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A jam submission

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In Cool Down, race against the clock with special gears at your disposal.

Submitted by T tee — 1 hour, 7 minutes before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Audio	#379	3.847	4.182
Enjoyment	#424	4.014	4.364
Creativity	#1036	4.014	4.364
Artwork	#1042	4.014	4.364
Narrative	#6576	2.091	2.273

Ranked from 11 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 are need to race against the clock in each level to make the cooling amount drop down.

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Assets
Edges of dialog boxes : Positron
Backgrounds : Craftpix
Buttons : adapted from Finnmercury'work
Pipes : karsiori

Shaders
Liquid shader : adapted from Abyssky's work
Transition shader : cashew-olddew
CRT Effect : pend00

Sound Effects
Nathan Gibson
AmbroggioMusic

Music
Tomality

The rest of the assets and this project was made by me

(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
T tee

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Comments

krillic vanilic53 days ago(+1)

awesome game! Reminds me of the flash era. Great idea, great gameplay, great music and audio. Just great overall

RezistorzSubmitted55 days ago(+1)

Almost reached level 20 with the same pattern from level 5. It made me feel so smart, until I lost at level 20 lol. Anyway, cool idea, I really liked it!

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donerfornothingSubmitted56 days ago(+1)

Nice choice of art and music, really fits the steampunk vibe. Also the idea is really creative

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And then there were none

amberclawSubmitted56 days ago

Loved the vibe and there is a very strong foundation for a serious game to be built up if you decide to keep working on it after the jam! The music was really fun. I thought my build was op but level 19 took me out haha. Great game!

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T teeDeveloper56 days ago

Happy you liked it ! It's impressive you've made it almost to the end ^^

kastelleSubmitted57 days ago

very good sound, music, and fairly satisfying to play! i think a natural next step of this type of game is to make each level more interesting with modifiers since it was fairly easy to tell which gears were best overall in every case, but definitely the most fun game i've played so far

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T teeDeveloper56 days ago

Thank you very much! I actually thought about adding modifiers such as disabling Gears at certain positions, adding some twists to the spin mechanic, and so on. Even though I did not have the time to add them, I'm glad you thought this was a good idea too
Thanks for the feedback ^^

MossByte EntertainmentSubmitted57 days ago(+1)

art and audio are top tier

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Toby's commute to work

Sean WongSubmitted57 days ago

Got carried to lvl 15 with a cheesy silver gear build haha. Fun game, hope you can check mine out too!

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T teeDeveloper56 days ago

Thank you for playing, I will check yours!

Mason Cowan57 days ago

this build carried me to the end 🥹

T teeDeveloper56 days ago(+1)

Oh nice, you included the car wheel in your build ^^ Well played!

Mason Cowan56 days ago

the wheel gear is too rad not to include 🥹

idiotforge58 days ago(+1)

some cogs feel like straight bs
some feel like they need a very specific build to even work
so youre left with very limited options unless you really want to minmax your circuit
but i really love the music and the sound design

T teeDeveloper58 days ago(+1)

Thanks for the feedback :> I'm really glad you liked the music and sound design!
I'll keep it in mind when I revisit the game after the jam