Such a wonderful idea and well executed! If you work on this more in the future, it'd be great to make the differences between the stars more mechanically meaningful. But wonderful job!
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Starsnap's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #5 | 4.750 | 4.750 |
| Originality | #23 | 4.424 | 4.424 |
| Overall | #34 | 4.252 | 4.252 |
| Fun | #516 | 3.583 | 3.583 |
Ranked from 144 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?
We interpreted the theme of Joined Together as independent objects that, when connected, take a different meaning and interpretation. In Starsnap, you take photos to isolate shooting stars, which then you connect to create constellations for points. With the randomizing of stars, objects around, and different names, no constellation is ever the same, so each group of stars, joined together, are unique. At the end of the game, you have your very own sky made of joined constellations, that’s uniquely yours to export and share with others! Show us your own sky and wallpapers in the comments! ✨
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
Comments
Very beautiful game. At first, I was confused what the objective was until I realized this was meant to be a peaceful, relaxing game. Nonetheless, the score system gives some incentive for more competitive players to keep playing, which is brilliant design. Perfect for all sorts of audiences!
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Cyber Dragon: Yokai CycleYep! Even when we wanted to make something more casual and relaxing, we still wanted to have a more traditional game loop. Letting the player get highscores felt like the way to go, rather than limiting the number of photos or putting a time limit, so anyone can take their time. Thanks for the compliments! 😊
Unbelivably polished for 48 hours, I literally forgot this was a jam game as I was playing it. Amazing job, very cool idea, very cool application of the theme, just great job overall.
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Of Sun and MoonI have absolutely no words, this game is astonishingly wonderful!
What sold me is the delicate craft of making every single detail beautiful - from the gorgeous game page (even the custom cursor was really well designed!), to the actual game: The initial cutscene is charming and the option to save your own created galaxy as a background is a genius idea!
By the way, such a creative idea and implementation of the theme! Connecting stars and catching critters as a deco feels really satisfying! The gameplay also connects every experience so well together! This is what it means to think outside of the box and execute it just right, I haven't got anything to complain about!
I really admire you people as a team, wonderful job. Definitely goes to my top 20 favorites!
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Magic Crochet FoxWe stand humbled by the kind words of the Mad Dog of Shimano.
Thanks a lot for quite an extended praise! We're mostly used to three day jams, so cramming this one up was quite a different experience. Even now we're trying to see what else we can change on the game page, in social media and around, since we do enjoy polishing up our presentation whenever possible!
Thanks for lifting our spirits this high! And if you happened to save one of your creations, we'd love it if you could show it to us! 😀
Beautiful and super calming! A really original idea that was implemented almost perfectly, great job! :D
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Ghosts of GeometryWow this is awesome, really polished and well done. I LOVE that you can download the wallpaper of the stars you make at the end.
I like the use of Joined Together as joining stars together, and you've executed that excellently.
I think my only critique would be that a volume bar would be nice! The music and sound design is lovely but is a bit loud by default for me!
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Right to Bear ArmsThanks for the feedback! When it comes to the sound, we tried to compromise the slider situation which we didn't have much time to implement by making it so the button toggles from loud to not-as-lout to mute. Yet, I think it might still be a bit too loud for some people.
Other than that, we're happy to hear you liked the feature! If you happened to save one around and you don't mind, we'd love it if you'd like to share your creation with us! 🌌
Pokemon snap meets stargazing? :P
Absolutely lovely little game!
Felt very relaxing to play in a casual manner, quite enjoyed just taking in what was going on and waiting for the right moment to take the perfect lil snap.
Did wish that I could do something with the points I was harvesting, although that honestly sounds outside of the scope of this jam.
All in all, really like what you made here!
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Keyboard DungeonThe game is sooo amazingly beautiful and plays great! A unique take on the theme as well!
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Salem in the Sky - GMTK 2021Definitely one of the best ones, especially visually. The game feels complete, art style is phenomenal and the gameplay is pretty creative and fitting to the jam's theme.
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Tower Tribethis is sooo cute, and for a game without any time pressure or conflict in it (besides that of the game jam......) its still really really fun
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Wedding Vowels
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