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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #427 | 3.973 | 3.973 |
| Overall | #635 | 3.622 | 3.622 |
| Fun | #878 | 3.378 | 3.378 |
| Originality | #1136 | 3.514 | 3.514 |
Ranked from 37 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?
Boy and a girl - Chained Up! - Time Moves When You Move - WASD to control the boy and ARROW-KEYS to control the girl (Play with a friend for 2X the fun)
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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Great concept and amazing aesthetic, although lack of checkpoints between levels is brutal. Anyway, you did a really good job! :)
Hey thanks a lot! Yeah should have added check points :/ releasing an update with the fixes based on the feedbacks from the comments :)
The presentation is top notch :O It was fun dodging the "problems" and "society" :D I liked the implementation of slow mo when stading it gives you time to think when facing a new obstacle.
The only negative thing i can say is the game is unforgiving you should definetly add checkpoints :/
Other than that it was fun nice work :D
Hey thanks a lot for the feedback! Happy to hear these :)
Yeah started the jam 24 hours late, didn't have time for checkpoints - proper level design (each enemy type nicely introduced one by one along with various mixes of each) and proper game feel (better shatter FX + sound FX + people shattering to pieces etc.) - Combos & Fever mode.
Hope to finish this as a online 2 player multiplayer (each person controlling one person) + single player, if this gets to top 20 :)
I love the fun mechanics and cool art style! It was fun to play alone or with friend.
Nice Job!!👍👍
Thanks a lot for the feedback! Yes thinking expanding this as a co-op game :)
checking out and rating your game as well! :)
Really cool concept! Loved controlling both characters and running down all those dudes haha. The style reminds me of Catherine a lot -- really lovely.
Thanks a lot for the feedback! Checking out catherine :)
checking out and rating your game as well! :)
Okay, I finally found time to play this one! And as I thought, it is incredible! Those titles like "Society" make this game very nice metaphore! I'd add a little screen freeze and sound on every collision with wall, but other than that - incredibly cool!
Wow! glad you played this! Thanks a lot for the feedback! Nice suggestions on the screen freeze and sound, I'll add
checking out and rating your game as well! :)
Cool art style and the concept fits the theme well, reminds me a bit of Astral Chain! Gj!
Thanks a lot for the feedback! Should check astral chain :)
checking out and rating your game as well! :)
Great Art, looks promising as the starting section of an Action movie or Game.
BTW, Would love for you to try my game too.
It is an Action Platformer with unique controls.
https://sgt-blade.itch.io/wartorn
Thanks a lot for the feedback!
checking out and rating your game as well! :)
A nice take on the chained-together idea. I liked how you can use the chain to shatter some obstacles.
Thanks a lot for the feedback! :)
This is the perfect game for 2 players actually. I just asked my room-mate to play with me, and we had a really good time :))
Holyshit Yes! Didn't occur to me at all! Would be fun and would need a lot of communication to play, like overcooked! :) I should try pivot to that and finish this! Thanks a lot for this!!
This was a great experience. It is somewhat similar to what I was trying to achieve in my game Cable Guys. The music and the color palette used make the experience even better. Had a lot of fun chaining enemies and shattering them.
Feel free to check out my game. https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2021/rate/1087032
Yeah exactly the same mechanic! There were some 2D games too with this mechanic. Your game has way better effects than mine. Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for the feedback!
Awesome I'll check it out! :)
Great visuals and pretty well polished physics and animation and slowmo! I think the level / obstacle design feels a bit lacking, but I like it overall!
Thanks a lot for leaving feedback! :)
Yeah level design could have improved a lot. Idea was to nicely introduce one type of enemy/obstacle at a time while presenting to mixes of previously introduced stuff. So that each of these mixes presents a whole new experience where you have to play differently (Just like how Mark explains in the Doom video). Didn't have time for that. Had to quickly just add stuff and push.
Wow! Very clever game. Awesome!
Thanks a lot for the feedback!! :)
It was really fun! A great game if you wanna just mess around and have some fun
Thanks a lot! Like your game a lot too! :) and its doing really well i think in the jam, it would get featured on the GMTK video :)
thankkoo if it does come out to be in the gmtk video that wud be insane!
Tight controls, great visuals, love the slowmo. Had some trouble with the chasing people a little ways in xD
Thanks a lot for the feedback! Worked hard on controls and movement, glad you noticed! :)
Oh yeah, I should have slowly introduced the girl chasing guys and guy chasing girls. Ideally with a low speed so that the player's get used to this when they are introduced later as a bunch. This is solid feedback, I'll fix this and push an update.
The control is great, the physics of the chain is also good too, light and fun game to play!
Thanks a lot for the feedback! Glad you feel so, spent 75% of the jam smoothing out movement, character animation and physics :)
oh! this is great, the best game of the jam I played so far! Give it all 5 starts, I haven't finished it yet, can't restart too many times ^^" The chain feels icredible! It snaps so well when it hits the enemies!!! Good job! See you in Mark's video!
Wow thanks a lot! and for the rating! Yeah needs a checkpoint system (ran out of time :/ )
Currently nowhere near top 100 :) Hopefully this can get there.
The idea is great, and I liked the controls. Gave it a good rating, thanks for sharing
Thanks for the rating! :) Always wanted to make a dual character game where you can control both
Okay, I am in my bed on itch and definitely want to try this one tomorrow, because it looks incredible, wait for me XD
Hey thanks a lot! :D Let me know what you think after playing :)
pretty good, last part with men and women was really hard
Hey thanks a lot for playing! :)
With the Time moves when they move Mechanic, last section should be fun :D
Any idea why this game isn't getting ratings or tips on how to get more ratings?
no, have no idea how it works on itch.io
Yeah same here :) Thanks
I think games like ours which are not available in the browser will get less ratings cause the threshold of someone testing it is way higher
Oh yes! Makes sense. I also played way more browser games when checking out other jam games.
Chained up in Time - Gameplay Video