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A jam submission

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Save the world by bringing others together
Submitted by Lucas Ballard (@lucascballard), 8BitHypocrite, The Art Guy, BrokenHawk — 6 days, 21 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#1293.7203.720
Audio#2123.2803.280
Graphics#3003.4403.440
Overall#3103.1873.187
Game Design#3413.1603.160
Innovation#4092.8802.880
Fun#5622.6402.640

Ranked from 25 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?
The story is all about never being alone in the world you are in.

Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes

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Comments

Interesting idea, good graphics, I like it. Can you evaluate my game as well?

Submitted

the art style is really nice

Submitted

This is a game where I just sit back and relax and play through the story of the game.

Amazing work! Definitely one of my favorite submissions out here :)

Submitted (1 edit)

Hi there,
this is my favorite game I played so far.
The black white graphics are really cool.
What a story!

It really surprised me is how captivating it was!
I got really entangled into it and wanted to let the story unfold.
Also it's really well made that you gave small missions so you always knew what to do.
I also really liked the emotional part of the story and how each character went through their own self doubt. Maybe in the end I felt it got somewhat cheesy the way it was presented, with this overused theme 'together we're strong' that you hear in every movie. But I really liked the overall message of 'you 're not alone in your struggles'. I might have put more emphasis on 'you can reach out to others and help others and find they have the same struggles as you' more than 'someone will be there for you in your struggles'.  Personally I find that more realistic.

But I thoroughly enjoyed  this game, you're excellent story tellers,
so thank you for the good time!

Edit:
I also really like how you incorporated the jam theme. It was very creative and well done.

Submitted

Cool game, I dont really like story games, but it was nice. And the pixel art was nice

Submitted

Interesting art and calming environment  

Submitted

The artstyle and music is vibes~~~

Submitted

Nice game! The artstyle is really cute and the music is very well made. The game was very simple but very interesting and had a really cool story! Good job!

Submitted

pleasant

Submitted

good design and art

Submitted

love the style !

Submitted

Nice Game!

Submitted

I loved the characters and the art, the ending message was so touching and the art is beautiful. This felt very similar with the art style and pallet to undertale and i LOVED it.

Submitted

I really appreaciated the differences between the characters and story. You managed to give them quite a lot of soul in such a short game.

Submitted

I loved  seeing the different character sprites and how their speaking sounds matching them really nicely. Also having that cutscene at the end was a good touch! Great work! 

Submitted

Hey the game doesn't seem to be working with kbm controls

Developer

It seems to be working for me and others I had play test it

Submitted

okay I'll try again in another browser. Before I rate!

Submitted

Yeah works fine, not sure what happened the first time I tried it. Nice game!

Submitted

why is it unknown at this time ? XD

Developer

We forgot to update that before the jam ended lol