Play game
CURSED DICE's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #327 | 3.921 | 3.921 |
| Overall | #544 | 3.675 | 3.675 |
| Presentation | #664 | 3.868 | 3.868 |
| Enjoyment | #1118 | 3.237 | 3.237 |
Ranked from 38 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?
Elegant game design about action, ramdomness and choices by smashing the CURSED DICES.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing audio
Leave a comment
Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.
Comments
The sounds are great, the idea is very creative and the art is very well done! Great Job and well done!! :D
Thank you!
The idea is very well implemented and the die personalization really makes you feel in control. Even though it's mostly random, there is definitely some potential for tactics, especially thanks to the "reroll power" (the red face).
Also, I found a bug. If you smash at max power right after the dice start rerolling because one of them landed on the red face, the dice go flying off screen. Happened to me twice, first time they came back, second time I lost 2.
Had a lot of fun with this, I ended up playing for over 15 minutes. Well done!
Thanks for sharing your experience and bug! Sorry for the loss of your dice, since the "invisible wall" was not high enough for the max power, we will solve this bug.
Very nice idea with the faces of the die being slots to equip. I also like that you are invincible however I felt like I wasn't really in control of the dice (hitting it from one side didn't necesarily push it the other direction) but that is a minor issue, but maybe make them lighter so that they roll for longer?
Thank you for playing! Yes, sometimes the dice rolling is not that satisfying due to the physics, but we will tweak it for a better experience.
I've not often seen a dice builder game (as opposed to a deck builder) and I don't think I've ever seen it in video game form. Well done on giving that a form, and blending it with real-time combat. However I feel like maybe I don't understand something, because all I've done gameplay-wise is jump to roll the dice and the enemies don't seem to hurt me at all so I'm not sure what the threat is.
Thanks for playing it, currently the threat is from the count-down time in levels, for sure there should have a more interesting design to explore.
The art and gameplay was amazing and fun. It's a decent game with lots of potential. Good work <3
Thank you!
A pretty decent game with a very creative and fun mechanic! Had a pretty fun time with it, although it got a bit boring too soon in my opinion. The scaling aspect of the game can be improved maybe? So that we can get to a point where there are a lot more powerups on the die's faces sooner, making each slam more satisfying since it activates a bunch of different effects. Took me a long time to replace most of the die value to something other than the DARK ROCK. A way of doing that would be to introduce more choices for more dice or powerup changing, such as giving the player 5 choices per room completion, and let them pick 2 out of the pool. You can prevent dice overload (prevent the player from only picking extra dice, which makes it unplayable due to how crammed the screen might get) by having a limit.
Also, in the later stages, I got stuck at the start for quite a long time due to collisions with the enemies. Maybe disable collision or something?
A lot of potential and room for refinement imo. Looking forward to later versions with more powerups!
P/S: I couldn't give live commentary due to not being able to stream, sorry
Hi Yuuni, thanks for the serious comment.
1. Yes, we need to think about how to keep players in the mental flow by introducing new game experiences in the progression to avoid boring issues.
2. Speed up the leveling up session for quick reward is a good thought to enhance the positive loop.
3. Just as you said, we definitely will add more new interesting powers and mechanisms around the dice if we keep developing this. Giving players the choice to select which power to take is a good suggestion.
4. It seems the collision is a problem in the later game, we might disable that between players and enemies in the future.
Thank you again for playing our game and sharing your experience and thoughts!
Best
this is a very unique take on the theme and has a lot of room for more additions. looking forward to see where this could possibly go after the jam!
Thank you! Your feedback is a good motivation for future development.
Really nice game ! Fun to play, maybe add more present ambiance music ?
Thanks for the suggestion, yes sounds/music is an interesting topic for the future development.
Really love the take on dice combat that y'all did here. The 3D dice integrate perfectly with the art style and I found myself trying to to roll certain dice so I could use their special power. I think with a dash or some movement option, I would have liked the game even more as I found myself walking a little slowly from die to die. Great job!
Thank you! that movement suggestion is something very interesting, we better do something around it.
This is probably my favorite take on the dice control your attacks idea, I had a blast! I just wish my smash had a bit more power, and the powers had descriptions to explain them.
Thanks for enjoying it. It's a quite good suggestion about adding more powers and descriptions.
Managed to get thrown away and stuck at the lower part of the screen. Gameplay, design and music are at the top tho!
Thank you for the kind words! Yes, we need to solve some collision bugs in the scene.
Cool concept! I wish the core gameplay of smashing the dice felt better and that I had more player choice. I'm unsure about how much strategy there actually is, or if you just keep smashing until you eventually get something ok. Visuals were awesome. Great job!
Thanks for playing our game in your streaming! Yes, we need to do more around the core gameplay, currently, the strategy part is more focusing on resource choice and the action part is more on randomness.
so cute! I really liked that the enemies weren't actually your enemy but the timer was instead! very cool game!
Smart and cute design! love the moment when I can choose more dice or customize them.
Strategic and fun!
Thank you!
Really liked the art and the mechanics!
Thanks for enjoying it!
i enjoyed playing this game quite a lot.
more visual effects would've been very cool
Thanks for enjoying it! Yup we will make it more juicy in th future ;D
I had a suprising amount of fun playing this game!
Haha! great to hear! Have fun!
im having some issue to roll this dice on this game, but it still a good game.
Sorry for that, could you try to stand around the dice and hold space and release it to roll the dice?
ok, i'm gonna check on this, do you need visuals ?
If you could share one that will be perfect.
ok, so i'm holding space and it give more "momentum" to the dice. Realy nice :-))
Cheers! enjoy it.
Enjoyed this game, fun idea, probably the best game that does the dice = damage/upgrade thing
Thanks for the kind comments! so glad to see you enjoy the gameplay!
Took a bit to understand the core mechanics, but I'm just nitpicking. Overall great gameplay and lovely artwork! I'm impressed by the 2.5D Style
Thanks for playing and enjoying it!