Nice Star Wars scroller. I had fun playing. the graphics (3d models) were very well done. Liked the effect of NPCs outside that I had to take a stroll out there too for fun!
Great job!
Could you please play and rate my game as well?
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Rewind Madness's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #87 | 4.125 | 4.125 |
| Overall | #154 | 3.693 | 3.693 |
| Graphics | #226 | 3.875 | 3.875 |
| Innovation | #232 | 3.578 | 3.578 |
| Game Design | #237 | 3.672 | 3.672 |
| Fun | #271 | 3.531 | 3.531 |
| Audio | #325 | 3.375 | 3.375 |
Ranked from 64 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
In what way does your game fit the theme?
You play as Bob, who must rewind all the VHS before new customers comes to rent them
Did you write most of the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
All code, 3d models, animation and music from scratch. SFX are from other project and freesound.org
Comments
Unlike others about video rentals, I like that you can run all over the store and the 3D graphics look very pleasing to the eye! Very good work!
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Hacking System FL3R 2.4For some reason I feel like this game has incredible Finnish energy.
I specialized in rewinding horror tapes (best genre!) so all those copies of Evil Dead got taken care of fast.
Bit embarrassing, but it took me a bit of time to realize that you can move on a 3D plane, at first I was like “the light is green, why can’t I get any tapes?” until I realized I have to move, uh, to the back, haha. That’s me being a dummy.
Oh yeah - the intro scroll was a fun touch!
Great job for a solo jam game, even if you ran out of time to implement a bigger goal and/or progression (we kinda had the same issue)
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Rollback: Tallinn 1993Thank you! Yeah, Horror are the best!
About the 3d plane: at least you realize in time to enjoy the game! But I'll take that as a possible issue with other people, so will add some tip about the movement in the upcoming Update.
Yes, the bigger goal is always a problem in a Jam. You always come to great ideas.... when the jam is about to end ☹
But there's always the change to update later, at least for the rest of the world to enjoy it.
Interesting mechanic in your game too. I leave a review and rated it! Good job!
Really really nice game! I loved the artwork and the game design. Also the idea and the way you managed to implement it into your entry are extremely well done. Congrats!
There's a comment down below by Dr Umbrus which has pretty much every possible improvement I was going to mention, so I won't repeat it. Apart from those, I did find it way to hard to start playing and get used to the game, maybe a deeper tutorial to make it easier for dummies like me would be nice lol.
But still I loved your game and it's definitely a top entry for me, good job and keep it up!
Also would really appreciate if you could check out my game and leave a rating, thanks :)
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ManoloThank you very much!
Yes. As I answered Dr Umbrus, I'm working on improving all those unavoidable flaws due to lack of time.
Most of them I've foresaw during the development, but as you know, time runs very fast on a Jam.
And as my first Solo Jam, everything was on me. Plus the family, the kids, the need to sleep. So I had to make as Brackeys said in one of his videos about GameJams... Moscow: Must have / Should have / Could have / Won't have. And start cutting things and leaving them in the "ToDo" list.
But stay tuned for the update after the Jam, with lots of improvements!
Thanks again for your kind words.
BTW: I tried, reviewed and ranked your game. It's awesome! Congratulations on that one!
Really fun game! Hehe. I love you used real movie names in the game :)
I think the concept is great! However I found my self lost a couple of times. I didn't know which genre's tapes I had / which were rewinded. IDK maybe there is just too many categories at the start? You could start with a couple of them and increase them in later levels.
Great game in overall. I really enjoyed it!
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Life NineHad a lot of fun playing this. Probably my favourite game of the jam so far.
Though, I have some questions :
-Is there a way to lose ? I didn't seem to find one, and as such, it made the game feel infinite with no real purpose to continue. Even more since VHS are coming way faster than you can rewind them, which results in a depressing growing stack of 200 vhs.
-What is the point of the "Level 1" ? And the money ? I played for quite some times, but the first one never changed, and the other was only going up, so both felt pointless.
-Also, does every genre has the same odds of appearing ? Cause I was drowned by action/adventure/comedies, but didn't see a western or a fiction until I was at something like 700$, while they were empty. So, I don't know if I'm just being unlucky, but that was weird. If it's fully random, you should try tweaking it so it tends to favor your empty/close to empty genres.
-How is the character fat, with his day job making him run 400km, with stairs, every day ?
But as I said, that game was a lot of fun. Graphisms were good for a jam, and I was impressed by the work on the background. The music is quiet enough to not becoming painful after too many loops, while also being quite long, for jam standards.
So, in the end, I realized there wasn't a collider on the exit of the store, and made my character quit his job to become the marathon runner he always was meant to be.
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Mechanical WondersHi. Thank you for playing and for your comment.
Let me answer your questions:
- No, right now there's no way to loose.
- Level and money: run out of time for implementing the shop system. The table with the phone and the newspaper has this purpose, even part of the script, but have to cut it or I wouldn't been able to upload in time for the Jam.
- No, they don't. I start adding films based on what I watched or remembered. Added 75 films. Then, during playtest I realize the issue you point: lots of Action/Adventure/Comedy films, but very few on the other Genres. The tweek you mention is part of the upgrade I'm working on right now 😉
- One of the unfair mysteries of the genetics.
- Yes, the background was a fun idea I stole from other project i'm working on. Been creating buildings for that other project, so i had a lot of practice for doing them fast. And the music... is not the best point of the game, I know. Finished writing it just 2 hours before the Jam ends.
About the store exit... yeah! Run Bob! Be free! But realize that if you do so, the store will bankrupt and close!
Stay tuned for the update that will include: Shop System / Upgrade VCR System / Increasing difficult / More balanced movies / and a lot more fun!
Thanks again for your words
I've played a game very similar to yours, but yours is a lot more interactive, there is a lot more button inputs which I enjoyed! You paid a lot of attention on the visuals, good job! :3
Hope you had fun making it!! ^^
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Memory Windsimply aswm!!!
nice job man or women!!!
this game is setting bars too high for the jam!!!
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Back To The BeginningGreat job with the art and music. This game has a really nice atmosphere and feel. The main game play was interesting and I can see room for more strategy to be added later. I also really enjoyed the cheeky star wars texts at the beginning of the game.
For me there were two major issues. One was that my action didn't feel like they had much of an impact. There was the money counter in the comer, but since there wasn't anything that you could buy this felt pretty insignificant. The other problem was pacing. The entire game was a mad rush to get out as many vhs tapes rewound as possible, and with no breaks this can be a little draining. What I think would help is to have "days" that act likes levels and give the players a bit of a break from the rush, a better feeling of accomplishment, and perhaps a chance to spend some of the money that they earn.
Obviously these are a little nit picky, but I think something like this would help the game a lot. Great work.
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Let Me RememberThis is such a unique concept of a game; it really takes you back to a different era. I was definitely left with the feeling of wanting more as the game went on and I am really hoping to see more features added to this game in the future,
One thing I would suggest is to maybe have a side bar which shows the amount of movies that are rewinded to make it easier for the player:
Movies left to rewind:
[Action] 3/11
[Comedy] 3/3
[Horror] 0/5
It would make it a lot more accessible than having to switch back and forth from the menu.
Nice job on this jam! Please post updates if you plan on continuing with this game.
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Broken TimesThank you very much!
About the movie list, you can sort them by different criteria with Q key (or Y button on Gamepad) like Name, Genre, Length and Rewinded. The rule I used during playtest was sorting by Rewinded in the basement, and by Genre in the Store Upstairs. But if anything more interesting or dynamic comes to my mind after the update, promise to implemented.
Also , keep up for the big Update after the Review Period, which will include: Shop / Upgrade system, More movie Genres, more NPC with different behaviors and some extra goodies!
Wow I feel soo tired after playing this game. The game escalates so quickly I could hardly keep up.
Somethings that stood out in the game
- Amazing movie selections, must have been hundreds
- Starwars corny intro
- 3d models were superb (Bob looks funny and overworked dude)
- Selves shows visual representation of how many movies there are (very immersive, also how all the covers are different for each movie)
- No idea how the brother is fitter than BoB because Bob runs around soo much it could have been a marathon.
- 2 floor layout also helps add to the game feel (very unique than most of the games here)
- You made everything from scrach, DID YOU NOT SLEEP AT ALL FOR A WEEK!! (Impressive)
Great game , I didn't find any major bugs so far , just that Bob sometimes jumps while he is coming up the stairs and he is on top of the selves, very minor bug as Bob can easily come down from it.
Improvements
- Ability to select which tapes to take from the pile (I was running out of one or two genres alot and couldn't fill the selves until I cycled through everything)
- The store earned $600 and I was still in level 1 (felt a bit repetitive and tiring at this point)
Honestly this is one of the better polished game I have played in this jam, well done dude. I rate it highly!
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Hell GatesThank you very much! Really appreciate your words!
Yeah, Bob's brother was a last minute idea, to have someone taking care of the cash. I didn't want hims to be chubby too, but didn't have time to work on a new model, so I start to duplicate Bob's model and modifying as I could.
The characters (all of them) were made from scratch in one day (Wednesday if my mind don't fail me) and they're all Bob's based. Except the females, which makes it hard to adapt from Bob's anatomy, so I kept the head, and start the body from scratch.
And you're right, I barely sleep. 4 to 5 hours during the week. And during Friday.... I woke up at 10am, and stay awake until Saturday 9am (the Jam ends at Saturday 7am here)
About the money... I wanna make an Shop or Upgrade system, but run out of time. Had to polish other things, so I had to leave it for the Update after the review period. But promise it will be much more fun after that Update. So stay tuned!
Thanks again!
I think its funnier that Bob is on the chubbier side, love the irony. Also if you could have customers complain when Bob pushes them and customers showing gratitude when he fills up an empty shelve the customer is looking at, that would add a layer of personality as well. Currently customers feel very 2d even though its a 3d game. Hope that makes sense , I have followed you so I will play the updated version as well. Keep it up bro :D
Really cool! I liked the feel and theme of it. One suggestion I have is to not have the pop up box. It breaks the feel of the game. Even though it had it's flaws, I still really enjoyed its charm! Nicely done in a week!
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Villain REWIND - Unity DemoWell done, I like the game and how implemented the concept. Also I like that you put all the moviesnames .. this is really nice..specially for who was renting Vhs many years ago.
Good Job.
If you wanna rate my game is https://misterm.itch.io/mixtape-match , Thanks
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Mixtape matchHey man this is well done, I played it for longer that I would like to admit lol.
Things I liked:
- Nostalgia factor.
- Intro crawl.
- NPC AI that isn't the standard derpy gamejam fair.
- Good inventory.
- Responsive controls and UX is good.
Things I disliked:
- The song gets pretty grating after a while.
- Could use more variety in mechanics for sure.
Good entry man, nicely done.
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Ill-WindThank you for your review! Appreciate! And completely agreed with you about the dislikes. The music wasn't my first composition. I ended "writing" it at 4am local time, just 3 hours after the jam ended. Try to compose a more professional piece before: picked my guitar, but had completely lack of inspiration, and my music theory is at a beginner's level LOL About the mechanics, I run out of time for the upgrade system and the increase difficult curve.
But if you like to see more, please come back at the end of the review period for a major update, with lots of cool new stuffs (most from the "ToDo" list during the jam, and other that come to my mind recently)
Thanks again!
Great game! I really enjoyed playing and I hope more people play it because it's very well done!
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Rewind RaceThe gameplay is so fun! The idea, theme and ambience are refined and in the point. Really appreciate the difficulty too, created a unique experience.
Amazing job!
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RobospierreGreat idea, good theme, and some vibes from Overcooked.
Missing some challenge and maybe the UI could be easier/more precise.
Hope you'll keep working on it!
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It's a wrap! (Jam version)I really like this game. It is fun and hard. But I didn't found any GameOver possibility, which could be really fun. The graphics are great and the list of movies is quiet big (makes me nostalgic). It could be good to be able to sort the movies by Rewing/not rewind (to easily put back the movies at the right place).
Hi. Thank you for your comments.
You can use Q key (or Y button on Gamepad) to sort the list by different topics (Name, Genre, Lenght, Rewinded).
I ran out of time, but I also wanted to add an "info" button to watch the movie cover and the release year.
Same with the GameOver rule, and a lot of things from the "ToDo" list.
Plan to release a major update after the voting period, so stay tuned!
This game is great! I love playing it. The controls are great and fluid. My only improvement would be a quality of life, when you select a shelf, the selection defaults to any type of that same genre already selected. This game was my first idea in this jam and I wouldn't have created something as good.
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What The HoleThanks for the feedback! That's a nice idea! Was my first time working with Lists and just though the idea of sorting by different categories could help. During my playtest, i sort the movie list by Genre, so I could spot easier the genre. But I guess your idea would be faster for the players.
Keep it up for news and upgrades. Had a lot of ideas I couldn't manage to put them in time before the deadline.
Played your game. Awesome. Some Stranger Things-esque story and music. Love it!
You can count on that. The "ToDo" list is still active. Had a lot of great ideas, but the lack of time played against them :(
The upgrade system was the main one (that's why there's a Cash system and the table with the phone and the newspaper. But as I made the game alone and completely from scratch, it was impossible to do everything I'd got in my mind.
But keep it up for new as soon as the evaluation period ends.
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