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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #785 | 3.864 | 3.864 |
| Overall | #1800 | 3.384 | 3.384 |
| Style | #1801 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Enjoyment | #3258 | 2.788 | 2.788 |
Ranked from 66 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?
MMORPGs are built to scale; our game's narrative is about when the size of the player base doesn't match. It is itself a small snapshot of a much larger world.
Development Time
96 hours
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Additional assets used:
- fantasy spell icons - liosan, from OpenGameArt
- fantasy ui panel - StumpyStrust, from OpenGameArt
- wind sound effect - Luke.RUSTLT, from OpenGameArt
- Pixel Art Platformer tileset - https://cainos.itch.io
- fantasy ui construction kit - Lamoot, from OpenGameArt (edited)
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This really bring the childhood back to me, when I sat and played the same levle hundreds of times lol.
the interpretion of theme is great, like beyond my brain. I love this game though it almost crashed my browser or what
There were problems using skills, for some reason everything was laggy
The concept is interesting. Will you continue to work on it?
This was very unique! Lot's of nostalgia, thanks for making it <3
Neat game! I couldn't get into a lot of the early 2000s MMOs, but this nonetheless hit me right in the nostalgia feels. I wish the gameplay had a bit more depth to it, but I guess that wouldn't be very 2000s MMO-like, huh? Haha! The narrative was very personal, and I'm glad I gave it a chance and saw it through to the end. Wholesome game!
This was very cool and interesting! I am honestly impressed with the amount of writing that was put into it. Music loops were short but some how did not get on my nerves which is honestly impressive. Also really enjoyed the story and characters, it took me back to playing MMOs : ) Great work the lot of ya!
oh this is so unique and cool! :D fantastically well-executed and that dialogue and chat in general is just shockingly realistic and im super impressed lol. great job :3
Enjoyed this so much! I don't have an mmorpg background but got emotional anyway. I'm sure that's due to solid character writing and music. I gave 5 for everything (though it's quite generic style wise...I understand that's advantageous for folk to be able to relate). I think this idea is worth fleshing out with a bit more gameplay and defined visual identity, if you wanted! Could tell a really cool, in-depth story here, and it's surprisingly fun to take it in while reading the silly world chat stuff and grinding.
Very creative concept and interpretation of the theme! The NPCs are pretty funny as well. I'm too young to feel nostalgic about this era though. Do wish there were more fun things to do though, and the spells freeze the game like crazy. Love the art style though, and it's very unique!
Wow, as others have pointed out, we were really impressed that you pulled off an MMO for the jam. Nice job!The art style and music are fantastic—they draw you in and immerse you in the game! There was a slight issue, though, when we tried to cast a spell, our Chrome crashed.
I wasn't so sure of what i was going to see at first but i see that it was the idea of the game that was scaled ! Really clever interpretation of the theme ! I can also say that you managed to even scale the bugs as when I tried to cast a spell it crashed my chrome process XD
Great job
The idea is crazy, the atmosphere wow, kudos! thee spell casting unfortunately frozes my screen a couple of seconds. But wow, the originality (or not) really blown me away. Great entry! Loved concept!
really realistic writing! i thought i was actually in a real mmorpg for a couple of seconds while reading the chat and someone was actually whispering to me. unique interpretation!
At first i thought you guys actually did a mmorpg within 96 hours. I didn't quite get the theme though until i read your explanation. This is definitely a interpretaion i would have never thought of. So do i get it right, the gameplay is basically just text based? Or did i miss something? Otherwise i think you did a good job. Keep it up!
That's right! The gameplay is mostly through the dialogue system. Although, there is a part where you have to splat a few enemies with spells :)
Wild concept!
I had a few technical hitches but I gotta say this is wild. I uh, genuinely wasn't sure for a few seconds if this was multiplayer or not. I'm realllllly impressed by this and felt like I was 12 again playing MapleStory, etc. Super fun concept.
The game concept is truly awesome, I love the feel of logging in and the messaging, server updates all felt very nice. I know I had to get some hats but I didn't know how, I tried to use spells and the game crashed several times so I didn't get very far. But I love the idea and it looks very nice, reminds me of the time I played goat simulator mmo and everyone was responding to me even if I wasnt connected to the internet :'3 nostaglic!
I didn't really get the concept of the game, at first I thought "whaaaaat?!? A full mmorpg in just 4 days? with logins etc..." ahahahah good job!
Nice game! The music really brings the old school MMORPG atmosphere together
Wow, there is so much attention to detail! The game is very immersive, and it nails that MMORPG feel. Amazing work!
How... how am I the only (or, I hope, first) one to review this gem?!
Honestly, one of the most striking concepts of the jam. I love that everything is so in-universe, down to the patch note upping at each disconnection.
My only gripe is that each of the 3 spells had my browser freeze for long, looong time ; and then as I figured the concept of the game I kept wondering if this was not a genius move instead of a bug xD I would have loved is this just crashed the "game", logged you out, and you could see an emergency patch note in there as the first logout to introduce you to the mechanic of relogging in for more content.
All in all, 5/5 style, creativity and enjoyment! You can be proud of this one!!