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A jam submission

Put Them On The Scale!View game page

theMachineHandler's GMTK Game Jam 2024 game submission
Submitted by theMachineHandler — 11 hours, 9 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Style#21763.3793.379
Overall#26043.1383.138
Creativity#28923.1723.172
Enjoyment#30102.8622.862

Ranked from 29 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?
It is a game about trying to put as many objects (and people) in a scale to create a towering... well, tower, of stuff.

Development Time

96 hours

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Kenney's Planets and Pixel Vehicle Pack
GrafxKid CITY_MEGA Tileset
Craftpix.net Free Modern City Background

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Comments

Submitted

Kind of silly, but the good kind of silly, and who doesn’t love to stack piles of trucks, cars and other vehicles haha

good work!

Developer(+1)

Thank you very much for taking the time to try it. I am really glad that you could find it fun and had a good time.

Submitted

Fun game! got to the moon with 7.5kg total weight xD
For a first game its really cool and the theme is well implemented, congratz! :D

Developer

Thank you so much for taking the time to play it. I am glad that you were able to find some enjoyment with it.

Submitted

Ahaha to play I had to resize the window on the game page, so I think you've already integrated the theme in your submission hahaha. But for a first project, I really liked it—very simple and with a fun idea. It would be better with sound, but still ...a good job and good game : )

Developer

I've heard from a friend that uses Chrome that it is helping me make the game even more fitting to the theme lol. Thank you very much for taking the time to play. Unfortunately, my time ran out trying to just make it somewhat playable. But I've learned a lot with this one. Hopefully, I will be able to apply it next time. o/

Submitted

I got to the moon with 44 on the scale. It was fun to stack up all the things.

Developer

Thank you for taking the time to play it! I am really glad that you enjoyed it.

Submitted

Great game! I was able to get to the moon with only 0 on the scale. Which is a win in my book.

Sure there are some jank. But your game idea is clear and the game at this stage is already enjoyable.

Great job! 

Developer

Thank you so much for taking the time to play it! I am very happy that you are able to enjoy it.

Submitted

For your first time you've really hit the road! Congratulations and i had a nice playing time with your game.

Developer(+1)

I forgot to answer earlier, but thank you very much for taking the time to play it and the kind words!

Submitted

Great first game!! I really like the idea. I am a bit confused. Do cars/Trucks still count when I accidentally kick them off again? There is a lot of potential if you want to continue working on this game.

Developer (2 edits)

Thank you for taking the time to play it. Yeah, I was trying to go for a very complex (and, for sure, very unecessary) three-way acknowledgement system to confirm that the object was indeed being weighted. The result is, as you experienced, a very non functional bit of code lol. And thank you for the kind words. I might consider working a little more on it but, for now, I am more focused on building a portfolio and my skills.

Submitted

Great work! I loved the pixel art. Congratulations on finishing your first jam!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for taking the time to play it and the kind words. It was exausting, but totally worth it. Had a lot of fun even with the mistakes.

Submitted

Nice artwork, good game for a first game jam!

Developer(+1)

Thank you very much for your kind words and for trying it! Can't take credit for the artwork, though. But I really was looking for assets that felt very colorful and communicated this idea of "don't take it too serious", lol. Glad it work out nicely for you.

Submitted

Cute and entertaining game! I could easily picture this as a desktop toy to fiddle around with whenever I need a break from work! For your first jam game and finished project, this is very well done!

Developer(+1)

Thank you very much for trying it. You are very kind. I was indeed picturing it as something very silly to just drop in and out quickly.

Submitted

Very charming little game - I laughed when I picked up a truck and knocked my entire tower into the moon!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for taking the time to try it. Knocking everything out was actually what I found the most fun during playtesting too. I am really glad that you were able to have some fun with it. 

Submitted

Great job theMachineHandler! Your story is awesome and congrats on your first finished project, it's amazing what you were able to accomplish in a few short days. 

Developer

Thank you so much for trying it. You are very kind. I really wish I had a little more on the skill side to develop the UI and story telling of this one. But I am still very happy that it was somewhat playable in the end lol. 

Submitted

Reached the moon at 0kg with a high-speed bullet truck :)

It's kinda buggy but in the charming/fun way. And I like the art, nice work!

Developer

Exactly as intended lol! Thank you very much for taking the time to play it. I can't take the credit for the art though, besides some minor stuff. The assets are from people with more capable hands on that deparment.

Submitted(+1)

Congratulations on successfully completing your first Jam, it's a fun game.

Developer

Thank you very much, dude. And also thanks for taking some time to play mine! o/

Submitted

That was fun!  I did have some minor scaling issues due to my screen size, but after a quick change it worked fine!  I was able to make it to the moon in 5kg!  The art style is well done too, I really liked it!

Developer

Oh yeah, correct window and object scalling was definetly lacking lol. Thank you very much for taking the time to play. I will definetly be checking yours!

That was a fun physic playground! The cars often disappeared and the game ended even if one car just flew into the moon which stopped my playground silliness but other than that enjoyable game! Good use of the art assets.

Developer

Oh man, messing with physics objects on the first one was definetly a bad choice, lol. Thank you very much for playing and commenting! o/

Submitted(+1)

This is pretty good for a first ever jam! It's a bit buggy, but that's to be expected in a game jam. Overall good work :)

Developer

Oh, the bugs were really something else while making this one! Thank you very much for taking your time to play and comment! I will be checking your entry too.