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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #84 | 3.900 | 3.900 |
| Is the graphics 1 bit? | #91 | 4.800 | 4.800 |
| Art | #220 | 3.200 | 3.200 |
| Overall | #279 | 3.117 | 3.117 |
| Theme | #284 | 3.100 | 3.100 |
| Gameplay | #337 | 2.400 | 2.400 |
| Music | #452 | 1.300 | 1.300 |
Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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E for everyone
Write down what effects you used.
just plain old pixel art
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Interesting pixel art, however what is the point of the game? Do you have a leaderboard to compare results with others?
I recorded a video playing some 1-Bit games (yours is the third one, starts from 5:43):
thanks, and I guess the point of the game is self improvement of your own score.
I had a blast, great job!
Played throughout the freezes, nice work and i like where the idea came from, Excel work, i know what u're feeling! :D
Please rate my game too :)
I ended up enjoying this one a lot more than I though. Pretty clever idea, the "excel table exploring" is strangely refreshing.
Solid entry, really liked the visual
thanks
My fingers hurt lol, fun game! It seemed like sometimes my dude would drift backwards, even though I was playing donkey kong bongos at 200bpm+ with my keyboard
Thanks. I added drifting backwards in because during testing I found I would end up to far right to see the souls and didn't want to make people mash slower to see more (I made it so the points you gain from mashing is not effect by this though :) ). Also DK bongo would be a fun way to play
The game is good with a simple and different idea, but the arrow movement system needs some improvement and also sounds should be added
Thanks, and after I finish making the arrow controls I realized I might not like it but also didn't have the time to rework it (same with not having the time to do sound effects/ music)
I dont know how to play this tbh
You alternate pressing the left and right arrows keys to move the River Man forward (you want to mashing them to increase your score). To score on a soul, you have to have your guy be above them and also have the key match their type. You can swap type, by pressing the left key followed by the left key or the right key follow by the right key (it depends if you are collecting a good or bad soul). By doing all this, you score points and the final score is calculated after 60 seconds.
oh and it freezeee... but i have been warned.
The game freezing might be that your 60 seconds is up in which case you can restart with R key. But you do bring up and excellent point, and I should have made what was going on clearer with a game over screen.