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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Style | #15 | 4.720 | 4.720 |
| Overall | #71 | 4.260 | 4.260 |
| Creativity | #254 | 4.170 | 4.170 |
| Enjoyment | #332 | 3.890 | 3.890 |
Ranked from 100 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?
Swan Song is a relaxing puzzle game about building your own music scales. You're grandpa left you with a small magical music box. It's up to you to solve it and reveal its secrets. Puzzle your way through numerous levels by placing notes on the scale and cranking the box. Watch your composition come to life when the box starts playing your musical score which moves & twists the gears & platforms, in order to get your little Goose safely to its nest! You only need your mouse to play: Simply click and drag notes on your scale and crank the crank to start your composition and solve the puzzle!
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I don't usually like downloading jam games but this one looked really interesting I am definitely impressed with what I recieved. It's very relaxing and soothing gameplay, music and art come together so well, it's impossible to not love. My only critique is the game feels a bit too slow even if it's a relaxing game but tbh it's not really an issue. Love the game, nice work guys!
Thank you so much for playing! :D The pacing is something we have to look at in the future I agree, but since we didn't really playtest with anyone because of the time limit, we kinda had to wing it and see haha! :D
Loved the art and the concept! I enjoy puzzle games where you have to think ahead and you guys did a very good job on this
Thank you so much! :D
Love the art and aesthetic. Puzzles are great designed. Great work, congrats!
Thank you very much! :D
Great game! I love the style and the idea. I got a bug, while i trying to put two notes in one hole, the music box just closed. But the game is still great, i love it!
Thank you very much! Sadly we didn't have time to fix some of these bugs, but hopefully we will in the future! :D
The art and the music were awesome! The puzzles too!
You did an amazing job developing this!
Thank you!!
I love the art direction and the idea is very clever (too clever for me..)
Don't underestimate yourself! Thanks for playing!:)
hahaha thanks !
All right, it's good. Very good.
Nothing to add 😊
Awww thank you!!!
It was so beautiful ! so polished !
Thank you!!
Very good game. I love the relaxing music and beautiful visuals. I really enjoyed solving the puzzles
Thank you so much!!!
Beautiful game! I loved seeing the gears moving below the level and how they weren't just randomly placed, but put where it makes sense for the physicality of the puzzle. The only frustration I had was when trying to move notes that were placed on the board. The required click and drag distance should be halved.
If we continue the development we for sure gonna look at the notes, you are not the first one to mention it! But glad you liked it!
Saw your game during developpement, and it really is as visually stunning as it looked like !
Really great work !
Awww thank you! Thanks for giving it a go!
The concept is very interesting. Even if you have only four movements it's not easy and immediate to complete the puzzle. You have to think how to place the notes according to the movement of the duck. It's not so obvious when the diffcult is increased with the double notes and new movements of the platform.
The interation at the beggining of the game with the letter is interesting and original. I loved it.
Sometimes there are some bugs. Sometimes it was difficult to catch the notes. It can happen that when the drawer closes the notes fall out and you can't play. You have to exit and reopen the game. This happened to me twice.
The game is very enjoyable! :)
Thank you! Yeah we are aware of some little bugs here and there! We couldn't fix them in time, sadly. But glad you still enjoyed it!
Stuning visuals!
Thank you!!
The art is gorgeous! Very relaxing, the music is beautiful, the sound effects fit well. Everything is extremely well done, great game!
Oh thank you so much for your kind words! Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful game! Incredibly relaxing and peaceful, while also being very fun! Sadly, my game broke (the box did not open), so I was unable to see the ending. But still, amazing game overall! I would like to see where this game heads after the jam!
If we do well in the ranking we might use the cloud to create a following and actually finish this concept. We had many more ideas, so we can really try to elevate it to another level! Thanks for playing! ☺️
Stunning, it could be pushed further by possibly exploiting the concept of music a little to bring the theme further into the gameplay, but everything else is really well produced. The sound and visual ambience... Congratulations.
Thank you so much! If we decide to make it in a full game we are probably going to take it a lot further. We have written more gameplay elements, but we didn't have time to create them yet.
Beautiful presentation and music. It had me wondering how does it fit the concept though? Music scales?
Yes, you build the path for the goose by placing notes on the music scale :)
Great style ! I think the puzzles were sometimes quite one-note (hehe), but it's hard to design puzzles in a game jam. I think that the concept could be fleshed out really well. there's alot of music notation left unexplored
Thank you! Yeah we still had a lot of puzzle ideas, but just not enough time to implement all of them! :) If we continue to work on this game we will add more depth in the puzzles as well :)
Beautiful game, really nicely done, congrats!
Thank you! :D
Honestly just beautiful! Art, music, gameplay, the intro with the envelope and opening the box, the cute lil swan, just everything. This is probably one of my favorite GMTK jam games in 5 years, fantastic job!
Thank you so much for the very VERY kind words! :D We'll give your game a try too!