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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme/Limitation | #21 | 0.500 | 1.000 |
| X Factor (overall enjoyment) | #21 | 0.500 | 1.000 |
| Music/Sound | #21 | 0.500 | 1.000 |
| Technical Implementation | #21 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| Fun/Design | #22 | 0.500 | 1.000 |
| Graphics/Animation | #22 | 0.750 | 1.500 |
| Overall | #22 | 0.625 | 1.250 |
Ranked from 2 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Team Size
Solo (1)
Will you continue work on the game after the jam?
Undecided
What tools did your team use to construct the game? (optional)
Built in Unreal Engine 5.1 using the Third Person Story Adventure Template. Assets created with Blender 3.5, Treeit, Materialize, Texture Merge. Historic Photos and quotes credited in game.
Which art and audio did you / your team NOT create? (optional)
Blackberry Blossom - Historic Appalachian folk tune. 100+ years in the public domain
Which diversifiers did you use, if any? (optional)
Grow
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Comments
I think I could absolutely LOVE this game but I need your help to understand the basic way to interact with the pedestal. How do I select which section I am interacting with? I have been able to get a couple of the glowing letters to show up but not where I wanted to put them. I think one way you could make the interaction so much simpler would be if the input buttons were G, C, A, and T on the keyboard instead of Q, E, and the mouse keys.
I will look into how to change those buttons. It (should) work with gamepad as well. The Q and E is actually why most objects where you don't need all four I use top and bottom button which on desktop. What I do is move where the character is looking back and forth. Perhaps if I space them out better with more space between the letters?
I was quite happy to see a 3D game in the jam ! It stands out from the amount of 2D grid games.
But I'm sorry, I couldn't figure out anything. The puzzle room is very overwhelming and doens't have much guidance.
I think I have to write DNA sequences around the middle pedestal to make a leaf appear or something ?
With a bit of a tutorial I think your game could be really cool, but right now it's pretty confusing, at least to me.
I ran into the distance, fell into the void and snapped this cool screenshot instead !
The screenshot