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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #487 | 4.134 | 4.134 |
| Overall | #1263 | 3.527 | 3.527 |
| Enjoyment | #1731 | 3.164 | 3.164 |
| Creativity | #2389 | 3.284 | 3.284 |
Ranked from 67 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 play a shop keeper trying to keep the moody heroes happy
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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Love how the wizard is muttering something about a spellbook :D
Thanks 🏪! LOL he's offended that he had to stoop to entering such a plebeian shop.
Very cool idea! It has potential but there is not much to do right now
I would say tho, maybe just by tweaking values like how much time does something need to make would make some interesting situations like "do i wait here and priorize giving the item or do i go make something else?"
Thanks 🏪! I know what you mean, we totally ran out of time and just stitched everything together. Personally I think the game needs a bit more than just value tweaking. I would focus on making the crafting more involved, add variants to the heroes, make it so heroes only show up once per day, balance the level out a bit (ppl get stuck on the tables a lot), and then focus on the difficulty progress. I'm glad you saw the potential I think the game turned out pretty good :D.
Great artstyle and fun idea! Nice work on this one.
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A pretty cool game. The art is great, and I love the concept of mixing the stressful overcooked-style gameplay with enemies that you have to dodge. However, I'm personally not a huge fan of the gameplay. It's not very interesting, and it's only stressful until you realize that angering the heroes doesn't really have any serious consequences most of the time. Most of the heroes don't pose a threat in the slightest, especially the goblins.
Thanks 🏪! Thanks for the feedback. I somewhat agree that the heroes don't pose a huge danger. It a bit complicated why that is tho. For starters we had to balance the game out for both skilled players and beginners. Originally the health system was going to be 1-3 hearts, but we decided on adding more to just make the game easier. We wanted to have a bit more in depth crafting but we ran out of time for that. We wanted it so only one version of a hero would show up at a time, with later levels having variants of heroes who were more powerful. This would make the heroes feel more special and "heroic". But we ran out of time to do that as well. The goblin is by far the weakest, which is why theres a special event just for him on the twelfth level.
Yeah, I definitely understand, 48 hours is a tiny time window to make a game in. I nearly ran out of time myself while making my game, and ended up not implementing some of my more complicated ideas.
Ya proper scoping is part of the fun of game jams. We were pretty close on the scope tho, I'm not entirely sure what of the scope I would have cut to meet the deadline. I guess thats something to contemplate.
Cool game. I just wish I could defend against the heroes.
Thanks 🏪! Ya we had considered allow the player to attack the heroes to kick them out. But it felt like it might start over complicating the game, since a majority of the game is about getting them the goods they demand.
I got pulled in by the amazing thumbnail! the art style is pretty good and I get some overcooked vibes in the gameplay. It looks very polished and it was nice to play the game.
The only little thing that felt unnecessary is that the customers deal damage and don't just create annoyance, it didn't seem to matter much to the gameplay if I ended that day with hapy or unhappy customers...
Anyway, great game :-)
Thanks 🏪! Ya we ran outta time to add any long term effects to making customers happy or unhappy. It would have been pretty awesome to have some store progression from that. The heroes throw a tantrum and try to kill you if you piss them off. The hope was to create bullet hell overcooked like game, where u were having to balance creating the good for the heroes while dodging their attacks. It would have been fun to expand the crafting system, but we ran out of time. I think the whole project was a bit more ambitious for 48 hours.
Cool game! The artstyle is amazing!
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Cool game! Nice artwork!
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I'm in love with the art style ! The gameplay is a bit stressful but it keep me entertaining, nice work
Thanks 🏪! Awesome fun stress is the best stress!
The splash-art really caught my attention!
Cool artwork, both the characters and the interior. I got so surprised when I missed to give the kid his potion and all of a sudden he had a tantrum.
Would be fun to imagine what other twists there could be.
Thanks 🏪! Ya there are a few hidden in there, but you have to get to some later levels hehe. I wish we had about another day to polish the game up.
Great game! I loved the creative twist that whenever you failed getting a customer their item, they start attacking you and become an obstacle instead! The presentation is also very lovely, and gives a nice charm to the whole game.
Thanks 🏪! I'm really glad you enjoyed it!
That was fun! On the last level, I thought the genre of the game had seamlessly changed to "dodge enemies", so I watched those hilarious goblins for a while :D
Thanks 🏪! You made it to the Gremlin rush level (level 12)! GJ!
Very cute! Big fan of the character design!
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I loved the art and audio, gets very intense.
Thanks 🏪! I really wish we had more time to work on the difficulty ramp. Oh well :D
Great art style! I enjoyed playing game and also hearing the voice act :D
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I love the art style! The gameplay is solid too although I experienced some wonky hit detection later in the game where I brought the requested item to the person right away and clicked interact a couple of times but they wouldn't take it and eventually they started throwing lightning at me. Not sure if I messed something up though.
Either way, it's a fun and cute little game.
Thanks 🏪! Ah thanks for the bug report. In general our collision boxes weren't great lol
My favorite part was the wizard sound effects whenever he would walk in and exclaim he needed a magic book. One of the levels I was doing good I thought and then he suddenly got angry at me and started shooting magic lol. That was pretty funny. Nice job!
Thanks 🏪! :D as the person who voiced the wizard thank you!
this was so fun, and it looks so polished!
Thanks 🏪! Do you have a favorite hero?
I really like the art and sound!
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Absolutely love the game mechanic! The main character is also so adorable as well
Thanks 🏪!