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A jam submission

Benedict Beaver the BuilderView game page

After a devastating flood, build new homes for animal pals in Birch Grove!
Submitted by Patbug (@thatpatbug), PleadTheFilth (@pleadthefilth), Jaylus (@roman_hyacinths) — 2 hours, 16 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Style#64.7774.777
Overall#514.3074.307
Enjoyment#784.1844.184
Creativity#5893.9613.961

Ranked from 103 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 about building houses and building community! The houses are scaled to each animal's size and tailored to their specific needs. The music also builds between levels, accompanying the growing scale of your community.

Development Time

96 hours

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Submitted(+1)

The game is really good, the last level was a real challenge. I think it could be interesting if you integrate a city, where I can see each unlocked building as a place in this city.

Developer (1 edit)

Interesting idea for sure!! Thanks for playing :)

Submitted(+1)

It’s so good that I wanted more levels! Great job!

Developer(+1)

Whoohoo, thanks for playing!!

Submitted(+1)

Storytelling, art, graphics, sound & music are amazing! It's a perfect cozy game. It's really easy to understand and know what to do. Good job :)

Developer

Aww, thanks so much! Super appreciate it.

Submitted(+1)

WoW! Just wow! incredible game, have nothing else to say!

Developer

Aww, thank you so much!

Submitted(+1)

Super chill and relaxing, with a lovely art style and cute writing. Extremely polished - visuals, sound and gameplay were top-notch.  Had an amazing time playing this, great job! :D

Developer(+1)

Glad to hear it; thanks so much for playing!!

Submitted(+1)

Lovely game. The art was very cozy and welcoming and fit the theme of the jam very well!

Developer

Aw, thank you so much for the kind words!

Submitted(+2)

Loved the puzzles and the music, this game is very relaxing and I played this to completion!! I would love to see this get expanded in some way!!
Steamed today, if you want to watch game play

Developer(+1)

Thank you!!

Submitted(+1)

Very cute character and interesting puzzles. You got a meditative gameplay, I really liked it

Developer

Thanks so much; I super appreciate the kind words!

Submitted(+1)

It was very cute. The puzzle itself is very easy... but in a good, meditative way

Thank for this sunny happy little beaver game
(The art is so charming - good job)

Developer

Aww, thank you so much!!

Submitted(+1)

It was a really cool experience, I would like to see this game expended in the futur.

Developer

Thank you!!

Submitted(+1)

one of the most polished games of the jam yet! I think it has potential for something bigger once you introduce some more mechanics like blocked off spaces

Developer

Thanks so much for the kind words!

Submitted(+1)

I would've snapshotted that rabbit kid's letter and framed it if I knew that the game ended there

Either way, the presentation here is absolutely amazing all around, but that goes even without saying tbh.  The writing also gave me a chuckle now and again

However, I do have some issues with the gameplay. Namely that I felt that it got somewhat monotonous towards the end of the game since my strategy for each puzzle pretty much remained the same
i.e fill up as much of the house as possible, and then get some of the logs which were 2 or 3 units long and chew them so that they fit

I also felt that the randomness of the logs could often screw you over sometimes since you may really need a shorter log when you're almost done with a house. ( This is probably just a nitpick though tbh )

The actual game mechanics and puzzle strategy could've used some variety, although the variety in art for the houses ( all of which looked amazing and creative AF ) and the different animals of the area was on point and had a beautiful mix of charm and personality

All in all, I think y'all made something wholesome AF and pretty uplifting in general. Kudos to your entire team

Developer(+1)

Really appreciated your detailed feedback! I agree with your gameplay critique overall; we had an additional mechanic (beaver tail slap) and difficulty settings in mind, but ran out of time to figure out meaningful implementation. We figured it would be better to err on the side of making the levels easy!

As a side note, between your writing style and profile picture, I totally read your entire comment in my head in a mobster Boston accent LOL

Submitted(+1)

Lovely game, beautiful art, satisfying gameplay and charming writing!

Developer

Thanks so much for the kind words!!

Submitted(+1)

What wonderful art style. An incredibly charming experience with plenty of polish. 

Developer

Thanks so much!!

Submitted(+1)

Incredibly charming, well written, loads of polish, and solid gameplay to back it up. What more could you want in a game jam game? A superb job 🎉

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for the kind words!!

Submitted(+1)

Guys, you've done a bloody good job. This is a lovely game, the sort of game that inspires me to keep making games. Well done!

Developer

Thank you so much, what an honor!

Submitted(+2)

WOW. This is way too good I don't even know what to say. And the beaver actually sort of speaks out the text? Really amazing work, congrats!!

Developer(+2)

Thank you! I recorded a syllable for each letter of the alphabet, then our programmer had each letter trigger the corresponding audio! Glad you picked up on that

Submitted(+2)

Artwork is so damn good, all the UI designs and presentation of the game is so well!

Developer

Thanks so much for the kind words; I super appreciate you taking the time to play and leave feedback!

Submitted(+1)

The game is very polished, with amazing art and impressive voice acting. The gameplay is smooth and fun. The puzzles are relatively easy but have their own charm. Overall, it's a very great game.

Developer

Thanks so much for the kind words!!

Submitted(+1)

I simply have no words, this is wonderful! Everything in the game is done at a high level, respect! 🧡

And this is within the framework of the jam, I'm shocked...

Developer(+1)

Thanks so much! We were definitely going for high production value, so I'm glad that stood out to you!

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