Fun and surprisingly tricky! Artstyle is clean and appealing, song was lovely, and some of these levels took some real precision and lateral thinking to beat. I noticed that if the big mamushka grabbed both the other dolls, the one she grabbed first wouldn't be inside her, which would make sense if she grabs the medium doll first because that one could open too, but if she grabs the small doll first the small doll is just gone. A couple animation variants for each scenario would be a very appealing addition, I think. I also noticed that the smallest doll seems to be able to stand on spikes for a moment, but then if you make any move she immediately breaks. Speaking of, I love that the death animation is just a sudden breaking. This was great, good job.
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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Gameplay | #2 | 4.333 | 4.333 |
Creativity | #2 | 4.444 | 4.444 |
Theme | #7 | 4.056 | 4.056 |
Overall | #8 | 3.922 | 3.922 |
Art | #46 | 3.611 | 3.611 |
Music | #62 | 3.167 | 3.167 |
Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Comments
This is a cute concept using the matryoshka dolls as the playable characters, goal. main mechanic, and tying them into the theme?! Wow that's good! the puzzles are well thought out, the music gives vibes of "Your Russian grandparent's house" A few puzzles were a bit harder then the later ones but I believe that was mostly a me thing. Good job!
Great entry with simple but effective graphics and audio, and clever mechanics!
Good game, with simple but cohesive art. I finished it, and it played nicely :D
Not including Rasputin as a soundtrack for a matryoshka-based game seems like a missed opportunity :D
Very fun puzzle and loved the music and sound. As another commenter said 'just the right level of challenge!'--cute artwork too! One of my favorite games of the jam.
Well designed puzzle game. Like the theme implementation of three matreshkas going into one.
Creative idea, really nice puzzle! Congratulations You WIn! 5/5
I would be grateful if I appreciated my game!
Very creative idea, absolutely loved your interpretation of the theme. Very well executed too! Thanks for this gem!
That's an awesome take for a puzzle platformer, love it! Some ledge forgiveness would be great to make jump timings easier.
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