I capped this at around five to ten minutes so I could cover more jam entries and give more devs useful notes. That first window still matters, especially for a simple idler where the central joke and interaction need to land quickly.
The concept genuinely made me laugh, and the page communicates it without wasting time. The whip mechanic is super fucked up. I love it. Please, though, let me hold the mouse button to keep the treadmill running instead of making me repeatedly click it lmao. This is an idler, my finger should not be working harder than the horse.
I would also make the whip detection more forgiving. If I am spending the effort to whip and the strike is visibly close enough, I want the game to reward me for keeping the pressure up rather than rejecting the input because my aim was slightly off. The joke works, the loop is funny, and with less friction around those two interactions, I could absolutely see myself letting this horrible little factory run for a while.
If you have two minutes, trade horsepower for extremely questionable spinning-mech power in BEAT BAES. I would appreciate the dev-to-dev notes.
