Brackeys Game Jam 2026.1

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Craft Gooberiums to discover Goobers!

Submitted by JohnDAmico99, Crafty Cloak Games, Nythero, Gingar77, ChenxiGao, Cam Connor, Sean Parks (@acroflow_game), Dudelings (@Dudelings), SpaceCat_04 (@SpaceCat_04), Ashley O'Handley (@Ashley_OHandley) — 2 hours, 13 minutes before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Visuals	#50	4.444	4.444
Overall	#132	3.681	3.681
Audio	#135	3.641	3.641
Innovation	#183	3.573	3.573
Enjoyment	#216	3.598	3.598
Theme	#238	3.692	3.692
Gameplay	#363	3.137	3.137

Ranked from 117 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?
This game is all about making Strange Places! It's a cozy terrarium building game, where you can discover which Goobers like which Plants, Decorations, or Humidity levels!

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Nope!

How many people worked on the game?
10

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NotTodayDioSubmitted204 days ago(+2)

This was a wholesome little game. Honestly, a nice change of pace compared to a lot of the more intense jam entries.

I liked the whole concept. Tweaking humidity, decorations, plants, and seeing what kind of Goober you’d generate was surprisingly satisfying. It felt a bit like filling out an encyclopedia and trying to complete the set.

There’s actually a good amount of depth in the combinations, too. It made me want to experiment more just to see what I was missing.

Really charming idea and nicely executed. Good job on this one.

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Where Left Socks Go

JohnDAmico99Developer203 days ago(+1)

Glad to hear you enjoyed! Our team had guessed the Backrooms would be a popular backdrop of many games this Jam and we thought of ways to avoid following a similar path. Thanks for the feedback and awesome Gooberium!!

PumpShotty64Submitted204 days ago

Great work on the game! The game looks amazing - nothing feels out of place. Trying to document the different types of goobers was a fun challenge.

The customizability of the goober biomes is a great way to give the player creative freedom! And I love the details of adding lore to each goober.

One suggestion is to streamline the restart so that the player can create one biome after another. For example, instead of having a restart button you have to click every time you want to create a new biome, the player's table could simply reset and you can continue to create a new biome from there.

Overall, fantastic work on the game! It's very relaxing and enjoyable to play.

If your team has the time, we would love for you all to try our game! Any feedback is appreciated.

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AstreosenSubmitted204 days ago

I love goobers

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Suspicious BananaSubmitted204 days ago

Art: The art is amazing! Everything looks polished and very appealing.

Gameplay: I really enjoyed being able to pick different plants and decorations to build an environment and unlock new goobers. It feels rewarding and cozy.

Audio: The music was relaxing and not too in your face. It fit the cozy vibe really well.

Feel: The fade to black transitions between scenes felt a bit unnecessary. Removing them entirely might feel smoother than fading every time you open settings or press play.

Overall: Really charming and fun experience. Great work!

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JooodSubmitted204 days ago

Such a chill and fun game, Great job!

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RedeploT333Submitted205 days ago

Super enjoyable game! I enter to test and suddenly I was submerged in getting al the goobers(If their name is not that sorry). The drawing is perfect, super beautiful style. Good work all!

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Off-Habitat Rescue

im.avizSubmitted205 days ago

Very cute and chill game. I loved it

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Strange Dungeon

ethanolmightySubmitted205 days ago(+2)

Really cute! Very smooth UI and adorable graphics. I love my little turtle!

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JohnDAmico99Developer203 days ago

So glad to hear you liked our game and your little turtle :)

Alessandro VariscoSubmitted205 days ago(+1)

I love it, now I need goobers in real life, thanks for making me realise how disappointing real life is

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Please, Come Heal Me!

MoranDevSubmitted205 days ago

Cute game, the art is lovely, and I got a lot of goobers! It would be great to have the ability to resize the plants and decorations. Good job, guys!

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WenishSubmitted205 days ago

oke this is very chill. decorating the diffrent vases very well done. and holy coordinating 10 people :D

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magikfeuerSubmitted205 days ago

The game feels very polished and well-crafted in many aspects

AvencrownSubmitted205 days ago (1 edit)

Very well done, artwork and all the systems work well together. I got a Bulbrog :D I'd love to see it progress into a bigger terrarium where all the gooberiums could run around and roam together, for example.

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Strange Places Operations Terminal

casualcozySubmitted205 days ago

I love a good lil guy collector. this is so polished! look forward to collecting all the goobers and accessing more items for the terrarium. well done!

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Lewlew McDewdewSubmitted205 days ago(+1)

Nice art with a gotta collect them all kind of feeling. Well done.

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Edge of Reality Travel Agency

Causette CrewSubmitted205 days ago (1 edit) (+2)

GOOOOOOBERS

I like the concept, this feels easy to play and can get quite creative to find new species

Maybe it would be nice to be able to see the collections (saving the containers done) so we can check the stats from each at a glance and be able to tweak new ones in order to try to get missing ones (but I think the game is not persisted on reload ?)

Goobers design are perfect, feels a bit like flash games era (in a good way of course)

Music is well balanced, the game feels polished

The catch to share goobers in comments is also quite smart to introduce, this is a nice addition ! Maybe add a screenshot button to easily save / share goobers, or even a shareable URL so people can send it to modify to others ? Idk if it’s feasible with unity / webgl build ? (parsing url param)

Cool game, great job guys 👍

Did a troll container and found lantern frog, that's perfect LMAO

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JohnDAmico99Developer203 days ago

Thank you so much for the kind words! We would have liked to add a screenshot button, but that was a bit out of scope for us. The idea of sharing a terrarium for others to modify is a really cool idea as well!

Thanks for checking out our game and awesome gooberium!! :D

mireksworldSubmitted205 days ago

Bul Bro my guy

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OD1N1KSSubmitted205 days ago

Great game. It probably has one of the best art styles in this jam. Everything is very well polished — I can’t really find anything to criticize.

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Tea&PanthersSubmitted205 days ago(+2)

I call it Gooby Mc Goobson they are my child.

nice chill game, I will come back to complete the goobapedia I just wish there was more content in terms of ways to decorate the terrarium and maybes some bigger container options too.

Average score 4.5/5

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JohnDAmico99Developer203 days ago(+1)

Gooby Mc Goobson is a great name 11/10

We actually planned for a third biome, but cut it to save time & add invasive goobers. We'd love to add it in an update sometime!

Zikk SoundsSubmitted205 days ago(+1)

Hi

This is very much a feels-good game.

Happy, bright and cute.

This felt like a re-stickable sticker book we had back in 90's.

Very fun, and what I like especially is the codex.

To make all the terrariums fit for different goobs, fun.

Thank you

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