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A jam submission

Aliens Are Real??View game page

Are they?
Submitted by PolarT — 5 hours, 47 minutes before the deadline
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CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Gameplay#4862.6562.656
Originality#5112.8752.875
Overall#5602.7082.708
Presentation#6162.5942.594

Ranked from 32 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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The exploding barrels

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Submitted

The thing I really liked about the game was the aliens that disappear before you can actually encounter them. Thought it was playful and dramatic in the same vein of your soap-operaesque anti-dialogue. Was hoping there would be some climax there until you actually encounter one. (Although apparently I did)

Only way I beat it without backtracking was finding the easter egg first (perhaps I missed a key in the maze?). Also I dunno if it was just because of the web build but performance was strangely bad and stuttery, so probably something worth investigating for future projects

congrats on the release

Developer

thanks :)

Submitted

I like the idea of exploring and I really liked the humor! I'd like to have some more dialogs and interactions like those, they were really funny! And really nice music as well. Good job ^^

Developer(+1)

I would love to add more dialogs too but too late :( Glad you liked it :)

Submitted

Hi, I just finished trying out your game :3

The music gave me goosebumps, really good choice there. The movement was nice and the overall atmosphere was quite immersive and fitting for the theme of your game. I liked how it was guided enough so I didn't get lost but not too much, so I had some kind of "freedom". I don't know if it makes much sense to you, I hope so :/. I loved how, once I finished, I became a walking god with boom boom powers. The final crash when trying to make the bombs explode was so climatic. A really solid game, I would have loved some more dialogues, but I understand the short time issue with jams. 

Really good job with this one, you nailed it, good luck with it! <3333

Developer(+1)

Thanks :) The movement is actually the most basic movement ever, but thanks to the camera it is pretty hidden

Submitted

Very basic but effective, it works very well here. Well done :3333

Submitted

It was quite fun, I liked the music and the designs, the only thing is that at the last door I got lost

Developer

Glad to hear you like it :) There is a key hidden around the trees

Submitted

Looks great and I enjoyed wondering around the world and the story so far...

I got into places by opening the gates and saw aliens flash up and disappear - however, I tried using the bomb but the game froze. I tried a few times after restarting, but no luck. So there were some areas I couldn't get into.

Still, I enjoyed playing it and it had some good ideas in there. Great job :)

Developer

Yeah, I was supposed to remove the bombs because they crash the game when you use them, but forgor. Thank you :)

Submitted (1 edit)

This game is interesting. I like the idea of using aliens as the whole theming around aberration, cool idea! However, there are a couple issues: the game does not tell you that there is an ending, the only way to know is to go back to the people in the camp, which was kinda confusing for me. with that, there were also missing tree tops and hints that didn't really do anything? It's that one sing that says E + cursor = bomb, but it didn't work. The game also stuttered quite abit in seemingly random areas, I'm unsure as to why. Lastly, sometimes the way to go wasn't very obvious, which was kinda confusing. Overall, this is a pretty good go at a first game jam project, but has some strange flaws that make it harder to follow. Nice Job on your first jam game, though!

Developer(+1)

Yeah, I know. You gotta have to find out the ending yourself, and hopefully know to go back to camp when you are done. I should of added a couple more messages and stuff to let the player know. The missing tree tops is just a decoration, and the bomb is supposed to be used for the puzzles but just didnt work, so i added barrels to block them, but forgot to remove them fully. I wanted to add stuff like footsteps on the ground to kind of guide the player for where to go but forgot for some reason. Thank you :)

Submitted

You're welcome! hopefully I didn't sound too harsh :)

Submitted

Considering this is your first game jam game, I am impressed. My first one was definitely worse compared to this hahah. I like that the aliens disappear when you come close, makes them very mysterious 

Developer

Thank you! I played your game Tsunami survivors, and it was really good! Much better than mine. Took me a few tries to win though

Submitted

Fun game, I wish I could explode those pesky guards tho.

Developer

Me too, I wish I had more time to add some funny stuff to the guards when you beat the game but had no time, and thanks!

Submitted

Nice game! It lag so much in the beginning of the game, but that might just be my crappy pc. The colour scheme also doesn't match, and the perspectives of the sprites are all over the place. In my opinion, this only adds to the charm of the game. The puzzle element is fun, and the pixel art really fits the style of the game. Overall a good job :)

Developer

Thank you :)

Submitted

If the keys color can match the doors, that could be much easier for player to know how may puzzles solved and how many left. It also can lead the player twards the path you want them to follow, like the explosive barrels do. I think when you put player into a maze,you should avoid player to go trough a path that lead to nowhere or no feedback. I really like the spooky dispearing guy for it's a positive feedback.

Developer

Yea. Except I added the main story and gates and stuff on the very last day. Hoped I had more time. Thank you :)

Submitted

Wow, cool game) One suggestion. I really lacked some SFX. Music is moderate and fits well, so it covers for lack of SFX. But for future, you can always use next resources to get free music/sounds https://pixabay.com/ https://www.beepbox.co https://freesound.org/
Great choice of granting superpowers at the end. Was fun to roam around. The game crushed, though, when I pressed E on a bomb)

My game is also about zone51 :D

Developer(+1)

I know, I just left the bombs instead of removing them, could of added sound effects with some spare time. I know your place is about place51 because I played it, and thanks :)

Submitted

Nice work! :) I love the story and the alien art!

Developer(+1)

Thanks!

Submitted

Cool game with lovely pixel art ! I kinda wished that there would be more puzzle gameplay involving the mazes instead of the exploding barrels clearing up a way for you directly, but I think that's just my preference. Zooming around and breaking everything at the end was fun too. Overall, I give it a ALIENS ARE REAL, PEOPLE ARE JUST TOO IGNORANT TO REALIZE IT / 10.

Developer

Thanks. I hope I had started 3 days earlier (the day the jam started) making the game, I would of gotten 3 extra days to figure out the bugs and add more stuff. Glad you enjoyed it though :)

Submitted

Nice game! Especially like the ending!

Developer

Thank you! Me too

Submitted

Pretty fun! I liked roaming around after beating the game, though I think the game froze after using too many bombs haha

Developer(+1)

Thank you :) and the game does crashe when you use the bomb items from the ground.

Submitted

i love the ending

Developer

Me too

Submitted

Very nice game music, works well with wandering through that forest! :)

Developer

Thank you! :) I think so too.

Submitted(+1)

First and foremost I need to thank the barrel community manager for placing those exploding barrels in the exact right spot as to create a path for me to walk through (or was that the alien all along...!). Great choice of music, set the  right atmosphere for the adventure! My friends are too dumb to not believe in aliens anyways, glad we camped 40 yards from Area 51 lol.

Overall some nice graphics, fairly straightforward game but neat little entry, great job!

Developer

Thank you for the funny comment! :] I can completely relate and agree!

Submitted (1 edit)

If you want to know if i cheated in any way. I didn't. Just follow what i supposed to be the right way (edit the post to add the missing point changing the sense of my sentence, i didn't cheat at all ;))

Developer

oh

Submitted

I guess i reach the end of the map. I was a bit stuck from there. What did i miss? I would like to know if aliens exist.


Developer

How you get up there

Submitted

Just following an alien.

Submitted

yeah I made it up there too, then I circled over the top to my friends again

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