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A jam submission

Ball & ChainView game page

A game about getting divorced
Submitted by Lim95 — 12 hours, 42 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Narrative#13023.3163.316
Creativity#20173.7893.789
Audio#24313.2113.211
Enjoyment#30293.2633.263
Artwork#63072.6582.658

Ranked from 38 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
You're counting down your money and time until the divorce

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
GameMaker explosion, everything else is original

(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Lim95 and LeafBush_

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Submitted

The platforming and physics are so wacky and this is such a funny corny game. I love it hahaha

Submitted

I really liked the idea of wasting all your money so that your wife doesn’t get anything! It was way too hard at some points, but I enjoyed it anyways! I loved the fast movement and gravity and the opening doors mechanic. Had a ton of fun. Nice job!

Fun! It felt really nostalgic! The last level was a bit easier than the others, but apart from that really nice!

Developer

yeah i didn't work on day 2 of the jam so i had to crunch to have level 3 done by the deadline lmao

Submitted(+1)

Pretty fun platformer. It was very fast but still playable. Good job!

(+1)

solidly bouncy music! the platforming was a bit jittery but once I got the hang of it was solid, I like the idea of two countdowns running concurrently, felt like opposite Wario Land.

Submitted

Fun time! Platforming is veryyy heavy but the concept is fun, managed to only have a debt of 48k by the end of it

Developer(+1)

yeah maybe in the post-jam version i'll fix up the controls a bit

Submitted

cool take on the theme! the movement was too fast for me at first but i imagine with some practice it would make it really satisfying to speedrun. and love the funky music. all round well done!

Submitted

I loved the movement it fit really well! Good job!

Submitted

Really funny concept and fun execution!

Submitted

Funny game. The concept and the gameplay complement each other well 

Submitted

This was very fun! It took me a little while to get used to how fast I ran. Is it possible to get rid of all of my money? Because I wasn't even close when I beat it lol

Submitted

funny concept and snappy gameplay! although i don't know if the game is framerate dependent because it felt like i was playing on 2x speed the whole time 

Submitted

Funny concept, this was a fun game. I found it hilarious how there were just piles of gold in your home initially and getting money was a bad thing. I enjoyed the art, which was cute. Minor nit: I got soft-locked in level 2 when I opened the gate by paying the booth on the right, then went in to pay the booth on the left and got stuck inside when the gate closed behind me. Maybe add a way to restart the specific level instead of the entire game? Super fun overall!

Submitted

Are you okay? Need someone to talk to? All joking aside, I really like the concept. Its so funny. The jumping felt really off, wanted more air time. I do like how I getting money was a detriment rather than a good thing.

Submitted

The game was cute, Mav loved the art and the concept is goofy and fun ^^ The sound effect for the coin was a bit ear piercing, the controls were a bit odd, the character moves way to fast, all in all a fun experience for Mav!

Submitted

Way too fast paced for me. I was so overstimulated and couldn't finish it, oops. I loved the art, music, and concept, though, very nice work!

Submitted

Hahaha, I enjoyed the fun lighthearted nature of the game. I wish the money you earned jumping on your piles of money or causing destruction actually mattered in the end!

The audio was great, and the mechanic at shooting money at people to open gates for your was fun as well.

Submitted(+1)

great sfx, ended up 81000 dollars in debt

much improvements since the playtest (or maybe I just understood the game better)

I like what you did with the audio. still paying homage to deltarune with the sfx in the living room

Developer

81 THOUSAND DOLLARS?????? i think my highest was like 30k 😭

Submitted

I mean I just took my time

Submitted

The gameplay is somehow so unhinged that it's fun, I don't know how you did that, but awesome job.

Submitted(+1)

The concept is so funny and I liked how fast paced the movement was. I was ZOOMING through the levels at one point. My only issue was Z to jump - it was difficult to get used to whilst also spamming X to shoot all my money hahaha. Oh and such a funny subversion to have the lava give you money as like a damage effect!

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