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A jam submission

The Road Not TakenView game page

An incremental rogue-lite made for the Bigmode 2025 game jam!
Submitted by 123ishaTest, RobArtzy — 10 hours, 34 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Originality#854.0834.083
Presentation#1923.7503.750
Theme#2183.5003.500
Fun#2663.1113.111

Ranked from 37 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game represent "Power"?
The obvious interpretation is that the player is bestowed powers by the gods which helps them grow stronger. And with each unlock, their powers are raised to powers in the mathematical sense

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The start was brutal, but then it too easy too fast....
Not sure how you can balance that better, but I still enjoyed it!

Submitted

Brutal start to the game! You should have the first few level 1 mobs on the way to the desert have like 2-3 health. 

Could use a bit more at the start, as its painful...

Submitted

Chill but engaging game - will you be working on it after the jam? Would like to play updated version

Developer(+1)

I might, I have some ideas to decrease scaling a bit so the roads you take become more relevant, as well as active abilities for during runs. All the stuff I didn't get to during the jam!

Submitted

Game was too interesting - had to come back and finish it!

Submitted

This game has a very cute vibe!

Submitted(+1)

This game at first I didn't understand, then I got hooked literally for hours, as it becomes a send guy on a deathly mission, come back to get the spoils and repeat. Pretty solid game!

Developer

I'm glad to hear that!

Submitted(+1)

Extremely unique game. I was a bit confused on the controls and the gameplay but once I figured it out it was pretty fun! Great job!

Submitted

It's a very unique game, I had to mash my keyboard to discover the controls but apart from that, it's very well presented!

i really like it but i need to have a auto repeat aka auto run for the same last task i did give :) the game runs good and the overall was pretty good 

Submitted

I like idle-ish auto RPGs and I liked this. Yeah, the start was really slow, but I still liked it.

Submitted(+1)

I got it in 37 runs, and 59 minutes. Really enjoyable game! I could see this expanded into a full-fledged experience that just gets more expansive into a much larger world. This auto RPG type gameplay reminds me of a game I've been playing recently called "Stone Story RPG." You also go through a world while collecting items and getting stronger. There are more mechanics in that game which I think could easily be applied to your game if it were to be expanded after the jam. I highly recommend checking it out. But your game was such a nice "short-form" version of that experience. Even though there wasn't much gameplay, something about just seeing my character get stronger always pulls me in when I play games. I would recommend that while you get stronger you should change the sprite of your character on the left side of the screen to look stronger (maybe give him armor or have him holding a better weapon). You have the gameplay loop of fighting, looking for items, dying, and getting stronger to expand into the world down perfectly that kept making me want to continue playing right away. But in the long form, this is such a cozy game I could see myself returning to each day for an hour and getting stronger (very similar to how I've been playing the game I mentioned earlier "Stone Story RPG"). With some more mechanics, and a more polished art style (not saying your art is bad, it's nice and retro) this game would be such a blast. Please consider continuing to work on it after the jam ends!

(+1)

33 runs, what a unique game :)

Love how you keep exploring idle-map game ideas. Achievements as progression per run is something I haven't seen before. At first I thought it was just a matter of grinding out the first nodes back and forth, but once I realized the upgrades all multiplied off each other, some strategy formed where I tried to push for as much breadth of upgrades as possible. Obviously since there was no time pressure you didn't actually need to optimize, but there's still an interesting design nugget there.

What's cool is that there's a ton of directions to take the game in. Not all jam games show that kind of potential. Simply adding a variety of achievements will get the players to figure out unusual routes to get the upgrades they need. A bit of route puzzle solving basically.

Great entry!

This is a very nice game. I like it. It gives a fresh perspective on incremental games.

Submitted

like others have said the beginning is pretty confusing and slow, but its a very cute idea! i love the presentation alot

Submitted(+1)

I was humiliated by a chicken, and it hurts.

Clever game ideia, a pretty ambitious one for such a short time period. Congrats for the solid game.

Submitted(+2)

I got ganked by a chicken, and then I became the chicken ganker. But unfortunately, this game just isn't my kinda game. The only critique I can give that isn't personal taste is that I was very confused at the start. What's my goal? How do I move? Why is that chicken so strong? Lot's of questions, and I didn't even realise that it was a die but get stronger game for quite a while. I can tell a lot of hard work went into this though, the music and art is great, and the overall polish is great. Good job!

Submitted

Now that's an idle game or a roguelite? Both? I don't know and I only care that I really liked it, very well executed! Great job!

Submitted(+1)

Now that's an idle game or a roguelite? Both? I don't know and I only care that I really liked it, very well executed! Great job!

Beat it in 29 runs in 62 minutes! Great game but the game starts off way too slow.

Developer

Ha nice, that's the fastest I've seen yet!

Submitted

The beginning is a bit too slow, but I like the world map, it reminds me of those old mats with cartoon city roads on them. I feel like the idea is easily expandable!  

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