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A jam submission

The Map Has a HeroView game page

You can't move the Hero...But at least you can move the map.
Submitted by Blaer (@BlaerZhang), Marshall — 9 hours, 12 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#824.1674.167
Overall#2294.0724.072
Creativity#4194.0224.022
Presentation#6384.0294.029

Ranked from 138 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?
This game is a little weird Sokoban RPG. However, instead of controlling the avatar to push the box, players actually control the map and move the walls to push different kinds of stuff on the map. In that case, the roles of an RPG Hero and a map are reversed. It's not the Hero that tries to save the world, but the world on the map itself tries to save the Hero.

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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I really liked this game! The music, sound, and gameplay all come together very nicely! I also thought the puzzles were very clever and well-paced! Had a lot of fun with this one! I do have one accessibility recommendation, however. I think allowing players to press and hold a directional button to move the level instead of having to press only once every time would help make the game feel more fluid. 

Anyway, I really liked this game! I'm impressed with the level of polish you achieved in so little time! Good job!

Submitted

What I most like is the art and sfx. It just fits the game! Overall a nice puzzle game you have created there.

Submitted

Mechanics introduced too slowly for me, but very well done nonetheless!

Submitted

Really solid game! Looks good, plays great, really nice idea! Solidly executed. Good job!

This was such a neat one! I love your take on the theme! :)

Submitted

Its good, albeit a bit easy perhaps as far as puzzle games go. The visuals are great and the music fits too. Overall solid game

Submitted

This was REALLY good, great music, sfx, cute art and great leveldesign. Best one I've played so far you should be very happy with this! :)

Submitted

I really enjoyed this. The level design was spot on.

Submitted

This was incredible!

It's really funny to control the map. Hope to see more games!

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Submitted

Very cool twist on the sokoban gameplay! Also, the game is super nicely polished

Submitted

Really easy to pickup and the level progression is on spot!

Very fun puzzle, but for some could be a little bit more smooth and introduce more unique mechanics

Submitted

This was an amazing puzzle game, restrictions do in fact make wonderful puzzles, and the twist of moving the environment is simply superb. And then every new puzzle element felt flawless. The level design was also spot-on. Definitely would've played many more levels like these

Submitted

Real nice game, simple but interesting! i also was surprised by how many levels there were, 16 is quite a lot for a game jam especially considering the quality of the levels, also really liked the pixel art and the whole style of the game, really good!!

Submitted

That's my favorite so far! It's really good!

Submitted

I loved this game! The puzzles weren't so hard that it was impossible but not to easy that it wasn't fun. Good job!

Submitted

So fun!!! I love how the mechanics were taught and the level designs- super easy to understand and fun to fool around with

Submitted

Seem like a really nice concept. Like it!

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