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Dragonfruit Dash's itch.io pageLink to your Game Design Doc on Google Drive.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/135E7rH-0N-GJtsm-JVQFQBJ61LxUMPNpz020bJvEqP0/edit?usp=sharing
Have you checked that your GDD is publicly accessible ?
Yes
Is your game set to public on itch.io so we can see it?
Yes
Summarise your game!
You're a tiny dragon fleeing from some big bully dragons, even though you weren't even stealing their fruit at all. Your only offense is a good defense: throwing pieces of your tail at them, lizard-style, so that your spiky scales and sharp feathers stun them long enough for you to escape.
The terrain is procedurally generated and the environment and creatures are all hand drawn artwork.
Please explain how your game fits the theme:
In my game, you literally are the "weapon", as you must yeet chunks of your actual body to injure and deter your enemies. Using pieces of yourself is the only mechanic available to you besides diving.
Is there anything you'd like the judges to pay particular attention to?
This is a solo project that got repeatedly interrupted by several horrible emergencies, unfortunately. It's not as polished as I hoped, and it's missing a few details I planned for it. I also apologize if it doesn't run as smoothly as it should.
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Crazy addicting. Once you understand how the game works, it gets REALLY fun! There's something very cathartic about getting a big strong boost. Outside of some of the things mentioned by the others, I'd also like to suggest allowing the player to retry using the keyboard, since having the hands on both SHIFT keys and Space to them go to the mouse for restarting didn't feel as intuitive!
The art is very stylistic and reminds me a lot of your game from last jam, and that's not the only similarity I got! This game also feels similarly relaxing, even if you have three speed demons flying after you. I also love how both our dragon and the evil dragons look. The game absolutely exudes a magical energy from it.
The gameplay itself also ends up feeling relaxing because of the way you're supposed to move. Doing those waveform movements makes the gameplay itself feel quite beautiful in a way. The music choices also play a big part in how good the game feels in terms of atmosphere.
I enjoyed this a lot. It's fun!
Lovely artwork and theme! The diving mechanic is fun to try and time just right. I found myself wanting some way to see the hills when I'm high in the air. It feels more up to luck than anything whether the slopes align just right for a good jump. Nice work :)
Yeah the camera lost some of it's zoom out when I converted it to perspective from orthographic and I didnt have time to tweak it. I'll change that after the jam ends for sure. Thank you for playing!!
80.4 hahaha!! Very beautiful game. If I get caught with the dragons killing me too soon in a loop I refresh the game and it seems to help(?) Very fun.
Yes, refreshing the game fixes that bug! Thank you for playing! 80m is pretty good, maybe I should put 10 slots on the leaderboard instead of 5...
I am legitimately charmed by this and reminded of my time on various flash games back in the day in a really positive, refreshing way. Cute and addicting once I got the rhythm down. I think my only real issue is that it's so hard to recover from hitting the upslopes, and occasionally the color of the mist matches the color of the slopes, so it gets hard to see where I'm landing. Still, addicting and fun. I'm gonna have to actively tear myself away from this one to play more from the jam, which is a great problem to have
Yeah I need to adjust the mist cycle. Thanks so much for playing and leaving a comment though, I'm glad you were still able to enjoy it <3
Oh hey, I thought I was the only one who took inspiration from Tiny Wings!
This game has a super cool idea, and I really like the interpretation of the theme. The art and music are really, really nice too. Just wish the camera behaved a bit better to show where the hills are, and the start of each run is a bit abrupt. This game is great, just missing that tiny bit of polish I think!
Oooh another Tiny Wings style game? I'm on my way to check it out now! Thanks so much for playing, I hope to give it a bit more polish after the judging :)
Such a fun game! Definitely going to try to get a higher score when I get off work. Managed to reach 124m! Love the art
Thank you so much! Your score is allllmost enough for top 5 right now!
I found the game very hard, but really mechanically interesting. It might be nice to have the hills generate a bit more forgivingly at the start. Super cool game though, and the art is beautiful!
Yep, I've accidentally made a rage game. That's what I get for being the only playtester! Thank you so much for playing though :3
I instantly recognized the Tiny Wings inspiration the moment I saw the tutorial. It gets pretty hard once you get going fast since it’s hard to see the ground, I do wish there was a fullscreen mode and/or camera pull away so I can anticipate my next jumps. Absolutely gorgeous artwork, great job!
Aw thank you, yeah I somehow turned innocent Tiny Wings into a rage game. Oops!