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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #59 | 4.303 | 4.303 |
| Audio | #113 | 3.727 | 3.727 |
| Overall | #143 | 3.712 | 3.712 |
| Theme | #224 | 3.848 | 3.848 |
| Fun | #256 | 3.545 | 3.545 |
| Game Design | #340 | 3.515 | 3.515 |
| Innovation | #403 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
Ranked from 33 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
In what way does your game fit the theme?
Saphira uses a Hourglass to rewind time and travel to the past.
Did you write most of the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
All code, art, music and effects were done from scratch for the Game Jam.
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I like the idea of the game, I think the tutorial at first is too long.. I was collecting coins without understand what was the meaning. After with some enemies the game started to be nice.. It is quite repetitive.. but I read that you will improve it after the jam. I will check it later (I added to my collection to play it later).
Good Job.
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I felt like it took a bit too long for the difficulty to ramp up to a point where the game became interesting, but once it did I really enjoyed having to juggle resources and think about when to rewind. With some tweaks to the difficulty curve I think this could be a really good time waster! Presentation is great too.
This game is very clean and polished, the gameplay is nice and responsive and the concept behind it is pretty cool as well. The only caveat I have is that in my opinion the lifetime lasts too long. Other than that great job!
Very Nice Man, i like the visual and game design is very fun, rate my game too ;)
I liked the art direction on this and the flying felt good to play. I think it could have had some more variety and have the difficulty increase. I would also have liked to see the rewind play a bigger role than it did.
Nice game. Graphics are good too. Love the animations and the sound effects. Good job.
This game is so good! I love Saphira and the carpet's animations. They're so lively. I love the concept of balancing your resources and having them flow into each other. The only suggestion I'd make is to color each side of the hour glass so you know which is on top at a glance.
Also I love the effect for refilling sand.
Nice little game :) It's nice to see a full rewind function in a game; this is only the second game so far to do this that I have tried in this jam. I expected the flip action to also reverse when I reverse time, but it stayed unchanged.
There is a way you can abuse the game if the reverse is undone, you can still pick or not pick the flip item anyways. When I update the game I will limite the rewind ability so you have to collect something to be able to rewind to solve this. Thanks for the feedback!
Absolutely loved the game! Nice art and sound, loved the design and concept. Add other elements to spice things up. It is a fun game, but the fun run out quickly, because after a while it feels repetitive. But overall it's a great game and definitely keep improving the game ヽ(*⌒∇⌒*)ﾉ
Consider checking out and give feedback to my game too
Thanks! I liked ur game, onlything is the stone is so hard to grab, but very good use of rewind.
Thanks for playing, glad you like it and spending time to write feedback, definitely take that into account in future development. Thank you so much Y（^ヮ^）Y
This game is really good. i love the hourglass idea. good job!
*maybe you would also like to try my submission*
The game is really good! With some updates like abilities etc. It can be released as a full game!
And it is going to haha Thanks for the comment. It will be updated to a full game, subscribe if you wish to recieve the notification when it is released. :)
Cool art, cool music! But I guess I don't see the point of rewinding... Keep at it, expand on some of the gameplay aspects!
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The art of the djinn swiping at you is awesome, as is the main character's hair reacting to your direction. And the music is perfect! I did find myself wondering- what is the rewind for? But then I got swiped and started losing sand and it made more sense. Cool game!
Yeah you have to play for a while until it gets harder hehe Thanks for the comment. It will be updated to a full game, subscribe if you wish to recieve the notification when it is released. :)
Super fun game, but it gets tiring after a little while because its super repetitive and it does not gets harder
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Really fun game, could easily be turned into a mobile app. A couple points of feedback, maybe increase the speed faster as you get further into the game. You could also add some more background art. Overall, really fun, good job!
Yes! I will update with those proposals Thanks for the comment. It will be updated to a full game, subscribe if you wish to recieve the notification when it is released. :)
Of all the games I got play from this jam so far, this one impressed me most.
Its like a really neat blend of Shantae, Alladin, and Prince of Persia.
Sprite quality, animations, sounds, music, controls, core gameplay loop, that stuff feels like it could deserve all a "proper" release. It even got a story intro, which a lot of jam-games don't bother with. All thats missing is some more enviromental variety and maybe a UI thats a bit more thematic with the 1001 nights setting and/or easier to read at a glance (bit heavy on the big numbers right now).
I really hope you'll keep working on this, feels like you're 95% there.
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There will be a proper game with levels and story :)
Also the mechanic will be improved, I am thinking ways to improve the mechanics.
Thanks a lot.
All around well made game, but it goes for a bit too long. Maybe increase the diffuclty a bit.
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I like base idea of a mechanic, but needs some polish.
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Really simple and kept playing for longer than I normal do for a Jam game. Really well done!
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Love the idea and the execution is really good, despite being simple keeps you engaged!
That is the idea, thanks!