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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Innovation | #132 | 3.745 | 3.745 |
| Overall | #236 | 3.612 | 3.612 |
| Enjoyment | #262 | 3.745 | 3.745 |
| Theme | #264 | 3.727 | 3.727 |
| Audio | #347 | 3.418 | 3.418 |
| Visuals | #458 | 3.800 | 3.800 |
| Gameplay | #555 | 3.236 | 3.236 |
Ranked from 55 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
You are betting your body parts for meaningless prizes where you hardly even have any control over the outcome, literally are you willing to risk it all for a partially eaten biscuit?
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Just the fonts (Zero Cool by GGBotNet and Copperplate Gothic Bold by URW Software & Type GbmH.)
How many people worked on the game?3
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I was wondering about the plausibility of this whole game, but then it got me thinking: Have I ever even tried combining my organs with a bug? I guess not, so who's really to say that this couldn't happen in real life?
I liked the little bug battles. It always felt so suspenseful wondering whether my Beeverly would be able to get in there for the final few points before getting hopper-stomped. It's cool that the organs all come with a downside for losing, but honestly I was piling on all the organs I could each round so it was usually an instant loss if my bug didn't win. Sure death is a bit of a downside, but just imagine how proud Mom and Dad would be if you came home with more organs than you left with.
Fun game. Great job!
This is a strange concept for a game, and I think I quite like it. I still don't understand why the player character thought betting body parts would be a good idea, but I digress. The whole premise of each body part having different effects and punishments is really nice. Also, it's nice to see each insect (spider is not an insect) has its own attack pattern, and that really brings up the variety in the gameplay. I also like the art a lot, which has that cartoonish cruelty charm to it. Music is also fitting, and generally, the game is quite polished. Nice job.
A minor nitpick from me is that, although there are many options and effects, which is well and good, all options are thrown there right at the beginning. From the player's standpoint, there is just too much stuff to read and understand in order to play the game. It would be way better if there were some sort of onboarding to the game that explains the mechanics (and a few introductory organs) in a digestible manner. Another nitpick is that once the fight button is pressed, there is absolutely no way the player can influence the battle. At least give us a way to fast-forward the battle, or ideally, some small stuff that can be done to make passing that time a bit more enjoyable. I once locked in a battle where both of the insects were attacking much but were constantly healing, resulting in a long and drawn-out battle that took at least 5 minutes.
Anyway, with all that said, this is still a very solid entry! Well done!
Glad you enjoyed it, we tried real hard to make it feel polished enough even if its a bit slapdash! Sometimes to be happy in life you need the thrill of risking your organs on meaningless things, maybe its just a common thing in this world, its a bit of an absurd world in general.
There is a how to play page on the bug select screen, but yeah I get that it can be a lot. Though we'd have to rework how we handle the body parts a little bit if we wanted to have the player start off with only a few rather than their whole body at their disposal, hopefully only 5 being shown at once helps makes things easier to make sense though. A fast forward option would be really cool yeah, will have to look into how to do that, and maybe something to do on the side like some buttons that you can press or something maybe, not sure. But at the least we want to keep away from direct involvement, since the purpose is to be risking your parts on something you don't have much control over, and the three of us devs all like watching AIs fight each other. A 5 minute battle though is wew, we never had one go that long in testing, hope your bug won.
(Also according to Hollow Knight lore Hornet is at least part spider and is considered a bug so spiders are bugs :p)
One of the most fun ive had in this jams games. im amazed by the artstyle, it fits very well and creates a nice overall aesthetic. betting organs is a really creative way to implement the theme. their loss risk and betting awards are chosen really well, risk actually feels real. my only complaints are balancing issues between bugs but those are hard even for regular studios. also maybe the hand could dissappear during fights. Keep up the good work!
Hell yeah glad it was so fun! We didn't have time to balance so glad it was fun despite that. And really glad the theme came through, we thought the best way to do risk was to make insane stakes and then found doing so for little reward really funny. I did want to make the hand like retract when the fights happen but didn't have time (instead I spent time allowing for the hand to become a left hand or a ghost hand), something to update after the jam!
Major complaint here: Some of the characters here are not bugs!
But seriously, I really liked it. It was pretty hard and I think balancing might be a bit of a problem, but to be honest, I think the more impressive and cooler thing is that all the "bugs" are feeling different and have different skillsets. Not only do they require different strategies, but they also all have different animations, which I think is really impressive for a jam game.
They're bug enough! Also yeah we had no time to do balancing, but we hope its fun enough despite that (after the jam we definitely will be updating things a bit). And yes, all the different bugs having different abilities and animations is so good, big props to SheerAweso for getting them all in (especially the last minute grasshopper).
Cool, fun game! To truly get the experience, I grabbed a handful of cash and started yelling at my monitor. It did seem a bit too difficult to buy upgrades from the surgeon, and the upgrades were hidden. I’m not sure if that was intentional or not, but overall, great game!
Odds are the upgrades were hidden because you lost your eyes! That should probably be made a bit more obvious, sorry about that. Glad you enjoyed!
peak gameplay. #i_sold_both_kidneys
This game is so buggy it’s funny and fun! (pun intended)
Wow, this is the first time ever I gave five stars for theme. Because you took risk-reward mechanics to the next level by poking fun at gambling. Indeed, no influence on the outcome but risking a lot for a little bit of extra chance to win.
And the setting is as funny as heck, too! I LOL’d at the screen where the possible reward was presented. The overall flow of the game between screens was very nice, too!
One critical thing though: at some points my bug was stuck in it’s place (not because of the spider webs). Could this be… a bug? (pun not intended)
I know this is almost too brazen for me to ask, but: I’d love to have a clever designer like you to review our game. We’re eager to learn!
Glad you enjoyed! When thinking about the theme we pretty quickly thought the best way to do a game about risk was to just bump up the stakes to absurd levels, kinda like Buckshot Roulette, and then leaned into the absurdity of it by having what you gamble on be utterly meaningless.
If the bug was stuck in place at the start of the round, then it was because you happened to lose a leg or two which causes the bug to be immobile for a bit. If it was at some other time during the round, then uh, yeah that'd be a bug and no idea why.
Unique Concept , Loved The Art Style Especially The Beetle One.. Great Work :)
On of the most unique games I've seen. Very fun concept and would make a fun and succesful steam release