To be totally honest, I couldn't get through this. I chock it up to my lack of remembering diddly about Greek mythology. It has been a long time since I was in school, to be fair XD. I can see what you were going for, but without some sort of guidance or hint system, I didn't make it far at all in combining all of these. Any further efforts on my part would have been a pure guessing game, and I just don't have a great time with that.
I appreciate where you were headed with this, and I'm sure there's folks that'll dig right into unravelling it, but without some sort of in-game story to go off (even just an "exposition page" that tells the history in a few paragraphs) I can't make progress unless I do some deeeep studying. Still, it's all functional, and the vibe of the game is something that could be built on for sure. BGM is on point too, perfect for the vibe. Thanks for giving us a game to play!
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Thanks for the very detailed feedback!
It is supposed to be a first try at an educational game in a Jam, so I’m going to take most of your feedback as a win. (This should be a lot more fun to learn about Greek mythology than to go back to school haha)
I sure had a lot of research to do about the subject to make this game, so I totally understand not being able to complete it without a good background in Greek mythology.
My thinking is : you learn about a subject by getting better at a game, by trial and error.
I wanted to implement a “sandbox” mode tho, where you just play around without a timer and counter, to discover all the possibilities without pressure, but no time unfortunately.
A family tree that gets drawn with the gods you already unlocked was also an idea, but that would have taken even more time :(
I really appreciate the BGM being acknowledged, since the past jams I was disappointed about the time dedicated to sound design, so wanted to try and actually make something interesting this time with sound design, which I had a lot of fun with !
Thanks for playing and sharing your thoughts !