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A jam submission

CartographomancerView game page

A game about drawing maps
Submitted by Infohazard Games (@vmillergamedev), katebriggs — 10 hours, 50 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#2184.2004.200
Overall#15113.4833.483
Enjoyment#20493.1503.150
Style#29023.1003.100

Ranked from 20 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?
You need to draw a map with accurate scale to complete each level.

Development Time

96 hours

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
See in-game credits screen for a detailed list of assets used.

freesound.org (audio)
flaticon.com (icons)
cadhatch.com (water normal map)
sharetextures.com (textures)
Nicolae Berbece (input icons)

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Comments

Submitted

wasn’t able to get it to work even on firefox

Submitted

It was a bit tough since you don't necessarily know what exactly you are doing wrong at certain points but outside of that the game is really interesting. I think the step counter is a really great idea!

Submitted

Really awesome game!  Super polished with art and sfx and a comprehensive tutorial that really brought a lot of different mechanics in in a manageable way.  With some quality of life improvements to the controls this could be a full game!  

Submitted

Nice take on the theme! Took me a while to get into the flow, but I enjoyed my time with it!

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As a geography student who loves cartography, I can't wait to try this out 😁Also, love how perfectly this fits the theme. You have to make your map to scale to succeed. Just great.

Submitted

Loved this concept, and had a lot of fun playing it. The early tutorials could use a little improvement to clarify the mechanics, but once I got the hang of it I found it very addictive. It'd be great if there was a creative way to give more hints about how the current route has failed, as sometimes I felt I was just adjusting my map with guesswork, but I appreciate it may be hard to balance that while maintaining the challenge. Overall really cool, and surprising depth!

Submitted

Really unique and interesting idea! It took a while to get a hang of the mechanics because the adventurer kept hitting the wall but once I figured it out the game was really enjoyable! Also I really enjoyed the music that played in the levels too :)

Submitted

Cool idea and great implementation! Step counter really helps to make maps more accurate, so levels became easier when it was introduced :D The map painting process is also kinda fun. I really liked the way map looks, so terrain and water have different shading applied. Good job!

Submitted

I really like the idea, I wish it would show the map during the navigation stage because I couldn’t figure out why my character kept running into the wall which I was pretty sure I had marked as a wall. Other than that the game felt very polished.

Submitted

great game, i like the painting <3

Submitted

Conceptual and mechanically really impressive. It's a real challenge to map things out correctly and I like that, but I think the learning curve is to steep at the moment.

Submitted

very interesting concept, I enjoyed it. I'll return to this if you plan to update it after the jam ends

Submitted

the idea of a map designer like this is really cool. i'd love to see where you could end up taking this. great work!

Submitted

Cool idea, would like to see an expanded form of the mechanic

Submitted

Couldn't really play. After the tutorial first level, I opened the compass and it just made me spin a bunch. Tried moving around, just kept spinning. Seems like a cool idea tho!