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A jam submission

Bargvest-BossRushModeView game page

boss rush mode of Bargvest game for bossrushjam 2025
Submitted by RmlinAction (@RMLinAction) β€” 7 days, 2 hours before the deadline
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Game's Take on the Theme
In the game I inserted as many elements as possible that had the mechanics of the jam's theme: SPIN. for example: oscillating or rotating platforms, rotating boss shots or rotating shields, character rotating weapons or rotating animations, in short I tried to make things rotate as much as possible.

Did your team make the majority of the art and music during the jam?
No. almost all the graphic assets used were set up by me over time for a game I'm building (which is called Bargvest). -the menu assets were taken from a free resource on itch.io (https://twitter.com/ElvGames) -the OST comes from free music chiptunes available on YouTube -the SFX were produced by me and my friend Pietro specifically for this jam (except 8 basic sfx) -The Kelpish boss was designed specifically for this jam -bonus weapons were designed specifically for this jam -the level design was all designed during the jam -ALL mechanics of ALL bosses were designed and created exclusively during this jam, re-adapting the graphic assets. link to free resources will be inserts in Credits Page of game

If not, please link to any asset packs or resources used here.
link to resources in credits page of the game

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Super cool game!  I think this game captures the Castlevania style very well.  The jump feels a little heavy but I'm not sure if that's intentional.  I also lost a run because my game got stuck in a black screen after dying.  Only the UI was showing and I could still enter the menu, but I couldn't see any of the game screen.  My character was still moving and attacking as I can hear the dagger bounce off the walls.  So maybe the black screen transition just wasn't able to disappear?

Other than that bug, I had a lot of fun!

Developer(+1)

thanks 4 playing and for the bug report! Never ear this suck of bug. You could tell me the room or boss where u are? Or if u using a desktop or gxgames version? With gamepad or keyboard? And if text "yu're dead" was showed or not or before or after this phase? Thank to u

Submitted

I was playing on the desktop version with a keyboard.  The "Yu're dead" text was shown after I died and it was on the second boss.  When I had the bug, I saw in the menu that I still had the double jump upgrade.  Hopefully this helps!

Developer

ok yu're fall into the pit or died with a blow of tables or monster? thanks for your help. if a want to do a complete platform starting from this jam, this bug reports will be usefull!!

Submitted

Oh right!  I died because I fell into the pit when the platform was tilted.

Developer(+1)

ok perfect. now i go in bug fixing. thanks!!

Submitted(+1)

Good luck! :>

Developer(+1)

ok I solved the bug. It's an absurd thing related to the screenshake. now it's solved but if with this version that I can't update until the end of the jam it happens again just wait about 10 minutes and it'll be back on its own ahhahahaha
Submitted(+1)

Niiice!  Good stuff!

Submitted(+1)

This is a really good game, great job. I am not exactly good at games so I struggled in the game a lot but I still had fun. 


Good luck for the gamejam!

Developer

first boss it is really hard eoth only daggers, thank u for playing, hope u come here another day and try to fight them all!! Good luck with jam!

Submitted(+1)

Liked the art and the style of the game! Kinda reminds me of Castlevania with how you designed it to look. Had a blast playing this game as well!

(P.S. If you're willing to I'd love it if you played and gave some feedback to my game! It's my first ever game jam and I'd love to see where I can improve!)

Submitted(+1)

Really cool art and oldschool style! I really wanted to beat the first boss but never could, either his move is too slow or the jump not high enough, or i lack in gaming skills haha.. But I really liked it! Congrats on submission!

Developer(+1)

thnks to your comment. First boss only with daggwr is the more difficult boss. Sorry for this. But exist a way to beat it in 2 minutes and a bit of luck. I hope u could play again after end of the jam. I'm in order to create a real platform game starting from this game

Submitted(+1)

I liked the art style and music of your game!! I'm a big fan of Castlevania so it was a insta gold star on my book!
the controls feel a bit off, it took me a while to get used to but the gameplay was fun!
Nice work!!

Developer

thankd for your comment. U've used a kayboard or a gamepad? Sorry but i never use mouse or wasd to play, so i m sure that my keyboard settings are unusual for the rest of the world. I apologize. In the next version i will set different buttons

Submitted(+1)

The game inherited the best elements of Castlevania!)) It was really well done, I’d even say insanely good!! Amazing work!

Developer(+1)

stay tuned for next upgrades!!!

Submitted(+1)

Thor made it into Castlevania, lol. I liked the artstyle and bosses design, but gameplay has some flaws, like there is no tutorial, controls are not convenient. Game has potential, but it needs some polishing.

Developer

ahahah thanks!! exists a little tutorial by pressing backspace or select. but yeah, when jam finished i will return to this game and perhaps i will create a platform game with this atmosphere. thanks 4 your comment

Submitted(+1)

This game has some real Classicvania vibes, right down to the difficulty! I loved everything from the graphics to the sounds and music. I’m definitely coming back to this one after the jam period to try and get further.

Developer

thanks to U, Ruin!! i love Castelvania saga, the entire game is a tribute to it. There are 9 levels and 8th bosses (9th boss i couldn't enter for time loss) and variuous weapons and spells and skills. See u later!

I was thinking of making a real game out of it in the near futureI was thinking of making a real game out of it in the near future
Developer (1 edit)

to play in browser 

https://gx.games/games/ev1nfb/bargvestbossrush/

Submitted(+1)

Hey There! :)

Great Game! Good old NES memories! Deserves way more ratings! Rated! ;)

Thank you if you visit and rate mine as well! 

 All the best!

Developer

Yes NES castlevania saga is the bigger reference for this!!

Submitted(+1)

Hard game I don't know what was more difficult to me, equip the dagger or kill the boss hahahaa, nice work man !

Developer

i apologize, don't realize equip system was so buggy. But what yu've found of difficult in equipping dagger?

Submitted(+1)

Its really cool style of retro game, I like it a lot, its hard but a challenge is needed as well, I rate graphics over the rest but all is cool really, also please, if you can, rate my game too, thanks!!

Submitted

The visuals are super cohesive and nice, way to hard for me but I havent played any of the old style games like this. I did somehow manage to bug it where the movement and z hint image was stuck above my head for my whole playthrough but I think it’s cus I was spamming stuff in the menu trying to equip the dagger so my fault

Developer

acc i apologize for this. Yes the game is a retro pixel in a style from 1986

the tutorial of the movement and z keys can be deactivated with the backspace key or select from the gamepad. It's strange that it turns on by itself
Submitted

Pretty cool. Dig the sounds and the visuals especially. The controls felt a little unresponsive sometimes. Not sure why

Developer

controls in gamepad or keyboard? u've played the browser or the desktop version?thanks for your feedback

Submitted

I played the desktop version using an Xbox controller

Submitted(+1)

Wow, it's really cool and challenging, I liked the castlevania style and the boss designs are awesome too! I think the boss are very tough, maybe it will be better if player can choose to re-fight the boss instantly after defeated. Keep up the great work!

Developer(+1)

Yword, thanks! i know first boss is more difficult, for me too. but because of the low healt and the dagger weapon of player. and player have no skills. with a bit of luck it is possible to clear it in 00:01:28. . watch this if u like to see more about game 

Yeah, castlevania saga is 1 of my biggest inspi games!!!
Submitted(+1)

I r rally like your game but it's too difficult for me πŸ™ƒ

Developer(+1)

try watching this. 

First boss in beginning state (3 hearts and dagger and no spells or skills) is perhaps more dangerous of all bbosses.but with upgrade it is really simple and fast
Submitted(+1)

this is a hard game :)

Developer(+1)
I died 10 times before I figured out how to beat the first boss hahahahaha
Submitted

I didn't even defeat him.


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Developer(+1)

vers 1.0.0.5 released -multilanguage supports now english, italiano, espanol and portuguese