Brackeys Game Jam 2026.1

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A jam submission

House of the OlpsView game page

Timeless history within these strange walls

Submitted by slipstrm — 23 hours, 13 minutes before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Innovation	#247	3.438	3.438
Theme	#601	3.062	3.062
Gameplay	#691	2.625	2.625
Enjoyment	#708	2.750	2.750
Overall	#709	2.771	2.771
Audio	#803	2.438	2.438
Visuals	#984	2.312	2.312

Ranked from 16 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 travel through time and play as your ancestors and take some actions which turns your house in the present time into a "Strange place".
A strange yet generational, "House of the Olps".

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Arts Used:
1-Bit Pack By Kenney
Textures for 2D Light (round gradients) By PixelFranek
Complete UI Book Styles Pack Aseprite, Spritesheet By Crusenho
Sounds Used:
Wood-Burning on Fireplace Sound Effect loop By PagDev
fire_small_loop.wav By PhreaKsAccount
Perc loop - 'Caveman' By kingmichaelkuchta
forest_ambient_01_loop.wav By rolandasb
jute-dh-steps By Jute
Medieval Loop One By Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords)

How many people worked on the game?
1

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Comments

Geloz GamesSubmitted208 days ago

It's pretty nice, but it lacks some animations, juice and feedbacks. Anyway good job for only one person !

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SlyPuffinSubmitted210 days ago

This is a clever idea! I was surprised the first time I finished to see that it was one of several possible endings and went back again. The staircases are a little cumbersome, so it's too bad they're such a main part of navigating the levels. That being said, the length works well for multiple endings and everything is executed nicely. Great job!

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ethanolmightySubmitted211 days ago(+1)

Such an interesting concept! The storytelling was really good. I like the book epilogues. The time switching was well implemented. I agree with others that the repeated sprites made it difficult to visually "parse" the level.

Super innovative, well done!

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slipstrmDeveloper210 days ago

Hi ethanolmighty,

Thanks for playing my game. Glad you liked it.

Krogoth907Submitted212 days ago(+1)

Such a good execution for a first time submission! I really liked the different time periods for the character most scene switching submissions I have seen only do it between 2 different ones.

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slipstrmDeveloper210 days ago

Thanks for playing. I name the last character Olp the 51st, cause I was too ambitious to have 51 characters and time periods. lol, I was crazy.
Reduced to 3 atleast cause I could not find good puzzles that explained my concept of ripple effect by just 2 time periods.
Anyway, I learnt the dynamics of a gamejam. Will do better.

Glad you liked the game. Many thanks again for playing and taking time to comment on it.

JackleroqSubmitted212 days ago(+1)

Loved the multiple endings! Art, sfx and music were really nice. Only issue I had was with the stairs, didnt see them right away

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slipstrmDeveloper210 days ago(+1)

Thanks for playing my game.
There are 7 total endings. Hope you found them all. ;)

JemyDevSubmitted213 days ago(+1)

Creating a multiple endings game for a jam for your first game jam is incredible! Though here are some feedbacks:

Try using different sprite / tiles for floor, background & stairs as i can hardly notice there are stairs that i can walk up and down.
The time travelling mechanics is cool though that im able to go back in time and do something that affects my future.
Show some visual / audio cues whenever the player does something. Like for the chest for example, I didnt notice that I get the book after opening the chest. I had to scroll down and see all the instructions and try out everything in order to see if they work.

Congrats on completing your first jam. Great job and well done!

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Where Ya Fishin'

slipstrmDeveloper213 days ago(+1)

Thanks for the appreciation and glad you liked the game.

I am a complete noob when it comes to art and tried my best. However I completely agree to your points about the staircase. I myself got confused sometimes and hence added the popups which kinda looked off place now that I look at it.
Totally agree about the book thing, completely missed the audio cue/ or a cutscene to show that player got the time travel ability.

Thanks a lot for your valuable feedback and suggestions.

JemyDevSubmitted213 days ago(+1)

Hey, no problem! We all starts somewhere so dont get too harsh on yourself! You will gain more experience and learn from past mistakes as you participate in more game jams so I would suggest you to join more game jams whenever you are free to sharpen up your skills!

I am also a solo dev and am a complete beginner at drawing since im not really an artistic person so what i do is i just search whatever assets i need from the web (but remember to credits them accordingly!) and use them instead of creating myself. Mad respect that you are able to create the art on yourself tho!

Hope to see you in some other future game jam! 😉

NotTodayDioSubmitted213 days ago(+1)

First off, congrats on your first jam. Hopefully you were able to get some sleep lol.

This concept was really cool. I ended up finding a few of the endings, and it was also fun going back and experimenting with different combinations to see how things ripple forward. I also appreciated that you gave hints toward alternate endings after completing one. Really fun idea, especially for a first full demo project. Great job putting this together.

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Where Left Socks Go

slipstrmDeveloper213 days ago(+1)

Hey NotTodayDio,

Thanks for playing my game. I am really glad you liked it.
I did had to stretch my self during the last couple days lol.

Glad you liked the hint mechanics. I intended to add a timed hint in the level itself but that was turning out to be too complex.

Thanks again!

SukhvirSubmitted213 days ago(+1)

Really cool game!

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The Humane Fairy Corp

slipstrmDeveloper213 days ago

Thanks for playing my game. Glad you liked it.

ZekaZeroTwoSubmitted214 days ago(+1)

Hahahha what a great idea with the time traveling! I like the originality good job!

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Hitchhiker's Guide to Heroism

slipstrmDeveloper213 days ago

Hey ZekaZeroTwo,

Thanks a lot for playing my game.

fourfortyfourSubmitted214 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

This game is very cute. I love the idea of time travelling to solve problems. I thought the sprites were great. I only wish there were more puzzles (I found 4 endings, are there more?), and maybe that we could restart after picking up the book (instead of doing the intro cutscene each time).

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Hypersphere Aurora

slipstrmDeveloper214 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

Hey fourfortyfour,
Thanks so much for playing! I'm really glad you enjoyed the time-travel mechanics.

To answer your question, there are total 7 endings, out of which one is very secret, I guess that was a bad idea for a jam cause its kinda difficult to find!

Since this was my first game jam, I just ran out of time to add a skip button (you can skip it using space button btw), but it is at the top of my list for a future update (if there will be any).
Thanks again for the great feedback!