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A jam submission

Pause To PlayView game page

A puzzle game where the role of the pause menu is reversed!
Submitted by Ecremprown — 16 hours, 36 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Top Marks#1n/an/a
Creativity#174.5694.569
Overall#494.3104.310
Enjoyment#1124.1224.122
Presentation#3534.2394.239

Ranked from 452 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 role of the pause menu is traditionally to stop the game so you can go get a snack. I reversed the role of the pause menu so that you must use it in a creative way to reach the goal!

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

No

We used pre-existing art

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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Submitted

This is a really well designed game with super fun puzzles. Took awhile for me to understand that you can walk on the UI so in the future you may want to better tutorialize some mechanics. But honestly i really enjoyed this experience and would love to see a full game of this!

Submitted

So fun! Thanks for the hints. Great job team (:

Submitted (1 edit)

Cool game and cool idea

Submitted

This is a really cool idea, really impressive!

Submitted

I love the idea, it's a super fun puzzle game.

Submitted

Very cool idea. I did the thing with sizing down before the lvel asking for it. I was sure it was not intentional but it was actually a feature ahah!
Great job it is very fun to play :)

Submitted

Damn, this feels weird XD

Can't understand how to beat the 4rd level. Can't see anything in options to help me proceed, hmmm

Developer

try looking at the hints in the main menu

Submitted

This was super clever and original. Pretty sure I have never seen menu controls used in puzzles like this, great job!

Submitted

Love this idea.
Well polished game!

Submitted

Awesome concept! The sliders serving as both platforms and changing the physics is brilliant! The platforming / controls felt a little slippery at times and I died a bunch to the camera slider putting me through a wall. Great sounds and good fun! Nicely done!

Submitted

One of the best uses of the theme I've seen. Nice visuals too! I got stuck pretty early on but still, bravo! 

Submitted

Would love to see this game developed further, I had a lot of fun. Including the famous Ah Haaa! moment

Submitted

Got stuck on level 9 but awesome game!! Really think you'll be one of the winners. Aesthetics are great, audio is (funne bonk go bonk ha :) ) great, and execution is near flawless. 15/15!!

Submitted

Outstanding game, well done.

Submitted

I think the game is fun - pretty difficult puzzles but satisfying to beat. The theme didn't come through as clearly for me as for some others, but I enjoyed the mechanical integration regardless. Clever idea and well executed!

I adore this, amazing concept and smashes the theme perfectly. I would suggest some graphic updates, but I adore it. Great Job! 

Submitted

Excellent game!

Submitted

One word... GENIUS!!

OK, this is just so clever that I feel ashamed of my merely ordinary brain and my game idea. lol

Fantastic!

Submitted

Very clever game! Incredibly unique entry!

Submitted

This is so well polished, the movement was so smooth, and just the idea of the pause menu being platforms, is awesome.

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