Really cute and fun game! Gooee was my favorite. Also the ending was really funny :D
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #18 | 4.441 | 4.441 |
| Overall | #20 | 4.221 | 4.221 |
| Gameplay | #28 | 3.882 | 3.882 |
| Authenticity (use of resolution) | #32 | 4.676 | 4.676 |
| Audio | #34 | 3.882 | 3.882 |
Ranked from 34 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Such a great idea and a lot of fun! I really enjoyed the variety of the abilities and the art is great.
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Brains & Brawn (LOWREZJAM 2023)Cute pixel art with a nice style and catchy chiptune music! I like little details like your fist being bloody after you leveled up once.
Gameplay is simple and straightforward. The monster abilities give you nice tactical choices.
If I had any criticism then maybe that the endings are too similar ;)
And on the technical side I found that
- The loading time was quite heavy and long and actually made my browser freeze a short time
- I think the handling of the 64x64 resolution might not be perfect. Everything is on the grid but the camera still moves in a higher resolution space I think
But in general I had a nice time with your little game :D
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Emojimon StadiumThis might be one of my favourite games this jam!
- Art style and palette choice is consistent, highly readable and attractive
- Monsters personalities are funny
- The battle system angle was a breath of fresh air from the traditional views
I wish it was a little bit longer.
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Cat Tactics 64x64Fun game. I liked the character sprites. They were expressive, despite the sprite size constraints. I lucked into encountering the mosquito first, which really helped with later encounters. Stun felt a bit OP, but you covered that in the postmortem.
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Champions of Shond: Echoes of Faithnice game! sweet and short! would also be nice to catch the "boss" heheh
kidding aside, it was fun, and the graphics are very nicely done. good work!
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ForCreo: Forest CreaturesCool idea, I like the simplicity of using monsters as attacks and the music fit the game perfectly. I don't know whether controller support was intended but it looks like it only works for movement and other buttons didn't do anything. Anyway that was fun, I didn't manage to get the good ending but the bad ending was very unexpected haha
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Infinite Tree PinballWow, very nostalgic. This is really well done. The monster fights with different effects and properties are superb. I really like the art for each monster. The music is the icing on the cake. Great job!
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Jack and The Dark (Jam Version)Cool game. The graphics and music was very reminiscent of old NES/SNES games, which I liked a lot.
I struggled a bit at first; then I went for the stun guy first, which allowed me to survive. The fact that you almost always take at least one hit was a concern; the healing guy would've been helpful to me early on, so I probably should've confronted them first!
Cool idea, good execution. Nice work!
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QUESTGreat idea having to defeat enemies to unlock new abilities, allows for a great sense of progression in such a short game!
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Micro Party 64(x64)Lovely game that felt a lot like pokemon in its graphics and battle style! I got gooee and moskito back-to-back, which for me were extremely useful - a hard hitter and healing for the second/third turns to finish the monsters off. I found it so cool that each and every monster had a different ability (I did that for my entry as well)
I was surprised by the last battle hehe.
The style and colors fit the game super well and go in hand with the laid back, fun narrative. Great job, super polished experience!
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Glitched HeartsLast mon always gets me ! Maybe I should change tactics...
Nice game, though! Simple but interesting gameplay and very cute art )
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Release'em all!I found that the best tactic for me was recruiting Toxy the snake/worm thingy first, and using it once at the start of each battle (because poison is maybe a little bit too strong haha).
After that get Gooee as she deals the most damage and spam her attack, basically. She’ll make short work of pretty much everyone else ^^
Great little Pokémon game, I played though both ending and really liked the use of the palette.
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