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Bamboo Ben & The Bonzai Boys's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Sfx / Music | #167 | 1.243 | 1.545 |
| Theme | #170 | 1.609 | 2.000 |
| Innovation | #174 | 1.609 | 2.000 |
| Gameplay | #177 | 1.316 | 1.636 |
| Design | #177 | 1.316 | 1.636 |
| Overall | #177 | 1.419 | 1.764 |
Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Wow interesting game! It was neat to be able to populate an originally barren land with some humble bamboo! I liked being able to track the location of the bonsai boys via their yelling and that giving me a clue to their proximity. They were very scary enemies! Would love to see this continue to get fleshed out even more and expanded!
Yeah, I really didn't understood what to do, maybe a tutorial inside the game would have been a good idea.
Fair point. Didn't have enough time to do that, it's my own fault for getting involved so late in the jam. That's why I wrote a short description with the goal and controls on the itch.io page, but I guess nobody reads that.
Maybe a little text when you start the game could have been okay, but don't worry, Ialso didn't made a good tutorial for my game XD.
Now that I got the game working, I found that it’s impossible to play: My movement speed is literally how a Snail would walk. It’s impossible to escape the Bonzai Boys like this. Contrary to the instruction manual, nothing happens when I click. The Bonzai Boys screaming is very annoying, which could be good if the game actually worked.
Do yourself a favor and Absolutely stay clear of this game.
Objectively untrue for other players. I've watched people play it live with perfect functionality. If it's broken it's a problem on your end, not mine. Vimino mentioned no such trouble on his Linux once the .pck solution was found. It's a dumb little game I made in less than 24 hours, but I will not have it slandered as non-functional when I have recorded proof of the contrary.
I’m happy to hear that this game works for most players. I must’ve just been unlucky with my computer.
This is definitely a WTF game! lol
TENNO HEIKA BONZAI!!!
I just heard Banzai Boys screaming as they ran towards me but I couldn't even see them or run away. Ah, seems like I had to press "P" to change perspective and "J" to move faster.
The Linux executable is missing the PCK file. Thankfully the one coming with the Windows version works as a replacement.
Glad you found a way to fix it, I told the other Linux user who was having trouble as well. Dashing with shift is even faster than the auto-jog and best for getting away from the BBs swiftly. Walking is for when you've got enough distance from them to breathe and plant bamboo peacefully.
I have an error if I attempt to run the game on Linux: The .pck file is missing.
That's on me Sosasees. Luckily Vimino found an easy solution:
"the one coming with the Windows version works as a replacement."
So, just download the windows file and use the .pck from it, you'll be good to go!
Cute game. Not a lot of incentive to play for long though.
I agree, nodeg. I made it in the last 24 hours of the jam, so sacrifices had to be made. It functions as a game, but it definitely doesn't have enough content to do more than toss Ben over mountains for a few fun minutes.
Edit: The bugfix has been pushed. Have fun!