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A jam submission

John Lemon can't hurt youView game page

A 2D platformer-boss-battle-shooter
Submitted by schnaeberus — 2 minutes, 7 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#174.0424.042
Fun#873.7503.750
Theme#1913.7083.708
Overall#2133.5213.521
Graphics#4293.5003.500
Innovation#4643.0833.083
Game Design#6283.0423.042

Ranked from 24 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does you game fit the theme?
The game is about the "it is not real it can not hurt you" meme

Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
yes

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Submitted(+1)

LOL. This was hilarious, especially the voiceovers! 😂

Developer

Thank you for playing! Glad you liked it.

Submitted

The only bad part about this game is that the protagonist is Fr*nch. Overall I give it a whathefuck/10.

Submitted(+1)

Hilarious. As a french, le man is a perfectly accurate depiction of the average parisian lol. The patterns of john lemon seem fine. His attacks being destructible is a good idea, if the rng screws you over or you made a mistake, it still gives you a chance to recover untouched. I feel the two main problems are 1- the balance of the player's damage : with the normal attacks, it seems like it will take ages to kill him, but when i got a power up, i got him to half health in litteraly 20 seconds, it feels like there's almost no point in trying to aim as long as i don't have a power up. 2- as pointed out by others, the jump mechanic isn't really clear. I like the idea, it's an interesting alternative to the mario jump, but it clearly needs some explanation for beginners, and some visual feedback. The voicelines add a lot of rythm to the experience, and help the humourous tone to last much longer than the initial fun of some wacky sprites. The main menu is really nice, and having a sound setting on a jam game feels like a blessing. I really like that the fight seems to be made to feel like a war of attrition, a long endurance test, it reminds me somehow of the old monster hunter games design philosophy about combat. Finally, it's funny to see you also were really close to the deadline.

Developer(+1)

Thanl you very much. Those problems You pointed out, I totally agree. We had some stuff to be thrown out or fixed in the last hours so we lost time for balancing in the end. We are really happy the voice acting is getting such positive feedback. Also very glad it did not offend You xD

Submitted

Nice one, but the jump I think is better when on pressed instead of released

Submitted

Wooow, I certainly did not expect that! Loved the quotes from the boss and its laser attack. The sfx were on point too!

But does the bosses' health bar really decrease when he gets shot at? Because it didn't seem like that. Besides that, it felt like the jump was getting delayed a bit? It didn't jump immediately after pressing the space bar. Also, I would have loved that getting on top of the platforms was easier, maybe not colliding with them when jumping from below would be a great addition.

All in all, what a great experience! The SFX really made a difference in this game. Top marks!

Developer

Thank you for your feedback! Yes the health bar should decrease. We know, the hit feedback is missing, so you never know if you hit him or the scaffoldings. Maybe it helps you to know, that unlike the bosses rockets, the players bullets are stopped by the surroundings. The jumping does feel delayed because it is on release. The longer you press, the higher you can jump. Maybe this can help you if you want to try it again :) Thank you so much for playing!

Submitted(+1)

5 stars for the audio, it's too epic. This game reminded me of I Wanna Be the Boshy. A very challenging game but it was a great experience, fantastic work! Also, you submitted this game 2 minutes, 7 seconds before the deadline, what a mad man.

Developer

Thank you so much. Yeah creating the audio was so much fun, we are glad you like it. We made some last minute bugfixes and the build fortunately finished just in time. We had another build already uploaded just in case. Again, so glad you liked it!

(+1)

just showed my dad this

Developer

Haha yeeees spread the word :D but please don't give lemons to your dad

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Submitted(+1)

Really liking the graphics and gameplay!

Developer

Thank you!

(+1)

godly eleventeen/10

Developer

You really made my day! Thank you!

Besides being a very funny game, it was actually pretty addicting and fun!

Submitted(+1)

It was very funny! The voice is awesome!

Developer

Thank you! *french thank you noises*

Submitted(+1)

Hahahah! Funniest game of the jam so far! Great work,  5 stars in the fun category :D

Developer

Thank you so much!

Submitted(+1)

Very funny game! Nice idea, the death messages are the best and the voice acting too!

Developer(+1)

Thank you! Those two things where so much fun to create. Glad you liked it.

Submitted(+1)

This was definitely something else, ha-ha. Very funny game!

I just rated your game, maybe you can do the same on mine ^_^

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you! sure I will do that :)

Submitted(+1)

WTF is that xD

Submitted(+1)

The intro warning destroyed my ears. My volume was too high.  The voice acting was funny.

Submitted(+1)

I had to laugh so hard! just amazing XD

Submitted(+1)

While playing this, I questioned what I was doing with my life but this game is awesome! The voice acting is so strange yet funny at the same time!

Submitted(+1)

Really funny and addicting boss battle!

Submitted(+1)

Fun boss mode. The voices make it pretty funny. Enjoyable!

Developer

Thank you! Glad you liked it.

Submitted(+1)

I am not real. I can't  hurt John Lemon.

Developer

Haha self questioning was not the inteded effect of this therapy. Thanks for playing!

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