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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #1288 | 3.457 | 3.457 |
| Overall | #1875 | 3.067 | 3.067 |
| Fun | #1928 | 2.886 | 2.886 |
| Presentation | #2322 | 2.857 | 2.857 |
Ranked from 35 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?
You join together with allies to reach the goal, either physically, or verbally.
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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controls controls. good job, very original and charming game!
Nice game and idea! Your art style may not perfect, but the sound and voice are brilliant: D Love stuff like that!
Thank you for your kind comments! My art isn't the best, but I'm trying to get better :)
I had a lot of fun making the sound effects, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!
The concept is good and I feel like you could do a LOT with that idea ^^ ! It was fun trying to figure how to pass each room =) !
However... The controls are really tedious. First, in the gameplay itself, the jump seem imprecise. I feel like there is friction on the ground and not in the air, so the character goes faster when airborne, it's really disturbing when trying to land precisely somewhere.
The control scheme itself is also really complicated : if you need to have a combination of keys just for one of the most important action of your game (Shift + Space = Separate), there is a problem xD.
Overall, that's a good entry, with a pretty unique concept, that needs a bit of polish =). Good job !
Thank you for your lovely feedback! and also thank you for playing!
You're right, the controls are a bit too complicated! However I wasn't sure what else to map them to, to be honest. During development, I started with simply jumping detatched you, but that led me to accidentally re-attatching to other brothers, or the stack I just left. So I added holding/releasing shift as a way to toggle connections happening or not with the player. I do agree, and it sounds logical, to have a more integral feature to have a simpler control scheme though. I'm sure I'll solve it somehow!
and you're right about the physics! When you've written it out like that, I'm not entirely sure why I programmed it like that! Haha. I have very little experience writing platforming things, so I was just happy it worked! However, that's not an excuse, thank you for pinpointing exactly what the issue is! I really super appreciate it.
I'm glad you liked the concept overall, thank you so much for playing, and again for such lovely indepth feedback! I appreciate it a lot :)
Interesting idea. Controls are a bit complicated, I kept resetting the level accidentally.
Graphics are pretty good though. Well done overall!
Thank you for playing! :)
I'm glad you like the concept. Probably a good idea for me to move the restart button away from the main controls! and sorry for the complicated controls in general! I'll try work on them in the future.
Thank you for your comment!
Pretty cool idea and it matches the theme very well. Funny sound effects xD Sadly I got stuck because some brothers just refused to connect, but cool game nonetheless.
I'm glad you enjoy the idea and it's connection to the theme! I had a lot of fun making the sound effects, haha!
I'm really sorry to hear you got stuck! I think it happens sometimes when a brother lands on your at a specific place, but I didn't have time to fix it, sadly.
Thank you for giving the game a go! :)
Not only there is too much controls, it's also really hard to separate a brother from the pile without reconnecting them immediately when they fall
Sorry about the complicated controls! I wasn't quite sure how else to map them. It's definitely something I'd like to improve!
To help with the separation matter, keeping shift held stops any connections from happening, I hope that helps!
Thanks for playing, and for your feedback! :)
Super original. Also simple but beautiful. I found it hard to get used to the controls, but I personally couldn’t have done it better with keyboard controls.
Well done!
Thank you so much! The feedback is lovely. I'm sure I'll solve the control issue somehow! In a full release I'll definitely support controllers!
Thanks for playing :)
Interesting game, the take on the theme is quite special. I like the graphics of the game, very well made pixel art. The puzzles were well made too, great job!
Thank you for the kind words! Thank you very much for playing :)
The controls were hard at times but overall the game came together really nicely. Nice puzzles. Great work!
Sorry about the controls! I'll try improve them in a future release. I'm glad you enjoyed, and thank you for playing!
I'm and idiot and had a hard time with the floating controls and stacking mechanic but really enjoyed the simple art and randomized grunt SFX. Cheers!
I'll try make the platforming a bit more precise in a later release! Glad you liked the art and SFX. Thank you for playing! :)
Nice game! The controls for joining and separating the stack of brothers was a little tough, but I absolutely loved the homemade sounds XD fav part
Glad you enjoyed the sound effects!
Hopefully the controls are a bit more slick in a future version, thank you for the feedback!
The concept is really neat, and I think the puzzles did a good job at demonstrating the mechanical ideas. I did manage to get myself stuck between a wall and a stack of brothers at one point, but that was my own fault, haha. I like the monastic theme as well.
The platforming itself was at times frustrating though, I felt it was a little hard to make semi-precise jumps.
I'm glad you like the concept!
I'm sorry you got stuck! It's a problem I would like to solve in a future release. Perhaps climbing up a stack of brothers as a singular brother would fix that issue, and add for more interesting puzzles to solve...
Thank you for the feedback! and you're right, the platforming aspect could be better and can definitely can be improved!
Thank you for playing :)
Yeah, climbing up the brothers would make for an interesting mechanic. I could imagine a puzzle where, for example, you build a ladder of brothers up a thin shaft, and brothers being added from a bunch of different entrances to the shaft, then at the end you climb up. Or something like that. Keep up the good work!
Great idea, the puzzles really made you think!
I'm glad you enjoyed! Thanks for playing :)
Nice idea for mechanics resulting is some complex puzzles to solve. Nice
Thank you! I'l hope to add more variance in simple/complex levels in a later release, to ramp it up slowly I think. I'm glad you enjoyed!
Love the art style and I think you have very cool and very original mechanics! This was a great game!
Thank you very much for your feedback! I'm glad you like the art, as it isn't my strong suit!