The Best Games from GMTK Game Jam 2018

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[@caiopatric]

Blows my mind how people can make games this fast that are not only functional, but creative and aesthetically pleasing.

[@lotrbuilders5041]

Katze it’s not that hard. I only used 8 hours of the 48

[@StefanLopuszanski]

Experience. Using a built in engine like Unity is incredibly fast on what you can do if you know what you're doing.

[@caiopatric]

not so much about it being hard but rather how the possibilities led to this. I remember when games were a mess to create, and took years to finish, even when they were quite simple. now people can just pop out an interactive, smart, and chunky pastime in a few hours.

[@alexgeorge3068]

Makes you wonder what the fuck some companies are doing with their lives.

[@Koushakur]

Trying to sustain hundreds if not thousands of peoples monetary needs while still needing to profit, that's what they're doing.

[@KevinIsBold]

Mark Brown saying “Good on you, SuperTry” reminded me that quitting my job to make games was totally worth it.

[@namelessanduntitled]

Yours was my brother's favorite game in the jam. Glad to see you in the top 20 with us :D

[@namelessanduntitled]

He's our lead programmer, so he loves this type of stuff. I found it very impressive myself, although I'm terrible at it lol.

[@SmugHomura]

It is actually a crazy good applied game (aka serious game). This is fantastic for teaching kids the basics of programming in a fun way, yet stands on its own as a puzzle-esque game as well.

[@peterwiezorek6478]

Holy Moly I knew I heard supertry before! It's snorkle

[@djeieakekseki2058]

Kevin Cole your game looks awesome!

[@lorenfreak]

I never thought i would ever see an educational game about Super Mario 64 speedrunning categories.

[@csklimowski]

That one's mine! :D I wouldn't call it educational, but I'm so happy Mark liked it!

[@cachotognax3600]

an A press is an A press, you can't say it's only half.

[@CuulX]

Roberto, you haven't played the game right? So how do you know that? Half an A press is pressing they key down but not releasing it or vice versa, since 1 A press is down and up together.

[@ap1evideogame44]

WELL, "Roberto De Gasperi..."

[@SuperAngryPacman]

Q You could explain it like that, but first we're going to have to talk about *parallel universes*.

[@teriyakiphantom1075]

Almost choked to death at 4:26. Thanks a bunch for hosting this, Mark. It sure was one heck of a jam.

[@dinocadet77]

You got a neat concept there ;)

[@djeieakekseki2058]

Teriyaki Phantom the first 3 puzzle that actually seems interesting.

[@gnolo]

I also really love the graphics

[@hazmatcat3289]

Did you ever make a full game of this? I couldn't find anything online

[@nuclearprotocol]

@@djeieakekseki2058 he didnt make the 3 puzzle man he made the one after

[@Nosgoroth]

I'm frankly super chuffed my dumb flame game got featured!

[@DanielGilchristYT]

You mean the game that got rated "almost Nintendo like" in it's focus on a mechanic? That's about the highest accolade you can get from Mark. Well done.

[@Nosgoroth]

That's the one! I'm grabbing that quote and running with it before he changes his mind.

[@glassisland]

It looks really clever - nice work!

[@j03man44]

@@Nosgoroth "...Nintendo like in its focus on a mechanic" -Mark Brown

[@dvillaresable]

Please finish this game!

[@namelessanduntitled]

I can't believe it, but our game made it! Glad to see "In Space, No-One Can Hear You Jump" get this far. :')

[@moghater]

It seems a lot like Dandara (search on steam)

[@glassisland]

Fantastic name! And the game looks fun too. :)

[@Ryu_D]

I had the same game idea, and I'm so glad to see it fleshed out this well. I don't yet have the skills to make anything this good, but I really hope you decide to run with this game and publish it. Best of luck to you.

[@namelessanduntitled]

Thanks! And I couldn't have done it without my team. Can I get a link to your version?

[@namelessanduntitled]

Yeah, we've gotten a lot of comparisons to Dandara, although it wasn't a direct inspiration. I think the major difference though is that our game has stuff for navigation between jumps (the attracters and repellers) and is much more slow-paced.

[@LonebotGames]

what goes up is in this! mark is talking about our game!! this is a dream come true for us ;-;

[@sujaylobo5184]

Congrats bro!

[@codinginflow]

The level of creativity in these game jams is always amazing

[@magaplex6476]

7:09 Wow, serponge also makes some of the best geometry dash levels. He pushes the game to it's limits by making games within the game.

[@trillygot656]

Yeah, I really didn't expect to see him in a game jam

[@samuelsherriff6253]

@@trillygot656 Me either

[@guest6481]

@@trillygot656 I mean, he makes games in Gd. You wouldn't expect it, but you would understand it

[@skythereal41]

@@trillygot656 me neithee

[@SerpongeDash]

I'm really late but thanks for making this jam! I always wanted to participate in a jam and this made it possible! Was lots of fun to finally create a game and I'm happy I got in the video :)

[@DankOldAcc]

woah its serponge

[@plushdragonanimator3901]

the gd guy

[@Mixthelightintogray]

Im very happy that you showed a bit of my game at 0:17 :) So many awesome games, congrats everyone :)

[@BlindMystics]

We're thrilled you enjoyed Fresh Merchandise!

[@GmodPlusWoW]

So Space Command 1980 is sort of like Typing of the Dead except it's a schmup. And Fireflies reminds me a lot of that one chase scene in the first Ori game, combined with that directional fling power he gets later on.

[@MrL0LiTube]

exactly

[@4shtia]

You mean the Ginso tree with Bash?

[@nikitas1841]

Gregory Hermie Petrola, exactly. It's not like Typing of the Dead. It's more about thinking than about typing. There was actually a game that better elaborated on that concept. Can't remember its name, but in that game you had to control multiple drones exploring abandoned spaceships. You had multiple functions for each drone (customizable) and you were also controlling the ship's doors. That one was hella fun actually.

[@blueblimp]

You're thinking of Duskers.

[@nikitas1841]

blueblimp, yeah, that's the one. Thanks.

[@TheOwlslayer]

Holy crap, a lot of people had such awesome and interesting ideas. Great work to everyone involved!

[@garfijon1433]

7:09 That guy is a GD legend!

[@sillyempanada3239]

YEAH! I noticed the same thing

[@_Pike]

🤮

[@garfijon1433]

@@_Pike Bruh

[@pilbowzortox7730]

Really glad you showed Else Walker, that was my personal favorite of the bunch. I really hope the creator of it expands on it in the future.

[@erikmuttik3840]

Everyone else: *sees GameJam);* Me: *sees Game jam sad winking face*

[@Jescribano1]

This was seriously impressive! Thanks Mark and congratulations to everyone who participated and was featured

[@HowardHamlin1216]

I’m a freshman computer science major right now and I’m seriously considering going into game design after watching this channels videos. I love GMTK

[@danielspatz7460]

Congratulations for all developers here! GameJams are super fun to play

[@filipklominek3527]

7:08 Serponge? :OOO So that's why he's so good at making games in GD.

[@Gooey]

A geometry dash related comment? No way PogChamp

[@_Pike]

🤮

[@Roxfox]

Heh. There's an Amiga game called Sleepwalker that features almost the exact same premise as this one, except there's still platforming done by the player. You control a dog trying to get a permanently sleepwalking kid safely through levels, blocking him from walking into enemies, kicking him across gaps and manipulating the environment to make a safe path.

[@HomeofLawboy]

I KNEW I had seen that game somewhere. Not in the amiga tho, probably in one of those emulators for old games.

[@Nixitur]

Sleep Walker also seems very similar to Mario & Wario. In that game, you also control a character who helps another character who can't stop moving get to the goal.

[@Croissamie]

Yeah, I though exactly the same when I saw that sleepwalking game. Didn't feel that innovative knowing Sleepwalker beforehand.

[@Indie-A-tom]

There's a cellphone game very similar too. i just can't remmenber de name.

[@Diveji]

There were few games with similar premise. I remember playing a flash game a long time ago, where you were a wizard conjuring sand to help sleepwalking character get somewhere. I googled it up and it's called Sandman

[@CarterHerrigstad]

That's awesome! The Metroidvania ones you covered in here were fantastic

[@DanielOliveira-ks4ec]

They're actually taking Fireflies (4:58) a step further! Have a look at the link in the description

[@ThePhunnman5]

These are SO incredible. So many talented designers out there just waiting for a chance

[@tonyrigatoni766]

That was a really fun weekend! I had an awesome time participating in the jam :)

[@Casshio]

This was very interesting. Astounding even. Hats off to those guys. And hats off to you too, Mark. Great video like always! Thank you. I can't help but wonder what else was hidden among these submitted hundreds of games.

[@zechymahler]

This was a brilliant theme for a game jam. Probably the best I've ever heard of. Thanks for setting this up! Hopefully I'll be able to contribute to next year's jam :)

[@MrJaapdeboer]

Mark, I just started playing Darkest Dungeon, after your repeated recommendations of it. I'm super impressed by its presentation, can't believe it's an indie game!

[@uszerntlm9567]

this one of my favirote game jams! Cause in my opinion it forces game devs to challenge making games with limitations and working around them to build new forms of creativty!

[@GeneralN0va]

Remember guys, Game jams isn't about being the best. It's about pushing yourself to do something and try something you haven't thought of. The whole process is about learning and making yourself a better coder and of course having fun. If you haven't had fun doing a jam, you're doing it wrong!

[@nelsonlim7934]

7:09 So glad to see Serponge's name being mentioned, I haven't seem him do anything ever since quitting Geometry Dash..

[@ProfDrVeritas]

The Jam was a lot of fun, and the Theme was great. Im currently planning a small GameJam myself and we will definetly try to choose an more interesting Theme because of this Jam.

[@rennysama9752]

A text adventure with no text really takes the beans on this one, for me. Mad props to that idea

[@michaelstevenson5044]

I had a blast watching you stream these, and it was fun to see the ones I didn't check out in the stream.

[@gibihakkasy]

This is what im waiting for all week!

[@AlexVoxel]

It was lots of fun to partecipate!

[@XRyXRy]

2:52 "golf game without clubs" this reminds me a lot about Kirby's Dream Course.

[@TheCgOrion]

This is the remedy to cookie cutter AAA titles. Thanks to everyone who put their time and effort into this.

[@ZactarZero]

That FireFlies game is just like that mechanic in Ori and the Blind Forest. I love it

[@wldeagle827]

I'm amazed, some of these games looks absolutely incredible. Some of these games should become bigger projects because they look extremely amazing

[@Table53]

Camp Shepard actually looks like a lot of fun, going to give it a try now!

[@sland1182]

10:23 thats the music of the game "Pummel Party" it was relesed 4 days after the release of the video, lol

[@tree-turtle9944]

This is amazing! Binging your channel and learning about your game jams makes me want to sharpen my programming and try my hand next August

[@tomcheshire2466]

It's very humbling to see Do Unto Others on this list. Can't wait to work on it more!

[@crisoliveira2644]

Have you seen Dandara? It's a metroidavania with "subjective gravity" like In Space, No One Can Hear You Jump, only you have predetermined landing points, which means you can't leap freely and enemies can corner you.

[@AwesomeTingle]

This was really really cool. I'm glad there's still plenty of room for creativity

[@kriskropd]

So many genius entries in this one. Nice job, guys.

[@MrSlops]

“You can’t look back, but you‘be certainly got to look forward” 7:29

[@TirzaBoi]

Damn, guess ima make a game with this game jam challenge, even tho this was like 4-5 years ago

[@Rabbids_Go_Home]

Immediately downloaded most of these onto my pc i play them all the damn time now haha

[@paytonioPepper]

I would love to be in the next game jam! I've been watching for about a month and I have learned so many things!

[@daviddjordjevic2889]

>Insert comment about Serponge

[@jsteele07189]

this is so wholesome, bless you mark

[@sphete6341]

i played a lot of these and allocation was my favorite from the whole jam

[@Mattmannx3]

These are all pretty cool elevator pitch ideas. However, the Demonball concept has been done in a very similar fashion in Lethal League and the upcoming Lethal League 2.

[@jamic6107]

Won't look back nicely reminds me of Boxxle/Sokoban where the main concept is that you can only push the crate and never pull them.

[@superduper853]

The emoji based text adventure is hilarious

[@tomverseUK]

It would be great to do a video on what tools people used to make these. What tools are best for beginners etc.

[@MisterNorthernCanuck]

These all look great, but that Else Walker is genius.

[@NotTerravin]

A game that teaches you about 0.5 A presses sounds oddly interesting. Gonna have to check that one out.

[@BoibbleicecubebfdiMrexist]

Some of these work in the 2020 jam too

[@Evoleo]

7:08 Why is noone talking about the famous GD creator submiting a game to this jam?

[@_Pike]

🤮

[@Evoleo]

@@_Pike bruh emoji bad

[@DragonHeart000]

My game didn't make it (which I totally expected) but it was super fun none the less. It was fun talking to so many different people in the discord and bouncing ideas around or helping each other out. It was also really fun to leave my comfort zone a bit and make a game. I normally make software but I have always wanted to make more games so this gave me a perfect opportunity to do so. Too bad my game wasn't that good but that's fine. I plan on doing even better next year!

[@Pythontheking]

10:27 was my favourite

[@gabrielchfernandez]

I Love Else Walker! So clever and looks really fun!

[@sosasees]

My Allocation Playthrough lasted 63:49 time, because I tried to make the Game as hard as possible with the goal of increasing the feeling of Reward (which actually worked). Especially at The End, where I ended up using ALL the Rooms to create as much of a Maze as I could (which isn't very much) by placing worthless Rooms which would just waste my health if I went through them to realize there's a Roadblock at the End because it's the Wrong Way. I also prioritized placing The Hardest Rooms possible, so I spent a bit of time finding Rooms I could replace with Harder Rooms. In the last round, I was forced to use 4 Easy Rooms on the Critical path, which wasn't very great. I used 1 Healing Room, but not on the Last Round (I did still place it, but I didn't went to it in the Last Round. I can't understand why that Hardest round was the Only round where I didn't take any damage.). I'd definitely play Allocation again, if there was a Mode which replaces all Easy and Medium Rooms with Hard Rooms.

[@jaredtai663]

The demon ball game is basically lethal league blaze which is weird cause this video was made before Lethal league blaze was made

[@ShadowPhoenix4798]

8:07 Maybe there would be like a timer that when it goes off switches between you taking damage to deal damage to your opponent and you dealing damage by attacking your opponent

[@kylez1196]

Fire Escape gave me that spark. Good job. :)

[@mercamia]

Ayy, Serponge made it to the list!

[@mitchellarndt5534]

I think a good idea for a epesiode for gamemakers tool kit would be what graphics actually does for a game rather quantity of content our quality of the game

[@Grovliom]

7:08 SERPONGE?

[@avocadopictures9706]

I didn't even know this was a thing, would've loved to give it a try. Also surprised by how pretty many of these games look. Kinda bummed that it's only once a year and without an announcement on youtube.

[@GMTK]

There were 2 announcement videos on KZbin! (They are now unlisted)

[@avocadopictures9706]

well i feel worse now!

[@danielemazzali9810]

I loved no grind Hero, want a full polished puzzle game out of it!

[@onelazynoob15]

Demonball is basically another take on Lethal League's concept. Speaking of you should probably do a video on Lethal League Blaze.

[@tarquinnff3]

Awesome games. Great job everyone.

[@zacbergart6840]

some VERY nice games here

[@benhaney5843]

A whole game designed around the mechanic of being over encumbered (everyone's favorite mechanic)? Sounds fun...

[@casperdewith]

0:15 Captain Toad would be proud.

[@GTRichardson7]

First, great list, great jam! would love to play all of these (and probably will!) Second, I would love to see a followup episode to each of these Jam videos a year later. If you were to contact the creators of the top 20 games and see if they polished/released a version of the game they made, or if they utalized some part of their game in another larger project... I'd love to know if Roaring Streets is now purchasable on iPhone or if Super Funky Lightshow pollished things and is now available.

[@nirast2561]

Sadly, i couldn't make it this year due hardware limitations. Still, one of the possible ideas i came back to was a tower defence without enemies, and i just could figure out how that would work. That car game idea is just brilliant! (maybe switch the car and trees for a space shuttle and an asteroid belt)

[@Thebluernemace]

i just about had a ptsd flashback to the pannenkoek video when i heard 0.5 a presses

[@newmono7341]

cool beans

[@SharifSourour]

Wow. Very creative! Just subscribed.

[@abusy623]

I watched 20 minutes of your videos.

[@makkyseu]

3:38 looks like that one game from xbox 360 back in like 2008 that space game where you kill other shapes

[@reNINTENDO]

Wish I could have been a part of this. Sounds like a really fun time. Off the top of my head, a cool idea based on the theme could be a platformer without platforms. Instead you have to bounce off of enemies like in Mario, and maybe you have a rope that lets you swing on hooks or something. Great theme idea to say the least.

[@guitarbrother1234]

7:00 That's Firestriker for the SNES.

[@TitanRoboDuck]

Well it was fun making the game even if i got the #486 place i am still happy how my game turned out. I am def gonna be in the next one too :)

[@randowl404]

5:00 literally ninja tobu on the play store

[@saedt]

Also I'm ready to buy like half of these. They all seem so fun!

[@lecreeperweeb4813]

5:24 this one makes me think about tobu

[@CrazyConnor2]

"0.5 A press" Oh you've got to be kidding me XD

[@Drowsy17]

Demon ball looks like a really fun game, it’s really similar to lethal league blaze

[@micheledaffara9245]

You are a sparkle and escape lava, this makes a lot of sense

[@data_5674]

In Space, No One Can Hear You Jump has the same mechanic as Dandara, a Brazilian indie game

[@TonyTheTGR]

Allocation is fucking BRILLIANT

[@zugolf4980]

Been looking forward to this!!! Ooooooft! Hurrrnnggghhhh.....