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GMTK Game Jam 2023

Hosted by Game Maker's Toolkit · #GMTKJam2023
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A jam submission

SmackgroundView game page

Play as a background character and avoid the big beefy men
Submitted by Pyrocreep, adepres, Fruitmasterscoop — 8 minutes, 34 seconds before the deadline
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Play away from the brawlers

Smackground's itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Presentation#1844.4074.407
Creativity#2814.1304.130
Overall#4023.9323.932
Enjoyment#14723.2593.259

Ranked from 54 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?
A background character enters the foreground tries to avoid taking collateral damage from the brawlers

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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Super SaltSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

The game is Hard and fun , The idea is unique, i hope avoiding fights in real life isn't that hard lol 

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Catopia: The Reverse Realm
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Toto TotaSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Nice Art style, overall the game is cool, and the game respects the theme, well done. Can you play my game please so i can get feedbacks!

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Color Reversed
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BricketbrosSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Fun Game, nice artsyle and cool game concept!

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Not another Hero!
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PlagiatusSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Haha, the art is amazing, I love watching the two fighters fight. A little hard to avoid being hit when everything moves so fast, but I guess that's part of the game.

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BÖSS
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Armpit-ProductionSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

nice game, I love the art and the gameplay could be better, but the thing I love the most is bluford

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Keyboard Life
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Sere_Dim1 year ago(+1)

great idea and visual, the character is like a scientist from the mgs 1

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cute_grubSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

the vibe is great! Not sure how to make the game more interactive

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Lost Hats
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cute_grubSubmitted1 year ago

the vibe is great! Not sure how to make the game more interactive

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Lost Hats
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EzzybelSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I really liked how it looked, and the music was jammy! Doesn't hook me in to play though, but I liked the idea! It was fun!

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The Not-so Big Escape
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MegaBox1Submitted1 year ago(+1)

Cool! The presentation is great (animations, sfx, music) and the concept is funny. I thought the dash was a bit hard to control, and avoiding the fighters usualy meant running to a corner and than switching to the other when they came too close. Well done!

Also, I like the characters on the boat

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Mech Mayhem
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SPIRITOSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Fantastic. Great animation/art, interesting and fun concept, there isn't much room to avoid them so it's quite difficult... i think if you added alert arrows or something that indicates the direction the big beefy men are about to fly in, it would help the player to avoid them better but overall. Spot on, great game! :D 

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The Ol' Switcheroo
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keremasdSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

the art is AMAZING

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Fed Up Dirt
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WabadabaSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

such an awesome game, the art and music are incredible, and it was very cool to recognize the characters in the background. I'd love to see this idea expanded on. awesome work !

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Project Project
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AmiraveSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

nevermind the game jam, this might be one of the prettiest animated games i’ve ever played the artstyle and animation reminds me how much i’ve missed games similar to castle crashers and the other behemoth games. even without the controls, just watching the characters fight would’ve entertaining enough to keep me staring in awe

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Dagless
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PyrocreepDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

thanks for your touching comment, im glad you like it so much! I never used newgrounds but I played a lot of super meat boy and binding of isaac in my childhood which inspired my style I think. 

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GarrotusSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

i love the movement of the player and the style! i love it!

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Race Fixer
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BoingaSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

A very fun game indeed! The idea feels novel, and the controls are fluid. A quick issue, it is easy to take no damage by hiding out in the left corner. Although, I found it far more fun to try and stay in the middle while dodging as much as possible. Overall, a pretty fun game! I can see this game expanded on in the future with more fighters with different movesets.

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I AM DUNGEON
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nutellamanSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

animation drool

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Papa Bunger: NPC Edition
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HADRIEN NGUYENSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

This was lovely, the concept is clear, the controls are easy to pick up and the animations are CLEAN

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R.E.F.
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FruitmasterscoopDeveloper1 year ago

<3 much luv thank you

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Dark Blue Dragon GamesSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

This game is a gem! It's an extremely creative idea and a really interesting take on the theme.

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Lightbound
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FruitmasterscoopDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

thanks for playing the game <3

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daffoliySubmitted1 year ago (1 edit) (+1)

I love this. Genuinely had such  a good laugh! The game in itself also looks so distinct, it's lovely.

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Once Upon A Time
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FruitmasterscoopDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

thank you for playing the game <3
we're happy..... if the games makes you laugh then we did everything alright :D

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