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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #57 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Theme | #127 | 3.600 | 3.600 |
| Presentation (graphics, audio) | #177 | 3.400 | 3.400 |
| Fun | #180 | 3.133 | 3.133 |
Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game represent Mode?
You can switch your characters between 'Cowboy Mode' and 'Donkey Mode' each mode has different capabilities
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Very fun and unique game! How come I have never played a Donkey Cowboy game before??
Thanks! I'm happy to hear you had fun playing!
Very nice game. Especially one using a favorite genre of mine the Wild West genre.
Great job!
Thanks! Happy to hear that you liked it :)
I was not expecting them to be donkey people and crawling on all fours lol. Interesting concept combining strategy and first person views. I think it would really help if there were some indicators on who is bandit or not when in top down view and how many bandits are left.
Thanks. Yeah, I think maybe an outline that can be seen through the environment or something like that would work? Like glowing red or blue for enemy/friendly respectively maybe
Amazing use of the jam's theme. Good execution and charming design, great job!
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
This is a really fun and unique game, I would definitely buy/play an expanded version. I saw someone mention Valkyria Chronicles as the inspiration which makes perfect sense, I was thinking of it as an epic player-controlled Xcom meets a Heist game.
The donkey's names were really funny. And the character models and the animations were really endearing. The donkey mode was cool and fun although I didn't use it much as the player character, I mostly tried to run down and snipe the bandits in cowboy mode.
Something interesting happened to me, unfortunately while watching the Bandit turn one of them in donkey mode had 2 health and ran past some of my cowboys on his way to steal another bag, and my cowboys shot him dead after missing a few times which instantly crashed my game :( I was on track to have 2 bags left and I think all of my cowboys.
Very fun game, I hope the development continues after the jam and/or that it becomes a standalone game for purchase, it's so unique and the gameplay loop is solid.
Thanks! I'm sorry I missed that bug. Still, I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed it so much.
I had always wondered why there weren't more games like Valkyria, but now I know how difficult it is to get them working right.
No worries, it was still lots of fun and I was impressed at how well it worked outside of that minor hiccup
The first person element was a cool idea, and I love the the character and environment design! great vibes.
Happy to hear you like it! Thanks for trying it out!
this one was super unique to play, and felt great! the instructions seemed a little overwhelming at first, but i actually picked it up pretty quickly. it feels great to just barely manage to stop a bandit from making away with one of the money bags, as well as to catch them dead in their tracks trying to go after one. it was also so, so charming!! the character models looked great, and the music gave it a really authentic western feel. one little thing i loved a LOT was how each of your cowboys had unique names. it helped me to actually feel attached to the little guys, i was super worried that billy the foal was gonna be struck down! outstanding job!!!
Thank you so much! I'm happy to hear you enjoyed it and I'm sure that the other members of the team will be glad to hear you were a fan of their work as well :)
A fitting theme for this jam. The aim-mechanic adds a neat twist for being a tactical turn-based game. I struggled a bit to follow the game. though. There was a lot of information being thrown at once and it was difficult to understand my objectives.
Thanks! I think that an actual tutorial would have been a good way to make sure that things were more clear, but I just wasn't able to find enough time to put that in.
Fun aesthetic & we liked the character art. Reminded us of Valkyria Chronicles or Worms 3D. Complex game for a game jam. Well done!
Thanks! Definitely had valkyira in mind while making it :)
Lost 3 bags of money, gotta keep your mind on your paper in this game. Was overall a fun strategy game. One thing would be maybe having markers on the players to know what id they are on the map.
I got my mind on my money and my money on my mind. Thanks! It's good to hear you enjoyed it. The hotkeys to select by id was added about 4 hours before the deadline for the jam so it didn't get a lot of time in the oven. Great idea though!
Awesome. I won in 8 turns and lost 2 bags
Thanks! That's a pretty good run you got there!
Never thought I needed a turn-based cowboy game in my life until I played this. Thank you for blessing my computer with your game!
You're welcome! :) Happy you had fun with it!
Great time. 10/10 would go Donkey mode again
Thanks, I'm glad to hear you liked it!