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A jam submission

Bomb-Box BreakoutView game page

The Bomb-Boxes Want To Escape
Submitted by Rob Davis — 10 hours, 20 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#24853.6923.692
Enjoyment#28293.3083.308
Artwork#54692.8462.846
Narrative#56672.2312.231
Audio#56952.5382.538

Ranked from 13 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 timer is counting down both in the central conceit of becoming a box or bomb within 10 seconds, then getting a new bomb-box with 10 seconds, and in the bombs being deployed having their own countdown

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
PICO-8 Engine by Lexaloffle

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

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Comments

(+1)

Nice puzzle

(+1)

Nice puzzle

Submitted(+1)

Nice puzzles, and the controls feel responsive. If you want to make a full game I recommend a few little things for a big effect: make the text at the beginning interactive (press x for next), make the win-text have a solid bg using \^# befor the text, like this: print("\^#Pico 8") and maybe make some variation on the tiles. I think this is a strong start and can become a really cool full game. Always love to see others use Pico-8 too :)

Developer

Thank you so much for the advice! Using Pico-8 was really fun and that is great to know I can print a background like that, thanks again for the tips and the kind words!

Submitted(+1)

Really well designed and lovely puzzle game - exceedingly well done thought it was masterfully pulled off! :) 

Submitted(+1)

The puzzles are very well designed! Very creative idea. I liked the idea of making my own platforms from the boxes.

Submitted(+1)

awesome! and  extensive work, the puzzles are very clever and fun to solve. cool!

Submitted(+1)

Fun game! I liked the puzzles and the dropping bombs through spikes to save time mechanics. Very well done!

Developer

Thank you so much for playing, really glad you enjoyed!

Submitted(+1)

nice work! there's a bit of odd friction/frustration to restarting the level completely when you run out of time that is somewhat at odds with the more puzzle-y nature of the design, but the tension there did give the game a more active/actiony vibe that feels unique! the main guy being a box with eyes delighted me

Developer

Thank you so much! Yeah I noticed that too during development but wanted to stick with it because it matched the theme better, but I definitely agree I could've accounted for it more in design. Thanks again for playing!

Submitted(+1)

Good puzzle platformer! I think the title should be Bomb or Box cause it represent the gameplay better.

But anyways, I like how count down theme is implemented in the game.

Developer

Thank you so much for playing!

(+1)

I like puzzle games so i'm biased haha but i think the later levels have a bit much of noise and skill rather than puzzling itself, like how the last level you are just trying to time it and not necessarily learn something new or exploring the mechanic in a different manner, but i think it was very creative, has many levels and overall you explored the mechanics very well. Nice game, i had fun.

Developer (2 edits)

Thank you so much! I completely agree with the later levels having too much noise, they were created near the end of the jam and I had less time to playtest them, so apologies for that. Thanks again for playing, so glad to hear you had fun!