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A jam submission

Knock On WoodView game page

Solve toy sized puzzles with the power of nesting dolls.
Submitted by Default Frog, Dmytro Nebesh, carnol16, aemills1, Chandrahas Tanguturi (@dingytooth) — 2 days, 1 hour before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#1934.0004.000
Creativity#2534.1724.172
Overall#4183.9313.931
Style#15723.6213.621

Ranked from 29 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?
Each nesting doll is a different scale

Development Time

48 hours

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Comments

Submitted(+2)

I liked the game but... I got stuck at the second level. Woops...

Can you help me ?

Developer

The trick is that you can select another doll using the mouse. Try and move one on the button and get the other to the other side of the door!

(+2)

Fun game. Really challenging. 

(+2)

Had a lot of fun playing this game! Loved the nesting dolls, such a fun way to play a platformer!

Submitted(+2)

Really liked the concept of the game. The puzzles were well thought out. Apart from that sometimes the dolls went back into eachother if they were to close (if you wanted to pop out the smallest one), the controlls are pretty fluid and work great. Great job overall!

Submitted(+2)

This is a really lovely game. I really had to think hard on some of those puzzles! Lots of great mechanics with being able to nest and also jump on top or carry other dolls, which made for lots of different options. Overall, well done! Your team should be proud!

Submitted(+1)

I can't believe this is the first game based around nesting dolls! Really fun puzzles that had me scratching my head a few times (in a good way). On the last level I found a bit of an exploit where you can get the big doll to places you probably shouldn't be able to by standing on the little doll and jumping around with it. Regardless, it didn't take away from how much fun I had solving the puzzles. Your whole team did a wonderful job!

Submitted(+3)

Love the idea, good puzzle game

Submitted(+2)

This is a neat platformer.

Was it intentional that the weight doesn't stack? For some stages, I just put the biggest one on top of the smallest one and still get crazy jump height

Developer

Hmm, I'd have to see the footage/screenshot. But this does sound like a bug at a first listen to the comment

Developer

Hahaha! Yes we saw that few days after the release. We'd like to say it's a nice feature! Glad you had fun!

Submitted(+1)

This was great! I could definitely see this idea being expanded into something bigger.

Developer

That is very nice to hear! Thank you!

Submitted(+2)

Now this is an idea! I had an amazing time, though I got stuck quite quickly so I'm not sure my brain will allow me to see the game to the end 😅 Really nice game, amazing job to all the team! 🙌

Developer(+1)

Thank ya so much, I get stuck at puzzle games all the time sometimes as well haha. 

Submitted(+2)

Very good puzzle design

Developer

Thank you Burger King!

Submitted(+2)

Yess I really like the nesting doll concept with this sort of puzzler, its super on brand on the theme of the jam as well!

Developer

Thank you so so much! It was a blast to create!

Submitted(+2)

good god this is so clever, it never really felt like i was solving the puzzle in the "intended" way and that always feels so cool (it never quite felt like i was breaking the game either). adorable little nesting dolls, very nostalgic feeling style, and puzzles that really got me thinking about how to do things. fantastic work

Developer

This mean a lot, thank you! AI love puzzle games a lot and my biggest worry was accidentally making them too simple. I love that we achieved thinking!

Submitted(+2)

Cool concept!

Developer

Thank ya so much! Was fun to come up with

(+2)

I love the nesting doll idea, super cool. And the nesting jump is a nice touch

Developer

Thank ya!