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A jam submission

World Eater (GMTK 2024)View game page

Submitted by jamesgreener2010@gmail.com — 1 hour, 17 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#26073.2503.250
Style#35962.8612.861
Overall#38312.7782.778
Enjoyment#50752.2222.222

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?
Move Many Planets into the Maw! Scale up the infection on planet scale

Development Time

96 hours

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Submitted(+1)

I dont konw what to do in the beginning. But I like to move around and see the cosmos.

later on I like it more.

yes im looking for outerwilds in every 3d works : ) Thank you for the great journey

Submitted

Ha, Outer Wilds crossed my mind too. If you drift off into the void, it captures that same uneasiness.

Submitted(+1)

Wow such an interesting idea! Awesome job! The music and visuals are really good!

Submitted(+1)

Reminded me of Mario Galaxy! While it was fun, I wished there was a way to rotate the camera so I could tell which asteroid I was moving towards. I also wanted some way to slow down the ship because it's hard to stop once you get moving. Great work!

Developer (1 edit)

Mario Galaxy was definitely an inspiration, thanks for the feedback!

Host(+2)

If your cover art is AI generated, please change it as we do not allow generative AI in submissions. 

Developer

Thank you, I will change

Submitted(+1)

Oh geez, this was incredibly disorienting and I don't normally get motion sickness in games. Having the ship move in a different direction than its pointing felt odd, and it felt like I kept skimming up against asteriods without having a way to slow down and land on them. The procedural animations are really nice, but I had to stop playing early because of the camera swinging wildly in random directions.

Submitted(+1)

This game is somehow cozy, I've loved it.

I'm seriously amazed by the World Eater's procedural animations and the gravity around the planets.

As others have pointed out, it would be nice to have a way to rotate the camera, not to know where you are (the gravity shifting is a pretty good indicator that there is a planet or asteroid nearby), but to watch as the World Eater slurps the planets. Also, I would've liked having more than one planet, eating asteroids doesn't seem that impactful to me.

Nice work!

Submitted(+2)

Interesting concept but it's definitely diminished by the fact that you can't move the camera! This could also use a slightly better tutorial, I wasn't sure what the point of connecting to the meteors was! Other than that though, definitely an interesting game.
Another thing - the logo image is clearly created using AI,  which is against the rules of the jam and you should remove it!

Developer(+1)

Thank you, and I changed the cover art

Submitted(+1)

I didn't realise straight away that you had to hold the button down for a long time to take off, but once I did, the mechanics are interesting !

Submitted(+1)

very interesting and i like the music

Submitted(+1)

sorry i didnt mean to post twice

Submitted(+1)

very interesting and i like the music

Submitted(+1)

A space game in my game jam? I like this idea a whole lot than I first thought.

The only issue i had was the fixed camera making it hard to look for asteroids, I had to guess most of the time. And the gravitational fields suddently changing making me fly out into space.


Overall, pretty good for 96 hours.

Submitted(+1)

This game is super cool! I love way the gravity works around the planets, that is just my vibe. I feel like being able to move the camera would be a good addition as I couldn't really see where I was going sometimes

Submitted(+1)

I wish there was a way to rotate the camera

Developer

Good feedback, thank you!

Submitted(+1)

Oh i forgot to ask, is the thumbnail ai generated?

Submitted(+1)

I really really loved the music. It's so whimsical. I also liked the concept, it's very spooky. But I couldn't move easily, wasd doesn't always work and I couldn't figure out how to move to the next planet.

Submitted(+1)

I really really loved the music. It's so whimsical. I also liked the concept, it's very spooky. But I couldn't move easily, wasd doesn't always work and I couldn't figure out how to move to the next planet.

Submitted(+1)

I really really loved the music. It's so whimsical. I also liked the concept, it's very spooky. But I couldn't move easily, wasd doesn't always work and I couldn't figure out how to move to the next planet.

Submitted(+1)

It's an interesting concept, the only trouble I had is that It was not clear for me if I have done anything right... I would really appreciate as player if there are some visuals or sounds (or both) that would let me know if I've done something getting me further to the goal!

Developer

Goal-setting, good feedback thank you for playing!

Submitted(+1)

I imagine getting the multiple planet's gravity to work must have taken some effort haha!

I know that this must be a challenging thing to accomplish, but it would be nice if the rocket stopped being affected by any gravity after reaching a certain distance (right now, you are always facing directly downward toward a planet). It would be fun to cruise around freely in a rocket.

The planets look very nice, I wish there were more of them!

It would also have been great to have some thrust particles come out of the rocket, to visualize that you are flying a bit better.

Great work! I hope you continue to work on this :)

Developer

Thank you so much for valuable feedback, I agree with everything said haha. Thanks for playing!

Submitted

I don't think the 'World Crank' mentioned with the controls in the description worked, or if it did, I couldn't figure out how to use it. I went and attached the tentacle to the other planet, and I assume that the world eater was supposed to be able to pull the planet back in, but I couldn't figure out how to do that.

Developer(+1)

After you attach 3 tentacles, you can reel in the 3 planets to the World Eater. That could either be more clear, thanks for playing!

Submitted(+2)

Quite rare to find 3d on web export. I liked the atmosphere and the graphics, bu I didn't really get what to do

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