Magical Marissas Troubles with Time

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.33
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.37
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.69
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.51
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.51
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.85
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.38
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Controls - WASD to tilt the world in a given direction

Story: Magical Marissa cast a spell to have more time to play. Unfortunately she accidentally created a time loop of sixty seconds; as well she broke her magic wand so she can't undo the spell. Now its up to you to race against the clock and get the parts of your magic wand back before time resets and sends you back to the beginning. Can you get yourself unstuck from this loop.

MAC & LINUX BUILD NOTE
I don't have a Mac or Linux computer to test these builds on so if you are using them and run into any bugs sorry.

Screenshots
Tags: #marble

Comments49

Tero Pulkkinen
Tero Pulkkinen4 Oct 2020, 23:45
Tons of humor with the audio track. I got killed kinda early though.
binroot
binroot4 Oct 2020, 23:50
Tuh tu tuh tu tu tuh! Found my new ringtone :laughing:
merkisoft5 Oct 2020, 00:21
your audio track is just genius! you are stuck in the audio loop for sure!
apart from that, looks like it's just a regular monkeyball game, or do i overlook something?
Nick Barrash5 Oct 2020, 00:27
Very in tune "do do"-ing. Nice
WTFree
WTFree5 Oct 2020, 01:38
Super qute audio track.It fits so well to the game.
neonjeff
neonjeff5 Oct 2020, 02:31
Great music.... would you be interested in starting a band? See my game for my resume. I fixed the wand!
GameFriend5 Oct 2020, 02:56
Love the music and the art style is nice. Decent amount of challenge to be pretty fun. Gold star for the sound options.
magnusfurcifer5 Oct 2020, 03:10
Lmao that music!

I love this entry, visuals are great and the gameplay is super fun. My only feedback would be that it can be challenging once you get to the end of the map because you can't rotate the camera.

Fantastic entry.
Phlip45
Phlip455 Oct 2020, 03:20
The music was pretty funny and definitely going to be stuck in my head for a few days. Took me 2 tries to fix my wand. Getting to the stick part from the end of the map on the right hand side felt near impossible.

Also noticed the title screen spells trouble as troble. Not sure if this is intentional as Marissa is not a good speller, or a simple mistake. Just figured I'd point it out. Spelling mistakes don't count against scores in my book though (I know I have my fair share of spelling mistakes in my game)
Matt Swieboda
Matt Swieboda5 Oct 2020, 07:08
It was pretty fun, and light hearted. Classic catchy music haha. I went through the floor the first time by a crushing weight, but couldn't reproduce it again. Hard to see where I'm going, but I imagine that's the point. Good job, pretty entertaining after a few play throughs!
Kazatan
Kazatan5 Oct 2020, 09:42
Oh god. Please get that sound out of my brain :laughing: :grin: It was very catchy!

Enjoyed playing the game - it was a really good length and I completed the wand on the third loop. My 'speed run' score was 29 seconds remaining :thumbsup:

The aesthetic is hand drawn (to go with the voiced music!) which I like. The gameplay is smart and the physics are about right - everything behaved as I expected. There were no bugs although the cut where the music replays is a little harsh!

Congrats on your LD47 entry!
Manspider5 Oct 2020, 12:02
Soundtrack on point. Good job there pal.
BOOtak
BOOtak5 Oct 2020, 18:28
This game is so cute and funny, I just can't! Marissa look super cute too!

> Tututu duru tutu! Duru! Duru!

Now it's stuck in my head :D
Siddharth6 Oct 2020, 05:44
You definately nailed the humour part lol
Very good job man
Song had me laughing XD
mikelovesrobots6 Oct 2020, 06:17
The song made me snort. Also I don't think I've ever seen those kinds of perspective changes in a game before.
ubershmekel
ubershmekel6 Oct 2020, 06:24
That music was funny :) The tilting kind of made me uncomfortable. The art style was fun and unique. As far as the map design - I wish there were more levels and maybe a speed-runner friendly route, feels like you kind of have to take a roundabout path. Thank you for the game!
3mpty
3mpty6 Oct 2020, 07:02
very cute
the colors were a little washed out though, maybe try tweaking your materials and shaders in unity to make the colors pop more?

i like the mushrooms
Doot
Doot6 Oct 2020, 10:14
Wow this one is great.

it feels good instantly, the wall collisions work great, the physic is intuitive, the mushroom are fun.
Marissa is very cute.

The music is art 💕
FabDynamic
FabDynamic6 Oct 2020, 13:53
What a cool game. My wife and me have a lot of admiration for you, in particular which came from the music. Theres some of the purity of Patton Oswalt in it (one of our favorite comedians - see 'the bugged car' for a good laugh).

I did it I fixed my wand! Time has been restored!!! What a fun game. I imagine that this game could have been a big hit on playstation or N64 in 1995. Thank you so much for making it!

Getting it working on Mac:

Catalina has been having problems with Unity games (it says 'this game can't be opened') so I had to do the following:
`chmod +x "Mac 3Contents/MacOS/*"` and then the usual gatekeeper workaround for downloaded apps: right click -> Open -> Open.

then it worked great!

It also worked great in Chrome on mac and actually looks fantastic in HTML5.
pvg6 Oct 2020, 15:15
Classic table-tilting mechanisms. I love to see these ideas explored in jams.

I am happy for the other people who love the music :)
dusho6 Oct 2020, 16:08
cool one.. thought that world tilting almost gave me a headache :) nice idea
Barrier
Barrier6 Oct 2020, 16:13
I got smashed straight through the ground :D
shp
shp6 Oct 2020, 16:17
very nice, I liked the controls and the use of colors in the graphics, the music got a chuckle out of me too
mbrezu
mbrezu6 Oct 2020, 17:21
Awesome soundtrack!
freeworld
freeworld6 Oct 2020, 17:55
That music :D

I like the models and textures, it gives the game character (fits great with the humourus music!) and it feels like you put a lot of work into them - especially the wand looks very fancy!

The game overall was a fun journey with a satisfying "yay I did it" ending :) Nice!
Endurion
Endurion6 Oct 2020, 18:43
That music! ;)

Fortunately the game is pretty short, so the music is a great gag, and doesn't get too grating. I made it in the last second (timer was 0!)

Really nice! It'd be probably nicer when you just control the player without the tilting.
zeu31
zeu316 Oct 2020, 18:44
Very nice art! The gameplay is really good, my only problem is not being able to move the camera.

Also very funny music. =D
Arad HamidSamiee
Arad HamidSamiee6 Oct 2020, 20:36
wish I could rotate the camera, otherwise it was ok.
Milestone Games
Milestone Games6 Oct 2020, 21:37
What a fun soundtrack and different gameplay. Like the other reviewers, I think the style was and lent itself well to this type of game.
Layne Stokes7 Oct 2020, 01:09
I really like the adorable graphics style of this game. The mood you created through the gamplay, graphics and audio definitely sells the experience!
Ale
Ale7 Oct 2020, 03:30
Lmao that music and the sound effects were great. This is a very polished submission, though I'm a bit sad that it's so short. Nice job!
castrolol7 Oct 2020, 03:31
WOOOOOW
The graphics are nice...
The gameplay are nice...
BUT THE SOUND STYLE... AWESOME!!!
congrats dude, you rock!
MikeW7 Oct 2020, 03:47
hahah that background music is going to be stuck in my head all day now
aeveis
aeveis7 Oct 2020, 04:09
I beat it! Have fun, like the different mechanics that either slowed you down or had a trade off (the weights give you a boost but you lose health).
BinaryPrinciple
BinaryPrinciple7 Oct 2020, 05:54
I liked the game, and now I have a this music in my head that will take a couple of days to tu tu tu duh go through... see!!!
hadesfury
hadesfury7 Oct 2020, 07:12
Great game ! The music is mind fing.. well done
Remzo
Remzo7 Oct 2020, 07:38
I struggled to barely make the audio of my game and ended up without music - this is a much better way to do it! Nice one! The first piece seemed placed a little too high up though, I had to wait a few seconds under it before it rotated low enough for me to get it.
ctpeepee7 Oct 2020, 09:29
Easily best soundtrack of ld47 and fun little game overall! Btw i got bounced between the mushrooms in the middle and then blasted off the map first time I tried it.
JudgeZedd
JudgeZedd7 Oct 2020, 09:40
Frustrating, but in a good way. The physics are consistent and gives you room to move towards mastering them. Soundtrack is also clearly on point, and I look forward to looping it on Spotify.
Eugenik
Eugenik7 Oct 2020, 10:55
Smooth and addictive! I got lost in the game for quite a while. Nice!
fabula_rasa7 Oct 2020, 14:34
The second I run the game I knew what I had to do - give it 5 stars in audio! It's brilliant! Purely brilliant, I tell you!

I enjoyed the game itself - it was a tiny experience but well-made. I managed to assemble my wand on my first try. I ran the game again - as I thought that maybe the placement of wand pieces is randomised. But, sadly, it wasn't.

Well done. Short and sweet :)
extar
extar7 Oct 2020, 14:45
This has to be one of my favourite games of the jam, the graphics are delightful :)
Steffy
Steffy7 Oct 2020, 15:09
This was a fun game. It felt like a mix of pinball and the tilt-labyrinth game I played as a kid. Very nice!
Gilad Bar Ilan7 Oct 2020, 17:19
Nice game! Liked the music :) NICE GRAPHICS!
Jag
Jag7 Oct 2020, 20:12
I actually really love this game! The fact that this is a fully complete game that was honestly quite fun to play is amazing for a compo entry. And yes the music had me giggling the whole time haha
Chaosinism7 Oct 2020, 22:57
The music is fun! The mechanics is simple but challenging. I finished the game in the second loop, right at the last second. By the way, it is interesting to see Nene Sakura as your avatar, who also made a table-tilting game in the *New Game!* anime :)
juegoman8 Oct 2020, 23:19
Cute game with cute music
Rewzu
Rewzu26 Oct 2020, 21:58
Ok. The audio is amazing :D. Funny, little game. Nice work.

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