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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #64 | 3.872 | 3.872 |
| Overall | #183 | 3.596 | 3.596 |
| Music | #208 | 3.426 | 3.426 |
| Mechanics | #227 | 3.298 | 3.298 |
| Theme | #243 | 3.638 | 3.638 |
| Sound | #257 | 3.149 | 3.149 |
| Aesthetics | #425 | 3.255 | 3.255 |
| Story | #461 | 2.319 | 2.319 |
Ranked from 47 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How many people worked on this game in total?
1
Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
Sprites, sound effects, music. See game description for credits.
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That was fun! I ended up getting addicted to this one, I liked how easy it was to pick up and get into but at the same time the game got challenging. The only thing I was hoping for as I was playing is that it would be cool to see me as the bowling pin go flying after colliding with the bowling ball. Overall though it felt really well put together and I had a lot of fun!
Nice work!
Thanks for playing! I agree it would have been nice to have a game over animation. I also wanted to do one of those old bowling screen animations too if I had time 😄
Pretty cool arcade game, I like the color changing and the fire at high rounds, although I'd wish the game progresses faster in the sense of reaching faster speeds quicker, although I have no idea how to implement that in a good way..
Very cool!
Thanks for playing and I'm glad you liked it!
After seeing high scores reported by players, I also had the same thought on reaching higher levels quicker - and luckily I have made the scoring and level systems to be easily configurable to allow that change to happen! All I need to do is set the amount of points to beat level 1, and how much it should increase per level - then the levelling and scoring systems will take care of it! 🤓 I could even use it to quickly implement multiple difficulty levels in the future... 😄
The music and sounds are really nice and integrate well with the gameplay.
Glad you enjoyed it! 😄
Felt great and addictive! :)
Thanks for playing, glad you had fun! 😎
Yooo I love how one of my ideas on the theme implementation was something similar, but I didn't know how to execute it and u did it in a really good way! It's a simple mechanic but feels fun and polished, love the music and aesthetics in general! good job
Thanks for playing and thanks for the kind words! 😄
Great take on the theme, and well implemented! Would be interesting to see what you could add to it to increase the depth a little, but it was more difficult than I expected and there seemed to be patterns with the bowling balls that made for interesting obstacles.
Thanks for playing! Glad you enjoyed it 😄
Really cool game! I loved your take on the team as soon as I saw the .gif :D Plays very nicely and the visuals and music are great, really enjoyed going a couple rounds. Nice one!
Glad you had fun! Thanks for playing 😎
Very simple game mechanics, and a pretty clever idea as well! I wish if I thought of something like this lol
Honestly no flaws, music is great, as is the art, and it turned out to be more fun than I expected!
Thanks for playing and thanks for your kind words 🙏
Fun game and clever take on the theme! I only made it to level 6 before my hand gave out 😋
Thanks for playing and glad you liked it!
Hello! 👋
🎮 Overall: This was a neat take on a bowling game, with a fun and unique twist of being the pin dodging the balls.
😄 Fun: I had a lot of fun trying to get a high score on this one!
🛴 Theme: Love the theme of "last pin standing."
🎨 Aesthetics: The art was basic but did not detract from the fun I had.
🎶 Music: The music was great for this type of gameplay.
🔊 Sound: The sounds played well and added to the experience.
⚙️ Mechanics: The mechanics were easy to understand, and moving the pin with the mouse made it intuitive.
📖 Story: I did not see any story elements in this game.
Great job on the submission! 👏
Thanks for the review! 😄
Love this one, very addictive! Rated!
Thanks for playing and I'm glad you liked it! 😎
I enjoyed the story concept, gave me a chuckle :).
The ramping up of the difficulty is bang on. Felt right each time as it progressed.
Nice going!
Thanks for playing and I'm glad you had fun!
Im so surprised how such a simple mechanic can be so much fun and challenging!
It's a cool game, and the music/sound effects/visuals are complementing each other very well!
Nicely done!
Thanks for the kind words and glad you enjoyed it!
Fun little game, love the melody and UI. I made a game about bowling as well, so it's nice to see different approach for similar idea :)
Bowling gamers unite! 💪🎳
Thanks for playing and glad you liked it!
Super fun game! That gif on the game's page at Level 15 looks really intense. I wanted to see if I could get there but only reached level 9 with around 44,000 points. I could definitely see myself playing this on my phone. Great job on the game!
Got to 18,000! Really clean UI and sound effects, only thing that'd make it better is a highscore list! Great submission
Thanks for playing! A global high score list is something I've thought about doing in more than one of my games but I've never got around to doing it. Maybe one day! 😄
It's fun, I like it.
Glad you enjoyed it! 😄
This is a great game jam game! Just the right amount of game features for a short development period, but still a fun game to play! Highest score I got was 20040!
The character movement was a lot more enjoyable than I thought it would be at first glance. I also really appreciate that you don't have to click and hold the mouse for the whole game. I was happily surprised when I let go and the character still stayed on the mouse.
I also feel like the RNG of the ball placement was very good. Not sure if you made it that way or not, but there always seemed to be a gap just big enough for me to squeeze through. So if you made that happen on purpose, awesome! If not, still awesome!
Great job!
Thanks for playing! The RNG is random within a range, and the next ball won't spawn in the same row that just spawned. There is technically a tiny chance that an unwinnable wall of balls could appear, especially at higher levels, but with the ranges in place, that's super unlikely! Glad you enjoyed it!
Simple fun game, but with a few thoughtful touches like the Next Level indicator, and random ball color changes (I stayed on longer than i should to see how many colors were possible, before i realized it could be randomly picked haha).
I like the retro music and sfx on leveling up.
Minor suggestions would be to hide the mouse cursor on game start. Feels kinda distracting over the Pin. Also, i wonder if giving a range of velocity in the higher stages will make the game feel more dynamic.
But overall, a fun minigame that i enjoyed!
Haha I'm glad the colour changes made you curious. There is actually a pre-determined set of colours, with a special visual effect that appears once they have all been shown 😄
Nice idea for how to add more to the game! I had an idea for powerups that didn't make it into the game due to time constraints but I'm quite happy with how it turned out overall.
Thanks for playing!
Simple, Fun and very creative! I enjoyed playing it! The only thing that would be great to add here - is outline for balls and the pin so it would be easier to distinguish it from background
Thanks for playing and great shout on the feedback! I will take that on board for sure!