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A jam submission

Science Was A Mistake (Brackeys Game Jam 2025.1)View game page

Should cat girls be harvesting genetically modified grenade trees, or was science a mistake?
Submitted by Gongylus — 33 minutes, 56 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Innovation#1083.8463.846
Theme#2433.6413.641
Audio#3353.4363.436
Overall#3463.4743.474
Enjoyment#5393.3853.385
Gameplay#5883.1543.154
Visuals#6683.3853.385

Ranked from 39 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does the game fit the theme?
Trees have been genetically modified to grow grenades, and cat girls are being cloned to harvest them. Nothing can go wrong. What could go wrong?

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
I didn't write the code used for the pointer ui showing where the grenades are, the code for deforming the terrain, and the character controller. (I did modify these to my needs though.) The rest of the code is my own.

The tree is the only 3D model not made from scratch.

The sound effects and music are from assets, except the voice acting which was me.

How many people worked on the game?
1

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Submitted

Science was indeed a mistake, catching the grenades was a bit unclear, my paws would litteraly push them out, but the concept and theme for the game is something I really love. The voice acting was also quite nice

Submitted

The grenade catching mechanic is a bit unintuitive, but overall it's a fun game!

Submitted

I love how much story background there was to give context to your character. I found the actual catch mechanic difficult to calibrate. It was hard to tell where the grenade needed to be within the paws. Maybe there needs to be a visual cue? 
Nice work!

Submitted

Love the concept of this game. It's really funny trying to catch the grenades with your cat paws. I love the visuals and overall vibe of the game. Great work I had fun playgin!

Submitted

Really nice idea! Well executed! Games run well! Good job on this one :) ! I love the slow down mechanic after shooting a grenade

Submitted

I was blown away with the chaos and when I saw the gun in the screenshots! 

But jokes aside, it's a quite fun and chaotic game, especially when the apples start to fall and you frantically try to catch the apples in slowmo. The voice acting is pretty nice as well. fun game overall!

Submitted

Quite an interesting idea. I wish I could catch a single grenade. The one that I finally managed to grasp just went between my crossed paws, straight into the ground. But it was super fun nevertheless.

Developer

Oh no. Sorry to hear that. Not sure how it happened. You caught it between your paws like in the video? 

Submitted

Damn I love the story setup and the voice acting (Made me laugh). Also really cool effect when a grenade is falling and you're trying to catch it slow-motion with the music. Good job :)

Submitted

I'm cackling, this was hilarious. Absolutely 10/10 from start to finish. Hilarious premise, and hilarious execution. The slow-mo time is genuinely super impressive, I can't imagine that was easy to implement! Also fantastic job voice acting, I think it's absolutely awesome that you included that. 

Submitted(+1)

I have become part of the tree... Now i understand how it feels

Developer(+1)

Hahaha physics was a mistake! Thanks for playing! 

Submitted

Kitty game! Cute one. It was hard to catch and I liked that challenge. Very well made mechanics for such a short period of time. One tip would be maybe to decrease the slow motion for a bit. Other than that, great game. 

Submitted

I loved this! My catgirl reflexes did not stop me from panic flailing when the rocks started flying everywhere but I still had a lot of fun. There were so many great stylistic touches in here, too: the apple grenades, the skeleton at the start, the distressed meowing when I missed and the little purr when I (finally) caught one. This was a great entry, well done!

Submitted(+1)

Omg, what a dangerous job

Developer

At least it's a short job haha

Submitted(+1)

This was PEAK.

With an entry so wacky you just don't wonder what it's going to be like and just play it. The art of sniping apple grenades and then using your cat girl reflexes to masterfully catch them as mechanics aren't something I thought were needed. But here we are and they were needed and honestly a ton of fun.

Audio was also great and the visuals fit right in!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing! ^_^ Glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted(+1)

A really well made game for a game jam, interesting plot and good game play mechanic. It's kinda hard but still fun at the same time. The voice acting is top notch, game me portal vibes. An excellent game! Keep up the good work.

Developer(+1)

Thank you for playing and reviewing!

Submitted(+2)

I was a great cat I let everything explode

Developer(+1)

You were formidable! Thanks for playing on stream!

Submitted(+2)

More difficult than it looks, but once you get accustomed to the controls, it's fruit catching time :) The story is hilarious, too!

Developer

Thanks for playing! Let me know if there's an update to your game, or if I am just a dumdum!

Submitted(+1)

Genetically modified catgirls sounds interesting story wise for sure.

Developer

Everyone loves catgirls!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Cool and unique idea! Loved that the ground was deformed by the grenades.

Catching the grenades was a bit too difficult for my liking, but that could be on purpose.

Developer

Thanks for playing and reviewing! I do wonder if I made the difficulty a bit too high, but that's part of the fun of course haha

Submitted(+2)

Good fun, really enjoyed the slow mo catching and the music choice feels perfect.  The paws are also pretty adorable.

Developer

Thank you! I was really happy with the paws. Wish I had more time so I could animate them!

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