Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous.

• First of all, really impressed with the level of polish you were able to achieve within the jam period. It was a wise decision to keep the mechanics simple to accelerate development both on the coding and art end. You were able to not only create some art that looks good, but that also has some unique style and is coherent across scenes and menus. The attention to detail in giving audio feedback for most actions makes a big difference for a better feel and immersion. It's an interesting approach to the theme The game overall runs great and almost all the mechanics work as expected. You seem to have created a nice resource management survival with some nice original ideas, like the begging for money. You guys were able to make a solid GDD, that not only indicates clearly what the game is and what it contains, but also shows clear planning. A couple things that I would say you could work on, although most of it is simply a matter of not having enough time to work on the game, but since it was a good game I'll be picky: - The mouse wheel: while it was stated in the Controls section that this was part of the mechanics, it is not very clear when to use it. Even the help menu just says that it can be used for some activities but no specifics. I would say a different indication once you mouse over the activity would be one way to solve this. - Font: while the font went really well aesthetically with the art, the legibility of it is not great, this not only makes it harder to understand but also can severely impact people with dyslexia or other reading difficulties to play your game - Interaction feedback: it would give a better feel to the player experience if there was outlines on interactable targets once you mouse over them (combined or in place of the text) - Balance: as is, the balance is pretty tough, specially when it comes to the Stress level, making it pretty difficult to even progress deep enough into the game to see the multiple random events.