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A jam submission

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Submission for GameJame2024: Built to Scale
Submitted by facedownninja — 5 hours, 51 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#32753.0563.056
Style#42472.6392.639
Overall#44912.5742.574
Enjoyment#55692.0282.028

Ranked from 36 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?
You play as a nanomachine using simple code that builds upon itself and increases in scale.

Development Time

96 hours

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Asset Filename Site License Author name
Monitor_1-empty.png Monitor_1-empty.png https://opengameart.org/content/screens-displays CC0 1.0 knekko
[to be figured out ] https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/download/ CC BY-SA 4.0 VileR
Silhouette base (no idea, its a link) https://www.pixilart.com/draw/head-face-base-dfc924bd974b1b1 (no clue, but website seems to provide everything free of use) not given, so... Pixilart?
Click_2.wav Click_2.wav https://freesound.org/s/478196/ Creative Commons 0 JonnyRuss01

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Neat concept, though I found it difficult to tell what I was supposed to be doing some of the time. I also had some blocks I couldn't interact with appear in the right column, and while the first time I was able to get them to go away by failing the level a few times, the second time I was not so lucky, and had to restart the game entirely. On the other hand, I had no issues with window size - I suppose 1080p with no scaling is the correct resolution for this game? Glad that worked, at least! There's definitely potential here; keep it up!

Submitted(+1)

Unfortunately couldn't figure out how to play the game, maybe it was a browser issue? I tried zooming in and out but couldn't figure it out. Playability and onboarding is critical for game jams!!

Congratulations on your first entry, in any case.

Thank you for trying anyway, we'll fix it after the update is unlocked :) I hope your game does well!

Submitted(+1)

I like the coding with blocks idea, i think a tutorial inside the console would have been a perfect match also a bit of feedback on success or error could be a + but overall a good idea :)

(+1)

It's definitely on the list :D

Thank you for playing it though ^^.


BTW since you mentioned it, given that there are several "outcome paths"  based on the input you place, which might not be strictly "pass/not pass", do you have an idea of what feedback could look like for you? Trying to brainstorm on that front so any such ideas would be super helpful :)

Submitted(+1)

Now you say it, i agree it's not that simple ^^' having at least a green outline around all blocks, fill the path with a green / success effect and then print it in the console and after a delay show the next block could be a good start ? It's only ideas tho !!

(+1)

I asked for ideas, so it's very much appreciated :D
And that's honestly not a bad idea :) Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

Nice game! Interesting idea and the presentation is cool. The gameplay can be a bit weird tho

Thank you for playing either way :) We'll polish the game after the voting.

Submitted

wut am i supposed to do boss?

Submitted

Cool first project! I had a little trouble figuring things out, but that could just be on me. Keep making games!

Submitted

you have a problem when I resize your game in google

Submitted(+1)

It's an interesting idea, a small first game that could be the start of your big project. The only problem I got is the window size. Good job!

Aw, thank you ^_^ 💗

(+1)

you REALLY have to figure out the window size

was really frustrated that the game didn't work, until I zoomed out a bit

would be a shame if others run into the same issue and can't enjoy this great little game because of that

It's next on the todo list right after the game uploads are unlocked again ^^;

Submitted(+1)

A interesting concept with a cool art direction but there are some bugs (can't pick up certain commands) and the font is a bit hard to read.

good job for a first game :]

Submitted(+1)

A interesting concept with a cool art direction but there are some bugs (can't pick up certain commands) and the font is a bit hard to read.

good job for a first game :]

Submitted(+1)

Not really my type of game, but it seems like a cute concept. :)

Developer

Thanks for trying it regardless!

Submitted(+1)

I like the concept but many times I didn't know what my goal is and just put random stuf until it worked. Like gathering materials just beeing doing u-turns in a loop.

Thank you :). We actually intend on further working on this game after the jam .. And we'll definitely rethink and make the puzzles better (and more :p)

(1 edit) (+1)

Sorry, but this game was broken for me. There were no pieces of code for me to drag and drop :( However, I'm really proud of you for making your first game! Please keep making games! Don't let this get you down!

We'll fix the bugs as soon as we are able to update the game again :). Thank you for the encouraging words!

Developer

Definitely ran into an issue when exporting it to work on a web page. Thank you for the kind words!

Submitted(+1)

there were quite a few parts where it was very confusing as to what to do.

Thank you for the feedback :)

Submitted(+2)

That was a wacky quick little game. I would have liked a bit of explanation at least in the game description of how to play, but once you realize how to interact with it the puzzles are pretty intuitive. 

Developer

Added a quick description, thank you for the advice!

Submitted(+1)

Couldn't figure out how to play it

(1 edit)

One of the devs here, we sorely screwed up the UI scaling, making it fail pretty bad. 

The first level might not work because of this. However I figured out that it will work if you zoom out the browser a little. I zoomed mine out to 80%.

Not sure if that was your issue, but i hope that might make it work for you :) (only use this fix if it's broken on your side)

Developer

Thanks for the heads up, probably shouldn't have submitted it as a browser game but locked in now. 

Submitted(+1)

Fun, simple puzzle. game. Plus creepy. We love creepy.

Developer

Was going to start off lighter and then get creepier as time went but time crunch.


Thank you for the feedback!