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A jam submission

Budget Fossil Co.View game page

Start an archaeology company with only a butter knife!
Submitted by AntiqueGearGames (@gearantique), Alexzoin (@Alexzoin) — 1 day, 5 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Concept#14.4574.457
Overall#24.1864.186
Presentation#24.4294.429
Enjoyment#54.0574.057
Use of the Limitation#73.8003.800

Ranked from 35 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Team members
2

Software used
Godot, Aseprite, Audacity

Use of the limitation
You're a poor archaeologist who can't affort actual tools, so you use a butter knife!

Cookies eaten
16 between both team members

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Submitted(+2)

Small particles falling down of fossil are so satisfying <3
Scored 154.54 on a touchpad xD

Developer(+1)

Thank you, and playing on a touchpad is wild!

Developer

Thank you! Making the particles was really fun.

Submitted(+2)

Challenging!! I love the art, ui and sfx and its satisfying to carve out the fossils! 

Developer

Thank you! Can I ask what your high score is?

Submitted(+2)

Great job! you guys made me realize that i suck at cleaning fossils, hahaha the game is really fun and a cool concept , i think i dindt see something like this in 2d mmm...  The only thing i think MAYBE could be improved is the noise in the pixel art, i saw a lot of noise and jaggies but maybe is in purpouse so... great job! also i enjoyed the music a lot!

Again the not necessary bad things are a few and this little game is big! i see the work in the UI, the music and the pixels, amazing entry guys!

Goty

Developer(+1)

Hey, thanks! I appreciate the feedback. It also needs to be restated that I love the atmosphere of your game. Great work.

Can I ask what your high score is?

Developer

Thank you so much! I wish we could take credit for the music.

Submitted(+2)

Wow! This is super fun yet super hard somehow lmao. I love the arstyle, soundtrack, and pixelated aesthetic. This would be a great mobile game xD.

Developer(+1)

Thank you sooo much!

We have been kicking around how to do the touch controls.

Developer

Thank you! May I ask what your high score is?

Submitted(+2)

Really fun! I love how bad I am at this game...

Cool art, idea, and music too

Developer(+1)

Thank you for playing! I really appreciate it.

What was your highscore?

Submitted(+2)

I loved the controls in your game You have to try really hard to carve out the fossils The art style and SFX are nice too

Developer

Hey, thanks! Mind if I ask what your high score is?

Submitted(+1)

I couldn't break even lol, but it was a lot of fun trying too :)

Developer

Thanks so much!

Submitted(+2)

This is great, I'm super impressed! I had fun playing too

Developer

Thank you! What's your high score?

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

415, its difficult in a good way!

Developer

That's one of the better scores I've seen!

Submitted(+2)

I already see this as a possible winner! Polished, professional and on-point!

Nice work!!

Developer (1 edit)

Wow, thanks! Idk about WINNING, but I think we'll do well!

Also, what's your high score?

Developer

That's so much!

Just based on the popular sort I am already so so so pleased with the reception.

Submitted(+2)

This was well polished beyond belief. The art, music, concept and just everything about this game stands out. This reminds me of ASMR with all the scrapping sounds if someone likes that lol. Good job you two! and I wish you luck. image.png

Developer(+2)

Thank you! Do you know that you're supposed to carve around the fossils though? Not sure if that's clear enough.

Submitted(+2)

LOL NOPE! I kinda was just going ham on breaking the entire thing lmao. I don’t really understand the scoring system Ig and the controls are a bit hard tbh

Developer

Alright, thanks for letting me know!

Developer

This is my favorite comment so far!

Thanks for the complement and for liking my sound design so much that you have the lowest score I have seen yet!

Submitted(+2)

Honestly a very well done game in every aspect! Moving the knife horizontally without moving it vertically at the same time for some of the cuts is tricky, yet keeps the game challenging, and it's nice that you can just switch to a new fossil for a small fee without having to make a certain amount of progress in the current one, as it gives players the ability to choose whether they wish to do/continue the current one or move on to the next fossil. Also impressed by how many different fossils there are!

Developer

Thank you! We were able to make a lot of fossils because we basically just had to draw them lol

Developer

Really insightful comment.

We were considering adding a minimum completion percentage but I think I agree with you.

Submitted(+2)

This is such a cool concept and is implemented really well.

Developer(+1)

Thanks!

Submitted(+2)

This is the most unique entry in the jam! i love carving the spiral and other fossils with curved shapes! also nice seeing the ancient being fossil (godot)! 

Submitted(+2)

and the star reminds me of squid game 😂⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Developer(+1)

I WAS WAITING FOR A SQUID GAME COMPARISON LOL

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much! You made me smile!

The ancient being and the star I can take credit for!

Thanks so much for playing.

Developer

Thank you! I tend to prefer the round shapes too. Can I ask what your high score is?

Submitted(+1)

Funny you asked, I got -1,476.75. I think I’m going for lowest score instead of highest. Not the game, it’s me. 🥲🥲

Submitted(+2)

Such a cool toy to play with! The controls messed with my brain for the first thirty seconds, then I had an absolute blast. It reminds me of spinning clay pottery. The sound design really adds to the experience.

Developer(+1)

Thanks a ton! I worked really hard on the sounds.

The other designer on the project was inspired by lathes and pottery to make the mechanic so it's cool to see that inspiration comes accross!

Developer

Thank you! Some people have trouble with the controls for a good bit longer, so you should also consider trying out pottery or woodworking or something lol


May I ask what your high score is?

Submitted(+1)

I did two fossils and got 308 or 368?

Submitted(+2)

Wow, love this one! Art, music, UX, and the creative idea. Brilliant.

One small nitpick: At the end of a carving (when you press Space), $30 will be deducted from the score. This sort of messes with my expectation of progression. Maybe just remove this? Or did I miss something?

Other than that, it's just perfect. Really enjoyed playing this =)

Developer(+1)

Thank you! I think that we could've communicated the money reduction better, but it's there to keep you from just rerolling until you get your preferred fossil.

Submitted(+1)

Ah, make sense. Thanks for the clarification!

Developer(+1)

Really good feedback, thank you!

The scoring and progression definitely need to be looked at.

One thought I had was to prevent the player from selling a fossil unless they had cleared >X% of the dirt/rock.

Submitted(+2)

Just realized i played your game yeasterday and forgot to leave a comment. This game is FIRE when i played it for the first time i had in mind that this has so much potencial for fully working game on steam i would definitly buy it and recommend to my friends. The Pixel art whoever made them is crazy good also the creativity is genius.  Only problem i had was the movement of this knife maybe its just my skill issue. Definitly had a great time playing it!!

Developer (1 edit) (+2)

Thanks so much! Definitely mulling the idea of a full release over.

AntiqueGear gets 99% of the art credit. (I made a few of the fossils tho!)

I think the default sensitivity for the knife could come down a little bit. Lot's of tweaking to be done.

Thanks for coming back to leave a comment.

Submitted(+1)

Then im waiting on full release Good Luck making it!!

Developer (1 edit) (+2)

Hey, thanks for playing it! Axexzoin is right, I get most of the art cred, but it's more like 95% rather than 99% lol

What's your high score if I may ask?

Submitted(+2)

I love your art it has so much juice in it my High Score is 96.11$

Submitted(+2)

im so impressed by this game! the controls were awkard at first but evenutually it felt so intuituve. thank you for making this game

Developer

thank you for thanking us lol

Developer(+1)

That is so so nice of you to say. Thank you so much for playing!

Submitted(+2)

OMG i love this! excellently done, good job!

One little critic is that I didn't notice that there was a timer until i was almost done with the first fossil, and i was taking my time. I would make it a tiny bit more obvious with either having it at the top center, or when the game starts have it grow from the center of the screen before lerping it to it's actual position. That way it's in the player's mind from the start

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for playing!

That's a really good point. The timer should totally be more obvious.

Maybe after the "tutorial" is over, it resets your score and does the animation you are talking about.

Developer(+2)

Thank you, and that's some good feedback! Better tutorialization might also just do fine. Idk, there are so many ways to try to fix design issues lol

Submitted(+2)

Very creative idea, and catchy gameplay, artstyle is also solid, very nice job!!!

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted(+2)

Perfect work.

Developer

Idk about perfect, but thatnks!

Submitted(+2)

Good job ! Really fun

Developer

thank you! 🙏

Developer

Thanks!

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