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Bigmode Game Jam 2025

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A jam submission

Wheel Love SparksView game page

Power the world with Love!
Submitted by Liquid Data Arts (@liquiddataarts), MikeyC, John Holdun — 5 hours, 45 minutes before the deadline
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CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Originality#334.3884.388
Presentation#764.2994.299
Fun#2253.2543.254
Theme#2433.4033.403

Ranked from 69 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game represent "Power"?
What's stronger than the POWER of LOVE? What generates electricity more efficiently than a giant matrix of hamster wheels? Really though, we took the "hamster in a wheel" generator cliche and ran with it, ending up with a genre mashup of a dating/simulation/deck builder.

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ShiratamaSubmitted29 days ago(+2)

The way the hamster runs on the wheel, gives kisses, and turns away in disappointment is so cute!

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One Hamburger, Please!
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RaisaurSubmitted30 days ago(+1)

Fantastic!

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Powersaw: Uprising
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nelsondevSubmitted30 days ago(+2)

Hampter

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PSSX 3
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MikeyCDeveloper30 days ago(+2)

Where is Ham Fighter II? Release the full game, you lazy devs.

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wamp_wamp30 days ago(+2)

It don't take money. It don't take fame--just a couple hams on a date at the arcade.

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JoytisSubmitted30 days ago(+2)

I really struggled to get the hamsters into the date box. But once I did. Holy moly. They wouldn't stop. Help. The world is now hamsters. 

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Electromancer
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JoytisSubmitted30 days ago(+1)

I really struggled to get the hamsters into the date box. But once I did. Holy moly. They wouldn't stop. Help. The world is now hamsters. 

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Electromancer
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MyCringeStuffSubmitted30 days ago(+2)

I feel like this is something Mabel Pines would like. Very cute game.

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Cards Of Power
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GrapefruitSubmitted30 days ago(+2)

Nice game! Reminds me of the Hamsterz on the Ds

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Meltdown
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Robotristan30 days ago(+2)

You had me at Hamantha. This game fantastic! from the soundtrack, to the graphics, to the charming wandering hamsters... pour yourself a glass of wine this valentine's day and find the perfect match. Great work to the creators!

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PhlegmleeSubmitted30 days ago(+1)

Normally I am not a fan of games like this. So catch me surprised to find that 30 min had passed while trying to enslave hamsters under the guise of a dating sim.

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a-tom
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DJsupremebeing30 days ago(+2)

Love the detail in the little dating rooms and all the music, but mostly I love jiggling around the chubby hams and making them smooch.

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MikeyCDeveloper30 days ago

Thank you!  Getting the hams to jiggle was priority #1 lol. I think it was in the game by last saturday morning. 

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FikusM9Submitted30 days ago(+2)

The hamsters are super cute, and I love the animation of holding one, but I couldnt drag them to the dating box :(

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Power-Line Fried Chicken
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MikeyCDeveloper30 days ago

It can be a little finicky until you get the hang of it. You have to look at where your cursor is, rather than the hamster above it. And mouse over the glowing spots, which will glow brighter when you're on top of them. We really did our best with the hitboxes 😞

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oflattSubmitted30 days ago(+1)

omg 3d cute hamster dating, very fun 10/10
rate our game? we have little guys called orgblorgos

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ORBLORGO COMMAND
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JenniDeutsch30 days ago(+1)

The hamsters are so cute. Round Robert is my favorite. It's very charming and addicting. 

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AxelSubmitted30 days ago(+1)

Game has so much charm and is so cute I want to explode. My wife is obsessed.

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Over Powered
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Zmandella30 days ago(+1)

It's like Hamster Dance meets The Sims, in a very charming way. Liquid Data's crew has clearly been online for a long time and I'm glad that culminated in this interesting little game.  

My fiancée loves these little chunks

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arussellsawSubmitted31 days ago(+3)

hahah i love this one, i know hamsters are a 'love the one you're with' kinda crew but it still feels kinda fucked up putting parents on dates with their kids

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Waterworks
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Liquid Data ArtsDeveloper30 days ago(+2)

Haha we considered starting with 4 hamsters to make this a lil' less weird but it's also just supposed to be a silly game. But hey! Good 'nuff for the bible, good 'nuff for our game I always say.

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DhafoSubmitted31 days ago(+3)

Wow, this one is cool. IDK if i'm just the greatest hamster matchmaker ever but after a couple days I had so much money I didn't know what to spend money on!  Only annoying part for me was dragging the hamster's out of the first screen, otherwise I'm in love with the game, both visually and conceptually.   

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Serious Fizzness!
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Liquid Data ArtsDeveloper30 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

You are the greatest hamster matchmaker! Thanks for the kind words :)

We really wanted to change the arrow to next screen/make some of those seats a little easier to hit in the dating boxes but ran out of time.

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BajingusDevSubmitted31 days ago(+2)

The hampter game takeover begins now >:D

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OUTAGE
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MikeyCDeveloper30 days ago(+1)

Us hamster games gotta stick together! Love that "Up" can run on the wheel. Good control insight!

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