Play fruit experience
The Canterberry Tales's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #11 | 4.065 | 4.065 |
| Graphics | #13 | 4.387 | 4.387 |
| Controls | #18 | 3.710 | 3.710 |
| Fun | #29 | 3.516 | 3.516 |
| Overall | #31 | 3.535 | 3.535 |
| Accessibility | #35 | 3.226 | 3.226 |
| Theme | #39 | 3.871 | 3.871 |
| Audio | #159 | 1.968 | 1.968 |
Ranked from 31 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
Transfer Takeover
Game Description
The Canterberry Tales is a narrative game about exploring a medieval land of bards and berries across storybook levels, taking on the role of a feudal fruit and discovering what awaits you. It is our first game and we hope you enjoy it!
How does your game tie into the theme?
When we saw the theme, we quickly honed in on the importance of storytelling to folklore and decided we wanted to channel a classic story about spinning tales. From there, the game designed itself! (with lots of help from us)
Source(s)
https://github.com/renothiart/canterberry
Discord Username(s)
renoceros
Participation Level (GWJ Only)
1
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Comments
Liked how you could move from foreground to background in the game.
The graphics were very rich and detailed and I enjoyed this a lot.
Some background music could help for this game but I could understand it's really hard to do it in such a short time.
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed! We totally agree about the music, we're looking to add some after the jam ends!
First off, the "Run fruit experience" on the embed really made me chuckle. You can believe next time I do a jam I'm going to set a custom noun for our game! And the jester's puns REALLY got me. Your sense of humor is delightful and the art style is cute and very easy on the eyes. And I adore how you implemented the transfer takeover wildcard!
Thank you so much for the kind words!! @renoceros changed the noun and it made us all chuckle too, haha.
I didn't expect to have this fun from the screenshots. But the graphics fit perfect while playing. I had to not stop the run until I finished the game! :-)
I'm not sure if adding context specific music may even increase the feeling, Maybe.
But overall a really great game!
Glad we exceeded your expectations + that you finished the game!! We agree that music would be a nice touch, we'll look into adding some after the jam is over. Thanks so much for playing!!
Cuuuute! Lovely and original game. I liked the look of the trees, just like in a children’s book. This must be one of my favorite entries of the wild strawberry jam.
Wow, thank you so much!! And glad you liked the trees haha, we definitely were going for a storybook look.
Great character design, the environment art is very cute aswell. Impressive amount of quality writting, the world felt very alive for me ! The quests were easy to follow, just got a bit lost in the princess one but the bard tips helped out a lot. Congrats!
Thank you so much, we're glad you liked the world building! Happy to hear the bard tips helped out too!
I mean, look at this little guy!
OK so every character is cute and despite all the cuteness, the writing was pretty solid. I enjoyed the character-swap mechanism to expand the story from different perspectives. Nicely done!
He's just a little guy! Hehe, glad you enjoyed the writing + the character swap, thanks so much for playing!!
This was a delight to play, the clever use of space, the writing, a solid experience!
Thank you so much!!
Very clever use of the forest backgrounds and a good way to add more interactivity to the visual novel format. Well done!
Thank you!!
I really like the cool concept with moving through the same level but in different layers. The jester slowly running out of jokes is also just perfect.
Thank you so much, @renoceros came up with the concept! And glad you liked the jester's writing haha
The game has a nice concept with layers and looks charming. However, it also looks very unfinished and you kind of just walk around and talk to people.
Thanks for playing and sorry you found it unfinished! It is a narrative story game, so the gameplay is focused on talking to the different characters to get items and to progress the story - this won't be everyone's cup of tea and that's okay. If you have specific feedback about what looks unfinished, we'd love to hear it! Appreciate you trying it out and leaving feedback!
Fun and engaging game, cool story and progression and cute art, everything feels very cohesive. Reminds me of childhood puzzle narrative games with a little like adventure quest or dragon fable. I invited the bird on the bard show, I forgot to look for it on the show idk if it's really there.
It feels complete just no music, I thought there will be a music on bard's show
Thanks for playing! We were definitely channeling the types of games you mentioned. Music was a stretch goal for us that didn't quite make the cut, but we hope to add it after the jam!
A lovely game with super great visuals, unique chara design, a good humor, and cool quests. I loved it from start to end and am clearly amazed by the universe you could create for a single jam. Amazing job, please continue to make games !
So kind! Thanks, I really appreciate it.
We hope to make some more!
The navigation system confused the heck out of me at first BUT after grasping the idea i lowkey loved it. Epecially the joke of running through the same screen in the fore, middle and background (which did not help with the confusion). Writing and humour was great, the portraits were hilarious. Handdrawn art was chefskiss*. Giving my daughter a strawberry plushie was peak gaming history. While storytelling is the core of folklore... i kinda didnt see the theme used much in it. What are some other of those Canterberry tales the bard tells? Maybe a few of the Npcs could have filled us in in rumours, letting us know what folklore would look like in this world, are they afraid of the legendary Fruitmuncher with 200 teeth? the ghastly juiceblender beast? Either way, storytelling was neat. navigation confusing but genius at the same time and wholesome as heck. This deserves to be seen for sure.
We're glad you liked it! We had fun with the almost Scooby-Doo-esque running through the different depths of some levels too, though I can definitely see there being a bit of a learning curve before the movement clicks. Love the recommendations to deepen the lore! Thanks for playing.
Ok so i have questions.
1. Are the art all handdrawn?
2. Who was the genius that came up with the 2.5D navigation system?
3. Who wrote the jester lines and where can I buy his next book?
4. WHY HASNT MORE PEOPLE PLAYED THIS!
I loved everything about this game! The art style, the clever writing, the quests, the movement system. Everything flowed so smoothly that I just HAD to finish the game! Kudos to the entire team, everyone clearly played their parts to the utmost!
Congratulations on an incredible entry! Easily one of my favourites this time!
Thanks for the support! We were having a laugh because you had a question for each of us
1. All the art was hand drawn by @merunicorn
2. The layered scenes were Reno's brain child and he implemented the map layout
3. I wrote all the Jester's lines for the Messenger, but we grabbed his jokes for the Knight from reddit
Glad you enjoyed!
I like the typing sound effect of the dialogue. I love the idle animation of the character and the interesting concept of a multi-layer 2D space (reminds me of little big planet). I love exploring the world I like the background art a lot, though maybe some BGM could help with the ambience. I love the whimsical cast of characters throughout the world. The world is quite big, I think a fast travel system would be nice to add as it is a bit hard to visualize all the locations and directions. Overall an incredibly adorable little adventure. Great work!
Thanks for playing our game! The typing sound effect actually came with Dialogic, which we used to handle our whole dialogue system.
Thanks a ton for playing and for the kind words! Agreed on music and fast travel - good ideas. We're glad you enjoyed it!
I really enjoyed the game and storytelling, really great job! The one thing is that forest layout felt kinda confusing. And lack of background music. Other than that, really good job.
We were going for a bit of a 'Lost Woods' vibe in the forest, though I think we could make it a bit more clear which areas are accessible and which are not. Thanks for the feedback and thanks for playing!
Super cute art and writing!
Thanks a bunch!
Very charming! I love the art style!! The game fit the theme very well, and I enjoyed the multiple playable characters & storylines. Great job!!
Thank you so much! Amy (@merunicorn) is our wonderful artist and she did an amazing job. We're glad you enjoyed it!
Had a lot of fun with this one! Really great artstyle, some awesome touches like the areas you pass through several times, and I particularly enjoyed the paintings in the castle. The writing was excellent too and kept me invested even if audio was a bit lacking. Unfortunately, I think I may have had some conversations not progressing properly and feel like I didn't get to see everything even if I did "help out" the king. Really nice job overall though!
Hey there! We haven't found any dialogue bugs yet though if anyone finds some specifics please let us know! If you end up giving it another go, check out the campfire area after talking to the princess in the castle or the messenger on the boat (and maybe try pressing 'Q'). Thanks a ton for playing and for sharing feedback - we can't wait to try your game too!
Yep, that was totally on me! 😅 Shouldve read the instructions properly. Again, awesome job! 😁
Absolutely loved the artstyle of the game, but it definitely needed some music.
All credits for art go to @merunicorn - she killed it!
Music was a stretch goal for us that didn't quite make it, but we agree it would be a great add.
Thanks for playing!