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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #156 | 3.692 | 3.692 |
| Overall | #179 | 3.760 | 3.760 |
| Presentation | #184 | 3.962 | 3.962 |
| Creativity | #269 | 3.625 | 3.625 |
Ranked from 104 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Preferred Name
Digital Cannoli or MerkMiester
Newbie?
Yes - I'm new to game jams!
How does your game fit the theme?
"Just Press Start" reflects the theme of "Just Getting Started" by turning the simplest action in gaming — pressing the Start button — into a playful, ongoing challenge. Each minigame symbolizes the act of beginning something new, whether it's shooting ducks, breaking bricks, or dodging asteroids. Rather than focusing on long-term mastery or complex progression, the game celebrates the joy of starting over, trying again, and embracing the learning curve. Every short, time-limited minigame reinforces the message: every big journey, every great score, every classic arcade experience starts with one small action — pressing Start. In this way, the game transforms "getting started" from a passive step into the heart of the gameplay itself.
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thats creative and absurt but funny .
Looks like we had a similar idea and even similar in execution in some ways. Funny how that happens! Really fun game. The minigames were well done and fun to play. Good job!
A nice mix of minigames with impeccable vibes and a cohesive art style. A great first game that executed on what I was attempting much better than I was able to.
Really loved the cute art style with that catchy song, the minigames were quite fun as well! Leaderboard is a very nice touch
It would have been nice to have an in-game one-liner about commands though, especially when each game is timed. The first game I played could be played with mouse only so I didn't understand what to do in the second game before checking the description in more detail
Good work overall!
This is really well presented! I enjoyed the minigames too, even if some of them broke for me (cutting out after like one second). A good game!
This can happen on 1st play through, try refreshing the screen or playing in incognito browser! Thanks for the review!
Interestingly enough, I tried with the downloadable too and experienced that. It might be a my end thing, but I haven't experienced it in any other applications personally (in case it helps!)
Fun: very nice minigames, really enjoyed them, each one has its own mechanic, and the scoreboard was a nice touch
Presentation: love the art style, the sound design is good as well, I like the fact that everything is a start button 😂 did you draw them yourself?
creativity: great idea, minigames about the start button, and a scoreboard, great work, fits the theme well
Really unique take on the theme! I really enjoyed each of the minigames and having a leaderboard was a nice touch, made me want to keep trying for higher scores! Two things I noticed, in the pong style game I got the ball stuck on the wall and it just kept going up and down in a straight line. Also in the game where you have to find the correct start button, I realized if I just spammed the space bar it would just give the correct button each time. Just wanted to point those out but overall really enjoyed this game!
Thanks! Yea the spacebar is a game breaker lol. Thanks for the pong bug report. I thought I fixed that one but I couldn’t reproduce it to confirm. Appreciate it.
Interesting idea! I was very simple but very good looking and polished. I really liked it, Congratulations!
Also if you got the time, would appreciate if you could play our game too, thanks in advance!
A very cute and stylish game. I especially want to highlight the background art done in a graffiti style — it looks really cool and gives the project a strong sense of identity. The mini-games are also engaging and varied. The only thing I felt was missing is an intermediate screen or menu between levels, to make the transitions feel smoother and give the player a short break. Overall, I’d rate the game 13 out of 15.
a cool idea!
But your game's name should totally be "START KILLER!"!
This was a cool idea for a game, and the minigames were fun & interesting. There is a bug where sometimes two different minigames would start at once and break, I think it happened because I was spamming spacebar too quickly during the airplane one, lol. But overall I did enjoy the game for what it was, just a short little time-waster kinda project. Great job, and congrats on your first game jam submission!
yea spacebar breaks everything lol. Glad you enjoyed it.
Really cool idea!! I lowkey fumbled on half of the minigames so I will be coming back to redeem myself LOL. The art on the start screen is also really cute -- great job!!
I didn't play long, but it was fun. I make short, simple games myself, so it resonated. Also, very focused on the theme, I appreciate the dedication. Great job for new devs.
On a side note, it's a bit too obvious that the "How does your game fit the theme?" is AI-generated, lol.
Thanks for playing!
Yea, nether one of us are writers, we spent an hour just trying to come up with a description, lol. Art work, no prob. Coding, no prob. Words, brain melts….we had a hour left and caved….
I know, lol. NP.
Very fun! I liked the variety of minigames and your very literal interpretation of the theme lol.
I really enjoyed all the minigames… though I wasn’t able to beat Krillin, that’s kind of sad. Though if I have to say something, I would say that I actually really loved the artstyle, and that it was a really quick and fun game, kind of the one you would actually play on the go. Overall, I enjoyed it, and I give it 5 quacks out of quack.
Very on-point with following the theme. I enjoyed the minigames, but sometimes the leaderboard would appear randomly in the middle of a minigame, and that distracted me from some of the minigames. Other than that, good job!
thanks! yeah the leaderboard does that sometime you need to refresh or turn off ad-blocker / try it in incognito browser.
This is wild... Love the "lets just make everything start buttons and a minigame mishmash"idea. All the games are simple but polished and work well in the artstyle chosen... it is all just.. very clean... The music is also really good and sets the mood perfectly. I'll also add that it is wild to have a leaderboard for a jam game.
Very fun use of the theme. It took me a moment to understand what was happening, but then I could enjoy it. My highest score was 1590, and my favorite minigame was the aim trainer one.
Cool submission.
Glad you liked it man! was going for a "DuckHunt" style there ;)
Sweet game, the art is cute and the minigames are fun, great job!
I really liked your art! The minigames were short and sweet, and the music fit the game well. Fun game!