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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Creativity | #704 | 3.902 | 3.902 |
Overall | #1086 | 3.634 | 3.634 |
Enjoyment | #1205 | 3.463 | 3.463 |
Style | #1753 | 3.537 | 3.537 |
Ranked from 41 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?
This dating sim takes place on a huge time scale--over the course of millions of years. You also evolve from a tiny fish into a huge creature.
Development Time
96 hours
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All assets are original
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Really creative direction! I loved seeing all the different combinations
Haha, a lovely little experience with enough comedy to keep it going. Well done!
Really awesome concept, would love to see this developed on! Keep up the good work!
Oooh this is fresh take on the scale theme, I like it! Nice job with all the combos :)
Just like dating in real life, you listen a bunch of tedious dialogue and then end up just picking the one you think looks the coolest! (LOL)
No, honestly, this was awesome! Very creative interpretation of the theme, cute dialogue, and holy crap that’s a lot of character art! I had to explore all 16 paths to see them all. Well done!
The writing was so incredible cute, I cannot overstate how impressed I was. I was amazed at how much character you were able to infuse into these creatures with only just a few lines of dialogue. Wonderful work!!
A very unique idea! Cute and fun and a bit silly, loved it!
Great job on this. I usually don't like games that aren't focused on mechanics, and while I don't think this jam project can be made into a full fledged game - I really do think it's a piece of art in some way and you can probably push it further to some degree.
I think the idea of chosing partners based on their 'morally gray' and ambigious interpretations on how they live or want to live life is amazing. Reading through the dialogues I'd actually stop and think about how I feel on what the potential partner is saying - and in most games I just skip all dialogue. The one that stuck with me was some weird bird thing talking about not wanting to work more than necessary, and how it's considered lazy by some but he just wants to enjoy life. That one really resonates with me, because I think often I try too hard at work or on some 'self-improvement' journey instead of just pausing and trying to enjoy life, yknow?
Anyway lol, great job!
I got venomous/poisons bird! So awesome!!!
Wholesome symbiotic evolution <3
God I loved this game. Such a wholesome and funny concept. The lines are so funny and creative! And the art is sooo cute!
Cute artstyle! I loved the idea behind this with the theme of the jam
Fun concept and very cute art!
I love playing dating sim with ancient amphibian creature. The dialogues are very witty and cornily flirty that it suits the breed-to-evolution theme so much. Had a fun time playing this game!
This was super cute and wholesome! It was always a nice surprise to see what my creature decided it was into. I love the anticipation of each new evolution, it reminded me of evolving new Pokémon in some ways. Really nice work!
I love the games where you have to combine different things. You have made a really good game, combining an evolution game and a dating sim. Really loved the dialogues! Can't wait to explore other routes
Your concept is so fun ! It's so exciting to get new creatures as the game progress !!
Fun idea and well executed!
Nice work!
Time scale was such a big brain move to make. I hadn't even considered something like that. Huge props :DDDD
I enjoyed being able to talk with every animals! Very cute and wholesome experience. 🥰 Thanks for your game!