Gender Gender by Chikoness

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made by Chikoness for LD32 (JAM)
Helloooo! This is my first jam, and also my first game! :D I initially tried for compo but realized I couldn't make it in time (Started in less than 12hrs for compo time) so I tried finishing for the jam instead :)

I am quite happy with the outcome, though!

Gameplay:
You have 30 (NOW 60!) seconds to play this game: turn into a guy to attract girl enemies, and turn into a girl to attract guy enemies! Every enemy charmed is a score gained!

Art & Sound by me
Coding by ranmaru90
(ranmaru90 helped me recreate the game in Unity after we fail to get GDevelop to work, he joined solo for compo, check out his game Hot Kitty!)

Made initially with GDevelop but switched to Unity
Sound : Bfxr

EDIT: You can now play it on my itch.io! Note: The game screen isn't full, you can't see the score. :(

FIX 1
- Tweaked the jump sfx, sound won't be repeatedly played anymore
- Tweaked the movement, movements much more controlled now.
- Changed to 60 seconds per gameplay

Note from my coder ranmaru90:

If you are playing the Web version on itch.io, when the game is done loading:

1. Click on the "Full Screen Button" at the bottom right corner.
2. Click on the Unity logo
3. Click on the pink area in the game.

Now you should be able to play. I'm not sure if I did anything wrong, but the Unity WebGL export could be buggy.

If it still doesn't load, refresh it. It should finish loading by now and after refreshing would help.

Ratings

Coolness 50% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.81 842
Audio(Jam) 2.05 641
Fun(Jam) 2.71 751
Graphics(Jam) 3.13 600
Humor(Jam) 2.52 677
Innovation(Jam) 3.12 498
Mood(Jam) 2.40 899
Theme(Jam) 3.36 516

Feedback

cbear_wallis
21. Apr 2015 路 13:15 UTC
the web version is broken for me :( and im on mac
wg_phancock
21. Apr 2015 路 13:19 UTC
Graphics and animations are very smooth and polished. Mechanics feel like a standard platformer affair, which isn't bad.

One issue is with sound. Holding space bar plays the jump sound every update frame...which is painful.
Horsed
21. Apr 2015 路 13:21 UTC
The game doesn't seem to react on my keyboard inputs :-( Nothing moves.
NIGIC
21. Apr 2015 路 13:25 UTC
Web version seems to freeze when the game starts. Windows version works, albeit with a few glitches. (First time through, jump sound would spazz out until I landed and double-jump wouldn't work. On later runs I had issues getting the transformation to trigger. Movement feels sluggish, too, as if it wasn't updating at a full framerate.)

Blobs with hats is an interesting character design. The game in general feels positively silly. Like it. Good job!
馃帳 Chikoness
21. Apr 2015 路 13:28 UTC
Thanks for the comments all!

The web version is edited! you can now full screen in case it doesn't respond :)

I will check on the sound, thanks for pointing it out wg_phankcock :)
ranmaru90
21. Apr 2015 路 13:30 UTC
Chikoness has edited the itch.io page and added a "Full Screen Button" to it.

If you are playing the Web version on itch.io, when the game is done loading:

1. Click on the "Full Screen Button" at the bottom right corner.
2. Click on the Unity logo
3. Click on the pink area in the game.

Now you should be able to play. I'm not sure if I did anything wrong, but the Unity WebGL export could be buggy.

Also, yeah, sorry about the sound, it was put in at the last minute.
Ogniok
21. Apr 2015 路 13:32 UTC
Great idea - perfectly suits the theme! :D
nassi
21. Apr 2015 路 14:06 UTC
Tried the windows version.

Character art is nice, but the environment doesn't really match. Also the gameplay is simple yet all sorts of wonky with seemingly unlimited jumping (along with the sound effect) and unresponsive gender switching.

Congratulations on your first game though :P.
The Capitalist Crayfish
21. Apr 2015 路 15:21 UTC
The graphics look very polished, and gameplay is fun. The controls are a bit clunky here and there though, but it's a nice game all in all.
馃帳 Chikoness
21. Apr 2015 路 16:54 UTC
Thank you for the comments and criticisms, I've done some minor changes :)
nutcrack
22. Apr 2015 路 08:59 UTC
Nice Idea, i like it!
Webversion takes forever to load, and crashs then...
馃帳 Chikoness
22. Apr 2015 路 10:03 UTC
Hi nutcrack, try refreshing the page if it doesn't seem to load :)
nopogo
22. Apr 2015 路 12:31 UTC
Movement feels very crisp, and in platformers thats ofc the most important thing! well done :)
GTA LUDUM V
23. Apr 2015 路 17:43 UTC
Appreciate your idea, "gender bender", very unique.
Keep it up!
pvwradtke
24. Apr 2015 路 02:46 UTC
That was worth trying. First the bad: physics can get in the way, it's not easy to control. The good: the idea is pretty much cool, not bad for a first try, not bad at all! Graphics do work well, and, above all, it's funny to play. Charming enemies is really a nice touch.
kirbytails7
25. Apr 2015 路 07:46 UTC
Nice. The movement feels sluggish, though, probably because it's force/acceleration-based?