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A jam submission

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Fauna~otchi is a game about smashing bugs, and watering a plant on a silly console. **Find all 3 endings!**
Submitted by the_dot_matrix, ChickenCognition — 2 hours, 24 seconds before the deadline
Rated by 13 people so far
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Submitted(+1)

This is neat! Big fan of the CRT shader.

I didn’t understand for much too long that I had to press BUG! to progress - it IS in the instructions, so it’s on me, but would be worth including in-game since everything else is very clear and intuitive.

Some brief respite between movements would also be nice, I was starting to get some hand cramps with how much you’re asked to quickly move and click the mouse precisely.

Developer(+1)

Thanks, as soon as I figure out a performant way to do properly filtered down sampling at any scale, I'll probably release this CRT shader. Keep an eye on mastodon. :)


And yeah, those two pain points seem to be our blind spot from play testing. I regret not having it flash or choreographing the movements more. Hopefully we can update it post jam.   

Submitted(+1)

It was challenging to simultaneously pay attention to a variety of bugs, and it was rewarding.

The 3D graphics also contribute to the unique atmosphere.

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Interesting picture-in-picture concept. This gives me the feeling of a PlayDate game, but in colour. This is the definitive rebuttal to any complaints I had about the complexity of xAfflixrElixr... ; - ) 

Developer

i have to thank my partner for both his contributions and conversations during the jam, that enabled a lot more direction and polish compared to my previous submissions


hope you made it to the fourth and final movement, as well as got one of the two non-game-over endings :)

Developer

To anyone who didn't get to the latter half of the game, which, no spoilers, is obvious by the change in tone as well as the two climatic ending screens:

I added some tips for how to get farther. Sadly these things didn't come up with the handful of play testers we had, but clearly the UX has a bit left to be desired.

I hope you're willing to give it another shot with those tips, to get the full experience. Thank you for playing. 

Submitted(+1)

Fun! 
The art is great. I dig the sound effects. Killing bugs was fun. 
The way you embedded the game within a fantasy console was super clever, it adds a lot.
Good job. 

Developer

thank you! lemme know what ending you got if you dont mind me asking :)

Submitted(+1)

Millennium  

Submitted(+2)

Great job!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

The artwork was outstanding. It felt really good to play!

Submitted(+2)

Very visceral, skewmorphic gold!

Developer

you've added another word to my dictionary c:
i hope it wasn't too visceral (did add the health/safety warning just in case)
really hope you enjoyed the little twist in the fourth and final movement before the proper endings :>

Submitted(+1)

That wave had me going wtf and jumping out of my seat (I played it at 2am after jamming all weekend)

Developer

oh my gosh i am so sorry, i hope after the initial shock it was a worthwhile experience

Submitted(+2)

Took me a while to press bug a second time so the bugs actually appeared.

Developer

added some tips to help with that
it's the one issue that didn't come up during playtesting the day before we submitted T_T
we have learned to give our game to non gamers
everyone on our discord spammed the bug button because it was funny

hope you enjoyed playing it! :)