Haha nice entry and nice interpretation of the loop concept. I also like how the controls are really simple but so complex combined with the mechanic. Nicely done!
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Rob the Snake's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #35 | 4.040 | 4.040 |
| Overall | #48 | 3.820 | 3.820 |
| Music | #68 | 3.560 | 3.560 |
| Art | #73 | 3.820 | 3.820 |
| Originality | #81 | 3.800 | 3.800 |
| Gameplay | #87 | 3.380 | 3.380 |
| Black and White | #159 | 4.320 | 4.320 |
Ranked from 50 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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This game was so hard for me, but super rewarding too. Making a game that's hard but makes you wanna keep playing can't be easy, so way to strike a great balance. An interesting take on a classic and the art and music are cool too (love that effect when you catch your tail).
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EMIMLIVE: Chroma Quest (DEMO)You managed to make a fun challenging game using only one button for the controls. Great job!
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Wordy LoopsFun game! Love the gameplay loop (No pun intended).
Main criticism is you can get stuck bashing your head into a wall and die. It would be nice to have an indicator to say which way the snake is going to turn (Maybe a tongue curving in the direction?)
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The CircusNice take on the snake game. One thing I love is how it feels like its being played in the BIOS when fullscreened (not saying the art is horrible, just that it fits for a classic) Also the music + effects when you're near your tail are incredibly tempting, makes it so much harder somehow. Other than that theme is well executed
Beat level 1 btw B)
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Candy please !!good game, but I feel it was a bit difficult to understand, but other than that I loved the art, music, and the unique gameplay
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Escape the DarknessGreat game! It was hard at first, but once I properly learned the controls and dedicated some time to master them, it was even harder. However, despite its difficulty, I still wanted to play more. Great submission for the game jam! 10/10
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Loop TowersSome similar stuff as people mentioned below in regards to both controls and flashing tail indicators, and I really think a simple way to help would just be to have an open tutorial zone where ya can't really die, and you can just learn control feel. Cause once I got a feel for it, I dug it, but it did take me maybe five deaths before I considered myself capable of surviving a bit. Really love the art, and am excited to see what else you do in the future!
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Dr. Pig's Daily ConstitutionalsAn interesting take on the classic game of Snake. In practice, I wasn't a huge fan of the one-button control scheme, however I do appreciate how it creates the feeling of slithering back and forth which is pretty fitting for a snake.
As for the objective, I found it a bit unclear as to when I would be able to try and eat my tail. There were pretty obvious visual and audio cues for when it would happen, but I often found the game would sort of flicker in and out of this state which made me unsure of if there was a time window or if it was based on how much food I had eaten recently.
Visually speaking, the game looks pretty nice. The visual effects for when you catch your tail were really, really cool!
Well done overall!
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Plug Away!Thanks a lot for the comments. I agree the one button control has its downsides but I stuck with it for a few reasons including the slithering motion (glad you noticed it!). There's definitely room for improvement.
You have a good point about the state flickering back and forth. The way the mechanic works under the hood is by checking whether the snake is crossing four lines, north, south, east, and west, branching out from the center. If 3 out of 4 of the lines are crossed then the game tells you to catch your tail. The idea was to force the player to get long enough and then 'loop' around the entire level. I appreciate the feedback about the flickering though and have some ideas on how to improve it.
Also really glad you liked the tail catching visuals :) I actually repurposed the same particle effect that I used for the pickups, just tweaked some of the parameters and spawned the particle effect over the entire snake.
This was a really inventive take on the theme. Once you get the hang of the controls it feels really intuitive. Great game!
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RoboLoop_v0Once you get a hang of the controls, it was hard to put to down! I think adding some type of health bar or some other type of indicator on how many times you can hit the wall would be helpful, since I didn't know what the metric was for the player's HP (I think it's based off the tail length, but it doesn't seem to be 1-1 with the food pickups, which is a little confusing). I never managed to make ti past the first level, but I really enjoyed what I played! The color scheme is great too :)
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BeatBoxYou're right, the health is just the tail length. Each time you hit the wall a certain amount of points are removed from the front of the snake. If the snake is shorter than that number of points then it's game over. You are right the number of points that get removed isn't the same as the number that get added with pickups, so it's not 1-1. I might experiment with making them the same, that's a good idea. Thank you!
This game is great but a bit too difficult for me. I think the main problem is that the acceleration is not weighted equally in both directions. I think I had to hold down the button for a while to try to get it to wiggle in a straight line, but as soon as I let go it immediately started rotating right again. I guess I was expecting that it would accelerate toward the loop gradually rather than just going there right away.
But that being said this is one of those games that makes me want to come back and practice!
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TubeWorldReally nice style and difficult! maybe a bit too much so, found it hard to control and get the hang of initially, and even still after that every now and again. The use of the theme was super cool and creative, and the visuals are really nice. Music is super neat too. Really liked it.
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SUPER/LOOPER (B&W Game Jam)
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