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Brackeys Game Jam 2021.2

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

Cowboys in SpaceView game page

Whoa Nellie!
Submitted by mattman107 — 6 days, 13 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#6443.0453.045
Audio#6622.8182.818
Fun#7152.8642.864
Overall#9252.6212.621
Graphics#10242.5452.545
Game Design#10992.3642.364
Innovation#11912.0912.091

Ranked from 22 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?
There are Cowboys in space and planets flying all over the place. It can get pretty chaotic.

Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
I outlined some people who made some art and music assets. I also used a Brackeys tutorial for object pooling, but other than that I wrote all of my code myself.

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KaynorSubmitted3 years ago

Fun game! The art and audio was pretty good

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Give Me a Break!
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mattman107Developer3 years ago

Thank you for playing my game!

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musicmancerSubmitted3 years ago

Love the concept and especially the audio! "Whoa nelly!"

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Title In Progress
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mattman107Developer3 years ago(+1)

Thanks so much for playing! That was the one voice line I had to record for this game. I was playing with it in Unity trying to determine if I should pitch it up or down, and decided that it sounded better slightly pitched up.

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RaijuKitsuneSubmitted3 years ago

The game was an idea but i was kind of confused without any sort of explanation i survived for like 2 minutes and got bored so i don't think it was too chaotic 

Rate our game if you would the feedback would be greatly appreciated (highschool team)

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DaDa Dash
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mattman107Developer3 years ago

Thanks for playing. I'm sorry to hear you didn't like it. I had a little description under the game if that would help at all.

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Codoor3 years ago

Some gameplay and feedback from the stream, if you are interested:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1135081660

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mattman107Developer3 years ago(+1)

Thanks so much for playing my game as well as giving me some feedback! I didn't really get a chance to have someone else test it during the development because I was very rushed, but it was very interesting to hear what you had to say about my game.

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Simoxeh3 years ago

I like the chaotic nature of the game. The only real thing I would ask for is instructions. I didn't know it was even a survival game until I died. Not knowing what things are good or bad to touch makes it hard to understand. I read in a comment below that black holes don't hurt you, but why would i go near them when the other things i touched killed me. Knowing that they don't hurt me though might have offered me a strategy on how to best use them. Overall it was an enjoyable game. Liked the simple graphics and fun nature of it.

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mattman107Developer3 years ago

Thank you for playing and for the feedback!

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warsugsSubmitted3 years ago

funny game, good job

test my

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Space Run
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mattman107Developer3 years ago

Thanks for playing! Will do!

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tom1k_devSubmitted3 years ago

funny game :DDDDDD good job

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Bananit turbo
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mattman107Developer3 years ago(+1)

Thank you so much for playing!

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keremkzSubmitted3 years ago

I would've preferred a snappier movement as others have pointed out but in 8 hours its a chaotic game for sure.

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Totally Ethical Testing Area
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mattman107Developer3 years ago

"Thank you so much for to playing my game!" - Mario Jumpman Mario
For real it was a really stressful week and I didn't get much time to work on it, but thank your for your thoughts. It really means a lot!

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Alex SteinerSubmitted3 years ago

funny aahahha

Check out my game:https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-6/rate/1173383

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S.F. Variant
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mattman107Developer3 years ago (1 edit)

Thanks for playing! Glad you liked it.

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HonuaSubmitted3 years ago

Fun and simple, was confused by what the black-holes did. Really appreciated how easy it was to play.

The lack of control in the movement worked well for the theme.

Good job!

If you have another person and a controller available to plugin please check out my game!

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GammaJam
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mattman107Developer3 years ago

Thanks for playing my game! The black holes don't actually do damage themselves, but they pull in the cowboys/planets/horses which can cause some havoc when trying to skillfully maneuver around.  

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InsanityGameStudiosSubmitted3 years ago

Fun game, i wish the movement was a bit snappier.

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DEFEND THE BUNKER
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mattman107Developer3 years ago

Thanks for playing and your feedback! 

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pl0sSubmitted3 years ago

Pretty fun,  I just wish there was a bit of an indicator of where the planets were going to shoot from. But still great work!

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AI In The Sky
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mattman107Developer3 years ago

Thanks for playing and your feedback! After the jam is over I may come back to this project.

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Avocado JamSubmitted3 years ago

Nice game

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Potion Panic
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mattman107Developer3 years ago

Thanks for playing!

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DanzMacabreSubmitted3 years ago

Great game! Controls felt good and the sliding nature of it really added to the chaos! Love the use of sfx to indicate the horse incoming and the physics felt really fun! Love the style! Great Job!

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Title In Progress
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mattman107Developer3 years ago(+1)

Thank you for playing my game! When I started developing this game I didn't intend for the sliding to occur, but after playing, testing, and thinking about the theme/setting of the game, it felt fitting to have that bit of sliding occur.

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DanzMacabreSubmitted3 years ago

It was definitely a wonderful addition and a happy accident! I thought it really added to the experience! 

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Aseel - VectorSubmitted3 years ago

nice , first game that I've played that gives me chaotic vibes , keep it up !

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Chaosroach
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mattman107Developer3 years ago(+1)

Thanks so much for playing my game!

At first I only had the small and the big planet, but I decided that that wasn't chaotic enough. I decided I would add the black holes to really hit home the chaotic nature that the game was supposed to have. They try to suck in any of the planets/horses/cowboys which throws them off of their initial trajectory, making predicting where to go much harder.

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10DrenthSubmitted3 years ago

Nice game! In my opinion the art is the best part of this game

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Courage & Chaos
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mattman107Developer3 years ago(+1)

Thank you so much for playing! I'm not a very good artist, but know that I poured my heart and soul into ms paint to make those stick figures! The background and planet sprites were assets I found around on itch.

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RavensaSubmitted3 years ago

I like how the kinda floaty controls add to the challenge of the game! nice work ^^

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Tickets
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mattman107Developer3 years ago

Thanks for playing and for the nice words.

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LoafwadSubmitted3 years ago

The art on planets and background are really nice!

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Droopsh
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mattman107Developer3 years ago

Thank you for playing and commenting. As I wrote in the credits the planets sprites were created by a generator found here on itch.io from Indigoli and the space background with the animation was created by VectorPixelStar.

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