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A jam submission

A Boat's JourneyView game page

Through stormy seas, a boat must reach land safely.
Submitted by Jon Bednez (@jonbednez) — 17 hours, 7 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#2403.5583.558
Audio#2543.3653.365
Graphics#2703.6923.692
Overall#3593.2793.279
Fun#4273.1733.173
Game Design#4493.1733.173
Innovation#6712.7122.712

Ranked from 52 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?
Your a boat on a peaceful / calm journey, only to find you must pass through a storm and find safety.

Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
I wrote all the code. The assets are from the Unity3D Asset Store. (Music, Sound and 3D Models)

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Submitted

Hee-ho. Cute game. Nice experience, thank you

Developer

Thanks for playing. 

Submitted

Your game is great! It is super well polished and the graphics look really good.

Developer

Thanks for playing! Glad you enjoyed the game. 

Submitted

Enjoyable, definitely could use some clarity and maybe a bigger view? But the core concept works 

Developer

Thanks for the feedback. I could pull the camera view back a bit? 

Submitted(+1)

That would already help I feel like yes!

Submitted

Felt like the foreground bushes were obstructing my view. It would be better if the entire scene was shifted up to compensate. Nice submission!

Developer

Good catch. I will definitely move up the camera view a bit. Thanks for playing. 

Submitted

Nice arcade-style game. Visuals are nice and I like how everything intensifies the closer you get to your destination.

Developer

Thanks.

Submitted

The graphics and audio are quite good. Enjoy the smooth motion of boat as well. Just a visual feedback of boat getting lost would have helped.

Developer

Thanks for the feedback. Like when the boat goes behind an object? If I update this after the game jam, I was thinking of using an x-ray shader or boat silhouette?

Submitted

Would prefer to have that in this case too. Although primarily, I meant the feedback regarding losing the game. It mentions boat getting lost, which I couldn’t find intuitively.

Btw, can you rate mine as well.

Developer

Ah got it. Yep, I'll check your game out as well. 

Submitted

Would suggest the game not being a sidescroller, because it is very hard to see what comes next and react on time when it goes fast. Besides that I quite enjoyed it!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing and feedback. I could try where the camera is behind the player instead? 

Submitted(+1)

Yeah, that's what I toughs would be best.

Submitted

These types of games really deserve to be exactly matching the theme, really nice and calming game.

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted

Really nice graphics and UI. My suggestion would to make the movement a bit more floaty because it felt really snappy for being on a boat, but otherwise the game was very enjoyable. Nice job!

Developer

Thanks for the feedback.

Submitted

Really nice graphics and UI. My suggestion would to make the movement a bit more floaty because it felt really snappy for being on a boat, but otherwise the game was very enjoyable. Nice job!

Developer

Thanks for playing!

Submitted

Good Graphics, Good Ui The fact u coded it in 7 days is pretty cool, loved the gameplay

Developer(+1)

Glad you enjoyed playing the game. This game jam was a lot of fun. Looks like we both had boat games. :)

Submitted

the game was fun i liked that in first its easier and with time it gets harder and a storm is being added. and nice tutorial in the most of the game here there wasnt a tutorial. and nice movmenet and obstecals and the fuel is a nice feature.

Developer (1 edit)

Thanks for playing! 

Submitted

Overall a solid game :)

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted

nice! really liked the graphics, the music and how the weather changed the further you went on. good job!

Developer

Thanks for the feedback.

Submitted

That's cool to play! I could definitely see myself playing this on mobile while on the train. However, I struggled at first because I was using WASD, and the tutorial didn’t recognize it as completed. I didn’t think to use the arrow keys.

Developer

Thanks! Ah good catch. Looks like I got to fix that bug. 

Submitted

That's pretty nice and polished!  Great Job!

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted

Congrats on your submission!
I really like the transition between the calm water and the storm. The wave picking up, the rain, the ambiance., it all goes together really nicely well done!
The only feedback I would give is maybe the camera angle or the height of the obstacles, sometimes you can't really see where to go so you need to guess. It could be interesting to have some sort of visuals to display the correct corridors. 

Good job!

Developer

Thanks for the feedback! That's a great idea. Like a preview of what is coming? Or maybe an additional indicator up at the top? 

Submitted(+1)

Possibly, I had the idea of something like guitar hero where you see the upcoming obstacles, but then you wouldn't check the game at all and you would be focused on that UI instead. What could be done would be to have 5 corridors with a slight overlay on the ones available. It entirely depends on what your ideas are ;)

Submitted

It has moments when it becomes difficult, like an arcade game. Nice!

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted

Cool game, movement was fluid (no pun intended). It would be cool if there was some way to speed up to avoid big obstacles

Developer

Thanks for the input! Yea, that's a great idea. If I expand on this game, I will definitely include some sort of power up or accelerator for the boat's speed. Like upgrades or something?

Submitted

Really liked the game, it gets a bit difficult but it's very solid! 

Developer

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed playing the game. 

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