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A jam submission

Role RollView game page

Roll to avoid enemies... and to change your abilities
Submitted by lertsenem (@lertsenem) — 3 hours, 25 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#15533.3033.303
Overall#21083.0003.000
Presentation#23223.0003.000
Enjoyment#24302.6972.697

Ranked from 33 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
The player is a humanoid dice, and can dodgeroll.

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam

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Comments

Submitted( 1)

I really like how when you die, the end screen says you di(c)ed! XD I've also definitely bitten off more than I can chew during a game jam before, so I get the feeling! I think you have a really good base to continue off of for this game though! It was fun to see the different attacks from the different classes, and really liked swiping at the enemies! 48 hours is a really short timespan, so being able to submit anything at all is always a win in my book! Good work!

Submitted( 1)

I found out how to go OOB using the dash against wall, and was able to speedrun by avoiding how the enemies! :D 10/10, save the animals

It's a pretty fun idea! I started with the 4 , so I had to figure out the inputs by myself if I wanted to progress. But it was good this way, the control are intuitive and feels great to use. Some of the weapons and powers are interesting, but in the end I found the 3 to be the most useful in all situations. Especially against archers, which are merciless! If it weren't for them, I think I'd had more fun switching weapons.

The visuals are clean and nice. As for the sound, the foot steps get quickly obnoxious, they're a bit loud and repetitive. But it's nice to see different environments in the game. I loved the architecture and look of the tiles!

Globally it was a fun little adventure, with a smart concept. Some flaws here and there to make it perfectly balanced, but solid basis.

Developer

Hey, thanks for playing, and congrats for getting the first Any% using OOB strats. :D I thought I got rid of that bug, I’ll need to dig deeper. :p

Glad you liked the 3, they are also the one I found the most OP, but a lot of people would rather used the 2 to get more range while maintaining some speed. Archer are indeed a menace, I wanted their attacks to hurt since they are imo the main reason to roll, and I wanted the player to roll and hence switch characters a lot.

Audio is definitely not my strong suit, I’ll try to tune the volume down in general.

Thanks again for all the feedback!

Submitted( 1)

Really fun concept! Hitting the enemies were also very satisfying. With more time, this game can become really good!

Would love if you can check out my game too. Thanks!

Developer

Thanks. I will check your game. :)

Submitted

Fun concept, i enjoyed the different classes. 

Some class are very slow, particularly the first one. Maybe you should put the tutorial for rolling at the beginning.

Very good animations.

nice job :)

Submitted( 1)

Cute game! LOVE the dodge roll animation! It's fun to switch up the weapons/class of the character by rolling and trying the different weapons.
One piece of feedback I would give is that starting with slow character right out the gate was very slow haha I was very please when I found out how fast the others were.

Great entry, congrats on submitting, and thanks for the game!

Submitted( 1)

Really love the style and the concept! The controls make this game a little hard but the base idea is great.

Submitted (1 edit)

I'm not sure why you went with E for shooting, felt hard to aim at the enemies. I liked the in-world tutorial on the controls and stuff though, definitely a nice touch!

Developer

Thanks for playing ! You can actually also attack with the 0 key from the numpad, if you’d rather use your pinky. :D Also, L-shift for the spemoves works.

Submitted

I love the concept of your game, it has a great potential! The major problem I have with it is that you can only hit in the direction you're moving to, making it impossible to kite back the foes, which is something that makes waaaay to hard. But I'm pretty sure that with "Isaac like" controls (movements and aim differanciated), the game can be pure fun! 

I still enjoyed testing it though, you did a very good job, gg!

Developer( 1)

Actually you can! Either using a gamepad (right stick), or with WASD (or ZQSD) if you’re using a keyboard. Sorry I did not explicitly mentioned those keys in the description. :)

Submitted

Oh, woopsy, I'll try the game again in that case :D

Submitted

Interesting idea, but there is balancing issue at the moment.

I really like the concept of having to dodge, but changing your moveset by doing that! I think it is a creative concept, but it is a bit too easy to choose which class to play.  I think it would have needed a cooldown maybe, I played almost the whole game as an archer because its charged shot is ultra powerful and very safe it is the fastest character.

But other than that, the visual are retty nice, and it feels good to play. The sound effects just a bit too loud with no music in the background.

Still a great concept, well done!

Submitted( 1)

It definitely feels like just a step on the way, but I think it is a step in the right direction. Since it already feels like an old Zelda game, maybe the new abilities should be considered a reward for exploration? And maybe in the lategame you can transform the character into a dice with more walls? I think that idea has a lot of potential, and I would love to see, what you can do with it!

Submitted( 1)

The game's implementation of the them was super creative and the sound design for rolling was great. Great Job. :D 

Submitted( 1)

Cool graphics and character design. I love the roll to dodge attack mechanic, super clever. Good job!

Submitted( 1)

It looks good. And gameplay can be fun. But i mostly found myself just using long range charged shots since it was a bit too dangerous to go close. So i found myself sticking mainly to 2

Submitted

Visual part and the idea is great. I like that by roll of the dice you change abilities. Current sound effects don't fit into the visuals imho.

Developer( 1)

Yeaaaah, I’m not into audio at all. Sound effects were just generated with sfxr. :D

Submitted( 1)

It's really satisfying to change class as you charge into combat, especially when you get exactly what you were hoping for and nail the enemy with it!

Developer( 1)

The Big Idea I Did Not Have Enough Time To Implement™ was to have bonuses like “always roll a 3 after a 1” and then have more combos between characters moves. :p

Glad you could experience at least a tiny bit of that. :D

The concept is amazing, execution... not as much. This was very fun to play, even though I seemed to only be able to utilize the Cleric's special power. I like that the roll was so crucial to the game, meaning you had to change characters all of the time and it kept you on your toes. After a while I got used to the different speeds of the roll, so that I could gauge the next class I would become a bit earlier and somewhat prepare for it, but it would help if the roll animation itself was tinted in the color of the upcoming class. The difference in movement speed should be toned down a bit, as this game is so centered around dodging. Everyone should move at about the same speed imo, as it was really hard to utilize the slower classes without rolling to evade and losing them to chance (it was harder to strafe away from enemy fire). 

In conclusion, I used the ranger most of the time, since he has respectable movement speed and a very strong charged attack, instead of switching classes on the fly and adapting to the situation (as I believe the game was supposed to be played). Either way, great work guys, I had fun!


Check out the project I created visuals and sounds for: (please rate it :3 )

https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-jam-2022/rate/1623477

Developer( 1)

Thanks for the feeback !

Yes, I wanted to make a different roll animation by character and more visuals to help the player understand what they roll got but lacked time. :/

The game would probably need a big rebalancing pass too, and more tutorials. Special powers are a bit hard to use, because (except the cleric) they are counters, and there is no visual clue for them, sorry.

I will definitely try your game. :)

(PS: The thief is also OP because they move really fast, has a strong counter, and does 10x damages on backstabs)

This was a really cool idea!! The graphics and animations were really fun, but I had a really hard time fighting the green guys, so I reached the end but couldn't kill all the enemies. Nice work!

Submitted

The environments are cool! 

The controls were explained out well, but the attacks weren't super clear how they worked

good job!

Submitted

The graphics were really appealing! The switch animation, especially was impressive. Found some of the classes to not be so helpful as they barely did damage, but I may have misunderstood something. Overall cool idea!