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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #37 | 3.195 | 3.500 |
| Fun | #53 | 2.373 | 2.600 |
| Originality | #55 | 2.739 | 3.000 |
| Controls | #58 | 2.191 | 2.400 |
| Accessibility | #59 | 2.191 | 2.400 |
| Overall | #65 | 2.178 | 2.386 |
| Graphics | #71 | 1.643 | 1.800 |
| Audio | #74 | 0.913 | 1.000 |
Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Godot Version
3.3.3.stable
Wildcards Used
"Physician, Heal Thyself", "Now you see me, Now You Don't"
Game Description
You traverse menus to try to help keep a virus under control, as the amount of people infected is uncontrollably growing
Source
If people want to see it I can but it isn't great
Discord Username
N/A
Participation Level (GWJ only)
My second time participating
Participation Level across all Jams
This is my third jam
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Comments
Interesting game. I think it would have been nice to have a UI, using number keys was kind of weird. Keeping trust up also seems really hard. I also seemed to have a lot of bad luck with forging (maybe that's a good thing...)
I like simulation games like these a lot. I think it fit the theme really well and is a clever way to include the wild cards too. I'd recommend adding some kind of visual to display the amount of healthy/infected people because it can be hard to envision big numbers just by themselves.
I found myself losing a lot due to mistrust, so my strategy changed to always invest as much as I can into advertising, and then the game got a lot more fun because I got more funds. The top headline/new variants were nice features to contrast all the numbers. Good job!
Thanks for playing the game! I was happy when I thought of this idea because it did seem like a good way to get some wild cards involved without needing to really stray far from the original idea. And I think you're right about the visual elements or lack there of, some progress bars to better demonstrate the numbers I think would have made it easier to wrap one's head around dealing with eight billion people hahaha. Also I have a similar strategy with it of just pumping in as much money into advertising as I can to maintain trust and make money (which is partly why I capped how much trust you can get per week). Anyways thanks again for giving it a try!
Very fun game. Its theme is also one that would attract a lot of people in this period of time. I had a lot of fun playing it. You could add some music to make the game better.
Thanks for giving it a try! I'm glad you liked it :), and I wanted to write a small piano piece just as background music but due to poor time management I never got around to it and my weird brain is against just using free music in my games for some reason hahaha
Yeah I also kind of am against free music for some reason aswell.
I like the tabs of information, the low contrast did make it a little straining to keep reading everything. I was confused at what I was doing but it seems like a cool simulation. Even if the content is a little real.