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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Innovation | #213 | 3.463 | 3.463 |
| Graphics | #530 | 3.341 | 3.341 |
| Theme | #535 | 3.098 | 3.098 |
| Overall | #582 | 3.033 | 3.033 |
| Game Design | #614 | 3.049 | 3.049 |
| Audio | #770 | 2.634 | 2.634 |
| Fun | #850 | 2.610 | 2.610 |
Ranked from 41 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does you game fit the theme?
This is a game where you must survive a slot machine of bizarre weather combinations. Some real and some not real. Can you tell the difference?
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
I wrote the code but used assets from Polyperfect.
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I didn't catch anything. Once i got meat, but i didn't know where to put it. After that i tried to get spiders. But it was impossible for me to a) spot them in time, b) catch them in time. Still, the idea is wonderful and runnig around in the rain around the farm alone is a great walking, err, running simulator for me. :) Tweaking the game difficulty to the right balance was the hard part in our game, too, as it came to be quite challenging (but still beatable) also. So i relate there with you, makim1. :)
Yeah you're definitely right about that and testing is something that suffered for the sake of time. I'll have to intentionally carve out more time to get feedback next time. Thank you for giving it a try and for your feedback!
Right on! Played for half a hour, found no bugs or glitches.
That's awesome - thanks for taking the time to give it a try!
I like the randomly generated levels. I couldn't catch anything in my basket.
Thanks I was excited about experimenting with the random elements - that was new to me. Definitely seems like I need to work on better ways for players to capture items. Thanks for the feedback!
Impressive work with the intro graphics! I thought it was an interesting idea, a little difficult to catch things because they fall fast after first showing they'll fall. Appreciated the progression through the amount you collect. Thought it could use music or more sfx. Nice work!
Thank you! Yeah, I would like to add more SFX to highlight some of the actions and would definitely like to add music. I made some but wasn't too confident in it and pulled it at the last second - will have to try and work on that some more.
Game world is live when you boot in, despite having a UI explaining the game to you. New players will be challenged to get off on a strong foot. Starting off with the Molasses level, the top down perspective makes it difficult to see the world and figure out where to go. The concept sounds fun and exciting, but the player is left wondering what they are supposed to do and how to interact with the world. It was also not certain how long you could last in the flood waters or how long they lasted, until you saw the thin white line slowly inking past the edge of the screen. The fun trivia added to the end is interesting and informational, providing the inspiration behind the levels.
The birds minigame piqued my interest but instead of having a torrent of avians, I found only 1 avian across 2 playthroughs. I could barely even get hail in my bucket as well. The fish and jello minigames are also just a rehash of that one too. In the Jello one, there were a decent amount of Jello's dropping, but they were always out of range and landed before the player could get to them.
Overall as a prototype this is playable and it is clear there is potential. It does fit the theme by challenging users if the event they just experienced is real or not, but it would be nice if the world environment included details to hint at that rather than leave them guessing.
Thank you for taking the time to try it out and for the detailed feedback! I agree with you that I need to do more to help the player understand and navigate the environment - hopefully I can keep building this out now that the jam is complete.
The game is very interesting and looks pretty good, but it's too difficult to get to the meat in time :'v
Yeah that's going to be an important thing to adjust - I need more of the collectible items and to make them easier to target. Appreciate the feedback!
The game is very interesting and looks pretty good, but it's too difficult to get to the meat in time :'v
The opening of the game has really nice aesthetics with a lot of intrigue. The gameplay is challenging at first and is very much reminiscent of "right place, right time" rather than rewards being correlated to my performance.
The atmosphere in the game was well placed and the rain was delightful.
Overall, original interesting game and really nice tie in with the theme and real world events. Good Stuff.
Thank you - I had to leave many things undone but I appreciate your comment on the opening titles because that was the part I was most happy with.
Cool idea but really hard to catch anything :D
Yes, I definitely need to tweak the size of those colliders to be more forgiving! Thank you for giving it a try.
Fun concept! Could maybe do with having some more meat fall, but definitely some potential.
Yeah, I agree with you - that will need to be adjusted. Thank you for taking the time to give it a shot.