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A jam submission

Totem RushView game page

The game is about building totems, which scale infinitely and deliver infinite power as well.
Submitted by michael.bs, Felipe Mendes, Bolsa, Raffen (@rafo_farinha), jphdm20 β€” 5 hours, 1 minute before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Style#19023.4783.478
Overall#34872.8842.884
Creativity#40062.8262.826
Enjoyment#46422.3482.348

Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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The game is about building totems, which scale infinitely and deliver infinite power as well.

Development Time

96 hours

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

The artwork and music go well with the game.

Submitted(+1)

The game has really cool art and an interesting map. Now, if this game had a map to help with navigation and a short tutorial on what is possible to do, it would help the gameplay a lot.

Submitted(+1)

I can tell that there is a really nice game in here, but there a few issues which prevent the game from reaching its potential. As others have said, the world is done in a beautiful style, but it is very difficult to navigate, especially in a game which should really reward map knowledge. It would also be great to get more information about the different colors and what they do compared to each other. Final small gripe is that I'd love if it was a little easier to tell which direction the character is facing.

As a general concept though, this is very nice and I would be happy to play again in a version with clearer UI elements.

Submitted(+1)

Love the art, was a bit confused in the beginning when it came to gathering wood though. Other than that I had a good time!

Submitted(+1)

Cool idea and nice art style, but it's slightly unclear as to what the goal is and the gameplay is a bit repetitive. Would be good with some more mechanics!

(+1)

This game was slow to understand, because I at first thought you could chop down just the normal trees, and was confused why nothing was happening when I interacted with the trees.

Overall, I'd say this game is pretty fun for the gameplay loop though! I played until I had like 12 totem heads total!

Submitted(+1)

Others have summed it up pretty well; beautiful aesthetics / ambience, repetitive gameplay that became a bit tedious and no real incentive to progress other than refusing to lose.

Must be my inner designer, but I picked up pretty quickly that you had painted the sandy-coloured paths to lead back to the totem, though I do agree with their suggestion about adding a working compass (which is a more thematic solution than a mini-map in my opinion), perhaps even if it was something you had to craft within the first couple of rounds.

Nonetheless, good job with the submission and congrats for co-ordinating a team!

Submitted(+2)

For as simple as it is, the artstyle has some good color choices which make sit generally pleasant to look at! The gameplay loop is interesting, but it also gets quickly repetitive. Now this is a game jam game, so I think finding ways to expand the gameplay loop could highten the experience, but given time constraits it's easier said than done! Good job!

Submitted(+2)

Very pleasant and beautiful game, great work! πŸ˜‰ 

A small compass would be helpful, I lost because I couldn't find the totem. Also, you can keep playing even after the game over! πŸ˜…

Developer

Seriously? You only had 30 seconds to find the materials and you managed it?

Submitted

Sorry, I don't understand what you mean :/

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

I think what Vlopes is indicating is, as I noticed, when you trigger the fail-state and get the Game Over screen (basically "you lost"), the game engine's time scale is reduced but not stopped. Therefore it is possible to continue to play the game (albeit at a slower speed) whilst the Game Over screen is showing.

Submitted(+2)

The music was jamming! Because the map was so big, I did find myself getting lost a few times. A map or indicator would've been great. Good job nonetheless!

Submitted(+2)

Really nice music and artstyle! The game would probably benefit from having a minimap, as navigation is a bit tedious.

Submitted(+2)

I love the art and music, very cute and great vibes. I do think the gameplay does need a bit of work, without any other gimmick (e.g. combat, puzzles etc.) it's just a bit tedious. Overall, a very nice jam entry :)

Submitted(+2)

Hello !
Really beautifull art style and cool mecanics !!

I lost all the loot i've grinded while creating my totem :'( Replayed, and have been carefull this time !