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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #175 | 3.516 | 3.516 |
| Fun | #283 | 3.387 | 3.387 |
| Overall | #357 | 3.328 | 3.328 |
| Theme | #362 | 3.387 | 3.387 |
| Graphics | #400 | 3.548 | 3.548 |
| Game Design | #482 | 3.226 | 3.226 |
| Innovation | #591 | 2.903 | 2.903 |
Ranked from 31 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?
It has a Real / Not Real reveal mechanic
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes, all the code, all assets (me and my wife) except the music for which I have the proper license and some CC0 sound effects.
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A charming game with some interesting mechanics! I really like the graphics and audio on this one; it has a relaxing and lighthearted feel. It was also fun to rack up points; once you implement the re-balance I think it will feel even more satisfying, since I think there is a lack of difficulty that comes with just staying in "real" mode. But still, great visual presentation and fun all around!
thanks :)
Sweet game! I like how it fits the theme and it was fairly simple learning the core mechanics. Keep up the good work!
Really cute style and a fun concept for the theme. I think this has a lot of potential - a few more game mechanics would really spice this up. Good stuff!
Loved the art and music!
Overall this was just a really fun game to play! Its too bad about the balancing issues though. Another issue I encountered was that when moving the vacuum cleaner cable on stayed extended and the top just went over it. Its hard to explain but I think you can tell if you just play the game on the browser. Last thing which is more of a suggestion that a problem: You should add more variation and stuff for later in the game!
Thats just about everything, Great game! Perfect for a game jam!
Thanks for your feedback! I will definitely going to add more variations to the late game if I decide to enhance it further :)
Great looking game! It really stands out
thanks :)
This concept is cool and interesting! I had a lot of fun playing it. I rated.
thanks for your feedback, glad you liked it :)
Really nice game! I think is quite clever to penalize me for keeping the real mode on, the music and art make suits it perfectly. I believe it would be amazing on mobile.
A simple but strong mechanic. My recommendation is making the collision a bit more forgiving since when you have a fake at each side it still hit you somehow.
thanks for playing :) I will have a look at the vacuum head collider so you could avoid the fake ones better ;)
A nice, straight forward experience with some nice tweaks to spice up the simple core game loop.
Always bonus points for including an ingame tutorial screen!
I'm not sure if it's intended but you don't collide with the wrong ones when in "real-view", which made the game quite trivial and doesn't feel logical to me.
As you mentioned you want to revisit the game after the jam, so here are two things I suggest you look into:
1. The collision area of the vacuum head is too large to fit between some of the wrong pompos, so intentionally avoiding these is impossible and therefore a bit frustrating.
2. The spawning patterns are a bit too uniform for my taste, especially the "wall" formation that is coming up frequently.
Overall good job and keep going!
hey, thanks for the feedback! For the real-view no colliding is intentional: it gives you more possibilities/strategies to work with. If you are interested you should come back in a week and have another shot at the game when it is balanced better it could make more sense then ;)
I will definitely have a look at the vacuum head collider, good point about checking on the width of it. Also the spawn patter could be mixed up a bit indeed, but unfortunately I never got back to it to iterate again on it before the gamejam deadline - but could be something to look at for the future :)
The game is very nice I love it. It looks really polished but one thing that would've made it better is that the pom pom could have been a sketch too but overall great game, Rated it! If possible do rate and play my game :)
Simple but fun, Would of been good if you could of pulled off what you wanted in your description of the game. That sounds like a good concept for a game.
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simple yet so good, great effort rated ;)
would u like to do the same 4 me? it'll be a great help https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-7/rate/1418965
Rated!, simple and casual game, I really liked it, the flashing light is obnoxious tho, but overall a really great effort for this game good job!
also, will you help rate mine too?, I really appreciate every single one! Thanks! XD
https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-7/rate/1415313
This game is the most fun game I've played in this jam. The music is fantastic.
thanks :)
It was difficult to understand at first, but it was quite fun once I understood it.
thanks, I'm happy you had fun playing it :)
I think its fun staying in real mode the whole time even if the mechanic isn't balanced.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it :)
interesting concept! was a bit hard to understand at first but after a while it made more sense, but staying in real mode makes the game a bit too easy. making your energy drain was a good attempt at balancing, but it doesnt do that much tbh
maybe add some kind of time limit to it? that would've balanced things a bit more i think
thanks for playing :) the idea was to use up "fuel" much faster then you can catch the things in the real view, but I broke the balancing before the final export :D
yeah, it was a good way to balance things but stuff like that happens haha
Nice music selection! The game was really fun though the real/not real statuses was not properly balanced. As some users already pointed out you can win the game by just being in real model. Love the end with super duper fast pompoms.
Thanks for your feedback. Indeed balancing is way off due to my last minute change :D its should be better in the next version, once I'm allowed to upload it :)
I didn't understand the point of the mode with all the pompoms, and just stayed in real mode the whole time, but reading the description about it being a memory game and reading the comments about balancing issues, I'm guessing the real mode is supposed to time out, in which case it's a neat idea. Anyway nice work~
Indeed balancing is way off due to my last minute change :D The idea was that you are to change back and forth between Real and Not Real views. In Real you can see which PomPom is actually going to give you points. Being in this view supposed to cost you too much "fuel" so you need to switch back to Not Real view and remember where were the PomPoms you need to catch & avoid the other PomPoms which will decrease your "fuel". I already have a balance update and will upload it after the Jam voting period is over. Thanks for playing :)
Did I win?
This idea has potential, but I didn't see any reason to ever switch to the Not Real side. Maybe I missed something. I love the music and sounds!
Yeah, definitely you did :D And you are right, the balance is off due to my last minute change in the timers, but the lack of time to playtest them... I've already made balancing changes, but I cannot upload the new version until the voting is ongoing. Thanks for the feedback :)
Really nice one! Pretty fun gameplay, liked the way it goes out of control at the end :D The only thing I'd like to mention is disbalance in the gamedesign. I "finished" this game without ever switching to "not real" game view. Nevertheless, I had fun :D
I'm glad you had fun playing it :) The balancing is indeed off in this version, already took a look at it and will update the game once the jam upload freeze is over.