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GBJAM 12

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A jam submission

Skelly's SkirmishView game page

Short but challenging arcade platformer with a spooky feel
Submitted by marclurr — 8 hours, 16 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Gameplay#453.7693.769
Gameboy Soul#684.0774.077
Overall#1133.6003.600
Graphics#1713.6153.615
Soundtrack/SFX#1853.0773.077
Interpretation of the Secondary Theme#2113.4623.462

Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game meet GBJam's theme?
Spooky themed game with the visual style and input restrictions of the original Gameboy

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Lauro-VincenzoSubmitted157 days ago(+1)

A very arcade one! Nice art and mood, I had a nostalgic feeling playing this. Great job!

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Unrest in peace
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brittbradySubmitted160 days ago(+1)

Nice design, love that you have to pick back up the bones and that the pumpkins move away from where the enemy was killed. This really helps to keep the player moving around the screen which is key for single screen arcade games.
Cute sprites too!

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Phantom Flash
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GoldMusicVaultSubmitted160 days ago

i really enjoyed the music in this game. I wrote the music for 2 games in this jam, but both times I was scared to use the 8-bit drum sounds. Now that I have played this game, I wish that I had used the 8-bit drum sounds - they sound really good in this game. Great job overall, it was spooky, gameboy-ey, and had nice melodies :)

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The Demonologist's Assistant
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marclurrDeveloper160 days ago(+1)

Thanks for the kind words. It's a very short loop that took an inordinate amount of time for me to create. I used the music tracker that's built into Pico-8 and just stuck to square and noise waves to keep the Gameboy feel, though anyone who knows what they're hearing will see the difference. The bass drum sound is just a low note in a square wave with a drop effect applied (not that I could tell what that means!) and the hi-hat is noise 4 octaves higher played really short.

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xBlustoneSubmitted161 days ago

fun and simple, little platform style game, enjoyed it loved the colours too.

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Digital Soul
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MacrowSubmitted161 days ago(+1)

super fun and simple... love the simplicity of the gameplay, while still having depth, my only suggestion would be to either not have the enemies die too far away or have the pumpkins last longer, otherwise a pretty solid game.
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Pooky Pet
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ProtopixelSubmitted161 days ago(+1)

man what you did is almos what i wanted to do, i would love to do something like your game on the gameboy,  good luck

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CharaVera Non Chilla - GBJam 12 Entry UPDATE
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RafaiskaSubmitted161 days ago(+1)

Had a lot of fun playing it. Nice!

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Fret Cemetery
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poltergasmSubmitted161 days ago(+1)

This is the kind of arcade game I could play for hours on end. Big fan!

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Spectral Shift
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WeeppikoSubmitted161 days ago(+1)

It reminds me of Bubble Bobble, very simple but good.

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Bloodstabbed
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Majora'Submitted161 days ago(+1)

Very cool! The mechanics are simple yet fun. Very interesting level desing, puts the mechanics at its fullest. The graphics are incredible! In general, good work!!

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BLACK CELL (GB JAM)
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