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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| SOUNDS / MUSIC | #20 | 3.896 | 3.896 |
| ART / VISUALS | #45 | 4.104 | 4.104 |
| Overall | #82 | 3.440 | 3.440 |
| BOSS DESIGN | #144 | 3.239 | 3.239 |
| CONTROLS | #151 | 3.164 | 3.164 |
| USE OF THEME | #160 | 3.209 | 3.209 |
| FUN | #236 | 3.030 | 3.030 |
Ranked from 67 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Game's Take on the Theme
Spinning has always been an important part of classical dance. We created the game around this idea, from the designs to the moves... Moreover the bonus/malus and healing system uses wheels of luck.
Did your team make the majority of the art and music during the jam?
All of the art is made by the team (except the fonts).
If not, please link to any asset packs or resources used here.
https://www.1001fonts.com/beyond-wonderland-font.html, https://www.dafont.com/fr/veteran-typewriter.font
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Cool ambience sound and graphics.
Presentation is top notch! Reminds me of something like Machinarium, this solemn, rusted out vibe. Great music and graphics. Gameplay is definitely functional, but still missing a little spice somewhere, I think. The health and lives system could also use a rework; since there's little penalty for healing, in practice it's really like you have a random max health, lol. You could keep healing indefinitely and be ok, or run out of juice in three heals. And I admit running out of lives on the third boss and being booted back to the beginning turned me off trying again (especially since boss 2 took quite a while to go down), but I'd totally be down to try an updated version of this, if you guys go for it.
Thank you for your thought out review! I'm really glad that my music was able to enhance your experience :) maybe this game will see an expansion in the future!
Art style is great, but there is a lack of animations, character is too slow and hit on enemy has no impact.
This game has a lot of potential to be way more fun, I feel like there is no impact on spinning, like audio-visual feedback on landing every tick of hit. Cool ambience and universe you got going on, would love to see where you take this.
Hey! Composer and sound designer here. This is actually the first project I've ever actually made sounds for, so they're definitely a bit off. If we expand this project (and I would love that tbh), we would probably get an experienced sound designer to help us out.
Looking forward to it!!
The visual design and music were a master piece! Really good work, I could stay listening to the soudtrack the whole day. I know its on youtube but please add it to spotify hahahah
Hi! I'm the composer. Thank you so much, I'm really glad you enjoyed it! I can absolutely look into adding it onto Spotify, it's gonna be a bit of a process since I've never done that before but I will certainly look into it! This game's profile will be updated if that happens :) Thanks for your review!
Cool game. I liked the visual style. The beginning of the game reminded me of City of Tears from Hollow Knight. I liked the mechanics of attack and health restoration. The first boss is good, the attacks are easy to read. But he disappeared for me two times in a row in the second phase of the battle. I played the web version.
Hi! Glad you liked our game!
The boss disappearing is one of the physics issues of the web version on lower/middle end computers. If you want to avoid that the windows version is available.
Awesome music and visuals!! The animations are really cute. This reminds me of good old forgotten cartoons. I wish I could stay a little longer, but the boss beats me every time :) A little unclear why I should match the coins with the circle, but really nice use of the theme. Sad that some of important SFX are missing (but I can help you with that if you decide to develop this awesome creation further).
thanks for playing, glad you had fun bosses kicked my ass too when developing lol
Hey! I'm the composer and sound designer. I'm glad you liked my music and the game! I agree with you that the sound effects are a little off-centered, this is my first time doing sound effects for something like this. If we expand this project further (and I hope we can!) we would definitely need someone to help out with the sound effects. If we come to that decision and if you're still offering, I'm sure they'd be open to discussing that possibility! Thanks for the feedback!
Hey! You nailed the music, it really brings the game to life. For your first time with SFX, it’s solid! Sure, if you expand the project and need help with sound design or mastering, feel free to hit me up. You can check out my work on my website! Would love to see where this goes :)
This is a very well made game! The music is outstanding and I really like the combo system. The combo system makes me use my brain a lot more when juggling other mechanics like dodging and healing. Very well made!
thanks for playing, glad you liked our games combat, hope you have a nice day
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed my music :)
Really love the art style and the music. All the animations are really fluid and well telegraphed which is important for a game like this. The bosses each felt like a nice gradual step up in difficulty.
I think the last boss had a few animation quirks like the hands snapping into place quite suddenly. I also initially expected the game to have I-frames but it not having them was something it quickly got used to and it actually made it more of a fun game of getting distance rather than perfectly dodging attacks.
I liked the spinning around mechanic a lot as keeping the spin going in the middle of combat was a nice thing to have to manage while also dodging. There's also a good amount of feedback from doing damage / taking damage. it feels satisfying to spin into a boss and do loads of damage.
Very fun game! Would love to see it maybe developed into a bigger game down the line!
Glad you liked our game! Thanks for this in-depth feedback!
I'm glad you enjoyed my music! Thanks for the feedback.
Great Art. I had a lot of fun playing the game. The music was really fitting for each boss, and the mechanics were well implemented. I had a lot of fun.
Hello ! Artist here, thanks for playing !
Good art and music. The gameplay could be better as you don't have responsive control of the character or a better way to prevent the attacks of enemies.
thanks for playing, yeah i get you the gameplay is rough we spent our time in art, music and story too much lol
Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed my music :)
Nice art. The music fit the bosses well. maybe farther attack range for the player will be great. Good job!
Hi! I'm the composer. Thank you for your comment. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Hi! Your game is absolutely amazing! The art style and visuals are incredibly unique and beautiful. The opening sequence is super immersive - the combination of background music and ambiance really pulls you into the atmosphere.
I love how straightforward the controls are, which makes the game so enjoyable to play. The tutorial section is particularly well done (something we missed in our own game - learned a valuable lesson there!).
Your team paid incredible attention to every detail - from the engaging gameplay and boss design to the cohesive theme and music.
Strongly recommend everyone to download and play this game! Beautiful!
Hi! I'm the composer, thanks for the comment! I'm glad you enjoyed the game!
beautiful game with lovely music, but the gameplay is a bit rough around the edges.
Hi! I'm the composer. Thanks for your comment - I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Hi! Dev of the game here. Glad you enjoyed our game! I agree with you that the gameplay is a bit rough, we basically made 90% of the game on the last 2 weeks of the jam. Which didn't give us a lot of time to playtest and add more features to it.