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A jam submission

Average Day in AustraliaView game page

Survive one day in Australia with just a boomerang!
Submitted by minhanchia โ€” 4 hours, 52 minutes before the deadline
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Game's Take on the Theme
Using a boomerang that spins around the player as a weapon

Did your team make the majority of the art and music during the jam?
I single-handedly made every sprite in the game, there is no team. I made one track for the game, and the other one was royalty free music, ("Bossa Antiguo" - Aaron Paul Low)

If not, please link to any asset packs or resources used here.
https://uppbeat.io/browse/search?query=bossa%20nova&type=music

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

I loved the visuals and the controls, the game works very well but I don't, I lost to all bosses, the only boss I almost killed was ouroboros, nice work 

Submitted(+1)

A ridiculously fun game! The visuals are great, especially the boss designs, they had me laughing, each one gave me a tough time))) Great job!

Submitted(+1)

Visuals and effects are nice. Love the theme going on around Australia and everything! (Very accurate to Australia (although I've never been so uuh... yea (cool ๐Ÿ‘))) Really great game you have here in general and really fun!

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

Submitted(+1)

Haha tittle is funny, the visuals are cool, very cartoonish, I like the mechanics, all is fine in the game, the attack is nicely done with the theme spin. I rate graphics, controls, fun and music on top but all is great really, also, if you have some time, please, rate my game too, thanks!!!

Submitted(+1)

The flavor is super funny - I especially liked the deadly laser sun. I also appreciate the boss select, it allowed me to check out all the ways my ass could be beat without having to do start over from the beginning. Thanks for delivering an authentic Australian lifestyle experience!

Submitted(+1)

Perfect depiction of the legendary land that is Australia, it is lore accurate too.

Submitted(+1)

BEST AUSTRALIAN SIMULATOR EVAAAAA!!!!
all the memes where great, had a good laugh
but jump controls felt unresponsive, couldnt jump twice many times
the artstyle is great! nice work!

Developer

hmm im surprised out of all things, unresponsive controls was a problem. I'll try work on that in my next project, whenever that comes

Submitted(+1)

Heyy Ouroboros, fancy seeing you here :D This was a fun one! Bosses were quite difficult haha, but I guess I am just not ready to live in Australia :O The boomerang mechanic is cool and fits the theme. Quite hard to actually aim at the boss to hit it consistently but was fun to use either way.

Submitted(+1)

Very fun game. Rather difficult, but I suppose that's just canonical, lol. The boomerang felt a bit inconsistent, though: sometimes going far, sometimes not, often times I had to go get it out of the air while it sat there. The hit FX were quite nice, and sold the impact.

Cool game.

Developer(+1)

I should mention the distance the boomerang travels depends on how long you hold it for, I tried adding a charge meter but it didnt work like i wanted it to and i ran out of time :p

Submitted

Ah, that makes sense. I suppose I didn't notice.

Developer(+1)

i dont blame you, also when it sticks to the air its a bug ๐Ÿ˜…

Submitted(+1)

The whole idea is pretty funny, and I like it that you have to move around so you can damage bosses more, but I don't really like how hard they are. Haven't passed further than tutorial. Also what's killing it for me is the lack of music. But the arts are pretty cool! Good job!

Developer

I guess if you play the same bosses everyday tweaking them you don't realise how hard things actually are hahaha.

I know its so awkwardly silent but I worked on this project alone and had no clue how to compose a song despite being a drummer myself.

Developer

there is an infinite hp and infinite time mode i added to alleviate the difficult, so you can see all the content, but i think its like a safety net solution to the actual problem

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

The arts were very cool, as was the boss fight. I hope that if one day I go to Australia, I won't encounter animals armed with rifles.

Submitted(+1)

this was truly an average day in australia

Submitted(+1)

The idea is very fun and cute. I feel the bosses could use some more tells. Loads of moves comes out too fast for you to be able to react. I also think the kangaroo could have been placed later down the ranks with how difficult he is. I think you should still work on it cause I really do love the idea of this. And throwing the boomerang is very fun. 

Developer

I'm surprised people are finding the kangaroo to be harder than the others, it was the first one I made hahaha. thank you for your feedback!

Submitted(+1)

Love that the Kangaroo is a boxer. Game is super hard though, not a big window to dodge the kangaroo attack. Theme is fun though

Developer

Yea these are my first attempt on making a boss fight ever, so they can use some work. I'll work on improving for future projects

Submitted

I've learned from this Jam that its very hard to judge the difficulty curve for your own game haha so no worries at all :P The  concept of dodging the boomerang is a really cool idea , but I just felt like I couldn't figure out that and not get murked by the boss haha

Submitted(+1)

I love the art style but impossible for me to beat one boss, this is very hard. for me ^^

Do you have any tips for me?

Developer(+1)

Generally, avoid making sudden movements and staying near the bosses helps a lot especially with the kangaroo and snake. You don't have to throw your boomerang at max speed, since it will return to you at that speed too. You want it at around the same speed as the boss is moving so you hit it multiple times as its coming back.

all my friends irl also said this game was pretty hard, but once you get the feel of it I think you will find it quite fun.

good luck!

Submitted(+1)

I loved the art style and all of the effects. They look really good and the time you spent working on the art really shows. Good job. The overall concept is great too. This is a really good game. 

Submitted(+1)

Love the art, love the concept, hope you get a win with this.