I got 2nd place in the GMTK Game Jam | Bricker Breaks Free Devlog 

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Why is this not getting a million likes

Thanks! Its does feel really cool. Grounded? I just went and checked it out. Nice work! At first I had a hard time imagining how you were going to make interesting gameplay with the going underground mechanic, but then with the moving platforms and going up vertical walls to fall from higher positions, it all made sense and was really well thought out. And 189 is still really well ranked, congrats!

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Enemy Uprising? I just went and checked it out and hawt dang that concept was super big brained lol. I suck at puzzle games, but yours was really interesting, but super challenging. Updating the pathfinding of the guard was really clever, but I almost rage quit lol. I finished it though! Awesome work man, and thanks for the compliment.

@@arceyominyin oh wow, thanks for playing! I always do puzzle games but next year I'll try to make a unique fun type of game like yours for something different. Thanks again, glad you liked it :)

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Thanks! Whats the name of your game? I'd love to go give it a play.

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it

Yeah their visuals were intentional, and I wasnt trying to insinuate it was a bad game, it was just the most extreme example I could think of, even if it was done on purpose

I do my best!

Glad you enjoyed it!

I've had a few people ask that now, so I'm thinking about just doing a little mini dive into it.

@@arceyominyin That'd be great! Would definitely watch it

Thanks! I've been contemplating doing another video that goes a little more into the specifics, but I'm kinda dragging my feet on it. My fault

@@arceyominyin I'd love to see it! I also have a background in professional art and have been taking my first steps into trying game dev, so seeing the actual process of solo devs tackling into projects is extremely motivating :)

Oh yeah I totally agree. I think if you're doing something for design purposes that's a little different than what I'm talking about. It's definitely a more nuanced topic that what I address here, probably worth a whole discussion on its own.

oh... my...god... I love this idea. If I get some free time I'll see about toying with it lol

I really need to go play carrion. But thanks, I appreciate it!

Thanks man I appreciate it lol. Unfortunately, I think to grow you gotta play the consistency game to feed the algorithm, and while I do enjoy making videos, I spend most of my time making stuff and developing random things that I don't usually record. It is what it is, but I'm glad to hear some people enjoy watching when I do upload!

🤣🤣 lol if I start making these again I’ll do my best to keep the extraterrestrial conspiracy vibes to a minimum.

Remind me to use all the dome keeper references from now on.

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I appreciate it!

Thanks! I use Unreal, so I'm not sure exactly how well this will translate, but yeah. The exact implementation would be kind of long to type out, but to put it as simply as possible: The player is only directly controlling the core brick. Each yellow brick is its own little ai pawn, and its constantly trying to go to a target location. You nailed the x,y offset, by default the target location is set to an offset from the core (player) brick. This target location gets offset further or pushed around based on what the player is doing, either moving or pressing the shield button etc. To get a little more specific, I used a data table to tell each brick which offset to use based on their own index within the array that I was storing their references. I'm sure there is probably some super smart way to assign the correct offset to the correct index using 'math' but I'm not that smart, and a data table was the easiest way for me. It also worked out because I wanted the bricks to fire from the outside in, and that made it really easy to do as well. Best of luck to you developing games! Its quite a rabbit hole, but can be really rewarding.

Its called 'The Last Night' by Odd Tales

Survive the human? I just went and checked it out, and the updated version. Awesome work dude! I've never used haxe but it looks like you can do quite a bit with it. Also congrats to you too on even getting it done enough to submit! Thats an accomplishment in and of itself, and a LOT of people make it that far. My son wanted to play your game when he saw me playing it. He got a real kick out of it too lol.

@@arceyominyin I am glad you and him liked it

Thanks! The exact implementation would be kind of long to type out, but to put it as simply as possible: The player is only directly controlling the core brick. Each yellow brick is its own little ai pawn, and its constantly trying to go to a target location. By default the target location is set to an offset from the core (player) brick. This target location gets offset further or pushed around based on the what the player is doing, either moving or pressing the shield button etc.

I had that same exact thought right before I submitted the project lol. Clearly that's a much better name, but by that point all the art and page and stuff were created and I didn't want to spend a bunch of time changing it. I did spend a bunch of time kicking myself for not thinking of it sooner lol

If I had to describe cruelty squads aesthetic, I would say its intentionally against the grain. They clearly did it on purpose, and I'm not faulting them for that, it was just the most 'extreme' example I could find to illustrate my point. I wasnt trying to insult them by any means, sorry if thats how it came across.

@@arceyominyin no I am sorry, I didn't mean at all that you were insulting it, I just think that cruelty squad has it's own aesthetic which can not be seen immediately but yeah it is going against the rules (also sorry for bad english)

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Sometimes we even hold hands

​@@arceyominyin HOLDING HANDS??? Life is so unfair 😭

I think it was the one where he revealed the theme. It was just a short clip of it, like a couple seconds, but I remembered seeing it previously in other videos I've watched.