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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #4 | 4.197 | 4.267 |
| Overall | #13 | 3.148 | 3.200 |
| Use of console | #17 | 2.754 | 2.800 |
| Fun | #17 | 2.492 | 2.533 |
Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Is this in Pulp? Impressive either way.
Love the graphics, they’re full of personality for how minimalist they are. I think this would be fun to figure out without a manual if it wasn’t so punishing for building the wrong thing at the start – it seemed like there was just barely enough money to build anything basic and if I built the wrong stuff or got unlucky with the meteors(?), I had to restart the game, unless I was missing something. Being able to get money back from demolishing buildings would be more conducive to experimentation and learning, I think.
Truly a black box! I didn’t know what’s happening but I checked the gifs and WHOA there’s a whole big super-polished game in there. I tried playing a bit and in the end I got the controls (especially finding the connectors took me while) but I never got to build anything functioning :D
Not sure how much of the lack of explanation is the black box energy :) but it might grip me a bit more effectively if there was a tutorial or a more verbal introduction at least on the core mechanics (what goes where etc.). However, a detailed manual is not something I expect from a gamejam game :)
I might have overdone it with the lack of tutorials... I spent way too much time with the other parts of the game so it was inevitably left out. I added a guide in the page although it still don't explain the core mechanics, I'll be working on it! Thanks for the great feedback! :D
I may not have any idea what I'm doing, but it feels good while I'm doing it! Feels very well made. I would love to see it expanded upon this after the jam.
Thank you! That's the 'blackbox' feel!
This is so unique and neat. I like games like these. You should expand upon this post-jam. Give it some more love than a weekend can give. I'd like to see more.
Thank you for the kind words! I will definitely expand upon it!