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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Game Mechanics | #5 | 4.174 | 4.667 |
Trolling | #8 | 3.578 | 4.000 |
Sounds and Music | #8 | 2.534 | 2.833 |
Art and Graphics | #10 | 2.832 | 3.167 |
Ranked from 6 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Did you intend to make this game a troll game?
Yes
Was this game released on itch on or after October 1, 2023?
After
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I guess you are my dad!
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Comments
Amazingly classic ZZT action with some funky little traps! I adored the recurring avalanche slider puzzle. You know a lot about cables. This was very charming.
This was excellently done all around! Really captured that late 90s ZZT vibe with lots of boards that were quite pleasing to the eye, and even the less colorful ones were still creative in their own way (the giant ships in the docks and the large crates).
It doesn't take long to figure out that the entire game is going to hinge on those wire cutters, but the variety, places to explore, and challenges faced were a treat to play. It nailed the atmosphere of various uncovered old ZZT worlds that are just mean spirited enough for folks to crack Oktrollberfest jokes without going overboard, making the game one a rare one for this competition where you can really recommend it to a wider audience.
The engine room puzzle aboard the UFO had so many good ideas, the relaxed pace of ammo duplication, the deadly box pushing puzzle, the split levers in a room slowly filling with ruffians. Genuinely iconic stuff. Especially if my deranged "get a ruffian to stand on a fake wall" strategy is the intended one.
The random boulder puzzles were also impressive to see and I appreciated the ability to skip one.
Shoot the board with the minefield was impressive too. Just high-quality material from start to finish with the only real complaint being a bug with the router where talking to the shopkeep again seems to have caused an extra zap causing me to hit some anti-cheat.
Winner winner chicken dinner
This is PHENOMENAL. Not only was it an amazing shaggy dog, but holy shit some of the puzzles/action sequences I felt myself approaching genuine madness. The trick to a trollgame is to keep tantalizing the player with possibility, feed them just enough progress that it keeps them playing, and then adds just enough unfair each time to ruin them. This was maybe the most effective trollgame in the lot, because it kept me playing for the longest and had me big mad nearly the entire time. I love this. Love love love this.
Trolling as an increasingly frustrating adventure game. It was fun!
Very nice work. I enjoyed explaining the plot of this one to my wife.
I enjoyed the goofy story (bear mascot suits, uranium powered boats!) and the ever escalating list of things between you and fixing the chicken coop! I did find the woods puzzle a bit frustrating due to getting restarted every time I got shot, but that means it's a successful troll, right?
Thanks! I definitely had trolling in mind with the restart on being shot.