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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Most impactful | #2 | n/a | n/a |
Judges favourite | #3 | n/a | n/a |
How insightful or thought provoking is the game about the topic? | #3 | 4.083 | 4.083 |
How unique is the topic in this game? | #4 | 4.083 | 4.083 |
How fun or intriguing is the game? Does the game make you want to play it? | #5 | 3.583 | 3.583 |
Overall | #5 | 3.917 | 3.917 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
What is the name of your educational institution?
Birmingham City University
How many members are in your team?
1
Comments
There is a staggering amount of work that has went into this especially for a single person to achieve in the amount of time you had. The bleak story which is slightly uplifting is a great addition to this game and helps really sell the idea that we as humans are going to destroy the planet if we don’t act now. To see the aftermath of the human apocalypse but know that some nature may return was an interesting twist. Very thought provoking. The game plays really well and it’s a very cool lonely experience.
Future improvements:
- The biggest improvement I think would be to be able to see more from the start of each level. Its very restrictive in what you can see on screen to begin with which makes it difficult to navigate and know what to do. I nearly gave up on this game initially as I couldn’t find anymore trash to collect. Being able to see more would help. Perhaps a simple reordering of levels could help with this, set the first level in the office/home, then city, then park, then farm as office is much easier to navigate and get a sense of what to do?
- Would be great if you could explore the environments full after you finish a level. There is so much I would love to look at properly but don’t get the chance to
- Make the dialogue last longer on screen of have it so you can read at you own pace.
Fantastic idea and concept, great game well done.
Think you picked up on all of the things i had issues with myself when making it! Think im going to work on the game myself and instead of the vignette being what makes the world dark have it as overall light, then even trash behind the area you can see will illuminate the area around when near.
Same with the dialogue! ill likely post in the discord if i happen to evolve the game futher! Hoping with a bit more time this can become a fully fleshed out idea :)
Beautiful game! Sort of reminds me of 'Spirit of the North' it was really relaxing to play and the story kept me playing. Made me feel quite sorry for the lonely wisp having to clean the world and think it sends a message of if climate change keeps going at the rate it is.
I think a 'next' prompt or something similar would be good for the text because it's quite fast to try read and the story was quite interesting. Although this could just be me slow at reading haha
Well done on the game!
This games art style is beutiful and I love the particle effects and everything very amazing game :D
The atmosphere is incredibly well done and I love the vignette mechanic. It feels very poetic which I think compliments the writing well. The audio is also a great touch to this to which creates an almost theraputic experience.
There is a lot of content which is impressive to see in such a short game jam, I think I counted 5/6 levels? The scene transition between these levels are also seamless which does justice to the peaceful nature of the game.
Very well polished and made game, well done!
I love the aesthetic you got there! It is pretty much fitting the mechanics. I think it is easy to get lost and out of bound - at least that was the case for me :) Nice job!
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