You've managed to produce an emotional game using simple game mechanics, sound and music. That is outstanding! Well done!
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Heartbeats's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #3 | 4.080 | 4.080 |
| Game Design | #6 | 4.145 | 4.145 |
| Theme | #7 | 4.348 | 4.348 |
| Audio | #8 | 4.101 | 4.101 |
| Innovation | #8 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Fun | #24 | 3.739 | 3.739 |
| Graphics | #24 | 4.145 | 4.145 |
Ranked from 69 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Comments
Absolutely phenomenal.
I love the way you used very subtle elements to express the different game mechanics, and the radar-effect was intuitive and an excellent use of the theme. The movement was smooth, though I might have sometimes wished that the pulses would come closer together so I could move faster. It was tough to be patient sometimes, but that's part of love I suppose? It's rare that I play a jam game all the way to the end if lose multiple times but Heartbeats kept me going with its excellent design.
Best jam game I've played in a while, and it reminded me a lot of Thomas Was Alone. ^o^
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Make a Weird HeartThank you for the detailed feedback! I really like your interpretation: slowness of the heartbeat = be patient in love. I will be honest I didn't think about that when I designed it ;) I agree that sometimes the player needs to go "blindly"/"randomly" and wait (especially in the open area), I was thinking of tuning the rays length or maybe adding an action which the player can voluntary make an heartbeat :P
Well spotted, "Thomas Was Alone" was a big inspiration for this entry :)
Great idea with some very fitting audio. The visuals were simple yet pleasant to look at. The levels could've been a bit more complex.
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Final JourneyThank you! My friend who made the sounds will be happy to hear that!
I was struggling with the level design because I didn't want something too easy or too hard. I ended up with something easy but players will in general finish the game. I will definitely try to add more levels and more depth / difficulty to it :)
First game I try and its already all 5/5 from me. I really like the concept, it makes perfect use of the theme. Its one of those ingenious design concepts that, to me, is simple but at the same time not that obvious.
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Love is Slime5/5 Innovation wise. Actually, nothing is under 4/5 for me. Great game. This could be an interesting platformer (not around love though, that becomes dull quickly). Nice job.
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