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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Af1tafPo-qN4eW0PY7xA98BAj2T1zWsIiR_9EMOip24
Have you checked that your GDD is publicly accessible ?
Yes
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Yes
Summarise your game!
A narrative game with a high energy combat section between chapters. Make sure to talk to all 12 NPCs in each chapter!
WASD to move, mouse clicks during combat, shift to run in town, e, z, space, or enter to advance text. Try not to spam it too much, there's a rare timing issue we couldn't track down, but it only happens if you spam.
Please explain how your game fits the theme:
Brand has felt like a weapon their entire life, but that can be okay. Weapons can be strong. And with care and love, they might even learn how to trust themselves around people without hurting them. For this sort of theme, we wanted it to feel like you didn't "wield" something to cause damage, but your very being was the source of that damage.
Is there anything you'd like the judges to pay particular attention to?
I think that mostly, we just wanted to have a good time and make something fun. We truly hope you enjoy it,
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Comments
This is a really cute game! I like the pinball nature of the gameplay portions. I think we ended up having some similar ideas in terms of game mechanics. Nice job!
Adorable game, very nice artwork and interesting interpretation of the jam theme. The squiggly font was a bit distracting and made reading a bit hard for me, but other than that, no issues. Well done!
Amazing work, it is cozy and also really fun! Nice story telling <3
Thank you for the kind comment! I'm glad you liked it!
This game is adorable!!! The characters are really lovable and I loved the story! The combat is also really fun. Amazing work! Keep it up ^^
Thank you so much! This sort of creation fills me with a lot of joy, and seeing people resonate with it makes it even better
i think it's great that the story and combat are both about accidentally hurting your friends
I appreciate the comment! I really wanted to get that feeling across in more than one way, glad it landed!
The music, the art, the gameplay and dialogue, all fit really well together, you guys made stellar work! It was really fun seeing all the different dialogues for the NPCs, and the combat was challenging at first, but once you got the hang of it I had a blast bouncing off stuff.
Great job!
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you liked it!
I loved the whole thing - from the music to the characters to the combat - and I might've shed a tear or two at the end
Aww! I'm so glad it resonated! Thank you for the comment, it means the world!
Nice work! That was fun and cute! I like Flare’s faces the best I think. :D
Mya did such an incredible job with the faces, Flare's faces were especially emotive and were fun to work with in writing!
very cute and very silly, but also heartwarming! I genuinely got a lil misty-eyed at the end >w<
very good job gang, it was fun!
Awww, I'm glad! I've always felt that games have a way of seeping into you a little deeper because you're a participant, so I've always wanted my and my team's games to be meaningful. It makes me really happy that you felt that way!
Really lovely! I'm a huge fan of all of the little characterizations of all of the different characters. Yay is easily my favourite :)
The story was quite touching in the end, and I really enjoyed the combat system. Well done!
Thank you so much! Yay was my favorite to write, too! :3
It's adorable! The characters are so cute and well-drawn, the front walk animation is so adorable, and the combat feels really good (especially bouncing off mushrooms, you nailed that). The dialogue so far is charming and sometimes funny. I can't find Eugene and Jane, I must be blind, I'll have to come back to it when I'm less tired. I hope it has a happy ending :3
They're both in the southwest of town, if that helps! I'm glad you liked what you saw so far! Let me know if you come back and finish. I wanted the story to be kinda story-book-esque, so I can say that it's pretty light and breezy by the end :3
Of course, Eugene had the glasses, for some reason I thought that was someone else. I finished it now, the story was very cute! The combat was like pinball, so very satisfying. I'm glad Flare got a hint at a happy ending too. Their pissed off face was so funny haha.