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A jam submission

The Highest ScoreView game page

Submitted by Swordmaster300 — 4 hours, 43 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun#423.5793.579
Overall#683.4423.442
Theme relevance#733.6323.632
End-of-life plan#853.6843.684
Sounds#1023.1583.158
Graphics#1303.1583.158

Ranked from 19 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

End life plan
I will be working on a downloadable version as well as working to get a git hub set up for this and future projects.

Transparency note
All of the assets I used were taken from copyright free sources and have been credited in the description.

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Submitted

The theme reading is fun and literal: the highest score ever taken is a pile of stolen money and you are literally chasing it down a motorway. That fits "high score chaser" neatly and the pun actually works.

The title screen explains the objective in one line ("Hit the heist truck to make them drop money from their big score") and shows the truck and the police car on the road, so you get instant context. And the briefing screen is one of the most complete in the jam: it lists all three of the truck's attacks (gunfire, dynamite and caltrop bags), explains that you can shoot the caltrops so they don't puncture your tyres, and gives the controls and the goal. Nobody goes in blind, which I appreciated a lot after playing a stack of entries that explain nothing.

Health as STARS in the top left is a pretty and readable choice, and the masked robber portrait with the rifle next to it is a nice touch. The multi-lane pixel art motorway with trees at the sides and the lines rushing past gives a good sense of speed.

Three notes. The briefing is a wall of text, five paragraphs at once, layered over the game already running behind it. The information is good but it arrives all in one go. Splitting it across two screens, or better, showing each threat the first time it actually appears, would land much more comfortably.

I also lost a health star in the first few seconds without seeing where the damage came from. And the truck pulls away off the top of the screen very quickly, with no distance indicator or arrow pointing at it, so I ended up alone on the road with Score 0, not knowing whether I should be accelerating or hanging back.

Likeable premise and a generous briefing. It mostly needs the information paced out.

Developer(+1)

Thank you for the kind words! I'm sorry that ( if I'm understanding correctly) the truck went off screen? I hadn't had that happen during play testing so I'll look into this. It's supposed to stay on screen lol. Thank you for the bug report! If I am misunderstanding please let me know. 

Submitted

simple and fun! good job 👍😅

Submitted

Really fun game, I particularity like the general flow of the game, form  the music, to the game speed, and the different enemy attacks. Well done!

Submitted

Really cool, I love the music and how you worked the theme in.

Submitted

That was fun! Also fun use of the theme for the setup. And the tune was banging! 

Submitted

Making this with only copyright free assets and in so few time is impresive
Even if is not the best looking thing its very fun

Developer

Thank you so much!

Submitted

Here is my highest score:

Interesting game, I think it could benefit from a bit more polish and player feedback. For example, having the thief's car flash when it gets hit would make it feel more satisfying and make it clearer that the shot connected.

I also liked that the spike bags can be used to defend against the thief's bullets. 

Developer

Thank you! You got higher than me even! Glad you liked it and yeah the general feedback has been for more feedback with the projectiles. 

Submitted

this was fun to play it has a lot of potential, I feel like there could have been more micro feedback to understand if something happened or I did damage or smt, just as a confirmation that it went through it would do wonders, but the concept is awesome and the presentation is cool, i liked the health being the police stars thing

Submitted

Overall Rating: 4 / 5 Stars

Fun: 4/5 A solid, fast-paced arcade shooter concept where you chase down thieves to reclaim money while dodging incoming fire. Controls are straightforward.

Graphics: 4/5 The visuals rely entirely on pre-made, credited asset packs. While they fit decently together, it lacks a unified, original art style.

Sounds: 3/5 Sound effects and music are included and pulled from free sources, serving their purpose well enough for the action. 

Theme Relevance: 5/5 Cleverly weaves the theme into the narrative: stealing "all the money in the world" creates literally the "Highest Score" to chase down.

End-of-Life Plan: 4/5 Great commitment shown by the developer, planning to release a downloadable version and set up a GitHub repository for future updates.

Developer

Thank you so much for the review!