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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #757 | 4.108 | 4.108 |
| Narrative | #887 | 3.514 | 3.514 |
| Audio | #1291 | 3.486 | 3.486 |
| Artwork | #1574 | 3.838 | 3.838 |
| Enjoyment | #1924 | 3.514 | 3.514 |
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?
GARY has 100 years to live. The countdown is his life!
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
ORIGINAL MUSIC by @patrick.jc_
ORIGINAL ART by @frankie_484
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Toadmaster
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That's one of the most creative game ideas I've ever seen. And it taught me that, to live a happy life, I should just do the opposite of what I enjoy doing. Then I'll have lots of money, a house, a family—and that has to be enough :D Joking aside, it's an awesome concept with depth—I think it's really, really cool!
Haha thanks for the great comment! But no! That's the opposite of the lesson I was trying to teach here haha. The game doesn't care how rich Gary is, you only win if he dies happy :)
One of the most unique takes on the theme and then it is also executed so well.
The drawn aesthetic, the intro sequence/tutorial, the sound effects, the feedback and details everywhere. Just perfect. Probably the game I have tried this jam with the most personality and identity.
The gameplay itself was not super engaging, but the creativity of the life events and voicelines keeps you playing anyway. Managing the different timelines triggered some video editing ptsd for me. Incredible work - I almost can't believe you did all of this alone. Very impressive.
Wow! Thanks for this really nice comment. I work as a video editor professionally so you can see where my inspiration came from haha. Thanks again!!!
Events pushing others out of the way is brilliant! very unique idea and wonderful execution
Seriously such a well put together game! The idea was great, the art was gorgeous, the music tied the whole thing together perfectly.
“Gary died ecstatic” What I’m learning is that the secret to a happy life is 3 children, 2 wives, and a long term job in an industry tangential to your interest, while doing your interest part time.
Might not want to go for a second wife and third kid, but the rest seems to track IRL.
Well done on the entry!
This was such an interesting take on the theme! Really nicely done. The art was great, the music was cool, and the little voice clips really elevated the whole thing to the next level. I found it a little challenging to keep up with the moving timeline, but after a couple attempts I got the hang of it!
A small UX thing you might consider– at the very beginning of the game, when you grab your first life event, you could put a little reticle or flashing icon on each of the three lanes to show where you’re supposed to drop the event. At first I thought I was supposed to drag things “into” the childhood slot.
Again, great job. I hope this one keeps getting more attention!
Love the idea, really fun game, I manage to win with loads of money. I found I either made heaps or i was like negative hundreds and just had to restart.
Would be nice if i could make decisions while paused, or could slow time so i could read all my options, and yeah just expanding and having more events and options of what gary can do would be great (if you continue to work on this).
Anyway had fun playing, and the level of polish is impressive nice job!
What a funny game i really enjoy it
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Thanks! I'll check out your game for sure but just fyi, generally I think it's better if you don't ask people directly like this. I was gonna check your game out anyway as I think it's common code amongst game jam developers to do so.