| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #312 | 4.297 | 4.297 |
| Enjoyment | #2509 | 3.378 | 3.378 |
| Audio | #5111 | 2.649 | 2.649 |
| Artwork | #7489 | 2.378 | 2.378 |
| Narrative | #8253 | 1.784 | 1.784 |
Ranked from 37 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?
Shot strengths are determined by the Collatz, or hailstone sequence. The sequence eventually goes down to 1 for all starting positive whole numbers (or at least the first 295 quintillion)
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Boom Slang Games
Really interesting to take away power control from the player with a math function, I really like this take on the theme, great job!
A small piece of feedback is that it would have been cool to have a shader or something in the background with a bit of parallax to make it easier to feel the speed.
Really creative, I especially liked how you could begin remembering some starting numbers as you play and the few numbers that come next; for example 80 goes to 40 then 20 then 10, so that's a pretty solid starting number for making large initial strokes that get more and more surgical as you approach the hole.
I though it was funny to see my ball go crazy after picking a massive number
This was a lot of fun! I agree that it's a missed opportunity for a nice explanation of the Collatz Conjecture, which I would've enjoyed (and I assume you would've too!) But I enjoyed the level design and gameplay a lot. I noticed a couple of things: when zoomed all the way out, the guideline was very small and hard to see. Also, at very high speeds, the velocity can get stuck 100% vertical or 100% horizontal, which won't ever hit the hole and beat the level. These issues didn't stop me by playing the game as intended, which was really fun!
Very clever idea! And a lot of fun, realising you're next to the hole with a power of 100 is painful XD But I'd totally play more levels, and it's a really interesting idea that I bet could apply to other games/number sequences as well! Well done! :D
This is a really good game. Like, really good. I had a ton of fun with it. Probably explain what the collatz conjecture is before starting, but beyond that it’s SUPER fun!!!
Pretty fun game, some levels were a bit hard, because I didn't know that the speed scaled with the number, which, once I understood, I just kind of stopped trying to get the ball in the hole, and instead just tried putting in some massive numbers, which created some interesting situation, which was pretty fun to do. Anyways, if played like it should be played, it's a pretty fun game with an interesting concept. Well done!
as an enjoyer of math this was a lot of fun to experiment with different numbers and try to plan what kind of speeds im gonna need to get to the end. very cool and fun concept!
I love this game and I love that someone even thought to come up with it. I always tried with 64 as I believed in myself, although the last level I had to up it to 128. One thing that would be cool is to somehow preview the level a little before picking your number. Great game though well done
I love this game and I love that someone even thought to come up with it. I always tried with 64 as I believed in myself, although the last level I had to up it to 128. One thing that would be cool is to somehow preview the level a little before picking your number. Great game though well done
I like to think that you saw the theme and instantly your brain fired off:"Ah yes,", dusting off your 500 page brick of a math encyclopedia, knowing the SPECIFIC page this math formula was on FROM MEMORY, you say to yourself as you flip the pages "Eureka!"
I like how this game is structured, not many levels but you can pick whichever number you want to tackle said levels. My only gripe is that you don't seem to be able to see what number your ball is going to fire off at (if there was a way to see it, maybe like a queue of numbers at the very top) it would make the game much easier to play. Or just have a "Calculate Speed" button which opens an in built calculator. Then you cackle like a cartoon villain and pet the evil cat that you totally have in front of your evil fireplace
Thought the last level being a reference to the golden ratio very cute, wish it had actual curves like it though but it does get the message across, well done! Very creative
Such a unique concept but really fun to play and its all strategy from the first number. Great game (:
excellent use of Lothar Collatz conjectures in a game, which really make this game unique!
Really cool take on a golf game! I just wish I was not as bad as I am at golf, got stuck on level 4.
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