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Brackeys Game Jam 2020.1

Hosted by Yilian, AquaXV, Duxez, CodeMyst, hucota7, TheDutchMagikarp, Brackeys · #BrackeysGameJam
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A jam submission

Desert DigView game page

A puzzle game about digging
Submitted by Ari Maddison — 7 hours, 49 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Game Design#164.0744.074
Theme#264.0374.037
Fun#503.8153.815
Innovation#833.5193.519
Overall#1033.4883.488
Graphics#1173.7043.704
Audio#5221.7781.778

Ranked from 27 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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ApplePieDevSubmitted4 years ago

Simple but fun, the mechanic is pretty great and the style is great. Great job :D

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EvoleoSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Nice! Cool puzzle, one of the games I fully completed.

2 things about graphics:

1) Text is kind of hard to read sometimes, due to its pixelization

2) When you start a level, it's hard to spot the hero, he doesn't stand out from bg

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Blackhole gun
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Ari MaddisonDeveloper4 years ago

Thanks for the feedback. I've rated yours!

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JoravaSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Well done for a first game jam! The puzzle design is actually good, the answer was never the most intuitive one, but finding the correct solution wasn't that difficult either.

Graphics could use a bit more work:

The flag and the player character don't stand out from the background. Using more contrasting colors would probably help.

The enemies stand out better from the backgrounds, but look too similar to each other. It'd be better to make them distinct from one another. Color would probably help there, too. In particular, the rotating enemies could look different from each other so you don't have to wonder which direction each one turns to.

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Offbeat Dimensions
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Ari MaddisonDeveloper4 years ago(+1)

Thank you so much for the detailed feedback :)

Visual clarity is something that has been mentioned a lot when people are critiquing my game and I completely agree. I was trying to mostly stick to the same four colours because I think it looks nice, but you're right that it's hard to balance that with readability. Maybe since enemies are red, and buttons are blue, I could have used more different colours to highlight the player and flag?

I also agree that it's hard to tell the enemies apart. I really struggled to work out what the enemies should even be, so I picked boring shadowy things, but given more time I would have been more creative, which would have also made them more visually distinct from one another.

I would also have liked to use vision cones to more clearly indicate where enemies are facing now, and where they will face next.

Your game is so creative! You presented the mechanic of managing two things at once in a very interesting way. The two screens reminded me of the Nintendo DS. The graphics are also very minimalist and cool.

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JoravaSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Considering the 4-color limit, you did great! The vision cones is a good idea. Thanks for the comments on my game!

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MK devSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Nice gameplay.Rate my game also.

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Ari MaddisonDeveloper4 years ago

Thank you. Yours is fun but very difficult :)

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MathewHDSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

 I really enjoyed the gradually harder levels. Really well done and the graphics are pretty neat as well over all really good the only thing missing is background music as well as soundeffects.

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Flute'n'Drill
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Ari MaddisonDeveloper4 years ago

Thank you :) I've rated yours and the music is great.

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MathewHDSubmitted4 years ago

Thanks :D

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eagleman95Submitted4 years ago(+1)

Nice puzzle game, good job!

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Right in the Hole
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Ari MaddisonDeveloper4 years ago

Thank you. Good job to you too :)

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kawetofe gamesSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Really good game, I liked the puzzles and enjoyed playing it. Got a good rating from me,

(Please rate mine too.:)

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Star Drifter
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Ari MaddisonDeveloper4 years ago

Thanks very much! Yours is so creative :)

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DrBlurySubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Wow I can't believe this is your first game jam! :o
I am really impressed by your game. The art style is just amazing and some of the puzzles are challenging in a good way. I really enjoyed it! :)
Please rate my game too. :)

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Cheese Defender
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Ari MaddisonDeveloper4 years ago

Thanks! I have rated yours and I liked it a lot.

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Udula benaragamaSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

I really like the puzzles! RATED!!

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the water drop
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Ari MaddisonDeveloper4 years ago

Thank you :) Yours is very fun.

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J4sonSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

wow really great puzzle game with such a nice game mechanics

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The Ground Is Falling!!!
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Ari MaddisonDeveloper4 years ago(+1)

Thank you so much :) Yours is so fun: I particularly like the UI design - definitely the best I've seen for the jam!

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JoeyVrijSubmitted4 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Such nice game design! Great job I love it :)

gave it a nice rating!

Let me know what you think of mine if you'd like!

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Don't Sink
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Ari MaddisonDeveloper4 years ago

Thank you very much! I think yours is awesome and I have rated it and left a comment :)

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GehadAbdElhalimSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Amazing Level Design man , Great Job :D

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Paper Holes
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Ari MaddisonDeveloper4 years ago

Thanks :) Yours was great!

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NemoSubmitted4 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Loved the mechanics and the way you implemented the theme. Really good level design and I liked the color scheme very much. Nice work :)

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Mole in a Hole
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Ari MaddisonDeveloper4 years ago(+1)

Thank you. I've played yours and left a comment :)

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Chaki BehappySubmitted4 years ago(+1)

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Glimmer of Gold
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Chaki BehappySubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Yes another game that i beat x'3, i'm amaze by the level you design lol, some really need to think about each step to take haha, fun little game, i enjoy it a lot x'D

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Ari MaddisonDeveloper4 years ago(+1)

I really appreciate your comment :) I'm glad the level design turned out well: the developer really has no way of telling how good it is because in puzzle games so much of the experience comes from not knowing the answer. I liked yours too!

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stevensaadSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

a really unique and fun puzzle game!, i love art style and the simple yet challenging game mechanics!

the level design too is very good :)

i Like it :)

Great Job!

Would love you to come and rate our game too :)

https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-3/rate/574177

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ANKH
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Ari MaddisonDeveloper4 years ago (1 edit)

Thank you. I've rated yours and left a comment. It was very good :)

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Vexed ProgrammerSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Great little puzzle game, quite challenging sometimes and the digging mechanic is interesting! Great work!

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Space Training!
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Ari MaddisonDeveloper4 years ago

Thanks! I liked yours too.

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Goiaba GamesSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Awesome puzzle game, really well-designed! Only thing missing is some audio. I hope more people play your game because it deserves more ratings. Well done!

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Into the Depths
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Ari MaddisonDeveloper4 years ago(+1)

Thank you very much! I wanted to do audio, but I unfortunately ran out of time. Yours is great!

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Niko FSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Great! It was challenging and really enjoyable, mechanics are very interesting. Definitely, the game deserves more ratings. Good luck :)

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Project EarthLab
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Ari MaddisonDeveloper4 years ago

Thanks! Yours is good too.

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JUSTCAMHSubmitted4 years ago (2 edits) (+1)

Cool puzzle game! I really like the twist; that digging holes prevents you from moving back to that tile. Made for some interesting puzzles, but I think you could have taken it a lot further. I found it really difficult to determine the orientation of enemies and which way they were about to look. I know that there were subtle indications for both of these, but I'd recommend making them more obvious. If you insist on sticking with the 8x8 art (which is very nice) then you could show a vision cone, or highlight the tiles in their view? Overall very fun, would be interesting to see what you could do with a few more levels!

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Hole Punch!
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Ari MaddisonDeveloper4 years ago

Thanks for the feedback! I would also like to make some more levels - I was planning to have more but I ran out of time during the jam. Vision cones are a very good idea, and maybe I could have a vision cone for their current vision and then a flashing one for where they're going to be looking next. Thanks again, that was very helpful :)

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Diamond32Submitted4 years ago(+1)

Very beautiful pixel art, and simple but really challenging game! I enjoyed!

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Survive the blackholes
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Ari MaddisonDeveloper4 years ago

Thanks! I enjoyed yours too :)

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