Hallo, snuffysam, OK! Yes, I may need to re-verify the BATTLES again. It appears that the STORY text caused me to opt to use noticeably less TIME verifying the technique to WIN in the BATTLES. Thank you, too, for the strategy guide! I am now reminded of another GAME OFF 2022 Entry, Bottom of the Barrel (PC), and Final Fantasy 6 (SuperFamilyComputer), which cause me to wonder why such GAMES do not yet have PLAYER vs PLAYER multiplayer battles, only PLAYER vs CPU.
In general? Because people often don't have a second player with them to help test while rating games lol. By definition, 100% of players are able to play single player (most people I know are one person), and only a fraction of players are able to play multiplayer.
So, with limited development time, it's best to focus on single player in a jam. But, adding in multiplayer as a bonus mode is definitely something I'd want to do down the line!
Thank you for the response! I was going for games published even outside a JAM. I remember Pocket Monsters#1 (GameBoy) to have multiplayer, albeit the battles appeared to be a bonus to the main single player game. The previous year, I wrote as answer to a question that I was verifying using javascript for GAME OFF 2021; however, the sample outputs that I observed appeared to not yet reach GAMES executed on the Super Family Computer. A few months before GAME OFF 2022, I learned of another ITCH.IO JAM, the GAMEBOY SHOWDOWN, where the outputs of using javascript caused me to verify it and use the know-how in our team’s entry. Perhaps, we shall soon find a JAM with multiplayer, e.g. make a FIGHTING GAME in one month.
Thanks! Here is the link to the GAMEBOY SHOWDOWN: https://itch.io/jam/game-boy-showdown
