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A jam submission

Buddies EscapeView game page

Short puzzle for GMTK2021 Jam, get the correct lever combination before your buddy dies
Submitted by Cryobolt Interactive (@StudioCryobolt) — 4 hours, 35 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun#16263.0003.000
Originality#17583.2613.261
Overall#19703.0293.029
Presentation#24132.8262.826

Ranked from 23 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 are immortal, but if your buddy dies it's game over for you..

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?

Yes

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

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Comments

Submitted

With a bit of story and narrative I can see this really nailing the "joined together" theme. I did find myself at a loss, though, on how to prevent Buddy from being hurt, so I just speed ran through the level :).

good

Submitted(+1)

Pretty straightforward puzzle, but I enjoyed it! I did think the camera movement was a bit too fast, but I'm used to really low sensitivity first-person games so it might just be me. I liked the atmosphere and aesthetic you created and I definitely felt an urgency to figure things out before my friend died. Good job!

Submitted (1 edit)

I've been running around this game much longer than I'd like to admit, trying to figure out what the combination is. Maybe I'm missing some clue? I checked the fountain but I'm not sure what to do with the symbols on it - whether to read them clockwise or counter-clockwise and with which symbol to start >_<

Edit: I made life way more complicated than it had to be.

Developer(+1)

turn on the levers with the symbols on the fountain :P

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

Does the order not matter?

Edit: oh God. I did massive overthinking. I thought I was supposed to notice the shield lying in the water and act like it was still in the empty place on the fountain and that there would be  some clue as to with which symbol to start and that I'd then have to enter all 4 in the correct order.

Anyway, good job on the game! Would've loved to have more puzzles in there and I believe people already told you about the mouse sensitivity being a bit difficult to handle :)

Developer(+1)

spent too much time in graphics and sounds, anyway thanks for playing! I cant do much about the sensitivity right now.

Submitted

Yeah, it's fine. It was definitely playable and you can always change the sensitivity later on. Most important bit is that you got it done and it works :)

(+1)

the game has a cool concept and always enjoy a puzzle, but the sensitivity made it difficult to play and buddy would set on fire by himself! but i enjoyed what you did with the idea

(+1)

the game was fun easy and fast

Submitted(+1)

The mouse sensitivity is too high, I'm having trouble controlling the game. Sorry, I tried...

Developer (1 edit)

i thought the sensitivity was okay, but i cannot change it anymore, sorry about that

Submitted

Maybe something is wrong with the game's DPI or something. I mean, I move my mouse 1 inch and I already spin 40 circles (not exaggerated)

Submitted(+2)

The environment looked nice and I finished it, but I'm not entirely sure what was going on. Good job though!

Submitted(+1)

Looks very nice. The only problematic thing I noticed is that buddy is always talking and first time I was waiting for him to say everything for a long time;) He could say something like "lets go";)

I am also not sure how buddy started burning on its own. I was playing and after some time he just died and I had to restart.

It would be nice if You could go further with it, like with acting as a shield for a buddy, with few more mechanics You could make a full small game from it, so good job;)

Submitted(+1)

Finished in the first time :) nice work, was  there some music i missed?

Developer(+2)

Did not really have time to add a lot of music, the ambient music is all there for now :P