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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Narrative | #59 | 4.291 | 4.291 |
| Audio | #87 | 4.216 | 4.216 |
| Enjoyment | #309 | 4.062 | 4.062 |
| Artwork | #357 | 4.323 | 4.323 |
| Creativity | #1313 | 3.922 | 3.922 |
Ranked from 925 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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You loop around a volcano and repeat the cycle for the best speedrun!
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The final installment of the trilogy we have all been waiting for, a true emotional wrap up that left everyone on the couch in tears.
It’s so addictive and very well polished!
I am going to be playing this game for days after this jam, gotta get that score down... thanks lol, seriously though, great game :D
Extremely fun gameplay loop! The jump/punch combo feels so satisfying, and I love being able to punch through multiple enemies. The rising lava timer and "tutorial" section is so nicely integrated into the gameplay. This is exactly how to win a jam, folks :)
Really polished for the time given and also really funny. Good job guys!
I completely love this game and was totally not expecting this when I saw the game cover image! The cutscenes are awesome, and I felt like I was watching some of those old cartoons! The narrator and the jokes are just the icing on the cake!
Congratulations on creating such a cool game.
Pretty fun concept, it didn't run great on my computer but I enjoyed what I saw!
This was INCREDIBLE!! Completely blown away that you managed to make a game this polished in such a short time.
The visuals especially were super super impressive, I would love to know more about what workflows you used to manage to get this look :D
My only feedback is that the initial learning curve is a bit steep, it took me probably 20 minutes to just beat the level once, which I feel is a bit too hard if the goal is meant to be speedrunning and finding faster paths.
The audio good, the cutscenes were again really impressive, just a really really good entry for game jam, props to you all! :D
Hey thanks for your comment! I can open up the workflow a bit here. First of all, we had a team of 3 veteran jammers (one programmer, one artist and one generalist), which meant we spent the whole time working on meaningful content instead of having to learn new things or debug etc.
The main things that make this look are the low-poly models with clunky animations, crispy pixelated textures and most importantly low resolution rendering and a color reduction shader with a dithering effect. The characters are quite crudely modeled, hand-painted and animated in blender and the textures are downscaled for that pixelated look. No need to model or animate too well since the low quality just adds to the charm.
While pretty much all other art is fully created by us during the jam, the terrain and lava textures are just free online textures that we adjusted to fit the style. This meant lowering the resolution, reducing the number of colors and making the colors more vibrant and less realistic for that goofy cartoony style.
And to be honest, that's pretty much it. The main idea is just to make everything look less realistic and more crappy and low quality. You need to be consistent with it though, because any high-quality asset will easily break the immersion. The rest is just about general eye for design, lighting and composition really.
I hope this explanation helps!
great game! Loved the retro vibe and the gameplay! Check out my game for a fun space vibe!
Super cool art style, well made 👏
Really dope! I would buy for my Windows 95 home computer!
"Metal Men 4: Meat Over Magnet" joke got me
Love aesthetics, visuals and voicelines! It was a funny game, but frustrating sometimes
Metal Man already is an video-game icon! Love when he dies and say "Not like this" xD Love the gameplay and art style, the multiple paths too, AWESOME game!
Love the artstyle and the different paths! Gonna have to check out the previous Metal Man games
NOT LIKE THIIIIS/10
My favorite in this jam! Where can I buy a metal man T-shirt?
so fun and addictive
OMG just when I thought I had scoped all the scope I could for my game jams now I need to add an intro cinematic too! How could you!
This was fantastic, the sound bytes were delicious, the action was very satisfying and the 90s vibe was just perfect. Thanks for this one :)
A few minor bugs issues - I did have a big frame lag when I first punched a dude, but it seemed ok afterwards. Also I wasn’t able to release mouse lock (escape didn’t work) so I couldn’t exit the game.
Very good!!
I would love your rating to my game!