Sorry for the wrong assumptions, didn't mean to do unfair judgement of who did what. It's just when I opened the game - I immediately thought "oh, this must be those guys from Mecha Brawl," so I checked the team and you were the one on both teams :)
But probably it's just because both this and previous jam - the game you participate in is the only game with high-quality hilgh-level 3d stuff :) It's very outstanding!
And yep, totally agree that jams are for fun and learning, so sorry again if I were too critical :)
Sounds cool! But I feel you :D I also made a rather complex temperature system in our game - outside temperature depending on the day, the strength of the thermostat, and the strength of the fireplace, and it all affects the speed of object freezing... But everyone just sees that "it freezes too fast" :D
Omg, I totally loved the game, and I would be sad missing it!
The narrative is fantastic! Even made me cry a bit, tbh, but that's a sensitive topic. Great job!
Game-wise, though, I'd offer some critique. First, the balance seems a bit off - it was way too easy to get to the highest-tier victory (with almost double excess). I think making it actually hard to get to a good solution would be good for the game... Second - I totally love the node-connecting mechanics, but for the dialogues themselves, it is cool at first but becomes tedious/irritating quite quickly - I'd recommend regular messages for the linear part... Or make it more non-linear - then it would be cool and won't feel tedious.
Fantastic visuals, and I immediately recognized the artist from the last jam (Mecha Brawls). I haven't touched 3d yet, but it feels like extremely high-quality and complex work. However, just like in the previous jam, it feels like a huge mismatch between the visuals and the kind of game - the game mechanics/idea doesn't really leverage the cool visuals and to an extent - visuals distract from the puzzle nature of the game. I felt like I would enjoy it playing more as a simpler 2d or even clicker game - moving a 3d character and firing scripted magic felt rather irrelevant and excessive. I think with the level and kind of visuals, it would be much better to make a game that leverages VFX, not a puzzle. Or even if it is a puzzle - the VFX should be at its center rather than a side-effect.
That said - both VFX and the puzzle are quite good, and I enjoyed playing it! Sorry if I sound too critical - it just feels like a wasted opportunity due to a mismatch - for both puzzle (which would be easier to play with simpler visuals) and visuals (which would shine in a game focused on atmosphere and/or VFX).
A really well-done platformer! Was hard to stop playing, pretty addictive :) Very well-made dynamics of the game. There is a minor bug with the moon/bell remaining on the screen if you don't pick it, and it remains unclear what they do and why you keep collecting them. Great submission!
Nice submission! I liked the art and idea but wasn't able to figure out what to do to avoid freezing - neither fire nor umbrella helped. Also nice core mechanics!
Interesting idea and nice mechanics! I used wat more than 3 lives to beat him, but it was fun :) The idea of needing to charge the altar is pretty cool!
Nice idea, and a pretty smooth gameplay! I think it would benefit from some kind of ray/bullet to see the hit. I personally would also prefer to fir on click, not per interval. Some upgrades over time would also be cool. But overall - nice submission!
I liked the idea and concept - quite unique and refreshing! The art is also nice. What I didn't quite get is how to switch between levels? I played the opening door track a few time (and stopped in 4 right places), but I don't get how can I insert another tape? Are there supposed to be 8 levels?
Pretty cool! And despite completely different - our games have so many similarities :D It was a bit hard to figure out what to do at first, but after getting it - it was a rather fun game to play! Great job!
Nice idea and the core of the game looks very well done! The placement of logs and plancs, however, is a bit clanky - I always keep putting stuff on the wall tiles, or outside the house, and it often ruins the runs. But overall it was rather interesting! I managed to survive 3 days, but I wonder whether there is some conclusion/end other than death? :)
Pretty good game, especially for the level of simplicity! I liked how you combined turn-based card-game mechanics with the real-time freeze-increase. It was quite joyful to balance it, and it seems rather well-balanced... Except when I learned how powerful skip turn is, and turned out the best strategy is just clicking random card + clicking end turn if no card is clickable. I easily got to 240 day... I think it can be fixed by making a player loose if they get to 0 of energy or supplies? But then the game was a bit too hard.. Or can you penalize clicking cards that are unplayable?
Also, interface-wise - that's great that you show the effects of the cards, but it would be better to show them as a transparent layer over the main bars, or extra bars nearby, or different shades of colours - just to let players see both current and after the effect is applied.
Interesting idea! It was also fun to outrun the dogs :) It would be great to have the counter for how many people you saved, and maybe some navigation hits. I didn't quite get whether you can warm up - it was quite unobvious whether staying near the fire helped. Also, when you run diagonally - currently the speed is too fast. But i like the idea - quite creative!
Neat! It reminded me of some text-based quests in old-school RPGs. I also like how rich your options panel was, and I clicked through all the colour options :) Was hard to resist choosing the matrix though :) Great submission!
Quite interesting mechanics! it was pretty hard to figure out what was going on, but after figuring it out - it became a rather interesting experience!
Very original idea! I was also confused by the transparent thing at first, but then figured what to do. On the one hand, I see why you made it keyboard-controlled (for originality), but on the other hand - I kept thinking, "Why can't I just drag and drop them"? :D But that would defeat the originality of the game, so I get it :) Well done!
The style and mood are great and very captivating! I also like the slippery movement, which felt confusing at first, but fun when you get used to it. It was pretty hard to find a way back after you moved too far away though, so I've got lost most of the time :) Great submission!
What are those enemies by the way? Look like eels? :)
Great idea! Although I'd rather call it action-platformer rather than bullet hell - it almost has a feel of Super Mario boss battle :) I'm bad at platformers, so I found it a bit too hard, but the idea is great! And a nice use of the topic!
Great art and vibe! Also, really well done with the "pace" of the game - the actions, the progression within the day. But what's really lacking is a sense of progression between the days - except for some extra enemies, it doesn't feel like anything changes... And the levels you get don't feel like they matter or give you anything. But as a demo - it works great!
Also found two minor bugs: when you press upgrades you can afford by one resource but can't by the other - you still lose resources on click. And if you press "e" while you already started collecting some resource - you switch to another one, but the previous is not accessible anymore (but still look uncollected). Ad if the flag for being collected got checked, but the collection didn't happen.
And a major bug with fire - it froze my browser, and even on the exe version, the first fire took about 10 seconds to initiate.
Good job! I would suggest prohibiting fire-spamming a bit (reload time? fire delay) for a bit more challenge and maybe some sense of progression. But otherwise great!
Very interesring idea! The typing becomes a hassle, though, without command history... Also, the font is a bit hard to read, especially when the game is so text-based. But it was a great submission, I enjoyed it
I now think that the good balance would be if I make a clicker only for the fire + TV + speaker, but not bells. This would let both freeze-clicker and rhythm games coexist, affecting each other but not as dramatically ruining it.
Yep, I guess we should have played only the missed notes. We avoided the guitar-hero-like structure for the sake of experimentation, and I think it makes some sense given the "bells" theme - visually and effectively, but it does add an extra level of complexity/confusion.
It seems to be a tendency - this and the previous jam-game I worked on so far ended up too hard/heavy/complicated. I should resist this temptation next time :)
