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A jam submission

DRAWCHEMYView game page

An immersive puzzle-platformer all about drawing, crafting, and creating your own solutions.
Submitted by JohnLivingston (@johnwlivingston) — 11 minutes, 17 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Cleverness#2274.5004.500
Artistic Style#4014.0004.000
Theme#6533.0003.000
Playability#7193.5003.500

Ranked from 2 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.

  • using another interpretation of alchemy to make / create matter, take & reform matter is a fun idea and it does give scribblenauts + little big planet and I love the artstyle, while the controls were a bit off because the itch.io page doesnt scale correctly, and i couldnt get fullscreen to work, overall, good entry
  • This is a fun and creative game idea that uses the alchemy portion of the theme well! I love the drawing mechanic. It's an interesting way to navigate through the environment. Most of the game feels polished and the art style is adorable and consistent throughout. It was a little unclear how to destroy the wood block that was elevated in one of the tutorial levels, so a little more attention to the text tips on screen might help make the tutorial levels more intuitive. You are missing the shadow part of the theme, which takes away from the theme score/rating.

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

Seriously... did you include your Game Design Document?
Yes I swear!

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

Tell us about your game!
A 2d puzzle platformer where the player is tasked with overcoming challenges by drawing their own platforms, and more.

Extra Notes
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14RQnVHzRKBsmJQAfpvZkIjaWpzCVipG3xH954GAAdho/edit?usp=sharing

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Comments

Submitted

Your art style and game feel are amazing! It's little big planet reimagined! It opened really weirdly in my browser, Like your entire itch.io page seems to be made suboptimally. I couldn't even get it to play fullscreen, maybe mess around with some settings, that could also be a reason for the lack of traction! 

Boring webpage stuff aside, everything worked so great until the alchemy system, and I think it was because there was a button at the bottom I couldn't reach.  I do play on a Mac tho, might just be my own fault. 

Anyway, this is not too polished, that's fine, the important parts are! (Movement and gameplay feel).
I would definitely play more of this!  (if you added some banger music)

Submitted

Wow I love the drawing with different materials concept. Super fun. Making a ball of air seems to suck everything into itself rapidly, black-hole style, was that intenteded? Either way, very fun.

Submitted

Wow what a cool game! It is on another level!

Submitted

Really cool game! I have seen these kinda puzzle platformer drawing games before but the different element mixing is super awesome and takes it to another level. I love the different interactions between things and how many different elements there are. I think having to throw down your creations is a neat idea but it was a little buggy and somewhat frustrating at times. May be better if you could just pick where it goes. The art style and effects in this game are also really well done. Overall awesome work! I could totally see this becoming a full commercial game.