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The Weight is Over's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #1376 | 3.632 | 3.769 |
| Enjoyment | #2644 | 2.965 | 3.077 |
| Overall | #3056 | 3.014 | 3.128 |
| Style | #4802 | 2.446 | 2.538 |
Ranked from 13 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?
You have to select objects from a group that will be weighed (essentially using a scale behind the scenes) to match the target weight and win points on a game show.
Development Time
96 hours
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Art assets from GameDevHQ Filebase.
Music/SFX from various Humble Bundle purchases
Font from Google Fonts
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This is a really creative take on the theme - I wasn't expecting to run into any game show games. As others mentioned, the voice over was really cool and gave it a unique feel. Nice submission!
Thank you for trying it and the comments. Glad you enjoyed the voice over!
I enjoyed the voice-over, it's something that distinguishes the game from all the others! I also really enjoyed the replay-ability. I was pleasantly surprised by the fact that you had more assets in the game than I encountered in the first play through. Despite being fairly down the middle it was enjoyable.
Thank you for the comments. Believe I have about 36 objects in the list that can be be selected from. I also wanted to keep a playthrough short enough to allow multiple attempts. Glad you enjoyed the voice over; I really fought to keep that in there when I ran into a file size issue here on itch.
The voice over was very cute!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
I found this one really hard but it's a great idea! Were items weighed irl to determine the values? The voiceover was the icing on top.
Thanks for playing! Yes, most of the item weights are as close to legitimate as possible though I didn't personally weigh anything myself. Instead, if I could, for items like the desk phone, I went on Amazon and found the closest looking product to the model I was using in game and used the item weight from the listing. For others, such as the football or the guitars, I did a simple Google search and checked to see what the range of weights given was and then picked one from within there. Only a few items did I just assign a weight I thought was correct, such as the clay pot where those kind of items can be any size.
nice game!
Thank you for trying it!
Simple. One shot. Yet well executed!
I have a nice score of -250 :D
Thanks for the comment. Yeah, I debated about whether to allow negative scores, but figured that would be part of the challenge. You don't get penalized for being underweight other than no points, but woe to the player if "the weight is over!"
The voice over is so fun! I love the pun in the name and how you interpreted the theme. Turns out I’m terrible at guessing the weight of things!
Thank you! I was walking around all day yesterday practicing various "game show host" voices and was glad I was able to add it in. I couldn't use the pun and not have the voice. Thanks for playing my game.