| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Style | #1980 | 3.450 | 3.450 |
| Overall | #3377 | 2.917 | 2.917 |
| Creativity | #3409 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Enjoyment | #4805 | 2.300 | 2.300 |
Ranked from 20 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?
You are constructing a lamp to a scale of a 3 story person, using parts used for like. Town infrastructure
Development Time
Interesting that you thought the art direction as being somber :o! I can now see it with the cold colour palette but I thought the scribbily art style made it lean towards silly, in a way. I was only able to create a brief gesture to the story setup in the menu but I can 100% see that being too vague as well as not as reinforced with the mechanics. I did make design notes on both of those that I wasn't able to impliement and plan to add once the voting period is over.
Grabbable item wise, any object that has the light blue highlight/secondary color is grabbale, but as you noted the controls are wonkyy so sometimes it doesnt respond.
If you were interested in seeing this games whole deal, I added a FAQ at the bottom of the game page to give more direction on what to do (the game's very quick and very repeatable), but no pressure to do so whatsoever! I'm glad you checked out my game and left a comment, thank you!!
Thank you for checking out the game and leaving the nice comment! I'm entertaining idea of making a post mortem dev log that will touch on the art style choice and inspiration (because I have more of a visual artist mind)
I offer the question I asked in reply to niko_no_games's comment to you too regarding confusion and a potential faq (and the same addendum that you don't have to answer!)
Thank you for checking out my game!! Yeah the glitching was something I made peace with early on. I thought it wasn't too visually disruptive to cause epileptic issues and it added to the janky charm that a game jam build can have. Though I am glad you like how the movement feels, its something I tend to gravitate towards when I get a chance to program a game (the very small moments I get it do that)
Regarding game instruction/clarity: I made my peace that I didn't include enough direction/feedback into the build and so I accepted players would be confused. Time caught up to me (plus other things!)
However I do want to field to you (and others that had a similar issue) this: If I were to add a faq regarding to how to navigate the game and explain how it works in the page description, would that be an acceptable addition?
(Don't feel like you have to answer that, I'm glad you checked out the game and left a nice comment!)
Oh!! Thank you for checking out my game! Glad you liked the concept, that's exciting to hear! (I'm more versed as a visual artist than a designer, despite caring about design)
Honestly I don't know what else to do with the lamp if I was to build on the game's concept, except for making a segment where you construct the lamp with additional materials? The lamp being a feature that carries on in the game would constitute a full game around this concept and I don't have much ideas for that unfortunately!
IDK, my thought was "what would a giant in the sky's living room look like?" Maybe you could decorate his living room or house after making the lamp or other household objects?
Like why am I making a lamp out of giant objects? Is it a homesick genie? Giant from jack and Bean stalk is a kleptomaniac? So many unanswered questions!
Thank you for checking out my game! I agree there is a lot of fun to get out of the "unintended" way to play. I think a good chunk of my dev was me getting distracted flinging objects around. If I had more time I would of added more feedback and features for that path of play, maybe after voting is over!
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