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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Innovation | #155 | 3.630 | 3.630 |
| Gameplay | #357 | 3.148 | 3.148 |
| Enjoyment | #383 | 3.296 | 3.296 |
| Overall | #540 | 3.086 | 3.086 |
| Visuals | #665 | 3.037 | 3.037 |
| Audio | #695 | 2.667 | 2.667 |
| Theme | #788 | 2.741 | 2.741 |
Ranked from 27 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
Static.io is a strange game that takes place on a staticky CRT screen, which is a fairly strange place..
When we first saw the theme of "strange places", we thought about the trippiest thing we ever encountered. A visual effect from this video came to mind, where objects moving in a noise pattern disappear when paused (and likewise for our game, making it the most unscreenshottable game ever).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg3RAI8uyVw
Seeing the multiplayer sponsor, we decided to make a server based multiplayer game based on this visual concept. Didnt have time to integrate nakama tho, netcode really took a toll on us.
But yea we ended up hosting the game on one of our member's server in Australia, so hopefully its not too laggy if you're from somewhere further out.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Some functions for integrating FMOD had been re-used from old projects.
Network plugin (Mirror),FMOD and Unity are all pre-existing packages/frameworks.
All art, network integration and code was made from scratch for this jam
Sound effects are provided by
- GFX Sounds
- JDSherbert
- May Genko
How many people worked on the game?4
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Thanks for submitting your game to the stream! If you wanted to look at the playthrough again in the future here's the VOD timestamped to your game
This is awesome, what an original idea!
A very unexpected game. I was very impressed with this game. Good job.
I'm a fan of the idea of how you blended information warfare with more basic "Click to attack" realtime action. The structure of the quick respawning and the basic item shop also makes it pretty fun as a chill game to play with friends. Well done!
I'm a fan of the idea of how you blended information warfare with more basic "Click to attack" realtime action. The structure of the quick respawning and the basic item shop also makes it pretty fun as a chill game to play with friends. Well done!
Nice. Multiplayer can be hard to pull off. I like the concept. I think having the enemy icon invisible would be cool, like you would have to work out where they are based on the colour changing. Well done
Could be that i´m just bad player or high ping but those bots owned me
Very cool idea but the bots are too difficult at start. Maybe you can make 3 different levels bots, easy, medium and hard and let the player to choose from. Took me a while to understand the gameplay since I cant really see so I dont know whats really going on lol. Pretty good concept though. Great work!
Interesting approach, i don' know if it's because of the ping but i always get killed instantly, was not able to kill a bot with a knife, only with a gun, but cool idea nonetheless!
Multiplayer for game jam is so cool, great job!
the game feels fun but my internet is very bad unfortunately :(
Cool aesthetic and it's really impressive you made it multiplayer! The bots were really difficult, so I struggled to progress. That being said, it looks like fun with some other humans in the mix (I might have to come back and try with friends!). Nice job and unique game idea!
So cool you guys did a multiplayer game for a Jam and that its such an interesting mechanic! I don't know if I misunderstood something but I wasn't generating money battling the bots and moving about so I didn't get to try out any of the shop weapons
This game made me think about Splatoon, but with actual violence. Your UI is great, I love the old TV style. You also do some very smart things, like making the top scorer color the border of the TV screen. It might be that I am just terrible at this game, but I never seemed to win a head-on knife fight with an NPC. I also would have liked it if the guns were a bit stronger. Great job!
That was really fun! I like the fast pacing of the rounds and it's also really polished in my opinion. Great work!
Nice game ! Couldn't log onto a MP server, but played with bots and was pretty cool ! Reminds me of older .io games, I think you could spin it toward something with more players (agar.io style)
Awsome game! I only played with bots and I find them a bit too difficult but it's realy fun!
I liked the game a lot. I had fun playing it with friends. Is it possible to self-host the servers?
Will definitely add a LAN connection option in when i have the time!
Nice game , I enjoyed it
Really cool to see a multiplayer game in the jam! Was really fun, good job!