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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #46 | 4.045 | 4.045 |
| Innovation | #161 | 3.568 | 3.568 |
| Fun | #195 | 3.534 | 3.534 |
| Game Design | #301 | 3.466 | 3.466 |
| Overall | #451 | 3.208 | 3.208 |
| Graphics | #732 | 2.977 | 2.977 |
| Audio | #1289 | 1.659 | 1.659 |
Ranked from 88 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does you game fit the theme?
The story the main character believes throughout the game is not real
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes
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Cool game! I really liked the story and the code mechanic!
This game has a very interesting story, I did feel kind of bad for killing the princess, but it's alright, the princess wasn't real, or was she? Awesome game, well done!
story and narrative is great, i like metanarrative games, but i think gameplay could be better, like movement and jumping not very polished, you could make jump more proportional make speed acceleration/decceleration etc etc read book “game feel” by steve stink, its only available in english, but it contains a lot of useful information, also you can check corgi engine for ready platformer controller with stuff you need to make player character that would be nice to control
Very clean concept work. Good implementation of the mechanic.
You have presented a unique concept in this game. It kept the experience enjoyable throughout the play session
Mama mia 101
Existential Crisis incoming! That was a great twist on the theme, and the gameplay elements that complimented it worked really well.
Wow. Cool ending! Also good story! Good work
What a cool, creative idea! A really fun game, that could definitely be expanded on in the future, there's real potential here :)
the idea of creating a real bug world is cool. you really did a brainstorm on this one.
Hi. Your game is cool. I liked your game and your idea!
This was a great idea! One of my favorite "realm switch" games I've scene in the jam. Love that I'm fixing the bugs to advance the game.
Some audio would have added some extra spice, but good work!
Great game
and it would be even better if was there audio
pretty cool game!
I love that you were able to fit a whole story and neat mechanics into this not-a-game. The dialogue was set up well. And the "bugs" are actual bugs. :D Compact and cute!
I wish we could choose a different ending though :(
I initially planned a bigger story with 3 endings but unfortunately had to cut it short because of the time.
So unfortunately everyone had to deal with the bad ending😂
Pretty interesting ideas here. Its pretty amazing that you did all the art by yourself! You did some good job capturing the atmosphere even without an audio. The only problem is that the game is too static. Other than that, great job!
I'm a bad person :(. I killed the princes
Good game bro! The game only need are some music. Good job :D!
Very cool to make the switch between matrix and real world. I would've liked to see a tooltip for the spacebar in dialogue as it took me some time to figure out.
Great job on the game! :)
Lol, the ending, didn't expect that one! Nice game, with good controls, I like!
I love this game. With so little you've done so much. Even though I didn't have much time I was too hooked on the game