Cool game, very difficult
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UPTOX's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Style | #2184 | 3.375 | 3.375 |
| Overall | #2955 | 3.042 | 3.042 |
| Creativity | #3036 | 3.125 | 3.125 |
| Enjoyment | #3763 | 2.625 | 2.625 |
Ranked from 16 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?
The game consists of scaling a cube to the X scale, using the initial scale as a reference. Therefore, the game is about building the scale needed to go up to X (UPTOX).
Development Time
96 hours
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
- The music is by LightMister from Freesound.
- The game uses the Cascadia Code font.
- The website uses the Space Mono font.
- All other assets are created by me, Dadà Ymbernon Augé.
Comments
Thank you so much for your comment! You're right about the difficulty issue—I need to look into fixing that. Your suggestion of including descending levels is a great idea. I actually considered it during development but decided to simplify things since it’s a Jam. I also feel that keeping the progression always ascending adds a natural increase in difficulty and simplifies player interaction. But your solution is definitely a good one, and it's something worth considering—maybe two game modes? I’m not sure yet...
Thank you for sharing your opinion; it's always valuable to know what players think. However, I personally don't quite agree. I follow a minimalist and simple philosophy—the game's mechanics and objectives are so straightforward and clear that I don't believe a button to reveal the answer and choose the height at ease is necessary. Part of the challenge lies in making the decision in the moment. Given how simple the game is, I think having that option would make it more boring and slow after just a couple of rounds. I prefer a more agile and streamlined gameplay. I also find that offering too many options (raising, lowering, and revealing the height) for something so simple would be cumbersome.
That said, thank you so much for your opinion and feedback! Even if I don't agree, I'm always interested in knowing what players think about the game :)
It was just a suggestion, players may get bored of always failing, as some could have a good spatial observation and other could not. But this can only be seen after testing with a good number of players. My suggestions does not mean that it has to be available for all the game, you could have easier levels where you can get a bit of help. once player gets good at that, then the aid is not there anymore. My suggestion was more like the player to have a bit more of time to assess, not necessary to be able to lower.
So close! I need a metronome! Great concept. I agree with some of the other comments. The difficulty scales pretty quickly. So much so that I ditched trying to eyeball it and went for a counting method to determine how tall it was, hence the metronome comment. Great work though. I love the aesthetic and the calming music.
191 days ago(+1)
Es muy interesante que se te haya ocurrido este método de escala de tiempo. Durante el desarrollo ya noté este otro método de medición, basado en segundos. Pero prefiero guiar al jugador para que juegue estimando la escala a simple vista, en lugar de con un metrónomo. Me parece más divertido de esta manera, aunque es más fácil con un metrónomo. Aun así, es genial saber que alguien ha encontrado este otro método. ¡Felicitaciones!
And thank you very much for your detailed comment!!
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