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Game Off 2021

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A jam submission

Otter WildsView game page

Solve puzzles by placing tiles to change the movement of enemies!
Submitted by Derek Bell, hburd — 39 minutes, 37 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Gameplay#203.8953.895
Overall#1083.4213.421
Graphics#1183.5263.526
Audio#1463.2113.211
Innovation#1493.1583.158
Theme interpretation#3652.0532.053

Ranked from 19 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

GitHub repository URL:
https://github.com/derekjbell/Otter-Wilds

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GremlinSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Cool game! Very good puzzles, especially the last one, made me think

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TESTER (GameOff2021)
The Programming RaccoonSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

this was super fun! the last 2 puzzle got me stuck for a little, but i'm happy to announce the sea life is safe now :D

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Cooties Attack!
Derek BellDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks for playing :)

esensarSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

This was really fun! Interesting and unique puzzles, it took some time to properly understand them and I liked the challenge.

Good job!

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Bugged Racing
Adrian LissotSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

I enjoyed your game, I like the seahorse/arrows idea! Well done 

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Grand Matrix Reloaded
DannanSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Fun and interesting puzzles! Enjoyed trying to figure out every level and beating the game. The pickup with the Z's was definitely a bit tricky but glad to have figured it out.

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Polliwog
Derek BellDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks for playing :)

Chris TrottSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Loved the puzzles, well designed and a bit of challenge in there for sure. Would have been great to have some sound effects too! Great job with the main character in particular, looks great.

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Extinction Event
Derek BellDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks so much for the feedback and playing :)

Starfun GamesSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

really cool game :) Good job 😃 , I love puzzle games!

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Bug Star
Derek BellDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Glad you enjoyed!!

Team SparrowSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

I think this is a fun and challenging puzzle game! The sprites are nice and I quite like the simple map design. Good work!

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One Bag at a Time
Derek BellDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks for playing :)

Kman788Submitted3 years ago(+1)

The puzzles got really tricky I enjoyed solving them and the otter was adorable.

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Bug Brawlers
Derek BellDeveloper3 years ago

Glad you liked them!

BurnsBoySubmitted3 years ago(+1)

This game was a lot of fun! I almost gave up on the last level but had a eureka moment that was super satisfying. Great job! just wish it was longer.

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RC Robo-Crawler
Derek BellDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks for sticking it out! Glad you enjoyed :)

JevansmassiveSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Very cute sprites and cool theme overall, I love the puzzles - specifically the logical nature of them

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Scuttlebug Derby
Starfun GamesSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

ahh, cool game

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Bug Star
Derek BellDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thanks for playing!!

MadMenyoSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Cool and interesting puzzle game that gradually gets harder. It took some time to finish the map with the first sleeping pickup. 

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Beelendless
Derek BellDeveloper3 years ago

That one's tricky hahah was about to nerf it before uploading but decided not to. Glad you enjoyed :)

vonhoonSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Great puzzle! I had fun and have saved the animals (no spoiler here right?). I'm ready for more stages! Keep up the good work!

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How Cats Were Made
Derek BellDeveloper3 years ago

Glad you had fun playing through it :) Thanks for playing!

ProdigalSon GamesSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Not sure what I did wrong but I could not get past this part

I feel like I missed something because I could not get past this part. I went up to the backward looking arrow but nothing happened. I pressed SPACE and it seems to make the seahorse move and I like blink two tiles below then move up two. I figured that "oh, this is the bug theme interpretation" but maybe I just kept undoing the effect or something but didn't go beyond this part. Also, I have an ultrawide monitor which is why the game looks the way you see here. :)

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Shield of Faith
Derek BellDeveloper3 years ago

Ahh sorry about that. The ultrawide resolution scaled the canvas for the dialogue and it's clipping out the continue button to tell you what to do! I will make a note of that hahah

You can pick up and place those red tiles with left shift and put them in the pathing of the enemies to make them take different paths!

ProdigalSon GamesSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Sounds like I need to give this another go :)

ProdigalSon GamesSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Gave it another chance and was able to beat the first two levels. Level 3 has the text box covering too much of the screen for me to see well but I get the gist of it. It is a nice simple puzzler but  can't take my guard down or else I will mess up and have to restart :D 

MurilomsqSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Amazing!!! The underwater otter is so cute and the puzzles are pretty challenging! The engine choice and turn based movement is so cool too!

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Blue Screen
Derek BellDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you for playing and commenting!! glad you enjoyed :)

ldwellerSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Really enjoyed the challenge of the puzzles and really having to focus & sequence the enemies move! Lovely background audio to add tension but not pressure and feels like a really well executed project! My one pointer would be switch the key from 'shift' as I kept getting the windows Stick Key warning when running through enemy sequences!

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Oshi
Derek BellDeveloper3 years ago

Glad you enjoyed it! That's a good point.. I have it disabled so I never saw that message. Thanks for the feedback and for playing :)

AesaireSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Puzzles were well made and engaging.  Enjoyed the algorithmic movement system of the enemies. Adding the arrows or other modifiers to their movement suites the "bug" theme well.  Music gave the game a good atmosphere.  

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Without Abandonware
Derek BellDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks for playing, glad you enjoyed :)

TheConquerer_01Submitted3 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

I really liked playing this, the puzzles felt really planned out and gave me a feeling of great satisfaction when I did complete it. The art was really nice and complex and I liked that it didn't drop all of the information on you all at once (regarding the puzzles) the music was extremely calm, but also made me feel like I was going into the unknown. This is definitely the best game I have played so far! However, the theme of the game didn't really correlate with me, I didn't get the sense of bug, more animal in general, or sea creature, but that is the only thing that I didn't understand and this could definitely be made into a fully fledged game that I would buy if it were expanded a bit more. Great work!

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Bzz
Derek BellDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks so much for playing! We definitely stretched the theme hahah. We originally started with the enemies being bugs, and then the enemies being robots with you inserting bugs to change their movement, but ultimately decided to take a different direction with it so it stood out more. The main aspect of the bug theme is just placing the tiles as "bugs" to the enemies algorithmic pathing.


Thanks again for playing and for the comment, means a lot!

TheConquerer_01Submitted3 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Your welcome, thanks for explaining that! 

ahendy3 years ago(+1)

cute otter & cool concept makes simply designed maps deceivingly tough to solve

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