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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #9 | 4.567 | 4.567 |
| Overall | #24 | 4.122 | 4.122 |
| Art | #34 | 4.233 | 4.233 |
| Gameplay | #39 | 3.867 | 3.867 |
| Music | #84 | 3.533 | 3.533 |
| Originality | #92 | 3.867 | 3.867 |
| Is the graphics 1 bit? | #151 | 4.667 | 4.667 |
Ranked from 30 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Great puzzle game! I really liked the art and light vs dark mechanics.
Thank you.
Beautiful game with some nice mechanics, and all on Pico-8. Well done!
Thank you :)
So I got myself suck is this level.
But is a fun puzzle game. Really liking it ! good job !
I think may need some tip on this level?
Thanks. You can bring the orb to the lower area through the right side.
Then, you will need both the lantern and the invert gem to pass the above door.
The art style is simple but beautiful. You were able to cram quite a lot of character and detail into the 1-bit aesthetic within the constraints of the theme, bravo. The the application of the theme is great, the light and dark mechanics are combined to create a very satisfying puzzle experience.
As for complaints, some of the level design could be simplified a little, or at least given better visual indicators. I got stuck on this level as I wasn't sure what to do. The previous levels had the wires sticking out on the ground to give you a hint on what each switch does. This has no wires, and has a LOT of switches. Makes it very difficult to sift through the possible combinations and figure out what each combination does.
Despite that, it is still a very impressive entry and that achieves a lot within the limitations of the theme.
Thank you very much. :)
For that level, all of the sensors on the top half to be activated, so putting a lot of wires down felt like it would get too noisy. I originally just had 5 sensors, but realized there was a solution that skipped what it needed to teach, so I made the solution more restricted. Definitely should have made it simpler.
To actually get passed that door, you also need the lantern.
Thanks for the hint. More feedback!
(I removed the lantern from the maze already, but the point still stands) Although very thematic, wandering around a large maze in the dark is just tedious, there is little to no skill in reaching the end of the maze, it is just a very slow, painful, process of elimination. The simpler maze in the start wasn't that bad because it was short, plus you had a switch that revealed the whole maze for a while.
Another puzzle that can be simplified. Once you find the solution, it's just repeating the process a couple more times to complete it.
All of the ideas for light puzzles are well-developed and intuitive, builds upon its own foundation at a brisk pace. Very polished overall..
Thank you
Nice and simple pixel art and very polished effects here!
Thanks
The game is mesmerizing with nice details and a great retro feel. The particles, environment and even the character are spot on. Love it :D
Thank you very much :)
I beat the game and found a bug (description below).
Very nice! And cute website itch.io. Puzzles also good and well thought out, it has to be a pleasure to make those. I wonder if the pacing of adding new elements is too fast? On the other hand, it's Jam and the game is surprisingly polished and has an awful lot to offer. Especially in the end with a "mushroom dynamic lights" hehe.
I found a bug! at this point in the video I can flip the light to the other side. If I'm not mistaken in another place later I can also cheat like this.
thank you. I was actually a bit worried that I wouldn't make enough levels or that they would be boring. Most of the time during the jam was spent programming a level editor.
And thanks for telling me about the skip. I did test each level when I made them, but stuff like that still got passed me. I think for that specific case, I added that doorway above to let the player in or out even if the lower door is locked. Plus the fact that items could get dropped/picked-up through doors doesn't help.
Really well executed game. Clean mechanics and nicely polished level design. Good job.
Thanks, I was testing each area to make sure there wasn't any sneaky skips or solutions. I think a few still got through.
really good!
Thank you :)
Really impressive, loved the music and the puzzles. Another awesome Pico-8 game in this jam.
Thank you. Even though I'm a pretty experienced programmer, I'm actually still a bit new to pico8 and Lua.
Cool game, nice work! And nice use of Pico-8 - just under the token limit!
Thanks. I actually could save a bunch of tokens, but decided only to save them when I need to. Which was only a few times near the end, as after I finished the level editor, there was very little to add.
nice game! lovely and calm atmosphere I like it
Thank you :)
super cute game, i really like the art! at some point the stone got stuck in the corner, and i had to restart but nice game.
Huh, got stuck where? Did you not know you could pick stuff up with "x"?
Cute and relaxing. Good job!
Thank you :)
Great puzzle game! The mechanics work well and the graphic style is really pretty and very detailed ^^
Thank you :)
I like the usage of the theme, the artwork is really nice and the music is fitting. Good Job!
Thank you, I'm actually not that experienced in making music. I would have like to add another song in, but I didn't have enough time and I though the 1 was good enough.
hey hey, dont worry, the one song you had here worked really well on the game... as I said, it fits the athmosphere... and after all it is a jam, small short and simple projects are totally valid, I'm sorry if (due to language barrier/misread) I sounded like I didnt liked the music, cause I did liked it
lol, I understood. Thanks again. :)
Very well made! It took me a while to understand the mechanics, but I got there eventually. I did find the actual 'buttons' to be kind of difficult to differentiate from their environment at first, however.
Thank you. I definitely would have liked to improve some aspects like that a bit more, but I restricted on time and had to submit some hours before the deadline.
I love this! A very unique take on the light and shadow mechanics. The puzzles were a ton of fun to figure out and it was pretty easy to tell what to do just off environmental clues, so really well done on that too.
Thanks, I was a bit worried that the levels wouldn't be that interesting. Especially when I underestimated how much time it would take to design them. I would have loved to make more with more mechanics, but it's already a bit of a struggle to fit the game into pico8.
I am surprised this doesn't have more attention, this is incredible! Huge props for using pico-8, and getting your game to look so good using it. Honestly some of the best-looking visuals I've seen thus far.
Thank you. There probably wasn't much attention since the voting just started and I only made any posts about it after it was submitted some hours before the deadline.