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A jam submission

Ben and BobView game page

story of a ghost and his brother
Submitted by Team-Bobbo — 6 days, 9 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#3232.6522.813
Overall#3921.8862.000
Game Design#3931.7681.875
Innovation#3941.7681.875
Fun#3941.7091.813
Art Direction#4011.5321.625

Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Submitted

I enjoyed the story you added to this game. :-) Nicely done!

Submitted

The idea is interesting but at this point there's no point in Ben presence in the game.

I also tried the button on the upper left corner, but besides pausing the game I don't understand what they do.

Developer

buttons in the corner pause and play the game it was inbuilt into the game packager so they don't do anything in terms of gameplay

Submitted

Cool concept, as others have said it does feel a bit short - that's a good thing though - it means that I was engaged enough to want to play more. I think you could take this farther. You had some basic mechanics but you could add more, more obstacles, more kinds of walls, more complicated level design, enemies, etc. The idea has a lot of potential.

I do appreciate that this is a unique take on this kind of game. I have seen other games like this in the jam where you control two characters with one input system, but none where the character wrap around the screen. I would keep trying to add distinguishing elements like that.

Developer (1 edit) (+1)

Thanks for the feedback. I had a lot of ideas for this game so I will likely expand it in the future.

I have been hard at work and so far have released 2 updates on this game.

Although this is simple, the concept is clean! The facial expressions on the blocks are priceless haha. I would smooth out the collision with the non-ghost block as it just feels like something is wrong when it is glitching against the wall.

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the feedback. 


When i added the hitbox to ben for the no ben zones it started to glitch and i ran out of time to fix it. I hope to make it work after the jam

Submitted

Cute but a bit short

Submitted

I agree with the comment below, I think it could be better if you give the other ghost a purpose. Keep the game dev coming!

Submitted

I actually never considered moving two characters with the same input before! A cool idea that has huge potential for sure. I definitely think Ben should have some purpose as well. Hope you keep working on this!

Submitted

The idea is cool, i know probably the time wasn't enough for the jam but with some future update can be cooler. More ability, more level, a bit of sprite rework. I vote the idea and the idea is great!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the feedback and playing the game!

I will probably update after the jam.

Submitted

A cool little game.  Maybe Ben can have an ability too with future updates

Developer(+1)

yeah ben was meant to be for opening doors and things for bob.

Thanks for playing my game!

Submitted

the blue boy can not do anything?

good job!

Developer(+1)

I was going to have the levels where the blue boy had to flick switches to help the green boy. I ran out of time tho

Submitted

Very simple design.

Some suggestions:

  • Add the ability for Bob to open a door to allow Ben to get to the end together
  • Add levels where Ben get's Bob to the end and vice versa
  • Add a timer that counts down making it where Bob or Ben or Both have to reach the Next level box.
Developer

Good suggestions I might add them after the jam is over