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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| How well did the audio drive the story? | #4 | 4.097 | 4.097 |
| Should this entry qualify for the next round? (Primary) | #5 | 4.097 | 4.097 |
| Did the game feel complete? | #5 | 4.129 | 4.129 |
| How engaging was the story? | #10 | 3.581 | 3.581 |
| Did the sound and audio fit the style of the game? | #11 | 4.097 | 4.097 |
Ranked from 31 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Which game engine did you use?
Construct 3
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Really lovely game space! it was super creative to have playing chords to solve puzzles, and the poem was very well written :)
really polished and atmospheric! great job!
Excellent execution from concept, to level design, to art direction and story flow. A beautiful tribute to your Granddad, Spacespy.
Update to my comment, because I do want to leave some feedback you can work with. If I remember correctly, I think you could touch up your poem voiceover. You don't need a crazy recording setup, just make sure you're in a well-padded place (closets are great), and record your lines in there. Use your DAW of choice, or even Premiere has audio editing, and I think with a small noise pass and a slight de-ess, your audio would be even cleaner. Again though, excellent work.
Very well done. I loved the playing mechanics with the platforming.
Excellent art and sound design, I especially love how well polished the playing of the chords feel and the ripple looks great. Caught the little wordplay with the sequences at the end as well. Here's wishing your grandad a speedy recovery 🙏
Beautifully heart felt, amazing pixel art and nice story with rockin' guitar riffs!
Amazing work Spacespy!
The game felt 100% complete and polished, great visual and sound effects, everything clearly communicated and working cleanly!
Nice touch with the poem and the personal touches, linking great with the words you also had to form, as well as with the over all gameplay, being nice and carefree at the start, to more complicated as the melancholy increased. First time I heard the poem, very interesting choice with the rock and roll and the whole musical theme of the game. I would love to hear about your process creating this. Congratulations! (I almost forgive you for not making more of meatland! XD)
Veggie Boy will return....just not this round. Thanks for all the kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed! If you wanna know more about how I came up with everything hit me up, I'm quite interested in yours, too!
This is so beautiful, honestly I have no words, this was absolutely incredible, and the story is really moving, I wish you and your grandad all the best!
I like the idea of forming words with chords, it also served the gameplay well by making them easier to remember. And the player movement was very satisfying, it made me wish there was more platforming involved!
Thanks! I would've loved to do more platformy levels, I've kind of gotten so decent now at player movement to the point where it'll be good but it's not where I'm focusing on ahhah.
Really beautiful game and story behind it! I'm sorry to hear about your granddad, I hope he gets better soon.
I am a guitar player. Its was fun to play this game. Like it!!!
Excellent work tying the mechanics to the story perfectly! Great game!
Beautiful! The limited palette, the story, the sound. All of it is wonderfully polished and a treat to experience. Amazing work!
Ok this is genius. At first I thought that maybe the chords were a bit too joyful for the story, but when I figured the patterns actually form words serving the story... Very, very well done.
Slowly you have to confront more of your past, and what fears you truly have. So the idea is that you’re still playing those happy chords you used to play, but it doesn’t feel good anymore. Glad you could see that writing through the gameplay!
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Amazing game! I can really tell you put a lot of effort into this. The story is very interesting, the audio works very well with it and the pixel art is amazing. Great job!
Thank youuuu
simply amazing lol
Love how you can make simple pixel art look amazing. Great color palette and audio.
Wonderful idea, great execution!
Beautiful idea and execution Spacespy. Very poetic. You did a great job telling the story and the last notes combinations were a clever way to end the game.
I like the poetry for the story telling and the special effects and sound are awesome. The animated environment is nice too, especially how it creates the paths. When I first played I was pressing 1 and 2 together with thinking of keyboard chords but having the letters come out individually as they are pressed helped with that problem and I soon got to the end. Really nice game and also hope your grandad feels better soon