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Saved Above a Burning World's itch.io pageResults
Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Adherence to Theme | #14 | 3.955 | 3.955 |
Overall | #16 | 3.742 | 3.742 |
Flow & Clarity | #18 | 3.591 | 3.591 |
Concepts & Originality | #26 | 3.682 | 3.682 |
Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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I narrated your short here;
the opening is absolutely amazing and honestly this concept seems almost what the theme was made for, great read.
Well written and great concepts. You gave the characters a sense of depth, helped in no small part by the interaction between Arrago and Beras. One thing I noticed was an overabundance of adjectives and adverbs. This might just be a personal preference thing, so take it with a grain of salt, but if the story had been a little more sparse with its descriptors, it would've made the times they really needed to be used for emphasis really pop. Again, could be a personal preference thing, in which case rock on. Solid story though, job well done.
The story flows well, and i really liked the focus on space warfare
An old enemy is like an old friend... I like some of the details used here, such as animating iron shavings to represent holographic projections or the 'boarding nails' sub for assault ram/boarding torpedoes.
I really liked this one. Love the world building and the flow
I really liked the conversation between Arrago and Beras. It was an engaging way to established their history while keeping the story moving.
I love to see anything that helps differentiate OPR from 40k, and I think the way you used Havoc Brothers in this story is a perfect example. I really enjoyed the small drips of Arrago and Beras's past as well, and the thing that would have really elevated this story for me is expanding on that. I think you could have spent fewer words on establishing the battle and its stakes, and used that space to really let their tense relationship shine.
I cared for Captain Arrago. He seems like a good dynamic character. Beras’ was a good foil to him. Using havoc brothers against battle brothers is a good idea that seems underutilized. I commend you for using battle brothers; it is a hard faction to write about. The TV thing made of iron filings was a fun idea. It was slightly confusing who they were being attacked by in the first part of the story but cleared up by the end.
I liked your story. I'm going to read some in a video or stream. Any objection if I read yours?
Go for it - i'd like to listen to it if that's ok, and you send a link?
Sure. When I do I'll link it.
Well done! This was really well written and a good use of the theme.
Hopefully we learn more of the relationship between Arrago and Beras in future writing jams.
I really, really like the story. The presented themes are captured very well and the two main characters are convincing.
I had a little problems finding my bearing within the first paragraph, as I didn't immediately understood who was fighting whom and on which scale (ammount of ships involved).
After I found my bearings the story impressed me!
Hi Mattiso, I can't see you story submission? Have a look and make sure its up before the judging starts. :)
Thank you so much! I hadn't verified my email so the submission hadn't gone through, and I never would have noticed!
Yeah I guessed it was something like that so I thought I'd better let you know :)