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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Playability | #255 | 4.250 | 4.250 |
| Artistic Style | #328 | 4.500 | 4.500 |
| Theme | #653 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Cleverness | #1409 | 2.750 | 2.750 |
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.
- This game is visually beautiful, I love the flowers and the deer. Combine that with the music and you have youself a wonderfully ethereal experience. Unfortunately the gameplay is skin-deep. Yes the gameplay is pretty but the jumping and double jumping to hope to get more stars gets a bit old after a while with no real progression outside of bigger flowers. Also there is no hint of any sort of shadow theming in the game, and alchemy can only be loosely tied into the generating of flowers. Overall, very simple, very pretty, reminds me of an interactive art piece more than a fully fledged game
- Very cute! Love the peaceful vibes.
- Soooo preeeetttttttttttyyyyy. I really have no idea what to say. It's a lovely little game that just feels good to play. Maybe some flower selection? Other then that so nice and calming to play and just a cute little time sink.
- Very good GDD, I loved seeing the whole design ideas with such complex but easy to digest details. Very cool! The ideas and foundations link nicely to the game jam, and are a great interpretation of the design brief. Thoroughly enjoyed my little play through.
Did you include your Game Design Document as a Google Drive link?
Yes
Seriously... did you include your Game Design Document?
Yes, but you're making me nervous now...
Is your game set to Public so we can see it?
Yes
Tell us about your game!
Stellar Bloom is a meditative infinite runner where you are a cosmic life-bringer collecting stars to seed a dark, sunless planet with new life. You transform the inert stars into a wide variety of flowers, and the number of stars collected per jump determines the size of each one. Every star-seeded planet is unique, from a chaotic forest of massive flowers to a tidy garden. All art and animations were custom-made for this jam.
How will your planet look when you're through?
Controls: Space bar for jump and double-jump
Extra Notes
I struggle with severe anxiety and panic attacks and am always looking for things to help calm me. With this game, I wanted to make something that could serve a similar function for anyone who could use some peace or needs to relax.
All the art and animations were custom made by me for the jam.
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Very nice chill beutigull game. i played it for so long i got dizzy XD. Great job!
stunningly beautiful game. The art, the concept, the execution, the music, everything is simply splendid . I had a hard time stopping after i had made a very pretty planet for myself haha. I don't really have any big feedback but since I want to give something a little nitpick will have to do. The star collecting sound is a bit too loud in my opinion, its a sharp sound so it can hurt the ears after a bit. But other than that I love this game, bravo.
Very cute & soothing music / sfx.
Smooth visuals & animation.
Well done!
Really clever idea and well executed, very satisfying to play! I also like the interpretation of the theme around alchemy as transformation. Beautiful art and animations, and the music and SFX are also well done. Does the tone on the land SFX change depending on the number of stars collected during the jump? If you wanted to expand it further, I think a gentle swaying effect on the flowers would make this even better. I think there are a lot of people experiencing anxiety or stress who will appreciate this – well done and thank you!
its such a beautiful and relaxing game
Very relaxing game, it calmed me down. I don’t know how much I played but I see myself coming back to just chill and relax (^^)
Visuals are pretty, I like the variety in the size of flowers. And it’s nice that the sounds are smooth, the bgm is great and I enjoyed this game. :)
(But I think I finally broke my space bar, my space bar was a bit broken already and after playing the game, now almost all the time it puts extra spaces in my text hahaha.)
Beautiful
Thanks!
Great one! Its calm, beautiful, and no problem listening the music on repeat. which is great! Really nice job.
Thank you!
Aww, this has auch a nice and relaxing vibe. I Like the Color palette you Chose and the Gameplay is engaging.
Thank you so much!
It's fun and addicting! So simple, but I kept trying to make bigger and bigger flowers. The art and music are also fantastic. Great job!
Thank you so much for playing!
So lovely and relaxing!! I adore the running animation-it's so smooth and the glow on the flowers is beautiful~ Great work!
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it <3
Cute game! I really like the aethetics and design of each flower and the deer.
Thank you for playing it!
Wow, I absolutely would play this game on my phone on the train or before bed. Its so beatifull, simple to play yet engaging. Amazing job <3
Thank you so much!!
Awesome running animation!
Thank you!