Play Story of Something
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Visuals | #194 | 4.069 | 4.069 |
| Innovation | #225 | 3.638 | 3.638 |
| Audio | #233 | 3.569 | 3.569 |
| Theme | #281 | 3.595 | 3.595 |
| Overall | #309 | 3.509 | 3.509 |
| Gameplay | #574 | 3.172 | 3.172 |
| Enjoyment | #863 | 3.009 | 3.009 |
Ranked from 116 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?
Our character Nothing can go wrong, but our other character Everything cannot. But Nothing is need to Everything to be in existence.
That`s why Everything and Nothing should work together restore to balance.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
We made it all software, sound/sfx, 2D arts etc. during this game jam.
How many people worked on the game?5
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Cool game! Love the art style and the concept. I did struggle with the characters being really slippery when near edges of platforms. I'll agree with some of the others by saying that playing as Nothing was much more fun, though I of course understand that the difficulty and restrictions with Everything are part of the concept and relate to the theme, so I think that's a valid approach. Good stuff.
Thank you for your comments and feedback :) We are glad you liked it ! As you said, we limited the movement of the character Everything to fit the theme and make the puzzles a little harder. We will also update some of the problems in the game after the game jam is over.
Super cool looking game! love the idea
Thank you :) We're glad you liked it !
I absolutely love the concept of having two characters with their own unique little environment! The concept of not being able to move back was indeed an interesting concept but err it just kinda felt limiting at times because a wrong step could just be a cause for a long restart. But besides that i loved the visuals and animations of the little fellas :D
Thank you for your comments and feedback. We are glad you liked it ! We limited the movement of the character Everything to fit the theme and make the puzzles a bit more difficult. Sometimes it causes extra difficulty, that's true :D We will also update the game after the game jam is over for some problems.
Cute artstyle working pretty well with the game, unfortunately I couldn't get past the first door as the buttons just wouldn't work for some reason. When I stand on a button as Something and you switch to Nothing and jump, he just flies all the way up haha.
I did get a peek at this though :D
Did you only stand up on buttons without interaction ? You should press E to interaction they seems like that but not working like that :D
That's also another thing what we`ll change in next updates. Because its really confusing :)
We found the problem about flying issue :D i hope in next version that will be no more present.
Also we are really appreciate that to find our little easter egg !!
ah wow I don't feel too smart for not trying that lmao oops, went back to replay it and finished the game. Got to properly enjoy the story and the gameplay, big fan.
Don't know if it's intentional but I like how you can evade death by quickly switching characters, saved me from a reset
5 stars game. At first, in my head, it didn't fit the theme, but then as I played it, I understood what was happening.
Impressive art and sound, the level design and game design is incredible as well
Thank you very much for your comment, we are glad you liked it!
I liked your idea! Very cool audio and visuals. Also you forgot to add physics material with 0 friction to your character, so you wouldn't be able to stuck on side of platforms(if you jump and press button into the platform (A or D) you will stuck on side of it).
Thank you very much for your comment, we are glad you liked it! We`ll fix that issue in next update because of the gamejam we are not able to update right now ! :D
I think the gameplay concept (a character that can't move back) sounds really cool and interesting on paper - but it makes for a bit of a frustrating experience at times 😅
I had a LOT more fun playing as Nothing - where I could run around freely. When playing as Everything, it felt really really strict and punishing - if you walk a LITTLE too far to the right, that's it - gotta restart, can't go back to that platform.
Another thing that was a little frustrating is that the game is very vertical - you do a lot of climbing upwards - meaning there are a LOT of "leaps of faiths" where you jump back down to the ground - but 9 times out of 10, you just land on spikes, and have to redo it allll over.
Other than that, though - the visuals are gorgeous, I loved how switching between the characters impacts the whole scene! And your take on the theme is probably the most unique take I've seen in this jam, haha. Incredible submission for a 1 week jam! I believe the game could become really really good in the future with some gameplay tweaks :D
Thanks a lot !
In the beginning our plan was Everything and Nothing able to different things thus playing with Everything also we`ll be also meaningful and fun. But until last day we couldn't polished that part in gameplay :D
But after gamejam completed we`ll update game with improvements in gameplay and clear some bugs in platforming, gameplay etc.
Np! Glad to hear you'll continue working on the game, I think it has a lot of potential :D
and totally understandable haha 1 week is not a lot of time!
Amazing and really beautiful game!!!!
Thank you for your comments and feedback :) We are glad you liked it !
Very good game, and congratulations on the visuals, they are beautiful! This is one of the most gorgeous games I have seen. I liked the gameplay idea, but I found it very hard and frustrating at the start. I think the introduction should be easier because mistakes are easy to make, and unfortunately, you have to wait minutes to reach the platforms after retrying.
Apart from that, wow, this was a very impressive artistic submission!
Thank you for your comments and feedback :) We are glad you liked it ! We will update the game later.
Cool game you guys have here. Love the atmosphere of the game and has a fun little story!
Thank you :) We're glad you liked it !
Cute and fun game. I love your visual and sound has really good to push me to play this game. Just keep working. Great job!
Thank you :) We're glad you liked it !
Clever use of the theme. I really liked the minimalist style.
Thank you :) We're glad you liked it !
This game definitely has some unique mechanics. The game play is really unique and fun. It is quite hard at first to understand. But the game is really well made. The art style paired up with that sound design makes the experience really great. Really well made game team, keep up the amazing work!
Thank you :) We're glad you liked it !
I thought there is something wrong with the keys I am using when i wasn't able to walk back. But then I understood that it is part of the gameplay. Very beautiful visuals, sound design and good game mechanics. I think idea is strong and touching!
Thank you :) We're glad you liked it !
Very nice game, the concept is very interesting with the only moving forward mechanic, but it was also very difficult! I think in terms of feedback, the moving platform section was a bit much for a first introduction to the mechanic, as you had to wait a while if you messed up and you can't jump through the platforms which made it a bit more frustrating. The art was really nice and the whole intro part was super interesting, I really liked it. Overall fun, just a bit too hard for my taste right off the bat.
Good work!
Thank you for your comments and feedback :) We are glad you liked it ! We will update the game later.
Congratulations on your first game jam! Beautiful game, even for the bugs -- lovely graphics and sound. Excellent work -- well done!
Thank you :) We're glad you liked it !
Controls were a little hard but super interesting game! Really punishing but ahh so enjoyable!
Thank you :) We are glad you liked it! And yes the game is a bit difficult, we will update the game later.
I really liked the use of having only one direction work, it made it more into a puzzle platformer and that’s pretty cool your art is also pretty great!
Thank you :) We're glad you liked it!
This looks so pretty and gentle! I found the controls a bit unresponsive, but the overall experience was compelling enough that I kept retrying 😊 the spikes right at the start could be higher contrast against the background, I thought it was a narrative thing that I kept dying over and over, hah.
Thank you for your comments and feedback. We are glad you liked it ! We will update the game later.
Rated -- omg it's so cute! I really like the premise and how you executed it, though I can see how it might be a touch frustrating to have to start all over again :P It was still really fun, though!
Thank you :) We're glad you liked it!