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A jam submission

Schrödinger's BreakoutView game page

A Probabilistic Quantum Adventure
Submitted by circleseverywhere — 8 hours, 8 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#1984.0474.047
Enjoyment#8093.3953.395
Overall#9943.4423.442
Presentation#25772.8842.884

Ranked from 43 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?
Manipulate probability to collapse wave functions in your favour

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

The game mechanic is pretty cool. I'd love to see more levels. Good job!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

I wish this game was longer so my brain fully grasp what was even happening -- I think I was only just wrapping my brain around the mechanic on the final level, and it's pretty cool one.


Submitted(+1)

Cool use of the theme. Would’ve loved a few more levels which really leaned into the mechanic :D.

Submitted(+1)

This is a really neat mechanic! The game felt a little short, but hey, that's jam gams for you. Other than that, The jump height felt low, especially given how fast the cat slides. I think tuning up the controls and improving the art would go a long way, and I would love to see what else can be done with this concept.

Submitted(+1)

Intresting concept, the mechanic is a bit confusing and im personally not a fan of this art style, but overall really great game! Keep up the good work!

(+1)

What a game! Nice concept, somewhat trippy. Presentation could use some improvement.

Having Schrödinger's Cat try to escape the box is a fun idea, and taking "roll the dice" to mean quantum superposition is funny. Some criticism follows nevertheless.

  • I feel like a true 2D art style would have been better than this semi-3D one. I know you want to tell the player he's in a box, but we can imagine. The 3D effect doesn't look great.
  • I know this would require a rebuilding of the game, but I would change how observations happen. Instead of a lever, have the superposition collapse when one of the cats hits the exit or a spike. In the simplest instance in the first level: You have a platform and a spike in blue, and on the blue platform are red spikes and under the blue spikes is the red platform. Make the observation when the red cat lands on the red spikes and the blue cat on the blue platform (This is the orange cat). Instead of pulling the lever and knowing beforehand, the decision if blue or red are correct happens when the red cat hits the spikes. The blue survives because the likelihood of the blue cat is currently greater. Much more fun than with a lever.

Sorry if that last part is obtuse, but that's what you get building a game with quantum effects.

Excited to see what you come up with next!

Submitted(+1)

Interesting mechanic! It would be neat to see some levels that can be completed no matter which color you ended up being, because I think that if this were a full game, it could be frustrating to do everything correctly and probability not ending up in your favor. But it was cute, clever, and simple to understand - everything a good game jam game should be. 😄

Submitted(+1)

Interesting gameplay. Lots of different mechanics were introduced and could be combined in a level. I wish you could see other faces of a die as well. 

Well done!

Submitted(+1)

Very cool idea! Super creative!

Submitted(+1)

I really like the concept

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Didn't understand it at first, but then really got into it and was sad when the game ended. 

Cool Idea, always loved dimentions and probabilities, congrats on finishing the game!

Submitted(+1)

Super creative and there are a lot of interesting mechanics! Movement is a little fast for me

Submitted(+1)

this was So much fun! excellent idea and gameplay, with a bit less-than-average assets

Submitted(+1)

Very interesting use of the theme! Cats are a plus!

(+1)

cool game i like the 3d platformer platforms