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A jam submission

Apprentice-TowerView game page

Explore the tower and help the hero get treasure!
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Apprentice-Tower's itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Gameplay#14.2084.208
Presentation#24.5424.542
Concept#64.3754.375
Overall#74.1174.117
Immersion#73.8753.875
Relevance to the Theme#533.5833.583

Ranked from 24 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Credits
TheJaspel

External Credits
N/A

How did you/your team interpret the theme?
The main character is a minion who is helping the pompous hero explore the tower!

How was your/your team's experience in this jam?
Great! The host was very nice to us!

Content Warnings
N/A

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Very good gameplay and art!

Submitted(+1)

This really feels like it could already be a mobile game, great job! A small tweak to add a tutorial/emphasize the shops and make the cutscenes as big as the rest of the game (are they supposed to be that small? I had a hard time reading the text) and it could pass as a finished product, IMO.

That hero really is an obnoxious jerk, though.

(+1)

Nicely consistent style and presentation and a clean execution of simplified gameplay.

PROS:

  • Colors worked really well together and the pixel size consistency really made everything mesh well visually.
  • Clearly a lot of effort put into giving character to the hero and the context.
  • Nice solution for "voice-over" to give the characters voices even though there's no actual speech.
  • VERY nice tutorialization of the game concepts in the first few rooms forcing me to make mistakes and then instantly giving me health potions to negate built-in punishment for those mistakes. Well done.

CRITIQUE:

  • Personal preference, but I always like a button push to confirm dialog prompts from characters because I'm a slow reader and I didn't manage to get to the end of some of the hero dialog lines before the textbox left the screen.
  • I didn't see any real significance to collecting more money other than a score system and when the scoring system is some kind of currency my mind automatically thinks that I should be able to spend this somewhere.
  • The UI was very good at showing things like attack power and health of characters for combat, but I still didn't have a good read at first glance how those would interact when attempting to attack.
Developer(+1)

thank you for the excellent feedback. There are actually lots of stores in the game but it seems like many players are missing them. They are the orange/gold tile that you see on the side of rooms.


I totally agree about the attacks! The math is simple but it can still be hard to plan out the result of a fight before you engage!


Thanks again!

Submitted(+2)

A good game! I like the art, the sound effects, the music and the concept/gameplay. I don't know if there is an end to the tower but I didn't reach one. The dialogue is also good but there aren't many things the dumb hero can say. Anyways, this is a great entry. Good luck on your ratings!

Submitted

would have been coller as a pure puzzle game IMO, but still great!

Submitted

Very well done, but had some some misunderstandings. Probably should have read more carefully..

Submitted

That's a perfect game. But relation to theme is low I think.

Developer (2 edits)

Thank you for your feedback! Can I ask why it's unrelated to the theme? The hero is always there giving you advice (and snarky comments) and you play as his minion! I hope that was clear.

Submitted(+1)

Wow! This is a great game. You might want to call more attention to the shop but besides that there were no problems I noticed. Good job and best of luck (:

Developer

Agreed! The shop is way too easy to miss!

Submitted

really fun and GREAT presentation.

nice game.

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Fantastic game! I'd love to see this expanded to a full length puzzle game. The art is awesome and the music is good. Some of the sound effects seemed to clash a bit with the music but not a big deal.

Overall, I really enjoyed it :) Nice job!

Submitted(+1)

Great game! With some work this could be a fun little (mobile) title. Adding a shop/upgrade system to spend your coins in is probably already on your to-do list.

Developer

Thanks for your comment! Actually there is already a shop. It's easy to miss but it's the small gold tile to the side of some rooms.

Submitted(+1)

Very good game, it was really fun and quite challenging at same time, love the concept, I hope to see this game on mobile devices! :)

Developer

Thank you for your comment! I definitely want to make a mobile version!

For now this version actually works well in your mobile browser!

Submitted(+1)

This plays and looks great, nice job!

(+1)

Very funny and the graphics are great.

Submitted(+2)

Very funny and the graphics are great.