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GMTK Game Jam 2021

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A jam submission

Joining Forces [GMTK 2021]View game page

Merge and separate with allies to gain unique powers and explore what lies beneath. Are you clever enough to escape?
Submitted by IanGoGo, jaredmv — 6 hours, 17 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun#2383.8323.832
Overall#2713.8823.882
Presentation#4303.9723.972
Originality#4823.8413.841

Ranked from 107 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?
You can join together with other elements to form new elements with unique powers. You can separate and merge at will to complete puzzles, platform and explore!

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam

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ketsSubmitted5 years ago(+2)

It's so polished for a jam game. Well done, I loved it!

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Embers
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KobaltKSubmitted5 years ago(+2)

Really  enjoyed the elemental concept and execution was on point too. Loved the art style and controls were intuitive. Had fun playing it.

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Lets Get Heavy
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RZagaSubmitted5 years ago(+2)

The art and the creative mechanics combined with its excellent level design make this a really great game overall!

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Block Gluing Square
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Spotted_LeafSubmitted5 years ago(+2)

SUPER impressive work on this one! Great animations and level design.

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Soul Delivery Service
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BlackOpsBenSubmitted5 years ago(+2)

This is another winner! It was INCREDIBLY fun and rewarding to solve the levels! It didn't FEEL like a puzzle game (I say this because I generally don't find puzzle games to be fun). It's so unique! I only wish the white color had come into play more. The run animation was great! Well done! Oh and you had so many levels!

Other feedback:

This moment I put the box too far and made the level un-beatable. That felt like it was not intended. I would argue that a puzzle game should never have un-beatable states. It's not a very pleasant experience.


I got stuck on this level for WAY too long because I couldn't tell this pitch-fork looking thing was supposed to be lit up. Any other jam game and I would have quit, but thankfully this was so fun I HAD to figure it out.


Here's my time on that level. lol



I didn't get what that picture was at the end, but I beat it!


And thank YOU for making this game!

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Diamonds are for the Boys!
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IanGoGoDeveloper5 years ago(+1)

Thank you for all of the great feedback! This is definitely going to help us with the post-jam version of the game. A big thing we're going to fix is the readability of the game, making symbols on the yellow door and purple crate more apparent plus putting glowing outlines around all interactable objects. I also have a plan to fix all of the soft locking, so hopefully that will no longer be an issue in the post-jam build.

The picture at the end was a little Easter Egg, I'm trying to do a shared universe between many of my games this year and that symbol is one of the things that helps connect it lore wise. I don't want to give away any more then that. 

Thank YOU for playing and giving such amazing feedback!

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jaredmvDeveloper5 years ago(+1)

Thank you for all the feedback! We will be sure to address all of this! I really appreciate you taking the time to try out our game! Thank you!

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AnonymousKingSubmitted5 years ago(+2)

Very good idea, very functional and interesting mechanics, very good art, I liked the cutscenes too and the idea of joining all your games in one universe (if I understood correctly). The puzzles are very good and intuitive but I felt that having powers and the boxes didn't fit very well and the two types of yellow doors confused me a bit, but good work here, great game!

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United We Stand
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IanGoGoDeveloper5 years ago(+1)

Thanks for the feedback!

Yup, this is connected to several other games I've made this year, I'm glad you enjoy that! 

The dev team is aware of the issue of readability on some objects and have a plan to fix it in a post-jam version by making symbols more clear. Thanks for the great feedback!

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AnonymousKingSubmitted5 years ago

No problem! :)

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TrouvSubmitted5 years ago(+2)

Nice! I played it to the end. 

The puzzles were a bit lock-and-key, but it was still pretty fun to untangle their solutions. I especially liked the twist in the last level, it was a good payoff.

The characters and animations reminded me of castle crashers.

I'm also pretty interested in the idea of this being  connected to the story of some of your other games. Cool idea!

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sokoban-sokoban
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NourTechSubmitted5 years ago(+2)

I really loved the idea!!!, cute characters by the way 

In my opinion this is a game I would play with friends and family!!

Good job!!

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Salt & Pepper
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ShivaunBartooSubmitted5 years ago(+2)

Really awesome concept! I wish the different abilities weren't all 'shoot something', but I understand that there was only 48 hours, and for the time you had this is an impressive amount of content and polish. Nice job!

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Peaks
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jonmerrinSubmitted5 years ago(+2)

Super super cool! A remarkable amount of polish and production value for such a short jam. I like the mixing and matching elements, it's a fun interpretation. Way to go!

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Turtles All the Way Down
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ToccGamesSubmitted5 years ago(+2)

Great idea to join elements ^^. First time I see this in submissions. Nice

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Magnet Crusher
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Squid SquadSubmitted5 years ago(+2)

I like the natural conclusions of what the characters would be combined. Great idea and great execution

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Lead The Way
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wonderbounceSubmitted5 years ago(+2)

Cool idea, I like how they can join to form a different colour

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Magic Spell
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XonhaSubmitted5 years ago(+2)

This is surely a gem. Also I hope to see some harder levels, and the game has so much potential. The levels right now are long but still a bit straightforward.

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Hybrimon
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ShlomitoSubmitted5 years ago(+2)

Theres LORE!? I can't believe this only took two days, it has multiple long levels, a good story, cute art, good music. Maybe the bricks could use a bit more work because they have a gap between them that looks weird, but I love this game.

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Dimensional Interference
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meckyrSubmitted5 years ago(+2)

This is top notch in all fronts. Great art style, very polished and very fun gameplay, and also a clever concept with great level design plus intriguing story. There are surprisingly lots of contents here, awesome job!

Not sure why thunder + fire = grenade, but its ok :D

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Pack.King
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Studio90Submitted5 years ago(+2)

I enjoyed that one a lot. Very cool concept!

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Limby Bimby
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NeatGamesSubmitted5 years ago(+2)

It is similar to my entry :D super good job on the puzzle and level designs!

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ROBOJOIN
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jaredmvDeveloper5 years ago(+1)

like you said, great minds think alike lol. Thanks for playing, I am glad you enjoyed it!

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Oscar NewsomeSubmitted5 years ago(+2)

This game had my brain working more than I expected, great design! I also found the movement, shooting and controls easy to handle, especially for a jam game. My only big problem is the mechanic of switching between different characters that can access different doors has been done a thousand times, luckily the merging mechanic kept it reasonably fresh. The art was nice, and the music was good, especially towards the end. The cliff-hanger at the end caught me off guard! All in all, this was quite an enjoyable game!

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A Moving Experience
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Frostburn Spirit5 years ago(+2)

Finally someone that hasn't been deceived into believing that water and fire are opposites or something stupid like that. That's a rare sight. Your characters move a little too quick though.

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jaredmvDeveloper5 years ago(+2)

yeah that is a bug currently with our HTML5 build. We forgot to turn off V-Sync which makes the game super fast for some people on the web build. The downloadable version should be correct but we will have that fixed in the post-jam version! Thanks for playing!

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