A really Zen and unusual experience ! And well executed on top of that (except maybe that the change of font can be unfair sometimes).
However, it's more like a one shot experience rather than a proper game. But that's why game jam exists, to allow that type of unusual experience. Great job !
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #150 | 4.350 | 4.350 |
| Overall | #766 | 3.567 | 3.567 |
| Adherence to the Theme | #943 | 3.650 | 3.650 |
| Design | #1323 | 2.700 | 2.700 |
Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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After a while this becomes a very Zen game. There's not much gameplay here, but I still really like it.
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The PalaceDefinitely a unique idea! It sometimes feels a bit unfair if the font changes exactly when you hit a wall, but you really have enough health that this isn't an issue. Great aesthetic, and interesting usage of "Only One"!
Please check out our game at https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2019/rate/463868! Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!
Yeah, ideally I should've made the font changing not so random. Now it just selects out of 2 available sprite frames every 3 (as far as I remember) seconds so, because there're only 2 frames, sometimes (and in this case it happens pretty often) it selects the same one, so it's kinda hard to spot the changing tempo because of that. At first, I had 3 frames (there also was italic font style), but it seemed a bit too much, so I reduced it to 2. While it was 3, it was a bit easier to spot the changing tempo. But still, thanks for the feedback! Every bit of it is some knowledge for the future)
That was pretty charming! We went perhaps an embarrassingly long time before realizing there was a reading of the poem; the font-flippy sound was loud enough, that we thought we were hearing everything. The font-style of the outline randomly flipping, combined with the pretty forgiving health bar, made it a bit hard to tell when we were doing something right.
The aesthetic and basic design idea is pretty cute and clever! Interactive poetry is delightful.
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All I Need Is ExplosionWow, cool idea! I can imagine seeing something like this in a modern museum
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Blind ShooterThe minimalist aesthetic, with the circle bouncing inside poem written in square while this poem is read, is very intriguing and pleasant. I was thinking the style of the text was tied with which part of the poem was currently read be it doesn't seem this is the case. I would like if the switch between the style was less random. Overall, it was an original and relaxing experience !
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