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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #52 | 3.829 | 3.829 |
| Game Design | #63 | 3.632 | 3.632 |
| Overall | #66 | 3.524 | 3.524 |
| Fun | #109 | 3.421 | 3.421 |
| Innovation | #125 | 3.289 | 3.289 |
| Audio | #145 | 3.368 | 3.368 |
| Graphics | #172 | 3.605 | 3.605 |
Ranked from 76 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Loved the art & had fun playing. Great entry!
Thank you very much!
Very nice entry. At first I got stuck at the ball on the corner bug but other than that this is a nice game
Thank you! Yeah, I definitely will be incorporating a fix for that after the jam. :) Glad you enjoyed the game otherwise!
I rated yours too - nice idea! Heh, I died enough that my circle got quite big. I wish I had more time to play through it, but I've put it on my list of games to go back to after the jam. I'm determined to get further!
Great game!
Loved the sounds and the art style.
Maybe restart with a button like R would be better (ESC just closed the full screen for me and then it works)
Thank you! And that's a great point, I didn't think about ESC being used for exiting fullscreen too. I'll make an adjustment after the jam is over.
I played and rated yours as well! Love the art style - especially the colors and ambient fog. The music was nice too and fit your project well!
Like your idea,
Levels are well designed, no jump is to hard or to easy and the music is fitting. A quick restard button would be great.
Overall nice submission.
Thank you! There's a restart in the pause menu (ESC), though there's an occasional bug with it right now that I'll be fixing after the jam. :)
I played and rated yours as well! Cute graphics, good use of sound, and I liked the ending! It reminded me a little bit of Moirai, if you've ever played that one?
Thanks for playing my game through.
I've seen Moirai a few Months before the jam, so it was actually a inspiration for me, but I also generally like the Idea of cycles being in a games story, like in on of my favorite games and also inspiration, darksouls. So I wanted some kind of those repeating story elements in my game, and I came up with the story.
Definitely one of my favorites so far! The art and sound are good/great, and it's one of the best games in terms of following the theme! There are a few quirks that let the player get stuck with no way to restart. (Ummm. I just realized I didn't try pressing ESC. Maybe you can restart without reloading the browser.) Anyway, great game!!!
Thank you very much! And yep, you can use ESC to pause and reset, but there's an occasional bug that causes some items not to reset properly. I'll be fixing it after the jam. Checked out and rated yours as well! I briefly thought about a game involving a lyre when I was brainstorming for this, but the idea never went anywhere. I like the idea of using the lyre to reveal things. The music and graphics were excellent too.
A very cool puzzle game, keep up the good work!
Thank you! I played and rated yours too, chaos is a great description! That's an impressive amount of work (especially the graphics) considering the jam's time limit. I kept finding all the fun, small ways you incorporated the theme. But mostly I was just panicking and spamming the attack button, lol!
Haha! It was chaotic for sure! :P Im glad that you enjoyed it! :D
Love the game, at first I was a little bit confuse in where I have to go, Also the jump feels a little bit unresponsive, but overall this game is great! Really loved the distortion of the music by changing the level. Also in the end when the game indicates you to drop and then the change of words happen, my jaw just drops. The game itself looks very polish, love the fun and happy world that at first give to you and later it transitions in to this weird, creepy environment love it! :D
Thank you very much, I appreciate the feedback too! I'm thinking to add a contextual hint system after the jam is done. I'm glad you liked the effect on the words, it was fun figuring out how to make that work!
The art of your game is very polish, I like the contrast with the cuteness and the monters in your universe. There is definitelly a big potential with this.
I wish there was a bit more indication on what the player have to do. I got stuck after putting the box in the vortex. Because of the theme of the jam, a lot of people created "unfair" games by putting random trap here and there. Creating unbalance game and sacrificing player's pleasure.
It's too bad, because I was quite enjoying your game, until I got frustrated because I could'nt finish ^^"
The control feel a bit stiff, when jumping the bear feel pretty heavy
Overhall great art, audio, and great universe, congrats !
Thank you very much for the feedback! I may implement a contextual hint system when the jam is done. In the meantime, if you're curious, I created a walkthrough video on YouTube with hints and solutions for each part.
I checked yours out and rated it too! I enjoyed the mechanic of switching the lights on and off (and even found that last sneaky cookie!) The characters are quite cute. About the only issue I ran into was if I died while holding D or A, the character would still be running and I'd immediately die again. Otherwise, the controls felt pretty crisp. Needs sound, but I saw you were planning to add that later. Great work!
Loved the sounds, great job! (there was no escape for me)
Thank you! I put up a walkthrough on YouTube if you're curious how it ends. :)
I checked out and rated yours as well! I like the art style. It's a little dark, but I read your notes about the state of the game and that you're planning to keep working on it, I hope you do! It's a neat idea.
WOW! This is by far one of the best platformers I've seen so far (including my own), and you did a great job! The puzzles were challenging, the art was amazing, and the music was great. My only criticism is the problems with restarting, but it wouldn't be a Game Jam game without bugs, would it? ;) Overall, this is an awesome game and I'd love to see it expanded!
I am definitely looking forward to taking some time to do bug fixes and polishing the game after the jam is over with! I checked yours out and rated it as well, it's fun! Loved the voice acting.
Yay! I'm glad you liked it!
A very funny and scary game. Both the music and the visual style is really good. Love the story and weird puzzles. And most important for me, you have made some working controls for a platform game. Overall a really good jam game. Well done.
Thank you very much! I checked yours out as well, the narration was funny and I thought what you actually find in the rooms - or don't find! - was a nice way to handle the limited time we had for the jam. Fun!
Nice game! Puzzles were really good, graphics and audio gave the game a nice feel.
Would play more if added!
Great job!
Thank you! I rated yours as well. Ran into a couple bugs but the idea is very cool and the mini games were fun!
Thanks, I enjoyed playing just a circus!
Thanks! Your game is quite fun too, the animations are neat and the hybrid 3D background is a really fun idea!
Hi! :D I really enjoyed playing your game! Benjamin is so cute and I really liked the dark circus atmosphere. It took me a couple rounds to realize how to solve it, but I thought it was a clever puzzle game! I also loved all the ways you incorporated the theme into the game. Great job! :D
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I checked yours out and rated it as well! I might not be sleeping tonight, though, lol. :D
Hahaha, thank you so much for checking our game and rating it too! :D
Great game !!! The yellow ball came with me all to bottom so had to reset from beginning :( ... Good work with the game !!!
Thank you! The feedback from you and others has given me some fun ideas for improvements after the jam is over. :D
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The graphic fits the theme!
Is there a escape?
The game might lie, but I won't. There is an escape. :) I'll be putting a quick walkthrough on my YouTube channel later this week if you're stuck and curious how to win!
I checked out and rated your game too. That is super polished! The key layout was kind of unintuitive (though that's part of the challenge!) - but I managed a C on the first two songs at least! Great music and visuals, I liked the animated bits at the start and in the background too, and everything felt very tightly programmed and solidly timed to the rhythm. Well done!
Cool game! I got myself into a few corners pushing stuff in them, or rolling the yellow ball into a pit (restart does not fix that one, the ball is gone forever), but finally beat it!
Thank you, I'm glad you were able to beat it! Someone else mentioned that bug too with items not resetting, so I'll be looking into it after the jam rating period is over. I want to add maybe a pull mechanic to help with items getting stuck, too. Thank you for the feedback!
I rated your game as well. I like survival games! It's a good start - I noticed you said in the comments it can't currently be completed. Seems like it'd be fun to develop further!
Really cool game, love the design and the music!
Thank you!
My favourite game so far! I will take my time to win someday :)
Thank you very much! There are so many games in the jam, that truly means a lot. I played and rated yours as well. I got a little stuck as I kept running out of fuel, but the graphics and the music are very nice!
Yeah, there is a problem with fuel because of a bug in the story. It doesn't show up a dialogue panel. I just had no time to test it because of unexpectedly huge build time... Anyway, thank you too for playing my game!