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A jam submission

Da RithmView game page

You are The Algorithm. The users must be entertained.
Submitted by Quanto, grahamas, bumshakabum — 13 hours, 5 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Innovation#4203.3633.500
Audio#7143.0423.167
Overall#9452.8823.000
Theme#10192.7222.833
Gameplay#10332.6422.750
Visuals#10642.8823.000
Enjoyment#11522.6422.750

Ranked from 12 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?
We approached the theme as a game where if you "do nothing", then something will go wrong and you'll be penalized. In this case, all the users will fall asleep if you don't give them content. Additionally since you are playing as an algorithm syphoning brain calories, we began feeling that the fail state itself is actually a net positive for the characters in the game world. So truly, nothing can go wrong if you fail.

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
The Game Over music theme (Jurassic Park theme Melodica Cover).

How many people worked on the game?
4

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Comments

Submitted

Great idea - Couldn't quite figure out how to make it work though. 
Partly because the game screen is very small and cannot be expanded, so I couldn't see well what was happening.

Submitted

The game was super fun! I eventually just had 3 people awake each with a different taste, so I just juggled them. Great game overall!

Submitted

Love the creative interpretation of the theme.

Submitted

Nice little game.  Made me smile. It was great that you added some music and sound effects since the art is very simple. The BGM stopped at the end and also it can just go forever? It would have been nice to have some kind of ending. Nice job!

Submitted

 Hi! We got stuck a first time at around 290 calories, but yeah letting people fall asleep was the right answer!

Submitted

I held the last 2 hostage for so long that the music even stopped and I had to lose on purpose or I would be playing for hours haha, nice game

Submitted

The sound and music somehow reminds me of tamagotchis, very cute in contrast to what you're doing in the game

Submitted

Fun  little game!

Submitted

It’s an interesting game idea that’s been well-executed, and I like the sound and visuals too.

Submitted(+1)

Fun looking game with nice sound effects. Gameplay is a bit unclear though (as already mentioned in the other comment).

I have managed to get it stuck twice :( (not sure how though).

Nice game idea though and good to see you were able to put something together in the span of only one week. Good job :)

Submitted(+1)

Very cool idea for the game, not really sure but i couldnt find a good way of telling which usesrs liked which content, and great sound design!