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A jam submission

Find the LampView game page

Submitted by TKwolfie — 7 days, 17 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#1981.2461.455
Originality & Innovation#2041.0901.273
Overall#2051.0741.255
Graphics#2051.0901.273
Fun & Game Design#2061.0901.273
Audio#2090.8561.000

Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted(+1)

I also had a bunch of browser prompts pop up at the start, but simply hitting "cancel" on all of them let me play without (as far as I could tell) any technical problems.

A little bit of instruction in the comments would have been very useful: having the light "off" to begin with left me completely lost as to what was going on (and the character seemed to simply float around randomly and reset occasionally until I first turned on the light: I'm not sure if that was because hitting the button did something to initialise/reset the game or I simply couldn't see what was going on, but it made for a very confusing start).

Greater care with the graphics might also have helped communicate what was going on. I don't mean making them "better" in a more general sense - which is probably not the most effective use of time in a jam - but thinking about what you want each sprite to communicate to the player. The platforms seem to be photos rather than a representation of something I'd expect to be able to stand on, for example. And the hammers seem to fly directly towards the player, so why not make them some object that would ordinarily be expected to do that - maybe arrows or cannonballs? (I also noticed that you can keep playing the game even after a game over - not exactly a serious oversight but something that could potentially be addressed if you wanted to refine this later.)

Theme-wise this seems a great match for the jam, by the way. I feel like a lot of people went with lights for the on/off element but this makes it nice and central to the gameplay.

Submitted

Let me know if there is a way to get past the browser prompt, I would love to give it a try!

And if you get a chance to check out my game Foxy Boom Boxy, I would love any feedback, thanks!

Submitted

Let me know if there is a way to get past the browser prompt, I would love to give it a try!

And if you get a chance to check out my game Foxy Boom Boxy, I would love any feedback, thanks!

Submitted

Game seems severyl broken, when runnig the web version it pops out quite a lot of error messages and after that the game runs but is erratic and non responsive.

Submitted

The game would look great if you used some key on the keyboard to turn on the lights. For first game with the engine is great!

Submitted

I got the game to work and figured out the controls! Congrats on getting your first game out, and you implemented some cool ideas. Of course, it needs a bit of polish but good work! I actually got a game over but continued to play to get to the end of the level. 
If you have a chance I'd appreciate you playing and rating my entry as well :D

Submitted

I'm a bit late, but it seems you read the comments and quickly fixed the issues that would've made me the report the submission, good job.

As for the game itself... an attempt was certainly made. It's almost nostalgic playing this game and it reminded me messing around in Scratch a decade ago.

I'm sure you already know what technical issues needs to be improved by looking at other submissions and I sincerely hope this Jam will be a foundation for your future creations, so I'll cut all of that and comment on a design choice I not a fan of.

The "darkness" is supposed to be obscuring the screen, thus giving the player a reason to turn ON the light. However, the "darkness" resembles the ink from the bloopers from mario cart, which is to say that they didn't do a good job at obscuring the screen. Coupled with the fact that the hammers trigger when players turn ON the light, the mechanic seem more like a nuisance.

Submitted

the game seems broken :(


would you also mind checking out my game and provide a rating? https://itch.io/jam/gdevelop-game-jam-4/rate/2216257

Submitted

Shame you didn't upload to play in browser :(

Submitted(+1)

I'm eager to give it a try, but unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a game not working.

I'd be incredibly grateful if you could spare a moment to test out my game, share your thoughts, and offer a rating. Feel free to check it out here: Game Link (And remember to secure your place on the leaderboard by adding your name! 😆)