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Bigmode Game Jam 2025

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A jam submission

Planet Alpha-BetaView game page

Conquer Planet Alpha-Beta with deadly POWER combinations!
Submitted by akoreyu, ElanMakesGames (@elan_rubin), Tacocat122 — 15 minutes, 31 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#963.9733.973
Presentation#1503.9193.919
Fun#2033.3513.351
Originality#2613.5143.514

Ranked from 37 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 different combinations of letters P, O, W, E, and R completely determine your power in the game.

Any number of Ps, Os, and Ws loaded into a bullet shell will combine to create bullets with different effects.

P-iercing power determines how many enemies your bullets can hit
O-ffense power determines the damage of your bullets
W-arping power determines how many fragments your bullets shoot out
E-nergy is your health
R-oll power is how many times you can dodge roll

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RoughGamesSubmitted24 days ago

This was fun! I really liked the use of the POWER.

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Absolute Power
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psijamSubmitted25 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

I stronger I become, the faster I move, sonic shot appears - the more innocent alien camps I annihilated. I didn't want to believe it at first, but  the hero will never make it home. I am destined to continuously erase the alien lifeforms from history - the hero is the bad guy!! :) great work, thanks for making this. Oh yeah! Great music too! A proper banger

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Stone Smasher Power
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RagingClueSubmitted25 days ago(+1)

I love the upgrades and the retro feel! It would be nice to be able to collect the upgrades from slightly further away (or while running by). It seemed like I had to stand right on top of them. The ship looks great. The power shots are fun. Nice work! 

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POWERCHORD
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DuckFaceSubmitted26 days ago(+1)

Solid entry, the game flow is flawless. Cool ideia for the P.O.W.E.R theme. Serious game here.

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Caesar: Thumbs of Fate
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Timtanium707Submitted27 days ago(+1)

I think I got just over 50,000 points but the results screen went away instantly. Super fun! I enjoyed getting more powerful, especially when I had a triple shot. That did some serious damage to those alien colonies. Great job!

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Climbin' Cliff
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GardeniaSubmitted27 days ago(+1)

I like how the weapon building system gives you different combinations to work with, which in turn changes your approach towards eliminating enemies. At first, I thought you needed to spell “POWER” instead of “POW” for the bullets, and I believe there’s a glitch in the GUI that lets the player do this, but it does break letter pickups. Other than that, this is a cool take on the twin-stick genre!

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Uranium Supreme
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akoreyuDeveloper27 days ago

Thanks for playing the game! You guessed correctly, the E and R were not supposed to be moved. We just didn't have enough time to test all the UI stuff, so that glitch completely went over our heads haha

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NPJarcadeSubmitted27 days ago(+1)

Such a unique idea and well executed.  Great use of the POWER theme here!  I also kept dragging E's from my health into my bullets thinking it was a risk/reward mechanic..!  Oops...  Loved the sprite-work and the music was great too.  I'm gonna come back to this one to try some new letter combinations!

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Thunder Punch
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akoreyuDeveloper27 days ago(+1)

I actually love the idea of dragging the Es to make more powerful bullets for a risk/reward mechanic! Would be interesting to explore the different ways the draggable letter combinations can be pushed to their limits with more development time

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mattgoodeSubmitted28 days ago(+1)

I now see the comment on the game page that says you're not supposed to be able to drag the E or Rs into your bullets, I was quite confused what they would do hahaha. Very neat idea, I really like that there are secret combos too.

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Mr. Spectacular's Outrageous Levitation Show
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