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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #155 | 4.267 | 4.267 |
| Presentation | #322 | 4.267 | 4.267 |
| Overall | #345 | 3.970 | 3.970 |
| Enjoyment | #1176 | 3.378 | 3.378 |
Ranked from 45 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?
In this T-Rex Run - inspired game, you don't play the Elephant, you play the entire level, because elephants can't jump...
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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Man this is super clever way to make a runner game!
Amazing Game! It captures the minimalistic style of the T-Rex Run game very well and expands upon the original concept by allowing you to control the environment rather than the elephant. It is challenging to get used to at first but once you get the hang of it is quite satisfying to play. Very Well Done, Good Job!
This is such a fun reinvention of that dinosaur game! The visual style is also really nice :)
My only critique is that while it was fun throwing the elephant around, I found it frustrating trying to get the level back into a good place on the screen ready for the next jump
Quite minimalist but very good concept for the theme. I was a bit frustrated with the controls but that was quite enjoyable ! Nice job !
Simple, cute, love the minimalist style and animations, excellent use of the theme. Super well done. Tutorial was a bit confusing and seemed irrelevant to the main mechanic.
Amazing game! I liked moving the map to jump! One thing I didn't like about this game was the fact that I couldn't adjust the screen size/ the position of the player. All in all, I enjoyed it a lot!
I would love it if you could give us some feedback on our game!
Starting the game was very confusing, it took us really long to figure out you'd have to hold the arrow up key for the cursor to appear. Is this some joke I'm not getting?
On seeing the description, I expected a much simpler game where you just clicked to make the level jump but was very pleasantly surprised. Controlling the elephant by moving the level actually felt pretty responsive and actually added movement that would not be possible in a standard dino run (different speed/height jumps). Great job!
Omg this took me by suprise, this is what the jam theme was all about. Very creative, the physic is so well made 5/5
I love Elephant sprite and the minimalist aesthetic.
Love how clean and simple this submission is!
Wow the game is hard, also the cute character.
Very nice idea but the jumping sounds is kinda ear piercing.
I came for the elephant and stayed for the creative gameplay. I love it
very creative and really liked the art!
Even easy mode is hard. Cool game
I loved everything about this, from the way you intro the movement to the end screen to the style/animations. I've seen a similar mechanic in a couple games for this jam and I think it's really compelling for something bigger (for those who are a fan of frustrating games)... but this is the best execution of this mechanic I've seen and probably my favorite game of the jam so far. Excellent work
If you plan to explore this further, I would be curious what would happen to the gameplay if you allow the player to move the camera independently from moving the level, I kept finding myself having to drag it back in view... not sure, it may make things too easy
Wow... Thank you so much! This means a lot...
This wasn't actually my goal to make a frustating game but I guess the physic is so janky that it makes the game difficult xD
As for the continuation, before the Jam I was working on another version of Running Elephant, with a different gameplay (but still different from the original). However that gameplay didn't fit the theme so I decided to make this version instead, and I added a little story to add personality to the game and not have just an infinite runner.
As for the jam version, I'm not sure if i'll continue it, maybe fix some bugs if I'm not lazy, but I'll definitely continue the other version I was working on. Maybe I'll make a compilation with different gameplay variations of Running Elephant? We'll see... (for that I'd have to find other cool variations too...)
And I'll test your idea of moving the camera, because it's very difficult to move the Elephant when it is stuck to the side of the screen (and it could be fun to see how far you've moved the level from it's original position). But anyway I still think I'd have to revamp the physics first to improve the game.
I don't know... I'm pretty sure elephants do jump, but only when we don't look :D
Nice reversal on the runner games! Well polished too, but I did find the controls hard to get used to.
Fun, really hard with a touchpad though xD. I like how true to the inspiration and sleek the presentation is. Great game!
I'm gonna be honest, I'm not too good at this game haha. I found a few bugs, but it's pretty fun overall. Nice work!