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A jam submission

Dr Franciumstein's Incredible EscapeView game page

Wildly unstable platformer adventure!
Submitted by Miguezt0h, civill.ex, Androgunther, latiainen — 7 minutes, 21 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Originality & Innovation#123.7443.744
Overall#203.4823.482
Theme#213.6153.615
Fun & Game Design#213.6153.615
Audio#383.1793.179
Graphics#713.2563.256

Ranked from 39 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted(+1)

Very funny, great work!

Submitted(+1)

The gameplay is fun and the theme is respected, well done! can you please play my game to get feedback!

Developer

Sure, I'd be happy to play any devs game who's active in the community. :) Can't realisticly get to all of them, so might as well follow recommendations and requests.

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

There is potential with this game. A few things that need to change to take it from average to exceptional. You audio is excellent I wouldn’t change a thing except maybe have an options menu at the start for sound and music as not everyone likes chiptune. Graphics for the character and story are awesome the only thing keeping it from being great is the background. Just a little more time into the visuals for the background would have been awesome like the first few levels could be the science building or something. The mechanics are okayish, the reason why this gets an average score in this regard is because there is one other game that is similar but they used an asset pack instead of making their own graphics however this also drops your originality down. Theme is on point, but minus points for no 3D, No mobile, no leaderboards. That would have at least put your game slightly above average. But keep at it dude I’m sure this can be a great game.

Developer

Thanks for the detailed review! There were sure things we would have liked to add to game had time allowed. The background being one of them. Qurious how our mechanics score is affected so strongly by there being one similar game. After all, we were quite oblivious to what others might have been up to while developing  and tried to just come up with something at least a bit original. Anyway, I'm sure there has to be some kind of metric for differentiating the reviews and I accept your criticism! Maybe next time we will be more prepared for these kinds of expectations!

Submitted(+1)

Do not worry bro, you all good. I wasn’t too harsh on your rating like you said only 1 other dev did more or less the same thing. I understand that time is an issue for most devs in these jams. If you need a pixel artist for your next jam dm me on discord. I also do 3d modelling as well. I will say this your auto jump is better timed than the other game.

Developer

Alrighy, I'll keep that in mind! Androgunther is usually my guy, but there might be times he can't make it to a jam! I did like your graphic style. So did he. ;)

Submitted(+1)

Hey thanks man. Its not my best work to be honest. 9 days was not enough time so I just rushed all my artwork cause I am not that good at coding. I will look out for a dm if you need me ;) stay retro bro.

Submitted(+1)

Nice work putting all together, I feel like controls are a little bit off, for example... In my case, left CRT is used to fav the page... So, you page was fav and unfav like a lot... But it was a really fun experience. PD: Cheers to the doctor, so much character and charisma.

Developer

I had this experience of fav unfav with one of the games. But not others. Weird. Anyway, thanks for playing! There are alternative mappings too in the game!

Developer

Dr. is flattered and says hi!

Submitted(+1)

I really like the mechanics of this one. And the artwork is cute. 

Submitted(+1)

Very interesting interpretation of the theme. Timing the jumps was satisfying when I got it right :P

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

Fun and decent game. 

A bit at time, especially when shaking but then it goes with the theme because of that!

Looking forward to seeing a finished version.

Developer

There was actually quite a lot of ideas for this project that we did not have time to implement :) Maybe someday!

Submitted(+1)

Very unique and original idea ! I love it ! :D

Great job !

Developer(+1)

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

PRKL! Täähän oli loistava pläjäys, teemaan istu ku nyrkki silmään ja muutenkin hilpeä sekä haastava peli <3

Developer(+1)

Kiitos kaunis! Mukava kuulla noin pätevältä osanottajalta. :)

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

The mechanics are really unique and funny, really like the music and the art. Maybe I would have put the visual feedback of the impending explosion in the formula's sprite color (I looked closely and I saw that there's a little shaking animation but it's hard to read while you're moving), looking at the green bar in the left corner is a bit tricky. But that's the only thing I have to say, overall it's a great work, one of my favorites!  

Developer (1 edit)

Noted, and this is actually something our artist suggested, but we didn't have time to look into it. Thanks for playing and the kind words! :)

Submitted(+1)

Ah the unique game mechanic was perfect for the theme! Very good

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

Heey!!!

 I loved that, you should sell the formula that explodes as merchandise.

That was great, awesome puzzle platformer.

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the glowing review! 👐

Submitted(+1)

Nice game you have here. I like your implementation of the "unstable" theme, and I also liked the little opening cutscene.

Developer

Thanks! Also just reviewed yours!

Submitted(+1)

Top marks from me! This was REALLY HARD, but so fun and satisfying and unique! Great implementation of the theme and you squeezed so much mechanics into the game (I especially liked the shaking mechanic). One of the standout entries from this jam. Great work! 

Developer(+1)

That's high praise! Thank you! Really enjoyed yours as well!

Submitted(+1)

That's a really cool idea and interpretation of the theme really enjoyed it! good job!

Developer(+1)

Thank you! I'll be sure to check yours out!

Submitted(+1)

Cute old skool platformer with nice pixel graphics. Interesting idea with the auto jump, although it makes the game very difficult, so I didn't get very far. Very good job.

Developer

Thanks! The idea is, that the explosion jump stacks up on your normal jump and carries you further.  It might not be entirely obvious due to limitations faced with GDevelop! Still, got somewhat of the feeling I was looking for. :)

Submitted(+2)

Why are we in the sky lol!!!!
I spend half of my time playing amazed by the great idea and gameplay (and probably half of my time complaning it's too hard haha)
Great game!

Developer

Thx for the feedback! I contemplated making it easier, but then just went with it cuz it felt more fun to have a feeling of danger in it. :) At least the levels are skippable though!

Submitted(+2)

Thumbnail reminds me I sang "H He Li Be B C N O F Ne" to remember in high school.
The game is tough platformer.
You can jump, and you auto jump at a certain interval.
You need exact timing and action game sense.
Severe, but nice game.

Developer

Banger of a song I bet :D

Submitted(+2)

It's a very well-made game. I love how you get an additional jump whenever the unstable formula blows up, which will help you reach across long gaps and get to higher areas of the level. My only concern was that I was not able to beat the game because of one level where there was a huge gap on the top left section. I think it was two levels after the first level where you encounter thieves that will steal the potion from you. 

Developer (3 edits)

Thanks! If it's the one I think of, it's not entirely obvious that you're supposed to go up. We didn't have time to balance all the levels made by everyone. :) There is a level menu though, so you can skip if you can't get through!

Esc to quit to menu! Forgot to add instructions for that too...


Edit: maybe there's a bit of a 'leap of faith' with the final level also. It is possible to finish though, I promise. 😄

Submitted(+2)

Quite charming. I really like the title screen because of how you incorporated the title of the game into the periodic system.

Developer(+1)

It was actually a last minute idea cause I did not have the time to make a real main menu graphic :D But then again some good ideas come out of necessity :) Thanks for playing!

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