cute game with some very interesting mechanics! the controls could do with a little improvement - does the player's collision extend all the way to the top of the fire? feels a bit off. trying to protect the candle and combining the 2 types of jump was very fun, and the checkpoints being matchboxes is a nice touch!
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Matcha: Save the Party!'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Relevance to Theme | #2 | 4.391 | 4.391 |
| Gameplay | #8 | 3.478 | 3.478 |
| Overall | #11 | 3.670 | 3.670 |
| Enjoyment | #11 | 3.522 | 3.522 |
| Design | #14 | 3.565 | 3.565 |
| Presentation | #17 | 3.391 | 3.391 |
Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Very cute and polished little game! The music was nice, the sounds were adorable, the gameplay and levels were engaging and I especially liked how the candle was the thing that determined a fail state which resulted in a unique approach to how the levels work.
Can't get enough of the falling on the ground animation too ahaha
It's a fun game!
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Groove ShifterVery lovely! I liked the idea of having two types of jumps that you can chain together, and also the idea of having the protect an object taller than your main character, very interesting stuff! Althought I am not that good at this kinds of platformers, and to me it was hard to properly calculate when to dive (with space) while jumping. I did beat the game, but had to repeat some segments more than a few times. Lastly, loved the credits theme being a redition of the happy birthday song. That was a fantastic touch!
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Fires of AugustGlad you enjoyed Pablo! Music was made by Arky (lilfurro in discord), and indeed he did a great job on the ending music, most probably I would have put the "The End" text as soon as you put the candle on the cake and called it a day, but it would have felt like wasting a song that was clearly made with much love
love this game, i'm unfortunately Very Bad at platformers so i didn't get far haha, i feel bad making matcha cry so many times ;o; i also ended up above the map at some point ^^;; overall very fun and chill!! love the music too <3 oh and the checkpoints being matchboxes is genius, what a cool touch!!!
I may have got a bit out of hand with difficulty, people seem to have a hard time on the first turret and it was supposed to be the tutorial so there's a lesson for me on level design lol. The matchboxes were made by cheeze (cheezenim on discord)
I noticed that there's no game attatched to your reply, did you participate on the jam in a team? 👀
loved the game! difficulty was just right, and the level design is very good, great job
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Days To DeliverWhat a nice game, good challenge with lot of checkpoints too! Pixel art was charming.
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