Shovel Jam 2025

Escape the 09 Faustalus jam comments

2025-07-21T05:15:18Z

Fun: At first I was going to say the game felt a little simple but was still fun, but then you added the console which added more to the gameplay. Then I was going to say that players could make the levels boring for themselves by moving super slow, but then you added the oxygen mechanic. So now that I don't have any notes here I'll just say for a game jam it's probably better to have fewer levels before you introduce mechanics because a lot of times people will play only the first few levels and rate based on that and for me it felt like the levels were getting a little old before you added the console. The other thing I will say is that the character rotate made the movement a little hard to know which buttons to press to go in but I don't really know how you'd fix that, maybe have the keys next to the player showing what buttons go in each direction? Anyways I had a great time with this on! Presentation: This pixel art in this game was super impressive. I'm not much of an artist myself but I do have a few pieces of advice. One thing that I noticed was that the art felt a little flat and a bit more shading could've helped. I also have used a vignette around the screen to help and make the game look a little nicer. The main thing I felt this game was missing was some background music but the atmospheric noises do help with that a little. Loved the starry background particles as well. Creativity: Not a crazy idea but an interesting take on the theme and the ways you were able to expand on it worked well! Good job here. Overall: Wow this game was really great! I kept getting surprised at how much you guys were able to add in and how polished it all felt. Keep it up.

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Zero gravity space puzzle platformer

Submitted by mukining — 31 minutes, 35 seconds before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Fun	#7	4.345	4.345
Overall	#21	4.264	4.264
Creativity	#63	4.207	4.207
Presentation	#84	4.241	4.241

Ranked from 29 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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I had an absolute blast playing this game on stream, it's really good! I think it's super fun, you did a fantastic job!

Preferred Name
Team 37 - Harry Lucas, Jake Lucas

Newbie?

Experienced

Nope - I've completed at least one game jam before.

How does your game fit the theme?
The protagonist, stranded, must make there escape from the crumbling ruins of a space station by just getting started.

We also interested in the idea that 'just get started' has no end, and so interpreted that like the weightlessness of zero gravity forever moving you after you get started.

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OwlMagicSubmitted1 year ago

Great game! You nailed the visuals, the mechanics are simple yet challenging and fun, creative aswell! Amazing work!

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