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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Story/Narrative | #12 | 2.852 | 3.143 |
| Audio | #12 | 3.241 | 3.571 |
| Overall | #13 | 3.060 | 3.371 |
| Gameplay | #14 | 2.982 | 3.286 |
| Overall | #15 | 2.982 | 3.286 |
| Visuals | #15 | 3.241 | 3.571 |
Ranked from 7 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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This is so far my favorite entry when it comes to the atmosphere and connection of gameplay with the theme. Will probably remember this game for a while, such is the power of managing to do something original that also works well. Full restart on touch is annoying but oh well,
Things I liked:
The aesthetic:
The grim skull character, the warping background, and creepy faces blended really well together.
The audio:
The music worked really well, and unlike most loops didn't ever get annoying.
The gameplay:
I really enjoyed the mechanics, the strange blend of platformer and shmup style movement worked really well, and is the kind of unique mechanic I'd expect from a front-page Indie game.
Unlike most games, backtracking was not annoying, but instead fairly frustration-free, although the long travel time did get annoying while trying to beat the later sections.
Things I disliked:
No in-game control instructions:
This is kinda a pet-peeve of mine, but having to consult the project page to figure out the control scheme is pretty annoying. I think it would fit really well to have up and down arrows over the background at the start of the game, or something of that sort.
The difficulty:
The end of the game gets pretty hard fairly quickly, and in the 40ish minutes I played I was unable to beat it.
Synopsis:
Overall a very enjoyable game, and one that I got 40 minutes of fun out of.
The mechanics were very unique and enjoyable, and there's definitely an excellent full fleshed game in there.
Thanks for the game!
Simple mechanics, theme was very well executed. I didn't expect it to a tad on the spooky side as well. Good work
Fun game, the way the character moves up and down makes it challenging to pass obstacles. The heads and the background animation look really cool! Like the dystopian future setting too. Good job :)
Unique game design based on the theme heat wave. Unfortunately there is no category for the theme in the rating but I would give it 5 stars. My only is complaint is that the game is too hard since you have to restart from the beginning every time you die. Great job!