TRY while YOU CAN

NOTE: this is a (hopefully) debugged version, the windows version and 'oldhtmlversion' is still the original jam's buggy version (it may still not work, its a very hard bug to test as i cant see if its happening myself).

by lights+blue for GMTK Game Jam 2025

Theme: Loop (Relevance: Programming Loops, Looping back and fighting your previous self, and sometimes you just get caught in an infinite loop and get timed out because you forgot to put Walk as a proper try and everyone just stands still.)

How to Play

In this game, you need to program your square character (that I have not named) in order to defeat the enemy, but when you win, the enemy becomes a stronger version of you, and you have to try and exploit your own weaknesses and avoid getting stuck in an infinite loop (or just pick what to do randomly just to see what happens) in order to progress. When planning out your moveset, all you have to do is drag the 'Tries' (actions such as attack, lunge, jump), into 'Whiles' (conditions such as if you are on the floor, or far away from the enemy), Every While must have a Try in order to progress into the fighting phase.

Tools Used etc

• Godot
• Aseprite
• Aseprite Wizard (godot extention)
• Ultraabox
• Bit Font Maker 2
• Blender
• Audacity
• The font Consolas (but only in images.)

Previously existing assets include

• The 'hand-drawn' shader (the one that is on the player during the fighting phase), all other shaders were made in the jam period.
• Various code snippets from places such as the Godot Documentation and Godot Forums.
• The font used (made by me a while ago)
• Some parts of the music (while it was made during the jam, it borrows a melody from a previous GMTK jam I was in.)
• The default snare chip instrument in Ultrabox

Enjoy!