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Thank you for playing through it!!

Since it's the jam page here, I am being honest.

There originally was more gameplay, but was shortened because I found it not so interesting. (Just choosing Pris or Reid to walk through certain point)

So I just concentrate on letting players explore the endings.

Also due to time limit of myself, I cannot work on this game for too long.

For future games, I may try adding more puzzles, as long as they are fun. But my own rule is not affecting how the players experience the story.

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Sidaal4 years ago (1 edit)

The humility is refreshing. It's a trait I admire in others and myself to always seek to improve. Actually it makes me think about what % of my own game is story vs gameplay and it's not a number I like so far. The body change puzzle was my favorite thing in your game. It reminded me of Operation Trick or Treat on Cartoon Network:

I've learning the hard way that time is an important resource in this jam. I fear I might not be able to get in all the features in my game in time, so I might have to slim things out cut them out. It's good that you kept your priority in your game. I'm struggling a bit, but I have to truck through, and use my son and eventually my friend tomorrow to playtest. (I'm nervous.)

Our competitor Rubescen really did a good job on short term body changing mechanics: https://rubescen.itch.io/crossingtales.

Remind me after this jam to play your game Crab Vs. Virus RPG: https://ronaldbabe.itch.io/crab-and-virus That looks good and got good reviews.

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RonbldNotBabe4 years ago (1 edit)

For the puzzle part, I had sth similar in mind, but I find it involving a lot of backtracking and quite linear.

So it gave me an impression that the puzzle has to be backup by story element to be good. I would love to add it if I can come up with a good one.

And crab one isn’t quite satisfactory to myself T_T

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