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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #53 | 3.722 | 3.722 |
| Graphics | #105 | 3.833 | 3.833 |
| Overall | #233 | 3.111 | 3.111 |
| Game Design | #327 | 3.028 | 3.028 |
| Fun | #390 | 2.806 | 2.806 |
| Innovation | #428 | 2.611 | 2.611 |
| Theme | #456 | 2.667 | 2.667 |
Ranked from 36 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Thanks for playing, and for the detailed feedback :)
Lags were my fault because I didn't know a thing about optimizing, but I fixed it in the most recent version.
Fun fact: the text on the top left were actually a debug for us when testing and I forgot to remove it, but it turned out to be a lie for the theme by accident xD
2 years ago(+1)
Thanks for your feedback! I will try to improve the character's movement feel in the future :)
When running, I saw some artifacts popping out of nowhere. They were flickering. And about the platforming bit, it felt like there was a minor input lag, which meant landing on the platforms a bit hectic. Other than that, really cool game considering your first game jam ( ours too ;) ). Best of luck! :D
Thanks a lot for your feedback! :)
Sorry about the performance issues, I fixed it in a new slighly improved lag-free version, here's the link if you'd like to try the game without lags: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1gf4ovi9ehssx0i/AAAY30iNrHijMspAU8XbAHcla?dl=0
I also had trouble syncing the traps, but for trying it multiple times it seems to follow 2 sets of pattern where 1 is impossible to go through, and the other which is possible with the right timing.
It demands some patience to observe the window of opportunity to go through. it really was intended to be that way, but normally with a more predictable sync. I'll do my best to figure out a better syncing method!
Thank you for revealing this problem :)
You worked out an amazing world! The narrator's ideas, and the whole atmosphere of the game is well thought. Congrats for having the patience and inspiration to come up with a world like this!
Maybe you already know about this...
In your GAME window, there is a button "STATS", which if pressed, shows you (in real-time) how much resources are being processed. You only need to pay attention to 2 things:
1.) BATCHES, keep them under 2k (under 1k if WebGL) --- these are the number of different materials in your game. Ex. if you have 700 bamboo sticks, but they all use the same material, check them as "static" in the top right of the inspector window, this method batches the individual models together, processing them only once, thus reducing the batches (saved by batching: [number]) .
2.) TRIS stands for triangles used by your models. Modern computers can handle multiple millions of triangles (ex. a cube has 12 tris) but keep in mind that laptops, older computers and WebGL games can only handle less than 1 million.
Why do I reference this? Because your game is not optimized, and it lags... The movement seems sluggish, especially when jumping, because of the low frame rate, despite the animations and character being super cool. It's amazing how you assembled those beautiful levels, but man... I saw one of those bamboos up close, and it seemed to have lots of polygons/triangles, maybe even 1k. You have in that background hundreds of bamboos. That adds up to millions of polygons, just for the bamboo sticks.
I'm making a large scale open world game (for 6 years now) assassin's creed caliber, and I had to learn to optimize all those millions of trees, buildings, npcs and everything I packed in there during these years. I'm still learning ;)
2 years ago(+1)
Thanks a lot for your feedback! It helps me to understand how optimization works :)
I only realised after some feedbacks that the game was not optimized at all and was lagging a lot on most computers. That was my bad since I've never looked at optimization, on top of the fact that this is my first game jam. But I soon released a hugely improved version concerning performance (which really is how the game should have been optimized at the very least).
So what I did as you said it to turn every environmental object as static, in addition to using the srp batcher which made me see a phenomenal boost in fps.
As of the environment models I'm not really sure how many tris they each roughly have since I didn't make them, but I'll do my best to keep the tris count as low as possible by discussing with the modeller :)
Here's a link to the optimized version in case you want to try it without lags: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1gf4ovi9ehssx0i/AAAY30iNrHijMspAU8XbAHcla?dl=0
I learned some mistakes on performance thanks to this game jam, and I'll do my best to improve this aspect in the future!
Thanks again for your feedback, and for trying out our game ^^
You're very welcome! That's what these jams are about: playing & feedbacking each other's games.
Thanks for posting the link to the updated version! Maybe I should do it too (been fixing and adding the remaining levels since then).
Numbers matter, and exceeding those performance limits never results in 90fps, trust me. Keep batches under 2k, tris down to 1mill (if webgl or laptop). Also, I recently started adding (in the pause menu) of my games, quality settings buttons (low, med, high) - which are set by you inside Unity's Project Settings window/tab. Usually, when the game lags, player's naturally tend to look in the menu for options to reduce quality for better performance. A simple low (25%) mid (50%) high (100%) quality options plays well on many types of devices.
2 years ago (+1)
Thank you for your feedback :)
The lag and glitch you have encountered is mostly our fault for not having time to optimize the game.
However I've optimized the game a bit and is now lag-free even on low-end pcs. If you're interested to try it here's a dropbox link to that version: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1gf4ovi9ehssx0i/AAAY30iNrHijMspAU8XbAHcla?dl=0
Thanks for trying the game!
2 years ago(+1)
Thank you for trying the game and for your feedback ^^
I'm aware of the lags that some people with low-end computers are encountering. It was my fault for not trying to optimize performance since it was running pretty fine on my pc and my team member's as well.
The movement has by itself some delay because of smooth values, even without lags. I'll try working on making it more responsible in the future :)
However I've soon after released a small improved version that is lag free even on pcs that were lagging a lot, and which is only slighty improved on gameplay. If you'd like to try it here's a dropbox link to download the lag-free version: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1gf4ovi9ehssx0i/AAAY30iNrHijMspAU8XbAHcla?dl=0
Hopefully you'll enjoy the game better by trying this version! And sorry again for the small problems you could have encountered ^^
Ok I'll take a look at that :)
I'm using systems, and one of them is a CheckpointSystem which keeps track of the reference of the last checkpoint. It has an accessible reference to the last checkpoint, and it gets updated everytime you enter a checkpoint trigger. In addition to that it also keeps track of every object that has yet to be used and updates their visiblity once you get teleported back to the last checkpoint.
Hopefully that helps!
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