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Once Upon A Picnic's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Style | #985 | 3.881 | 3.881 |
| Overall | #1805 | 3.381 | 3.381 |
| Creativity | #1942 | 3.452 | 3.452 |
| Enjoyment | #3200 | 2.810 | 2.810 |
Ranked from 42 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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A small open world game about an ant at a cute picnic.
Development Time
48 hours
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A cute and relaxing exploration game. The wall climbing mechanic is done nicely. This small ant eats faster than me!
I really liked how the camera shakes a little bit when the ant takes a bite! I really wish that there was a boundary check for the picnic basket tho, since I fell out of the scene haha
There was a nice boundary for 90% of development, but the scene changed so much in the mad panic of the last 10 minutes that a lot of stuff 'slipped through the cracks', including our players xD
The concept is really cute. I’ve also thought about making a 3D game where you play as an insect someday. Since it’s a game jam, I’m sure it was difficult to add more features, but the ant's movement was a bit too slow, which made it feel a bit frustrating. Though it was realistic, :P Anyway, I enjoyed playing it!
Thanks for the kind feedback. Yeah, definitely considering adding a few more mechanics to make discovery and exploration more interesting.
We'd hoped to add a speed increase to eating but unfortunately it didn't get in. We have a nice backlog of items to go into an update after the jam review period.
Thanks for playing!
Simple game with a cute graphics! Good work!
Great game! The blur effect in the distance gave it a good sense of the small scale, and it was relaxing to play.
Really loved how well this game sells the feeling of being a Little Guy! I love the toon shading too, v nice work!
The little ant is too cute!! I liked crawling around the cups and stuff like a little ant obstacle course
This game looks, feels, and sounds incredible. Well done!
Very peaceful game and I love the art but it was difficult to look for the correct food
Very cute and charming game, great job! Giving me Pikmin vibes :) Those blueberry explosions are oddly satisfying, specially when you can feast on top of the cake ;D
Cute game. I like the art.
Wow! Stylistically this is my favourite game of the jam so far! Great ambience, super satisfying to munch blueberries, love the cuteness of all the models. I feel like whatever in-game characters set out this picnic just kind of threw their food all over it haha
Yeah the 'people who set out the picnic' (us devs) did kinda throw the food everywhere.. in a last minute panic xD
Thanks for the kind words :)
Tons of charm and very relaxing! Great Work!
Lots of charm, was a relaxing game to play although I wasn't too certain of how I was doing in terms of progression, nothing happened after I found the 3rd strawberry unfortunately
I'm noticing a trend of that.. Thanks for playing! And the feedback is really appreciated!
We'll definitely be taking a look at the progression/objectives in future updates. Possibly doing something more exploration driven where we just lean into the mechanics and world design.
Nice one! Cute graphics, well done (I also couldn't find the 3rd strawberry)
This is so cute!
Wonderful 3D models and smooth controls. A short hike is one of my favorites!
this game has such cute aesthetics! the main character being an ant lends alot to the scale theme. samdwicch
Charming with the little birds sounds :D
I couldn't find the strawberries :3
As a feedback, I'd say to add clearer goals/reward. I was expecting to go big by eating :)
Thanks for playing! We didn't actually manage to get the final game loop in.
So there are objectives but no resolution to your goal. We'll definitely be balancing and refining (possibly even just pulling out the objectives entirely) in future updates.
Such a relaxing experience - I really enjoyed this. Very well executed.