I'm glad you enjoyed it, and I'm glad to hear the enemy movement added to the later levels! And yeah, I made ties random mostly because I couldn't think of anything more cleaver in the moment; if I keep working on this I'd want a set outcome; potentially some sort of third possibility.
Fantastic mood, audio, and visuals; game feels good to play and the mechanics are interesting and provide a lot of good puzzle space; progression of levels feels very well tuned, and the puzzles were challenging without ever being frustrating or overwhelming. Incredible job! Only criticisms are with way to tweak and improve the experience: I'd suggest an undo button, and potentially a way to control the camera, or show the unseen sides of the die--I know part of the challenge is keeping special awareness of all sides of the die, but from what I've heard from my own game as well as on a lot of these other 'dice-rollers' people have submitted is that the puzzles can be made tricky enough without that aspect and everyone just ends up wanting to be able to 'see' all sides of the die.
I'd say try both, separately and togther. The preview would let people avoid simply walking into the enemies as they move, but so would the turns; it would just depend on how each feels or if they'd be best together.
I like it! However, I think having the enemies stop until you roll but being able to move while you are rolling between positions doesn't feel right. They should either be on a completely separate timer or take completely separate turns, because otherwise it's almost impossible to predict whether a move near them is wise or not.
I played this for a little bit and didn't really feel and effect from differences in the die numbers . Otherwise, a very technically impressive game, considering the time constraints!
I like this idea, but right now it feels very hard to judge when the dice are slowing enough to turn into gold (or not), and so it's hard to know when they need to be shot again or not. I was also confused at first, not realize that they only "roll" when they hit a wall or another die, as I assumed they were meant to be rolling as they crossed the table, like physical dice.
I like the idea, but I think the randomness could be tweaked to be a little--I feel like the dominant strategy is to just make the 3 random moves, and then decide which best 3 moves you have for that turn. Interspersing the randomness can just lead to wasted moves or suicidal movements. I think giving the player control over the random inputs just slows things down. And the fact that they can waste your one shot for the turn feels weird; all you can do is retreat then. The presentation is good, and it controls very well, and even as is it felt strategic, but the central mechanic just feels like a false choice, imo.
The game looks great and the mini games control well I had a lot of fun! I think the hippo game is broken; counter went to zero and the just kept ticking down into the negatives and the game never ended.
Neat little idea! I feel like the arena is just a bit too small for how fast you can end up going, and I'm not sure what the numbers on the lower right correspond to, and I'm not sure why I die sometimes, but mechanically it feels good to play, and it's a good challenge having your acceleration and firepower be the same thing.
Impressive scope, but not really a genre I'm into, so it's hard to give feedback. The game had a hard time discerning when I wanted to click on a button vs. when I wanted to click out of the pop-up. And making me confirm every harvest felt unnecessary and tedious. I didn't end up playing for more than a few minutes.
This is honestly incredible work. A very unique mechanic, a great atmosphere, and all of it perfectly on theme! Dying while die-ing; you should be really proud of what you've done! I haven't seen any other jam game working on the level of theme and metaphor!
I had a lot of fun with this one. It felt chaotic, but not overwhelming, to keep track of the dice rolls and manage enemy spawns. I like the designs, and the fact that you used another type of die besides just the d6. I could see this being expanded with more dice with compounding effects or something. Great job!
I'll be honest I couldn't really tell what the different faces did outside of the camera flipping erratically sometimes. It did make me laugh though, and I was having fun until I got stuck somehow.
I made a tie just be a 50/50 chance of winning or losing, but I didn't end up putting that info anywhere in the game. Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad you liked it!
I think this is my favorite jam game so far! I like the visual, I love how the mechanics work and how it feels to play. I could see you fleshing this out into a full-length puzzle game. Awesome job!
This was really fun to play. Reminded me a bit of the Binding of Isaac, tbh. As others have mentioned, the actual randomness starts to not matter as much once you get to multiple powers at once, but I think the volume and variety of enemies is pretty well balanced to keep the level of challenge up. Good job!
Very nice! Looks good, and has enough of a meaningful decision to not just feel like a slot machine. I could see this being fleshed out into a small roguelite or something.
I think the re-roll mechanic was a great use of the theme, and the controls feel appropriately responsive. I could see this being fleshed out more with more types of obstacles or enemies maybe.
Thanks! I thought of the diagram, disregarded it because I thought it would make things too easy, and then another of my friends suggested it independently, so I'm glad others are finding it valuable too!
Awesome job! Allowing for dot combinations that aren't typically on d-6s was really creative. Are there any consequences to getting hit with the projectile dice? I felt like I ran into quite a few as I was progressing but they didn't ever kill me or anything.
Could use some more defensive options/mechanics, but otherwise it feels nice to control and it's satisfying to blow up other enemies, haha. Aesthetics are great too!
Hitboxes need to be a bit tighter, I think, and animating your orientation would have helped, but I like the head-throwing mechanic. Potentially interesting risk/reward decisions there if you're rolling at lower life.
Neat! I love the golf clapping sound effect, lol. The 'more bouncy' effect doesn't feel like it's doing much, but otherwise the physics feel nice and the randomness is fun.
I used very similar mechanics in my game! But your aesthetics are so much sleeker, and the animations+sound effects are very satisfying. Are the levels set or randomly generated? I played for a little bit but didn't get to the end, if there is one.
I like the levels, I like the mechanics, I spent WAY too much time on the endless mode, lol. Good job! Only criticism is that enemy movement takes a bit too long, imo
Super creative idea. I love what you did with the theme. I think the mechanics need tweaking though; right now it just makes me frustrated that some rolls are just 'filler' because I have to hope the enemy randomly moves to a workable tile.
I think there's a good idea here, but this build is really bare-bones as is. The sound effect/animation on the dice roller is perfect though. Makes me want t o keep pressing it, lol.
I think we had almost the same idea for our game mechanics. Your presentation is a lot cleaner, though. I would love to see a complete version with more levels! Great sound design so far too!
