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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Use of the Limitation | #51 | 3.417 | 3.417 |
| Presentation | #63 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Overall | #69 | 2.958 | 2.958 |
| Concept | #73 | 2.833 | 2.833 |
| Enjoyment | #76 | 2.583 | 2.583 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Team members
3 Team members worked on this game.The sound maker was aurorasunday and the 2D artist was named yogi_bear9,they both did incredible work and without them to project wouldn't have been possible.I'm named solitary8 and I was the coder,so we brainstormed together and then they made the art & sounds and I incorporated it in the game.
Software used
I used Godot Engine to make the game since I had the choice between that or using Pygame module in python.
Use of the limitation
We incorporated it by only having one rescource for the player to collect even though it appears in different states it still is one rescource.
Cookies eaten
I must have eaten sugary food like 20 times or something while thinking about the game development.
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Comments
In your response to use of limitation, your answer implies that you think the limitation was "one resource" which was the limitation for the last mini jam, this jam's limitation was "constant motion" which still sort of works by your ship never stopping.
Anyway, I played once until I got to a score of 540, seemed like it could've gone on infinitely so I stopped there. Tried a second time to see a few more things and only then realized I could hit escape to open the shop to buy the "win". The art is really good, the little character in the ship looking nervous/distressed when your energy gets low is pretty cute. To me it feels like it was missing some extra form of satisfaction for progressing further, like a cheer for every 100 points or different/rare rocks to collect the longer you go... or different planets you could buy vacations to for collecting more space rocks.
The concept and foundation for this game is solid though. I enjoyed what was here!
(One other bug I found was if you fall below the screen at the beginning and fly back up, your ship turns invisible.)
Yes you're right there was only one thing in the shop to buy and that was all for progress. Yes the person who made the art was very talented. Thank you very much for your feedback + thanks for the bug report.