Brackeys Game Jam 2023.1

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A jam submission

I Forgot the Bus AgainView game page

Too busy playing games, our protagonist forgets about his daily commute. Can he make it to work on time?

Submitted by James Sonneveld — 8 hours, 53 seconds before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Graphics	#322	3.000	3.000
Fun	#325	2.800	2.800
Audio	#334	2.700	2.700
Game Design	#374	2.733	2.733
Overall	#380	2.639	2.639
Theme	#431	2.367	2.367
Innovation	#476	2.233	2.233

Ranked from 30 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
The theme of the jam is "An end is a new beginning" which sounds very cyclic in nature. To express this, I made the game an endless runner that has no end. Even when the player "dies", they start again as though they were playing game-version of what happened before.

Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Besides the code used to run the Unity game engine, all the code is my own. To be efficient with my time, I decided to use only what I had bought from the Unity Asset Store. The only asset I created was the main character.

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Zenith Alpha GamesSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I don't know why but this reminds me so much of "The Butterfly Effect". Good job on the graphics.

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Modern Fighters

epiccodermanSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Very fun, loved it

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OLTEANUSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Endless runner, i like the view you made.

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Infections version 0.4

Crispy_NoodleSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

The browser version was laggy 😭

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Coravex StudiosSubmitted1 year ago

very fun game! i like how the world curves alot like in games like subway surfers for example. maybe if you work on it later you could make the world more rounder instead of being a kind of poly circle if that makes sense. maybe if there was a way to skip the cutscene at the start (sorry if there is) because watching it when i die over and over gets a little annoying. but over all its very good! check out mine if you like!

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Living Life... Again

James SonneveldDeveloper1 year ago

Old Road Mesh

[If you look closely, you can see the player character in the middle. This road model is much small than the one in-game]

Thanks for the feedback. There definitely wasn't a way to skip the cutscene, one of biggest gripes with the game. Something I now realise could have been an easy fix. Funnily enough, I did start off the project with my own model of an infinite road, but I thought the shaders that I was using weren't going to work well with it. I'll definitely see if I can get the old one to work, because it was actually much easier to work with. (Something I want to talk about in a post after the jam is over).

Coravex StudiosSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Thank you for the reply! I did want to make a spherical map using shaders but i didn't do it for some reason but i think that may be the best way to go (of course i dont want to tell you what to do obviously). i cant wait to see the fixes and maybe more content later if you do it!

James SonneveldDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

No, you're right. A spherical map would be better. After all the feedback, I definitely want to make some improvements.

StepGamesSubmitted1 year ago

Hey, a really cool and SMOOTH endless runner! I love how you did the endless aspect, and how you rotate the world to slowly endlessly appear. Impressive stuff.

Having a 000000000 scoreboard may be a little optimistic since you gain like 1 point per second.

I'd recommend giving the player like 100 points instead of 1, that always looks better.

But I really like it, awesome!!

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Every End is a new PERSON

James SonneveldDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Good point about the scoring. Definitely a bit ambitious.

Should be an easy fix. Thanks for pointing that out.

Aalaa0701Submitted1 year ago(+1)

Nice work overall!

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SpicyFrogSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Nice concept, even if I find the relationship with the theme a bit far-fetched ^^.

I love the setup, and the fact that you had time for a intro cutscene is amazing (but I must admit that I would have loved to retry without seeing it ^^') ! The circular effect of the world is also a neat idea, and really adds to the quality of your game!

The game itself is a bit simple, the movement felt a bit slow, but overall, it's still a nice little entry. Good job =)

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JamacSubmitted1 year ago

If he can run this fast, I don't think he really needs to take the bus

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The Saikidou Incident

shreypatil45Submitted1 year ago

I really like the aesthetics but they were a little too saturated, also can do better with the movement mechanics

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PoguSubmitted1 year ago

It's fun. Things that I noticed is that everytime I restart, I have to watch the cutscene I could not skip it. if I press ESC, it crash the game.

If you have time, please review my game as well, that would be awesome.

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fabroGAMINGSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Subway surfers but with less responsive controls heh. Takes too long to try again

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EzSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I loved the look of the city and how fast you moved through it

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Easter Egg Hunt

not Official UnitySubmitted1 year ago(+1)

It's too hard, but I still enjoyed playing it. Also would like to skip the cutscene. Try out my game and rate it!

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Rewind: Not Karlson, okay?

JoshuaPelicanSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

The gameplay is simple and the story is a nice touch. It takes way too long to restart, having to go through the cutscene every time, which makes replaying a chore. The city is nice and the music is good but a bit loud. Nice job!

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Crimson ravioliSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I love the visual storytelling.

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Phily, the mountain of change.

LakshyaIsAGodSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I can see the effort which went into this game, especially the aesthetic and the city models. But maybe a better character model?

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alekos_staSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Really liked the city you built and the effects of it. Although a character model would be nice and something different in terms of gameplay each time you die

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