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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Visuals | #2 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Audio | #3 | 3.250 | 3.250 |
| Gameplay | #3 | 3.250 | 3.250 |
| Overall Enjoyment | #4 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Overall | #5 | 3.125 | 3.125 |
| Creativity | #6 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Use of Theme | #9 | 2.250 | 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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I rlly like the the pixel art :) did you do it yourself.
nope, sorry! :/
Was I supposed to kill everyone? :P
Considering I did not have time to finish my game... At this state, yes xD
The pixel art style is very cute, and I love the soundtrack that came with it. I'll be honest, I'm really not sure what exactly I'm supposed to be doing.
At first I just went around gathering wood letting all the people do their work cutting down trees and mining rocks, but that meant by the year 2050 the island would get destroyed. Then on the next playthrough I found an axe lying on the ground and just started murdering everyone, so at least the island stayed intact, but I feel like that wasn't what I was supposed to do either. I'm wondering if there are even more endings than the two I got.
I figured I could use the axe to murder people and that would alter the ending, but I genuinely don't know what I'm supposed to do with all the wood I collected. Otherwise, controls feel solid, the art style is great and the soundtrack is really good!
Hey, I must admit that I didn't had the time AT ALL to do everything that I expected, and so, the game is kind of a draft... There's a lot of endings, but they're all not really interessant, and I think that, at this state, it's one of the worst games I made :/
I did not have time to make that wood could do something, and I'm sorry for that :/
Hey it's okay, seriously don't worry about it, there's nothing to apologize for. There's definitely something there using this concept. I really like the idea that your actions in the past affect what happens in the future and that there's multiple outcomes to different situations. I just wasn't sure exactly what certain things did and what changes I was making.
I would say if you wanted to continue building off this concept, give the player more tools to mess around with and see how that affects the future. Maybe if the player focuses on collecting wood, the island sinks but you build a raft to live out the rest of your days. Maybe if you murder everyone, the island doesn't sink but now you live in solitude forever. Maybe if you talk to and recruit everyone you can band together and escape the island somehow, just to spitball some ideas.
Like I said, there's a really good idea here. I just wasn't sure exactly what certain things did or what my overall goal was, but even then, that can also be player driven. Maybe the player wants to murder everyone and live in solitude, or maybe the player is more resource driven and wants to build a raft, etc. Don't apologize for or discredit anything you make. Taking steps forward towards making something you enjoy or taking time to learn something new is always a good thing.
Hey, you just gave me a lot of nice ideas, thanks! Maybe I will continue this game, if I have time ;)
Oh, or we could also search for the secrets of that island! Like in a cave or smth/ like that! That could be one of the ending!