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A jam submission

Blade RewindersView game page

VHS need to be rewinded and they are up to the task.
Submitted by Danton19 — 28 minutes, 47 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Game Design#783.9363.936
Overall#933.8063.806
Fun#1093.8213.821
Theme#1663.9493.949
Graphics#1723.9743.974
Audio#1743.6153.615
Innovation#2623.5383.538

Ranked from 78 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?
The customers of the video store needs to return their rented movies rewinded and avoid problems with the Blade Rewinders

Did you write most of the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes. But sound and music where added from Royalty free website.

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Submitted(+1)

Really fun game !!!

Congrats on this piece, its really polished and fun. The level with the rewind button and the pause button really took me by surprise. I got stuck and didn't know how to keep going. I really like how you introduced the button mechanics one by one to really get the idea accros.

Audio is great and the VHS society story was funny and charming. Blockbuster used to charge money if you didnt rewind the movies when returning them, no wonder Netflix triumphed in this version of the multyverse LOL.

Rem

Submitted(+1)

Nice game, I like the idea and the levels are quite challenging... good job.

 Here some suggestions:

  1. When the game start let me don't read the text, you can speed up by pressing any key.
  2. When you restart the level don't show again the dialogs.. I read the first time.. 
  3. For the dialog you need the mouse. I use the keyboard to play , better to use also enter or space to go faster.
  4. Graphic issue.. 


Submitted

Great feedback, I agree on the dialogues as well, I read it over and over cause I kept dying

Submitted

I really liked the aesthetics on this game. Very cute and the art was spot on. I agree with the looping audio, but that is an easy fix with a singleton music manager. Great job!

Keep up the good work!

Submitted

Cool game and fun story. The graphics also add to the 90's vibe and make it a overall fun experience! Only the puzzles need some tweaking I think, as it's not very clear why the enemies are going where they're going which makes it a simple trial and error.

Submitted

The Good:

  • Art - the art was very well made and clean! It really suited the atmosphere of the game
  • Clarity and difficulty - I never had any issues knowing what to do. You gradually introduced mechanics to the player and then ramped up the difficulty at a good pace. Level design felt really polished
  • Concept and theme - I really liked the concept of a turn based puzzle, and the different buttons that rewinded and paused, together with the story, really suited the theme

Could Improve:

  • Spelling and grammar - this is just a side note, and I won't lower my rating because of it, but it was difficult to read the story and dialogue sometimes (e.g. it's "were" not "where")
  • Repeating music and dialogue - every time you died or moved onto the next level, the music would restart. This was the same with dialogue every time you died
  • Unpredictable AI - I couldn't predict the enemy movements. They moved consistently, but ambiguously. I couldn't figure out the puzzle by thinking, I had to keep restarting to see where the enemies would move. Maybe add a tip telling the players how they behave 

Overall:

A fun but short game, definitely a solid entry. The game was enjoyable to play outside of some frustrating bits.

Submitted

Really cool game! I love the concept and story! The only thing I would change is that you have to re-read the same dialogue every time you respawn. Otherwise, nice work!

Submitted

Original approach on the theme! Funny story and cool art and audio. Maybe the levels could be better, the idea is interesting and I think you could exploit it more, but it's a jam so now that it has ended you can improve this aspect and make more levels too. The other thing I wanted to point out is the fact that you have to repeat the dialogue after reseting a level. Anyways, good job overrall, it is good in every aspects and one of the best I played^^

Developer(+1)

Thanks a lot for the feedback! Is great to read all these! About the issue with the dialogue, you are right, and I actually fix that last night but of course I will update the game after the JAM. Thanks again!

Submitted

Really amazing game! Great job, although I could make it trough some levels somehow were too hard for my XD Really like the isometric perspective

Submitted

The camera angle is amazing.

Submitted

I really enjoyed the game! The only issue i had is that after failing a level you have to go through the dialogue again, which makes the game feels far slower than it is.

Submitted

Really cool game, only problem is, difficulty curve progress a bit too fast, other than that i really enjoyed it

Submitted

Niceeee game tho!

Submitted

Very Nice Man, rate my game too ;)

Submitted

Nice game, the main theme and graphics are fitting into the 90'/80' era, the puzzles are fun and challenging but not impossible to complete, the story is original.

Overall, i had fun and enjoyed your game! Well done!

Submitted

Very good game! I liked how the author interweaved the game jam's theme into the story.

Submitted

I love how you used the rewind/pause buttons in the puzzles, so creative :o ! 

Submitted

Cool interpretation of the theme. Enjoyed the puzzles as well. Great job. 

Submitted

Nicely done. The puzzles were quite fun and I found your use of VCR buttons to effect the "bad guys" to be a nice creative touch.

Submitted

Really fun,  you are on the start to some great puzzles. It also looks great , great style.

Developer(+1)

Thanks! I'm already working on new levels now that I have more time to design them! After JAM I'll update it. Thanks for the comment!

Submitted

Very nice game! I enjoyed playing it! Keep the work up!

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