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A jam submission

Shadow FollowView game page

SHFL
Submitted by Kirit0mar — 11 days, 4 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Cleverness#7523.2503.250
Artistic Style#9703.0003.000
Theme#13302.0002.000
Playability#14292.7502.750

Ranked from 4 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous and shown in a random order.

  • Thanks for joining the game jam! Please note that your GDD should be a Google Drive link but it looks like you've uploaded a standard PDF. The game plays well, but it was unclear what the goal should be. As one other commenter wrote: "the game could use a bit more visual cues as to what I'm actually doing" I picked up a few of the red potions and walked from one room to the next a couple of times, but I'm working off solely playing your game as I was unable to access your GDD (we don't accept downloadable files this time). Hopefully you continue to work on this. I would be interested to see where the game goes next :)
  • The playability is strong, especially with the engaging 'do you have all the potions' challenge at the end. The theme integration mainly revolves around potion collection, but the clever use of shadows adds a great touch of creativity.
  • GDD is download only DQ.

Did you include your Game Design Document as a Google Drive link?
Yes

Seriously... did you include your Game Design Document?
Yes

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

Tell us about your game!
Simple Puzzle game find the correct shadow to progress to the next stage.

Extra Notes
literally only had two days to make a game as a lot was going on behind the scenes in my family. Ima be more prepared next game jam. I have been watching plenty of youtube vids and that to help me make games and im learning quite a bit.

Just a bit of fun really. Wanna get into the scene of making games im 23 and really wanna follow my passion.

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Good submission for your first game! I have 2 points of feedback:

  • The incorporation of alchemy is a bit too weak in my opinion. That doesn't take from what you made, but in the light of the game jam that could have been done better.
  • The main mechanic was really hard for me to figure out. I believe the objective is to align your own shadow with the ones on the ground? That could have been communicated more clearly :)
Developer(+1)

Thankyou i will take this in and make a better game next game jam. means a lot and thankyou for playing and leaving a comment

(+1)

So the game lags when trying to play and the game also does not fit my laptop monitor because its 1920x1080. Bit too big for a itch.io page game. 

Developer

ill change size now :))

Developer

i've changed the size for you. Also make sure you have hardware acceleration turned on in your browser. But i understand with older gpu's this game probably isnt the most optimised right now in its  current state. Sorry..

(+1)

5/5

(+1)

Great!

Developer

Thankyou!!

(+1)

great!

Developer

Thankyou for taking the time to play my simple game and leave a comment! Means a lot! :))

Developer

Made a lot of changes today give it another try!! :))

Submitted(+1)

Not sure if this is just on my end, but the camera is constantly turning to look down.

Developer(+1)

hmm I don’t know about this one. I’ll do some digging now and see if there’s an issue but I’ve played it fine so far. I’ll still check it out tho 

Developer(+1)

ive looked into this issue youre having might just be related to you. If the game seems off make sure you have WEBGL setup properly in youre broswer. Do a quick google search on how to do that it might help..

Developer

Made a lot of changes today give it another try!! :))

(+1)

The game is a bit too complexe i would reccomand give a tutorial next time.

Developer

thankkyou for the feedback i will make sure in my next game there is a tutorial just to learn the mechanics! Thankyou for playing it though

Developer

Made a lot of changes today give it another try!! :))

(+1)

Looks neat, but I could not get passed the first stage, and have no idea what the "potion" does that randomly showed up. Do I need to press something on the shadows?

(+1)

After some further playing around, I found a cactus that can line up with the door if you are careful.
Figured if it could go through doors/walls maybe it would push me through.
Saw the other side briefly, then promptly fell through the floor and down down down I went.

Developer(+1)

HAH I've fixed the environment so it doesnt move around now and the potions are to open the final door give the game a reload and try it now. All you have to do is stand in the correct shadow and the environment will delete and the door will open. Try now and lemme know how it goes.

(1 edit) (+1)

Sweeet, that time the cactus stayed in place and I was able to get through each door and win the game.
Thanks for the quick fix, and good job on your submission!

Developer(+1)

thankyou means a lot. My first game so tried my best hah

Developer(+1)

Made a lot of changes today give it another try!! :))

(+1)

Pretty solid man, great job!

Developer(+1)

thankyou!

Submitted(+1)

I could not figure out what to do. I think a simpler first stage would help to pick up the game mechanic.

Developer

Thankyou for that! I Will implement this feedback into my next game. Thankyou!

Developer(+1)

Made a lot of changes today give it another try!! :))