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A jam submission

Trust the blackbirdView game page

Hand-drawn game made in a form of comics with lovely illustrations
Submitted by ana.merzlaya (@AnaMerzlaya) — 18 hours, 57 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Graphics#64.7084.708
Audio#194.1114.111
Innovation#953.8193.819
Overall#1323.7203.720
Theme#5793.3893.389
Game Design#6213.1673.167
Fun#6363.1253.125

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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Submitted

Wow, what an absolutely stunning and heart-warming game. The combination of the beautiful soundtrack, the gentle story and music and the simple puzzles was incredible, I can't believe this is a jam game and your first completed game! The art and puzzle for the stars section were perfect!

Developer(+1)

thank you so much! i am really happy you liked that!

Submitted

This art style is amazing! Soundtrack very goof too!

Developer

thank you!

Submitted

Beautiful art style and music! I loved that constellation puzzle, so creative!

Developer(+1)

thanks again:)

Submitted(+1)

The game is beatiful!! :DD

I really enjoyed the experience of "unfolding" the story. 

If you ever make a full game like this and want to translate it into Spanish i'd love to help.

Developer

thank you:) I actually last week make a continuation of the game, you may check it: https://anamerzlaya.itch.io/follow-the-blackbird (but it is in english again)

Submitted (1 edit)

Wow, beautifully crafted experience! It felt like a children's book was unfolding in front of me, you really nailed that kind of feeling.

Although I did like the analog movement, I had some trouble making it progress smoothly from frame to frame. I think having the ability to move across the story at your own pace is a nice touch, but maybe it will work better with some kind of slide-based presentation where the ambiguity between scenes is less obvious.

Also, I dont know if this is just me, but I never quite got if clicking on the bird was needed in order to load each new image, I think maybe I got confused by the first image with the controls (the one that says "Click!" pointing to the bird). Some extra visual feedback might fix this issue, but I'm sure you're aware of this already.

Anyway, nitpicking apart, I think you did an amazing job here, the story was charming, the artstyle was beautiful and fitting, and the presentation was experimental in a way only jam games can be sometimes. Really good entry!

Developer

thank you, I am happy you liked that!

yes, I will fix the issue with camera and make a responce on click (i already have the fix, just waiting for jam to be over)

Submitted

Nice game. Slow and relaxing. I really like the graphics, the paper texture in the background, hand draw animations and watercolor pictures that have semi-transparent edges and blend to the background. It really reminds me of game Gris.

I also like the puzzle with the stars. It seems almost impossible to match start with the animals, but when I dragged animals around the sky, it reveals their place.

Sometimes I was confused how to progress further, because when I go down there were only picture frames and nothing in them, so I must come back and after some tries, I worked fine. Maybe make that when person don't finish a page, they couldn't scroll further down, so they are not confused what to do next.

Overall, really good game, different from other games but that is good and I like this game for that.

Developer(+1)

Thank you! I am really happy you liked that:) 

Yes, I know about the issue about not sure how to open next picture and already have a solution - I will implement it as soon as jam ends

Submitted

This was very cute. I really liked how the story unfolded as I went down. I would have enjoyed this more if I was able to use the scroll wheel on a mouse, and being able to move faster. Also, the art was really beautiful. In conclusion, this was really nice, good job. Also the black bird should have a name, maybe Bobby.

Developer

thank you! I am happy you liked the game!

yes, i keep in mind to make scroll faster - i'll do it after the jam

I was thinking about the name for a bird, but didn't came up with something that i would like, maybe eventually i'll give him a name

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