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Blood for Vampires's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #28 | 3.714 | 3.714 |
| Use of the Limitation | #31 | 3.286 | 3.286 |
| Concept | #34 | 3.571 | 3.571 |
| Overall | #53 | 3.143 | 3.143 |
| Enjoyment | #113 | 2.000 | 2.000 |
Ranked from 7 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Team members
There were 2 members: jabich(me), altenativemaster(https://alternativemaster.itch.io/)
Software used
Unity and Aseprite
Use of the limitation
Vampires will die if they drink blood that doesn't meet their needs. (you should keep an eye on this)
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Great art and a unique concept, but you have some implementation issues.
IMO, I think your game is too complicated for a game jam game. Most of the time, people are only expecting to play maybe 5-10 minutes on your game, and if it takes more than 5 minutes to understand the instructions, it’s hard to get players. Also, I’d recommend taking the instructions you typed out below and putting them on your itch.io game page, that way others can easily read them in the future.
The game mechanics work fine, for the most part, I just found an issue with dragging a bottle across to the customer and accidentally having it go into a machine. For the customers, the orders were way too complicated, even the first one. You need to ease into difficulty. The first order had 5 different components and I couldn’t keep tabs on them. Unfortunately, he became dust :(.
Now, for the good. The art is really solid. The customers look great and the machinery is crisp. The actual gameplay mechanics work fine as well. This is all good news as you have a lot of the hard parts done well! I think if you simplified the mechanics and had a smoother difficulty curve, it’d make the game more accessible.
Keep up the good work!
I didn't manage to understand how to play this. Would be better to have the instructions in the description at least so you can review while playing. I get it that you don't have time for a tutorial during a jam. Some of the devices don't even have a name tooltip. It would go a long way to just have tooltips in the game that explain the different devices. Also I don't understand what the objective is. It says to click on the vampire to get a list, but there is no vampire on the screen
Oh, I'm sorry, we didn't add this to the instructions, but using the A and D keys, you will scroll through the workspace and see the buyers (vampires).
The goal is to feed 10 vampires with unique blood and do it as cost-effectively as possible in order to score more points at the end. The blood composition can be checked in the lower left device. The remaining five devices purify or, conversely, pollute the blood (depending on who needs it). Let's start with a simple one, the central device from below mixes 2 substances, for this you need to put 2 flasks with substances that you want to mix into it (you need the flasks to just touch the device, then they will automatically fit into it). The device on the top right cleans the blood from infectious diseases, for this you need to put 1 jar in it that you want to clean.
The remaining 3 devices separate 1 substance from the first flask into the second, that is, if you put the first flask with substance A and the second empty flask, then at the output substance A will lie in the second flask and will not be in the first. If you point the cursor at the screen of each of the devices (a black rectangle with green stripes), you can see which substance will be extracted, but each of the devices has 2 modes, for example, the upper left device, a centrifuge, can separate both hemoglobin and plasma. To switch between modes, use the buttons on the device body (they are next to the screen).
We will be grateful if you play again and maybe change your opinion about the game for the better (sorry if it's too formal)This is a really cool concept for the jam limitation. But honestly, I don't understand how to purify blood even after reading the instructions. It was still fun messing around with the devices