I have a hard time getting the game to launch, I had to refresh my browser a few times and the music was really loud but once I got to play I could see the appeal of this style of game, once you get into the motions it can seem very relaxing.
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breathe: the competitive breathing simulator's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme (how well does the game fit the challenge theme?) | #1 | 3.889 | 3.889 |
| Implementation (rate the game's overall stability and functionality) | #19 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Overall | #29 | 3.070 | 3.070 |
| Creativity (how unique or innovative was this experience?) | #42 | 2.833 | 2.833 |
| Presentation (rate its art, animations, sfx, music, and aesthetic appeal) | #85 | 2.852 | 2.852 |
| Gameplay (how good was the user experience, game design, narrative, etc?) | #95 | 2.444 | 2.444 |
Ranked from 54 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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wayfarergames
Team Name
Wayfarer Games
How does your game fit the theme?
The game revolves around breathing deeply. It's an abstract interpretation, but "take a breath" is a common way to help someone relax or calm down.
Comments
1 year ago(+1)
incredible 😂 I've only managed 20k myself! I actually thought it was something of a soft limit, since the only score that beat it was 1 point above mine.
I actually designed it to be as stressful as possible - the first version was supposed to be super relaxing and chilled, but I missed the mark *completely*... I decided to lean into the stressful vibe, and I think it worked out pretty well!
1 year ago(+1)
There are no rules of the game, it is hard to understand the very essence of scoring. As a game - it's a failure (get bored in 2 minutes), but as a mini-game for a set of bonuses, it's gorgeous. Very interesting approach to the implementation of the topic.
1 year ago(+1)
ah that makes sense, thanks for clarifying. For scoring, you get between 10 and 100 points based on the size of the yellow blob. There's a hidden multiplier that goes up by 1 every time you get points, and resets to 1 after a second. I should've added some text for the multiplier and possibly for the score too to make that a bit more obvious!
2 minutes is good actually, I only really built it to be interesting for one run through 😂 I've got some ideas for making it a little bit more interesting over longer periods of time for a mobile release!
1 year ago(+1)
good mood, I can give advice as a senior colleague - let's test games with relatives / friends to get an assessment even in the development process - you will have to redo less later. Or put yourself in the place of the player (preferably the one who launched the game for the first time)
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