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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| THEME - Does this game represent the Autumn theme well? | #2 | 4.750 | 4.750 |
| ACCESSIBLE - Does the game have good OS platform support? | #9 | 4.250 | 4.250 |
| CREATIVITY - Does the game include something unexpected or innovative? | #11 | 4.071 | 4.071 |
| AESTHETIC - Does this game have a great atmosphere or mood? | #12 | 4.429 | 4.429 |
| OVERALL - Is the game just objectively good? | #13 | 3.929 | 3.929 |
| TECHNICAL - Is the game poorly put together, or is it technically well designed? | #14 | 3.893 | 3.893 |
| FUN - Is the game enjoyable or satisfying to play? | #31 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
Ranked from 28 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Very relaxing atmosphere. The music/ambience is very well done. My only complaint is there should be a "fill button" to punch out an area you cut.
I like the idea of the game, it's quite simple but so good!
Great game, i had a lot of fun with the tools
Thanks a lot :D I'm glad you enjoyed your experience!
Nice game!
The sounds and music are relaxing, together with other elements make the game an enjoyable experience :)
Thanks for the comment!
Were you able to make a nice pumpkin? :)
Love it, what a nice idea! Music and ambient were so relaxing and I enjoyed making pumpkins haha. Congratulations, Nice work bro!
Thanks a lot Bryan :D I'm glad you enjoyed your experience :)
I appreciated the very different take on this one! The night toggle and the atmosphere were the best!
Thank you :) I'm glad you enjoyed the experience!
Were you able to make a nice pumpkin? :)
Very cool! It's always great to come across something very unexpected, like this.
Love the music and the surroundings, with the cat and the owl. And the way the candle flickers is subtle, but effective.
The way the saw works is a little counterintuitive. In real life, when you're using a tool that cuts all the way through, you can just cut an outline and the area surrounded by the outline will be removed.
I'm actually surprised I'm the only pumpkin carving game to be honest, I thought it would be a recurring theme :P
I've had similar comments for the saw, and I understand how the pumpkin in defying gravity by having chunks floating in mid-air, but this is mainly due to time and implementation constraint. If I was to restart the project from scratch, I would probably be able to implement it properly, but it would unfortunatly take a lot of work to make it work with the current setup.
Still I'm glad you enjoyed your experience :D
Wow, this game was very therapeutic and relaxing. Everything about the game really encapsulates the feeling of Autumn. From the game itself to the sounds to the little details happening in the background it all comes together to create a truly pleasant game experience!
Thank you so much :D This means a lot to me!
I had a clear idea of how I wanted the ambiance of the game to be and it's nice to read that I hit the mark!
This is so relaxing! I'm in love with the art style! Every little SFX is so satisfying, and the choice of music really fits the vibe! Congratulations!
Thanks :D I'm glad you enjoyed the experience :) I did spend a lot of time selecting the different SFX and making the animations work!
Love this! The level of polish is amazing from the way the light dims and brightens at night to the little sound effect the bird plays when you click on him. Great!
I went into it knowing that I wanted the environment to carry part of the immersion, then it was just a question of how I wanted to implement it. The randomness of the different events helped make it feel more organic, I think that's really what ended up making it work :)
I'm glad you enjoyed your experience :D
P.S: I played your game on my stream if you're interested to see my reaction ;)
I would love to see that! Please send me the link!
Here you go! It starts around the 1h24m mark.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1156946801
Wonderful game. Its really polished to. I love the night and day.
Thanks a lot! This means a lot to me :D
Were you able to make an interesting design? :)
not really. I want to try this game again with my drawing tablet :D. its a really cool game.
Excellent concept!
Animations and art-style were great and over-all enjoyable.
My only issues were that there was a little janky-ness with the cursor and pixel size which was a pain when using the shaver because those mistakes were impossible to fix (unless I missed an undo button)
Overall, fun game!
Yeah, I didn't want to have the zone too big, but I understand how it made it harder sometime to correctly add details. I wanted to add a variable size for the tool, but unfortunately there needed to be a cat so I had to put the priority at the right place :P
Understandable, have a good day.
Such a great idea, 5-stars for creativity!
My only gripe is that each tool had the same pixel size. I expected the eraser to erase more than one pixel and the saw and shaver to have different shapes.
Love the animations - any game with a cat in it is worth playing imo. :)
Thanks for playing!
I wanted to make a variable size for all the tool, but unfortunatly I ran out of time and energy to implement it. I'm glad you still enjoyed your experience :D
I almost missed the candle options. IT was pretty cool how it actually simulates the fire. And I loved the cat XD
Thanks! I added the fire simulation at the last minute, but I think it really added a lot! I wanted to add some glow to it too, but I couldn't make it work like I wanted :(
Thanks for playing and for the review :)
:D yeah, it did, for me at least. The flame looks very cook on pixel art.
Very well done game. I love the animations and the ability to take a picture of your results.
I think it would have been nice if when you cut out a piece it would simply fall out like a pumpkin would. that would be the only thing I was left wanting. Overall a very solid project. Way to go!
Thanks for playing!
I've toyed around with the idea of having chunks of pumpkin fall when it's not connected to anything anymore, but that ended up being too complicated for the initial implementation I had. I'll keep it in mind for future project where I can apply a similar effect and make sure to work it in the initial design. Thank for the suggestion :D
This is one of my faves. Relaxing, cute, great atmosphere, good use to the day/night toggle. Very enjoyable.
Thanks a lot! I'm glad you enjoyed your experience.
Were you able to make a nice looking pumpkin? :)
I went with a classic design! :D Consider trying my submission if you like a more relaxed gameplay, I think you might enjoy it :)
I'm planning to! I'm busy at the moment, but I plan on streaming myself playing out different submissions later today and throughout the week :)
cool! Thank you