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A jam submission

BattleMageView game page

Action adventure platformer within the pages of a comic book.
Submitted by HugBug (@gohugbug) — 4 hours, 5 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Does the environment contribute to the Story?#14.5294.529
Is the storytelling well integrated into the game?#24.5884.588
Overall#63.9533.953
Is the narrative clear?#73.9413.941
Is the story enjoyable?#93.7063.706
Was the game fun?#163.0003.000

Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

What are you pronouns so I know how to refer to you in the video?
They/Them

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Submitted

I'm a big fan of your art and all your design, very polished. Maybe better to first focus on gameplay and then focus on art. I think your art probably already looks great when you do 20% of the work.

Also really cool that you implemented this in JS ⭐

Submitted

Game is short but art is really amazing ! Excellent work on the integration in the itch page.

Submitted

Stellar work! Really sold the style well, and as always your itch.io presentation is on point. Pretty awesome what you’re able to accomplish with straight html/css/javascript so kudos there.

Like others said (and, as I’d say about my own entry ha), would love to see more! In particular, I think it would be fun if you could play each “frame” of an actual comic book page, e.g. if there’s an action, space to make it happen, and maybe some puzzle solving that involves some meta going between pages to make cause some certain actions (maybe placing water on bottom left will put out a fire on the bottom right if you go to the previous page thus making the two come in contact, putting the fire out when you return back?)

Submitted

When is the next comic coming out? Okay the art is by far the best I've ever seen, holy crap you are amazing! You can easly follow the story, such a good idea!

I need the next chapter!! 

Submitted

Amazing art, it just jumps at you! Do you do this professionally lol? I wished i could turn the pages back to read it again hehe.

The actual gameplay was cool (although it did bug me that the hair was blowing based on where I was facing).

Nice punches with the attacks, it gives a powerful sense (reminds me of the "Armed with Wings" games from Sun-Studios back in the flash days).

However, I couldnt make the final jump. I just cheesed it by going of the page and spamming the jump button).

Submitted

super cool idea, wish it were longer! (also i keep being impressed by the game pages alone, great work)

Submitted

Great game, I'd love to see more.  The art and playing inside the comic was awesome.  Very well done.

Submitted

The artstyle is awesome, I love the comic pages and their animations, they're so cool! Really unfortunate that there was no time for more levels, but I get it, real life always gets in the way. The story was pretty clear, but as I said, the highlight for me is the way the story is presented. Really great entry!

Submitted

I’m very disappointed that there’s not more. This could be a great start to something amazing, I really hope we get to see more in the future. The aesthetics are your games are always amazing. Fantastic job and I’m looking forward to seeing more of your work.

I’m getting distracted by browsing some of your older games. The quality is really up there for everything I see. I feel you like are the person to beat this GDKO. 

Submitted

Damn HugBug you set a real high standard, was a beautiful game and I loved your comic experience (as a big comic fan myself). Game part was nice and very effective though I was looking forward to the next pages (of game), great job!

Submitted

I love the aesthetic and the art is really good. The attention to detail is immaculate, and I love how you described your art process. I'd love to see a post-jam version with more levels (or an update later in the tournament). Very well done!

Submitted

As always, incredible job.  I like that you described your art process in the description as well!  The little details really came through on this one as well, with things lighting up when you hit the lightning button, the sound effects and shake when the gate opened, etc... Your games are always so good it's hard to find things to give constructive criticism on but you always give good feedback so I'll see if I can pass on some advice about platformers I've been given.  The jump animation while moving was really great, but there wasn't a jump animation for jumping while standing still, which made the jump feel pretty stiff.  Endmark gave me the advice last year of using a little vertical stretch on jumping and horizontal stretch on landing, and I've found it gives a really natural jump look even without a unique jump animation.  In some ways I think the limited animation kind of fit the comic book aesthetic, though, so I wouldn't complain if it's an intentional choice.  Big fan of your work!  The comic book aesthetic is fantastic!

Submitted

Your game is incredibly well-presented and the comic book art style looks very professional. I really liked moving across the level and using the lightning bolts, also really great seeing the comic book come to life