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A jam submission

The Ball PitView game page

The Ball Pit is a puzzle platformer submission for the Very Serious Juniper Dev Game Jam
Submitted by RandomYogurt, Iledev — 7 hours, 39 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity & Theme#3434.0454.045
Enjoyment#9273.3183.318
Overall#11483.2823.282
Seriousness#13013.3183.318
Visuals#15513.0913.091
Audio#17722.6362.636

Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Game Engine

Godot

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Comments

Submitted

Pretty interesting concept, and I love the visuals but I agree with everyone else about losing progress. Lowkey had me rage quiting when I fell too far LOL

Developer

Thnks for playing! Ill defenitly update the game with checkpoints after the jam

Submitted

Really fun game! I quite enjoy a platformer, the fatal flaw is losing progress is very frustrating and I eventually fell quite the distance and decided I had enough. Fun game!

Submitted

This game has some serious platforming in it. In fact, I would go as far as saying that it is VERY serious.

Developer

Thank you for your seriousness!

Submitted

It could have been 10x times funnier to play but there was no checkpoints at all!! i really liked it at first but then i played for more than hour and it got really rage baiting, i was on top and it seemed like an easy end but there were the tricky purple ones and i rage quitet.
but i still like it and maybe i will finish it. The idea was fun and i hope your gonna make more games!!! ( but let couple of people test it first (i didnt do that with my own game and now i regret it))
Have a nice day!!!!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for actually trying to win! Yea i also didn't do much playtesting so thanks for the advice!

Submitted

I suck at platforming, but rage games are very serious. I really liked how the spin theme was used with the level spinning. I wasn't able to make it to the top but maybe I will one day. I had a lot of fun though! Great job making this!

Developer

Thanks for playing!

Submitted

Very fun and cool mechanic! Had a lot of fun platforming and trying to get to the top. The level design complements the spinning mechanic very well! :)

Submitted

I thought the level design was great! It made good use of the spinning mechanic and it was just a fun level to speedrun in general. I did find the jump a little awkward because it felt like I slowed down whenever I jumped, but I  got used to it. I'd definitely play more levels like this, especially if the level design is as good as it was here.

Developer

Thanks for enjoying even with the couple of issues!

Submitted

The level spin mechanic is unique I love the way of thinking for spin to win. 

Submitted

wowie i suck at parkour games haha but this was fun i love the spin mechanic its very unique

Developer

Thanks for playing!

Submitted

Love the spinning mechanic and puzzles, I was very on edge the whole time while playing! Also very funny ending, top marks!

Developer (1 edit)

Thanks for enjoying the game! Loved your game btw

Submitted(+1)

I fell through a floor u_u

But I got the trophy! (Multiple trophies in fact, but probably not all. I like this. Camera movement could be a bit slower though)

Developer

Better luck next time. thanks for playing!

Submitted

The spin mechanic  is unique and I love the shader and seriousness of it. The movement could be a bit smoother however! Great first game, I had a blast playing it! 

Developer

Thank you so much! will definitely keep doing game jams.

Submitted

I stink at these types of games, but I like the spinning twist!

Submitted

Overall this has a lot of potential, I could easily see this becoming an awesome speed running type of game. The player movement is a bit simple but the creativity is off the charts

Submitted

The game itself is very simple while the spin mechanic is very unique. This is a great combination in my opinion as it felt similar to other standard platformers but the spin mechanic made you think a lot more rather than relying on crazy good timing.  I like it a lot, the long loading time is a bit weird but besides that, fantastic work!

Submitted

There are a few user experience issues here and there, but aside from that, it's a really great game! The mechanic is very creative and brings an interesting twist to such a common genre. Great job!

Submitted(+1)

Cool concept! I loved the spinning the level around mechanic. Like the description said, the game lagged for about 30 seconds when first loading it up which was almost a deal breaker for me. Games shouldn't have lag spikes like this especially a simple game with not much graphics. Amazing work on the puzzles/platforming however!

Submitted(+1)

Neat little game. I'm not really a rage game person so maybe this was intentional but the mouse seems very sensetive which makes it a bit harder than i think is necessary. 3 dollars out of 10