Nice smooth controls, i like those ! May be i'm lucky but i finished it really fast xD
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Desertopia's itch.io pageResults
Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Theme | #24 | 3.824 | 3.824 |
Overall | #42 | 3.529 | 3.529 |
Visuals | #47 | 3.676 | 3.676 |
Gameplay | #83 | 2.912 | 2.912 |
Audio | #95 | 2.735 | 2.735 |
Ranked from 34 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Because of the time constraints, the size of the map isn't huge (in fact I had to cut few misleading paths to be shorter to save time) because I had to create each room individually. Id really like to create a random mode where it automatically creates rooms and a path, but thats a considerable time investment and lends itself more to a rouge-like than it does for a story driven game. Thanks for playing!
A really nice short game! I loved the pixel art, the camera movement was nice and the music really fit the game.
Very nice game! I just wish there were more people to distrust, maybe that way you'd have a bit better sense of direction and not just guessing where to go next.
I really liked it. The game mechanic of not trusting people works well and gives you some direction. Maybe you could've made the people more necessary because it feels like you can just ignore them. And maybe it's just me but it felt a bit boring to read the text. A typing effect or sound effects could improve that.
Also liked the graphics, felt the colours and other aspects made it feel like something from a retro console.
Thank you for your feedback! I'll try to think of ways to make talking to people more necessary, and how to make the text and game feel more alive. This was my first attempt at creating a game around dialog box features, so I definitely have room to improve! Glad to hear you liked the graphics and colors as well.
Very nice graphics and well polished! It was pretty easy to get to the destination though :P
Very cool, I made it to the end yay~ (I can rarely do it in jam games haha) The sprite art looked wonderful! Super great job submitting a fun little exploration game to the jam, you did it congrats! Please check out my game when you have time :D (hopefully you don't get the door bug XD)
This game has some beautiful art and features some nice text/storyline! Love it!
I made it to Destertopia! You know, it's simple and it's enjoyable. That's all I ask for. Transitions were nice, and the little dudes were cute. A nice submission :)
I like the simple and clean art style. The music is quite repetitive, which is not very nice for a labyrinth-like game. The screen transitions are really smooth and make navigating the map feel nice.
The gameplay itself is also quite simple, but simplicity has its charms. Cool game!
I agree about the music. It was the best I could muster with little music experience. I was going to use a different tool to create music but it just didn't work out. I'm glad you liked the screen transitions; it was hard to find examples of what I wanted, but I found one finally, and the solution was far easier than I expected. Thanks for checking it out!
Wow nice idea, unfortunately everyone lies so you know the truth. Nice game though :D
I liked it the only thing is that when you run diagonally you go way faster. Otherwise it was very fun.
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