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A jam submission

The Troll Platformer (UP927411)View game page

This is a Toll Platformer, yes it is hard, yes you will hate me for creating it
Submitted by James Smith — 14 hours, 29 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Innovation (most innovative idea)#233.4003.400
Overall#383.0503.050
Gameplay (most fun to play)#482.7002.700

Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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UP927411

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Submitted

This filled me with a rage I didn't initially anticipate - I'm notoriously bad at games like this so couldn't actually complete it, but you've managed to make a frustrating game successfully, congratulations on being my first rage file delete of 2019

Submitted

Actually really enjoyed this xD Im partial to a bit of minecraft parkour so i didnt find myself getting to annoyed but ran well. However, the PC I played on didnt give the game very good FPS. Im not sure if that was my PC or the game itself. Probably my trashpot of a computer. 

There were a couple of glitches where you would end up running along the floor without respawning, and when you hit certain blocks you would get reset and there was even a point where the game view just left the player, the game stopped and you could see the whole course xD 

But overall, simple but fun!

Submitted

Interesting choice of game and definitely frustrating, Whilst it is a troll game I thought it was "unclear" at times, I say that because I'd die and restart immediately without having touched anything or fully tried the path I decided to take. The download size was a bit brutal for a first game. Great first submission.

Submitted(+1)

Man you definitely succeeded in making a frustrating game :) Visually it looks great, I didn't make it to the end but played it for longer than I thought I would!

I'd add that the music doesn't loop but that's an easy fix. Overall a solid (if infuriating) game! Although I think the most troll part is having a 500mb download haha

Submitted (1 edit)

Great game. The soundtrack made me feel like I was up with Harambe or smthn which was cool. Anyways awesome game - really difficult - but awesome. Congrats! :D

Submitted

Was not expecting a game like that, I can see a lot of effort was put into this, loved the sound effects whilst playing the game and with the name having troll did see some obstacles as traps, I did find it challenging at some points but overall a good game, If I had to say one negative however for the game it would be to make the bot abit slower by a touch, but overall a good game. Well done

Submitted(+1)

have to admit half a gigabyte of game is a bit extreme for week 1 

This game definitely falls under the 'unfair platformer' genre, and demonstrates some abusive game design, which is an entirely fair method of designing games. Solutions were not impossible to figure out through trial and error.

Do you think you have made the game as easy as possible to access, can the average joe download it and play without having to figure out themselves? Secondly, is Unreal the best option for this game. If your reasoning is to learn the engine, that is entirely fair. However, something more visually appealing and polished could have been made in the same timeframe, was this the most efficient choice for you? Finally, there is a different between abusive game design and just being mean, do you think you struck that balance well?

The game is more than enough for the requirements, and if your vision for what it should play like and feel like has been achieved, it is an entirely viable product. However, consider your method of approach when choosing how to make and design your game. Good effort.