Hi Smile--I'm still having a hard time running that file. On the itchio page, under Upload, could you click the box next to "This file will play in the browser"?
I don't believe it would count as a retcon if they got back together as long as what happened isn't forgotten. They could reconcile, but also I'm never going to believe their love will ever be the same as it was
MeBID is right--a game doesn't necessarily need a combat system in order to have a boss battle against Dark Schippie Dues. Last year we saw a lot of creative interpretations of the rule, and in fact the 2021 winner didn't really feature a traditional "boss battle" with Dark Schippie Dues. So I'd suggest just following your fun and worrying about DSP later
I did, though mostly because I found a disgusting strat (exploit) for the final boss. I did miss the second spell (probably behind the first waterfall, I realized too late)
Yeah I thought it would be more fun to capture the group's first reactions in our group stream, though I have personally played through and rated each game.
I appreciate that each character has their own unique, room-clearing super attacks. Points for being the only entry that attempted the L3/R3 stealth/special directional swap
When I played this with a 360 controller the start button was accelerate and it was excruciating, so I'm glad I read your notes here. Everything went much smoother with a PS4 controller (and learning to just mash the absorb button). That final boss sequence rules
I like the consideration that went into the different spells we unlock and the enemies that are introduced alongside them. Probably my favorite use of doors we can't enter. I hate those birds worse than anything.
Obviously it would have been great to see your whole vision, but we still got a rapid fire shotgun that never needs to be reloaded and a suitable reward for getting to the top of the cake.
You win the prize for Worst Sleezer. I like how the specials of our three party members serve their own important purpose in battles, pointless as they may be. I forgot what this jam was about for a second and when Oh No played on a character's death it really got me.
I like that you picked survival horror seemingly to give a greater impact to the Interact/Use Consumable ingredient. Strong RE/Game Boy vibes, makes for a fun environment
The ghost mechanic is actually cool, and you know what, I even enjoy the level up surprise machine. When Fire Emblem does it I get mad, but here it's enjoyable somehow. Excellently bad character designs.
I love the town music obviously. Great vibes, great Sleezer, and modifying the combo on each level is a cleverly simple idea for making each level up feel valuable.
I switched the deadline to 5PM PT (mostly for @warrenEBB) so if anyone missed the deadline or wants to upload a new build, there's still a little more time!
I believe I clicked an option to allow submissions to update their game but that might cut off after the deadline, meaning you could submit now and do a tiny update before tomorrow. The judgment period is just one week, so really there isn't much time to change things anyway
I was thinking about keeping them there to be nice, but you're right, they have nothing to do with the Cauldron Jam and clearly ignored the prompts for ingredients when submitting. Glinny's rules have to mean something
I talked to Glinny and Cahrsurraurher and they've agreed to extend the jam by one week. The goal in the tight deadline was originally to get everything in before Jones took his paternity leave, but hey that's out the window and this is all for fun. Looking forward to seeing everything you've made!
Anyone will be able to be a judge, but judging won't open until the game submission deadline at July 5th 2019 at 5:00 AM PT and closes a week later.
I believe that you'll be able to download and play any submissions before the deadline, so you won't necessarily have to cram playing everything into one week. I'm actually not sure what the normal time frame for judging is so I'm willing to extend that, especially if we get a ton of games submitted.
