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Turtles All The Way Down (VR required)

By andyman404

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3.9513
Fun714.1214
Innovation2783.7514
Theme1174.2514
Graphics4.2213
Humor3.6313
Mood3.6012

Comments

grizeldi 2021-10-04 17:36

Itch link throws a 404 :(

andyman404 2021-10-04 17:45

@grizeldi Thanks! I forgot to set the itch page public. It should now be public. Sleep deprivation.

shadowbrain 2021-10-04 18:13

Fun little game! The environment is a little barren but overall it looks and feels good to play. I got 434 meters!

achilles-jiang 2021-10-05 02:27

more turtles. always more turtles. really fun little game!

infraxion 2021-10-05 03:22

This is amazing. The concept is really solid and the game is very polished. The mechanic of having different colours stick better to each other is really clever and even meaningful to real life.

Big respect for doing a VR game and risking not clearing the 20 rating mark. It really paid off though, I could absolutely see this being a storefront game.

I think 5 lives is a bit too easy, I would suggest even just making it instant death if anything falls off. Often when one falls off, the tower has bent to the side anyway and all my height is gone, so I'd want to restart.

I can see a lot potential for expansion/more levels by introducing more colours of turtles, and turtles with special abilities such as stronger turtles and turtles that can hold on to more than one other turtle. Or if all the turtles can hold on to multiple by default, you could have multiple "base" turtles etc.

It reminds me of bridge construction games, so I think there could be some sources of inspiration there for further development.

I've bookmarked this, definitely interested to see if you develop this further!

kyboon 2021-10-06 20:04

Amazing game. Big respect for making a VR game in a game jam! I've only encountered 2 VR games so far, and the other one doesn't work on my PC for some reason.

Anyway, this game is very polished. Your sfx and haptics are really on point, which I think is very important for a VR game. The UI is really clean and pretty too.

I hope that there's some way to reinforce the stack, like making a turtle grabbing two turtles if place between them.

I make VR games too so I know how troublesome it is to make a VR game (putting on and taking off the headset while testing is really annoying), so I really appreciate your efforts to making this game. Good job! 244675129_2557755131037917_8596115761652733610_n.jpg

ugly-robot 2021-10-07 19:48

Yeah this game is fantastic. had a bit of an issue getting the resize to work, but otherwise, this was such a fluid experience - which is incredible for a vr jam title.

Such subtle and unexpected depth between the different color turtles, the wide starting base, and having several different interacting towers.

Here is my silly leaning boy, he made me proud: turtles.jpg

andyman404 2021-10-08 01:30

@ugly-robot Wow! I think you're the new world record holder that we know of, with that 581 max height with 5 falls still remaining even.

2021-10-09 12:42

I really liked the graphic style on this one, maybe a few touches could be done to the ground but overall it looks good. Also the gameplay is really smooth and fun. Keep up!

handserge 2021-10-09 12:55

Loved that unstable little turtles UwU

request 2021-10-11 02:11

Great work! The art style is really nice, and the gameplay works really well! I agree with one of the earlier comments, 5 lives is a little too generous.

leyamez 2021-10-12 22:18

Was super cute and fun!