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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #409 | 3.656 | 3.656 |
| Overall | #620 | 3.628 | 3.628 |
| Presentation | #732 | 3.820 | 3.820 |
| Creativity | #1285 | 3.410 | 3.410 |
Ranked from 61 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 play as a rolling die, the enemies are rolling dice, and enemy attacks are determined by their face values.
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?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
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Comments
Good concept. and fun game.
Thank you very much! :)
Great use of theme. Love the visuals and music. Kind of hard for me. Wish the game scaled in difficulty slower. Had trouble getting the dash just right. I'll chalk that up to me being bad at games though. Great job.
Thanks very much! I know what you mean, definitely a tight learning curve. If I had a bit more time, adding difficulty levels and customisation would be the next logical step!
Dig the core game mechanic and how you used the dice theme. It's a good balance between challenging and fun. My favorite part is probably the presentation, especially the sound and music.
Thank you very much, I'm glad you noticed the work that went into those bits! :)
Awesome game! The sound design is so chunky here, as expected for a pico8 game. Gotta love that style!
Thank you very much, I'm glad you appreciated it! :)
Fun game. The combat has a good amount of challenge and is unique.
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it! :)
Very fun game! Nice work.
Thank you very much! :)
I love how you did the flip, it was a very simple way to make a 2D sprite look a little 3D.
Also, how the number an enemy landed on did a different attack. It took me a second to notice, but once you do notice it, you can use that to know where the bullets are going to come from and dodge. 👍
Thanks for noticing those details! I thought the enemy attack patterns would be a nice way of incorporating the theme :)
Really fun gameplay that didn't involved too much randomness, which I think is a big challenge for this theme. Smooth controls and animations. Love how shakey the die gets when you're all charged up. Having the holes for the level be placed like a 2 die was a clever little addition - made me immediately think this could have level progression, where each level has hole placements like the 1-6 die.
Not sure if it was intentional, but when the enemies shoot 3 bullets in a row, it sounds exactly like Mario going down a pipe!
Well done :D
Thanks for noticing all the details and the kind words! I hadn't actually noticed that about the stage layout - that was entirely accidental, but I think you've proposed an excellent means of level progression!
I know what you mean about the challenge of incorporating randomness - I initially was planning something where your attack or movement was connected to the value on the die, but it ended up being more fun to just roll around freely! :)
Cute game. Mad props for building on pico. Tight controls and clean graphics. Would have been nice to have a little bar for the charge up. Well done!
Thanks for the kind words! I think I could definitely communicate the charge a bit better if I had another go at making that now! :)
small is the new sexy! Liked the game much
Thanks very much mate! :)
Lovely aesthetic and animations! Loved everything about it
Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked it! :)
Clever concept and really charming!
Thank you very much, I'm glad you think so! :)
Great Job on this one. I love how you implemented multiple bullet patterns for the enemy depending on the number it's on. Great use of the dice theme and it helps to keep things fresh. And, at least for me, it started off really hard, but once I figured out how to use the dash effectively and when to not dash and just roll instead, It started being really fun. I think you did a great job on the difficulty balancing. It amazes me every time I see what people can do with PICO-8.
Thank you for the kind words - it means so much to me that people played it enough to develop a sense of strategy in their movement! :)
Really fun, I like how the shooting from the ennemies changes depending of the face of the dice. Wish there were more type of shooting from these.
Thank you very much! I'm glad you noticed that detail! :)