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A jam submission

ThingamabuildView game page

Puzzle together miniature models out of dubious components!
Submitted by snoodle, Millisec, dalkon (@thedalkon), That's Right, It's Spoop., NoirCatto — 1 hour, 7 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall#2154.0754.075
Enjoyment#2533.9503.950
Style#2964.3004.300
Creativity#5633.9753.975

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?
Thingamabuild involves building scale models in a factory out of a variety of small components.

Development Time

96 hours

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Stock images sourced from Pexels

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Submitted

Really nice game, I loved the presentation, nice job! :)

Submitted

Its a well thought out puzzle game with a lot of charm. What can i say. I did unfortionately get stuck on the big donut level. But its a great game.

If you were to continue work on this game i'd reccomend changing the typeface / font. As its a bit annoying to read sometime 

Submitted

Very nice game, I really like your approach of the theme! The game looks fantastic, and the puzzles are entertaining! Good job! My only complaint, is that sometimes, when I just want to face the other way to put the pieces, It moves one unit, and then it misplaces, but that is probably a skill issue lol

Submitted

The game is REALLY well done, fun artstyle, cute lil character, and the idea of the narrator being a giant realistic hand is an amazing touch. Had great time playing your game, good job! :^D

Submitted(+1)

Really, insanely polished game! Loved the artstyle bruh, the cute little walking animation too X]!

I also really appreciate the freedom to place blocks in the middle of the air, that really allows for a lot of hijinks with the gameplay and manoeuvrability for players such as myself who make whacky solutions XD. 

Great game!

Developer(+1)

Thank you for playing! Sorry I couldn't rate your game, having an Apple device only is a curse...

Submitted

Pssssh, don't worry about it, my fault for not doing web export in time XP XD! Do me a favour and keep creating cool things like this instead tho! :]

Submitted(+1)

I had so, so much fun with this, I played for so long without realizing. The game feels really polished and the art style was out of this world. The main character was sooo sooo adorable, I absolutely loved it, although, like other people, I too got frustrated on the gun part.

Developer(+1)

Thanks so much for the kind words, glad you enjoyed it!
Was unfortunate that the gun level placement bug slipped through, we'll be updating the game post-jam to hopefully get rid of it :)

Submitted(+1)

At the begining it seemed a really simple idea but soon it became a very addictive puzzle game with a really polished mechanics and control and great music and plot. I really encourage you to further develop this concept. This can easily became a popular game on Twitch. It is interesting to watch how a player is trying to solve every puzzle and is very fun when the player makes a mistake and have to start form the begining like Jump King or Getting Over it. Congratulations mates!

Developer

Thank you! Will definitely consider it, there's definitely potential for expanding on the concept :)

Submitted(+1)

Clean, Cute and Fun. Nice game.

Submitted(+1)

This game was created in a lab to appeal to me in every way, from the gameplay to the visuals, music and charactrisation. I got frustrated that on the gun level I couldn't seem to place the long piece where I needed to. The outline was right on the edge of the level and it wouldn't let me put an object there.

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much! The bug you found is mentioned in the bug section on the page, it doesn't let you place objects on the sides of levels if there's something already there, since it loops back around, my bad!

Submitted(+1)

Super unique game with a great art style and fun humour. Love the hand, and the whole level complete animation with the "approved" stamp is super satisfying. Wish you could also use the mouse to select components near you as I had to get into some tricky spots to grab certain items, although it's understandable if this is part of the gameplay process. Great entry and congrats to the team!

Developer

Thank you for the kind words! The grabbing system wasn't though of much, but it was made clear in playtesting that it would've been nice to have a little more control over which pieces you select. If we ever make this into a full game, that'll be added for sure.

Submitted

pretty fun

Submitted(+1)

Honestly the best game I've played so far. 

Developer

Thank you! <3

Submitted(+1)

Awesome game with pleasing graphics and interesting puzzles. Would love to see a full game with even more puzzles.

Developer

Thank you. I would definitely be up to make a full game out of this!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

amazing game, i don't think i've ever play a gmtk jam game that took me an hour and was all from different puzzles, this is practically a full game, kinda reminds me of nitrome stuff in a way

the humor is great, i love the dialog the jokes and the visual jokes( i love the "live action" hand)

the idea is simple and im sure there are a ton of games that did something similar but this one is the best i've seen so far

also, not sure how much the respawn ability was meant to be used but i passed most of the levels mostly because of it, you can both teleport a piece with you when you teleport and also jump right before respawning, giving you some extra height

well done

edit: just noticed this doesn't have nearly as much ratings as it deserves, i hope my comment somehow helps with that

Developer

Thank you so much for the kind words!

Submitted(+1)

Really great game!! Loved everything about it, the music, the art and the game!
5/5 on everything!

Submitted(+1)

Very nice art and sounds! creative idea and fun to play. is a bit hard to get the hang of the controls but GJ! :)

Submitted(+1)

Its a little hard to place things correctly, but its actually pretty fun and the art is awesome

Submitted(+1)

Very well made! Love the movement and art

Submitted(+1)

image.png The puzzles are easy to learn, the music is fun and lovely, and the sound effects are good, so even if I got stuck for more than 30 minutes, I still found it interesting. I really like the design of the blocks falling and crushing the player to death, haha. The buildings that can hurt people are enjoyable. Of course, I often accidentally hit the R key and then respawn. The ending is also very interesting. The hand can’t destroy the robot’s tiny home, so it dies, which reminds me of the story of the three little pigs. The music is outstanding, again! Is there a link to listen to the music separately?

Developer(+1)

Tomorrow we might get the OST uploaded onto YouTube, so stay tuned!

Developer

The soundtrack is up on Youtube/Bandcamp now! More places to follow... :)

Submitted(+1)

The audio, gameplay, polish is amazing!

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