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Thanks a lot for the feedback! Yeah, we also wished we could do more with the map. We had so many ideas, but so little time to implement them. In case we decide to do a full release of this game, we would add a more dynamic approach, like Slay the Spire.

I'm glad you were able to figure out the battle gameplay! We also wondered if it would be too complicated, but we had fun making it and playing it too, so we left it in like it was.

Thanks!

Here's our game, in case anyone wants to try it. :) It was fun to make. We were a team of 2 devs, 1 2D Artist, and one writer. ;)

https://jzagorac.itch.io/wegotthegroove

Awesome game! Gave me strong Undertale vibes, which I guess you were going for. :) Really well done!

Great game! The default setting is kind of loud, but aside from that I don't know what else to comment on. I love the art style for sure. :)

This is a great game! I love these kinds of games. One bug I found was getting stuck in the Shop Close screen and not being able to continue playing, only moving around and switching screens. :)

Hey! You copied our idea! Nice 3D adaptation of our game! :D

https://itch.io/jam/pirate/rate/2492222

Awesome game! I also expected Aife to grow up, as mentioned below. The levels were pretty short, but I guess that's just because of the limited Game Jam time. I look forward to seeing a future version of this game! :)

Nice game! Love the aesthetics and music. At first I didn't know you could jump in mid-air, so I just jumped and waited to land to jump again, then I realized I had to jump 50 times, so I just kept pressing space to realize I could fly, haha.

Would be nice to be able to do something in the 3D world, or at least see the other villagers in 3D. :)

Loved the art style, animations, and music! The ladder mechanics were a little weird, but all-in-all a nice little puzzle game. I hope I get to find out more about the main character in the next Game Jam. :D

Love the game! Short and sweet! I hope Rick and Tim play it to see their reactions! :D

Yeah sure, why not? :D

Hey nice level! I recognized the graphics. :) Maybe you could try to add something to the game to give the player incentive to listen to the journal entry? As it is now, you can just ignore it and play the game. :D

I recognize the Unity template. It's a good tutorial for learning 2D platformer development. :) Fun level! Maybe you can try to improve the original template with better controls, or add settings for the sound/music. :D

Ah ok, I tried it before going into the other dimension and it didn't work, but I guess when the game "actually" starts, you gain the ability to sprint maybe. :)

I'm stuck at the beginning. Not sure what the controls are, but I've tried every button on my keyboard and controller and can only seem to jump and move around. I assume there's a way to switch the perspective? Also I noticed a part of the game was cut off for me at the bottom, as I saw a button on the bottom-right that quits the game. :P

Maybe some indicator of the controls of the game would help!

Exciting music! Too bad I suck at typing fast, haha! Interesting game for sure.

Nice, difficult game! Didn't get very far on my journey, but it's not about how far you make it, like the game says! :D

I was bad at Flappy Bird, so I was bad at this too. But I eventually made it to the end. Couldn't beat the boss though. Nice game! :D

Very simple game, but enjoyable. Funny walking animation! You could try to make a variation of the same song for the other dimension, similar to how we did it in our game. :)

I love stealth games! This one was especially fun because you have to remember your escape route. :P

I didn't really use the dimension shift much at all. Only for the lasers. At the end, I could walk around outside the base when the mission was over. :D

Very creepy! Maybe you could make the movement speed a little higher? Or add a sprint option? I feel like I was moving very slowly in the game. :D

Very simple game, but definitely a nice effect turning the corner.

I got stuck at the beginning as I didn't know what I was supposed to click on after licking. :D I tried clicking the butterfly, but it wasn't working. I eventually clicked around and found out you had to click on the log. Maybe there could be some kind of indicator of what is clickable.

Aside from that, great game! Had fun playing around with the puzzles and saving the princess.

Nice aesthetics, nice idea, nice music! Definitely one of the better ones in this game jam! :)

Interesting idea! I struggled a bit at the beginning figuring out that you had to collect apples with the left girl and mushrooms with the right girl, but other than that it was great. Loved the music as well.

Very satisfying game! At first I didn't get how to start it, but in a way the title screen is the tutorial. You can't play if you don't get it haha. Definitely agree with others on here about it being a good idea for a mobile game. I think it would be easier to control stuff with your finger than with the mouse. :D

Definitely the best game I've played in this Game Jam! Very addicting, very good gameplay, story, music, aesthetics. I even beat the challenge mode! Thanks for the great experience.

This game gave me Journey of the Prairie King flashbacks. I played that one a lot. This game's kind of like this one: https://itch.io/jam/gamedevtv-jam-2023/rate/2093703

Loved the story and the aesthetics! But I agree with the others here that it's a bit sad that there are no sound effects or music.

Funny and creative story! Maybe the dialogue could have a "show the whole text" button or click, so you can skip without skipping the whole text, if that makes sense. :P I also found the game a bit difficult, like others mentioned here.

Loved the dance, found the controls a bit unresponsive. Also, when I lost and started the game again it was in slow-motion! :D Maybe that's on purpose to make it easier the second time around, haha. ;)

I'm not much of a fan of Vampire Survivor type games, but this was kind of nice. I was expecting more of an RPG type of game from the intro. :D

I hope other Jacob's were able to defeat their demons a lot better than mine, haha.

Nice game idea! I recognize the art assets, as I've also used them before for a small project. :P Love the idea of light and dark.

Nice platformer! It's similar to the idea we went with, only we did it in 3D. :P

A nice, simple game with a cute aesthetic! I especially love the dream world's look and feel. Maybe if there was more to do in the real world it would be even better.

Fun game! I always tried to move the character in the top-down view, but of course that's just to get a hint of where to go. :)

I especially love the clean switch between the views.

Like others mentioned here, we also thought about doing this kind of thing for our game, but we decided to go in a different direction, and maybe add the 2D-3D thing later on as a new ability. ;) Of course, we didn't have time in the end to add it, but maybe we'll add it anyway later on.

Love the aesthetics of the 2D world and the little bit of story. Makes you wonder who that tutorial guy is, and if this is something like Portal, where you're being experimented on by an AI, haha.

Like other mentioned here, I found the controls a bit confusing. A lot to take in at the beginning. But the 2-dimesions theme is spot-on! We also thought about doing a game with two characters to control for our game, and ended up doing something completely different. :D

Love the art style as well.

Great game! It's very surprising that it's only one developer! Very good quality for such a small team. :)

I especially loved the switching between top-down and side-scroller modes. The dialogue is nice too.