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A jam submission

The Control Boxes Are BrokenView game page

You can't control the robot! GMTK 2020 Entry
Submitted by Frances — 5 hours, 8 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Originality#21393.0533.053
Overall#24862.7372.737
Presentation#27492.7372.737
Fun#27642.5262.526

Ranked from 19 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
The player cannot control which direction the character will move.

Did your team create the art for this game during the 48 hour time slot?

Yes

We created all art during the game jam

Did your team create the audio for this game during the 48 hour time slot?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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Comments

Submitted

Simple idea but it works. I liked it, especially taking into consideration you made it in a few hours. I'm not sold on the colors though; maybe arrows would be easier for people to understand (after a while you get used to the colors so it could just be arrows as well). 

But apart from that nitpick, I enjoyed it :D

Developer

I thought of doing arrows, too, but I was worried that it might make it too easy... 

I'm glad you enjoyed it, though!

Submitted(+1)

Wow, simple concept and greatly done. Had some fun with it. congrats!

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

I knew that there was something to do with the color on the robot. I did not fully understand the controls but I managed to realize each color has one correct direction. The way I controlled the game was I pressed the direction I want to go but release it immediately if it was not the correct color and then hold it when it is. 

Developer(+1)

Yeah, the colors say which direction it's gonna go. I play it that way, too. I hope it wasn't too confusing...

(+2)

I liked the a-ha moment in the first and second levels, at first I thought the game was "do a random walk to the goal." Also neat to see how quickly adapting to the "controls" happens.

Developer

I'm glad that you liked the a-ha moment in the early part of the game! I was worried that it might be too confusing at the start and hard to learn the colors, but I'm glad that it turned out okay.