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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #319 | 3.450 | 3.450 |
| Visuals | #495 | 3.621 | 3.621 |
| Theme | #612 | 3.221 | 3.221 |
| Overall | #728 | 3.111 | 3.111 |
| Innovation | #787 | 2.964 | 2.964 |
| Enjoyment | #1040 | 2.793 | 2.793 |
| Gameplay | #1069 | 2.614 | 2.614 |
Ranked from 140 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?
Return home tells the story of an experienced team of astronauts who, for the first time, something went wrong.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Used assets:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/characters/humanoids/sci-fi/stylized-astronaut-114298, https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/visual-scripting/meet-and-talk-dialogue-system-free-version-245191, https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/vehicles/space/mars-pod-121710
How many people worked on the game?2
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Whoa this was a cool one. Space games are my favorite. I felt like Mark Watney for a minute haha. Movement was slow but it was enjoyable none the less. Great job! 5 stars from me (im biased towards space games lol)
Damn, bro, thank you! I really glad that you enjoyed it
I really like the look of this game with the low poly style and found the story engaging but the game play was slow.
Thanks, bub
I love the fun vibe to the game!
I love how the characters look it’s so silly lol I did find the game a bit difficult, and hard to follow but my brain is also just slow rn
Thanks for playing
I loved the characters, so goofy! The gameplay felt really slow, and I had to go around the map 2 times before finding the capsule (maybe i'm very unlucky!)
No, it's just that I stashed it XD.
Thanks for playing
Interesting game, but the movement is a bit slow, and the ship repair time could be reduced.
Thanks for feedback. I'll keep that in mind.
The style reminds me of astroneer. I would've liked an option to lower the volume, and I also experienced the pause menu bug. Regardless, neat game! The story's interesting and music's nice.
Good job ! I think fixing the space capsule should be faster. I has no response of buttons in pause menu (after pressing escape). Apart from that, you've done a great job.
The story is very engaging, would love to see more! Felt like the details are a bit lacking and the exploration ended too fast. The movement is extremely slow in my opinion, maybe instead of doing this to extend the play time, you can add more lore to this planet. Maybe something like debris, remains from the previous expedition, strange sightings? The concept is great though!
A while ago I played a game called "Invincible" and somehow I got similar games by playing this piece. Good narrative and funny use of human faces for characters. Good job!
A very good narrative game has come out. I don't know, some people say that mini-games should be added; for me, it would be better to add a little more detail to the story, like about the first ship, for example—more logs from the crew and the engineer who broke away, and a bit more about the main story of leaving a crew member here. Also, I realized that I missed some dialogue lines - it would be better to make the space bar transition to the next line instead of skipping the cutscene, if that's possible. Plus, I encountered a couple of bugs - the tasks mixed up and the repair animation didn’t switch. By the way, it would be cool if the player's capsule broke apart upon landing, and he had to collect his parts and parts from previous ships, and then it turned out that no one was waiting for him in orbit. But in any case, a good story and a great game!
Cool music and visuals. Gameplay-wise, I understand need of prolonging gameplay, but actions is too long and it's frustrating. Possible solution is to add more "parts" of previous expedition' ship, explore it a little bit longer.
Also would be great to have some dialog SFX. A simple solution is GibberishText with some sound for every letter typed.
Love the visual and audio! It creates a really atmospheric scenes and game level! :O
Story wises it is a good story telling game, where there is conflict between these characters and philosophical questioning about future and humanity. I really love that part!
Then, how you guys create cutscenes, it was all felt really polished to begin with!
Tbh, it is sadly really lacking in gameplay, I can't help but felt that it was really tedious to clear objectives in the game. Walking is a little too slow, made it hard to move and explore around.
Cutscene transitions are a little too long make it felt unresponsive.
I recommend for you to put minigames while the player fixing parts or clearing objectives, it'd probably keep the player engaged much better in the game.
I guess mazes or platforming in a strange planet could also work for the player as gameplay and exploring factor, you can also implement jumping mechanics as well! (I guess it is my imagination whenever I land on another planet than earth, that I can jump higher and move around lighter XD)
The game itself has a great story and philosophical foundation! but, I could have a better overall gameplay! :))
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Very strong atmosphere, well done :)
I was invested in the story, but I felt it ended abruptly.
The movement felt a bit too slow and I got lost a few times (a minimap might help)
But I still enjoyed it. I hope you work on it after the Jam. It has a lot of potential.
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very very nice Graphics !!
Thanks, bub
Very cool concept, the music was spot on. But needed more juice and better pacing couldn't hurt. The rest are amazing if you want to create some spectacle game. Very nice.
Thanks for feedback. We didn't have time for much, but the game is marked as in development, so everything may change in the future.
Thanks for feedback. So I did my job well :) The emphasis was mostly on the story, the plot, and the relevance of the theme. The composer did a good job too, but there wasn't enough time to make it better. Anyway game is in development so everything can change.
Very cool! First of all the music is amazing.
I did find the player speed too slow and it's hard to find what I'm looking for. And sometimes the audio gets cut and then start again (like in the car and in the storm).
Also, the pause menu is lacking the polish the main menu has.
Other then that, great game!
Thank you very much
Cool game I had a hard time finding the previous expeditions research and with the slow movement it took some time, I also don't think i ever grabbed the mineral sample things but it just had to play the dialogue I guess. Fantastic game idea, definitely had some eeriness to it!
Thanks, bub. We didn't have time to do much, because of this, there are a lot of bugs in the game. We are very glad that you enjoyed our game.