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A jam submission

Brain busting boxersView game page

Submitted by Lazer_Carrot — 24 days, 13 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
CONTROLS#1183.2633.263
FUN#1283.3683.368
BOSS DESIGN#3492.6322.632
Overall#3882.6402.640
SOUNDS / MUSIC#4452.4212.421
ART / VISUALS#5462.3682.368
USE OF THEME#6581.7891.789

Ranked from 19 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Game's Take on the Theme
The game is about getting punched in the face and your head spinning.

Did your team make the majority of the art and music during the jam?
yes

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

I really enjoyed playing this game! Despite there only being 3 attack types, each boss manages to feel a bit unique as some bosses might take longer to do a specific attack or a certain move exposes the boss for a critical hit (as indicated by the !?). It's nice to be able to tell when the boss is about to attack through the exclamation icon (the !). These factors made fighting the bosses fun and challenging while not being unfair. A good example is the final boss, where sometimes the boss will do a double attack, other times it will do a long wait before an attack. Because of the icons, with enough practice, I was able to beat the final boss.

The controls are very simple, consisting of only 4 buttons, which makes it very easy to grasp how to play the game. Either WASD or the arrow keys can be used, which is very nice as it provides more options. The sound effects that are present help to give the attacks and dodges more weight, however I wish there was more sound effects as well as music to make the game even more immersive and epic. The visuals are nicely drawn and clearly communicate what actions the player should take, but the sprites look fuzzy for some reason. Also RIP theme.

Overall, this is a solid game!

Developer

Thanks for such a detailed review! If I ever expand upon this game, this will come in handy!

Submitted(+1)

Really fun concept! I got to punch a crab guy so I'm happy now :) I also got brain damaged D:

(PS: If you're willing to I'd love it if you could rate and give me some feedback on my game! This is my first jam and I'd love to see where I can improve for the future!)

Submitted(+1)

It's fun to lay into your opponent after dodging their last strike. Feels good! When they are immune to damage, some visual indicators would be a nice addition.  Your art is also super fun and charming. Nice work!

Submitted (1 edit)

Really funny take on the punch out scheme, so well made, I like the handdrawn graphics, they are crazy and cool, also the mechanics are fine and fitting, I really like how you made this. I rate graphics and fun on top but all is fine, also, if you have some time, please rate my game too, thanks!!!


PS I forgot to say that I notice the brains block the help information, so you have to show them under so that we see the help better, just that, thanks!!

Developer

Thank you so much! The position of the brain is actually dependent on your screen's resolution, and it was too late by the time I noticed :(

Submitted

Very fun game! This game has so much charisma! 🖤🌻

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

That was fun. Nice concept. I just don't understand why they are immune most of the time. It is like we have to wait for their attack to damage them.

Developer

Thank you! The bosses being immune is something I took from the game PunchOut! The amount of wait time there is mostly from bad code though.

Submitted

This is a pretty fun idea! There was a weird bug initially where I would do no damage, but it seemed to sort itself out. It would be cool if tutorial could be skipped past first run.

Developer(+1)

Thanks, the game's a bit buggy from all the spaghetti code I wrote.

Submitted

I like the uniqueness of the bosses, I just wish I didn't have to play through the tutorial each time I play the game. Also would've been nice if there was background music, but sfxs are pretty good overall!

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted

Punchout! It has some surprisingly nice feedback.

Submitted(+1)

Great game!

My favorite so far because it was pretty fun and interesting to play.

From the minuses I would like to emphasize that the other aspects of the game from gameplay on the level below that affects, but even so it is a good job!

Developer(+1)

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

Very simple and compelling loop. I would like to see the art sharpened up a bit and the sound feels exceptionally satisfying. I'd also like to have seen some faster combos that I couldn't immediately counter and break. Feels like a really solid foundation that I'm hyped to see developed on more!

Developer

Thanks! I was hoping the level of difficulty was at a good point, and I'm glad to hear it was fun!

Submitted(+1)

I think this game has a lot of potential. When beating the first boss for me it kept looping back to that boss. Maybe a clear progression from one boss to the other would be nice. Generally though the 'punch-out' like mechanics are really tight, it's genuinely satifying to land a punch and to dodge. It just needs a load added to it in terms of user experience, but the basis is really worth working on. Good job!

Developer

Thanks so much for the positive feedback! The bosses looping is a bug I really wanted to fix, I'm sorry you had to experience that one.

It's fun

Developer

thanks