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Brackeys Game Jam 2025.1

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A jam submission

Bloody Mess with Broomstick BarryView game page

Battle through hordes of zombies with nothing but your trusty broomstick!
Submitted by Freddy Newton (@endlessloop___), Croacdile, Teddy, Sam Baird (@thesambaird_) — 5 seconds before the deadline
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How does the game fit the theme?
Because the apprentice is lost and we have to save him. We thought we could leave him alone without the apocalypse breaking out.

We also built in an interactive physics blood system that can also be cleaned with the broom. Depending on how dirty the level leaves you, the points you get at the end should change - but that's all future music.

And what could go wrong submitting 5 seconds before Deadline.

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
All self made. Except code for Transition

How many people worked on the game?
4

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aznosSubmitted2 days ago

This is a really unique idea and I like it, cutting it close with 5 seconds remaining

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First Time Cook
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slink7Submitted2 days ago

It felt satifying to clean the blood using the broom!

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Tech Movers
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Tintenseher (they/them)Submitted6 days ago

There's so much love and polish in this one! There's some good heft in the gameplay, a surprising amount of asset variety, and great details all around. It's criminally underrated at the moment — hope a lot more people see it!

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Escape! from Development Hell
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WofkeSubmitted7 days ago(+2)

Very nice and consistent art style. I really like the blood particles (and the fact you can clean them with your broom).

Camera movement was very jittery. This was a bit distracting to me. I also think the healthbar was not working. (well in a jam with the theme “nothing can go wrong” that is an acceptable bug :D)

Well done putting a game out in only one week.

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State of Order
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Freddy NewtonDeveloper7 days ago(+1)

Ohhh nice that you noticed it with the broom! Yes, the particles are all interactable and physics based. There should also be a points system depending on how clean the room is in the end :D

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Omar_gSubmitted8 days ago(+2)

Omg, the animations and the artstyle y so good, love the concept ^^

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Fastory
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Freddy NewtonDeveloper8 days ago

Thank you really much @Omar_g ! Yes, we actually wanted to make everything even more dynamic, especially the fighting - who knows, maybe we will expand the game further

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AlexSubmitted8 days ago (1 edit) (+2)

Wow game is so juicy, love it! Wish there was a web build just so more people try it! Really good job!

There seems to be a bug where if I press too quickly on the dialog it bring me back to the main menu?

Could be cool to have some broom upgrade (like steel broom) to hit zombies quicker/harder!

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North Pole Frenzy
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Freddy NewtonDeveloper8 days ago(+1)

Yes - I just fixed the bug 🐸 

For the WebGL build I'm still working on there were a few problems with cross-scene references and FMOD reference problems. As well as a few shader problems that break the game but you can fix all that! 

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AlexSubmitted7 days ago(+1)

Sounds good, I'll come back later in the jam to give the fully fixed version a try!!

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Freddy NewtonDeveloper6 days ago

Oh thanks that is very lovely to hear! 

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Freddy NewtonDeveloper8 days ago(+2)

We would have been very happy to refine the gameplay and make it a little more action-packed - but since we all know that due to the time limit, we wish you a lot of fun <3 

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Freddy NewtonDeveloper8 days ago(+1)

Sorry for the delay but now there is a working Windows build! Wish you froggy fun!🐸

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