Love the air control and combos! Game was a lot more fun after reading through the hints, some of the mechanics weren't clear at first. For example I had exploded via bird collision earlier, but when I launched off of one I assumed it was unintentional. I love the idea of turning obstacles into targets, and quite liked the speed and air you can accumulate. Really well done
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #101 | 3.700 | 3.700 |
| Originality | #218 | 3.600 | 3.600 |
| Presentation | #265 | 3.450 | 3.450 |
| Theme | #359 | 3.050 | 3.050 |
Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game represent "Power"?
You play as a skateboarding monkey riding on power lines! Grinding on the wires fills up your Power, which you can spend to do tricks and launch yourself through the air.
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This is really well put together. The hints were really helpful, and once I started getting the hang of it it felt really good to start getting combos and big air time. Love the shading+outline style too. Ride on young monk
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With Great Power...From the power lines to the power meter to a monkey with sunglasses riding a skateboard, this game just oozes POWER. I also love the humor in the game, like the screaming expression on the birds or how abruptly the music stops and the monkey dies on impact. Once I found out you could jump midair without tricks it became a lot easier to recover onto the power lines again. It does get tricky to see if you line up with them sometimes, but something like a drop shadow beneath the player might help with that! Nice work!
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Turbo TurtleYet another confirmation that it is universally canonical that monkeys HATE balloons.
Thank you for this art, rated :)
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Office SimulatorIt's a cool game that takes a fair bit of practice to get the hang of. It's really hard to tell if you're going to land on the wires or not.
It's a decent runner game, some cool animation work and art style, just kinda tricky to figure out, especially right at the start when balloons are less frequent
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POWERCHORDThanks for playing! The difficulty and feel definitely need some tuning I agree, I'm thinking of possibly adding an indicator or drop-shadow to better show where you are in relation to the wire, do you think that would help?
PS your game looks sick from the screenshots, I'll give it a jam when I'm back at my PC.
Absolutely, it's a cool little game! I do think a drop shadow would help, but I understand it might be difficult to convey so high in the air! Maybe even a little magnetic snap to the wire could help; Nothing too drastic, just a little?
I appreciate it! It's me and my friends' first game and it's definitely got its flaws, but we tried haha
after practicing a bit, it became quite fun to stay airborne for as long as possible.
Also a neat design choice that the balloon-bananas serve as a double interaction. It makes hitting that sweet spot of popping the balloon AND picking up the bananas very satisfying.
Just missing those SFX as it would really enhance the experience.
I also at first though the power lines should have a wider hitbox for landing on it, but I did get better after which it seemed fine as is.
Nicely done, I bet this would serve well as a mobile experience.
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Biggies Big Bouncecool infinite runner, would love if I could do more kinds of tricks
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ORBLORGO COMMANDThe movement needs a little bit of polishing to make controls more responsive. Besides, great visuals, I had a lot of fun playing your game!
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Power BankruptCheers! I added a bit of acceleration time on the movement because I noticed it was difficult to make small adjustments for example when trying to precisely line up a wire or balloon, but probably over did it. I'll probably tighten it up and make changing directions quicker. I really appreciate the feedback
If this got developed further I'd definitely play it! Controls take a while to get used to, but are very fun once you get them.
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Technician TerryTwo things I didnt know I was going to do today:
- Skate on a powerline
- Skate on a powerline because I need bananas.
The gameplay and feel was good enough. The jump was maybe a little too floaty, and the powerlines a touch too hard to land on when moving left and right, but overall good job!
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The MechanicI love this this game, brings me back to the old days playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater and games like that. Was hard to put down.
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Power's OutThe art style was unique and gameplay was really smooth. I only played for a bit and was horrible at first. But once I got used to the controls, the gameplay was really fun.
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Power's OutThe art and animations are super smooth. Either I'm terrible or this game is really meant for controller. Great work!
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This Place Sucks: A Vacuum StoryThis game is addicting and I appreciate the controller support. At first the powerline seems so thin, how could I possibly land on that? Then you get the hang of it, blasting off of birds and getting huge combo multipliers. So fun! An online leaderboard would be incredible.
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