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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Aesthetic Flair (Graphics & Sound Presentation) | #34 | 4.083 | 4.083 |
| Technical Excellence (Design & Engineering) | #45 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Overall | #49 | 3.604 | 3.604 |
| Relevance (Creative Expression of Theme) | #57 | 3.625 | 3.625 |
| Immersion (Gameplay & Storytelling Engagement) | #67 | 3.208 | 3.208 |
Ranked from 24 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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yes this was made by just me / us
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yes everything was made during the jam
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The movement doesn't feel very polished but the concept is neat and the game art is cute!
Great game! fun to play and also interesting mechanics 👻
Nice game. I needed some time to learn steering.
The music made me exited for what i was playing from the very first second. It has Wario Ware microgame vibes and I love Wario Ware. excellent work
Thank you! This was Red's first time working with a tracker, and I think it came out really well!
Great game, really addicting.
I haven't played that many pico8 games, but they are always fun when I do. The room was bit tight. On the other hand multi-hitting ghosts was satisfying. Enjoyed the tunes as well. Good game, good job!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! I agree the space is a bit cramped. We might do a pass on the level design for a post-jam polish update, but to a certain extent it's a consequence of choosing to make a single-screen arcade game on Pico-8's 128x128 display.
Super cute game! If anything, only some QoL additions such as letting the cat have a different sprite when it is able to yell and letting the ghost flash or play an animation on location when they're about to spawn :)
So cute! Love the art style. :)
Thanks so much! :D
Pico8 is so much fun to play ! So sweet & cute cat :3 good job !
Thanks! We've been getting a lot of positive comments on our use of Pico-8, and I'm glad. It's such a cute little engine and it was fun to develop in.
Everytime i see the pico8 intro i get super excited, I really love the retro vibe of it , i never tried to learn it or anything, but since the original celeste, pico 8 games have become my thing, the color pallete and the pixel art style is so gorgeous! Your game presentation is incredible, the artwork and the sounds are perfect, and the gameplay is very adicting. Anyways, great job :)
Thanks so much! Pico-8 is actually really fun to work with. I'd encourage you to try it out if you like its style.
Very addictive !
You can bump your head on the right platform when you jump from the book shelve so I'd offset the platform a bit to the right. And fix the spawn-kill issue. Don't worry, I haven't seen any game yet without bugs (including mine ;) )
Yeah the platform spacing could use some tuning, but because of how pico-8 does map tiles I'd have to make a sizeable change to the collision code in order to do a less than 8 pixel offset, and there wasn't time. I also agree there should be a grace period on ghost spawn. I'm probably going to do an update post-jam to try to polish things up a bit.
I was addicted here! Trying to line up multi-hits with the droppable items while managing positioning was a surprisingly engaging flow! The visuals and sound design are incredibly cute and charming.
I found that when respawning, there were times a ghost would spawn right above me, instantly killing me, which was a bit disappointing on a good-score run. Preventing a jump input on spawn would likely fix this issue.
Altogether very fun and simple game!
Thanks for your feedback! I'm glad you liked it! We made it with that kind of old arcade simplicity in mind. Quite a few people have mentioned the ghosts spawn killing them, and yeah, I'm pretty sure it's a simple fix. Planning to do an update after the voting is done.
Pretty nice game! Only feedback I’d give is on the ghosts spawning on top of you. I really need to learn pico 8 someday. Always like the look of games from it
Thanks so much! Definitely give it a try, it's so fun to design in :D
A really nice little game, the idea is simple and fun, the sound effects and music are also lovely! One thing that I don't really like though is that there is a chance of a ghost spawning on top of you, as well as you starting your next life where a ghost is, out of which both result in another life lost. But that didn't happen too much so it's alright. All in all, great jam game!
Yeah, the ghost spawn kill is first on my list to fix for a post-jam update. Thanks for playing and for the feedback!
Pretty fun concept and game!
Really cute! this explains a lot about what cats do when no ones home lol.
That was our inspiration haha. Our cat likes to sing in the hallway at night, and knocks stuff over when bored. Sometimes it seems like she's chasing something like a bug up into the blinds and we can't see what it is, so we just say it's a ghost.
Really cute visuals and a fun gameplay loop. Reminds me of a mini-game from one of those Game & Watch Gallery games on the GameBoy.
Aah what a great compliment! GameBoy is my fave :D Thanks so much!
Huh, so that's why the cat is always breaking things and screaming? Really well done! I loved the aesthetic you chose and ran into no real glitches!
Hehe, explains a lot right? Thanks so much! :D
really, really polished game AND you made it in pico-8 which probably has its own challenges.
both the art and the sound design is really tasteful and very cohesive. cute little game!
thanks so much!! i was surprised how much pico-8's limitations make it fun to design in :D