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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Sound | #1 | 3.842 | 3.842 |
| Overall | #4 | 3.693 | 3.693 |
| Theme | #9 | 3.579 | 3.579 |
| Aesthetics | #10 | 3.947 | 3.947 |
| Gameplay | #18 | 3.404 | 3.404 |
Ranked from 57 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Amazing game! Love the style you've given to it.
Biggest issue I had is that I left the level with the escape key and when I tried to play it again I just couldn't. I needed to refresh the page.
Thanks for playing. I have a new bug fixed build that fixes this issue.
Haha that's a funny way to use the theme, the voice lines for the npc were pretty cool, i didn't realize at first he was telling me what to do, the doors opening were really satisfying to me lol. Cool game overall!
Game really has a strong sense of self. Had a lot of personality, great work on that. I wasn't able to play with headphones, but it sounded like the NPC guy was voice acted? That's insane well done.
As far as the gameplay, it definitely took me a minute to figure out how to play (until I figured out the NPC voice line was telling me what to do). I eventually figured out it out and it was cool for a while. Though it got pretty frustrating later on when there were several enemies and they would run away after I hit them with the smoke. This combined with the cooldown of the attack itself made it a bit frustrating.
I never got to finish it, but it was interesting so far. Just wish the gameplay had a bit more to it and gave more agency to the player.
Hey thanks for playing. And yeah the voice acting was me haha. There is def a lot I think I need to balance like the cooldowns and also the enemies weirdly running away. Def makes it frustrating. Thank you for taking the time to write the feedback. Will 100% keep in mind.
Gives me ToeJam & Earl vibes. Cool idea, but a pretty steep skill curve right off the bat. If this goes any further I'd say lessen the difficulty near the beginning. Otherwise, pretty sweet for a jam game!
It is a really cool game, with pretty fun idea and a really nice style. The level building is pretty good too i think, with a variety of paths to take making it less linear and leaving more room to try to find the fastest route. But the gameplay doesn't feel quite as good, i struggle to understand why sometimes the smoking fails, and the slowness makes it pretty hard to fight enemies. Still a fun experience i think! (Voice acting in a weekend long jam is pretty dope to be fair xD)
Hey thank you. I wish I had time to make more levels but yeah that was my goal trying to make it so you really had to find your own path when speed running. If I had more time I would of 100% improved on this and made the levels even bigger while still keeping them readable. And yeah I never explained it but there is a certain amount you have to smoke before any comes out. 100% I should of said something about that. Its the little orange bar. In all honestly I added it last minute in a act of balancing and tbh I think it works in balancing but also unintentionally frustrates the player. Thank you for your feedback in the post jam build will def take this into mind!
reallly good but I'm sooooo bad at it
too hard
I love it!
Sick art style you got here. You can really feel yourself inhaling and exhaling when you charge the smore (even though I'm not a smoker haha). Cheers!
This game encouraged me to take up smoking!
(JK, it was really fun)
i love tobacco products
This was very fun and the sound design especially is on point. I think it would have helped to add another movement mechanic in order to spend less time walking and enhance the speedrunning aspect.
Thank you for the feedback. I tried adding a dash but felt it didn't fit the gameplay. I think you are right though . If I had more time I would of tried to find another movement technique that fits as it def feels like it is missing one to aid the player.
I actually wanted to do this long feedback text but this shi literally perfect.
Best game so far. Keep it up!
11/10
Great game! The gameplay is smooth, the art and music is really nice. The coughing in the menu music is a nice touch. Very creative concept :D
I could see myself making fanart out of these characters. I love it!
My best time is 2:13.62 left.
This game is so good man. I love the art style and the voice acting. And how the npcs get mad when you walk past them and dont talk to them. Amazing game 👍
Great work plz rate mine too
I love everything about this, the voice acting, the music, the tactile and clicky menus, the art - especially the character designs. Great work!
great game https://pixelpulse283.itch.io/heat-run
A really funny game! I liked it. It was also cool to see that there were different keys and ways you could've beaten the game!
liked the alternative routes and keys
i love the art style, and the gamplay, quite diferent, well done!