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A jam submission

Barrel BoyView game page

You move barrels and solve puzzles with said barrels.
Submitted by Shroomius (@Shroomium) — 1 hour, 32 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Controls#93.6253.625
Fun#103.3753.375
Graphical Presentation#123.7503.750
Era "Feel"#133.5633.563
Overall#143.2503.250
Overall#183.1353.135
Audio Design#271.2501.250

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

You did really well I enjoyed the pixel art and the gameplay was really creative! :)

Submitted

This is an interesting game, and some really tricky puzzles. I wish there was some sound or music, and also it would be nice if the game could somehow force you into putting barrels into valid positions (like not let you walk so far it would go into the wall), or automatically reset when you get trapped, but at least you have the reset button there.

Like I said the stacking mechanics really lead to some interesting puzzles so I think you could have something here, with a little more refinement

Submitted

Aaaaa this is fun but I got stuck on "The Corner"! Also, are there no sounds? If you need music and sounds, you should ask me sometime instead of submitting a silent game.

Submitted

Really solid game with super cool graphics for gameboy ! Only some sound misses for me, great entry !

Submitted(+2)

You've clearly put a lot of thought into the level design and it shows. Some of these levels are pretty tough and definitely require you to have your thinking cap on. This would be right at home on the original GameBoy (in an alternate dimension where the GameBoy was beige and not green). Super solid game man- really enjoying it. I have to ask though, how do you get past "The Corner"? I am totally stumped!

Submitted

Very simpathic game XD.

The idea of the game works very well. Your game look like an old game boy puzzle game. 

The puzzles are very smart and the level progression works very well.

Sometimes, i became stucked above the boxes, but the reset button help me a lot.

Very good game, friend! I realy have some fun XD.

Submitted(+1)

Simple yet clever.

Some audio would have elevated the experience. Getting stuck under/outside-of-my-reach on my own barrels was frustrating, but it's a game jam.

I couldn't make it past The Ascent. Is this intended? Is there no escape for Barrel Boy?

Developer

In The Ascent you're supposed to use two of the barrels to make a small tower with the second barrel being off center and then use them to boost yourself up by doing two jumps off the tower in quick succession.


I just noticed I never mentioned that you could do that, there's 11 more levels after that so if you wanna give it another go i hope the tip is helpful.