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A jam submission

i HEART üView game page

Redefine Everything Around You: Using Letters
Submitted by pahn — 9 hours, 12 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Innovation#384.0174.017
Overall#1333.7193.719
Audio#1563.6333.633
Game Design#1603.7673.767
Theme#1853.9173.917
Graphics#3703.6003.600
Fun#4113.3833.383

Ranked from 60 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?
We wanted to think outside of "two-gether," and instead combine all 26 letters of the alphabet together... because letters only have a greater meaning together than when they're apart: from A to Z, or i and ü. :)

We also wanted to challenge ourselves with our own secondary "theme": introduce a new mechanic, one that seamlessly combines story and gameplay together... to change the meaning of things, and find love <3.

Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
Yup! Everything's from nothing to something on our own (2 people), including music + art

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Submitted(+1)

Great game, I love the music and the puzzles are great, well done!

Submitted(+1)

This is a really unique game! I really like the story and the whole 'vibe'. Good work :) 

Submitted(+1)

Nice idea, and works pretty well. I like the story mixed with gameplay too. The controls are a little 'oldy' but it's a great puzzle game. 

Submitted(+1)

Some nice Baba Is You vibes, but unique enough which is good~ Also a cute story.

A bit of clunkiness surrounding movement/facing, but entirely acceptable in a game jam (especially considering the importance of facing).

Very nice overall~

Developer

Thanks so much for playing! <3

Yeah we wish we found out about the jam earlier to have the time. It’s alright though. :)

Submitted(+1)

This is really clever.  Took me a minute to understand the first level, I kept trying to manipulate the tutorial words and not the central letters.  Overall very cute.

Developer(+1)

Thanks so much for playing! :)

Ooh good point on the tutorial letters lol, good for us to know.

<3

Submitted(+1)

That was beautiful, the art and music really fit the game. I really liked the concept it remind it me a little bit of baba is you but with a different twist! Overall great execution on a really unique idea, very well done!

Developer(+1)

Thanks so much for playing our little game, and I'm so glad you enjoyed the experience! I'm especially glad to hear that you liked our handmade art & composed music. :)

We're blushing to hear it reminds you of Baba is You. 😊

We loved your game as well, and hope you continue to grow & develop it outside of this jam too! <3

Submitted(+1)

Really neat idea and I enjoyed everything about it!

Well, almost everything; like many others, I found the controls a bit clunky.
One way to solve this could be to allow WASD for movements and Arrow Keys (or IJKL) for turning :)

Developer(+1)

Thanks so much for playing our game! I'm glad you enjoyed it all. :)

Thanks for your helpful suggestion on the controls! We did have a solution for it but ran out of time in the 5.5 days to fully implement it due to focusing on fleshing out the new mechanics for everyone to explore -- it's our first priority as we continue developing the game.

<3

Submitted(+1)

Really like the idea and the graphics, very unique idea, perhaps an easier first level as I got stuck for a few minutes, But overall a brilliant puzzle game.

Developer (2 edits) (+1)

Thanks so much for playing our game! I'm glad you enjoyed it all. :)

I'm glad you figured out the mechanics nonetheless and made it to the end! It's a totally new mechanic, so it's good for us to know that maybe something easier would be helpful to ease the player in as you suggested.

We enjoyed playing your brilliant game as well, and hope you continue expanding it outside of this jam as well! <3

Submitted(+1)

Wow, this project looks like more than just a game)

You have merged the great storyline with the great mechanic and it turned out really good. Only two people created all arts, programming, and music and this is amazing! I really want to play more levels! 

At first, the controls seem to be a little unresponsive, but after the third level, I got used to them and made words pretty fast.

Great game :)

Developer (1 edit) (+1)

Thanks so much for playing our little game! :)

We're so glad you enjoyed the experience, and we'll for sure be making more levels as we expand the game! :)

We enjoyed your lovely game as well, and hope you continue growing and developing it! <3

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Oh my... this is basically a love letter, what a beautiful game :')

I (heart) it so much, I think its already one of my favs (inside and outside the jam) Its so emotional, the way you managed to write the narrative is gorgeous, and the music makes my heart feel so warm <3  

You both made me remember that games are more than just moving a character around, they are about what the whole experience means for the user, just like every other art form <3 

I just cant express how perfect and beautiful this game is, thank you so mcuh for making it <3

Developer(+1)

Aww this is such a kind comment! We smiled from reading this one. :)

A love letter indeed! And I'm so happy to hear that this game was a great experience for you and touched you, that's probably the best thing any creator can hear! In the end, we wanted to do that through combining our story & gameplay, and I'm glad you were positively moved by it. :)

And I hope you continue growing and developing your game as well! It's always nice to know there's awesome people out there like you within our community. <3

Submitted(+1)

Loved the game, the really nice piano soundtrack was my favorite part of the game (I love writing music like that myself too!).

It really reminded me of Baba is You (especially the later parts of that game where you have to assemble rule words out of individual letters), which is probably my favorite puzzle game of all time.

Couldn't get past level 4 as I may have managed to bug the game (couldn't work out how to break the bricks, tried what worked in the previous level and spawned no object.)

Like other people said, I can understand why they might have had issues with the controls, but I did not find them "unplayably bad", maybe took a couple of minutes to get used to that's all. I am really happy you implemented the swap with letter mechanic as a nice QOL thing, made the game way less annoying than it could have been.

Definitely would "love" to see this continued (get the pun? :P )!

Developer (3 edits) (+1)

Thanks so much for playing!! :)

I'm glad you enjoyed the music, I appreciated the music in your game too!

I'm honoured to hear it reminds you of Baba is You!

Sorry to hear about Level 4 -- that's strange. There's always the restart button (P), since we may have missed a small bug due to having to code & design the mechanic from scratch. Though we also understand starting over the level is quite a lot to do again lol, so we appreciate you going that far still into the game :)

We'll be working on smoothening the control scheme even more -- we had a solution during development but ran out of time unfortunately to fully implement it :( since we wanted to flesh out the new core mechanics for people to experiment with.

I "love" (or should I say, "heart") your pun as well. <3

Thanks for playing, and I hope you continue growing & developing your game too!!

Submitted(+1)

very lovely game!

Developer

Thanks so much for playing!! :)

We enjoyed your lovely game as well. <3

Submitted(+1)

i heart oo

Developer (1 edit)

Thanks for playing!! And yeah, that is indeed the correct pronunciation for the umlaut u / ü. :)

I know a little German, but we can pretend it's still pronounced "you". 😉 

Submitted(+1)

This was a lovely experience
The music is very simple, but fits perfectly with the tone. It's specially nice to know it was made by yourselves
Likewise, the gameplay becomes very intuitive after the first 2 levels and the difficulty increases at a good pace

Like some people said, you need to get used to the controls, but it didn't bother me too much
Something small I would've liked is to have a button to manually continue to the next level, since the phrases went by before I had a chance to read them whole

Nice job overall
A lot of effort went into this and it shows 👌💕

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for playing!! :)

I'm glad you found the experience to be lovely, and that you enjoyed the music (I focused on a more closer, personal feel / emotions of the music instead of an orchestral-like production complexity when composing these, yup!), and also glad that the game design allowed your gameplay to go smoothly!

Yup, we're focusing on smoothening out movement controls for our next updates as we focused on fleshing out the new core mechanics and ran out of time to implement our solution for movement. We'll add the button for scene transitions as well, as I agree it would improve the experience even more -- we just ran out of time since showcasing the level design & new mechanics were our primary focus for the jam.

Thanks again!! <3

Submitted(+1)

Very pretty visuals and wholesome concept. I take issue with the controls, though, as they are very clunky and annoying to use.

Developer (4 edits)

Thanks so much for playing! :)

I'm sorry to hear about the controls -- we set it up to allow for turning (for interactions) and careful movement for the player on the gri system; we had a better solution to smoothen the movement even more, though ran out of time unfortunately to fully implement it as we focused on ensuring the core mechanic was fully fleshed out for everyone to explore; it is our first priority for our future updates!

Thanks again. <3

Submitted(+1)

Awesome puzzle idea! Those move mechanics sure are a pain though. I also preferred the simplistic levels, and think it would be nice if the trouble were move of finding out what to break and spell as opposed to how to get them everywhere. I honestly saw the last level and just couldn't attempt it.

Developer (5 edits)

Thanks so much for playing!

I agree the movement can be improved -- we ran out of time focusing on perfecting the core mechanic unfortunately. :(

We're working on that as our first priority and expanding levels to allow for a smoother progression, as we did quickly set up the last level to experiment with & test the limits of our new game mechanics (maybe by a bit too much!) We're glad you were able to get up to the second-to-last level and figure out the core mechanics nonetheless, as the last level is better for those those intrigued by the mechanics and want to finish the cute story. :)

Thanks again. <3

Submitted(+1)

It took me way more time than I'd like to admit to figure this out, but overall, amazing concept. Lovely story and music. Nice job!

Developer

Thanks so much for playing Mayra!

And I checked out your portfolio, you have lovely music! So glad to see another music person, we definitely need more music people in this community haha.

Thanks again, and I hope you continue to grow & develop your great game as well. <3

Submitted(+1)

Great idea and implemantation!

Developer

Thanks so much for playing our game! :)

We enjoyed playing your game as well. <3

Submitted(+1)

Really nice game, it's relaxing but require you to think. I really like the idea of your game, and graphic, and music. :)

Developer(+1)

Thanks so much for playing our game! I'm glad it was a relaxing experience and that you enjoyed it. :)

The music was fun to compose too! I'm glad you enjoyed that. <3

Submitted(+1)

Lovely game, like Baba is you :)

The sound is good, gameplay also.

My one complain would be you end up having a hurt hand after a few level by walking all the way from a place to another, again and again, to search letters and form words. But I don't know how to fix that...

Oh and I am glad not all words were working, I would have ended up with weird red and purple butts (might have been funny though).

Good job!

Developer(+1)

Thanks so much for playing! And haha, I formed a couple of Red and Purple "Butts" too when I first played it. :)

I agree with you on the keyboard controls! We had a solution during development but ran out of time in the 7 days unfortunately. :( It's what we're priotising for future releases!

And I'm honoured that it reminded you of Baba is You! We love that game. <3

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