Brackeys Game Jam 2020.1

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Bout time we go hammer some mole!

Submitted by s4shrish — 2 hours, 28 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Graphics	#134	3.615	3.615
Theme	#142	3.615	3.615
Fun	#181	3.269	3.269
Game Design	#211	3.250	3.250
Overall	#230	3.109	3.109
Audio	#337	2.500	2.500
Innovation	#413	2.404	2.404

Ranked from 52 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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NoobTenLukaSubmitted4 years ago

Cool game but it lacked something to worry about. As others pointed out a timer would be great or traps that you should not hit. Something like that would spicy up the game more from being a time spender to a fun game that you want to get a highscore on.

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YosemiteMarkSubmitted4 years ago

Nice graphics, fun game play. Only thing I would add is an end condition! It's kind of cool to get into the "zone" whacking the moles.

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s4shrishDeveloper4 years ago

Hey guys s4shrish here

I wanna say that since Monday today my work week has started, and I won't be able to rate as many games. So if any of wanna still play and rate my game, thanks a lot. But know that it's not necessary that I will be able to rate back in R4R manner.

Just putting it out there.

All those who have played and rated my game, thank you for playing and the amazing feedback. And to all those whose game I have played, I love your stuff. A lot of it is brilliant, I simply love em, and keep on working hard.

ArcSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Nice animations and Gameplay. but sadly it has no end? you could add a timer that grows on some special moles or something and then compete for high score.

Also, Animation makes it hard to consecutively hit the moles. what you could do was, on a perfect timed hit, the animation is skipped letting player hit the next one right away. this way it would still be playable on high speeds.

Nicely done though. fun jam game!

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s4shrishDeveloper4 years ago(+1)

Yep. that is a good point, Imma have to see how I can do it.

Thanks for the feedback.

eagleman95Submitted4 years ago(+1)

Really good game, so addictive and nice graphics! Congrats.

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Right in the Hole

s4shrishDeveloper4 years ago

Thanks. Imma check stuff out.

K13DevSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Graphics and game machine idea is awesome. I enjoyed playing it. Speeding up the game is a good idea, there are problems with hit detection and animation timing but not game breaking. Well done!

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s4shrishDeveloper4 years ago

I know the animation timing is a bit slow, but there's no delay in hit detection.

It uses an almost exactly matching capsule shape collider for the hammer, and a 100% matching capsule collider for the moles. The cursor always lies parallel to the board's surface and that cursor is used for determining the hit location with a calibrated offset. Any particular behaviour that triggered it? I'll check the offset frame by frame maybe.

Thanks for the feedback.

K13DevSubmitted4 years ago

If you used "Time.timeScale" to speed up the game, colliders won't be able to keep up with the objects mesh speed after a value. You need to use different methods to fix it instead of scaling time if it was the issue. That could be the cause of misses. Or if you are waiting for the animation to finish to allow player to hit again, that is definitely the problem. Hit detection misses only occur when the game gets fast enough, at the beginning everything works correctly. Hope that helps.

mike13kSubmitted4 years ago

Nice game! Could you check mine too ?
https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-3/rate/574177

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MirooooooSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

hey dude why i can't stop playing your game it's so addective haha !!

btw i rated ur game can u do the same pls ?? and thx !!

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s4shrishDeveloper4 years ago(+1)

Bruh, I am 4.20 steps ahead of ya.

JasperJaisonSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Went on to make a score of 300 and tn I quit. Love the lighting and hammer mechanics felt smooth.

The felt the difficulty capped at some point. Score reduces if I missed some holes that is good. Overall a good game.

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Planet Earth Vs Wild Planet [Local Multiplayer Game (2P)]

s4shrishDeveloper4 years ago

Thanks, Yep, I guess the speed becomes too aggressive at that point, I think the top speed should be lowered a little or reduced drastically;

IntelliPIXSubmitted4 years ago

The idea of making a game simulating a whack-a-mole machine is very cool, the hammer mechanics are completely smooth and their combination with the animations made the game even better.

The art style is simple but fits perfectly.

The difficulty progression is well balanced, while you keep whacking those moles the game keeps getting harder and harder, which is very cool. To make it even better maybe a sensitivity slider would be a great addition.

The sounds are great, but some of them need a little volume adjustment.

Overall it is a very fun and well executed game! Well done!!

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Downtown Run-Down

s4shrishDeveloper4 years ago

Haha thanks for the detailed feedback.
Yes I feel that the mouse sensitivity slider was a very crucial thing that I forgot to implement. Also, cursor.lockmode -> confined was something I forgot as well.

Yep, the sounds were a last second addition, and the intro sound was left looping and hence plays after every few intervals. I need to get better at sound design.

The difficulty progression is what I like the most. While it is not as complex as that, I really love Valve's Left 4 Dead 2's AI director, who adjusts the difficulty to you, in a more complex way tho. It allows all people to enjoy.

Thanks.

ArabongSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Fun game, lovable graphics! The atmosphere reminded me of Five Night at Freddy! Maybe this needs an horror version x)

I Liked how the mouse input translates on the z axis!

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s4shrishDeveloper4 years ago(+1)

Hehe, I would say there are a bit of similarity. I do love that game. Not sure how much horror I can add to it, but seems like a fun idea.

The mouse translating is a thing that I felt I would have to get correctly for accurate hitting. A standard first person view was out of question for this concept.

Thanks for the feedback.

mock-angelSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Fun and nice, but i want more enemies coming out of those holes very fast!!

But this made me enjoy one of those machine games i usually only get to see on TV. ThankYou VeryMuch!!

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Agent of H.O.L.E.S

s4shrishDeveloper4 years ago (1 edit)

Yes I was planning to add more enemies, but due to a last minute crash I lost 3 hours of work (I am a dumbo who doesn't save), and had to do an all-nighter just to finish it before the deadline. I even had this idea of some moles playing golf, and you had to hit them before they take their hole-in-one shot. But didn't have the time.

I am planning to add these and more to the game later.

Thanks for the feedback.

VeryLancerSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

The mouse control is so well done. Nice game!

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s4shrishDeveloper4 years ago

Haha thanks, normally I use the state machine animations and stuff, but I had to use coded movements for this.

I wonder if this can be done with Unity statemachine animations alone.

Thanks. Imma check out peeps games.

noha interactiveSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

fun and very well made, nice entry :)

pls try out my game, thx

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s4shrishDeveloper4 years ago

Thanks. No prob.

Anurag1212Submitted4 years ago(+1)

loved the idea of simulating a aracde machine,enjoyed playing it😁😁

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s4shrishDeveloper4 years ago

Thanks. I feel an arcade machine whack is pretty fond memory for a lotta people, so reliving that feeling in virtual style was the goal somewhat.

Anurag1212Submitted4 years ago

Please check out mine too

AlexTykhSubmitted4 years ago

Great game. But Audio is sometimes loud or quiet when hamsters are going up faster that is impossible to punch them because the speed of taking hammer back is greater than the speed of hamsters getting down. But in general very fun game.

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Black Hole Incident

s4shrishDeveloper4 years ago

Yeah, it is a common complaint at higher speeds. I have cut down the total animation from 0.64s to 0.3s, but can't do anything RN.

Thanks for the feedback.

Udula benaragamaSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

well done! RATED!!

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s4shrishDeveloper4 years ago

Haha, thanks.

Marouan BouferSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

good game i enjoyed

I realy had fun playing it

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s4shrishDeveloper4 years ago

Thanks bro.

I enjoyed yours as well. It is prettttty good.

waligatorSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

It's a really fun game. I like the general atmosphere of it.

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The portable hole

s4shrishDeveloper4 years ago

Thanks, I am really proud of the adaptive difficulty actually. Allows skilled peeps to try to whack at maximum agrression, while still allowing slower peeps to enjoy it as well.

Thanks for the lovely comment.

NemoSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Very nice game! the mechanics for the hammer are really good :D

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s4shrishDeveloper4 years ago(+1)

Thanks. I will try to make it even better, with multiple modes and stuff once the jam voting ends. :)

NemoSubmitted4 years ago

I'll love to try it again after the update :)
I'm considering doing the same with my game :D

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