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LOWREZJAM 2021

Hosted by JackOatley, Gurpreet Singh Matharoo · #lowrezjam
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A jam submission

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Low Res Dentist - many tools - many patients
Submitted by tomdubliner — 6 hours, 1 minute before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#1203.3474.000
Gameplay#1213.3474.000
Overall#1483.4664.143
Visuals#1773.2273.857
Authenticity (use of resolution restriction)#1873.9444.714

Ranked from 7 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Did you work in a team?
No, solo developer

Was the resolution a challenge?
Yes especially to convey how to play, and since I'm not an artist to create all the assets.

What did you learn?
To create passable pixel-art, to create a decent gameplay with easy to implement levels. I just ran out of time, (started very late), but I can add new levels in a few seconds.

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bmoconnoSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

I feel like I did about as good as my actual dentist, except this hurt me a lot less. Fun/cute game with nice music and sounds. I had to scroll down on the page to see how to release the tool when I got to the drilling bit. For clarity might be nice to not show the other tool name when you mouseover it while a tool is already in your hand?

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One Way Out
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tomdublinerDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thanks for your feedback. I thought about that too, unfortunately, I had to push this back as I realized only in the last hour that would be better not to show the tooltip like you mention and still had a ton of things to do to ship the game.

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enotofilSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Thanks for the invaluable experience. I don’t want to be a doctor anymore! :) Cool game!

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Heroes of Lowrez
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Paul59Submitted3 years ago(+1)

Thoroughly enjoyed your game, up there with the best submissions and rated accordingly!

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Crowd Sauce
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GreenCloversSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Cool idea, I did like the "Open Wide" at the start each time! Kind of wish the levels were smaller, so I could go straight to the next level and try out more tools. 

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Romeo and Juliet (Except Juliet knows chemistry, and it's backwards kind of)
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pencilgameSubmitted3 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

I'll echo others. Awesome concept. Love you you slowly introduce concepts. 
I do wish the tools had a better indicator of which parts were the dangerous bits. 

Really cool concept! Had fun playing :)

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Needs
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tomdublinerDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks for the nice feedback. I'll definitely do something about the hitbox :)

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AmandaSubmitted3 years ago(+2)

Great concept for a game! It was very difficult to know where the tools were hitting on the teeth so a visual cue for where it's interacting would be helpful. I just went to the dentist myself and this was all too real :3

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Cafe Crush
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tomdublinerDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thanks for the feedback. That was my inspiration, I was recently to the dentist and so was my girlfriend and the game idea popped into mind :)

I agree about the hitbox, I thought about making it visible, though not sure how that would look like. I'll think about something as I'd like to expand the game a bit.

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NeoN_thrillerSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Nice blood splatter effects. However was not really clear to me what the hit box of the tools were to clean the teeth without drawing blood, so I just held down the mouse button moved wildly over the teeth drawing all the blood :P

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Snail Trail (Jam Version)
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tomdublinerDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thanks for the feedback. Indeed the hitbox is a bit of an issue because of the rotation angle, so it is not quite immediate to understand, you get the hang of it after a while playing :)

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