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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Cleverness | #1 | 5.000 | 5.000 |
| Playability | #258 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Artistic Style | #401 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Theme | #653 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
Ranked from 1 rating. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Judge feedback
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- Good GDD, I would like to see more detailed information around the key ideas in the game. The ideas and foundations link nicely to the game jam, but it would be good to get more of an explanation on the themes and then more of those details shown in game. I really enjoyed my little play through, even though it took me too many tries to get through some of the levels 🙃 The base ideas are very clever and innovative, good job! Feedback: Implement a training section to the functionality behind the game on an easy to complete straight forward level, before then expanding to the first levels. Add some more detail to help reinforce the shadowy nature, and give the magician some effects that show the magical effects of transforming things.
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!
You capture object properties via photos and apply those same properties to other (applicable) objects. You use these photos to clear obstacles or open up paths.
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Comments
I think this deserves to win something. Really cool concept, smart little puzzles and a simple and clean aesthetic. Only issue is that the platforming feels a little off with the isometric view but wasn't game breaking. Well done team, I expect to see this on the stream!
thank you so much ! 💖
you're too kind :" )
Cool art and really clever theme interpretation.
Unfortunately I found some bugs like:
- When pressing Q to recall all photos the charge photo doesn't recall if you use all three photos on an object
- Movement sometimes bugs while jumping on stairs
thanks ! :D
i havent encountered the Q bug D: the movement one i have and maybe it's something with physicsmaterials 🤔
thanks for the info !
The art and minimalistc design is awesome! Concept is truly inuque! Very cool!
thank you so much !!
I really liked the concept, it was fun to test the interaction of the different cards with the environment, good job!
thanks !! im glad you had fun 🙏
What a great concept! I can see this being the premise for a full puzzle game with lots of combinations of interactions.
thanks ! 😄 it was fun designing and making levels
Wow, I love the look of this. The black and white look makes it seem like film noir. Great art, great mechanics. Love it!
thank you ! 🙏
Damn, the game design is immaculate! Very fun and easy to grasp with a ton of potential for depth!
thank you so much !! 😄
i like the look and the feel and the puzzle concept, not a big fan of isometric with cardinal direction controls
thanks ! and fair enough with the controls point 🤔
thats a personal preference, im sure that some people absolutely LOVE it
dont let one person change how you see your game
Love the super clean aesthetic, and working out how to combine the different photos was fun! I can absolutely see how this could be scaled up into a bigger game, great job to everyone on the team! 💚
thank you so much !! 🥺
Great game!! I'm really impressed with all of the interactions, its great that each of the interactable shapes can be interacted with by any ability. The title is great, art style is great, the puzzles are fun, I just love this. My only qualm would be that for me the isometric camera and movement were a bit hard to control, but this very well may be a skill issue on my part.
thank you ! it had a much different design for object <-> ability interaction but some last minute changes i think really upped it
the camera and player movement were inspired by death's door idk it just feels at home to me 🙇♂️ will definitely look closer at how they do it
Great game, and interesting mechanics enjoyed playing it.
thank you so much 🙏
really cool game!
thanks !
Very clever, really liked the puzzles. Very easy to and quick to learn how to play, with the hints on the floor.
thanks ! glad to hear it :D
Very cool idea. I love the simple style of the game. It can be challenging to get the correct timing sometimes, but is still very fun to play
thank you so much ! 😄
Nice idea! With time to develop it further it has a ton of pottencial!
thanks !!
Really nice game, well done and polished and also really creative interpretation of the Theme!
thank you so much ! :)
Really cool and interesting!
thank you so much ! :D
Love the art style of this game, the 2.5d is really cool, also the core mechanic is quite interesting
thanks ! our 2d artist did a great job overall and the core mechanic was super fun to program 💖
cant take credit for the 3d models as they're all kenney's (+ the buttons) 🙇♂️
love that a lot well done !
thanks ! :D
Amazing game!
Loved the unique mechanic <3
thank you !!