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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #74 | 4.090 | 4.090 |
| Overall | #546 | 3.682 | 3.682 |
| Presentation | #900 | 3.642 | 3.642 |
| Originality | #1642 | 3.313 | 3.313 |
Ranked from 67 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?
In my game, a ball is permanently attached to the player via a chain, and the player has to puzzle out a way to complete platforming challenges with it.
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
This game was very short, but that's probably the only negative thing I can say about it!
The game controlled great and felt really good throughout its entirety! I would love to see more levels, especially after what you did with the last level, it seems your system was made well enough for you to start to be able to have fun with it. Also great touch with the jumping feeling really satisfying and oddly non-restrictive even with the giant ball!
Great job, hope to see more of what you do!
Very cool game! The player character felt awesomely squishy and slippy(if that's what you were going for) and the art looked great. Nice job!
I really enjoyed this game! It's especially cool for me to play a game that is similar to the one I worked on, but goes in a pretty different direction! The visuals and sound are great, and this is very polished, great job!
Great little game! The inversal at the last level where your flag is the chain is fantastic.
Very fun and simple concept, the block is bouncy at times but controllable and does not provide many hindrances. I would like to see you expand even more on this mechanics, all of the levels are sooo cleverly designed!
a solid, easy-to-digest puzzle-platformer with funny physics, clean presentation, and cool twists! great take on this common mechanic.
Flag at the end was a nice touch!
I really loved the funky tunes!! I liked the ending :3
Nice game mechanic
My first idea for the theme was similar to this one, but ended up going for something else. Really nice and fun to play!
Sometimes you glide a bit much, but other than that the controls felt nice. The graphics are simple but still still has a lot of charm :D Great job!
Amazing gameplay, tight and responsive physics with superb level design. Straight and to the point. Thank you and congratulations!
A good approach of the classic tether, with simple but effective visuals, good job!
With how slidy the floor is and how the weight of the ball hinders my jumps I feel that this game might even have fit into last year's "Out of control" theme. Really well done though. Good puzzles, great implementation of the chain physics and I also like the minimal visuals. Good job! :)
absolutely loved this chaotic movement, never seen something so random and yet so controllable
Wow, it was really fun to play!
I've seen some games with "man ball and a chain" but i think it was funniest one so far.
By the way, what did you use to generate visuals of the chain?
Was it line renderer?
Visuals are minimalistic, chain curves are adding details to it and color palette is great :)
I did use Line Renderer! I based the chain off of this rope tutorial I found on Youtube, the basics of it are that it simulates the chain's movements at certain points and then draws lines between those points:
Thanks for playing!Thanks for tutorial, I know what I will experiment with tommorow :)
This one is a lot of fun. There is a lot of potential here for a variety of mechanics, different things your guy could be attached to that do different things. I would love to see this one developed further! I love it!
Very cool game.
1, There should be more mechanics then just the player tied to a ball. Some Ideas are spikes that are deadly to the player or goo that slows the player down.
2, There should be more levels.
Besides these, very cool game.
Also, I would be very happy if you would play my game,
I had originally planned to add more of course, but since I was working alone and only had two days I just didn't have time. Thanks for playing!
Thanks for responding.
Fun: I really liked the level design. One thing I'd like is more precise movement, maybe less gravity or a bit slower movement.
Originality: Decent! I feel like I've played a few games like this before, and its a popular take on the theme.
Presentation: I like the simple art style and music!
Overall: Nice game!
very fun and well made game! controls feel very good!