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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #6 | 4.323 | 4.323 |
| Music | #7 | 4.258 | 4.258 |
| Overall | #9 | 4.280 | 4.280 |
| Originality | #13 | 4.323 | 4.323 |
| Art | #17 | 4.419 | 4.419 |
| Theme | #58 | 3.677 | 3.677 |
| Is the graphics 1 bit? | #136 | 4.677 | 4.677 |
Ranked from 31 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Very good game! The use of a card deck is unique with this premise, and the periodic sacrifices help ramp up the challenge the further you go and make it more of a struggle overtime to get to each checkpoint before your emotional meter runs out. A simple but fun gameplay loop, and I enjoyed playing all the way to the end!
Thanks for giving it a try! We are on our way to develop a full version of the game, so stay tuned if that sounds interesting to you.
I like the idea, I did not finish it but I think there's potential :) It seems you'll go for a Steam release so, I'll follow to see where it goes
Thanks!
Excellent !!!! GG
Wow, this was such a creative deck-building experience. It was challenging enough where I had to think of what to lose and balance that with the challenges ahead except for the end which was incredibly sad. You got a follower out of me definitely. Great original concept, and I enjoyed it thoroughly with tears.
This game was captivating. It got easier near the end but I'm not sure if that was by design, as if the closer you are to the peak the more your adrenaline kicked in. Not sure is that's what the "squiggly lines 2 steps no physical "was indicating, it seemed dark but regardless I'm glad I finished it. Well done!
So the story is based on the sacrifices I’ve made (intentionally and not) along the way to try and live off something I love doing. Music, art, gamedev. The sacrifices are to show what I’ve lost along the way trying to reach the goal. And that final stretch? That’s apathy creeping in. That’s when you’ve gotten so good you can just keep on going, but you really start thinking “is this even worth it anymore?”. We’re going to turn this into a full game, and make it a bit more hopeful, but while we were developing this we realized “oh fuck this is actually really dark”.
I'm not really one for card games, but this was really solid! I thought I was doing pretty good up until I realized there was way more game after the initial section. It gets very tense and forces you to think creatively, good job!
Thank you for trying it!
Great job! There's a nugget of a full-scale game here I think. The concept of climbing with your dog has some serious story-driven game potential. Thinking 'The Flame in the Flood'.
I think most of the faults of the game are really just born from the time constraints you faced. I did like the eventuality of my emotional and physical strain, but I didn't feel like any of the choices were ambiguous. The 'correct' path was always clear. I think with a little more balancing this game could be very very sticky, like 'Slay the Spire'.
There's obviously artistic talent on the team so I'd really love to see more of the main character, and dog. Animating characters in such a short amount of time is difficult though, so I gave 5 stars to the art that IS present.
I really hope you keep developing this game. I'm a fan of what you've done so far!
Adam
Thanks for trying the game. I’ve never thought about how ambiguity can make things interesting, definitely something I need to explore more. This is actually really starting to look like a game to develop further, and I’ll be updating here on itch and over on tiktok when we start looking for playtesters for it. It’s a bit of time there, but I’m starting to feel like it’s going to get there. I’ve been looking for a game to turn into a full first commercial release, and this is really starting to show some potential (i think the traction it has gotten is a lot thanks to Ro’s art, they did an amazing job with it) so it’s very likely that we keep going with it. Again, thank you for taking the time to play it!
Amazing narrative and sound design! And I like how you implement it into deckbuilding game, Great work!
Thanks for giving it a try!
I really like card games, congratulations about this one!
Thanks for trying it!
Great game! The art is so good it makes me forget that its only two colors. I absolutely love the music, and the gameplay is unique and enjoyable.
I dunno about the Defold engine, but it seems cool. Thank you for introducing it to me.
Amazing work.
Thanks a ton for trying it! Defold is the best dev experience I’ve had (after pico8 but that’s so cozy it’s unbeatable). It’s kind of like the leanness of love2d + the export options of unity but everything just works. Highly recommend.
This is a very well made game, congrats to you and your team! I feel it got a little too easy by the end where i just got a deck full of "cost nothing" cards and with emotional being so necessary, I just pretty much ignored the cards with an emotional cost.
You are actually intended to get rid of cards that cost emotional. I wanted it to feel like an actual sacrifice when the cards were turned “dark”. But it would feel a bit like ripping the control away from the player to just remove them from the deck, that’s why we have them cost emotional instead. That way you will slowly erase the memories yourself, and that hits way harder. For the last stretch (black and white zone if you will) you are intended to pick up those cards, and just move to the top. It was probably not a great decision, since like you said it messes with the feeling of difficulty. So definitely something we’ll look over for a later version of the game.
Loved the game! The twist made the game more fun and engaging and the polish was superb!
Thank you so much for trying it!
I LOVE IT! The way you use gameplay to give the player the message is awesome! the style and the "Story" is lovely. Also it's super polish!
Thank you! A lot of time was spend thinking about how everything would make sense on the context of the story we wanted to tell, so happy to hear it worked well!
Super fun and easy to play! The UI was super satisfying. It's interesting to see a game which actually factors in the emotional toll of making a journey alone over a long distance.
Thanks for trying it! We actually sat at the beginning of the jam and went “what the fook do we even do with this theme?”. I mean starting with everything and ending with nothing sounds horrible for progression. I have been making games for a while now, and it’s a dream to do it full time. And it’s actually getting kinda close to that. But to actually get here I have sacrificed a lot, time that could have been spent with friends, feeling burnt out, pushing myself too hard. We realized a bit into the development that this game really is about what you have to give up to reach a dream. I was sitting with the team in a call and we just went “we’re making a horrible game”. So the story in this is definitely very personal, and I think you captured it very well as “the emotional toll of making a journey alone over a long distance”.
A really well put together card-based game that is easy to pick up, but requires careful strategizing as the game progresses. Great graphics, music, and gameplay, and its interpretation of the theme makes this a really good entry to this game jam. Overall, just a great game.
Thank you for trying it!
This game is fantastic! There's not a thing I dislike about it. The art and audio are great and the gameplay is right up my alley. I love card games. It's pretty well executed too. Your mechanics are easy to grasp but still require some strategizing. Very inspiring submission
Thanks for trying it! I actually implemented more cards in the beginning, but after some playtesting removed them because it got too much for the player. So card balancing was done for sure, nice to see that it was worth the time! Also, we are thinking about creating a larger game out of this, and we'll be updating about it here and on tiktok (@studiohemvist). Again, thanks for giving it a shot, super appreciate it!
Nice to be with you in the same jam again! Well, that one I liked a lot. Maybe because I'm currently completely obsessed with "I was a Teenage Exocolonist" where there is a mechanic of "deckbuilding your memories" or maybe because I just like deckbuilding as an old MTG fan, lol.
One of the favourites so far. I enjoyed copying copies with copies he he he he
Visuals are really good too
Wish you win!
Nice to see you again too! The design of this is really an amalgamation of other games (the card system is heavily inspired by slay the spire and a mobile game called red riding hood), one of them being "signs of the sojourner", a really awesome deckbuilder about social interactions. Sounds like it could bea bit similar to that "deckbuilding your memories". Might be worth giving a peek :3
Thanks a ton for trying the game!
I may have found a bug, or I completely misunderstood how the cards work. I am at the (I think?) last stage in the last level and when I have 2 emotional, and use the card that zeroes the cost of two next played cards. Then I wanted to play the card that costs 2 emotional, it should have been free, but it killed me. Twice already, because I thought I just missclicked and didn't use the "make-it-free" card. I'm not sure if I have the energy to try again..
Either way - the artstyle is really fun, music is very good, too. Not sure about how the game fits the theme, I guess I would find out if I was able to finish the game. Really nice entry though!
Thanks for trying! Sorry that threw you off, that’s a clarity issue I noticed but couldn’t figure out how to deal with. Definitely something we’ll improve for a post jam version. The game is also a bit too punishing when you do fall, so that’s something we’ll try to improve as well. We actually tried incorporating the theme into the story / progression, losing cards along the way, but it was, eh, maybe not the most direct way to implement the theme. Anyhow, thanks for checking this out!
This is really cool! Love the idea of having a deck to climb a mountain, losing and replacing cards as you progress. The game has a very nice pace to it and the interactrions feel very smooth.
The art is lovely! I feel like everything is slightly blurry, but I guess I got used to that quickly.
The game could use a tutorial and maybe some visual element of you climbing (maybe a player model?
I really enjoyed this! Well done
Thanks for trying it out! This is my first experience with high res art in a long time, and everything is really quite janky and thrown together. Our art pipeline has been, well, an absolute soup of spaghetti kind of? Anyways yes it's blurry when you are running it at lower resolutions, highly recommend playing fullscreen (way less blurry then). We are thinking about making a larger game out of this, and then tutorial is definitely something we'll be getting into. (also sneaky self promo issie here, if you do want to know if that happens then @studiohemvist on tiktok for shitposting + games or just here) . That's the advertisement please and thanks. And something showing that you are climbing is definitely something that passed through our heads, but was scrapped because as always, time was running out. Again, definitely something we'll look on if we create a larger game out of this.
Anyhows, thanks again for trying out our game!
It is a really cool card game! I was shocked by the music changing between levels, those are very smooth transition. For the UI, you even have animation for mouse cover cards, which looks amazing! For the game, your difficulty for each level is designed very balanced, it moves from easy to hard, and the card game is fun to play. So I have to say I love your game, hard to believe this is done in a week. Wish you can create more good games like this.
Thanks for trying it! Newlife+ who did the music is kinda of insane and is the one who really made those transitions possible. It took a bit of implementation to get it as smooth as it is, but they really brought it up a notch with the whole vibe. We are thinking about making this a larger game, so definitely follow us here or itch or over on tiktok (@studiohemvist) where we put all the updated! :3
Again, thanks for trying out lil game, super appreciate it!