Skip to main content

Indie game storeFree gamesFun gamesHorror games
Game developmentAssetsComics
SalesBundles
Jobs
TagsGame Engines
A jam submission

Unstable LoadView game page

Balance the load. Push your luck. Survive the shift.
Submitted by Vending Machine Games — 2 hours, 48 minutes before the deadline
Add to collection

Play game

Unstable Load's itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun/Gameplay#74.1434.143
Theme#84.2864.286
Overall#143.9433.943
Art/Graphics#314.1434.143
Originality#513.8573.857
Audio#773.2863.286

Ranked from 7 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Did your team create most/all of the graphics yourselves?
No. Some visual assets were created with the assistance of generative AI tools, then directed, edited and integrated into the game by me.

Did your team create most of/all the audio yourselves?
No. The music is licensed from GameDev Market, and the audio was not created entirely by me.

How did you incorporate the theme "UNSTABLE"?
Every piece of cargo changes the balance of the platform. Players can place loads carefully or take greater risks with high drops to build combos and increase their score. As the load grows, keeping the platform stable becomes increasingly difficult, and remaining in a critical state for too long causes a collapse.

Leave a comment

Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.

Comments

Submitted(+1)

Nice game!

Submitted(+1)

This was really fun and really well made! Nice job!

Submitted(+1)

Very well made all around! The scale itself felt very responsive and fair, interacted seamlessly with the cargo. Awesome work!

Developer

Thanks a lot! Really glad the platform felt responsive and fair. It’s great to hear that the interaction with the cargo worked well for you. Thanks for playing! :)

Submitted(+1)

I got up to overtime 10 with 20k score. Quite fun! You were able to achieve a good balance between making it challenging but enjoyable. The game hits all the boxes in art, music, gameplay, presentation and of course the theming which is very explicit. Congrats 5/5!

Developer(+1)

Overtime 10 with 20k is a great run! Really happy you found it challenging but still enjoyable. Thanks so much for the kind words and the 5/5! :)

Submitted(+1)

It’s fun to play, and the visuals are quite pleasant!)

Developer

Thank you! Glad you had fun and liked the visuals. Thanks for giving it a go! :)

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

I quite liked this, my favorite game I've played so far. You quickly get a good sense of the weight of objects and about how far from the center they need to be. Building up to just dropping each one of them immediately is a fun experience. When things start to go wrong its fun to try and fix the balance. Art is consistent. My only critique is that the music track could have been a touch more 'industrial' sounding I think, the current track feels a bit too fantasy for the setting.

My best overtime score was 25683, stage 8. 

Developer

Your favorite so far? That means a lot, thank you! Really glad you enjoyed getting a feel for the weight and trying to save the balance when things started going wrong. Those last-second recoveries are some of my favorite moments too!

I see what you mean about the music. Something more industrial could fit the setting better, so thanks for pointing that out!

And 25,683 is a solid score! Thanks for playing and for the detailed feedback. :)