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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Gameplay/Fun | #6 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
Overall | #7 | 2.188 | 2.188 |
Educational value | #9 | 1.875 | 1.875 |
Scientific Accuracy | #10 | n/a | n/a |
Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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I always love a platformer! The theme is simple and I enjoyed jumping about (it got my competitive streak going!). However, I struggled to see the educational value and explicit link with climate change within the game itself. You jump across melting ice but I wasn't sure what the impact of the rocks/clouds and fish etc were in the game? Is the objective of the game to score as many points and stay alive? Does difficulty increase as a function of time as climate change progresses? (i.e., speeds up; ice melts more quickly etc). Thank you for the fun!
The game pushes you to keep moving which is great. I love the animations and art style.
The jumping is a little floaty and the hit boxes could be tightened a little.
The game doesn't focus on any of the three concepts mentioned on the game jam page, the main learning outcome is that the ice caps are melting.
Whilst this game was fun I felt it had limited educational values. I didn't learn anything about climate change through playing. The game mechanics were however good and nice art work.
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Personally I thought this game was good, and I do admit I had a lot of fun playing it. Also to be real with all of you I wouldn't change it that much as it stands right now!