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A jam submission

DunloopView game page

This game was made for the GMTK Game Jam 2025
Submitted by Soyabird — 4 hours, 2 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Artwork#42852.9292.929
Audio#44282.6432.643
Creativity#65622.5712.571
Enjoyment#66942.2142.214
Narrative#80421.5001.500

Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
Dunloop is a strategic loop-based game inspired by Snakes and Ladders

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Every asset in this project was made by us

(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Soyabird

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Love the artwork and overall aesthetic.

Difficulty felt a bit too straight forward at first, but then I suddenly got an unwinnable level, ha.

Could see the mechanics being expanded into a really satisfying puzzle game.

Really enjoyed playing.

Developer(+1)

Thanks a lot!
Really glad you enjoyed it and the aesthetic too. Definitely planning to expand the mechanics post-jam

(+1)

Pretty dang fun! Until the game generated a death puzzle. The hole spit me out into an unwinnable area. 
Love the twist on snakes and ladders! 

Developer(+1)

Thanks!
That’s a known bug, couldn’t finish mushroom rotation in time. That’s why there’s a restart button lol. Glad you liked the twist!

Submitted(+1)

I think I got stuck on wave 3, there was no path to get through. Or I'm just dumb. I really liked the art style!

Developer(+1)

Glad you liked the art!

The plan was to let players rotate the mushrooms, but due to setup issues and time constraints, it didn’t make it in. The restart button is the intended way to reset if things go wrong.

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

I liked the way that the levels got progressively more challenging as they progressed. The audio was fun and playful. I couldn't seem to find a downside for tredding on the bear traps, they didn't seem to cause me to die or anything, maybe I am missing something obvious. I also got stuck in a loop of two adjacent mushrooms pointing towards each other which I couldn't get out of (maybe this just adds to the loop theme haha). [Edit: it seems the website glitched and caused me to post this message three times, sorry for the spam.]

Developer(+1)

Thanks so much for playing! Glad you enjoyed the progression and the playful audio.

The bear traps actually remove all your remaining moves, we’ll work on making that clearer. And yes, that back-and-forth loop is actually intentional and tie into the LOOP theme lol , great observation!

Submitted(+1)

The sound effects were really great… also I like how it randomly generates the levels, I think the bear trap thingies together with the teleporters make it really interesting. It some point it was purely luck based though, since all ways were blocked either by jumps or teleporters. Regardless, I enjoyed it :)

Developer

Thanks for playing, glad you enjoyed the sfx and level randomness!

The mix of traps, mushrooms, and teleporters definitely leads to some unpredictable chaos. I’ll be tuning the balance post-jam to make it even more CHAOTIC lol.

Really appreciate the feedback!

Submitted(+1)

I really liked the design and the game is pretty fun! Maybe a little bit too easy?

Well done !

Developer

Thanks! Glad you had fun and liked the design.

Kept it easy for the jam , planning to spice it up after!