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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #47 | 3.323 | 4.500 |
| Originality | #48 | 3.323 | 4.500 |
| Overall | #93 | 2.550 | 3.452 |
| Fun | #94 | 2.339 | 3.167 |
| Audio | #102 | 2.339 | 3.167 |
| Accessibilty | #106 | 2.093 | 2.833 |
| Controls | #111 | 2.216 | 3.000 |
| Theme | #122 | 2.216 | 3.000 |
Ranked from 6 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Godot Version
4.1
Wildcards Used
None
Game Description
Typing game. You are the host of a paper parasite that encourages you to say parasite words (aka fillers). Will you succumb to its influence, wasting other people's time to get a lot of points, or will you find a way to get rid of the paper on your face?
How does your game tie into the theme?
Parasite words. Bad influence.
Source(s)
No
Discord Username(s)
sleepyflytrap
Participation Level (GWJ Only)
0
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Comments
This is a really unique game. I agree that a little more guidance built in would be helpful. I don't know what I was doing wrong at first, probably not typing exactly " you! " with a space on either side, but it took me a while to beat the first level. That poor woman got an earful.
I think the main drawback is you can literally type anything, but you have to try to figure out what hard-coded words the person does and doesn't want to hear. I was throwing out words as fast as I could type so didn't really know how to interpret the score or the messages at the top, especially as sometimes they were stacked on top of each other. Since I was just throwing words into a text box and didn't really understand my feedback, it was hard to know exactly how I was doing. Usually I just tried to rip out the message as fast as I could (and probably typos are what let me pull it off).
However, I really like the style of the game. It's very simple, but the sort of hand-drawn papercraft look is really charming, even if there's only 2 backdrops and 4 NPCs. I managed to figure out the old lady's favorite words and get the "can i sit down" ending. But as I said, I struggled to interpret the text at the top so just kept typing random words and "can i sit down" until it worked, then I was able to go back and refine down to the 3 words.
All this being said, I think it's a really cool idea for a game (even if I didn't exactly see the parasite connection while playing) and look forward to seeing you in future jams!
I am glad that i get points for yapping, that usually never happens :D
I’m not sure how to win; which I guess is getting rid of the paper.
Writing a story or just randomly mashing the keyboard increases the score …