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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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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!