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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Controls | #5 | 4.135 | 4.135 |
| Fun | #5 | 4.096 | 4.096 |
| Accessibility | #5 | 3.846 | 3.846 |
| Overall | #7 | 3.931 | 3.931 |
| Audio | #10 | 3.923 | 3.923 |
| Graphics | #14 | 4.365 | 4.365 |
| Originality | #25 | 3.865 | 3.865 |
| Theme | #84 | 3.288 | 3.288 |
Ranked from 52 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Godot Version
4.2.2
Wildcards Used
None
Game Description
A precision platformer with a puzzle mechanic about a hamster down a well
How does your game tie into the theme?
Wishing wells are a common part of folklore
Source(s)
No, but source may be released
Discord Username(s)
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Participation Level (GWJ Only)
2
Comments
178 days ago(+1)
Hi! Glad you enjoyed it and sorry you hit those issues. The coins respawning is listed in the known issues on the game page, but it’s quite far down the scroll. You’re the 2nd report of the end dialogue not starting, but we haven’t been able to recreate it. (Assuming you were playing on web) could you let us know your browser version?
180 days ago(+1)
There’s a video playthrough linked on the game page which shows start to finish! That room starts at 117s (in case the link get broken) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkmBn9itV_s&t=117s :)
181 days ago(+1)
Thank you very much for your feedback, the key for gliding is shift, by default. You can change the controls in the settings if you want. Probably, we are going to add the controls for the game in the description, so others don’t get stuck searching the key. We are very glad you enjoyed our game so far <3
I liked this game a lot so I came back to try it again. I managed to get past the green section now that I knew the glider button. I think it was satisfying when I was finally able to solve the puzzles, and when I finally had more freedom of movement. The gradually increased difficulty having to carefully ration more moves is great.
Some nit-picky stuff (things I struggled with): There were some puzzles which required jumping through the totem as seen in the gameplay video which I struggled a lot with. I think it required too precise an input and was a bit too tedious to do. (Either making the totem more sensitive or larger might help?) The sudden movement of the screen for puzzles which required crossing the boundary mid jump was a bit disorienting as well. I think more checkpoints after each little platforming trick would be nice to prevent unecessary repetition. Having the jump button as W felt a bit uncomfortable at times, as I would hit space trying to jump by mistake lol. In the end I got soft locked in this room, having taken the wrong path with no way to back track up to the previous section, and not enough energy to move forward:
Nit-picky stuff aside (which I hope you don’t take too badly), I really loved this game from the mechanic to the art style, the fantastic level design to the little idle poses that the hamster does. The whole game feels really polished, an incredible experience overall. I’m glad the playthrough video was up so I could see the ending, and I would love to see an extended version if you ever made it.
All the best for the jam!
180 days ago(+1)
The collision box for the totem/player interaction is small, but there’s also a hidden 1-second cooldown on the totems. While this was intended to prevent vfx spam, it confuses players and causes missed energy refresh for no apparent reason. It will get fixed when we can update the game again.
Glad you enjoyed the game and we really appreciate your detailed feedback!
180 days ago(+1)
Thanks for the feedback! I had a lot of fun trying to wrap my head around how to make the music progress properly. Hoping to learn how to make it even smoother next time :) The restart function definitely isn't waterproof but necessary for some small bugs.
Thanks for playing! There is a difficulty option in settings you can change, if you want to explore. (I had to implement this to be able to test the game, since I am not very good at precision platformers!) I hope we will post a playthrough video soon so anyone who gets stuck can see the solution if they want.
181 days ago (+3)
Hi! It's nice to see that you enjoyed It! As the tutorial says, when you change rooms you restore Energy so screen transition puzzles are intended :)
The game can be completed without getting stuck. If you find It too difficult or somehow a softlock is found you can either restart the level from the pause menu or enable the easy mode (also from pause menu - settings) This being said, from every Energy pickup to the next there is no softlock and it is possibile, although it is quite difficult at times. Remember: screen transitions, movement through totems, dash, midair Jump, glide. Have a nice day and thank you for playing and for the feedback! :)
Thanks for playing and I’m glad you had fun!
Holy crap, you did this in a week!?
Well, it felt longer than a week. But the git log says it was just 9 days. We had a big team of mainly artists and a bunch of us worked on it full time. Using source control definitely helped us go faster, although not everyone was comfortable using it, which is fine. I’ll write a devlog about the process soon.
181 days ago(+1)
Thanks for playing! There is a difficulty option if you’d like to try without the puzzle mechanic.
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