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A jam submission

Placebo LoadingView game page

Circle the mouse to help load your OS while dodging popups!
Submitted by Pizza0786, glitzlich — 5 hours, 24 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#52252.9423.750
Narrative#53142.0592.625
Audio#65722.0592.625
Enjoyment#68612.1572.750
Artwork#68712.2552.875

Ranked from 8 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?
Looping the mouse loads the GMTK xd operating system

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Gesture Recognizer:

Raphael Marques https://raphaelmarques.com

Interface Elements:
Kenney https://kenney.nl

Audio:

Startup 3 by sonically_sound -- https://freesound.org/s/643256/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0
old_pc_turn_on_boot_turn_off.wav by magedu -- https://freesound.org/s/262223/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Further Images by friends and family <3

(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Pizza0786 and glitzlich

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

First time I played this game, I was bit confused on why I wasn't getting points, but after a little while, I got the hang of it and it was really fun! As others have mentioned it definitely could've used a bit more feedback, as in sound effects and maybe a mouse trail for easier-to-read visuals, but other than that it was an enjoyable little experience!

Developer(+1)

Thank you for your feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed our project.

Submitted(+1)

A bit difficult at first to know what exactly earns you points... And the game would gains a loooooot to have some sound effects, even just blips and beeps... Could do a lot on the funny side!

But nice game, well done! (hope the next game I try will lessen a bit all the stress your popups induced... ^^)

Developer

Thank you for your feedback! I hope you still enjoyed it despite the lack of audio.

Submitted(+1)

That was incredibly goofy and I loved it! 

I also really enjoyed the different ads having different behaviour

Only issue I had it was very hard to make it count me drawing circles but I eventually made it through.

Developer(+1)

Yeah, the gesture recognizer library we used is a bit funky on some screen sizes... But hey, glad you liked it!

Submitted(+1)

I liked the concept, but I found it very hard to win xd one accidental advert click and you're over

Developer

Thank you for the feedback! I hope you enjoyed it despite that difficulty curve... (btw, it can be a  strategically positive desicion to click the ads in order to fish for the green bonus ones...)

Submitted(+2)

Can you win this ? Nice concept but that was a little too much at the end xD

Developer (1 edit) (+1)

my brother did win it on a laptop touchpad, so yes you can.


A little strategy hint might be to keep one red antivirus and one purple adblocker alive to help clean up late game!


I hope you enjoyed it even with that difficulty.

Submitted(+2)

Had a lot of fun with this one!  Took me a second to catch on but once I did it was fun to play!

Developer

Thank you! Glad you liked it