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A jam submission

Randomness: The Game [GMTK Game Jam 2022]View game page

Submitted by THE DONUT LORD
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Randomness: The Game [GMTK Game Jam 2022]'s itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#60880.8731.333
Creativity#61060.8731.333
Presentation#61220.7641.167
Overall#61240.8371.278

Ranked from 6 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?
Good

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?

Yes

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

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Comments

Submitted

Just tested it.

Well, it looks very experimental; I think you should include some guidance on what the player should expect.

  1. Apparently, and as hinted by the title, this is totally random; the player has to get the numbers in increasing order (and if he does not soon enough, he can run into a game over); I am unsure how this works when above 6 (maybe the sum of the last sequence of rolls?). I took a mere look at the Scratch code hoping I could figure it out, but this would take too much time (and there are so many games to test!), so, I do not know.
  2. At my first attempt, I got well over 10 without any game over; relaunching the game, I ran into a series of game overs!
  3. I also noticed you can drag and drop the die; I am not sure if this is expected.

On the bright side, it sure is original. On the other hand, I think it may not be so wise to make the playing process absolutely random… Well, maybe except if you made it a fiction/story where each step is totally random. Now that could be a concept!

I think this lacks too much of mechanics to challenge the player in doing something specific. Well, at least, you did fully obey the theme. ;) Nevertheless, I don’t think complying with the theme necessarily means letting everything else down. Your title is way too accurate! XD It could have also been Dice Throwing: The Game.

I take it as an experiment. Maybe you lacked time to enhance your base concept?

Developer (1 edit)

Hi there!


I know, it's very experimental (im experimenting to get a full release out of this in late 2022). Thanks for experimenting! Your review is surely valid, it's completly accurate. Thanks for the review!

Developer(+1)

Hi there!


The game mechanics work as that the user needs to get the dice roll exactly the same as an AI generated dice roll and you have 5 tries. Maybe you know now!

Submitted

Hello there; you should definitely put explanations as to how to launch the game, in the game page and maybe in the comments here!
I will put the instructions now:

INSTRUCTIONS TO LAUNCH THE GAME:

  1. Go to Scratch’s editor online:
    https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/
  2. Click ‘File’, then import the .sb3 file from your computer;
  3. Now, the game should be running into the right-hand frame.
Submitted

ok, it is playable, but I couldn't understand the concept. Also Mark said that the game has to be a playable file and not need external application to run

Submitted

According to PileOfScrap, it may be legitimate.

well technically scratch is a game engine in a website so no need to download stuff. Unlike roblox with scratch you start from scratch (no physics, character movement etc) so as i understand it my submission should be fine
Submitted

I have just played a bit and I got it once yielding score 3: you have to get the numbers in increasing order; in other words: get a 1, then get a 2, then get a 3, and so on.

Submitted

not playable

Submitted

It is: you need to go to the Scratch editor page, click ‘File’, and then import the file:
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/

Submitted

I dont know how to open the game. What is .sb3 format?

Submitted

I think .sb3 is a Scratch Project file rather than a playable file like HTML5. I don't think this one will be playable.

Developer

it is playable, but you just need to go to scratch.mit.edu, then export file, and then click fullscreen (donut mess with the codes!)

Submitted

You need to go there, then click ‘File’ and import the .sb3 file:
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/

Developer

sb3 is the file form for Scratch.