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A jam submission

A Bard's TaleView game page

Spread tales throughout the town and become a first class bard! For Pirate Software Game Jam!
Submitted by WonderCat Studio (@WonderCatStudio), RobertMBachComposing, AgnesSeey, Resben, Rethagos — 5 hours, 40 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Cleverness#934.0004.000
Playability#1004.0004.000
Artistic Style#1094.0004.000
Theme#9352.0002.000

Ranked from 1 rating. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous.

  • I enjoyed playing the game and saw the splash & credit scenes in the opening. However they were a little too fast. Perhaps slow it a little bit down for people to see it. The theme feels not really on spot of what I would associated with spreading, but it is not a concept that I am used to. I feel like it could be explore more in depth than ideas and tales. Options need more love in term of display resolutions and customized keybinding. I also noticed there are DEBUG tag in the window name. Probably a mistake in the export setting. The text were little too hard to read due to its size. I would recommend to included a font size option in the options to solve this. The player movement and the world collision are little janky at times, but that is to expected from a game jam game. GDD looks good to me, but I would love to see more of the game design and perhaps a flowchart over different routes in depth, so it shows what you have been explore with multiple endings.

Did you include your Game Design Document in your downloadable files?
yes

Tell us about your game!
A game about spreading stories! You spend the day collecting stories, perspectives, lies, and truths from the town you're staying in and when night comes, you choose which tale you want to spread. The truth? A lie? A warning?

The game controls with WASD or arrow keys, E to interact and enter or click to advance dialogue. A minimap is used to navigate the town and the game is choice-heavy. The story you tell is up to you and asking the right questions!

Did you remember to include your Game Design Document?
yes

Is your game set to Public so we can see it?
yes

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Nice idea. I'd love to see more of it.  I hope you'll update it after the game jam :)

(+1)

Fun game! short, a little fustrating when I thought I could move through some areas. I like the endings

Developer

thanks for the feedback!