Making a game in 48 hours! - GMTK Game Jam 2020 (Indie Game Devlog)
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- Published on Jul 12, 2020
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Thanks for watching! This is my experience making a game in 48 hours for the GMTK Game Jam 2020. I'm really pleased with the game and am so happy it's being received well. 
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Hey, awesome dev log! Thanks for taking part!
Ooga booga
Oh here u are
oh hello there
@Vimlark Can you please make a link for on deck so I can play because I can't find pls
Wow, 48 hours to make such a polished and completed game.
That Vimlark go you
I ENVY VIMLARK
Grify The Great Indie games is such a broad category that this just isn’t true
@Grify The Great your joking right
the aesthetic looks comparable to paid indie games on steam
Dude, your game was featured on the top 20 best games for the GMTK game jam 2020! Congrats!
I pressed the "Take me to a random game button", and it ended up taking me to your game! That was before this video was even out. I didn't even realise that it was your game! I do remember being super impressed by it though.
I'm seriously impressed by how quickly you were able to release this! Kudos
Rugbug Redfern construct 3
@LegendECA Construct 2
@LegendECA visual coding
I know you and wat h you
what programing language do you use?
You should fully fledge this game, and then add a speedrun mode! This would be a great SR game!
“kill your darlings” led to the game looking much more polished, and this devlog was well written and engaging
Such a nice game!
I love how you keep getting those "gotta keep playing" ideas.
Awesome stuff, it’s a more polished version of what I ended up making. Well done mate
The mechanics of this game is innovative and the robot is so cute! I love it!
GameJam is the best place to see innovative games sometimes :)
I participated as well and can verify that writing down ideas in the brainstorming process really helped me let go of that one idea I got stuck on
the game is amazing, your wip in the discord really was making us feel with you
Great game dev log, really interesting and well presented! :)
This is really inspiring :)
13:38 Is that the solution to level 9? I didn’t know you could chain jumpers together. Also, you can just bridge the gap by putting the last to platforms back to back at the top.
That was my plan but I figured there were more. I never even thought about just bridging the gap. That's awesome!
You are really good at game james!
How have you not blown up? This video is really well made. Good job man :)
And no im not a bot lmaoo i just really enjoy coding game jams and stuff
I was planning on participating but I just couldn’t think of anything.Maybe next time.Anyways,your content is amazing and don’t stop doing what you love!
You made in 48 what would take me months!
Guess I'll have to work harder on my videos, inspiring man!
"Kill your darlings"
dang man didn't think my life was gonna change today thanks for this lil bit of advice
Anakin probably thought Vimlark said "Younglings"
This devlog is really nice! The game also looks really fun; I'm definitely gonna have to check it out.
I wasn't able to join the jam due to a bunch of complications. But can't wait to see how things turn out next time!
This reminds me of those flash games where you put things to make a ball reach the end, but with a good artstyle
the fact that this took 48 hours is amazing, this game is incredible for being made in 48 days; you are amazing at what you do.
This reminds me a lot of the flash games I’d play in the computer lab at summer camp. It looks really nice and polished especially since you made it in only 48 hours.
Amazing job! Trying to get into making my own pixel art for my games and swapping engines soon now that I got a windows computer instead of a chromebook XD
I'm surprised by how quickly you did all of it. Program, Art, and Sound...Great Job
It looks absolutely awesome!
Wow this game looks so awesome! You have a great style in your pixel art and animating :) Also I was reminded of Lemmings the game back on cd rom... if any one remembers it haha 😄
This seems really good. I really like your dev log videos. Keep it up, great work. :)
Was alot of fun. Great game and design for such a short window
Found your devlog via BenBonk and love how you share your process of this GMTK game jam.
Now I want to make a devlog myself as well ^^
Except I didn't record my progress - so need to do that next time for sure :P
Nice game! I also took part in this game jam, and also made a pixel are style game! Always fun! Good luck with seeing results tomorrow! Hope you do well!
Looks super super clean, nice work!
Super cool! Love it as much as I love participating on game jams ♥️
Vimlark Yeees! 🥰♥️
Game Jam Addicts Unite!
This is so much inspiring devlog and I really want to learn pixel art using Photoshop, that's just too awesome doing pixel art using PS.
Whoa! I love the robot and game idea, the artwork and animations are sooo coool! I hope to be able to make a game half as decent someday, I can believe you did all of this in such a short time. So I’ve like and subscribed because I’m throughly impressed! Great job and I can’t wait to play it 😉
Great game!.. played through it and had fun! Well done!
Great Game! Please expand it!
Dude, that is very polished. Nice job!
That robot looks really cute and the game looks really polished as well. Awesome devlog. Loved evert bit of it. Cheers ✌️✌️
congrats dude for winning in the jam the game was amazing this is the best game in my whole life
I like how the game is a Super Mario Maker-style puzzle game, and it looks great! You really made those 48 hours count.
Your game was really well done! :D
i really loved this game .. i played it awesome .. i finished also my first game and game jam
Amazing video, as always!
Just stumbled upon this video and I think the cute little robot at 6:11 would’ve been perfect and honestly really nice artwork with that guy!
Really cool game and good idea for a game where you don't control the player, but control the environment. Keep it up! :)
Awesome work man...this is what i do in free time, make games for fun...that's my life i guess ;)
I love it! Going to give it a try later on today
It would be awsome to see you complete it with the slowdown and speedup and stuff.
Great job
Great work! Seeing your process was insane , but think we went about quite a similar way x)
Dude! You made top 20!!!! NICE JOB!!!! They even featured your game on the channel!
I'm new to your channel so may I ask what application did you use in making that game and the pixel arts? I'd like to try them out!
Great work btw!
such a good game man, well done
Awesome job ! which kind of tool did you use for the squash and stretch animation?
I played your game and I liked it very much. And you made a super interesting devlog !
Thank you very much!
Really fun game. I got trough all 10 levels. Could do more with this. Different enviroments and tools. :)
Wow your commentary is better than many million subscribers channels. Good luck!
I've been using c3 like you too! I didn't know i couldve made such a polished game. Although I've been trying to do so for weeks
This game looks awesome!!!
I played it before seeing this video and was able to complete some levels with parts left over. It was such a fun game.
Top #16 in the Jam! Congrats man!!!
came back to this video because you were in the top games of the jam! pretty awesome.
This reminds me of an old amiga game named "Bill's Tomato Game". I really loved it as a child, so cool to see something similar. Great work!
I had never hear of that game but it looks awesome!
What if you could use this mechanic for a boss battle? 🤔
That could be interesting. Didn't even have time to think of a boss battle.
This looks very cool!
I really I had fun this two days the gmtk game jam was epic and I hope you participate on global game jam love your videos
dude the game itself is soo adorable 😍😍!!
Hey man I started on gamedev a couple weeks ago and I'm really liking your content.
Also, which engine do you use? And which language do you prefer?
Anyway keep up with the good content bro
@Vimlark Wow so you have done all those GameJam's games without coding at all? That is incredible. Thx for the thumbs up
Congrats on starting, I hope you are enjoying yourself. I use Construct 3, it uses a visual scripting event system. You still write all the logic but no syntax. I'm not really a programmer so I don't know any programming languages.
This is ridiculous, all the art looks so great it would take me a week to just do that
This is good, could be a for real game!
I participated in this jam. My project was Losing Control
Such a well packaged and polished game. I loved it! I didn't get to finish this time around but definitely gonna get back to it since I think it has potential. I hope I can get to the point that you are someday! Game jams are so fun!
Best of luck!
dude this is the second game jam where you KILLED IT. you need to just make something for steam and make some bank!!
The "moving" of object could have been easily implemented by having the last added or removed item remembered as selected. Then "moving" could be done by remove + add. Just my 2 cents, maybe next time 😏 looks awesome I love puzzles, keep up the good work!
Wow this looks so cool!
Btw what game engine is that?
Thanks, Construct 3
Great game and great channel! Just subscribed.
You should totally make this a mobile game
Can we just take a moment and point out that glorious mustache? This man knows how to live life.
Level 9 is beatable with only 3 jump pads, if you put one of the platforms on top of the tower of sawblades.
For educational purposes, would you consider sharing a c3p? I'd love to see/analyse your eventing. Or maybe release one for sale as a template in the Scirra store?
Vimlark for someone like me, who’s learning, it would be cool to see how you did things like the click and drag, jump-springs, menu, etc. Even spaghetti can be interesting to see someone’s thought processes when building for a jam. No one expects polish on a gam made in 48 hrs. Haha that’s just silly 😜
I'll think about it. It's honestly and utter mess and not the proper way to do everything. The spaghetti code is very real.
Hey, you mentioned a squash and stretch function in your vid, could we maybe get a tutorial? Great vid btw!
Love this channel
What game engine did you use?
I love the vid btw, i always like seeing how these games are developed
Saw gmtk's video! cool to see you made it into the vid! keep on with the good work
I am so jealous... I wish I had the skills and the time (I was a day late) to participate
What kind of engine/software have you used? Looks really nice! I just found it it was www.scirra.com/ Construct3 in case if someone will be asking.cheers
One minor thing that bugged me about the game was the platform sprite. The fact that it only attaches to the wall at one point in the middle makes it look like a seesaw, so I was initially confused about its function.
Loved the characters :)
Honestly Im happy I didn't take part in this one because Its simply very frustrating to somehow go viral off a game that doesn't display even half of what you are capable of developing as a game creator
great game, good luck! what engine do you use for games dev?
Actually on Construct 3. I started with 2 but 3 is amazing!
I use Construct 3 :)
@Jaguar thanks!
He useed construct 2
this turned out awesome
The game is really good!!!! overall
I ended up staying up until 11am to finish as I swapped game engines on the last day, 14 hours straight of gamedev is a killer and I finished, but I forgot an export file and it's unplayable, so that was a bummer
@Vimlark it's ok, I learned a lot and still had fun, I'm gonna keep working on it and finish it up hopefully.
Oh no! That's a huge bummer. I'm sorry to hear that :(
Now u must be proud that your game won the jam..... Congratulations🎉🎊🎁
I have never seen one of your videos but I will subscribe because I love programming so I am instantly a fan
Can i ask in what engine you made this game ? And what about programming is it part of this engine ? Nice video and your game was very nice too
@Vimlark thx for answer. Very nice
I use Construct 3. It uses a visual scripting event system.
looks good good job
You made it into the top 20, 👍
I know, it's crazy!
This video makes me want to start making games too! Does anyone know what software he's using to code and make all of these?
he uses construct 3