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A jam submission

Kingly SurpriseView game page

Help create a surprise party for the king, but don't get caught carrying items around by the guards.
Submitted by Darksideinc1345 — 1 hour, 18 minutes before the deadline
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Vote on your favourite game!#313.3813.381

Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted

Love the concept and the style. found myself getting stuck on objects that i thought i could clear. I wanna know wtf laid those eggs hahaha you could fit a small child in them :'D

Submitted

Awesome idea, and love the art especially considering you only had two days, the minimap was also a huge help. I wasn't a massive fan of the pivot moment controls but that's personal preference however I ran into a few bugs: 

-I couldn't turn in the gold flowers to finish the game?

-Guards still searched for me even when I wasn't carrying anything

-Also tiny typo with the flowers. He asks for red roses :)

A solid jam entry none the less!

Developer(+1)

Hi thank you so much for review the game! The flower quest was added in the last hour of the jam so it seems I made some mistakes in the code. The flowers were supposed to be red to start off with but changed it to purple at the very end. I must have missed that typo. 

Thanks for playing the game :)

Submitted

Wow, that's a great game!

Visual

The game looks really cool! I loved the 3D art style!

Sounds

I liked the BGM really much! I miss a little SFX on pickup though :(

Tutorials

Nice little text for the tutorial, and we have clear objective! Maybe just having a little pop-up showing a picture of what the ingredients are would help (mainly for non-native speakers). And I definitively didn't expect flour to look like that. I thought of little sacks of flour.

Gameplay

  • The "explore to see where you have to go then pickup" gameplay is really interesting! I made a little map with a preevaluated path before picking up items, and that was pleasing :)
  • Avoiding guards is fun, even though they make me angry sometimes ;p
  • The player movement feels like I'm always on ice though, and I feel like we turn too slowly. That's the main negative point of the game.
  • I love the ending of the story. Feels a bit too innocent, it made me smile!

Fun

Yeah, the game is fun, definitely fun!

Bugs

  • If you take flowers and give them immediately, the game still consider you have items in your hand
  • If you have flowers and eggs and give the eggs, the game considers you don't have items anymore

Theme

It's in the theme, yeah!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for such a detailed review! I do wish I could have added the things you said, and the movement could be improved, I was the programmer for this project and I could have easily changed it with a few values (definitely kicking myself now) Thank you for playing it :)

I'm really glad there were clear markers for where the guard's sights were! I got seen quite a few times, but it's a really pretty game and the 3D style is very cool.

Submitted

I love skating around gaining momentum as this tank-controls peasant fool. Unfortunately I am also kind of bad at not getting seen but this game has a lot of potential. 

Submitted

Cool concept. A very unique approach to the theme. Awesome 3D art and design for a game jam. Music blends well too.

Overall, a solid jam entry!

Submitted (1 edit)

Great game and with the most unique 3D visuals that i have tried so far in this jam. I Don't know why the floor is so slippery but its funny either way. I dont think the mini map is needed and instead of having the restart button at the bottom right you should have a option/pause menu with a click of a button to go back to main menu or restart.  Cool little game. Good Job.

Please check out my game in this jam if you get the chance.

Submitted

Like the idea. I also like that it's 3D, although the controls are a bit strange. Well done!

Submitted

Great story, and art, overall a really cool game, good job!

Submitted

One of the best game I played for now ! Good scenario, good graphics,  music well chosen, and interesting ! Well done on the level design !

Developer

Thank you! That means an awful lot :)

The idea of the game and its scenario are really nice and the music fits it really good. But I think the gameplay is not that smooth, but with some improvements it can be really nice. And lastly I truly liked the Gordon Ramsay reference haha.

I'd appreciate if you could play our game -> https://itch.io/jam/yogscast-game-jam-2020/rate/845483

Developer

Thank you for your review! I agree the overall movement could be improved with more time. I will give your game a try :)

Developer

Hope you all enjoy!

Submitted

Nice game ! I really enjoyed it, arts and sounds feels great. However the controls are a bit slippery.