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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #458 | 2.569 | 3.000 |
| Theme | #543 | 2.180 | 2.545 |
| Overall | #646 | 1.726 | 2.015 |
| Innovation | #649 | 1.635 | 1.909 |
| Audio | #653 | 1.479 | 1.727 |
| Game Design | #705 | 1.479 | 1.727 |
| Fun | #785 | 1.012 | 1.182 |
Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
The player has to interact with the villagers to open a door. In the end it's all about to open the villagers up to get back to together because they are closed off.
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
The code is made from scratch. Some of the assets are made from scratch and others from Synty Studios.
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I had a few problems with this one. When I look around the image is bad, like it shows two images at once. When moving around the slow acceleration make it feel like i am controlling a spaceship. I was not able to pick up one of the music notes, the one in the corner behind the library. I liked the art. Nice buildings, and i loved the bird houses and the bird noices they made.
Congrats on your submission! I really like this type of art style. It's really easy on the eyes. The town, people, houses, and props like the books look good. I really like the idea of having a community that was separated and locked behind a door, and that you have to go around helping people unravelling what happened so that you can open it, and open the community back to the world (or whatever is behind the door). This really nails the theme of the jam! It's a twist on the idea that's not the most common, so I appreciate having something different to play, a more narrative approach.
I have to mention that my camera was a little bugged. I haven't seen it mentioned so it might just be me, but the camera was really jittery. As in, it would frantically move from left to right when I moved it. It made the game feel really dizzy and it got to the point where I had to stop. Following this, the movement of the player does feel a little weird! It feels like you're sliding around, not really walking. If you build up speed and stop moving you'll keep going for a while.
I liked the bird SFX that was playing, but overall there was a lack of audio which felt unsettling. I was thinking of saying that adding music could be good, cause I only realized that there is in fact music when I turned up the volume a lot to make sure I was listening to everything. The music was super low! Turning it up and adding other SFX, like waves since we are at the coast, wind, chattering, etc, would help. All in order to make it feel like a town!
Having the player model be visible is good, especially for the shadow, but I feel that if it won't have any waling animation it'd be best to just avoid it. It feels weird to look down and see my character standing while I move.
Unfortunately, I did find some bugs which someone else mentioned and that prevented me from continuing. Even after getting the two books I was asked for, the librarian still says I don't have them. And with the music sheet mission, one of them was inaccessible. I could get to it, I just couldn't grab it for some reason. Speaking of grabbing, it would be good if there was a controls section, cause I was just pressing E all the time (since it's one of the most common keys), but it still makes you wonder if it's actually doing something.
Still, I enjoyed playing what I could and really wanted to know what's up with the locked door, which honestly is what this Jam is all about!
Love it! Excited to see you future as Game dev
Love the low poly art but the movement was like i was on ice. Not sure if the movement being slippery was intentional because the game didn't seem to portray it would be slick where i was playing. Might want to adjust it. The low poly art is a great choice though. :)
Not intentional. We just did not have much time left to fix it and had to shift some priorities :/
not a huge issue, game is still playable and the fix wont be to hard.
I like the graphics and the story! Though the movements were kinda slippery and the mouse sensitivity were a bit too high.
Also a guide and/or a tip might help with the navigation for the quest as I got lost and fell from the world 3 times.
Good job on this though!
The graphics are incredibly good, and the story kept me really intrigued! However, I feel like the gameplay is lacking quite a bit. I fell from the world three times and had to start all over again. Considering that dialogues can’t be skipped, and that you’re supposed to go looking for things, it wasn’t a very pleasant experience. Also, walking felt like I was walking over ice, and the mouse sensitivity was incredibly high.
I was left wondering how the story ended, because when I was looking for the third book, I fell from the world again :c
I read the comment you wrote where you mentioned that it was a problem with the walls not getting copied, but it’s probably something worth fixing because it is game-breaking. I think such changes are allowed, in case you didn’t know!
Thank you for the in depth comment and for playing it! I agree with the collisions. It was my mistake. If it is possible to reupload with a fix then I might do that when I’m at home. Sorry for the experience.
Just wanted to mention that we uploaded a hotfix also while fixing the collisions we noticed that we only placed 2 books instead of 3 so we just reduced the number of books needed. :)
Hey there! Thank you for letting me know, as I really wanted to see how the story concluded. The walls were indeed well placed in this version. Unfortunately, two bugs prevented me from progressing.
I am sorry if I always come up with new problems :c. Maybe they’re just on my side? I don’t see many people commenting about this.
Same here
movement feels like ice skating
I really was shook when i first saw the environment youve build in such a short time. Good job!
Obviously there are some boundries which couldve been placed around the world, which made me go oob one but still, i loved the story telling and the interaction with the npcs.
Thank you for playing and glad you liked the story! Yea we had the walls but it didnt get copied over when we crunched the last 2 hours of the jam.