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Gary

By mohammad-aldehayat

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall6002.5923
Fun5742.5723
Innovation5402.6623
Theme2433.7520
Graphics5222.8320
Audio4922.0520
Humor2972.7720
Mood5482.5220

Comments

kory 2022-04-04 03:28

Tried to play but the link is dead, got 404 not found :(

bangthewall 2022-04-04 08:34

Best time 24.51

Cute idea. Really easy to understand.

I love that it's fast paced and you really can't win, only survive for longer. A great high score chaser.

Good job!

byazzle 2022-04-04 08:41

Haha a hilarious game! The short rounds mean retrying is more fun, so I appreciated that! I did have issues where sometimes the "Retry" button wouldn't come up, though. Best I could do was 19.98, getting lucky with a string of sticks before getting squished :D You really nailed the theme with this one, although I thought Gary was a cockroach! 🤦‍♂️😅 Great job!

very-bad-bunny-studio 2022-04-04 13:01

Wow, how much violence!

The art is very well produced, and the sounds are receptive.

But I found the use of items confusing, the only thing I understood what it does is wood.

I think a tutorial in the post about what each item does will help the user experience.

Congratulations!

leorid 2022-04-04 13:33

I don't undestand the purpose of the boxes and bananas. But placing wood planks worked quite fine. Short & Fun. ^^

mohammad-aldehayat 2022-04-04 14:45

@kory thanks ^^ fixed.

dennis-magnusson 2022-04-04 15:54

My highscore is 20.92. Really good use of the theme. I like that the game is fast to play, however I feel that the result may be a bit too RNG-dependent. I think it would have been more fun if there were more kinds of items, so you had to prioritize which item to pick up.

Anyway, great game and the mission to "stay alive for as long as possible even though life is suffering" is a vibe.

hadryel 2022-04-04 23:38

Nice concept! Those bananas feels like placebo to me :thinking: . But I like the mechanic aligned with the theme. Well done!

magicdweedoo 2022-04-05 06:22

nice lil ditty, fun in a very short amount of time. my best score is 20.77

kory 2022-04-05 15:21

Glad the link got fixed! Fun to play :) It was hard to tell that placing the items in front of the wall were doing anything, but I really liked the pipe item. Also watching my little spider friend explode was very sad well done

dandala88 2022-04-08 00:00

Very short and simple game. I like when I pick up a game and understand the concept very quickly. In this case, you kind of have to :wink: . If you continue development a little more balancing on the drops would be nice. Something to make the game a bit more forgiving so I could keep a play through going for a while and then increase the difficulty over time. It would increase the intensity and make it feel like more of an accomplishment as well as punishment when you lose.

Solid entry. Thanks!

aliiiii 2022-04-11 12:02

It's easy to play. And it's very fit the theme!

photosynthesaurus 2022-04-12 15:15

Fits the theme perfectly, lol

eyedromeda 2022-04-13 21:28

I like how the pipes work, and they're quite satisfying to use. The boxes and bananas could be a little more effective though, and some more variety would always be nice (although the time limit is usually to blame in these cases). The art style is one of my favorites from the jam so far. It's very unique and creates a strongly themed setting. The overflowing colors and the paintbrush texture also look really nice.

ambrits 2022-04-15 09:18

Nice and fitting idea. My best time was 20.00 (yep). The boxes and bananas were confusing at first since they don't seem to do much. Even though the game was fun, your success really depends on the items you get. I liked the hand-drawn graphics.

jzucc12 2022-04-15 13:22

Cool idea with good art. My only suggestions are to adjust pipe drop rates and make boxes/bananas do more. There were runs where I got no pipes and I always got about 15s in those instances. They seemed to actually do more but if they didn't drop there was nothing I could do. Fun game though. Good job.

hmightypirate 2022-04-15 17:39

As some people said, pipes are the most effective. Bananas seems to be more a distraction and I like that but adding other items with different characteristics will add to the strategy.

doraemon 2022-04-19 03:20

Great game and cute graphics!