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a carp’s dream (jam ver.)'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #1928 | 3.458 | 3.458 |
| Overall | #1945 | 3.340 | 3.340 |
| Enjoyment | #1948 | 3.188 | 3.188 |
| Style | #2184 | 3.375 | 3.375 |
Ranked from 48 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?
it’s about a scaly carp scaling a mountain... you’ll see!
Development Time
96 hours
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
made in godot; input mapping based on godot demos (MIT license - https://godotengine.org/license/)
Shippori Mincho font by FONTDASU (Google Fonts/SIL Open Font License)
everything else by us, including art & music & design & programming & bugs
see description for full credits / links
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Cute puzzle game, the mechanic of creating a wall to move where I want is original and pretty interesting!
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This game is super cute and a decent challenge to boot! I feel it’s been very well thought-out and I really enjoyed it 😄 Nice work!
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Cute puzzle game
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Loooove the concept, cute and fun puzzle game !!
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I think this is my favorite game I've played up to this point. Such creative mechanics, distinct art style, challenging but not impossible puzzles. Well done! :)
Wow, that's so kind of you! Thank you so much for playing, we're glad you enjoyed our game (:
Very cute and fun puzzle! Loved the carp art and animation!
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The freezing water mechanic worked really well with the level layout, and the art was quite charming! Nice work!
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Very cool mechanics for a puzzle game! Puzzle design was also pretty decent. Definitely needs some polish, checkpoints were somewhat pointless once you reach the double character stage since it's easy to checkpoint an impossible state. Would definitely like to see this grow into a larger puzzle game :)
(By the way, not sure if you're a member of the Thinky Games discord yet, but it's a great place to discuss puzzle games and puzzle game development, highly recommended!)
Thanks for the feedback! We definitely should have added some kind of multi-checkpoint undo to prevent those awkward softlocks, and there's certainly work to be done with cleaning up the level design. We're big fans of the Thinky Games community! Our initial idea was to build a sprawling mountain with multiple paths forward (much like A Monster's Expedition)!
I truly appreciate your sincere encouragement and thank you so much for playing (:
I love it! The levels really make me struggle. The mechanics are very cool and creative. I adore the art, I wish you had more time to make more to see it.
Yes, we wish we had more time for more art too! We'd love to draw more animations and better backgrounds in the future. Thank you so much your kind words and for playing (:
i really liked the handrawn look of the game, and the gameplay felt pretty unique ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡
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Cool game! I fell of the map and found some secret message. Great work!
Congrats on finding our secret bean! Thanks for playing (:
There has good ideas but i was so confused when i got off the river. Apart from that the game is cool and fresh
Thanks for playing (: If you let me know where you got stuck, I could write a hint for you or anyone else!
i pressed Z so i could continue but whenever i went off the the river it felt like it was a bug, but i think that's normal
these puzzle mechanics have a lot of potential, really creative stuff. The ending, especially the music, was also great.
Thank you for playing and congrats on reaching the ending! (:
Nice game! The combination of the freeze and warp mechanics were pretty neat!
They definitely became dragon buddies and nothing bad happened to the carp 😢
Yes!!! Thanks for playing! Congrats on getting the DRAGON BUDDIES ending (:
maybe the real fish were the friends we made along the waterfall. Cool game, quite challenging!
Haha, thank you for playing (:
Very interesting concept! And the carp is very cute :)
I got stuck sometimes and it was really difficult to undo some decisions as I had to press z sooo many times..it would be probably helpful to be able to undo ice making by clicking on a certain ice cube :) Nevertheless, I can say that puzzles are cool and have lots of potential!
I like the idea to fast forward undoing to a particular ice cube you froze! Thank you so much for playing (:
Great use of background music! Behind all that zen, I'm sweating trying to calculate my next 10+ moves lol. A pleasant game to stumble upon, I thoroughly enjoyed this one, despite the simplicity.
Haha, hope it wasn't too sweaty! Thanks for playing (:
This is a revolutionary platformer, if i may call it one
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Wonderful puzzles and amazing presentation! You can see it was made with a lot of care :)
Thanks for your submission, I had a lot of fun!
Thanks for your kind words and for playing (:
At first I was like oh lets move this cute fish then i started playing and I was like whoahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Level was set up nicely to teach which I was not expecting and I like trying to figure out how to progress very great game.
Thank you so much for playing (: