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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #373 | 3.276 | 3.714 |
| Overall | #506 | 2.856 | 3.238 |
| Presentation | #533 | 2.898 | 3.286 |
| Gameplay | #561 | 2.394 | 2.714 |
Ranked from 7 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Hey, that was fun :). There was no sound in the game; I don’t know if this is due to the web emulator being strange or if there isn’t any sound. I would’ve loved some glass smashing sounds as the gerbil hits the test tubes and stuff.
I think it’s really impressive that you’ve made a game for an ancient system in such a short span of time; I’ve not looked into genesis development before but I imagine it’s pretty difficult, so pulling together something playable in that space of time is impressive to say the least. The boss battle was fun, a bit of a memory game, but satisfying once I beat him for good :). Really cool game, well done.
Thanks! Yeah, there is no sound in the game. I hadn't experimented much with sound yet for the genesis/mega drive, so I didn't ever get to adding any. I agree that glass smashing sound effects would have been a good addition.
I used an open source dev kit (SGDK) that makes genesis/mega drive development a lot easier. I think anybody who is comfortable with programming in C can learn to use it, but knowledge of how the hardware works can help a lot.
Cute game! Is there a way to attack the professor? I couldn't defeat him. It doesn't even seem like I do damage.
You can't attack him, but you can try to survive his gauntlet of attacks! You can do it!
I did iiiiiiit!
As a fellow Sega Genesis dev and SGDK user I give you my salutations!
Thanks! SGDK is great, it made it possible to make a game fast enough for a game jam.
Pretty fun! It's very impressive that it's an actual Genesis game.
I wasn't able to defeat the Mad Doctor though.
Thanks! Here's a hint for the boss battle: the gerbil can't harm the scientist!