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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Polish | #146 | 2.167 | 3.250 |
| Creativity | #158 | 2.333 | 3.500 |
| Theme Interpretation | #167 | 2.333 | 3.500 |
| Overall | #168 | 2.083 | 3.125 |
| Gameplay | #178 | 1.500 | 2.250 |
Ranked from 4 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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The concept is interesting, but I found it very confusing why I kept getting the tree type wrong. I think it would have been nice to include a reason for resting, either being that you ran out of time, or specifying what type of tree you swung at last, and possibly what attack you used (although I did understand what to use on each different tree size, I just couldn't identify what size I was looking at). The art and music are all very polished, and I was really impressed by how many different tree types you had. I did enjoy this one, and the issues I had with it are all fairly minor easy fixes. Good job!
First of all, I love the pixel art, the bull character in particular! The music was great, and the way it changed from whimsical to depressing when you had to rest made me laugh :D The gameplay was simple but it definitely had a charm to it, it made me want to play on each time and try to beat my high score. The only part that I struggled with was sometimes it wasn't obvious what was a big tree and what was a medium one, particularly with the different tree types. Aside from that, it was a very solid entry overall, congrats!
I tried 10 times and I only managed to get an attack out once...I still don't know what to do, I tried charging the attack at different levels depending on the tree size, launching a weak attack with E... no matter what I did it was always time to rest. Also, the long GameOver sequence discouraged me from playing more, I was spending more time in the GameOver screen than in the game itself.
The tutorial is very confusing, with many concepts that make no sense to a new player, I don't understand why it's time to rest or why would I gain more time by cutting down trees? I read it several times but I couldn't wrap my head around what I'm supposed to do and what it all means.
You should put an arrow or, better yet, a scroll bar in the tutorial because nothing hints at there being more info below. And put buttons or make the scrollwheel work, even after seeing your message saying there was more info below it took me a while to discover that I had to grab and pull the text.
You also need a button to close the game. I had to Alt+F4 out of it because I couldn't find a "clean" way to quit.
The sprites and art are very good and the music is very catchy :)
Thank you for your opinion, I will take it into account. Depending on the type of tree a different attack must be made, there are three different attacks. The reason why it says it's time to rest is because the bull can't stop cutting trees, it's a loop. But he really wants to rest. I hope I have clarified your doubts
The tutorial continues below by scrolling