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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #61 | 4.429 | 4.429 |
| Overall | #81 | 4.238 | 4.238 |
| Style | #121 | 4.476 | 4.476 |
| Enjoyment | #456 | 3.810 | 3.810 |
Ranked from 84 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Puzzle platformer set in a computer where you scale and move windows to complete levels.
Development Time
96 hours
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I admit I was too frustrated by dying from slightly overlapping windows ; I would have preferred if it would do a shake + "nuhuh" sound and reset to its previous position.
However, I know this game will stick in my head for the absolutely striking artstyle and concept!
and also, thanks you very much for the keyboards rebinding!
Thank you! That suggestion about the windows is actually so smart haha. A lot of people gave us the feedback that they disliked that aspect and I think that's the perfect solution. Wish we had thought of it!
You know the game is good when you are sad it is over, very creative and well made, especially the little 3D model. Hope you make it into something bigger!
You know the game is good when you are sad it is over, very creative and well made, especially the little 3D model. Hope you make it into something bigger!
Really original idea and very good visually very nice game
Man. this is an incredible submission! I love how well done the screen effect is. I've never seen a puzzle game of this style, but now I want to see and play more!
Very creative game. Has a very nostalgic retro look to it, it adds to the flavour.
I wouldn't be surprised if this one wins on creativity
This was so good. Very high quality, almost feels like a full game. The puzzles were overall pretty fun and the visuals were so good. Only slightly annoying thing was the level resetting when I put a window too close to the player. Other than that, I'd love to play more of this!
Thank you! Yeah, we got a lot of feedback regarding the window and it's just too bad we didn't think to tweak that before releasing the game.
Omg, the overall style is AMAZING! Having a 3D character on 2D desktop is such a good descition. Also the difficulty was perfect, the subtle hint thing was *chefs kiss*. Only issue I had was it felt a bit frustrating when the level reset as soon as you misplace the window a bit too close to the player. Wouldn't mind if there were like 3 more levels but overall amazing entry.
Thanks so much, appreciate the feedback! I think ideally we would have refined the conditions for a game over a bit, and added more levels to explore the concept a bit more, maybe in the future someday!
My brain still hurts. Incredibly creative!
Very super duper
Good and clever with a nice amount of polish.
Cute art and a great concept. The virtual desktop was very well executed! Good job!
What a lovley game!
Really liked it and a very very unique idea!
Very Cool Idea. The Retro art looks so cool especially the main character! Clicking the scaling buttons seemed to be bugged sometimes. Otherwise very cool execution!
What a great idea, I'd love to see the concept expanded.
I was particularly impressed by having to create platforms by playing with the text auto wrapping.
I was a bit annoyed that dragging panels near the player would sometimes reset it, I assume that was to cover up all sorts of potential glitches.
Great Job.
Yes you'd be correct in that assumption haha thank you for the feedback, glad you enjoyed it!
This game is adorable and amazing, and it has a unique idea behind it.
This is a really cool idea! I like the dedication to emulating the old PC graphics, and the detail of how the text auto-wraps in one level. My only criticism is that it's a little too easy to accidentally squish the player with a misplaced window.
really liked the idea! loved this old school style of pc and also nice puzzle