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A jam submission

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Be the dating algorithm in this GMTK 2021 Game jam submission
Submitted by Yutso, nomdusager, jpmarchi, MarcDaze — 1 hour, 16 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Originality#15943.3333.333
Overall#21832.9492.949
Presentation#23432.8482.848
Fun#24252.6672.667

Ranked from 33 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 people together ''dating app'' style

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?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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Comments

Submitted

Haha very fun idea! Unique use of the theme too~ Awesome job submitting a dating sim to the jam!  Please check out mine if you have time :D

Submitted

I really enjoyed this game! It's very different from every other submission and I applaud your team for making it work. One criticism is that I think there aren't any real clues to determine bots from real profiles but nevertheless, I had fun playing :D Cheers!

Submitted

A very nice game! The concept is very fun. I didn't really understand how to identify A.I., but I really enjoyed playing your game.

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Font definitely needs to be bigger, but it's a fun game, well done :)

Submitted(+1)

I like the idea and I enjoyed it a lot. The font was a bit hard to read even in fullscreen but otherwise an enjoyable experience. The idea of having multiple not perfect options is great.

Submitted(+2)

The concept is really good ! This is a nice interpretation of the theme :) ! I enjoyed the humor of certain descriptions, that was a nice little touch =) !

However, I think that there is a LOT of reading, and that could be avoided. A simple fix could be to change the color of the important words (in green or red, depending if the character likes or dislikes), so we don't have to read everything. Maybe using a more readable font could also help.

Apart from that, I enjoyed that little game, and it's a solid 48h entry ! Great job !

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much ! We didn't want to highlight anything, as we wanted to ''trick'' the player at times with useless information and some twists on words, but I agree with the information overload. I believe that 3 characteristics and 3 pretenders would have been better. Really appreciate the feedback tho :)

Submitted(+2)

Haha, love the concept and pixel art is one of my favourite. 

Submitted(+2)

pretty tricky, too many words for me personally, but I can see how this could be fun for others

Developer(+1)

Thank you for playing & your feedback! We had the same feedback from others, and I tend to agree that it is an overload of information, and that gradually putting more information would have been a better call :)

Submitted(+2)

Good game :)
I had a lot of fun trying to guess the right people to match.

Submitted(+2)

Funny how we kinda interpreted the theme the same, except you join people by their interests and personalities - and my game joins them by their traits / looks ^^

Very nice aesthethics and gameplay is fun as well. I did need a few tries until I found out you could click the 'info' button to show more information - I just based my first few matches on just the single line of text ^^

Great submission overall!

Submitted(+2)

Cool take on the theme! I like the art, and the likes/dislikes of the dates were fun. 

Developer(+2)

Thank you for your feedback!

Submitted(+2)

Excellent take on the join idea! Though this leaves me wondering... what did Brock Bock do to get banned from the European Union...

Developer(+2)

Some questions are better left unanswered!