Geta Game Jam 11

The Picky Eater jam comments

2020-04-20T02:24:33Z

Overall, this was a fantastic entry and it was really impressive that you were able to create it in just 48 hours! Here's some feedback: Pros Fantastic and unique game concept that was explored in a lot of depth. Voxel-based art was consistent and done very well; having the particle effects also be voxel/rectangular was a really great touch. Sound effects, while not perfect, provided decent amounts of gameplay feedback for certain actions. Having many of the gameplay systems being manualised (e.g. having to set up a stopwatch rather than having the game do it for you, or having to read a recipe book to figure out how to cook certain items) contributed extremely well towards the hunter-gatherer aesthetic and experience. Would love to see this explored even more! Lots of nice details, like the dialogue from the campfire and signs, or the monster eyes that appear in the darkness. It adds so much life and personality to the game world. Cons Menus weren't all that intuitive. The cooking menu, for example, was really confusing and it took me a while to realise that I had to have the item selected, and then click on the put in order to put it in. The buttons that appear here are also pretty vague. Maybe the inventory should appear alongside the cooking menu, so you can simply drag items in and out of the pot? Gameplay feedback is missing in a lot of areas: it's hard to discern whether an item can be picked up or not, maybe an outline could appear around them when close enough? The sound effects are also laced throughout the game a little inconsistently, where some actions have sounds and others don't, causing some actions to feel less significant.