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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #6 | 4.708 | 4.708 |
| Audio | #19 | 4.111 | 4.111 |
| Innovation | #95 | 3.819 | 3.819 |
| Overall | #132 | 3.720 | 3.720 |
| Theme | #579 | 3.389 | 3.389 |
| Game Design | #621 | 3.167 | 3.167 |
| Fun | #636 | 3.125 | 3.125 |
Ranked from 72 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 game is following a story about meeting new friend and together being able to go over obstacles.
Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes, all art and code was created during GameJam
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A pretty cute really atmospheric game with a simple and light story. I like it ! The only thing I can criticize is the fact that you shouldn't have to click through each image to progress, it break the flow a bit.
thank you!
yea, i know it isn't well done, but i wanted to prevent scrolling without following the story
If you have time check our game https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-5/rate/928514 (we need more honest reviews :))
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Really cute and nice game! As a lot of people said, faster scrolling speed, and not being able to scroll down if you haven't finished the panel's minigame would be pretty good quality of life improvements.
Another thing that'd be cool is to have the audio evolve with the story, to match the changing ambiance and environment, for instance having the piano being replace by a music box when night comes :)
thank you! i'd really like to do that, but my abilities was not enough for that and no time to learn during jam (its my first finished game). maybe next time i will be ready for this:)
Super cute and fun~
Minor issues like whether it's time to scroll down more, and the flag minigame's difficulty - but really no major issues, and nothing unexpected from a jam.
Beautiful and well-made, all things considered!
thank you!
that was just so quite and beautiful, love your art and the fact that it was hand drawn is just awesome. this was one of the best games i've played for this jam!
thank you so much! I am really happy you like it!
This is a game I'd love to show my niece. Beautiful art combined with a nice, dreamy story. Well done! To some feedback: The pictures could've revealed a little faster and sometimes didn't appear which made me unsure if I missed a task to click something or perhaps just had to wait a certain amount of time. Adding some sort of feedback or something that allows the player to understand when the next image will appear. Other than that I think it's a beautiful story you're telling through words and art. Great job!
Yes, I am already included it in todo list to fix after jam ends
Let me know if she will approve:) I was trying to make art in the style of children book illustrations, though I have no experience with it, but I would be curious if a child would actually like it or not
I also thought this would be great for children! The only issue is the games might be a bit tricky, especially the flag pattern one.
This is so cute, beautiful and charming. Like others have said, it'd be nice to know when you can move on to the next panel, but I love the story. I'm hoping to show it to my wife, who will certainly love it too!
thank you for kind words!
Such a unique and beautiful way to share a story in comic book form. The art was fantastic and the music calming. The bird was just fantastic :) kind of want a plushie of them
thank you! i am really happy you enjoyed it!
Beautiful! The frames could fade in a bit earlier, and some kind of feedback, whether it's while you're interacting with the frames, or maybe an indicator that lets you know you can move on, may be helpful. (you had some feedback on some of the frames I believe)
But besides those small things, this was great and very unique. Well done.
thank you! yes, I am already included it in todo list to fix after jam ends
I really like the artistic feel it has, even though it was a little hard to know what I should be clicking to progress the story, maybe some visual indicator to know what is clickable and what isn’t would have been nice
thank you! yes, I am already have this in mind to fix
This is really awesome! Love the art, the sound design could get some work done, but taking into consideration this was made in a week, it's basically perfect. The camera could move a bit faster or have a bit of a mechanism so that it slows down when a picture is in the middle of the screen, I get why the camera is slow tho and its more of an artistic choice than an objective one. One of the best games this jam for sure
Thank you so much!
A good game. I love the art style. It being a interactive comic made it better. I loved the story although the speed of the camera can be faster.
thanks! I'll take it into account, though I didn't want camera move too fast
the art is absolutely stunning! I loved this idea of a interactive comics :> really well done for a week !
the only things I suggest is to speed up the scrolling a bit. and maybe give an indication of where should the player click? or even an indication that I clicked on the right spot? I ended up getting stuck when she asked me to click on the flag and just started clicking on everything until something happened >.<
Thank you!
Yes, I've heard it from several people already and was thinking myself about it, but well, time is limited. I'll fix it after jam ends
This is so heart warming. The art style is mind blowing.
thank you so much!
I'm blown away by the art style! Was all that done digitally?
Sonya is very cute... ♥
Yes, it was done digitaly, though watercolours I made on paper and scaned
It's beautiful, I liked the aesthetics.
Waiting for your next game.
This is such an amazing beautiful game! Amazing art, music and story! This is an incredible creation!
Absolutely adore the art! And it's a very wholesome story as well. Only "critique" would just be to increase the scroll speed a bit and give a better indication of a panel being complete at certain points.
Just wow! Very well executed!
More than awesome art!! I just feel that the interaction needs some feedback to get the viewer participating in the story, rather than just watching.
And again, AWESOME ART, Love it.
thank you so much!
So Impressed with amount & quality of the art. Each frame has amazing composition & they all blend so well together. The consistency of the art takes this game above a jam submission. Constellation matching was my favorite bit, I could play that all day.
thank you so much for these kind words!