GMTK Game Jam 2023

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Instate of you play the game, you design the game for NPC.

Submitted by Cate — 4 hours, 30 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Creativity	#916	3.796	3.796
Enjoyment	#1002	3.463	3.463
Overall	#1266	3.525	3.525
Presentation	#2085	3.315	3.315

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?
So in this RPG Maker game, instate of you play the game, you design the game for NPC.

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?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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StopaSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I loved playing this especially because our game has a similar idea of entertaining a player and receiving rating at the end. It was fun to try and get all of the different ratings, I really liked the idea of showing all the possible ratings as objects in the world and then lighting them once they are achieved. If I could improve something, it would be setting the stats of enemies. Letting the player choose arbitrary values brings you ultimate freedom of choice, but it gets a bit tedious and repetitive after a while. I think it would work better to have a predefined set of enemies (e.g. weak/medium/strong) and introduce some randomness. Overall, well done and good luck with your gamemaking dreams!

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Zork but reversed

CateDeveloper1 year ago (1 edit)

Thanks for giving my game a try.

I loved your game too!

Setting the stats of enemies (players) is a great suggestion. However, what I planned is that there have different types of players, and will have different stat, so enemies (players)'s stat is not decided to be set by player(Demon Lord), and so adjusting the individual HP and ATK values will be a strategic and reactive action.

And thanks for your encouragement!

SorbetInAPieSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Dude this is sick! I didn't know you could do this in rpg maker. Anyways, really creative idea!

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CateDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thanks for giving my game a try.

I believe that RPGMaker can actually do lots of stuff giving enough thought to put into it. But a lot of people discount it very quickly, so this is also why I make this game in RPGMaker.

scaryredgorillaSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Real solid game! One small thing I wish I knew was how to start the round! I figured it out but wasn't sure how to at first.

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CateDeveloper1 year ago (1 edit) (+1)

Thanks for giving my game a try.

You can go to the beginning entrance or the end of the dungeon to start the round.

I tried to let player know how to start the round by writing in the opening dialogue, however It seem to get missed a lot. I definitely need to improve communication in the game with better visual queues and tutorials after this Jam.

graphicmismatchSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

very good idea and executed pretty well! just wish the enemies had a few abilities and maybe a more engaging battle system!

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Crossy Road But You're Late For Work

CateDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks for giving my game a try and feedback!

swilliamsioSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

The concept and idea behind this is awesome. I agree with the feedback here in other comments that it's a little bit too complex on first playthrough and that it would be nice to direct the player more. Really great achievement for what you've managed to do in only 48 hours, nice one.

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RPS Referee Simulator

CateDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks for giving my game a try and feedback!

PierraffySubmitted1 year ago(+1)

a really good game, a really good idea

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CateDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thanks for giving my game a try and feedback!

Soul_TurtleSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

Woah, this game has a lot going on (in a good way). The tutorial text dump is a bit hard to get through, but the actual game mechanics themselves are really sweet. I'd say it's probably not necessary to let the player set the exact attack and health of the monsters, that's one step too many imo. But overall this idea has loads of potential, if it was refined just a little bit more, maybe a little less complexity at the start and let it ramp up over time. I'm really impressed you managed to make this in RPG Maker and in only 48 hours. Nice job!

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CateDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks for giving my game a try and feedback!

I definitely plan to create less complexity at the start and let it ramp up over time, but taking a complete system and taking the parts out and introducing them in order that not break will take time thus, not be able to do it. I after this game Jam, I actually think that I should create system independently but not whole at a time, then try to take it apart and put into tutorial. (while I might face the problem that later the independent system somehow not work in the whole things, that will be another story)

Daniel SidorenkoSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Can't believe you put together a dungeon builder system, a combat system and tutorials with dialogues, all in a jam! Aand all with sounds and visual effects!
Maybe the only advice I can gice is to semplify and speed up the combat (ex. choose from a pool of monster instead of setting HP and ATK, and let it fight the hero on real time instead of turns).

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The Good Overlord

CateDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thanks for giving my game a try and suggestions!

Setting HP and ATK is a preferred way of mine instead of .choose from a pool of monsters, I want to be able to adjust on the fly (ex. The player has 20HP you don't want to let the player die the next 2 hits so you adjust from 10 atk to 9 atk makes the player feel challenging but not kill the player), however, I do consider to make a preset system for the minions atk and hp value, however not enough time to implement it.

TourmiSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Very interesting and creative idea! I do feel like the ragequit feature shouldn’t have been tied to per-turn RNG, but to player deaths. I know I wouldn’t ragequit mid-boss fight unless I died, hahaha. Placing chest and enemies, but not deciding on their contents or stats before the player reaches them was a very good idea, and gives you a good chance to adjust difficulty on the fly!

Very good job!

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Drunk Space Odyssey

CateDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks for giving my game a try!

Honestly, I do think a good game needs to have some form of RNG manipulation based on the player's performance, like Resident Evil which will drop more ammo if you are low, and fewer enemies if you keep dying. So, the Idea comes from there, and I don't want to make you just watch the player play too long, I want more interaction when it's the player's turn.

About the rage quit mid-boss fight, let say the boss with max health is 999 your attack is 1 and you can't escape, the best part is the boss somehow also take forever to kill you, that is why I let the player tied to per-turn RNG.

Garnacha69Submitted1 year ago(+1)

The idea is great and the game is really fun to make and play. I liked how the player kinda thought a bit and went where he wanted and not just how you wanted. The game is really cool and fun and trying to make the player think the game is not to easy without raging him was a very good idea. Good job!

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Don't save my princess!

CateDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thanks for giving my game a try!

My experience in developing games makes me know balancing is very important, so the role now is swapped to let others balance the game XDD

Room121Submitted1 year ago(+1)

Really good game. Love the idea and the execution. Hate the player though. He hardly explored the dungeon, couldn't find any upgrades and had the gall to rage quit. But thinking about it that did put me in the mind set of the demon lord. Fantastic job!!!

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CateDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks for giving my game a try!

This game is aim to train the future player to have more empathy to game dev. XDD

ClumsyJoeSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Had a great time playing this game. Loved the idea, very original!

Submitted

CateDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks for giving my game a try!

luka fb lepkowskiSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Really like this game, it was super fun to design the dungeon. I imagine with a more indepth system that decides the players experience this would be so so so cool.

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CateDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thanks for giving my game a try!

Yes, it will be cool if like there have speed runner, bugger and others type of player. The opening dialogue is hinting those XDD

OrangoMangoSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Great graphics! This is game is really nice and the interpretation of the theme is cool (you make the game :D), I enjoyed playing it a lot. Well done.

Submitted

CateDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thanks for giving my game a try! I'm happy that you enjoy it.

Ali107Submitted1 year ago(+1)

The game is well made, but It needs fixing since the player rage quits even though the rage bar is way too low and not many turns have passed.

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Stop That Hero!

CateDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thanks for giving my game a try!

The meter is just for reference the player actually will rage quit based on RNG, the higher the rage meter, the higher rate the player will quit.

My thinking is that the player won't have a fixed value to quit a game. (Just like when you light the path the player is not necessary to go there, but have higher chance to go there)

Maybe I should try to communicate it better in the opening dialogue.

However, in my many testing, player rage quit when the bar is low just once or twice, which is in my opinion, an acceptable range.

Josiah SoaresSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Really cool idea! Skipping the enemies as an option would be cool, and even the option to add different kinds of enemies would be cool.

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Cinnaroll Reversal

CateDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thanks for giving my game a try and suggestion!

Adding different kinds of enemies was definitely in my plan but too bad, time pressure. QQ

Josiah SoaresSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Yea it would take a bit more time to do that, but overall, solid effort! Keep it up!

RikeratSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Perfect concept. Even it needs some upgrade but it's still fun.

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CateDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks for giving my game a try!

Actually, there have a lot of parts that I think I can improve, but I decide to hang it due to time pressure.

Akshay PoudelSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

This is a perfect 5 star game.

What a masterpiece. I love it.

Good Work.

Submitted

Inversion Flappy Bird

CateDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks for giving my game a try!

WarrenPeaceSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

The dialogue is suburb. I've seen alot of people attempt the "Player makes the game" but this is easily the best ive seen yet.

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CateDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thanks for giving my game a try and a high praise!

SenorGurkiSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I love the dialogue! Fun game, and I like the option to change how much health and damage your minions do!

CateDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks for giving my game a try!

The health and damage is the first thing I thought about when come to balancing and creating a RPG game. So I just added it in.

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