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Purging Blade's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Well Planned Production - Is there a clear production plan? | #2 | 4.875 | 4.875 |
| Overall | #13 | 4.275 | 4.275 |
| Promising Idea - How interesting is the concept? Would you want to play it? | #17 | 4.375 | 4.375 |
| Aesthetic / Art / Sound - How cohesive is the aesthetic? Is there a clear theme? | #19 | 4.125 | 4.125 |
| Reasonable Scope - How reasonable is the scope for the timeline of the jam? | #26 | 4.125 | 4.125 |
| Use of Themes - how effectively or uniquely does it engage in the jam's themes? | #38 | 3.875 | 3.875 |
Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your concept engage in the jam's themes?
By teaching the player and protagonist that taking the easy way out won't help solve climate change, we can create a narrative about reframing your thinking, while simultaneously creating a fun roguelike.
Use of Theme / Inspiration
To us, "Change the story" meant reframing our protagonist's (and by extension the player's) thinking in how we can combat climate change. To the protagonist, it's a battle. If he's strong enough, he can defeat Climate Change as an enemy. However, he soon realizes it's not so simple and instead thinks about it as a puzzle that needs to be solved. We hope this will reflect real-world attitudes and help reframe the issue in other people's minds. We are also inspired by the films Wall-E and The Lorax as great examples of powerful climate fiction.
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Looking really solid i think once you get some of the enemys more in stone you guys will be perfect, i enjoyed your ocncept art aswell so i think this will turn out great! For the upgrades do those make the robot less friendly of the enviorment ? And for your procedural world i was wondering how yall planned on making that terrain work out as i havent done procedural stuff yet and it seems super interesting. I think your game will be fun and hopefully even after the game jam yall continue to work on it as it would be one i would play to relax!
As a fan of rogue-like games, I like the idea of combining a climate-themed story with this gameplay! Very excited and can’t wait to play this game!
Eco-friendly vs polluting weapons is a cool trade off, and the narrative surprise after your first win reminds me a lot of the how the game changes after your first few wins in The Binding of Isaac.