Very interesring idea! The typing becomes a hassle, though, without command history... Also, the font is a bit hard to read, especially when the game is so text-based. But it was a great submission, I enjoyed it
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Frostlight's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #6 | 4.308 | 4.308 |
| Accessibilty | #28 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Theme | #32 | 3.769 | 3.769 |
| Overall | #37 | 3.264 | 3.264 |
| Controls | #43 | 3.154 | 3.154 |
| Fun | #58 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Audio | #74 | 2.846 | 2.846 |
| Graphics | #89 | 2.769 | 2.769 |
Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Godot Version
4.3
Wildcards Used
N/A
Game Description
Operate a broken spaceship and try not to freeze to death
How does your game tie into the theme?
You are freezing over time in space
Source(s)
N/A
Discord Username(s)
_bapanada, coach.russo
Participation Level (GWJ Only)
2
Comments
Great idea for a game! I love typing games and it was pretty stressful trying to manage heat for sure. I do agree with the others about getting some command history going and I found the text a little hard to read, but the fun is there! Great submission
Submitted
Stupid Popsicle Game!Had a good time exploring the different options in this. Had good depth and was pretty interesting for some replays!
Submitted
Shine HardReally cool concept, makes me feel like I'm actually a pilot and know what i'm doing lol. But being so close to actual programming makes the lack of QoL noticeable, especially pressing up to cycle command history. Also would love to have simple UI elements to show current resources and status. :) Good job!
Submitted
Hagalaz: ValkyrieWe definitely definitely found ourselves trying to do it out of habit lol. At some point we realized a lot of the target audience for a jam game is just used to terminals which was great for how intuitive it would be, but meant people would have higher standards. We ended up not having the time for it, unfortunately. I’m glad it felt immersive, at least. That was a huge goal of ours.
I really like the idea of the shell type game but I would have also added an in-game UI (as a wildcard). While I would want to use the commands for drilling, navigating and crafting, I would have liked also a live feed of what's happening with heat, power, cargo. Maybe a section/screen with ASCII art above the console; the time-frame is kind of tight and it's good for keeping the pressure, but the print/echo commands get in the way a little too much. I love the atmosphere, and the type of scenario.
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Crystalline CascadeTysm! We figured that the commands can definitely be a little daunting for people not too familiar with command terminals, but the game isn't super long, if people want to play around with the commands and try out different things. I'm glad you're impressed! The aesthetic and tone definitely do a lot to carry an otherwise pretty simple game.
Well done! Really cool to explore all the commands, and there is a lot of possibilities!
If you would continue working on the game I would say that you can limit the command options at the beginning, for new players (and even players who are not familiar with this whole terminal stuff) to learn slowly about each command. It can be scary to see a huge list of commands at the start of the game and players can feel lost.
But that's just an improvement to the game design for a future version, your submission is really nice, congrats!
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MKM-76Me and the other dev were scrolling through the list of submissions and saw yours the other night, and thought 'oh wow these guys killed the terminal aesthetic way better than we did.' I'm glad you enjoyed! We were a little worried about the complexity of the commands, but we figured for jam game, we could rely on a lot of our players being developers and pretty comfortable with the interface lol.
This is incredibly impressive, especially in the time span of the jam, and one of my favorite submissions so far. I love text-based games so I was pretty excited going into it; the terminal layout was a bit daunting at first but the commands are quick and easy to pick up, and I think the goals are intuitive.
The atmosphere and gameplay are both awesome. I will definitely be coming back to this until I beat it.
Submitted
Super Creature Freezer 100,000
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