Brackeys Game Jam 2022.1

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The Tanuki & the mystical SeedlingView game page

A short roguelike in which you search for hints to find the real mystical seedling.

Submitted by Deylz (@MouseCraftGames) — 3 hours, 49 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Graphics	#679	3.067	3.067
Audio	#718	2.733	2.733
Overall	#907	2.544	2.544
Game Design	#932	2.533	2.533
Theme	#984	2.333	2.333
Fun	#1012	2.333	2.333
Innovation	#1021	2.267	2.267

Ranked from 15 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?
Search for clues to identify the real mystical seedling from the many illusions that try to trick you.
Note: you are supposed to search the forest multiple times to gather more hints.

Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
We are using DOTween and sourced the soundfiles from openly available sources. Everything else was created from scratch.

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CyberSpaceSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Cool artwork mate.

The game was very relaxing but I wish there were maybe more attacks to make the combat more interesting. Enemy variety with different attack types would have also been fun, maybe even a boss fight.

I liked the guess who game with the seeds and it fits the theme nicely. The random generating hints was also a nice touch.

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Mostly HarmlessSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Nice artwork, and great background music as well!

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DeylzDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Thank you!

To be fair my only contribution to the music was to find something fitting :)
For those who liked it here is the track: https://freesound.org/people/szegvari/sounds/593849/

BinaryPrincipleSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

I liked the Binding of Issac Roguelike structure and the characters, I don't recall seeing a Tanuki before in a game jam.

My recommendation is to have my attacks a bit farther from my character since I need to be too close to hit the enemy and maybe avoid respawn. Still nice entry.

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Don't fear the Sheep

DeylzDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Thanks for also testing our game!

Some others also found the attack range a bit too short, so if I ever revisit the game that's definitely on the to-do list.

John PapelloSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Simple but very cool game. I really like the graphics. Character designs look nice. Regarding feedback: I searched the entire map, but I couldn't find a third hint showing the hair of a real seedling (Does it even exist?). Other then that, It's a very well-made game. Great job!

If you have a minute, please check my game too :)

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DeylzDeveloper2 years ago(+2)

Thanks for checking our game out and leaving this great feedback.

The game is meant to be played as a roguelike, so you are supposed to go through the forest again after you picked the wrong seed and gather more hints (they respawn with each reset), so you'll get up to 12 hints but usually I found 5-6 hints are enough to find the correct one (unless you get super unlucky).
Form the feedback we received so far I we found out that we need to communicate the repeating nature more clearly as it was not clear to most players.

Surfing Seagull GamesSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

It could use some more polish indeed, but overall good game, well done!

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The PomPom Is Not Real

DeylzDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you for playing our game.
And yes, some more polish would enhance the overall experience quite a bit.

SinTexSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

The game is very nice. The art is very good and the sound effects are good too. The animations are good too. Rated it! If possible do rate and play my game :)

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DeylzDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you for playing our game and your nice words. :)

JoonyTvSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

the art is pretty cute and i liked the audio design, there was nothing too wrong about it, but it got a bit tricky with the gameplay as you have to be pretty close to the enemies to hurt them.

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DeylzDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you for playing our game and leaving the feedback.

I understand your problems with the gameplay. I feel if our knockback would work correctly (I only tested it with a single enemy and it has problems with the enemies walking in a cluster) that would alleviate a lot of the issue as you have some room to breath after you got in close to attack.

RomeoSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

First of all, I would love to play this game in full release someday!!!

The concept that you put here is very adorable and simple, sure it needs more animation such as left and right movement but other than that the game is great!!! I really like the concept that you are going here. I hope you guys keep it up and improve as you grow, I believe in your team!

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DeylzDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you, I'm glad you liked our game.

Even though I like the core we have, we won't expand on this just because of other projects. It was fun working on it none the less :)

Maya CarterSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

the monster designs are very cute, as well as all the various seeds. I only found one clue, not sure if there are more. I think it would be more fun if the rooms were randomized each time and you didn't follow the same paths with the same enemies. Combat is also a little tricky, there's not a whole lot of feedback to the player when attacking, and some kind of knockback on enemies would be really nice, too.

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It's Not Real, Ya Hear?!

DeylzDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for taking the time to play our game and for leaving this detailed feedback.

The game is supposed to follow the roguelike structure that you go through the forest multiple times and each time pick up more clues (up to 2 per run). From watching some of my friends playing it I can tell that this was not obvious to people and your comment further cements that so that would definitely something to be improved.

I also agree that the combat feedback could be better.
There is actually a knockback but it stops as soon as the knocked back entity (player or enemy) hits something. And as the enemies walk in a cluster they basically immediately tough each other which stops the knockback but I didn't had the time to tweak that in the end :(

ChafmereSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

It fits the theme well. I really like the art work. But I found the combat to be a bit tedious. Especially after I had failed the first few time haha.

DeylzDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you for playing our game.

I agree that the combat pretty fast overstays it's welcome and I should have put in more hints to keep the experience way shorter.

MrDankEngineSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Adorable and fun! Controls stopped working on my first playthrough, but after i reloaded it worked perfectly!

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DeylzDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you for checking out our game.
I'm glad you could resolve the bug by reloading and that you had fun with it.