FUZE Gamejam 23! 30th March - 2nd April // THEME: SENSE

[Dave]

Hi folks! We're back with another Gamejam weekend finally! 😄

Putting the post up early to give everyone a chance to see and plan if necessary.

As usual, the theme is not yet announced - this will happen on Thursday 30th March, giving participants plenty of time to create!

THEME ANNOUNCED: SENSE

Be as creative as you like with that theme! It doesn't have to be the obvious interpretation 😊

Any questions at all feel free to get in touch.

SUBMITTING:
Make sure "Fuze Gamejam 23" is in the description field of your game. You can write instructions and game info in the comments at the top of the code, but please make sure the actual description says "Fuze Gamejam 23".

Share your program via "Program Options" -> Share Program.

Submit your program for download via Share Menu -> "My Shared Programs" -> Select program -> "Submit"

[vinicity]

Awesome! Good luck, everyone!

[monkeee]

@Dave Its a long shot, but Is it ok If I submit my game spilt screen shooter deluxe for the game jam. I don't have my switch on me so Im unable to change the description. Here's the id code S5L43MNDHB.

The controllers vibrate depending on who shoots so I guess it fits the theme

[vinicity]

Mine is submitted!

[Dave]

@monkeee I'd rather avoid this for this Jam and ones going forward, since it feels a bit unfair to those who worked in the time restrictions - but, I absolutely want to showcase your game and this question leads me to think I should make a dedicated FUZE Creation Showcase segment as a standalone short video series. Would you be okay with your game being featured in that sort of video?

[monkeee]

Thats fair, ill do it legit next time. Yeah I'd love to be featured in a video :D

[vinicity]

[vinicity]

The crash bug in Señorita Spaceworm’s Sensible Word Game has now been fixed. Please download the latest version once it is no longer pending.

Download ID: 9XV23MND5C

[vinicity]

@Richard
I really like your game, but it feels a bit too easy at times. Maybe if the speed would increase slightly over time, it would be more of a challenge?

I also feel like the distribution of pieces could improve a bit. I haven’t looked in the code so I’m not sure how you do it now, but perhaps something similar to the 7-bag randomiser used in most versions of Tetris?

https://tetris.fandom.com/wiki/Random_Generator

[pianofire]

35W33MNDXR - "One Button's adventure 4" by Isaac(age 12)yes I've had a Bday
5GMH2MND5M - "Five Senses" by Richard
V7X63MNDSG - "Echolocation" by Melon Kid
9XV23MND5C - "SSW's Sensible Word Game" by Vinicity
91TL3MNDXH - "S.E.N.S.E" by AndyG85
L7C63MND5U - "senseofdirection" by WALDRON
7LC63MNDNZ - "Treasure of the Blind Cave" by Ebrit/Spider
SLG63MNDHB - "Scents and Sensibility" by DaddyJDM

[Richard]

@vinicity glad to hear you like it.
I agree it can be too easy I was going to make the speed gradually increase. I got as far as a level variable and an array of different speeds for the levels, but ran out of time to implement it before the game jam so left it at a single speed.
There is a bias for senses over sensors in the block generation but nothing to ensure an even distribution, just a reliance on the RNG to balance it out, so more like Gameboy Tetris than modern Tetris.
I might go back to it one day.

[vinicity]

@richard Cool! If you release a new version, I’ll make sure to feature it in a future high score challenge!