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A jam submission

What's in Tom Hanks Boot?View game page

Submitted by Buttzilla — 2 hours, 13 minutes before the deadline

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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
You've Got Hanks: For most Tom Hanks#82.7782.778
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close : For best audio#83.0003.000
Punchline : For most humorous / weird game#92.6672.667
Catch Me If You Can : For the most fun game#102.2222.222
He Knows You're Alone : For best game by a solo participant#102.3332.333
Turner & Hootch : For best looking game#131.6671.667
Mamma Mia! : For most polished entry#131.7781.778

Ranked from 9 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

What's your favorite movie starring America's Favorite Actor Tom Hanks?
Mazes and Monsters

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Comments

(x/post) Snake, with danger zones.  Short but worth a chuckle.  There's some boundary vagueness and I can't imagine getting much past 1:10 even with memorizing zones.  Also, not super apparent that it's not just cardinal directions.  But until then it's pleasant and most of the clips were well-picked.

Submitted

Pros:

  • Cool idea
  • Good use of theme for main gameplay mechanic
  • Good breadth of Hanks

Cons:

  • Finnicky bits cause lopsided difficulty curve
  • Tail counts as body for damage
  • Could use more variety or progression

Misc:

It took me quite a few tries but I managed a 60 second run, where the obstacles seemed to begin repeating. I like this idea as a whole, but the play area is a bit tight and the snake sometimes has a mind of its own. It's possible to fly off in a non-cardinal direction if you hit the keys within a certain window, and being able to accidentally hit the direction that turns 180 feels harsh. The use of various Hanks films as material for obstacles and audio is great, but even though it's very difficult to reach 60 seconds or so it still feels like there could have been more Hanks pulled in. I think if the boot was less proportionally realistic it would alleviate some of the challenge that kicks off as early as it does. This was cool. Boot Snake is good.