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A jam submission

Beat the HeatView game page

Stay cool as your trek the beach and BEAT THE HEAT.
Submitted by James Ryan — 1 day, 5 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Use of the Limitation#353.4743.714
Presentation#423.3413.571
Overall#523.2073.429
Enjoyment#632.9403.143
Concept#703.0743.286

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

Team members
James Z. - @ShebbyDSheep

Software used
Unity (engine), VS Code (code editor), Aseprite (artwork), Audacity (SFX/music editing)

Use of the limitation
I decided to use Unity's player input system to detect when players were either rapidly tapping or holding down a specific key. If they're tapping, then that moves the character across the hot sand. If they encounter a snack item, then they can instead hold that same input to eat it and cool down.

Cookies eaten
A couple lunch breaks, some late night snacks

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Pretty fun! I like the wacky visuals, especially that furious sun, and nice music too! Got the hang of it pretty quickly and called it quits after reaching 50 snacks, but enjoyed having a run! Nice one!

Submitted(+1)

the game is nice and simple but the art style is awesome and chaotic, I’d love to see more, keep up the good work!

Submitted(+1)

Nice use of the limitation, funny ambiance with a great difficulty. GG!