It's a really audacious attempt, with a clever use of a time mechanic that's on song for the theme. The keys feel a bit clunky - it took me a while to get the hang of the controls and the mechanism (definite PEBCAK), but I like the attempt. I think some sounds and even an ambient track could have enhanced the game experience.
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Tenji's Telegram Timeline's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Innovation | #5 | 4.400 | 4.400 |
| Theme | #273 | 3.600 | 3.600 |
| Overall | #332 | 3.483 | 3.483 |
| Visuals | #353 | 3.800 | 3.800 |
| Gameplay | #359 | 3.400 | 3.400 |
| Enjoyment | #651 | 3.250 | 3.250 |
| Audio | #1163 | 2.450 | 2.450 |
Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
Tenji's Timeline watch allows him to control the timeline like a video editor, and the object of the game is to optimize your route for delivering telegrams. With the timeline watch, you can simply cut out parts of the timeline where you make mistakes, so nothing can go wrong.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
All is by me
How many people worked on the game?1
Comments
The rewind mechanic is a really cool concept! Havent seen much rewind games yet if any this jam. Loved the artstyle too! The only thing is that it didnt feel as useful as it could be, perhaps the mechanic could be further explored upon :>
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Dev SnippetsThis is a very cool game and a super impressive idea! Besides that strange bug we talked about, it's actually a pretty nice game! To be fair, personally, I've never seen TAS manipulation done in any video games I've played, and I am genuinely impressed by the fact that you've even pulled this off! The art is also very nice and clean, which makes this a pretty good-looking game too!
For some criticism, I'd say the game is not incompleted per se, but it feels like it didn't utilise the full potential of the frame manipulation mechanics. I think this is due to the fact that the game feels quite easy, even without the TAS. Making everything harder and more precise should do the trick (just think of those TAS-only tricks). It's a nice touch that we should be able to improve our time, but that still doesn't work for me :(
Anyway, I think this game really has some speedrun potential and leads to a scenario of speedrunning TAS (how can I even put them into the same sentence is beyond me). Well done!
P.S. Scratch again you crazy person
I thought the recording mechanic was really cool - and I was able to traverse to all the building locations on the map (I get that the game is incomplete, that's okay!). I found it really useful to use to save locations, so if I fell, I could rewind and resume where I was until I got a "perfect" run. At the end, I pressed space and watched my character do all the moves that I did while playing lol - it was seemed very accurate too! Well done, I thought that was amazing about the mechanic. This game was very pretty also.
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Mecha ForeverNice concept and mechanics! It got stuck at times on the web version. Still nice job!
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Nothing Can Go Wrong In A DreamThe controls feel fairly slippery, but the main mechanic helps a lot with that. Contrary to Lady Death's Head's experience I found that it ran well on my laptop.
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Chud's Law of HappeningsCool looking game. The movement is perhaps trickier than it needed to be, It felt super slippery. I guess that makes sense, considering the editing mechanic, but I'd rather use it to pass through tough platforming sections than fix my messy movement. Really inventive concept nonetheless, nice job!
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Print it PleaseLove the art style man! keep up the good work! please check out my game if you can and leave a rating and comment <3
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Witch Watch Your SinsIt was a cool idea I had a really hard time with while jumping and running and that sort of thing and I feel like a cool little soundtrack would have helped the scam a lot but it is a Nice clean looking game and funny
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Last TorchAwesome Game!
Pretty innovative idea, I really felt like a speedrunner after being able to optimize the path so easily. The walljump was sometimes hard to pull off, but learnable. Would be awesome seeing a more fleshed out version of this game in the future :)
Hope you get high in the ranks :D
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Perfect JobLove the style! The jumping between walls was rough but got the hang after a few minutes. The fact you can record time and go back was a lot of fun, allowed me to do some really fun movements.
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Office DisastersVery unique and really fun! It did take me a few moments to get used to the controls but after that it was pretty fun.
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Rig the ReelsReally innovative game mechanic. Does take a few moments to learn, but it is a really well made mechanic I did enjoy the platforming, although it wasn't clear that you can wall jump, had to figure that out. The story is obviously incomplete, however I do appreciate that this is a game jam submission. Amazing effort!
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Going For A WalkGreat idea for a game and the dialogue was very funny. I just struggled with learning the character movement and recording mechanics.
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The Great Egg-Scape
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