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A jam submission

The IslandView game page

Fast-paced arcade action with grid-based jumping, combat, and evolution as you fight to return to the present.
Submitted by DevRatGames — 1 hour, 46 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
FUN#14.2314.231
BEST USE OF AVATARS#23.4623.462
INNOVATION#23.5383.538
Overall#23.6673.667
THEME#24.1544.154
VISUALS#43.3853.385
AUDIO#63.2313.231

Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Name of Team Leader
Björn Torssell

Email Address
bjorn.torssell@gmail.com

How many people are on your team?
1

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Comments

Submitted

Had a lot of fun! Great job :)

Developer

Thank you, appreciate it!

Submitted

Really innovative and interesting take on the theme! The visuals are fantastic, and it was a lot of fun to play. Great job!

Developer

Thank you man!

Submitted

This was super fun and unique. Great job!

Developer(+1)

Thank you, I appreciate it! I had a great time playing Cropolution as well!  

HostSubmitted

That was really fun! I liked that you queued up input for the grid movement, felt super appropriate for a movement system like this and it made it really responsive. The graphics were great, sound was great, gameplay was great. Just wish it went on for a bit longer! 

P.S. I LOVED the summersaults (and the fact that Alex would stay standing on his head) - it was hilarious, but also made the movement more fun.

Developer

Happy to hear you enjoyed it! I used an unlimited 'jump queue buffer,' inspired by what I believe they did in Crossy Road. Also, summersaults  should definitely be mandatory in every game! :) Thanks again for hosting the event, I had a great time!

Submitted

This was pretty fun! The movement felt very responsive. I liked the way you needed to trick the predators to beat them. This is the first game I've played this jam which took the theme and actually went through the real animal evolution from millions of years ago to this day. Alex should be a gymnast with that speed and consistency of somersaults.

Constructive feedback:

- I wish I didn't need a mouse to reply since the game is played with only keyboard.

- The tigers and crocodiles could've had a bigger difference in their attack patterns to bring more variety.

Developer(+1)

Thank you for playing and also nice feedback! Yeah I ran out of time the last day lol, so tigers and crocodiles are pretty much the same attack patterns. 

Submitted

I played your game on stream if you'd like to see my thoughts:
Developer

Really cool to watch, appreciate it!

Submitted

I had a lot of fun playing this game!! :D the movement was so satisfying, and animals flopping on their backs was so cute as well!

Side note - THANK YOU for saving the progress between periods of time!!! 

Great game overall.

Developer (2 edits) (+1)

Thank you, really appreciate it! Yeah, saving the progress was a last-minute fix, it would have been too punishing otherwise. I had a great time playing your game as well, the art style is so damn good! 

Submitted

Good, good, good. Everything was spot on sound, movement, the side profile lol. The crazy thing is, just looking at the screenshots I probably wouldn't have played this. Did you use the full week to make this?

Developer

Thank you for feedback! I guess the screenshots would have needed a bit more work. I spent like 4 days on it, but the last two days where crazy crunch with almost no sleep :)

Submitted

I loved the concept it's so COOL!

Developer

Thank you man! Will play your taxi game later on today! Looks cool

Submitted

Fun game, keep it up :D

Developer

Thank you, appreciate it!