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A jam submission

Reel LifeView game page

2D top down stealth game for the Brackeys Jam 2020.2
Submitted by itsthompson (@OiThompson) — 12 hours, 51 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun#4123.3483.348
Game Design#5403.2613.261
Graphics#5883.3483.348
Innovation#7672.8702.870
Overall#8232.8772.877
Theme#9502.7392.739
Audio#13701.6961.696

Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

In what way does your game fit the theme?
The player's objective is to go through the levels and find the

Did you write most of the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
I wrote all the code but most of the assets are from Kenney's asset packs.

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

There is a good base and there are very good stuff like map, cutscenes, customization, etc. I think you learnt all these features and put them together... but it is important to figure out if it is a good idea to when to implement them. The use of assets, mechanics, scripts, features in general should be used with coherence. For example, I haven't used the map at all and didn't care about customization because all models were very similar. In the other hand, the cutscenes gave a nice touch, making transitions more dynamic. So, maybe in future projects you could focus (for example) on the audio but not in a mechanic which won't have a big impact on the main concept.

Developer(+1)

This is some good feedback thank you!

Submitted(+1)

Great game! Really enjoyed it and nice concept and cool cutscene. One suggestion, maybe disable player movement while opening map. Other than that, this game is well done and fun to play.

Developer

Thats a great idea! Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

Nice game,I finish all the levels.. The dog is back.

Works quite well,  I think you have to polish a little bit the way the police sees you.. Also sometimes look like the policy appear from nothing.. could be nice to see them before..

Good job.

My game is a casual game if you wanna rate is https://misterm.itch.io/mixtape-match , Thanks

Submitted(+1)

Great game!!

Submitted(+1)

aw so cute. As a stealth game lover, this was a treat. Great job on the cut scenes too!

Submitted(+1)

Amazing and funny game, I loved that you added player customization and cutscenes in  a jam game

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

This game is super cool i realy liked it

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

Cool idea! I like the character customisation and having a cut scene in is really cool! I found the guards often killed me first try because they turned just as I got there, maybe this could be prevented? I don't know... cool game though

Developer(+1)

Yeah.. My map design could use some work haha. Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

Nicely done. I think the most innovative aspects were the player customization and cutscenes.
The levels are well designed, allowing for different strategies too clear them. Maybe make the guards a little quicker, they could be easily outrun
If you happen to have a Linux OS I invite to play and rate my game :)
https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-4/rate/724003

Developer

Thanks for playing! Unfortunately I don't have a Linux, sorry!

Submitted(+1)

Hey, I played your game entirely on map mode haha. It was easir for me to have the bigger picture of the level. I liked the character creation too. The two things I have to say is:

I miss a sound track. Don't know if it was a bug, but no sound played for me.

The detections on those guards are "strange". Some times the light collided with me but they did not pursued, other times they simply raged on me despite me not showing in the light.


Pls, if you have some spare time, check my puzzle game. The main mechanic is time rewind of your bomb, but enemies react to your bomb is different ways. There are 12 levels and you can do they in any order you like.  I'd appreciate any rating  https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-4/rate/721302

Developer

Thanks for playing! Overall the guards are a bit glitchy and if i had time I would definitely work harder on it. (Something to do with the size of the detection area)

Submitted(+1)

Liked the game!! The art is nice and the guards mechanics are very well polished, liked the charachter personalisation too!

Rating done :)

Developer

Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

Would appreciate if u could check out my game :)

Submitted(+1)

Fun stealth game! You can even customize your character? Where can you find that XD

Developer(+1)

hahaha glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted(+1)

The gameplay is fun. I also like that after being spotted, there was an option to run away if possible. Fun to see a small story in this. Not a lot of game jam games have a "story". The small extra things in the game were a nice addition: character customization, screen transitions, zoomed out map and all that. It makes the game feel more "finished" even though gameplay wise it only had a few mechanics.

Developer

Thanks for noticing that! For this gamejam i tried to use a different approach since the theme was kinda constrictive with many games mainly focusing on time. Im glad you enjoyed the game!

Submitted(+1)

A technical question. Did you just use colliders for the vision cones to detect when they see the player or is there another way to create that mechanic?

Developer

Because I used unity I used something called an Overlap Circle to detect the player. Then used sin cos to make the "vision cone". When the player is inside the vision cone I simply called an raycast to see if anything was obstructing the guard's view.

Submitted(+1)

I loved that I was able to customize my character, nice touch! the mechanics are fun and challenging. I think I found a glitch on lvl2, where I took all the guards to the starting point and that took me to the next level. I think is a good idea to change the effect if you get caught, so the player understands that all the guards are going to chase you. Overall really good game! congratulations! 

Developer

Thank you! Because i didn't implement pathfinding the guards are indeed a bit glitchy haha.

Submitted(+1)

Pretty good! I liked the graphics. Good entry.

Liked the game a lot! Really nice extra that I could customize my own character :)

If you are interested, my boyfriend made a game as well! Would be nice if you would like to check it out: https://just-stanley.itch.io/me-myself-and-i

Submitted(+1)

Really funny, I really like the cutscenes and the creation of players.

Developer

Thanks!