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A jam submission

The Unchained BearView game page

Submitted by Ruїna Games, Alexander_Baev, Dertiniod, maliwian, Darrisha — 11 minutes, 6 seconds before the deadline
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Game's Take on the Theme
The bear uses a unicycle to escape from the circus-prison. Additionally, thanks to being in the circus, he can spin the wheel of fortune for bonuses.

Did your team make the majority of the art and music during the jam?
100% of art made by us. Music was taken with free to use licenses.

If not, please link to any asset packs or resources used here.
All music and sound effects are royalty-free and sourced from https://pixabay.com and https://freesound.org

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Great animations and theme I felt like there could have been more spinning like maybe the bear attack could have spun as the animation. Game was a lot of fun I am glad I got to play it.

Submitted(+1)

I like the art, and the animation is pretty good too! The little bear's voice is so cute lol

Submitted(+1)

I love a lot the proposal nad style haha, like the bonuses and nice animations!!
Great game!

Submitted(+1)

There's a lot of game here!  I really love the animation and cutscene work.  Using the cutscenes as an in game tutorial is really nice.  I particularly like how impactful the hit effects are and the slowdown on death.

I think the game might be a little too hard for now, its tough to avoid attacks.  The player character might be a tad too slow, but that's all stuff that can get ironed out through more playtesting.  I also couldn't figure out how to use the boxing gloves and shirt I got from the wheel, they didn't show up in my inventory.

Great job!

Submitted(+2)

Great visuals! The gameplay is also nice - props for even including a little bit of story and cutscenes - the only thing I kinda have an issue with is the slowness of it  - the bear moves fast, but does not really feel like that, and the attacks  not always connect because of this. Other than this, nice work!

Submitted(+2)

This game's art is stunning! Such a beautiful and fun game, it deserves to be higher in the ranking! GG 🖤🌻

Submitted(+2)

What a beautiful and fun game,  the animations are very clean, I died by a spartan kick on the first boss and the bear fell on the ground so dramatic 10/10 very nice game 

Submitted(+2)

very clean fluid animations and art. like it.

Submitted(+2)

Great aesthetic. It's the first game I've seen in the jam with this animation style, and it looks quite polished. The bear movement feels really good. My only issue is the same as others have mentioned, the combat is a bit tricky, and sometimes it feels like you have to guess when the boss is going to strike. It definitely needs some fine-tuning, but I honestly think it's a very well-made and original game.

Submitted(+2)

The art is very goodm the bear is great and whole style is very nice. It also good to see the circus theme as it a nice diffenece to other games in the jam. Found the combat bit hard, there not much signs when boss going attack and can get hit very fast, think with bit of balancing the game would be quite good. Nice game overall

Submitted(+2)

I like the movement of the bear, its so well made, also the art style really matches the circus ambient, I have seen similar in these posters about circus. I would advice that the bear auto rotates when changes sides, i mean like in 1vs1 fighter games because else it feels harder to hit in the right direction, but i really like the game, well done! I rat egraphics and fun at top, but all is cool, also if yu have some time, please rate my game too, thanks!!

Submitted(+2)

love the style. fun idea for a game!

Submitted(+2)

very cool game with a storyline. The art is great too!

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

Visuals are good

Developer

⚠️ Disclaimer ⚠️

The current build contains a balance bug that has already been fixed (literally 10 mins after submissions were closed). However, the updated version will only be available after the game jam ends due to the Jam's policy. 

Thank you for your patience and understanding! 💛

Submitted(+1)

Loved the visual style of this one!, the shading on the 2D art was great! Also loved the dead animation of the bear, the animations were really good! Congrats! :D

Submitted(+1)

Art is incredible and the way the sprites are animated with joints is super cool! I did find my attacks a bit limited. I do like how you show very clearly the hitboxes of the attacks as they hit but in an artistic way

Developer

Thanks so much! Really glad you liked the art and animations!

Submitted(+3)

I really enjoyed the puppet animation style and the oom-pah of the background track. Your key art thumbnail is a masterpiece

When I spun the wheel for an item, I don't believe I received anything to inventory. The jumping timing/trajectory felt off to me. I would often try to make a horizontal jump and end up strictly vertical instead.

Developer(+1)

Thank you for playing and for your kind words about the animation and music — we're really glad you enjoyed them!

The wheel spin grants temporary buffs for the current round rather than permanent inventory items. To obtain items for your inventory, you'll need to collect enough tickets to purchase them in the circus shop.

We appreciate your feedback on the jumping mechanics! While we focused on fixing bugs during development, refining the movement system is something we're considering for future updates.

Submitted(+2)

the art style is fantastic. the narrative and the sound effects are amusing, i like it

Developer

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for your kind words!