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Poverty boy

By minidavid

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall5392.4722
Fun5432.1222
Innovation5132.4522
Theme5072.5722
Graphics4183.0222
Audio3592.7722
Mood2833.2022

Comments

varundevs 2021-10-04 02:31

Good game

binary-coder 2021-10-04 02:32

Graphics are nice and cohesive, though unfortunately, I didn't seem to be able to figure out how to get very far- I walked to the right till I got to the spear room, then it kept jumping me back to the start, so I couldn't go left or right. I also was only able to move when holding up/down as well as the direction key I wanted. Let me know if I'm missing something, I'd like to try some more!

joerenglish 2021-10-04 05:40

I got to the end(?) of the game and it was pretty interesting. I feel like I'm not smart enough to get what it all means though.

minidavid 2021-10-04 21:48

@binary-coder @varundevs and @joerenglish thanks for playing!

ivysly 2021-10-05 05:29

the controls were strange (jumping and then teleporting downwards confused me and i had to restart coz I went off screen). but this is a charming little game with an interesting message :)

t-r-e-f-e-t-h-e-n 2021-10-05 05:54

Very good and nice (:

minidavid 2021-10-05 17:30

@t-r-e-f-e-t-h-e-n thanks for playing

minidavid 2021-10-05 17:31

@ivysly thanks for trying it out and giving some feedback

brainloaf-studio 2021-10-06 05:42

Not exactly sure what I just witnessed, but I enjoyed the experience. Poverty boy forever. Nice.

minidavid 2021-10-06 18:18

@brainloaf-studio mega thanks for checking it out

ravenmages 2021-10-07 05:07

Good work, especially for only 5 hours! Controls were a bit strange but it was fun to play! Nice work :)

johnathan-peres 2021-10-07 05:16

Very nostalgic for me, remind my atari days, nice job!

beeguy 2021-10-09 01:18

It was cool. It fit the theme very well. The graphics were really neat and the occasional audio was also good. There wasn't much gameplay other than moving to the right but other than that, nice game.

gord10ahmet 2021-10-09 21:48

Screenshot 2021-10-10 00.47.25.png I'm stuck here.

minidavid 2021-10-09 23:12

@gord10ahmet you should press Z to jump. Sorry about the lack of instructions on jumping. Avoid jumping offscreen too

dogez 2021-10-10 00:06

The functions of your jump are not entirely obvious to the player, and I get a little lost when my character jumps up at one time and down at another.

But, that's a cute little story, nice game! 😊

splitpainter 2021-10-10 07:45

Got very attracted by the 1-bit graphics, but also I got a bit lost with the controls - I just realized how to do somethings due to the comments here. But I liked it, this is the kind of game I seek in game jams, and not just another platformer or another jump-shoot!

profugo-barbatus 2021-10-11 02:43

I went completely offscreen so ripf. Not bad for 5 hours.

bluishgreenpro 2021-10-11 20:01

The writing felt a little hard to follow; as if I was missing some details. I can appreciate the subject matter you're trying to tackle, but it came across as a little too abstract. I'd love to see what you could have done if you'd had more time.