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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Use of the chosen theme | #2 | 4.565 | 4.565 |
| Your personal opinion | #3 | 4.043 | 4.043 |
| Innovation | #4 | 3.826 | 3.826 |
| Overall | #5 | 4.087 | 4.087 |
| Aesthetics (Art or music) | #12 | 3.913 | 3.913 |
Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Title its based on
The Boy Who Became a Bomb
Any pre-made / AI assets used (if applicable)
No AI
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Up until finishing I couldn't get used to the fact that turning into the bomb was a hold, not a toggle. Because once you get lit, you no longer have to hold it, nor when you are in a tunnel - so for me it was very instinctive that "turning between boy and bomb is an action that gets disabled under certain circumstances", rather than "being a bomb is a tied to rolling". Something I would think about in a future when deciding on such controls.
Noted! If @aBlueHuman and I ever continue this in the future, we'll bare this in mind
Fantastic job on this one! Love the menu's elongated bombs; the squish on the character when he jumps/lands; the mechanic whereby you're lit by the flames; the sound FX (especially for rolling as a bomb). Great work. Obviously, it's very short. So short that even I wanted more which is rare for me!
Ahaha thanks! Saying you were itching for more means a lot!
Great job! Amazing art, use of the theme, playfulness, and so impressive given the time frame.
Thanks! @aBlueHuman art has that effect ;)
Cute short game about a bomber boy. I really enjoyed how simple yet effective the main mechanics were.
Glad you liked it!
Ah I knew it was gonna be goodwith Crash Bandicoot sfx in the description. Very fun metroid morph ball game where you go kaboom. I adore his smirking bomb sprite. And that end screen is some of my favourite writing in the jam.
Thanks for entering! The next one is at the end of July
Thanks for hosting this jam, this is the very first jam I've entered and definitely don't be the last!
the game mecanics are clever ! i want to play more levels of this game ! five stars for me :)
You are very kind! :)
Fun game with lots of personality (main menu, the mc, animations, etc), the bomb transformation has lots of potential
Good Job
Thanks! The main menu was a fun one to design!
Very cute and interesting idea for a platformer, I can see a lot of fun puzzles you could do with the bomb transformation.
Loved the Hanna & Barbera sound effect when you're rolling!
Thanks for playing!
I was really impressed with your animations and the character of everything! I see pizza tower was brought up below. I actually thought of pizza tower too.
I'd love to see more levels added!
Thanks! @aBlueHuman was behind most of the art/animations while I was the lead programmer
Both of us haven't played Pizza Tower (yet) and now I feel like I kinda need to 😅
The art for this game is insane!
@aBlueHuman was the main man behind the art 😎
Reminds me of metroid, the timed explosion mechanic is really cool! Everything fits together really too - really solid game with room for more levels eventually
Thanks! Funny you said that, I've never played a Metroid game (yet)
I'd love to work with @aBlueHuman on this more eventually but this kinda burnet me out towards the end of the 10 days
Love the game and the mechanics involving Billy turning into a bomb. If you develop this further I would love to see how the full game goes but one thing I suggest would be adding some features to human Billy as right now, the player can play the entire game as a bomb (as it is also faster than human Billy).
Thanks for playing! Yeah there are a ton of mechanics I would love to add if we ever revised this concept again such as adding a cool-down when Billy explodes as well as other stuff
Great art, loved the explosion animation in particular. Fun and satisfying, love to see more.
Funny you mentioned Pizza Tower on your stream, as neither of us have ever played it (yet, at least).
Thanks for checking the game out and for turning up the music :)
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Great game! Works well with the theme.
Glad you like it!
very cool and very short game!
Thanks very much!
explosions
Boom 💣