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A jam submission

Creature CondosView game page

A game for GMTK jam 2024
Submitted by Walrusware — 3 days, 18 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#25323.2733.273
Style#31403.0263.026
Overall#33622.9262.926
Enjoyment#42212.4812.481

Ranked from 77 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 scale the buildings to fit the animals

Development Time

96 hours

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Submitted(+1)

Great art and music! I find this game very relaxing and I like the cut scene transitions! Very cool game, keep it up!

Submitted(+1)

Cute art! At first I didn't know how to make things bigger or smaller, it feels weird scaling the buildings zooming in and out, hehe

Submitted

Love the idea! However I think the game is a bit backwards if that makes sense? Right now you learn what size the houses are for each animal and place them so that becomes trivial. It would be interesting if you had to build the houses out of parts to make them the right size, and could scale the building blocks like you do houses.

Great work!

Developer

Thanks for playing. 
The original concept was to have the animals be certain shapes (so a giraffe would be a box with a tall tub coming off it) and you would have to place house pieces to make the right shape at the right scale. Unfortunately with  timeconstraints etc I had to simplify the idea a lot to just zooming in and out and only having 3 shapes of house to choose from.

Submitted(+1)

cool construction game!

Submitted(+1)

Cute game, but not a lot of direction or guidance when it comes to actually playing. the controls were a bit finicky as well, but overall a good experience.

Submitted

It's cute and chill game, I played several rounds however without hint it is almost impossible. The animals could have some size indication in the line and the ability to move the placed houses would be nice too. But good job!

Developer

Thanks so much for playing. A lot of people hav said thee hint was very needed. The original intention was for the animals to come onto the screen and ask for houses so you would have to zoom to the correct level to talk to them, and once you placed the correct house they would move into it. Unfortunately that was way out of scope for the tim limit so I had to reduce the comlexity down a lot. 
I quite liked not having the ability to move the houses as it means people have to use the space well but I did include the undo button so you can adjust some things. 
I appreciate the feedback thank you. 

Submitted

Very cute idea. However, I could also not get it. The animals show no scale indication of what house they need. Plus I’m not sure houses are supposed to be flying.

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing. I tried to make the pictures obvious about which ones are long and tall plus the animals themselves show the scale (elephant is large, centipede is tiny). I wanted to include a proper tutorial but unfortunately I ran out of time. I knew people might struggle with this aspect so I did add a hint that can be shown from the tutorial screen to make it more clear.
Th floatig houses is a know bug and again I sadly ran out of time to fix it. 
I'm glad you likd the concept even if it was not clear about the mechanics. 

Submitted

It's a very creative concept. I don't think im supposed to be able to build flying houses though lol

Developer

Yeah you are supposed to only be able to place them on the ground or on top of other houses. My friend found that glitch when he was testing it but I wasn't able to get it fixed in time. Still, it allows for for cool pictures haha. 

Submitted(+1)

Aww I want to give every animal a home! Once I realized that you could place new homes on top of old ones I was able to make some dense housing!

Submitted(+1)

What a sweet game! Nice, almost nostalgic art style too. Congrats on completing the jam and a neat project. 

Submitted

Submitted

I won!!
 great idea, very charming and cute!

It took a while to understand that zooming in/out change the dimensions of the houses, so maybe I would make it more obvious.

Developer(+2)

Thanks for playing, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes I put the grid in to try and make t more obvious but the whole mechanic wasn't super clear. I did plan to have a full tutorial and things but jam games be jam gaming and I ran out of time so I had to settle for the static text. 

Submitted(+1)

It is very cozy, but did not get it. sorry. 

Submitted(+1)

Very cute game, the music was chill. It took me a while to figure out how the game works and then I turned hints on which helped xD. Fun!

Submitted(+1)

cool art style and a cute fun game!

Submitted

Cute game! I thought the puzzle mechanics were really interesting. I think panning around with the mouse would make it a much smoother experience. I also think the houses should scale as I zoom in and out. I had a nice, relaxing time with this game, great work!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing! 
The houses scaling with you was definitely the intention to begin with but I ran into difficulty implementing it. Moving around with the mouse would definitely be a great addition as well. Noted.

Submitted(+1)

I was a little confused at first at how the scaling worked but when I got the hang of it, it became a fun puzzle. Also loved the wholesome theme of giving each animal a cozy home :3

Submitted(+1)

I appreciate a puzzle game that makes me stop and think. Once I got it, everyone got a place to live. Love the art, the music, and the vibe. Well done! :D

Submitted

Hi Walrusware! The game had really cool vibes and I thought it was really cute. I personally did have a bit of a hard time understanding what to do, even with the hints and the tutorial. I plopped some houses down, gave some animals their homes, and wasn't sure how to proceed from there. Either way, it's super original and well executed!  

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing. It should giv you about 5 animals and once they all have houses a small game over screen should play and ask if you want to go again or us sandbox mode just to place houses for fun. 
If this didn't show up for you thn I'm really sorry and 'll look into bugs etc. 

Submitted(+1)

Fun and cute game. It's an original concept and I like how things shrink and grow with the player rather than being controlled "externally" because it makes things a lot more interesting.

Submitted(+1)

A relaxing little game with an interesting idea. The scaling system was a bit confusing at first, but after I figured it out it was quite fun. The game is rather short currently (understandable due to Jam time limit), but with more content it would easily be something to sit and play for hours. Overall a very solid concept with a charming art style.

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