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A jam submission

The DropView game page

Inspired from Minecraft Dropper Maps. This time with some PowerUps
Submitted by Mrityunjay7, LivCharlie, Chiggy — 26 minutes, 12 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#3483.2733.273
Game Design#5272.4552.455
Innovation#5362.2732.273
Fun#5912.1822.182
Overall#6162.1822.182
Graphics#7601.6821.682
Audio#7701.2271.227

Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
A dropper requires you to dive (in this case drop) deeper to reach the goal

Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
All of the code has been made from scratch
In case of models, the 3 models for the powerups have been taken from sketchfab

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Comments

Submitted

UGH The nostalgia! Great work on the game, only thing is I felt like the movement felt a little off, like for example when dropping down you move too fast that its very challenging to move in  a timely manner.

Submitted

the movement is a bit unprecise which makes the game a bit more annoying but overall you did a great job! :)

Developer

Thanks for the reply!
In what sense would you say that the movement was unprecise? Too much sensitivity or something else?

Submitted

It took me a while to understand since I've never played those particular type of minecraft maps (mainly vanilla minecraft). I kind of had to cheese it to get to the bottom by clinging to the walls or something since it was kind of hard to avoid all obstacles and get powerups. Overall, unique game though for a game jam.

Developer

No worries! It's valid if you can do it. I myself have used that specific tactic a few times. Thanks for playing!

Submitted

Cool concept, the first I've played of it's kind in this jam I think so that's nice:) As the other comments say, I was also a little confused as to how to best achieve the goal (which from my understanding is just reaching the bottom). I think for those who are not regular Minecrafters, a tutorial would've been especially helpful. However, this is a nice simple game made in a very short amount of time, with all the code made from scratch. So hats off and thanks for the change of pace too!!

Submitted

Would've loved some audio too, would've really tied the experience together :D 

Developer(+1)

Yeah audio just completely took a backseat throughout the development since neither me nor the other dev doing the programming had any experience with audio implementation. So we just did what we understood best.

As for a tutorial, in hindsight it does make sense to have one. I'll keep this in mind for any future jams. Thanks!

Submitted

The game could use some explanation, I had to come to the comments to learn that the green tiles are also meant to be bad and not the objective. Even after seeing that I couldn't figure out how to avoid the obstacles for more than a couple of seconds, so I might not have the reflexes this game requires.

Developer

Yeah, we planned to replace the obstacles with some other models, but that... didn't really go well mostly because of inexperience and so this is what happened

As for the difficulty, it's more about timing and positioning than reflexes. Reflexes would help, sure, but the timing, positioning and use of the powerups is more important

Hope you have a good time if you end up playing again!

Submitted

ack I don't know why it did that

Developer

Seems you really liked the game XD

Submitted

good

Submitted

good

Submitted

good

Submitted

I am understanding the gameplay but it's not working the way i am thinking?? like even after falling on green tiles the game restarts

Developer

well no the green tiles are also obstacles, just ones that can move. I should have thought of how that might confuse someone who may not have played or seen droppers before
Well in case you are interested in playing, the goal is to avoid even the green obstacles and reach the bottom floor
Hope you have fun!

Submitted

Simple game, good job)

Developer

Thanks

Submitted

I like the call-back to the classic Minecraft maps. Wish this game had more levels, but overall, nice idea.

Developer

Thanks

Submitted

Nice idea, and a good take on the theme. Was a bit hard to get the "depth" and orientation at points but good job!

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted

love the idea, I loved Minecraft dropper back when I played it a ton. Game desperately needs textured ground though, as it can be hard to see stuff also you need make everything further apart and give the player space but maybe make them fall faster.

Now that I've rated yours, could you rate my game please? https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-10/rate/2236541

Developer

Yeah the level design needs a lot of work. Thanks

Submitted

Interesting idea, it would be great to add new levels

Submitted

Simple game with a neat take on the theme. I'll say that the movement feels a bit off at times but all in all it's good.

Submitted

The idea of the game is original and easy to understand. Funny game!

Submitted

Easy to understand. Somehow managed to do it on my first try and then just never again haha

Developer

it happens XD

Submitted(+2)

gud game

Developer

Thanks

Submitted(+1)

There was no audio, but the game was fun and easy to understand. It fits the theme well. I liked it.

Developer

Thanks!