Nailed It! by Rachenite

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made by Rachenite for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

Our team thought it would be fun to make a timing game about hammering nails to the correct depths! It has a metal music theme that will be making you headbang!

Press space to charge your swing. Release at the correct timing. Press escape to pause

Ratings

Overall 641th 3.261⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 450th 3.37⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 467th 3.196⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 278th 3.935⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 338th 3.87⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 312th 3.5⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 137th 3.667⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 776th 2.886⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 14🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

jimmothysanchez
08. Apr 2025 · 02:13 UTC
This is a great entry! The take on the theme is really novel. I love the art it looks great!
Gao Ming
08. Apr 2025 · 02:41 UTC
Interesting idea. I like it very much.It's very fun to play.Great effects and art style!Good job!
Pfannkuchen
08. Apr 2025 · 13:05 UTC
An interesting take on the theme! I like the effects and hammer animation
SiilicaC
08. Apr 2025 · 23:24 UTC
creative! the hammer is so cool looking i did not exspect that from the title art so very nice surprise overall i like it allot! it has allot of potential!
engoneer
08. Apr 2025 · 23:28 UTC
Super well made, so good it makes me sad it's so short. Definitely made me bop my head. Hella high quality!
EvilScotsman
08. Apr 2025 · 23:28 UTC
This is a cool mini-game, I liked your art and music, good work!
peppersalt07
08. Apr 2025 · 23:29 UTC
ayy 1 button control games!
gosh i wish this was a rhythm game, it would feel like something out of rhythm heaven
Gaverion
08. Apr 2025 · 23:29 UTC
A cute use of the theme and great art for the hammer! Was not a huge fan of the hammering sound though.
DrSmey
08. Apr 2025 · 23:34 UTC
Head bopping was for sure part of the experience. Very short game and quite fun for what it is. I wish there was a little more variation to it, instead of just hitting the beat 10 times.
ruthiepee
09. Apr 2025 · 00:40 UTC
Awww yeah, I got the good ending! Badass music, I would love to buy it on Bandcamp or something and do some home renovation. :hammer: The hammer is such an awesome character design too. Like the other commenters here, I also want to play more Nailed It!!

![2025-04-08 20_37-Nailed It! by Rachenite.png](///raw/a45/1/z/6b966.png)
GreenRadiation
09. Apr 2025 · 10:44 UTC
Funny game, too bad it's so short. If I understand correctly, the maximum score is 1600? :)
Great job!
![Screenshot_13.png](///raw/8ee/91/z/6baeb.png)
Trocentraisin
09. Apr 2025 · 23:37 UTC
Cool game, a bit too short. Would love to have more of it.
The music is a bit too low compared to the sound effects, it would benefit from some balance, to be able to blast your ears without straight up killing them with the SFX
Soul Grinder
10. Apr 2025 · 10:35 UTC
Cool idea, I like those timed event mechanics, graphics look nice and clean too, good work!
ecmjohnson
10. Apr 2025 · 23:54 UTC
The sound in this is great! I really like the sound of hitting the nails and the music is great. The hammer character is really well done too. Would be great to have some way of varying the hammering a bit more than holding a single button that would carry it a bit better across a longer play time. Well done!
Adam Martin
12. Apr 2025 · 03:49 UTC
Fun idea in concept. Having multiple levels would have been a great addition.
braktheman
12. Apr 2025 · 20:28 UTC
I like the hammer animation and the metal garb/soundtrack! Game could use a little bit more variety, but it's a jam game so I think it accomplished what it was going for!

Great visuals and music and the advantage to being smaller scope is I didn't run in to any bugs. Had to try until I got all perfects and I still didn't match some of the other scores above. My birdhouse is still beautiful though and I love it.

Great job, team!
Ricesteam
12. Apr 2025 · 20:32 UTC
Love it! This game gave me a good chuckle. Very creative take on the theme.
winniehell
12. Apr 2025 · 21:01 UTC
I guess I made it into the highscore :smile:

![Screenshot 2025-04-12 at 23-00-15 Nailed It! ldjam.com Ludum Dare game jam.png](///raw/dc4/2/z/6c158.png)

nice concept and engaging music! I only wish there would be multiple levels or something that add variation to the game.
duckmaniac
12. Apr 2025 · 21:05 UTC
This game is addictive! My rating is 1443 :) Drive music, I wish the gameplay was synchronized with it, but it's not a task to jam as if) Also lacks a restart button - because if at first did not hit, you want to replay again. Thank you!
Skyeward
12. Apr 2025 · 21:09 UTC
Nice game! Love the immediate feedback, it made it very addictive as I wanted to keep going until I got all perfects. I also really liked getting to see what I had made at the end :)
Like others have mentioned, the next steps would be to add some variation/levels/progression, but for a jam game this is great fun!
3sSTheJammer
15. Apr 2025 · 22:04 UTC
Great theme usage! Very original indeed! Yet lacks some diversity between nails imo