The artwork is beautiful, and the gamplay is really fun!
The frog is so cute <3
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Rain in the Drain's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #9 | 4.030 | 4.030 |
| Audio | #16 | 4.091 | 4.091 |
| Fun | #17 | 4.073 | 4.073 |
| Game Design | #18 | 4.109 | 4.109 |
| Graphics | #30 | 4.418 | 4.418 |
| Innovation | #78 | 3.709 | 3.709 |
| Theme | #131 | 3.782 | 3.782 |
Ranked from 55 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?
You are a frog jumping up a drain pipe in inclement weather. The storms come and go with rain and rising water.
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
yes, except for some free Godot code addons.
Comments
Thank you for playing! There's a bug that happens sometimes with the leaderboard at the end of the run where it isn't loading scores. As far as I know we haven't diagnosed the cause of that yet but if you go back to the main menu you can see them by clicking the leaderboard button. That should show the full leaderboard. You are 56th! Nice! One of our devs still holds top spot but there are several people getting close to taking it.
94 days ago(+1)
Thanks for taking the time to play! We went back and forth on the controls for this but decided on inverted so that its playable on mobile! It was a calculated resignation, as we knew some players would find it frustrating.
94 days ago(+1)
Definitely understand that! Thanks for the feedback and thanks so much for giving it a try!
Thank you so much for the kind words and feedback. I think you are totally right. Something to tell the player that they can vary the jump distance would be super helpful. We tried to create areas where it wouldn't be possible to continue without the small jump but I could understand how not telegraphing that could be frustrating. Thanks again for taking the time to try it out and for your invaluable feedback!
Hey! I captured your feedback in a ticket. Could you possibly tell me a little more about what you mean? Do you specifically mean that the visual representation of the jump when jumping out of the water doesn't seem to match the actual jump trajectory? TY!
You can see the issue here:
https://github.com/Screwloose-Games/brackeys-game-jam-sept-2024/issues/126
95 days ago(+1)
Hopefully the water being there to give you a little boost helped curb the frustration :P I am the worst on the whole team at the game and I know I really appreciated the rising water! hahah thank you so much for giving it a try!
96 days ago(+1)
Thanks for playing! Trajectory is only in the water because I thought players would have trouble getting out of the rising water without it. I really loved your game too and I appreciate the feedback.
95 days ago(+1)
Thank you for playing and the feedback! A little minimap or progress indicator would definitely help. The only indication of progress we were able to get in was a little sign that is about 3/4 of the way up the drain that says "Almost There". I wish we would have had time for more features though because that would have been a cool addition.
The sound design was sooo good. Our composer did a wonderful job and we are super proud of how it turned out. The very firs thing we thought of when we chose a jump king style game was "How do we make this not super frustrating for players?" So we knew from very early on we were breaking the rage game rules with this one. :) Thanks for taking the time to try it out!
96 days ago(+1)
Bravo! Nice time! Thanks for the feedback. It's helpful! I'm glad you liked it overall and we can learn from your experience with the inconsistency of jump trajectory visual. What do you feel would have worked better?
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