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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #1270 | 3.650 | 3.650 |
| Overall | #1810 | 3.317 | 3.317 |
| Presentation | #2106 | 3.300 | 3.300 |
| Enjoyment | #2114 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
Ranked from 20 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?
The game is like Duck Hunt, but you play as the duck instead of the hunter. Also, the game is nothing at all like Duck Hunt.
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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Love the concept! the urge to quack is so funny. I just imagine the duck thinking "must resist quack..oh no not working!!! Quack!"
The music is so great and really adds to the game. Fits the retro theme perfect. Most of the other games I've played so far have generic background music (or no music).
Got a weird error the first time I won, but worked fine after that for both winning and losing. Also the quack sounds had me giggling. Well done.
Glad you liked the urge to quack! That was exactly how I hoped it would come across, haha! And glad to hear you liked the music, I'm really happy with what our composer came up with :D
No idea what causes that error at the end of the game, but thank you for letting me know! And an even bigger thank you for playing the game multiple times!
Thank you so much for the compliment on the music <3 I love making fun soundtracks and we had a good time getting silly with this one :)
Hey this is really charming! I quite enjoy the "urge to quack" bar haha, that's probably one of the funniest game mechanics I've seen in a while.
Congrats on a jam well done!
Thank you! Glad you liked the urge to quack bar, it was hard not to laugh while putting that together. Appreciate your kind words!
haha, my review will be more toward audio. using audio as the gameplay was a very nice touch! I like how there's a different quack sound depending on what level of your urge is. Sometimes I would hear the sniffing of the dog even when Im on the opposite side of the map which makes me wonder if the dog can teleport or if is there a bug. The music is great fits the game very well, it would have been interesting if there was some sort of processing to the music when the dog was very close or even chasing you. The quacking sounds are so cute!
as others have said the gameplay was pretty simple especially since the spawn was so close to the hunter's gun, would have had nice variety if the spawn and/or gun was in random locations or levels with different types of animals/obstacles. with that said I really enjoyed playing it for what it is, great job!
Thanks so much for playing and providing feedback! The dog sniffs whenever he begins patrolling, but I forgot to spatialize the sound properly, so unfortunately it is audible map-wide. Agreed about the music change! We'd planned to change the music based on whether the dog was alerted or not, but wound up not having enough time to fully implement it.
Appreciate your thoughts on the gameplay! It definitely ended up being too simple. I have a bad habit of leaving level design until far too late in a jam, and then scrambling to put something together. For this game, I'd also completely forgotten to account for obstacles/pathfinding with the dog's movement, which certainly didn't help! Absolutely going to focus on planning and executing level design much earlier in the process in future jams!
And really glad to hear you liked the quacks :D
Thanks for the compliment on the music! I agree on the additional processing, I would like to implement some interactive music on a jam in the future!
very cool concept and great art style
It ran slowly and was a bit easy, but I have to commend the effort. The soundtrack was amazing and the art was great, plus the callback to a classic like duck-hunt was great!
Thank you for playing! Sorry to hear it ran slowly, I definitely should have tested it on more machines. Appreciate the feedback!
thanks for the compliment on the music! ❤️
good, though a bit too easy.
Thanks for playing! And I agree. I should have spent more time designing the level!