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Popcorn Panic's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Artwork | #2072 | 3.683 | 3.833 |
| Creativity | #2553 | 3.683 | 3.833 |
| Enjoyment | #3700 | 3.122 | 3.250 |
| Narrative | #4788 | 2.402 | 2.500 |
| Audio | #4809 | 2.722 | 2.833 |
Ranked from 12 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 a popcorn kernel trying to survive the count down timer of the microwave.
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
AlfaSlabOne-Regular.ttf Font
DSEG7Classic-Bold.ttf Font
Some sample code from the Raylib Examples website and the Sheepolution guide to Love2d.
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The art is adorable (esp the intro cutscene), and the sounds are perfect.
Would be interesting if the falling kernels pushed you off course or similar as they fell to impede your progress toward the safe zones.
Very fun game! I thought the concept/framing was excellent, and the audio is really good. I would love to see more of an 'escalating difficulty' over the course of the level. Great job!
Thanks! :)
cool stuff! definitely a fun charming concept narratively that lends well to the theme
mechanically very simple but effective I like it
Thank You! :)
Awesome idea for a jam! The tom drums to represent popcorn popping is really creative, the whole idea is creative honestly. It felt like the popcorn should've been obstacles but they weren't really, rather than it decreasing health if they moved you around it'd add challenge for sure, but nice effort either way!
I'm happy someone noticed the tom drum sounds! I felt really smart when I realized I didn't have to record my microwave for the audio. Thanks for playing!
this is such a creative idea! i really loved the microwave menu and the popcorn kernel characters
Thank You! I'm glad people like the idea I had for this jam.
I like the idea of the of preventing the kernel to pop! also very beautiful artwork. What I did not quite understand is how dodging the popcorn is helping me. Do I get some Bonuspoints for not touching them? I enjoyed it in the first minute, but wished the difficulty would increase more in some way. But it was a blast to play and a shocker that you havent got any reviews yet.
Thanks for playing! I'm glad you liked the artwork it's probably my favorite part of this game. To answer your question, when you hit a piece of popcorn it decreases your health, but I think I made the number too small and it doesn't have a sound effect so it's hard to notice. I should have worked more on the difficulty scaling, so I know that for next time.
One of the best parts about this game is the little 🎺doot🎺 that plays when the title finishes displaying. The art style is also super cute and the different faces on the kernels are such a cool touch.
I couldn't figure out how to play because I didn't properly read the description, but I managed to figure it out after dying which means the game isn't too confusing even with everything going on visually.
It's giving zombie apocalypse vibes, I don't know why :D
I'm glad you liked the game, and the art style! The title screen sound effects were fun to mess around with, and I was really happy with how they synced to the animation. When I was making the face for the player character, I had a lot of different test expressions, so I put them on the surrounding kernels. Thanks for playing :)