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A jam submission

Weird Hamster Ball GameView game page

It's exactly what it sounds like - GMTK Game Jam 2024 submission
Submitted by ShikenGames — 20 hours, 32 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#57171.9842.625
Creativity#59272.1732.875
Overall#63601.8902.500
Style#69981.5122.000

Ranked from 8 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?
Hamster is small - Growing and shrinking is a core mechanic

Development Time

96 hours

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Tech:
* Asset Importer (AssImp)
* Bullet Physics SDK (bullet3)
* FMOD by Firelight Technologies
* FreeType
* JSON for Modern C++ by Niels Lohmann
* Simple DirectMedia Layer 2 (SDL2) by Sam Lantinga

Art:
QuibiCone (Hamster)
petergoldsmith (kitchen tap)
printable_models (box of cereal)

Music:
"Grand Dark Waltz Trio Vivace" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

"Sergio's Magic Dustbin" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Comments

Submitted

What a weird little fella. But when he run he be running.

Submitted

It was such a weird hamster ball game that I got the gist of why hamsters love running in balls so much. Good job!

Submitted(+1)

Nice game! I wasn't very good though...

Submitted(+1)

Admittedly I had more fun with this than I thought I would lmao, I clearly wasn't very good as couldn't make the jump no matter how hard I tried