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A jam submission

Project: XenomouseView game page

Raise, Run, Revive. Grow a subject strong enough to beat the maze in this roguelite pet simulator.
Submitted by Synith, zorkie, Dylan Meithof, arieswaran, Flaminia, DexterHolland โ€” 3 hours, 26 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Innovation#423.6843.684
Theme#563.7893.789
Fun#643.6323.632
Overall#653.5793.579
Game Design#723.6843.684
Audio#1723.2373.237
Graphics#1903.4473.447

Ranked from 38 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
Each time the mouse dies, a new mouse will be born from its body. With each iteration, the mouse grows stronger and more skilled.

Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes

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Submitted(+4)

Your game is enjoyable! I loved the cute mouse and think the idea is fun. Great job!

Submitted(+4)

Addictive i play for a wile. :D

Submitted(+5)

LOL, this was a fun one.

The design is that of a maze game - walls, pickups, enemies, a goal

The strength of this game isn't in its gameplay design, but in the atmosphere and adherence to theme.  Evolution is a perfect example of endings being a new beginning, and the mouse *does* evolve in some way - she's not strictly an action-RPG character where Number Goes From Down To Up; numbers of deprioritized things also go down

It's obvious that the assets aren't flipped and someone put love and time into everything on the screen.  I found the atmosphere sort of Pikmin-ish - the fact that the predators just crash through the walls of the maze and are enormous really had me scared for my already-doomed mouse.  The deranged principal investigator's notes also added to the general "is this cute or horrifying?" vibe.

Submitted(+3)

Nice game! I really liked leveling up the mouse and getting upgrades. The art style is very unique and the animations were great. Music and sfx were perfect as well. Great work! 

(+4)

Very impressive for the time frame of the game, some great polish in unexpected areas, like the plot of the scientists logs. A simple concept but done well, really enjoyed playing the game and leveling up my lil Babs the Xenomouse. Honestly a huge pull of the game was the mouse's design, I love it and think it balances out the adorable and spooky vibes well!

Submitted(+3)

Neat game, kind of reminds me of monster rancher. it would be awesome if you could play as different creatures or types of xenomousies. nice work!

Submitted(+5)

Nice game you got there. I only levelled for speed and at the end I was like crazy fast. Although this mouse is probably going to give me nightmares since it is super creepy with it's red bubbly eyes.

I don't think there is anything other to say than it is a very solid game, straightforward to understand and very engaging and fun to play. Congrats!

Submitted(+5)

Done very well for the timeframe! So far I think this game fits the theme the best.

Submitted(+5)

What a cool game! I had so much fun playing. I loved raising Babs and thought the log entries were funny and added a lot to the game. The maze was the right amount of challenging, it took me 13 rounds to win. Great job!

Submitted(+5)

i love it, it's a really fun game and it fits the theme very well. 

Submitted(+5)

This was incredible.  Especially given it was done in a week.  I love the loop.  Not really sure what brushing or dancing does, but still this was really well done.  Bravo!

Submitted(+5)

I feel the game is very polished. Artist really done a good job doing all of the model/animation/texture within very short amount of time. Game design is on point, specially for onboarding players. It is easy to understand and not confusing with too many option. Brush and Dance feature is my favorite. Music add flavors to the game. Those little details give more life to the game and I love it. I see no weird bugs so good job programmers. Loop gameplay power ups and upgrade are cool, but players might get bored easily if they cannot find the exit within a few runs. It took me 9th attempt to find it. There is something to need balancing on that side. I think with 7 days of development, it's job well done.

Submitted(+6)

Fun little weird game! The mouse was an absolute monstrosity, sadly never passed the whole maze.

Very fun tho, liked the cute dance. Great work!!

Developer(+4)

Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
I'm also in love with the animations, they made it so much fun while working on the game.

Developer(+1)

I want to wish everyone a pleasant game

Developer(+2)

I hope you enjoy our game, please let us know what changes or new features you'd like to see.  ๐Ÿญ
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