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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Game Design | #925 | 2.828 | 4.000 |
| Audio | #936 | 2.546 | 3.600 |
| Theme | #1168 | 2.546 | 3.600 |
| Fun | #1211 | 2.404 | 3.400 |
| Overall | #1241 | 2.404 | 3.400 |
| Graphics | #1257 | 2.404 | 3.400 |
| Innovation | #1688 | 1.697 | 2.400 |
Ranked from 5 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?
Each prisoner cannot escape prison on their own. They must work together and use each other's abilities in order to escape.
Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
Team of two people. One did all programming & music. One did all art.
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The graphics are good, the sound is good and the movement is also very good. A very nice game!
lmao everyone here saying this is on the easy side but here i am getting stuck on this level
In all seriousness, really nice platformer! Something I've found frustrating about some games in the jam is a lack of clarity. Your game was super clear. Key + door = win level. And then the guard NPC was beautifully clear: move into the triangle LOS, you lose. Solid design in that regard. You might be interested in adding coyote jumping and/or jump buffering to your game logic. I just learned how to code it myself. It's pretty easy to implement but it adds a ton of quality of life for platformers with a lot of jumping. This is a good read about it: https://developer.amazon.com/blogs/appstore/post/9d2094ed-53cb-4a3a-a5cf-c7f34bc...
Nice work!
Fun game and definitely hits the theme. A bit on the easy side but I like the ways the levels are laid out overall. The puzzles definitely required use of all characters so that was great. And the characters felt different enough that swapping between them felt meaningful. The music was catchy and didn't feel too repetitive. Overall good job!
If you have a second, would greatly appreciate any feedback you had on our game: https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-5/rate/929213
A solid puzzle platforming experience. While the controls are a bit floaty, the characters have a nice speed to them. Main critique I have is just that the puzzles don't really provide any challenge. Keeping the main action of each character simple is fine, but introducing more ways for those actions to be applied will bring far more complexity. The art is simple but well animated and the music works well.
For a first game jam you did a great job! You've accomplished what many others didn't with their first (myself included lol) and that's finish. Looking forward to your future submissions :)