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Bubby

By dnp

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall5033.4524
Fun3213.5424
Innovation5263.2924
Theme1314.0924
Graphics9282.6824
Audio7192.5624
Humor2613.3123
Mood5243.2121

Comments

adonisdevs 2020-04-20 02:33

This is really cool. I'm surprised that you had time for good level design! The player felt bouncy and he was fun to play as :)

courtmac 2020-04-20 02:50

There's an unintended side effect of your code where if you shove the box into bubby he will switch direction no matter what direction he's already facing, which makes for- while unintentional, pretty fun, new solutions to your puzzles that you may not have forseen.

sayumeki 2020-04-20 02:51

Nice work! I can confirm that Bubby is dumb, but cute.

I was able to complete all the levels, and what I thought was cool was that there's kind of two different types of levels: * Ones where you take your time and think out the solution * Ones where the solution is clear but you are rushing to do it I think the fact that you also get to do some death-defying platforming on your own in between saving Bubby is the reason for this, and I appreciate it.

I could see this being the kind of game that works well with a level editor! A more short-term feature I'd appreciate is having a fast-forward button once you get your solution in place and are just waiting for Bubby.

I think what also might be good is having the tutorial popups stay on the screen (i.e. have them be "part" of the level) since at first it's a bit hard to remember the keys.

xel 2020-04-20 04:13

Bubby is amazing. He smiles even when walking off a ledge into a pit of spikes below. The design was great for the levels you put together. It was nice to see some variety in the different solutions!

ishmandoo 2020-04-20 04:14

Love it! Feels kind of like Lemmings.

Not sure the tutorials are necessary. I would at least make them less thorough. Much of what you teach, people will intuitively pick up in seconds. I think your design speaks for itself. Maybe think of replacing 'f' with 'e'. In my experience, that's the most common choice for that kind of action.

kinshuk-thebest 2020-04-20 05:49

Love the concept, like the puzzles. Great game!

galgris 2020-04-20 05:58

Nice. Like the idea. Pretty good puzzles. Good game!

alex-mulkerrin 2020-04-20 10:53

Bubby is such a cute :dog: (is he a dog?) and I enjoyed the Lemmings-esque gameplay. You did good in coming up with as many levels as you did, bravo :thumbsup:

schwarcraft 2020-04-20 17:18

Bubby is cute and you did a great job with explaining concepts with your level design! Great job. I wish there was a button to speed up Bubby earlier on, but maybe I am just impatient :)

charliegray 2020-04-20 17:22

Cool idea. Fits the theme and leaves room for puzzle AND timed jump and rund levels. I like that you can take your time with looking at the level before starting it. Nice game all in all.

endurion 2020-04-20 17:25

Nice game, Whistler's Brother reloaded :)

A few more stages would help, but you had a good selection. Well done!

dodormeur 2020-04-20 17:25

The game reminded me a bit of lemmings, but with different controls ^^ The mechanics could lead to some interesting puzzle, with multiple bubby, multiple switch or lots of boxes, too bad you didn't had time to create more: it could be cool to have a post-jam version to see what you can do with the cute bubby :)

furfel 2020-04-20 17:31

I absolutely don't know what Bubby is. The puzzle mix with realtime is cool. The graphics of course would need rework. Also I would make the text larger or more visible (in the center). I am glad that you didn't forget the tutorial!

madbookstudios 2020-04-20 17:47

Cleared the game! Like the idea - quite adorable. Some music would be a nice addition, but solid gameplay and concept. Awesome!

wongkongphooey 2020-04-20 20:16

Great fun! A nice level of challenge that progressively increased, by the end I was stressing out! Did manage to finish after a couple of attempts. Nice job!

garygreen 2020-04-20 20:47

This was fun. The puzzles were tricky, but once I understood the concept I enjoyed working them out. Cute graphics too. :)

chevalbancal 2020-04-20 20:51

Why is Bubby so cute?