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A jam submission

Love, Life & GrenadesView game page

Play hot potato to survive the polymarket dystopia
Submitted by elZach — 1 hour, 9 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Narrative#12553.3333.333
Creativity#19573.8003.800
Enjoyment#24083.4003.400
Artwork#31383.4003.400
Audio#33543.0003.000

Ranked from 15 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?
The main game play features a counting down bomb timer, that need to be passed around.

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Unkempt Font
Music by odd redesign

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

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

This is such a captivating game! I loved the music and the art and the idea is just really well implemented and a great use of the theme

Submitted(+1)

Really enjoyed this one! Took me a second to understand but once I got the hang of it I had a great time! And I beat Lily's high score (probably could have gone longer but decided to wrap it up once I knew I had the top spot haha). Overall great job!

Developer

I had a system and story written for the tutorial (it would've been your parents tossing a bomb back and forth to each other to generate the starting five bucks while explaining the game mechanics) but I messed up the code so fiercely that it went defunct along the way. :( 

However I bow my head to your hot potato prowess, may your record hold forever!

Submitted(+1)

Amazing. I really liked the friend-making aspect. I made me want to play ‘just-another-round’

Submitted(+1)

I loved the dialogue! Great job

Submitted(+1)

Really silly game, ended up playing a lot longer than I thought I would :D

Some thoughts:
- The silly dialogue / making friends really kept me going longer, was fun
- Starting hand can get really big in the late game, though you're probably not indended to play for that long...? so uh :P
- IM TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD HAHAHAHAA

Developer

You are a menace! My girlfriend who held the record before couldn't believe your score, haha.

Submitted(+1)

My first thought was immediately “hot potato,” and then I noticed that the description mentions it as an inspiration. It’s a fun concept, but in practice the game felt a little too frustrating and somewhat dependent on randomness—or perhaps I didn’t fully understand how to minimize it.

I really liked the unique visual style, and the core idea is definitely interesting. With a bit more refinement, I think it could become much more engaging. Overall, it’s an interesting and promising project.

Developer(+1)

Yo! Thank you very much for the insight! 

I completely agree. I had a more engaging game somewhere along development and fumbled the bag. 

Submitted(+1)

HOW COULD SOKO BETRAY ME!! I TRUSTED YOU!!!

Developer

And you think you know someone...