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A jam submission

A Jammed TetherView game page

Submitted by bussin ohio — 2 hours, 44 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Presentation#5243.8953.895
Overall#6473.6143.614
Fun#7473.4473.447
Originality#11453.5003.500

Ranked from 38 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?
You're stuck on a tether that pulls you in an interval starting at 10 and decreases over time.

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Nice art and good excecution, I just wished it ramped up a bit faster, but that is easy to tweak :)
Good job!

Submitted(+1)

Great game! I really like the art and the wide variety of bullet types! I just wish it were a bit more difficult. Besides that nice work overall!

Submitted(+1)

Great art and fun game, but i think it could be a little bit harder.

Submitted(+1)

Superb art work and the game is very fun,you could have added 2 players instead of tethering the player to a post that would have add more fun and challenge to the gameplay,but still it is nice cute game

Submitted(+1)

A really addictive game. I spent 20 minutes or so trying tobeat my high score, and the art is really good.

Submitted(+1)

I really love the art in the game, and the gameplay itself is fun, but I feel the tether didn't add too much of an extra challenge as I could just walk in the opposite direction of the pull and not get pulled much. Maybe if the tether had a max length that shortened as your score went up, therefore confining you to a smaller area and making it harder could work well. 

(+1)

Fun game, but the cutscene at the start is confusing.

Submitted(+1)

Nice game quite fun, one change I might suggest is giving the tether a little more power in the pull (or you could have the power increase as your score goes up) just to make it a bit more challenging/tether based.

Overall though good creative idea and very fun game, nice job

Developer(+1)

It actually does get stronger as time goes on! The increase is very small though so it's only noticeable when your score is quite high. 

Submitted(+2)

Oh I see, I thought it might be getting stronger at one point but I assumed it was just me forgetting what it was like in the beginning lol. My mistake, nice job then I just need to get better so I can go against super strong tether lol :)

Submitted(+1)

I really like the art, and the idea is nice. It was maybe a bit too easy, maybe make the tether pull you a bit harder, but other than that I really liked it!

Submitted(+1)

High score - 29 :D

I really enjoyed the game! Those times when dozens of projectiles rush towards you... and you read the trajectory and stay in a safe zone... and then timer goes out and you are dragged to the enemy... Lovely!

I wish there were music/sounds - I couldn't hear any. Other than that - very well done!

Developer

Thanks for the feedback! There actually are sounds and music, I think I might have made them a little too quiet though

Submitted

Then I will have another go with max volume :-)

Submitted(+1)

A simple fun game, control is very smooth and feels good. Pixel art is nice to look at. Good job!

I would suggest that maybe it'll be even more interesting with few other poweraps besides the medkit.

Submitted(+1)

Really fun game  and good take on the theme!


It was fun having to time my movement, because once the tether was gone you'd go full speed again and I would run right into projectiles. It was fun to have to play around that.


The movement feels super polished and well done. The art is also very well done!


My only complaint was that it was relatively easy to stay alive. I'd prefer to only have three or maybe two hearts. I got to 40 before I decided it was time to move on.


Overall, really good job!

Developer

Thanks for the feedback! The difficulty is definitely something I'm tweaking as the rating time goes on, thanks for telling me about it though!

Submitted(+1)

fun game! everything feels super polished and i especially love the graphics!

Submitted(+1)

Very cool and original concept!

It would be cool if there were more bullet/enemy variant's as appose to just more of mostly the same bullet but its a lot of fun!

P.S. My high score is 22 😎

Submitted(+1)

Very nice game indeed! Love the sprites especially as they are super cute. 

Feel free to rate and comment on our game as well! https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2021/rate/1082401

Submitted(+1)

Nice take on the theme! The difficulty curve was just right, although I think that medkits spawn a little too often, as I could stay close to full health nearly the entire time. The sprites are great, and the cutscene at the beginning is a neat inclusion. Overall, I really enjoyed your submission!