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You Got Mail!

By kabura and Morc

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall684.2057
Fun514.1958
Innovation5233.4258
Theme914.4059
Graphics1384.3859
Audio664.1858
Humor2223.7451
Mood2353.9653

Comments

ben-toosey 2023-05-01 18:46

Great entry! Exemplifies what a game jam game should be: very simple and very effective! It has a lot of polish, and is surprisingly difficult if you get caught between two vehicles! Great work!

zhiteng-chen 2023-05-01 18:50

Wow, it is really great and elegant. The meaning it conveys really matches reality. The only thing I would like to suggest is to modify the flow better. It is a little bit hard at first, I mean the number of cars.

remus 2023-05-01 19:32

Very nice entry! I love the single button control yet it's pretty engaging and fun. The graphics are cute and the music/effects are good. Got to 25 after like 10 attempts but gave up after. :D Good job!

reo-silmetal 2023-05-01 19:32

This game is so cool ! The art and music are really good and snappy, it's hard to stop playing. Easy to learn, hard to master. The only criticism I have is it's a bit too hard at the start, it would be even more enjoyable if the difficulty ramped up with time.

frey 2023-05-01 19:35

Awesome game. Simplistic, clear and fun! Would love to see the tiniest bit of difficulty tuning, losing to being sandwiched with no options of survival can be a bit sad.

mesaying 2023-05-01 19:45

Really great entry, with a simplistic and fun game loop and great art/music! Congrats

nail 2023-05-01 20:32

I'm addicted to the music of the game it is creates addiction ahah. Great work!

emily-ttg 2023-05-01 20:33

Really cool! Quite a satisfying game loop, controls well and is pretty engaging. If I had a suggestion it would be some sort of risk-reward to introduce more variety - maybe having to turn back halfway across to pick up a coin or something. Really good stuff!

icch-howw 2023-05-01 20:36

Really nicely polished little game, I had fun trying it! Keep up the good work!

k8n 2023-05-01 23:45

The graphics is so simple and minimalistic and so pretty at the same time. I am amazed!

aplovestudio 2023-05-02 04:50

cute and simple, very cool

giornobanana 2023-05-02 12:17

Cool art and music, you should change space button in high score, I always skipped that part because i was pressing space to dodje cars, it was fun to play!

publicidadeba 2023-05-02 12:20

This could reach the Flappy Bird viral reach if it launched 8 years ago. Great job, well thought game.

timbaleek 2023-05-02 13:42

Really simple and fun game. Cool graphics. I like that there is a mobile version :)

allax 2023-05-02 13:49

Wow, very cool game. The art is very good. The gameplay is simple but addictive, I think it's best suited for mobiles.

kabura 2023-05-02 15:20

@k8n @frey @nail @remus @allax @mesaying @timbaleek @ben-toosey @zhiteng-chen @reo-silmetal @emily-ttg @icch-howw @aplovestudio @giornobanana @publicidadeba Thank you all for your amazing feedback! We're considering all your ideas for future updates :) Cheers!

trassh 2023-05-02 16:56

Amazing game! It pretty much feels like a finished mini game. If i had to nit pick i would say seeing the cars from further would be helpful. Loved that the cars actually honk at you. Very minimalistic yet very satisfying!

split82 2023-05-02 19:03

Very smooth and nice graphics. I like the simplicity in here. Great job!

advarsky 2023-05-02 19:06

A very fast-paced and fun game. I like one button controls and it looks great!

matthew-bond 2023-05-02 19:13

Good idea and very polished! Sometimes I skipped the end screen and didn't get to see my final score because I was spamming space to try and survive when I died. I appreciate the idea of having only one control, maybe there could be a small time delay before you are allowed to restart so that you don't do it accidentally. Great job!

amarokczukay 2023-05-02 19:15

great game, super simple controls yet hard to master! i liked the art, and i can definitely see how addictive this game is, great work! the game feels very polished, the cars even honk when you're too close!

this game is the proof that a simple concept well executed makes great results

thewrath 2023-05-02 19:16

A very effective little game! Nice graphics. if you add a increasing difficulty it can be a great game for mobile !

jclardy 2023-05-02 19:37

Very nice! Great setup for mobile with a single tap for a control. Graphics are super polished.

makuck95 2023-05-02 19:59

Wow! Nice concept, it is soo good to use only one key. Graphic and music fits very nice. I like the horn from car. It was good time with this game :)

sunred 2023-05-02 20:35

Such a simple idea well executed. Really like the music and simplicity of the gameplay. Well done!

martin183 2023-05-02 21:03

Super simple to understand and difficult to master. A plus for the mobile version, I played it on my phone!

fargred 2023-05-02 21:04

Great little entry, a fun little twist on Frogger and the like. Especially loved the graphics, very pleasent to look at and extremly clear and vibrant. I also really liked the honking sound effect when cars almost hit you!

sdelay 2023-05-02 21:10

tiny game, but well that's entertaining!! design is perfect, mechanic. simplicity is a talent, and you master it. GG

lenan 2023-05-02 22:42

Pretty cool game, short but very fun

zakispie 2023-05-02 23:10

Very polished, simple, and easy to play. Great work!

jp-design 2023-05-03 04:22

Simple but effective, now this game will live in my phone forever (Unless you make an expanded version, then i'll change it in a blink of an eye)

reef 2023-05-03 04:56

Love a good one button game. Nicely polished, great art and music. I'll echo others that I accidentally skipped the score screen and it would be interested to add one tweak to the gameplay to offer an opportunity to push my luck, like a coin.

smeljey 2023-05-03 10:21

Fun and simple! I wish I could stop at the sides of the street without spamming space button, but still this is really solid and great entry!

squimmy 2023-05-03 14:13

This is pretty neat. The idea is concise and the execution is pretty polished. The art and the music are both great and the one-button control system is a cool idea. My only complaint is that I keep accidentally starting a new game before I see what my score was because the same button to change directions also starts a new game immediately...

no-whone 2023-05-03 14:49

I really love this game! The art is so cute and feels a lot like crossy road's voxel art but 2d... The atmosphere also feels a lot like crossy road, which I used to love as a kid. The car variety is great, not too little and not too much, very fit for a game jam. The music is also pretty alright, enforces the retro pixel style, and the sound effects are also really nice (I like that when we go close to a car, they will honk). I guess one thing about the sound is collecting a box should also have a sound but it's completely fine.

The difficulty of the game is actually incredibly well-made, easy to pick up, easy to play, yet not quite easy to master... Perfect for a mobile game, and has layers of reaction time, strategy, rhythm, and understanding of how the game works (like each lane can only have 1 car max). It's honestly beautiful. One thing I would say is there should be a diffciulty curve (like player moves faster or car spawn faster the higher score you get).

Other than that, great entry! Loved it! Also here's my highscore...

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kabura 2023-05-03 16:20

@no-whone WHAT! This highscore is amazing! As far as we know you're now the new record holder haha! (we got to 66)

joscco 2023-05-03 20:26

This game is so addictive! Nice art and nice sound - I love it. Thumbs up.

pixelhurricane 2023-05-04 00:19

I could absolute see this right at home among other mobile app classics like fruit ninja, flappy bird, crossy roads etc. It has the perfect simplistic addictive quality that offers a short satisfying game loop! not being able to stop or directly choose your direction makes for a frantic experience of weaving between traffic that really makes you want to try and get better at it!

Absolute banger game, jam project or not. Well done!

daru 2023-05-04 08:22

Love the pixel art so much !

mreliptik 2023-05-04 08:28

I love the concept! I'm a huge fan of clever one button game idea liek this. It's really well executed, the art is lovely and the music is cool. I love the little honks from time to time. Huge congrats for your entry :)

martinboue 2023-05-05 16:42

Wow, I'm impressed by how much the concept is simple but efficient. Very nice job, the game is fun, art is great and music is nice. I have nothing more to say, congratulations :)

stephenwhoskins 2023-05-07 21:22

I love it! I gave it straight 5s across the board. Good job!

amunonra 2023-05-11 23:08

All it took was a simple but clever game mechanic an addicting soundtrack and a highscore mechanic to get me hooked. Great job :)

adamcyounis 2023-05-17 07:20

Heya! I felt this game had some really clean presentation. One-button controls, great graphics and sound. I enjoy the little horn honk when you get close to a car as well. It's a simple game, so there's not too much to say other than I would have liked for the gameplay to increase in intensity as the score increases, or some way to create risk / reward by playing faster or more recklessly to increase the score. The open-ended nature of the gameplay makes it drag a little after 8-10 points. With minor adjustments I could see those sentiments resolved pretty easily.

Great effort, and props on making something so polished!

kabura 2023-05-17 07:44

hey @adamcyounis thanks sm for your feedback! and yes, we agree (: as soon as we have the time, we want to implement a bigger speed curve for increased difficulty (there is one actually, it's just not really noticeable enough) and a new car type, being coin cars, which drop coins on the ground to stay for a few seconds. cheers!

euler-moises 2023-05-17 13:50

Your game reinforces a maxim I carry with me: "A game doesn't need a lot of commands or options to be fun. And a game MUST be fun."

No power ups, no items. Just one mission. Cute, fun and functional. How games used to be. Freeway and Frogger made my fun for a long time.

Congratulations!