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A jam submission

Something Something JonesView game page

something something jones (never watched the movies)
Submitted by Ancocodet, Jona Elsinger, Lissyali, NouCake — 19 hours, 5 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Graphics#1643.8344.200
Quirkiness#3392.9213.200
Gameboy Soul#3453.1043.400
Gameplay#3512.6472.900
Overall#3652.7843.050
Secondary Theme Interpretation#3922.5562.800
Soundtrack/SFX#5121.6431.800

Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game meet GBJam's theme
You are an adventurer on search for the old gold.

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Submitted

The whip is great fun to swing around, and the torch lighting looks lovely

Submitted

Very nice graphics and mechanics. it was quite tricky to get the timing right with the lasso. A bit of a background music would make the ambiance better.

but well done for a nice game.

Submitted

Honestly I ended up lost, but it was pretty good. A map would 100% solve that.

As for the actual mechanics, I was killed many times by the static spikes while using the lasso "correctly", which was a bit frustrating. Maybe it's intended that the timing has to be precise, but it's not really making it challenging in a good way for me.

On the other side, I specially liked the visuals! That light effect was really cool. Some more sound would make it feel very complete.

Overall, good job :)

Submitted

The art and vibe are really cool! I loved the lighting/torch effects. The whip was really cool and fun, but it didn't always attach to the hooks and made me die numerous times lol.

I think the looping around was fine, but I feel like there could have been a bit more direction- say, a positive sound played when a lever is pulled, and a different positive sound when a door is opened. I was kind of lost on whether I was making progress. The game was so cute, and I really think it has potential for more!

Submitted

The whip is really fun to use, I also really like the effect of the light. I wandered around for quite a bit but I didn't really make any progress, some of the rooms seem like they loop back on each other in impossible ways, though it might just be a skill issue on my part getting similar rooms mixed up. Very easy to get lost but very cool little game.

Submitted

Cute! I like the whip, bit of a learning curve on the physics but it's fun.

Submitted

Nice little sidescrolling dungeon! Took me a while to figure out how to pull the levers honestly, and the level design + lack of asset variety made me lose track pretty often. Pretty polished overall, the swinging mechanic is fun once you get used to it.

Unfortunately the game seems to have little to no audio other than a death sfx so I'm forced rate it poorly in that regard, but I enjoyed the game!