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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #4823 | 2.560 | 2.560 |
| Enjoyment | #4961 | 2.240 | 2.240 |
| Overall | #5398 | 2.267 | 2.267 |
| Style | #5997 | 2.000 | 2.000 |
Ranked from 25 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?
I took a literal approach. You hit the gym to build your muscles, to then scale a mountain. (You also scale some fish)
Development Time
96 hours
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Hired my girlfriends little sister to draw me some nicer art
Used some music my friend made (spotify: Nathan Barrett)
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Comments
made me want to go to the gym 10/10
This is different but well made. Great work!
Charming, fun story-based game! I liked the various layers of tasks and mini games. Well executed and fun! Nice work!
Love the silly, absurdist vibes! The core gameplay loop of fishing can get pretty repetitive though. I only caught 2 fish and got $10, so the fact that I need to accrue 150 felt overwhelming. I would recommend working on adding some more variety of obstacles into the fishing mini-game so that it doesn't become stale so fast. But this is a great start overall, good work!
What a weird game! 😆
With some more time to work on the polish and flair, this could be a really cute game! I liked the vibes here a lot. Nice work!
So there are some major issues that should be easy to fix: 1) the way key binding is implemented, it depends on he letter typed and not the actual physical key of the keyboard, so it's annoying to play with a keyboard other than qwerty 2) The key to quit a scene is escape, but it is also the key used to quit full screen so it is very inconvenient to use. That said the game is ok, but could be greatly improved with minor changes, here are some suggestions: more forgiving hitbox when fishing, especially in the "corners" that gets you killed even if the sprites do not seem to overlap, show the current strength, and the required strength before climbig the mountain. Also the artsyle looks good but is not very consistent, half is hand drawn and half is pixel art.
Interesting entry, like the minigames diversity.
Nice entry, a little repetitive and would be good to know what my current strength is and how much is required. But the pixel art on the characters is really nice. GG
Funny interpretation of the theme, nice job! The gameplay felt a bit repetitive but other than that it's a good start. I liked the dialogue.
Super fun game, enjoyable to play. Good job!
I liked the fishing mechanic, with a little more randomess and polish could be very fun. Also I loved the humor. Good entry!
liked the fishing minigame, was fun!
A very literal interpretation of the theme lol!
Fishing minigame was fun. I like that instead of de-scaling fish you scale them!
A truly amazing game. Exiting experience, life changing and transcendent story. One of the most climactic endings of all time. 10/10.
Seeing what fish you caugh all at the end is very satisfying! I just wish the bomb collider was a little more forgiving... Great gameplay loop though, the music at the top of the tower felt very rewarding too, nice work!
The mechanics are very interesting, I also found the game loop very enjoyable.
Nice take on the theme.