(NEW) Flowjam Official Post: Submissions Today Extended to Tomorrow!

Yeah i’m going to contact Carbot and see if he can remove this rule since i know it kind of removes the point of a gamejam but, c’mon, this is Flowlab! No one wants to make a game for a contest!

cough Ludum Dare cough

@Crigence that’s the rule that’s supposed to make this a challenge, if ppl could use games from before they could whip out a large project they’ve been doing for a long time, putting new people at a disadvantage. This rules purpose is to balance everything out to make it fair for everyone.

That actually makes sense @XxCarbotxX . Thanks!

Just a quick reminder that Submissions for flowjam are due today! You can post them here, the discord or the website! Thx!

-Carbot

Whew! I’m pushing the 7:00 deadline, but I think i’m as done as i’m going to get. It’s not perfect – and full disclosure, I used a couple of my previously created “very minor” sprites (blood cells, and nano-tech nodes, but nothing major. everything else is brand new this week!)

Enjoy this brand new Nina Nano micro-adventure:
INTESTINAL FORTITUDE
http://www.flowlab.io/game/play/1116845

looking forward to playing the other submissions!

Judging

Alright welp there have been 2 submissions, but that’ll have to do!
I am going to be judging people on:

Art
Controls
Sounds
Stability
Creativity

Only 2 submissions are from @todorrobot and @“Caleb Strawberry 3” so give them a round of applause!

“Color Wars” By Caleb Strawberry3
https://flowlab.io/game/play/1111597

In the time I played this game I thought: “This is flowlab?” Its a VERY fun game, especially when putting into account he only had a week to make it. The visuals are amazing, and the gameplay is something I personally have never seen before, forcing you to move in weird ways to defeat your enemies. Even though there are only 5 levels, I could only beat 2, but had a blast along the entire way.
Art: 4/5 Beautiful
Controls: 3/5 Pretty Smooth
Sounds: 0/5 There Are None
Stability: 5/5 No lag Whatsoever
Creativity: 4/5 Very Fun, and Different

Overall Score: 16/20 - Very Nice Game, I Really Liked It!

Intestinal Fortitude By todorrobot
http://flowlab.io/game/play/1116845

I came into this with high hopes. The music was INSANE and the art was amazing too. But then I saw a little icon on the bottom that said “Project originally cloned from Nina Nano” Which really disappointed me. With further digging this was a clone of one of the final levels with just a minor amount of tweaking. Due to this im sorry @todorrobot but this means i’ll have to disqualify you for not following the rule of making a brand new game specifically for the game jam in the amount of time we give you. This includes making new sprites, logic, and music. Although you can’t win this game jam, you have an AMAZING game your working on, and I think it could get you to some big places.

Overall Score: DISQUALIFIED - Its an INSANE game but it broke the rules, I hope if the rules weren’t clear to you I explained them better in this post.

WINNER
So due to todorrobot being disqualified, @“Caleb Strawberry 3” IS THE WINNER! Your game really impressed me, and I think its crazy you spend that amount of time to make a game for a small game jam. I hope that you inspire more people to make a game for the next jam.

Prizes
@“Caleb Strawberry 3” For winning @Crigence will have you in the “Winners” tab in the website, and i’m going to be making you a custom desktop background (Or some type of other art) based upon your game. If you want to contact me and give an example of what you want my contacts are:

Discord: Carbot#2669
Gmail: xxcarbotxx@gmail.com

Thank you so much for participating and keep up the good work!

Next Jam
The next official jam will be on March 17th to March 24th so be prepared! Until a mini-jam will be hosted on the discord (https://discord.gg/AnQGwvV) For people who want to participate and don’t have discord the theme will be “Top-Down” and just post submissions here. Also thank @Crigence for building the website, and although it wasn’t used it was really cool of him to do it, so yeah!

@Carbot @“Caleb Strawberry 3”

First of all: Carbot, don’t you remember one of the prizes we agreed on is that the winner gets their game reviewed by The Crigence Critique (Before anyone else’s game)? I’m up to review it if that rule still applies!

Also, Caleb has just been added to the winners tab! Here it is if you wanna see it: https://crigenceoffical.wixsite.com/flowjam/winners

And lastly, please remember that you can submit games through the website as well! https://crigenceoffical.wixsite.com/flowjam/submit

Well shoot. I guess I wasnt clear when I submitted. Even though this level will be an eventual part of the larger Nina Nano game, Intestinal Fortitude was built within the week time limit specifically for the jam. None of it existed (aside from two minor sprites: the blood cells and the nano nodes reused from the existing Nina Nano) before the beginning of the contest and was cloned out at deadline for stand alone presentation. Not trying to overturn any results, just didnt want to be seen as breaking the rules :wink:

Congrats to Caleb! I look forward to checking out your game! :slight_smile:

Good jam!

Thanks todorrobot! Intestinal Fortitude was a really fun game to play. I really liked the style of it. I can’t wait to see what other jams you do.

@Crigence srry forgot about that one when posting, sure u can do whatever

Also @todorrobot sorry about that I didn’t know that part, just saying now though if I see a game that’s cloned i’m going to disqualify it immediately just because you never know whether or not that’s the case. Just going to make that clear now.

@XxCarbotxX it’s cool. no worries. I’m already elbows deep in a “top down” creation :slight_smile:

can a fella get a review around here or what? haha :slight_smile:
http://flowlab.io/game/play/1116845

Are you asking for a review @todorrobot ? Because I’d gladly! Just post your game in my discussion, Bored Reviews, and you will receive, one, a review, two, a like for your game, and three, suggestions of how you can make it even better! Post the link here: forum.flowlab.io/discussion/6828/bored-reviews#latest

Thanks, and like I always say:
“The more opinions, the greater the outcome!” -rcreger

or you can also find the Magma Manifesto (reviews) or even the Crignece Critique by @Crigence

Im gonna hop in the bandwagon and say I can review it too!

@todorrobot As one of the prizes @Crigence reviews the winning game. Thanks for asking though!

edit: oops for whatever reason I thought u were caleb lol.

This sentence is false, or is it?

Quick Reminder
Just want to remind people that the next flowjam is in 2 days, and the mini-jam ends tomorrow. For whoever entered the mini-jam please submit here in the forums, the discord, or the website. Wish the best of luck to all who enter and i’ll see you then!

Flowjam Announcement

Flowjam Announcement

The second flowjam has started! The theme for this week is Puzzle

Whether it be a zelda styled top down puzzle game, or something else it will be accepted.

Rules
? You cannot use Flowlab’s pre-made sprites.
? No racist, suggestive, or offensive games.
? Do not spam registrations.
? No outside resources (Sprites, textures, music, etc.)
? Flowlab music, and music by Eric Matyas (https://soundimage.org/) are allowed.
? (NEW) Any game that has been cloned off of another one will NOT be accepted, even if you say it was all made within the amount of time you had.

The prize for the winner will be a special review from @Crigence on The Crigence Critique and a custom desktop background (Or something else if requested) based off the game by me. I hope this motivates people to make a good game and get competitive! But remember, have fun!

Damn, part of a group with a free account, can’t make a game for this flowjam, forgot about the first flowjam as well, srry