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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Style | #4012 | 2.727 | 3.857 |
| Enjoyment | #4705 | 2.323 | 3.286 |
| Overall | #5046 | 2.391 | 3.381 |
| Creativity | #6001 | 2.121 | 3.000 |
Ranked from 7 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?
The Crate Houdini is a puzzle game made for the theme "Scale to fit" from gmtk game jam 2024 move your way trough these mazes resizing crates to find your way out.
Development Time
48 hours
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Fonts, some sounds and most of the art(partly modified): Home · Kenney
Music: https://opengameart.org/content/4-chiptunes-adventure
engine: Make 2D Games With GameMaker | Free Video Game Maker
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Love the art style! Very funny to play, nice job!
I wasn't immediately sure how this fit the theme, but it became very clear very quickly. The art style and puzzle design is super fun! I will say that I think an "undo last action" button would fit much better than just a straight level reset, but the the puzzles were really fun to solve! I also really liked how all the moving parts synced up with the music, that was a really nice visual touch
thanks. an undo button would fit the game well. Tried Scale The Tower earlier and really liked it
Really dig that art direction ! I love the game style, transition and the smoll cutie top with some good puzzling on top of that !
Great work
Thank you. i have kenney.nl to thank for the cool art assets which i only had to slightly modify/add to, the all-in-one package is well worth it even if you can get most of the assets for free. and Slaur3n to thank for the awesome header! Tried you game TEPLA and it was fun, really cool that you made your own engine.
I LOVE HOW THE TOP HAT MOVES! that's super super cute and sets the visuals apart :)
Thank you. the top hat was a late addition and did alot for the character. it was added because i was too tired to work on level design so i started polishing instead. tried Squid Game it was really fun and loved the clean style mixed with all the colors, was very fun.
Fantastic level design, some really great and engaging mechanics, and tons of polish that made it feel great to play. I really enjoyed it! I might've liked an undo button for a game like this, but I get there's a time crunch (48 hours? Wow!)
Thank you! got too tired at the end to work on level design so i had fun making small changes like adding the hat and fine tuning the push/resize mechanic. the resize mechanic was way worse almost until the end, it triggered as soon as it was next to a box so you couldn't push it past a box! Tried This One's On The Mouse! Love the style and gameplay was fun!
Gorgeous music, and I thought the puzzles were really well designed, easy to see when youve screwed it up and with all the controls on the left hand failure is not frustrating. Well done!
(Edit just saw it was in 48 hours as well, really well done!)
Would be very grateful if you tried our game!
Thanks. a simple theme, great art by kenney.nl(slightly modified and expanded) and music found here: https://opengameart.org/content/4-chiptunes-adventure. it was easier to visualize the concept and quickly start prototyping. making the game small enough to fit on most screens saved alot of time since no scaling was needed. i'm glad you like the puzzles as i was half asleep when i made them.
tried Gravity pool, it was challenging to time correctly but fun, i liked the concept and simple controlls, left a good rate.
Thanks a lot mate!
made me feel like Houdini when I figured out the puzzles.
that's good, was half asleep when i made the puzzles so most levels went trough a lot of iteration. Tried Limbo's scale Really cool use of the theme. it was really fun but my reaction times were not fast enough so down i went.
Super cute, I love the character and the art.
Very clever puzzles, thank you!
Thanks, Slaur3n made some really great cover art that made the itch page so much better. Tried Growbots Arena it was really fun only made it to top 5 as i forgot to gather bolts.
I like your cover art! Great game! Also I commend you for doing the 48 hour version!
Thanks, Slaur3n made some really great cover art that made the itch page so much better. Tried Herd it was really fun and a bit chaotic running around(in a fun way). had to do the 48h version as i have a 2 months old and only worked when she was asleep, so i started late and ran out of time quickly.
Wow you're persistent to do the jam with a 2 month old! Also thanks for playing my game!!!
aditional credits: CoverArt: slaur3n -https://crowhillstudios.itch.io/