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A jam submission

Scaelar TrialsView game page

The woes of being a wizard stuck in Limbo
Submitted by Pinho13, TyperaKalaTyyppi, mich (@_michdev), SteveRSound, GreaseHeadD — 1 hour, 28 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#584.4394.439
Overall#1894.0984.098
Enjoyment#2513.9513.951
Style#9373.9023.902

Ranked from 41 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?
We interpreted the GMTK theme 'built to scale' as a game [window] built to scale as a gameplay mechanic.

Development Time

96 hours

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see description for full credits

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Submitted(+1)

Super cool & unique concept! Bravo!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much!

Submitted

Outrageous. Go play it yourself, you owe it to yourself.

Developer(+1)

We appreciate your candor

Submitted

this was so incredibly clever!!!!! absolute joy to play, 15/15

Developer

Thank you so much for playing!

Submitted

Really clever usage of the theme! Congrats, was a really fun little game

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted

Cool game! I'm a wizard I'm gonna manipulate the world muahaha!

I never thought this could be done in a browser game, nice work!

Developer

Glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted

Omg, this is definately one of the best entries I've played this year! such a cool mechanic!! loved it, and i could see how much more you could expand on the idea if you continue working on it!

Developer

Indeed! We are glad you enjoyed playing it!

Submitted

Cool idea!

Developer

Thanks

Submitted

Very creative take on the theme and well executed. Excellent work!

Developer

Thank you for all the feedback!

Submitted(+1)

This is by far the most creative game I played yet for this jam! AMAZING ideas, good music, GREAT art and responsive controls. Thank you for the experience it was really fun and it was one of the few games I beat without issues in this jam yet! One thing I thought about during my playtime was "I wish this was on mobile so that the game could also use vertical/horizontal screen settings for even more crazy puzzles!"

Developer

Thank you so much for the feedback! We are glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted(+1)

Really impressed that you got it to work on browsers. The thought of this concept on a browser game never even occurred to me. 

The buzzing didn't really affect my experience. The art and music are really nice, and there's a lot of charm I can feel put into the game. The only part that I struggled with was when I had to move my screen around to move the big platform.

Developer

Thank you for the feedback! We are happy that you enjoyed the game!

Developer(+1)

it actually works better on browser surprisingly, since most browsers dont go in a low process mode when resizing unlike normal apps

Submitted

This concept is so cool!!!  I'm really curious how you guys managed to make the window scaling mechanic!  10/10!

Developer

We are glad tou enjoyed it! For the window scaling for most of it we tracked the size of the visible viewport.

Really interesting mechanic and plays really well into the prompt!

Didn't make a lot of sense what to do at first so I did have to read the comments but once I got into it it was really enjoyable.

The only criticism beyond the grating window resizing sound which other people have mentioned is that the jumping felt a bit too 'heavy' for me, but that's likely to just be personal preference. Although seeing the lil' guy faceplant when I fell down did make me smile the first time it happened.

Developer

Really happy that you enjoyed the game! Thanks for the feedback!

Submitted (1 edit)

absolutely incredible idea for the mechanic, and the fact that you pulled it off also in the browser warrants so much respect

as other said, the sound of resizing the window is a bit annoying and you hear it a lot but that’s super minor

some of what happens when you resize the window felt a bit unpredictable so it required some empirical experimentation (if there’s some logic in some of these levels I really don’t understand)

both small gripes mentioned above aside… this is a bold and solid implementation with good art to back it up, absolutely love it, it’s the first 5/5/5 i give

a bit of harsh criticism: I think your capsule art is really holding it back, I have zero association between your game and your cover art

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for the feedback! It is very valuable! Im glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted(+1)

Man this is so cool and such an interesting idea. Everything about this great, but moving the window around and resizing it is just kind of clunky and awkward fundamentally. Makes this a great jam game but not something I would want to play more of. I also agree with the others that the resizing sound is pretty grating. But the concept is really cool and innovative, and it works!

Developer

We appreciate the feedback!

Submitted

Not your usual platformer !

I expected the first part about only seing a part of the window but the cubes and island mechanics were really well thought and added nice puzzles elements. It also adds a lot more substance to your usual platformer and makes you think outside the box. (quite literraly)
The experience was really enjoyable and refreshing and at every new mechanic it was nice to try to figure it out, everytime i thought "wow that's so cool they came out with this ! How did they code it ?".

The music tunning down when zooming out was a nice detail


Would love a longer version of the game, good job !
Developer

Thank you so much for the feedback!

Submitted

Well made! I like the concept of moving the window, I like the art and the different elements. A fun puzzle game. It is one thing I dislike though and it's the constant BZuzbuzding of moving the window, that sound effect makes me go crazy, its the same sound over and over again each time a pixel of the window moves. Other than that, well done, its a great game!

Developer

Thank you so much  for all the feedback! It was definitly my fault making the sound like that, didnt think it would be such an annoyance, if I could I'd change it now. Apart from that Im glad you had fun

L.M.A.O. Bravo. Well done!

Developer

Thank you so much!

Submitted

really cool idea. Sound hurt a little :)

Developer

My bad, shouldve been less loud. Glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted

Enjoyed the idea & controls!

I got a little annoyed by a sound played while resizing the window (but it could just be my browser/os :P)

Developer(+1)

Yup if I could go back and change the sound I  would didnt know it would bother as manny people I shouldnt have it set up like that. Glad you enjoyed everything else!

Submitted

Amazing game! good to see another game with the same-ish premise (although this was a lot more inventive!). it definitely needs a bit more polish and a lot more bug fixing, but it's a great idea!

Developer

Thank you for the feedback!

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