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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| CONTROLS | #2 | 4.122 | 4.122 |
| WINNERS | #5 | n/a | n/a |
| USE OF THEME | #6 | 4.317 | 4.317 |
| Overall | #7 | 4.041 | 4.041 |
| FUN | #13 | 3.951 | 3.951 |
| ART / VISUALS | #14 | 4.390 | 4.390 |
| SOUNDS / MUSIC | #17 | 3.927 | 3.927 |
| BOSS DESIGN | #49 | 3.537 | 3.537 |
Ranked from 41 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Game's Take on the Theme
The game uses a spinning wheel to determine how items are used against opponents. Pretty much everything in this game spins to some degree. haha
Did your team make the majority of the art and music during the jam?
Yes, Music is royalty free however (it is in the credits)
If not, please link to any asset packs or resources used here.
"Happy Happy Game Show" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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I've commented before the voting period started and even after it's still a banger. It's casual, it's simple, easy to understand and very entertaining. I can stay playing this game for endless hours because of how replayable this game is. To me this game is perfect! 100/10
Aw thank you so much!!! I had a blast with Catsino! Roguelite/likes are just such a fun genre. haha.
Thank you so much!! :D
This is my favourite submission right now, after tested approximatly 40 games. Intuitive, polished, fun to play, fun to win (and loose!), well balanced mechanics. Definitly gonna be in my top 10 at the end of the week !
Thank you so much! That means a ton!!! :D
Can't wait to check yalls out in a bit!! :)))
This is my favourite submission right now, after tested approximatly 40 games. Intuitive, polished, fun to play, fun to win (and loose!), well balanced mechanics. Definitly gonna be in my top 10 at the end of the week !
First impression: This game feels incredibly polished! The animations, visuals, and music are top-tier! The core idea is great—at times, it felt like the odds were in my favor, but I still had a blast playing. Definitely one of the highest-quality games in this jam—I’m glad I spent my time on it! Huge respect to the dev!
Wow thanks so much!! :D Yeah, the wheel has a slight bias to the player towards the earlier encounters of bosses. I plan to mitigate that in the future with just a better selection of items and buffs, but for the jam It was way too hard and ran out of time to really craft the items better. haha.
Thanks again so much! Can't wait to check out Deep and Deeper!!
Love this one! I definitely feel like the odds may be skewed in my favour, and there were some times where I didn't fully understand what was going on. But it is all explained when you hover over it. Cool game with creative use of the theme.
Thanks so much! Yeah I may need to do a bit more pacing with the item activations, since you can sometimes get like 4 things to trigger all at the same time, but I may make that as some kind of 'option' since once you kind of know the effects, its a bit slow to wait for them all to trigger one by one (I originally had that, but changed it. haha).
Definitely something I will keep in mind should I develop it out more! :D
And yes, the wheel favors the player for the first few encounters of each boss, but tapers off. I think I will redesign this aspect with just overall better item selection / buffs in the future. haha.
Thanks so much for taking some time to play it! :D I really appreciate it!!
I'm ready to check out Delirium too! :D
Wow. Feels very polished and full of replayability!
Saw parts of this project during development and it turned out really good. Like REALLY good. I'm saving this to play later for sure.
Great job and keep it up!
Thanks!! :D it definately has some issues in terms of balancing, and to your other point also the AI. It was my first time developing "card game ai" and in the end the bosses just arent super challenging strategically, but more random. I think nailing out the AI would feel more "boss rush-y" but I totally agree. :)
Anywho, thanks so much for taking some time to check it out!! :D I can wait to play revolving chambers!
Maybe think about showing the boss' intent every spin. I think it would involve more strategy that way!
Absolutely! Yeah, I'm going to be moving the bosses moves to well before the spin so you can strategize a bit better as well. haha.
I think you've got something really special going on here. The vibes are immaculate, and I am amazed at how great the UI feels to interact with, which is so important in games like these. Great job and I gotta say I will be checking out your other stuff as well.
Wow! That is so kind of you!! Haha. I generally enjoy doing UI stuff, so I'm glad it felt good. Still room for improvement but I think it's going the right direction. Haha. :)
Can't wait to play orbital decay! It's one of the first on my list today! :)
This game makes me feel so good playing it. Loving the visual/sound effects, great job!
Wow, thanks so much for taking some time to play it!! :D that means so much!! :)
Looking very much forward to playing deirdre!! :D
I feel bad playing this game for free, this feels like a fully polished game I could get from steam for a couple bucks. GREAT JOB!
oh wow! Thank you so much!!! :D it has lots of things that need to be fixed before it could be steam ready for sure. Haha. Thank you again for taking time to check it out and give it a play!
Very excited to try out your game this week as well!! :D
Your game gets a high rating from me since I genuinely enjoyed the casual aspect of it, I think i spent over half an hour playing this. It's very polished overall. If I had to add something negative, it's maybe that some items feel a bit useless, but balancing is hard in such little time so it's alright.
oh my goodness thank you so much!! :D yeah I have been working on a major purgelist for after the jam as well as a better / more strategic item pool and balancing. Haha.
Thank you so much for taking some time to play it and give me some feedback! I can't wait to check out your game as well! (Got it on my list to play this week. Haha) thanks so much!!
Lately I've been a big fan of the roguelike genre, and I really love how addictive and fun this game is. Amazing job!
Thank you so much for taking time to give it a try!! :D I love roguelite/likes. It's such an open genre rife with creativity! :)
This game is very addicting much like gambling. Very entertaining game, I love the fluidness of its animations!
I was having a hitless run for a whiiiile, until round 6 lol, I don't know how common that is or how lucky I was but there is that. Really enjoyed it!
Thanks so much for taking some time to play it! There is a heavier player bias for the first few rounds but it tapers off quite a bit after 4 (1 encounter per boss), so 6 is pretty impressive!! Haha.
I have a couple of updates planned for tomorrow before the due date on the jam that hopefully fix some of the issues with a couple of the later items (love gun in particular). I've also made a vast number of price reductions on items as well. Haha.
Thank you so much again for playing!! :D
This game is really fun to play!
I spent like an hour and a half playing this game, the gameplay is very addicting.
I love the sound, art and how the Ui and characters move smoothy its polished really well.
Love the game keep it up!!!😄
oh wow thank you so much! I have a couple updates I want to put up tomorrow including a decent number of price reductions, complete rework of love gun (its kind of broken rn. Haha), and a new item!
Thank you so much for taking some time to give it a play through!! :D
A really cool game with endless items :D
The drawings are really fun, the sound design very clean, and overall the game is really well polished!
I played it for a while, and I'll be back for sure!
Bravo :)
wow thank you so much! I sincerely appreciate you taking some time to check it out!!! :D I would love to expand it as I have like a billion ideas for it, but just want to start small first. Haha. Thanks so much!!
Edit, your game looks phenomenal too! Can't wait to play the finalized version of it next week (going out of town this weekend. Haha)