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| 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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Nice story! The art was really pretty and the music was mesmerizing. I liked the puzzles, too. They had a decent amount of challenge. Can't think of any criticism. In the moon puzzle I first tried to just match the moons with the orbits instead of putting them in the circle, but that was probably on me more than the game.
thank you! glad to hear that you liked the game and managed all puzzles:)
Absolutly beautiful art. That's really great quality for a game jam.
thank you:)
Very, very beautiful and well designed. The puzzles weren't too original mechanically but a very nice way to weave the story together. From a game-design perspective it's really impressive how you made the entire experience fit seamlessly together, well done! Are you considering ever releasing a full game in that style or do you prefer smaller, "jam-sized" titles?
thank you!
well, i started to seriously think about it - so, yes, probably I will start working on it in nearest future:)
awesome! I can see this sort of implementation working very well on tablets, too.
Beautiful! I remember playing your game at the GamesPlusJam so it was fun to see you tackle this one too! Great job finishing the story and gameplay in 48 hours:)
thank you so much:)
Absolutely beautiful game with a very nice story, amazed you made that in 48h! Very well done!
thank you so much!
Ah, I remember the bird from Brackeys Jam! Beautiful, as usual! The only little thing I’d mention is that in the puzzle with branches and animal silhouettes the fox’s paw is easily mistaken as another branch - spent several minutes looking for this exact shape :) Anyways, lovely game, great job!
thank you!
nice that you remember:) yes, the story is again about Sonya and the blackbird (actually I made two more), but this time I collaborated with @Alios and i feel that the music significantly improved the game:)
well, one shouldn't match only one bruch, one has to matched whole object. well, good that you eventually managed:)
Yes, I got that you need to match the whole animal. I’m talking about the fox’s paw specifically (marked it with red here) - I thought it is a branch too and got confused because I couldn’t find it!
ah, i see! sorry, maybe i shouldn't have done that. I just really liked how cute it looks like with raised paw:)
Completely agree, the fox is super cute!
Wow the game looks incredible, it is quite an experience to play. I did kind of get tired of using the scroll wheel so much, one way this could be fixed is by having a hit box at the bottom of the screen that while the mouse is inside the screen auto scrolls down (just to save my poor scrolley finger). But that's really minor lol and was probably just me with a trash mouse, overall though Really great job :)
thank you!
you could have used up and down buttons, i was encouraging people to use them - for more smooth scroll and better experience
Wow. This was such a nice and beautiful experience. I really loved the art style and the uniqueness of the game. The puzzles we're well thought through and just hard enough. I enjoyed it very much.
thank you! i am happy that you managed the puzzles and that they were 'hard enough' and not 'too hard':)
They were perfect! :D
I adore this style! Bravo!
thanks!
Unique entry on many points, I love it ! The art is fantastic, the sound design sets a perfect ambiance. Great job !
thank you!
This is such a beautiful game, the art style, the music and the design. Great job, my only critique is that the controls of the game were difficult to use.
thank you! controls? you need only left mouse buttons and wheel/up&down buttons. could you explain what was difficult?
Sorry my bad I didn't explain what I meant very well . I meant that it was difficult to perform the action I was trying to do, like when spinning the pin wheel to unlock the next frame or when placing the puzzle pieces. It took a few times to get the thing to do what I want, which takes the player out of the immersion. But overall great job, just giving some critique in case you were planning on updating the game.
i see, thanks for the feedback!
The approach you took to tackling the theme is really unique and separates you from other jam games I've played. I know you've already heard this but the puzzles are HARD :)
I think you can make the puzzles hard but it would be nice to ramp up the difficulty more smoothly. Other than that, very interesting game.
I would appreciate your rating / comments on my game as well, to see what we can improve. Thanks for making this.
thanks for your feedback! yes, i could increase the difficulty, but essentially there are just three puzzles. i have three similar games which have easier similar type of puzzles if you are interested.
sure, i'll try it:)
You absolutely could release this as a kids' puzzle game (though hopefully they could handle the lunar cycle puzzle better than my poor brain). Just great presentation and art and story. The wallpaper page was particularly good!
thank you:) though i think puzzles might be a bit difficult for children:)
I think they could manage the wallpaper and constellation ones. The moon phases would be a little much.
Very poetic game. Didn't except the puzzles to be that challenging tho! But I managed to make it thought.
Birds are quite facinating right ;)
Good job!
thank you! glad to hear that you managed to pass the puzzles:)
yep, birds are great:)
This is the most beautiful game I've seen in this Jam, but not very much fitting the theme though imo. Love your artwork and surprised to see you get all this done in 48hrs!
thanks! well, i think the theme shouldn't be understood literally as two objects connected physically by chain or whatever. i understand it in term of having connection between girl and bird, as well as puzzles are related to connecting objects.
Very impressive artwork & sound. Well done.
thank you!
WOW! The atmosphere this game creates is stunning. I really love the watercolor-y style, as well as the eerie music and the words that guided me through the game. Really really beautiful work :)
thank you so much! i am really happy that you liked it!
Beautiful art and a charming narrative! The puzzles were simple but fun. I have mixed feelings about the music, the style and instruments are great and fit the game really well, but the melody feels somewhat disharmonic which makes it a bit disturbing and depressing. Perhaps it is intentional? Another detail that would in my opinion improve the experience would be if the camera moved automatically after clicking on the vane, but that's just a minor thing. Overall, great submission!
thanks for the feedback! the music was made in a way to create certain atmosphere and mood of the game. well, i was trying initially with moving camera but didn't like the effect it was giving - i want it to be rather like reading a children book when you stop at each page for some time and slowly moving forward instead of quickly going through it.
Really liked the art and music! The story was a nice way to compel me to keep going through the puzzles. But seriously, the art and presentation was fantastic for a jam game. Good job!
thank you! i am really happy you like it:)
Lovely music and art, so relaxing to play through, and nice puzzles. I really like what you've done with this!
thank you so much!