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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #34 | 4.071 | 4.071 |
| Fun | #66 | 3.857 | 3.857 |
| Innovation | #137 | 3.536 | 3.536 |
| Overall | #173 | 3.542 | 3.542 |
| Audio | #207 | 3.429 | 3.429 |
| Game Design | #314 | 3.357 | 3.357 |
| Graphics | #665 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
Ranked from 28 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?
Why "Calm before the Storm"? Well, the quiet here is the last summer break before you off go to a very difficult university.
The storm? Well, you complete a large amount of timed tasks and try to not get expelled, while also managing your social life!
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Most of the assets used are either my 3D models, or CC0 textures for buildings and such. Also a mix of my and Public domain sound effects. But I did make the intense music!
Shout out to my brother who helped me with the cover art, and will also create a trailer in the next few days!
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You made a really good job for a 1 week game!!
Wow, really nice submission!
I really like your take with the theme, I think many others are in the same situation as you :P. It depends if you want to continue the game afterward, but I think having an outline or a popup when you can press F would have been great for feedback, making it a bit less stressful hahaha (I doubt that's the goal though ^^). Really well done and congrats on your submission!!
Really enjoyable and well done, feels more like an experience or a piece of art then a game.
Paired with the music, the gameplay was super hectic. Really got a rush out of me. Well done !
I'm glad, thanks for playing!!
i can not play your game on my Mac, but rated it based on your screenshots and other people’s comments :)
:(( I need to do a mac version next time
Nice one! You really managed to bring that feeling of not being able to manage all the stuff :D Music was excellent. I really enjoyed this. A lot of fun (and stress).
I'm glad... you had a lot of stress >:)
Thanks!!
Bruh, not even a game jam can't remind me that I'll soon start collage💀.
PS: The lawn's interaction collider should be bigger and a bit more to it's back.
Hope that you'll also try mine :) https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-12/rate/2973690
Hahahaha I bet you can't wait. It will follow you everywhere you go...
Lawn's collider definitely is an issue, thanks for letting me know :)
I'll check yours out!
I enjoyed this game a lot! The game gave me a perfect feeling of doing everything at once, multitasking and just not having enough time till you get burned out.
I can say it for sure fits the theme perfectly!
Exactly the feeling I was going for, thanks 💯
Good game!! The controls and transitions were smooth(the screed fade and all).
One major drawback for me though is the UI. As you can see in the picture attached. I cannot see the UI properly which made it very difficult for me to play for a long time. I didn't even know why I was expelled in the end. I tried changing the resolution setting but didn't help much. I think anchoring the UI to the screen should fix this.
Am happy you were able to make the game in 2 days despite the busy time and appreciate your work. Thanks for submitting.
Kudos!! :D
Ayyy thanks! The UI issue is something I'm very upset with myself, it happens to a lot of people :/ I guess next time I'll make sure it works properly on all resolutions.
If you do the tasks in a random order, you should eventually win :D but thanks for the feedback !
Will do!! Thanks for letting me know :D
very fun premise! the sleep section could have a flappy bird style minigame with sheeps jumping, like you're counting sheeps to sleep;
some points: the area of interaction was a bit weird, the camera was way too sensitive and the "work computer" making you watch lecture doesn't really make sense.
very good and creative
The sheep minigame is a really good idea, I might add something similar in a post-jam update.
Valid criticism, the interaction area could've been larger and clearer, sensitivity settings could also be added.
I watch some of my lectures online xD, so that's what I meant.
Anyways, thanks!
But that's study, not work, right?
Ahh, that's an english error I didn't notice. Good catch.
Got ripped, mashing keyboard made my code work, learned arithmetics all over again and yeah got expelled a gazillion times.. 10/10 would get expelled again! Kudos, this is a fun entry :D
I tried to stay ahead of everything, but ultimately I got expelled :( The mini-games were fun and varied and the music was great. Very cool take on the theme. Great work! Congrats and good luck!
Hee-ho. Interesting idea. Good game
Yoo thanks !!
really fascinating gameplay, luv the vibes ദ്ദി(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧
Thx <3
This game is an absolute triumph! The combination of beautiful design, engaging mechanics, and unique ideas make it truly shine. You’ve created something incredible—well done!
Real life simulator. Astounding that you made this in 2 days! The game fits perfect with the theme (and with real life). My only recommendation would be to try and make the text of the tasks a different color, maybe try black, because when you're outside it can be hard to see the white text. Also, for some reason when I launch this game my steam vr boots up and mutes the audio from my speaker, so I unfortunately could not hear the audio. But apart from that I love your game, very innovative!
Also loved the ending screen text.
Man do I just love Unreal with the Steam VR stuff... I've heard of this issue and I'm appareantly supposed to disable it for each project somehow, but it simply never comes to my mind, since It's never booted up on my PC. I'll try to resolve this for future projects tho, thanks.
The text is a very good point, it could use an outline or something to make it more visible, I didn't have much time to polish the fonts :D
Anyway, thanks a lot!!
Damn! This was very hectic! Worked well for the theme! Good job!
Haha, I'm glad it was hectic! Thanks!
Took me two tries to get through! It's hilarious how I'm on my chill vacation and suddenly I'm in panic mode and might get expelled because I didn't sleep enough or mow my own lawn! xD Well done in 2 days, loved the variety in minigames.
Haha, that's how it is IRL isn't it?
Tysm for playing !!
I did all my schoolwork and didn't manage my house at all and i still got expelled. smh my head
jokes aside this was really fun :) i love how the music emphasizes the stress, so great job on the music choice and gameplay!
That's how it works, isn't it? No?
Haha anyway, thanks a lot, I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
wait is that how it works?????
im so cooked
we both are cooked
I got expelled so many times xD This takes me back to stressful school days. I like how the music changes when the semester starts and how the character runs. I had some issues Trying to access the study table. Also just a side note from playing a lot of games, my finger goes to "E" or space to interact with things I kept forgetting that it's "F" xD But I enjoyed the game a lot and I'm impressed that you managed to do all of this in 2 days, well done! And good luck with uni <3
My bad xd, I'm used to F from certain games. And the interaction issues, yeeah, should've polished that a bit more.
Anyway, I'll try to survive uni, tysm <3