LOVE THIS GAME so much ,cute art and great level design,this idea is awesome,wish for more content and a completed version to play
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #193 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Overall | #568 | 3.846 | 3.846 |
| Creativity | #586 | 3.962 | 3.962 |
| Style | #1655 | 3.577 | 3.577 |
Ranked from 26 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?
Collect gum and shoot bigger and bigger gum balls and use your sticky gum to capture items and enemies
Development Time
96 hours
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Comments
Yeah! You are the first to use the keyword 'metroidvania' here in the comments, I think! I pursued this experience intentionally, really glad it worked for you! Thanks for playing and for the kind words.
I'm probably not going back to expand it in the future... But there are indeed opportunities for new mechanics, so who knows :)
This really cool game. I love the design, but I had the same problem with it. The tongue mechanism (when the gum acts like a tongue or a snack) didn't feel good, and the snack bar looked half full when I didn't have move gum to use. 
he movement was good on a small screen, but when I expanded the screen, the character stuck a bit maybe this is my computer...
Thanks for playing and for taking the time to give me some sincere feedback! :)
What do you mean with "the same problem"?
The bar looking half full is not a bug, but it was a bad choice of the visual design of the hud, you're not the first to point that out, thanks a lot! Might be the first and easiest issue to fix.
About the feel, does having a bigger tongue made the interaction more interesting? Like after collecting 3 or 4 gums on the level. Did you manage to finish the game? And does shooting a bubble gum ball feels bad for you too? If you have the time to elaborate a little I would be extremely grateful!
Again, thanks a lot for reaching out and taking the time! :) I appreciate it, and even if I don't return to update the game, I can learn a lot from these feedbacks.
The problem I talked about was the bar and the movement.
I love the 'bigger tongue' but it was hard to control a bit, and it took me a long time to understand it through my mouse. I didn't finish the game; it was a bit too hard for me (I'm not a good gamer). I didn't understand how to kill anything, so all the doors with the enemy countdown were locked for me. I love the shooting bubble. It was really cool, but I didn't understand how it helped me. I was able to shoot this on one of the enemies and make him stop shooting me. That's all I figured out. I probably missed something.
Thanks for clarifying, maybe I should make the enemy interaction clearer. For now, I can give tell you how to advance: when you put an enemy inside a bubble, you can grab them with your tongue, and that's how you defeat them. I can make create like a hit if players get stuck, thanks for bringing it up!
And if you didn't grab any enemy, you only got one gum item, so your tongue was still short. If you are willing to play again, I'd love to know how your experience goes with that new information about how to defeat the enemy. But don't worry! I know you might have other stuff to do and other games to play!
I also uploaded a full gameplay video on youtube to maybe help players who got stuck (as we cannot update the game itself haha)
Again, thanks for the time.
193 days ago(+1)
Thanks! Haha, so glad you liked. I did put a lot of effort (considering the time limits haha) in the pacing of information and challenge to make a smooth learning experience. Happy it worked out for you! Thanks for playing and for rating :)
194 days ago(+1)
Good to hear that! Do reach me out again after completing the game with any feedbacks :)
195 days ago(+1)
That was the goal! So cool that you felt that way. You explore and struggle and the payoff is having like a giant gum tongue
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