Great game ! Good take on the theme and really good art! Well done :)
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Jumbo Pumbo's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #198 | 4.092 | 4.092 |
| Enjoyment | #221 | 3.979 | 3.979 |
| Style | #238 | 4.340 | 4.340 |
| Creativity | #597 | 3.957 | 3.957 |
Ranked from 47 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 more Jumbo your Pumbo gets, the bigger the threats. Also, you must literally build platforms to scale the gourd.
Development Time
96 hours
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Music:
- Cosy Melodies Pack 2 — ELV Games and pegonthetrack, https://elvgames.itch.io/cosy-melodies-music-2
Sound effects:
- Cozy Sound Pack — Ellr, https://ellr.itch.io/cozy-sound-pack
- Spraying water from a garden hose by meisterjaan -- https://freesound.org/s/323485/ -- License: Attribution 3.0
- Bird Flap B 05, https://freesound.org/people/deleted_user_2104797/sounds/330967/
UI Elements/Fonts:
- User Interface Essential — Crusenho, https://crusenho.itch.io/complete-ui-essential-pack
- Pixel Keyboard Keys - for UI — Dream Mix, https://dreammix.itch.io/keyboard-keys-for-ui
- Logic Loop — VEXED, https://v3x3d.itch.io/logic-loop
- m5x7 — Daniel Linssen, https://managore.itch.io/m5x7
Comments
Thank you so much, glad you had fun! I should probably sign off for tonight (gotta go make up some of that game jam sleep debt, haha) but I've opened your game in a new tab so that I'll see it first thing when I open Chrome tomorrow and remember to review it, assuming someone else on the team doesn't get to it first :)
137 days ago(+1)
Yes, those birds should go find someone else's pumbo to peck at >:[ Thanks for playing!
137 days ago(+1)
Thanks so much! We would love to make a full version if we are able to pick it up again post-jam (lots of spaghetti code to untangle, haha).
Actually, we’d love to hear your thoughts about the controls! We iterated a few times but decided this was the best option. We figured a pick up/drop button, a context-sensitive interact button, and a create-platforms button all needed be their own buttons, and then that left the arrow keys for moving, jumping, and dropping through platforms.
Was there anything in particular you had trouble with, or was it just generally that there were a lot of buttons to keep straight?
Hey I finally come to play the game again. I think for me the biggest point is the keybindings. Im just not used to play a game with 2 hands on keyboard and keys like Y,X,C are hard to reach. Maby think about using keys close to WASD like F, Q, E or R.
Also you could think about using the mouse. Clicking things like the birds and plants could feel satisfying.
Second thing is how much you have to press the buttons. The idea to pickup and drop the watering can each time feels kind of clumsy. Maby you could have a different button (or mouse) for using items and interaction (like scare birds) so you can hold on to the item.
138 days ago(+1)
Thanks for trying the game! I personally am terrible at platforming, so I understand your frustration at platform placement, but we also felt the midair placement added something to the gameplay.
The watering upgrades flavor text isn't lying, so I hope you play more to experience it ;P
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