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A jam submission

Olympus MonsView game page

Scale the largest volcano on Mars
Submitted by imightbearobot, bradleywalker (@skrambledagg) — 19 hours, 11 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#6123.9503.950
Overall#6663.8003.800
Style#8433.9503.950
Enjoyment#10893.5003.500

Ranked from 40 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?
Scale your Mars rover's wheels while you scale Olympus Mons

Development Time

48 hours

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All sounds CC0 1.0 from https://freesound.org/

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Submitted

It took a bit to figure out how to move forwards, but I managed to reach the top in the end :) Personally, I found the QA WS controls to be a bit too close. Maybe QA ED or QE AD going horizontally instead would be more comfortable. However, this could just be a me problem. The UI animations are awesome and the overall polish is very good. Good game!

Submitted

Really good game, love the idea ! It's a bit simple but well made so well done, i think it's a strong participation :)

Submitted

This brings back some flash game vibes!
I wonder why you needed an FPS display :D

Great game!

Submitted

cool idea! but unforgiven, was a bit hard for me :( 

Submitted

The ideas are pretty great, though those fuel cells are a bit too bouncy even  on easy, was hard to get a good grasp of how fast I could go and which size the wheels needed to be for them to not fall, still feels pretty fun overall.

Submitted

Wild concept, fun mechanics, hard but expectedly so. Well done!

Submitted

This was excellent! The number of controls was a bit daunting, but the concept is super unique, and the execution was great.

Submitted

Very difficult, but I love the idea and the execution, great job

Submitted

Loved the way you decided to display the UI elements, super creative! This game did make me lose a few hairs tho, but despite that its a good time!

Submitted

Wow I like the challenges the game sets for me! Hard to start. Harder to master!

This is a very clever interpretion of the theme. Great job!

Submitted

This is pretty amazing! I wasn't very good at it, but the mechanics all made sense and were very polished. I love the implementation of theme, I love the vibes, I love the "wah wah waaaaaah," it's a ton of fun even when you're failing like me! Good work all around!

Submitted

Oh this is probably one of my favorites so far. You really took the scaling theme and used it to enhance an already fun genre that meshes with your vision. It took me a bunch of tries to even understand what I was doing, but once I did, I started really enjoying it. I could see myself coming back to this after the jam. Extra points for the difficulty settings.

Developer(+1)

Glad you liked it :) Definitely could have tweaked the difficulty more though as well as an in game explanation on how / why to keep your fuel cells close

Submitted (1 edit)

Took me a second to understand what type of game I'm playing, I started driving and failed immediately a bunch of times, but after I understood how to manage my fuel I just had to get to the top!
Very enjoyable!

Consider checking out our game? :D

Submitted

Super neat idea! Love the UI, the art and the feel of the whole game. It's really hard, but really satisfying!

Submitted

Beautiful game! A bit hard for me though.

Submitted

I really liked everything about your game! It's super polished & the art and music give a great space vibe. I thought the game was pretty difficult and I was playing on easy mode, but I thought that it was also very creative and a good challenge. 

Submitted

really fun, i really enjoyed the physics on this... kinda reminds me of  hill climb racing and bad piggies
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Submitted

Wow very impressive! definitely needed the controls on the screen, as it takes a few goes to figure out how to play without reading any instructions XD, so that was a good call! The visuals are really unique and interesting, and so is the gameplay - genuinely so fun! Doesn't feel too unfair, constantly feels like the perfect amount of challenge. Would've been good if I could restart with spacebar rather than the mouse, but really good job!

Developer

Didn't even think about the keyboard in the menus till after I uploaded. Oops.

Thanks for playing :)

Submitted

hey cool game! very creative way to incorporate scaling, I did get a bit demotivated to try and beat normal mode because I kept forgetting about the fuel (maybe a warning could have been a thing?) but also because it's a very hard game overall

atmosphere-wise I felt immersed, very cool submission :D

Developer(+1)

I think I was swayed by not wanting it to be too easy and you're finished in 1 run but I clearly over-corrected lol.

Submitted

it's a very common concern for sure, balancing a game jam game is difficult and an art in and of itself so it's very subjective

I'm sure some people found the game a lot easier than I did so don't worry too much about that hahah

Submitted

Once I got the hang of it (and switched to easy) it was really enjoyable! I had a great time trying (and failing) to scale Olympus Mons

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