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A jam submission

Cosmic CanidaeView game page

Find balance in the ecosystem and your finances in this allegory to species reintroduction
Submitted by tearcellgames (@tearcellgames), Minkies, MTBVibe, whiskeybadger, PickyBurrito49, James Thomasos (@HVCPHD) — 22 minutes, 18 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Positive Impact#14.3334.333
Fun#24.0004.000
Impact Statement#24.3334.333
Second Theme (Optional)#24.3334.333
Market Potential#33.3333.333

Ranked from 3 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous and shown in a random order.

  • The loss condition isn't particularly clear, but there's also clearly a lot going on in this title. It's fun, focuses on an important issue, without making that issue feel extraneous to gameplay. I feel like it only needs a little more refinement, and some sound effects, to really shine!
  • This is great! Predator-prey relationships are a great example of balance in nature, and also of something that’s hard to really teach except with a simulation / game. I think it could use some tuning, in that I found that I kept losing suddenly with very little notice, but that would be easy to tweak. I could definitely see this being developed into a full game. Love the scifi / neon styling, too.

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

I think it's absolutely stunning what you have acomplished in just this one weekend. It's true taht the gameplay is quite complex and overwhelming at the begining, but at least the game basically tells you want you did wrong... also I really like the chill music.

Overall, really well done and an impressive submission!

Submitted(+1)

This game is nice to play but a bit complex and it looks beatiful.

Submitted(+1)

Took me a while to get the hang of what was going on. I think I got the idea eventually, but not 100% sure. Really awesome visuals, great output for one weekend!

(+2)

This was a very chill game once I noticed the tips at the top. Chill music that helps you get into a focus zone and enough time to react to the changes.  The abrupt bursts between rounds makes sense, but I'd love to see it with a little more real-time sim aspects

My main recommendation is a [Full Screen] button.  Very clean!

Developer

Forgot to check that option! Thanks for the heads up.

Submitted(+2)

Awesome game! It had great visuals, but the gameplay was a bit confusing to me. I don't really like sitting through a wall of text tutorial, so I struggled with this one. Great game nonetheless!