I like the creativity in this one. It reminded me of another game jam a few years ago, I remember loving that one... But I can't really bring it to mind. Either way, really well done, nice execution, the game feels very consistent ! Simple, but effective, thank you for making this :D
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Snapshot's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #55 | 4.417 | 4.417 |
| Overall | #133 | 4.167 | 4.167 |
| Presentation | #310 | 4.278 | 4.278 |
| Enjoyment | #414 | 3.806 | 3.806 |
Ranked from 36 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 uses their mouse to move the window, and the window is used to view portions of the desktop. The traditional roles of these features have been modified.
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
Comments
1 year ago (+1)
Funny you mention Windowframe, that's how I was inspired to make something like this! Except the first time I saw Windowframe was about 3-4 years ago (about the time I first started working with Unity)... it basically took me that long to actually make a winodw-based project lol. But now that I have more experience with C++ and felt more comfortable working with it, I definitely wanted to give it a shot in a game jam. Thanks for playing!
I used SFML which isn't a game engine, it's just a basic library for handling graphics, audio, etc, and I did everything using just this. The jitter is just a result of updating the window and view super quickly, which is something I don't think I could fix 100% unfortunately. It did take a while to get the window mechanic working just right, it required a lot of math (and learning how SFML views work on the fly). Thanks for playing!
1 year ago(+1)
Interesting. I am starting to learn raylib a bit now, I might see what they have to offer since they support transparent windows, which would make this a lot easier to implement. I'll definitely be looking more into your suggestion!
1 year ago(+1)
I used SFML which is a simple library for working with the system, graphics, audio, etc. I used the mouse position and subsequently the window position to decide what part of the game world I want to show, and rendered only that part in the window. It took a while to get right because my math was not great at first lol, and it would've definitely been easier to use something like raylib which supports transparent windows so that I could make a virtual fake window. I mostly just wanted to try not to use a game engine for a jam (and also do something cool with desktop windows). Thanks for playing!
Amazing game. it was a fun puzzle game in the first playtrough and a fun speedrun game after that, (but i'm probably the only one that did that). and I managed to get a time of 2 seconds. and i'm pretty sure 1s is impossible. but the game is just really good, and its just really fun looking around on you desktop.
amazing game. keep it up♥
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