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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #2713 | 3.206 | 3.206 |
| Creativity | #2987 | 3.490 | 3.490 |
| Artwork | #3475 | 3.147 | 3.147 |
| Audio | #3906 | 2.775 | 2.775 |
| Narrative | #5826 | 1.961 | 1.961 |
Ranked from 102 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?
The safe answer is it's a roguelike game where the gameplay keeps looping. The meta answer is that inspiration is like a loop: people make things that inspire people to make things that inspire people to make things... One of the main reasons I got back into gamedev after 6 years was because Balatro is one of my favourite games and I was inspired by a youtube video about the story of Balatro's creation; this game is my love letter to Balatro, made in the same engine, Love2D. Maybe one day I will inspire someone the same way the amazing people in the gamedev community have inspired me, I really enjoyed making this game so I hope you enjoy playing it :)
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
2 royalty free music tracks from Peritune.com, a set of minesweeper tiles by FrostC from OpenGameArt which were modified (and inspired all the other art). All other art and the sounds were made by me.
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Jacob Makes Games
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I'm working on a full version of Swope, wishlist here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4038460/Swope/
Great game would love a full version. Just something i would like thats easierbut not imposble to lose also amzaning video
I forget I'm terrible at Minesweeper, I always think I have 3 free spaces when its like no, its 3 MINES lol. Regardless, I didn't finish any board, but had a lot of fun, and all those upgrades were awesomeeee! Great game! I will be practicing LOL
Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad you liked it :D
Wow, making a roguelike in a gamejam is insane, since the testing process costs lots of time. I’d say anyone who dares to make a roguelike in a gamejam is really brave.
It feels a bit luck-dependent, but as a prototype, it’s really well-done.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!
Yup, this really is a minesweeper Balatro! Impressive how many modifiers you made in a short time, nice job!
Thanks, I worked really hard on this so I appreciate the kind words.
this is a big BIG game. it does feel like a minesweeper + balatro haha. I think it's super creative and well executed, so 5 stars for that. Now, i do think that this kind of game might be a little too big for a game jam, because it takes a lots of runs to first see how it works, and then more runs to try different options untill you see how you have to play. The tutorial is nice to have (most jam games do not have one) but it falls kinda short. Actually i really like minesweeper, so i found a problem. The starting click can give you basically 0 information, so the next click can land on a mine which feels kinda unfair. This is "fixable" so don't worry to much, just trying to give usefull feedback ^^
Other than that nice work!
Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad you liked it! I 100% agree with your starting information point, this is my first big jam so I didn't realise beforehand how important making the game easy to start understand and jump into was - definitely something for me to learn from in the future so thanks for the feedback.
You just need a hypnotising soundtrack in the background and a bit more movement in the UI, and it is the minesweeperlatro! As someone who enjoys minesweeper I can say this game is very cool
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it! There is music in the download-able version I just couldn't get it work in the web version in time, I wanted to use the same engine Balatro was made in (Love2D) to really sell the concept but unfortunately exporting Love2D games to web is quite a headache.
Love how Balatro spawned so many "old game but roguelike" hahah - and this has so much content for a jam (it is overwhelming). Good stuff, enjoyed it!
Thanks for playing, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Wow really cool twist on minesweeper!
It was really cleaver to turn it into a rougelike!
Well done! Very fun game! :D
I'm glad you like it!
GOD I LOVE MINESWEEPER
SO DO I
A very interesting game idea. I liked how you added in upgrades instead of having a normal minesweeper which adds in a lot of spice to the game! A little too difficult for me even though I chose the easiest difficulty (prob im just suck ahaha ;p). Overall, great job!
Thanks!
Really fun twist on Minesweeper! Enjoyed it a lot
I'm glad you enjoyed it :D
Love the concept, but it was incredibly hard to actually get a run going since the starts were often single tiles without any info. Would love to see more of this with a gentler difficulty curve
Thanks for playing my game, I appreciate the feedback it's something a lot of people have said so it's clearly an area that needs improvement.
Keep making cool stuff!
Will do :)
Interesting idea to combine Balatro with minesweeper, more games should have such treetment. Also rewarding player for risking was fun in the game.
I'm glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the kind words!
I like that you took a classic and made it more engaging and imaginative. Have you considered adding some gameplay twists to this, like maybe if a tile is 50/50 bomb, instead of clicking it, you could instead choose to play a minigame of some kind and if you win, it wont be a bomb? Or something like that, could be really cool. But yea good job on this!
I'm glad you liked it! I think adding some way to sort out the 50/50s that happen with minesweeper is definitely a really good idea, thanks for the feedback.
its cute and fun
Thanks!
I found this super fun and it's impressive that we have so much content within 4 days! I really think it promising!
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it :D
The amount of content in this game is simply incredible for a jam game! So MUCH STUFF! It make it fun to play over and over again! Really great work! I had to jerk myself away from it to rate other games and I will be coming back! I hope you will make it to top 100! Good luck brother!
Also I'd appreciate feedback on my submission if you get a chance!
Thank you for the kind words, I really appreciate it! I'll check out your game later :)
I spent too much time on this one ahah ;p
Congrats, that was pretty addictive, nicely done!
I'm glad you liked it!