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A jam submission

Horizons: The End Of Words 🌌View game page

Cosmic word game 🌠 GMTK Jam 2024
Submitted by PUNKCAKE Délicieux 🥞 (@PUNKCAKE_delice), Benjamin Soulé (@benjamin_soule_) — 2 hours, 41 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#1434.0634.063
Overall#1774.1044.104
Creativity#3534.0944.094
Style#5044.1564.156

Ranked from 32 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?
It is a word game set on an infinite grid. Make words to explore and build up the scale of your playing space.

Development Time

96 hours

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Everything was made and coded by Benjamin Soulé during the jam except for the font which is the Pico-8 font. (CC-0 license) The engine used is our in-house engine SUGAR. (built to make lo-res games)

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Comments

(1 edit) (+1)

I really like this concept. Well done!!

(+2)

Holy crap this is a fantastic spin on scrabble, well done. The graphics could use some work, some of the letters are pretty impossible to tell what they are at first (M for example), but you have a solid game here.

(+1)

I kept thinking I could use a B as an E. You have your own engine? That's cool. I felt like the game played a little slow, and almost boring (maybe I'm just playing it wrong). And with the font it was really difficult to see what words I have. I got the powerup that restocks 1 every time you validate 1 tile, so I just built words up one letter at a time. Maybe it would be good to reward larger words, but then it would the same as 90% of scrabble-likes. It definitely helps to have memorized many 2 letter words. 

I'm really impressed with how much content is in the game. Good game!

Submitted(+1)

REALLY solid idea, lovely execution. I love the historical figures (shoutout to sappho) and you really took this somewhere unique! I love it!

I would apprieciate a play & review of my game if you have the time.

Submitted(+1)

Such a cool game and very impressive work for a jam! My only complaint is the font that I find quite hard to read. Congrats for your entry!

(+1)

i love this game so much

Submitted(+1)

Really nice concept , I spent way too much time on that game :) My only concern is that it feels either neverending or one game can last very long.

Submitted(+1)

A great Scrabble-like with interesting mechanics and increasingly difficult challenges. It is so polished, it feels like a complete game already, I'm admirative of what was achieved in so little time. The art style really stands out.
The only thing that bothered me was the font which is not very readable.

Submitted(+1)

Very polished, beautifull and clever submission ! Congrats !

Submitted(+1)

I'm not really very good at word games ( I didn't manage to get over 36% even in the easy mode... ^^' ) but I still had a lot of fun with your game, everything is really very, very well done. If someone had told me it was a complete game, I wouldn't have been shocked. Congratulations on your great game!
Et merci d'avoir mis le dictionnaire francais ^^

Submitted(+1)

First of all, the implementation is great, the visual style is simple but clear and consistent, so it feels like a complete game. The idea is of course very creative, probably one of the most creative I have seen here, but I would say that the barrier to entry is really high, since it is a word game, but if you know the language, you will find it very interesting!

Submitted(+1)

I wish I wasn't so bad at word games! Love the visuals of this. Everything is super polished and I could totally see this becoming a full release. Well done!

Submitted(+1)

Wow! This is probably the most creative take on the theme I've seen! Really fun, kinda like Scrabble. Very underrated though. This should have much more ratings!