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A jam submission

CardboardinatorView game page

You may think it's just an ordinary box, but wait until you find out what it's for...
Submitted by Seabool, Mkgeek — 20 minutes, 2 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Gameplay#92.7493.286
Fun Factor#92.8693.429
Visuals#132.8693.429
Special Object Implementation#133.4664.143
Audio#132.5103.000
Overall#142.7493.286
Theme Implementation#222.0322.429

Ranked from 7 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How is your game related to the Theme and Special Object?
You become the operator of an amazing, but slightly strange machine called Cardboardinator. Using your CRT touchscreen (provided by company), drop the geodes into Cardboardinator and it will scan and package them, but be careful! Our machine consumes a lot of electricity! Don't forget about stickers too! Without them it is much more difficult to place the parcel in the appropriate Cardboardinabox.
Can you trust that everything you see here is normal?

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Comments

Submitted(+2)

Hard to believe that's your first jam! The game has a steep learning curve but it is fun when you get the rules. I am a huge fan of charming menus and your game didn't disappoint.   The idea is new and fresh and the implementation seems not to have any bugs (big congrats). Audio is not a strong side, neither is it bad. It's descriptive and fitting. In terms of visuals, the visual effect kind of from an old TV elevates it soo much it's crazy.  I'm not a huge fan of your theme implementation (my game has an equally lacking one c:), the special object is however great. Overall I don't have enough words to well describe your first entry to a game jam. It's amazing, that you managed to make a fun game, that looks and sounds nice on your first try. There are areas you could work on, like a better learning curve and a better tutorial, than a small wall of text. Also, I assume that the objective is to get as many points as possible - in my opinion, in gamejams it's better to have a normal ending, a goal that ends the game, the experience and is a summary of the piece. The only way from this is better and better - CONGRATS!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for the very constructive feedback, we will definitely try to improve  the things you highlighted in your comment in our next game jam :)

Submitted(+2)

Took me a second to understand but really cool! The physics of the geodes add a lot and the ui and graphics r dope! The fact you need to manage everything with mouse is really cool also and adds to the challenge! Just wanted to say though that I think sometimes trash comes out coloured similar to the box, so it just looks like a box with no stickers, which for a second makes you think you're out of stickers. Anyways, really dope game!

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you for your feedback!  There is also a mechanic that the lower temperature in the furnace, the more often the sticker is missing. We will try to make it more clear in next update :)