefully this helps! We would definitely like to add more visual indicators for this minigame.

pwdlSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

The parrot audio gave me a good chuckle, as did the 'You received Food Poisoning' being a good thing. :)

Quite a funny wee game. Maybe having the dice being a simple way to wager and either the opponent gets the benefit or you do could flip it a bit. Selecting which skill you want to wager for based on some condition would let there be a wee bit of 'planning' to it.

Good stuff though - well done on the build.

My game also involves dice... check it out.

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Houston... we have a problem...

agurenDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks for playing! We had a lot of fun making the game as well.

That is a good idea! We have a lot of buff/debuffs that we would like to add, possibly whenever we do update the game with more stuff!

Also, I did play your game, it was very fun! :)

intergenicSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Nice game! I found that if you click the Menu button while playing, and then hit Exit the game, it seems to crash in the web build.

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Apocalyptic Burrito

agurenDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thanks for playing our game! Yes, there is indeed a bug with the "Exit" button because it was not intended for a web build. It will not be a problem on the desktop though, I swear!

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