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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #3197 | 2.835 | 4.286 |
| Overall | #4355 | 2.394 | 3.619 |
| Enjoyment | #4423 | 2.173 | 3.286 |
| Creativity | #5235 | 2.173 | 3.286 |
Ranked from 7 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?
It's a block-breaker-like game but you don't control the bat or the ball. You play as a man named Arthur who moves all the bricks to avoid attack from the ball.
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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Cool game! I really liked the concept, the picking up and throwing mechanics controlled very well, and the game’s visuals are very cool. I also liked that the game is a reference to one of my favourite scenes from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy! I didn’t realize it at first, but was happy when I learned that.
I did find that the game had its fair share of bugs, however. Here’s a list to help you out when you work on the post-jam version.
For additional feedback, I thought that winning the game is quite easy since it doesn’t matter how many bricks you have left. If you want to make it a bit more difficult, I might suggest making a special type of brick that triggers a game-over when broken (maybe some kind of super-bomb brick). Then more of this type of brick could spawn as the timer ticks down to increase the challenge as the game progresses. Just a suggestion, though.
Sorry for quite a lengthy comment. I just wanted to outline my bug-findings in case you weren’t already aware of them. I did have good fun with the game, and look forward to the post-jam version, which I will definitely be checking out. Good job with this!
Very fun game:D I like the concept and art style
Wasn't able to beat it because of crashes, really fun to play and looked great! Cool idea well executed!
Thanks for playing and very sorry about the crash o(_ _)o. I think I figure out what cause the crash: when the big ball turns blue and gets frozen, getting close to it will cause crash. Should be fixed in the latest version after the jam ( ´ ▽ ` )
Cool artstyle and the gameplay is really juicy. It was quite hard to figure out what I was supposed to do. Maybe some kind of a tutorial would have been useful. Sadly the game suddenly crashed..
Thanks for playing and very sorry about crashes and poor instruction (o_ _)o.
In this game, you help move the bricks to avoid big ball. You can get close to bricks and pick them up, then click somewhere to throw them out. You can also throw the bricks to the ball, that will become an effective counter measure and cause damage to the ball.
The reason of crash I think, is when the ball gets hurt by ice brick and gets frozen, approaching it will cause the crash. Should be fixed in latest version after the jam.
Thanks for playing anyway. Have a good day!(´︶｀)