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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #8 | 3.805 | 3.805 |
| Game Design | #9 | 3.743 | 3.743 |
| Innovation / Originality | #12 | 3.829 | 3.829 |
| Graphics | #13 | 4.229 | 4.229 |
| Sound / Music | #14 | 3.800 | 3.800 |
| Gameplay / Fun | #22 | 3.486 | 3.486 |
| Theme | #24 | 3.743 | 3.743 |
Ranked from 35 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?
Ferry passengers to the afterlife down the River-Styx and try to be as friendly as possible!
Did you use any assets?
Some original unreleased assets were used.
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Really loved the concept and presentation. Adorable sprites and animation. Great intro and boot up logo! Took me one ride to grasp the concept, but after that everything was self explanatory and came organically. The idea of altering the levels depending on the passenger was a nice idea. Some levels however where simply a alternative goal to the prior one and played relatively the same. (bells level even has 3 variations). I even would not have mind longer levels when they had a more unique concept or twist. But this is a really great foundation that could be taken even further. Music was really pleasant. I would suggest making the scoring screen a bit shorter, after some repetition it gets a bit tedious. Liked the playable credits! Overall I really liked this game!
- Vashetrockner from ncon_ev
Thank you so much much for playing. All really helpful feedback! We’re already talking about coming back to it and polishing. ❤️
A great arcade game, the art is really beautiful and the music is cute. I missed more variations on the level, but the ones that are present show how well the game is done.
Thank you! Level variety is definitely something we talked about close to the deadline. I’m already working on new tiles.
Cute characters!
Thank you we had so much fun w the spirits. I love the sandwich.
Easily the cutest and friendliest reaper I have ever seen 😊
Thank you! I was trying to think of how to make him cuter. Tiny hat?
Maybe different unlockable outfits? 😄
Super cute! I don't know if you know "La Petite Mort" a comic strip by Davy Mourier, but your sprite of La Mort really looks like it!
I had a great time on this river, thanks ;)
Thank you! I’ll have to check out the comic!
It was fun to play! The music was great and worked really well with the vibe of the game.
Thanks so much!
Definitely a contender for best looking game. Not just in terms of graphics, but in terms of presentation too. The credits stage in particular was really well done. And the gameplay itself was cool and unique.
Great comment! Thanks so much for the kind words!
I'm so happy to hear that the credit screen was appreciated. I wanted it to stand out and I did a similar thing in my last game jam game and people seemed to like that sort of interactive credits!
Thanks for playing!!!
Nice lil arcady game. love the music and pixel art! Great job!
Thanks so much! Glad to hear it passed the "arcade" vibes check! That was a first for me in GB Studio, and I know I could make it even better with a bit more time.
Thanks for playing!
I tried your game few days ago. Vert beautiful
Much appreciated! Thanks for playing:D
this was very nice to play. I like the concept of the variable speed, the ramps and obstacles, and taking damage. cool graphics and music
Thanks very much! I'm pretty pleased with how those mechanics turned out. Glad to hear they were enjoyable. Thanks for playing!
this game is VERY cute!!! i do not know if it was a bug on my end, but were the passengers supposed to show up on the boat bc they did not for me: otherwise, i really liked the mechanics and the puzzles were nice and easy! VERY big fan of being able to scroll through the credits and see everyone on the river!! awesome job on the game and thank you so much for sharing!!
Thanks for the lovely comment! Very glad you enjoyed the game!
The passengers are not supposed to show up when picked up (this was a design decision to put a cabin in the back to imply the passenger is in there XD otherwise we would have had to make 10 separate unique spritesheets) but maybe we'll look into this for an update after the jam!
Super cute and fun game.
Graphics are awesome and gameplay is fun.
One of my favorites in this gamejam :)
Much appreciated! Glad you enjoyed it too!
Thanks for playing, and for the kind words!
I liked the way you did the end credits. :) In other words: I liked your game very much and wanted to play until the end! Very good entry! Lovely graphics and music. Story fits within the theme. (Wasn't a fan though of the sequences where points are counted and calculated - those took too long and messed with the flow of the game.)
Thank you for playing and for the helpful feedback!
Thanks for the great feedback! I'll admit the point system could use a lot of work. It was my first time trying to implement something like that, so lots of room to improve! Itbwas a case of "it works - good enough!" XD
We'll take this into account when we go back to the drawing board!
Looking forward to more stuff from you!
Thanks so much for the lovely comment, and for the follows! Right back at you! I could have sworn I was following you too XD
Fixing that right now!
Thanks for playing!
Very cool! Its an original mechanic and, as always , love the graphics!
thanks you for playing! ❤️
Fun little game! Love the concept behind this!
thanks so much for playing!. i have yours in my queue!
It's a high quality submission. the graphic is beautiful and cute. The music is lovely and joyful. The gameplay is easy to pickup but with a suitable learning curve. Very polished. Well done.
Thank you!!
Much appreciated comment! Thank you for the kind words and for playing! So glad you enjoyed it :)
One of my Game Jam favorites. All categories are really solid! Adjusted the rating I did in Live Stream a bit.
Thank you so much!! It was so much fun putting together. Thanks for hosting! I had to run before you started playing on the stream (darn time zones). I’m excited to catch the video later.
Thanks for everything, Tronimal! You get extra points for finding a working cheat! (and for me misspelling your name in the credits XD)
Haha, ah yeah. Almost forgot about the typo again! :D
Nice and cool idea, game goes smooth, I've enjoyed every aspect, graphics, music. simplicity.
Good entry!
That's so good to hear! Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for playing! :D
Ah! Thank you. Idnit was a wizard getting everything to behave!
Awesome game. 😎 Could be a game which i would have loved as a kid on the gameboy
thank you! i glad you liked it!