Juicy Cauldron

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.26

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.24

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.32

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.42

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.58

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.23

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.27

A difficult platformer-shooter game where your goal is to create the greatest juice ever while trying to avoid making the cauldron unstable!

Throw tennis balls at balloons to try and dunk them into the cauldron, but be careful! You want to avoid everything that isn't wanted, except candy, to increase the value of your juice! Once you meet the goal, you completed the level!

There are 8 levels, with numerous new mechanics and specialties, plus an endless mode that brings back the old mechanics and to see if you are truly worthy of the title 'Master Juicer'!

Controls:
W/A/S/D = move / menus |
space = select |
mouse = aim |
left mouse = charge & shoot

Programs/Softwares used:
* Programming : Gamemaker Studio 2 - https://www.yoyogames.com/en
* Art : Aesprite - https://www.aseprite.org/
* Music : Beepbox - https://www.beepbox.co/
* SFX : Bfxr - https://www.bfxr.net/

Tags: #2d, #arcade, #gamemaker, #short

Genres: action, platformer

Tools: Aseprite, BeepBox, Bfxr, GameMaker

Comments9

LDJam user 1276374 Oct 2021, 03:51

Funny entry with an interesting gameplay twist! Well done :smile:

theviraldragon4 Oct 2021, 09:27

New concept. Good job.

Miss_iiV4 Oct 2021, 22:22

Great concept. Was a little difficult for me at first, but overall great game.

Reiqy5 Oct 2021, 21:49

Interesting game, but for me it was very difficult. I think it could be even better if you balanced it a bit more.

LDJam user 2289909 Oct 2021, 22:37

I really love the idea of the game, but it was a little too hard for me. Also the bullets the player shoots can't be that well visible all the time.

Good job!

loveboxf11 Oct 2021, 19:50

Very fun game that is pretty unforgiving as you move to the next levels. I found a lot of challenge in avoiding the juices as they're spilling and the bullets are too small and light to notice. There's really no control over avoiding other objects in the way of the fruit you need to get into the cauldron but it wasn't too much of a hindrance. I do love the various levels in the game and an endless mode option--it really is a game that you can play nonstop for a high score :p

Good work making a game around this jam's theme!

holbinski12 Oct 2021, 02:42

Great job for a solo entry! Super impressive to have music, sfx, good visuals, and a polished game all on your own, especially for your first jam too boot! Other than some knitpicks, like the bubbles coming out of the cauldron sometimes blending too much with the color of the sky, and the lack of sfx for shooting, it's solid!

EvanGreenwood21 Oct 2021, 16:07

It was satisfying wracking up a score with high combos, and the bitter rain was suitably "unstable".

Though the game did require a bit of patience, waiting for the right fruit to pass by, patience isn't my forte. I'm not sure how you'd tweak this though... maybe incentivising the right fruit instead of demanding the right fruit.

atmospherium21 Oct 2021, 19:44

Nice, unique gameplay here. A bit on the tough side (especially with how cheerful all the graphics and sound were), but not frustratingly so. Except for when the wanted fruit would change at a bad time. Otherwise, this felt like a interesting game that worked well.