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Boot King's Tax DayView game page

Earn your way to the top in this 90 second one-button platformer!

Submitted by jonas newhouse, Splubble — 4 days, 10 hours before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Fun	#153	3.500	3.500
Presentation	#272	3.389	3.389
Originality	#291	3.417	3.417
Theme	#306	3.194	3.194

Ranked from 36 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game represent "Power"?
Boot King is quite powerful, increasingly so. He collects money to grow his crown, increasing his potential jump power. The long you hold down the jump button, the more powerful his jump. This game also represents themes of power inspired by my own reflections on the world and the word over the last week or so.

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RyGuyDSISubmitted24 days ago(+2)

Fun game! Getting the money was pretty satisfying and super awesome music.

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pijinguySubmitted26 days ago(+2)

well that was a lot of fun. i love the king's voice lines. its so satisfying to steal... i mean collect the money i deserve from the people.

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POWER OF LOVEBALL

JackMacGraceSubmitted26 days ago(+2)

This was pretyt fun! Loved the sound effects!

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AttaBoySubmitted26 days ago(+1)

The Rich get to eat their big salads while we're stuck building their golden guillotines. We truly live in a society smh.

(Really fun, love the voice work)

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With Great Power...

JamlessSubmitted28 days ago(+2)

Nice game! Silly and fun, the art is nice and I really enjoy all the delightful chuckles with every conceited hop!

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FikusM9Submitted29 days ago(+2)

WOW, the music is a banger!

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Power-Line Fried Chicken

jonas newhouseDeveloper29 days ago

Thank you so much! It's based on the folk song "Bella Ciao" but I had a ton of fun making this version of it.

Brian WoSubmitted29 days ago(+2)

💀

Fun quick game

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クリクリ Wonderland

Snail's PaceSubmitted29 days ago(+2)

I thought I'd play only once but when I saw the leaderboard, I had to get the high score. I didn't in the end but it was pretty fun to try to come up with a strategy of making money faster. The end jump is a bit unfair as no matter the power you've got, it's really hard to do a vertical jump and bouncing off walls slows you down a lot and doesn't let you land at the top platform.

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Power Of Electorate

bene-labsSubmitted30 days ago(+2)

This was delightful! :D

Simple but super fun game. I love the kings hilarious voice lines!

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Feline Frontier

oflattSubmitted30 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

I seem to be soft locked at the beginning- can't jump high enough to get more than 2 bills
Edit: Seems like I'm running into a bug other people also experienced
Am I doing something wrong?

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ORBLORGO COMMAND

jonas newhouseDeveloper30 days ago

Yeah I've been tearing my hair trying to figure out what's causing/how to avoid this. Can I ask what browser you experienced the bug in?

oflattSubmitted30 days ago(+1)

I'm on Chrome!
Is it possible it has to do with screen resolution? What's your monitor resolution?

jonas newhouseDeveloper29 days ago(+1)

I had that thought as well. I have two, both at 1920 x 1080. fwiw, I don't believe anyone has experienced that bug on firefox or through the .exe

oflattSubmitted29 days ago(+1)

I was on 1080p, but I also had multiple displays connected..

works on chrome on my laptop tho!

UDRSubmitted30 days ago(+1)

very fun and love the mobile support. the dialogue is great. I loved seeing the improvements from when I first playtested it, was a blast!

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BigPoobisSubmitted30 days ago(+1)

If you didn't vote for boot king unfollow me rn

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BangoSubmitted30 days ago(+1)

Also had the PC bug but it plays well on mobile nonetheless. I liked the voice lines for the Boot King - good stuff!

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jonas newhouseDeveloper30 days ago(+1)

Thank you so much for playing! Can I ask what browser you experienced the bug in?

BangoSubmitted30 days ago(+1)

Yeah! I was on Chrome for Windows. It was the bug where I couldn't really jump, despite how far I clicked and dragged the mouse around the screen.

jonas newhouseDeveloper29 days ago(+1)

okay that tracks with what i've heard so far! opera and chrome have had that bug sometimes for sure, i'm not aware of hat happening on firefox or through the download yet though. thank you!

Sven von Brand L.Submitted30 days ago(+2)

Really nice game, loved the fact that getting a fancy Guillotine was important XD.

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Bulbo's Belief System

zotariSubmitted30 days ago(+1)

was really confused at first because i got the bug on browser, but i swapped to mobile and it worked fine, wouldnt let me submit my score though, but was really fun!

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Embersong StudiosSubmitted30 days ago(+2)

I had the same issue of not being able to jump very high. I pulled out my Mac with a higher resolution, and the viewport scaled large enough to where I could jump. I had the same issue with my game. That the viewport would scale differently. It probably has to do with how Godot handles exporting to web, even though you can set a resolution during export and on Itch. Unsure of a fix around that though :/. But it was a great concept! Also bonus points because both of our games have King in the name! :)

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The Kings Crown

BarryBackhandSubmitted30 days ago(+1)

On my PC, In my browser I couldn't really jump very high, but on mobile it worked nicely. Funny concept, good job!

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jonas newhouseDeveloper30 days ago

Thank you! That's a bug I've heard from at least 3 people, not the majority but it's definitely happening sometimes and I'm trying to figure out why. If you don't mind sharing, what browser did that happen in?

BarryBackhandSubmitted30 days ago(+1)

I was using Opera when I posted. I tried Opera GX and Chrome as well and had the same problems, though I managed to get out of the bottom in GX, but only after messing around for a bit in full-screen. If I had to guess the problem, its a combination of the viewport being too small to get a large enough of a force vector as well as the amount of cash that appears and is reachable from a 2 foot crown.

jonas newhouseDeveloper30 days ago

That's super helpful, thank you! I suspect it has something to do with the calculation for jump strength taking mouse to player distance into account, which could totally interact with what you're suggesting. On most displays the game should be designed in a way that you can always reach (or spawn) money from the bottom and reach that lowest platforms by 3 crowns. But I've seen what I think you experienced where the jump height just never goes above a tiny hop at the start. Anyway, thank you for the information and the feedback, and for playing our game!

SplubbleDeveloper30 days ago(+1)

Thank you, poor!

HalfBakedGamesSubmitted30 days ago(+2)

got stuck in the secret jail :( lol. I wish I could've seen a bit more of the level around me so I knew where I was jumping. Had fun!

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123ishaTestSubmitted30 days ago(+2)

I can't seem to make any jumps higher than the starting screen :(

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The Road Not Taken

jonas newhouseDeveloper30 days ago (2 edits) (+1)

This seems to be a rare bug! I haven't figured out what causes it yet. Out of curiosity, what browser were you using to play it?

123ishaTestSubmitted30 days ago(+1)

Chrome, and the game didn't boot in Firefox

jonas newhouseDeveloper29 days ago

nNot booting in firefox is new to me! i'll have to see if i can figure that out too.

123ishaTestSubmitted29 days ago(+1)

It might not be browser related, but it seems that sometimes your power just doesn't update?

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