Fun game! I can see why the aardvark (?) felt so disgruntled. With that boss and those unfriendly coworkers, I'd get the heck out of there too! I really like the style, especially the reduced palette and large pixels. I got startled a few times by the enemies but quickly learned where they were and how they moved. Small suggestion: I know time was short and that led to the re-use of assets, but in the future, maybe make movable boxes look different from the ones that can't be picked up. Overall, a great game!
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No More Business #ShovelJam's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #24 | 4.583 | 4.583 |
| Overall | #40 | 4.167 | 4.167 |
| Creativity | #51 | 4.250 | 4.250 |
| Fun | #161 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Preferred Name
Arthur Toledo & Matinho
Newbie?
Yes - I'm new to game jams!
How does your game fit the theme?
It's a game about someone who decided to give up everything and pursue their dreams.
He just got started doing the first step to achieve his lost dream.
Comments
Great controls, a bit frustrating on the screen transition traps. And nothing happened when I stacked items on all three buttons in the top right room. A great 1st game that I could see expand into a larger game.
The art and music are great! I wish you could move diagonally. It was nice how you taught the boss fight by making it similar to one of the puzzles! The enemy right after the screen transition felt very unfair but at least you keep your keys after death! This game is fun! Please tell me Bob will be able to escape.
Love a good old-fashioned zelda style puzzle/action rpg! I imagine it's quite a difficult kind of game to get working properly on a tight deadline. A few of the blurbs you get by examining objects gave me a good chuckle, and the restricted palette looked really nice, although it did cause a couple of issues. Reading text boxes was hell on the eyes due to the lack of contrast between the yellow and light blue, and it was often difficult to tell what pieces of the environment could actually be interacted with. The traps positioned right at the edges of screens were also quite annoying. Aside from that and a few minor bugs, I had a good time with this one!
Hello fellow offline chatters! This is y'alls first game?? Wow! This is really cool and I loved it! I beat the whole thing (although got caught by my coworkers a lot along the way haha)! Who knew that quitting your job would be so difficult!? The humor was great as well, I love that bob is just hiding, the coffee maker explodes after the sign tells you to grab some coffee lol, and that book on "How to speak to Brazilians without mentioning soccer" being blank LOL!
This was really well done! Congratulations on your first game! Also the art was super well done! So cool!
So much fun!! I love the aesthetic and limited colour palette. The amount of environmental storytelling and jokes you managed to do in a jam time frame is honestly so impressive! Great job :D
This game is hilarious and looks absolutely beautiful!! I especially love the character designs.




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