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A jam submission

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Life simulator of you as a bubble. Your emotional state is your weapon, your power.
Submitted by Rakudajin, Xantur — 2 days, 12 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Originality#1034.0324.032
Presentation#3753.0003.000
Theme#4162.8712.871
Fun#5302.2582.258

Ranked from 31 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game represent "Power"?
The core idea of the game is based on Michel Foucault’s concept of power and how each human is both a product of powers they were affected with, and the thing that makes those powers.

Michel Foucault is one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century, and his idea of power (e.g. biopower) is the most significant definition of "power" in the current day humanities and social sciences. According to Foucault's understanding, power is based on knowledge and makes use of knowledge; on the other hand, power reproduces knowledge by shaping it in accordance with its anonymous intentions. Power creates and recreates its own fields of exercise through knowledge. (taken from wiki) In a broader sense, it encompasses ideas, emotions, behaviours, and pretty much everything else in the social world.

In our game, very much in accordance with Foucault, you are formed by other powers while you are a child, but later, you become a propagator of those powers to others.

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(+1)

Pretty game and easily understandable concept!

Developer

Thank you! :)

Submitted(+1)

A very interesting and creative take on power. I like the black-and-white contrast to the colorful spheres and their representation.

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

very interesting and unique concept, I appreciate how the tutorial was paced, I would like if the game could be sped up or there was more feedback on how you are gaining and exerting your bubble powers/emotions. Overall very interesting, curious to see where you take it!

Developer(+1)

Thank you! Yep, game mechanics will be significantly reworked, but I'm glad you liked the core concept :)

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