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Sleep, the blackbird's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #21 | 4.630 | 4.630 |
| Overall | #213 | 3.937 | 3.937 |
| Originality | #414 | 3.890 | 3.890 |
| Fun | #1051 | 3.290 | 3.290 |
Ranked from 100 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?
It fits in both narrative (connection between the girl and the bird) and technical (puzzles) way
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
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The art looks so beautiful and it's fun to see how to story unfolds. Good job!
thanks a lot:)
Loved the art style and the way the story was going, you have a whole comic story going on with this, good job @ana.merzlaya :)
thank you:)
Nice implementation of interactive comics, noticeable hand painted pictures, interesting puzzles making me stuck a bit several times. Sometimes there are small problems with not understanding what to do next between puzzles
thank you!
what do you mean? when you finish with each frame the pinwheel is appearing and if you click on it it means that you are ready to proceed to the next frame.
Yeah, once a pinwheel appeared on a blue background and noticed this after a while. Also sometimes you had to click on it several times to see next frame, maybe it just has a delay before showing
oh, i see, well i know which place you are talking about and i was not sure where would be better place to put it, sorry
hm, if you see that pinwheel is rotating and your heard the sound it means that next frame is ready. if you don't see it it might mean that you didn't scroll enough far to open bottom border of the frame (i wanted to prevent animation to start before all frame is visible in case you miss something)
thank a lot for feedback!
Such a calming and fun game. Its really good I liked everything especially the art!
thanks a lot!
This drawing style is amazing!
thank you!
One of the best yet, no words, everything was excellent! A little more hints on the puzzles would be great, but they were solvable now too. Bravo!
thank you, i appreciate that:) yes, maybe puzzles were too difficult, but well
In addition to the obviously excellent artwork, music, and story, I like a lot of the little touches, like how the entire thing is one sheet and the artwork fades in and elements appear or change, like the branches coming into focus. Finding constellations is a great use of the theme. I could have gone for a little more gameplay, but so much work clearly went into it I can see that would be hard to write in the time constraints.
thank you so much! yes, with such time limitation we had to make compromises.and didn't have time to include everything we planned
Interesting way to implement the jam's theme both in the plot and in the gameplay.
I really had struggle with the second puzzle, where you have to drag and drop the constellations. It felt like it took me ages to find the bird.
Despite that, i would have loved to play more puzzels, that take more advantage of the drag and drop mechanic in an more interesting way.
Overall i think this is a great game with a lovely hand drawn design. Great job.
thank you for your feedback:) I think the trick is to find some reference points which are rare appearing - for bird it could be three dots in a line on the tail. you might want to check my other games with similar style - also point&click with similar puzzles (but much easier :))
That was a really beautiful experience :)
thank you:)
A lovely story. I did have to go fullscreen in order to see everything, but that was fine, probably enhanced it if anything. The music was perfectly fitting a reverie-like state near sleep.
I could wish that the illustrations would load in with slightly less delay upon reaching the panels. I found it slightly distracting that the instruction text kept moving while I was working on the puzzle.
The art was beautiful, though it took me a while to match up those branches! The pacing was a little choppy just because I took so long.
Overall very much appreciated it, thank you for the experience! Cheers.
thank you for your feedback! yes, maybe i should stop animation of instructions when you already got the point what to do, thanks for idea. well, i animated to make sure people notice it.
Holy cow this is fantastic. Such a beautiful and unique take on the theme. The art is beautiful and the puzzles were engaging.
thank you so much:)
Wow, That was some journey. I got too engrossed into it. The music and art was pristine.
The melancholic nature of night was rightly portrayed in the music as well as the aesthetic. Well Done
BTW, Would love for you to try my game too.
It is an Action Platformer with unique controls.
https://sgt-blade.itch.io/wartorn
oh, thank you so much, that's a kind of complement tells that you really went into the game:)
Absolutely amazing art and music. Really liked the way you presented the story. ~ Check out my entry when you get time :D
thank you!
Beatiful game! The music was a bit eerie and it felt like something creepy was going to happen :P Both the art and the music were really well done
thanks! guess it does create the atmosphere:)
Amazing art style! ( that includes the music btw)
thank you!
The art and music were wonderful! It had wonderfully nostalgic and cosy feel to it. Well done!
thank you! i'm glad to hear that:)
Guys, I have a problem with rating your game. There are just not enough stars provided to give the exceptional rating your amazing work deserves... You created a gem of game - very, very well done!
thank you so much! i am so flattered:)
Gorgeous game! The music and art are amazing! Loved the puzzles, they are cute and relaxing!
Just, I didn't quite get the orbit positions on the last puzzle.
Amazing piece of art :)
thank you!
same a for the "big moons", there is a pattern for orbits. here is a hint. you see that the big moons are following some time cycle. the small ones also do it - for each next position (=time) they are moving on certain distance on their orbits (each has it's own period of rotation around 'big moon'). hope it helps you:)
It goes without saying, the art for this game is amazing. Plus the music fit the theme perfectly. This is one of the most interesting games I've seen so far. Really great work Sleep, the blackbird team.
thank you so much! i really appreciate that you noticed that music and art match each other:)
This game is really good, and the art is amazing! I must say I feel really stupid, but the first puzzle is really hard!
thanks!
maybe it will help if you try to look for some characteristic pattern: for example horns of the deer or two parallel curved brunces of the owl