Art and aesthetic were great, and complemented the game really well! The character portraits reminded me of Stardew Valley's.
I enjoyed the chill gameplay and having as much time as I needed to sort out the best pairings. Playing was intuitive and fun, I enjoyed it!
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Paired Off's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #671 | 3.796 | 3.796 |
| Originality | #960 | 3.592 | 3.592 |
| Overall | #965 | 3.463 | 3.463 |
| Fun | #1626 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
Ranked from 49 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, as the matchmaker, are helping to join people together.
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
Comments
Very nice.
I think I saw one character who seemed to both love and hate painting. :-)
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Cookie Cutter ChallengeYou guys did such a great job with the art on this! Really amazing how many unique characters you all have created!
Like others have said, it's a fantastic execution of a simple but charming concept. The only real note I have (which I believe someone also mentioned) is that it would be nice to have a visual indicator when a match is wrong :)
Oh also I came across a small glitch where one character both liked and disliked art xD
aside from that, nicely done!
-Sasha
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Ember of LifeEnjoyed the stardew portraits and the soothing music. Just chill and nice overall.
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Dungeon UnropeI like this idea. So calming. Something I thought of if you wanted to add a bit more stakes to the game is requiring the player to submit their solution and give them a limited number of tries. If any connections are wrong they lose a life. A gentle bit of randomness would help with this too.
Either way, love it! I think you could easily expand on it and make it a fully fledged game with a bit of polish.
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Put 'er ThereA neat little game. Found it to be an interesting challenge, and it took me some time to solve all the levels. It would be nice if there was an indication what connection is the problem. I also think I glitched the game when I tried to connect two people on the same side. Lastly, there's someone on the second level (Marcus) who both likes and hates art, which is silly.
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Sticky MissionThanks for the feedback! I thought I'd managed to patch the same side connection bug but it seems it managed to make it back in. Adding feedback on connections has been an interesting topic, it's hard to balance that in a way that doesn't allow you to bypass matching likes/dislikes by quickly swapping connections in and out. It's proved a requested feature, and I think I might have a middle ground for the post jam version. The art thing was originally an accident which we spotted, but we thought it was kinda funny and left it in as it didn't affect gameplay. It seems to be confusing people though so we'll probably take it out post jam.
This game was very cute. I love the references to other franchises like Celeste (I see you Theo) and the Stardew Valley-esque pictures
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Lead The WayCute little game!
I do have one tiny tiny suggestion. You know how when you select and unselect a person it plays a little guitar note? It'd be really satisfying if each character played a different note in key with the song. Doesn't really have anything to do with the actual gameplay, just something to make it that much more relaxing. Loved it!
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Dungeons And DatingIt's morning at my timezone so this relaxing music was really relaxing. Also i like the stardev-valley like art!
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Just a walk in the parkI loved how simple but intuitive it was. Pleasant peaceful music with a nice art style. I did accidentally break the game at one point trying to match someone with a person and the same side (seemed to get me stuck with a connection that would not release or connect). A nice relaxing time overall.
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Sync-De-SyncReally nice, the art was very cool and reminded me of stardew valley :D Gameplay is fun and original as well!
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Torn ApartExcellent, the only negative point I found was that I was a bit lost at first.
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ROBASSEMBLYReally charming! Cool art style!
Would have loved to see some more visual feedback on "something aint right here" when all matches are drawn.
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You are red. You are blue.
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