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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun / Engagement | #3 | 4.083 | 4.083 |
| Originality | #12 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Art / Graphics | #20 | 3.792 | 3.792 |
| Audio / Sound | #21 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Use of Theme | #71 | 2.458 | 2.458 |
Ranked from 24 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Solo
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Credit
Unity, Aesprite, bosca Ceol, audacity
Colour palete -NA16 by Nauris
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Loved the artwork, and it was a great concept too! It was a little difficult to understand at first - I didn't realise you could destroy your own daggers until stage 4, but once I got the hang of it it was really nice. Good work!
Thank you so much!
Very good game! from the art to the gameplay!
Thank you! :)
Good game! Played the fixed version. I like the player walking animation, the effect is nice, and the mechanics is pretty cool!
I would love a finished version of this, please keep going.
I wont waste your time talking about what’s wrong with the submission version because you fixed most of it in the non game-jam version.
Add music!
Thanks I'm glad you like it so much! :) Defo more I wanna add to it so keep an eye out. The fixed version is technically in the jam just in the 24 grace period for fixes and stuff.
Will add music but I'm not good at making it so may take while!
A lot of fun and enjoy the art. A few moments where the bouncing blades got stuck bouncing between two obstacles making them a non threat but overall very few flaws. Great game!
Thanks, glad you liked it. Yea I think I'll fix that issue with giving them durability or something :)
nice and polished game upon playing the fixed version. I liked the art style and the effort you put in the 8 way running animation.
Cheers!!!
Thanks so much. yea I wanted the character to be as smooth as possible, I'm glad he work didnt go unnoticed! :)
Wow, great game. Played the fixed version.
The Baba Is You art style works really well, satisfying sound effects, and very fun challenge to play.
Having both levels and endless mode options was a great decision. A lot of fun to play.
Not really sure how it fits the theme, but otherwise excellent work!
Thank you, im glad you had so much fun and liked it. I thought both modes would be fun. Aha the idea was youre putting on a gameshow for the devil but i didnt get a chance to add any dialogue or scenes with the devil except the beginning text so i get why it looks weird.
I like that your dagger kill you, its such a cool concept as a punishment in hell.
Thank you glad you liked it! Have you checked out the fixed version at https://g-mason.itch.io/the-devils-blades-are-bloody-playthings-fixed
Hey, I gotta say this look like game jam winner material 😅
It's really sad the fixed version didn't get into the submissions on time, because the game is near perfect with its great art and flow! The only problem is that it ends too quickly haha
Aha thank you, thats so kind! The fixed version is submitted to the afterparty so hopefully should be added to this jam soon.
Defo more id love to add so more levels will come soon
Really fun game idea. In the level mode i had the issue that I accidentally clicked on "Main Menu" when I was still trying to shoot and the game over screen showed up so quickly so that my click landed on the button which ruined my progress. Maybe move that button over to the side or have the player confirm whether they want to quit.
Thanks Im glad you liked it. Interesting, i could definitely move the UI so that doesnt happen! if you havent check out the fixed version i submitted late https://g-mason.itch.io/the-devils-blades-are-bloody-playthings-fixed
A hellishly difficult but fun game! I can definitely see the art inspiration from Baba is You and other such games.
I found issues where the AI could get stuck between walls making them sitting ducks, as well as a very rare edge case where the daggers would just continually bounce perpendicular between two walls making a "ping" noise pretty much constantly. Perhaps a way to avoid that would be for the daggers to degrade/break after a certain number of hits?
All in all, really good work. It's a shame the web version is broken but that's game jams for you! Well done.
Ahah nice pun! Yep it inspired the art style. Yeah thats a problem with their pathfinding I know how to fix it. Ah thats not nice to hear i bet, neat suggestion. Have you played the fixed version i submitted to the afterparty? https://g-mason.itch.io/the-devils-blades-are-bloody-playthings-fixed
Nope, I haven't yet - but I'll definitely check it out!
Enemies do not get destroyed when they are hit, and it makes the win condition weird. You can now just focus on one bad guy and ignore the rest.
I played a previous version where the enemies disappeared and I know it is a very fun game, I was looking forward to the new levels and now I am looking forward to a version with this little bug fix!
On another note I guess the new enemy (flying head?) can go over lava right? They do not for now.
Cool concept! (Same art as Baba is You right?)
Noooo ive just noticed that! thanks for the feedback :) I didnt have time to get them to go over the lava but that is the future plan. Yea inspired by the art of baba is you
A fixed version of the game has been submitted to the afterparty so you can get the intended experience if you have time to play it :)
Woah, so your game has some really beautiful design, love the graphics! But I just kept on killing myself with my own knife and couldn't get past the second level. Which is really sad because your game is really fun to play! The only other thing is I couldn't really see how the theme fitted into it.
Thank you! :) Ah fair enough, might need to do some tweeking on the difficulty of the levels. did you try the endless mode?
I planned on having cinematics with the devil talking to you but i didnt have time for the art, cos the idea is that youre confined to hell and have to put on a game show for the devil but obviously the devils idea of a game show is murder!