The once peaceful country of Jamia has been been conquered by the evil Lord Evil. You are Jamia's last hope. Will you be able to find the seven sacred jars of jam, and defeat the evil Lord Evil before he does something even more evil? Will you be able to restore a peace that will last until the release of the sequel?

MONSTERS

  • Trolls are slow and dumb. But don't let that fool you! They don't like it when you get too close to them.
  • Red trolls are slow and dumb and red. But don't let that fool you! They don't like it when you get too close to them.
  • Blue trolls are dumb and blue, but they can fire projectiles! Watch out!
  • The evil Lord Evil  is fast and fires projectiles like there is no tomorrow! Do you have what it takes to defeat him?

AFTER STARTING THE GAME, PRESS F11 FOR FULL SCREEN

THIS GAME IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH FIREFOX OR INTERNET EXPLORER.

About the game

A Game of Jam is an action-adventure game where you play as an unnamed hero who has to defeat the evil Lord Evil.

Credits

:: Game engine by nilkun :: Designed, coded and sounded(?) by nilkun ::

The engine and game were coded during My First Game Jam Summer 2019.

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Development log

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Snuti4 years ago

Very cool little game, I died a lot so was nice that the re-spawn system when you die was quite forgiving. Enjoyed collecting the colors, but didn't stand a chance against the final boss room with so many projectiles. Good game! 👍

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nilkun4 years ago

I guess I made the final boss a bit too difficult to beat! I might remove some of his henchmen in  a future update. Thank you for the comment!

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Wudgeous4 years ago

The premise is adorable. I didn't know what I was looking at, at first (suddenly thrust into a brick dungeon with green versions of me mucking about), but I quickly got into the swing of things and quested after that jam like no tomorrow.

The enemies don't regenerate, but I do. It didn't take me long to learn that I could spare some of the ogres with little consequence.  I took great pleasure in this. I could get away with killing just enough enemies to scooch on by. The character's walking speed is quite slow (which is prevalent when you have to make a lot of turns in the mini mazes), so unless they get nasty and aggressive on me like the nasty red ones often did, I would let them roam free and graze the grass.

I'd like to make a special mention that the attack animation is rather suggestive isn't it? With the overhead camera, the way he thrusts it out there is kind of reminiscent of... something else. Also the hitbox is fairly small, so my Chosen One was thrusting everywhere a whole lot.

But when I got all the jam I gained the DELIGHTFUL MAGIC OF PROJECTILES HOORAH. Suddenly I was playing centipede!!! (Which was my favorite game growing up).

The game was very straightforward and got to be quite a lot of fun, I was into it! Until evil Lord Evil showed up. >:( I killed all his minions but he was screen looking and camping and literally the most evil character I've encountered in a long time. Also he seems to kill me in one hit, which felt unfair (even if I did slowly massacre his people one by one).

So... I didn't find evil Lord Evil to be much fun. I got all the jam, but I couldn't beat him. He was far too evil. I hope somebody else here can avenge me though, and show him what for.

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nilkun4 years ago

Thank you for your feedback!

The attack animation is not supposed to be suggestive, but now that you've mentioned it, I cannot unsee it!

I think I will speed up the hero and give him a bigger hit box in a future update.

As for the evil Lord Evil, he has seven hit points that regenerate every time you die. And yes, he kills you with one shot. Considering that all other enemies in the game die from one hit, giving Lord Evil so many hit points might have been a mistake. 

I really appreciate your input! Thank you once again!

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