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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme: Does this game represent the theme well? | #21 | 3.758 | 3.758 |
| Creativity: Does the game include something unexpected or interesting? | #24 | 3.364 | 3.364 |
| Overall: Is the game objectively good? | #29 | 3.273 | 3.273 |
| Cozy: Does the game you feel cozy? | #30 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Aesthetics: Does this game have aesthetically pleasing artwork or polish? | #44 | 3.515 | 3.515 |
| Fun: Is the game enjoyable or satisfying to play? | #48 | 2.848 | 2.848 |
Ranked from 33 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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I used: Unity, VS, Aseprite, Pixabay.com, Translator, Notebook.
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I loved all the mini-games! That ending surprised me though! Great work!
I really like the minigames and wish I could have played more of them. Art and music was great!
Thank you for your nice feedback! And I’m glad you liked the game.
This game manages to simultaneously be the most and least cozy game I have played this jam, and I think it's a masterful accomplishment. Every line of dialogue felt deliberate in growing the world into something mysterious; just as a child's world, on their first lone outing, grows big and scary.
The minigames were simple but worked. I liked that listening to the NPCs was rewarded. The leaf raking was a creative use of a physics engine. I liked that you had to move along roads in the minimap.
Thank you! This is one of my favorites in the jam.
Thank you very much for such a warm review! I’m very glad that you liked the game. It means a lot to me and I appreciate it.
I like the variety of tasks/minigames that were included. The rustic setting makes these tasks feel appropriate and it would make sense that the child should do something for the person in order to gain the item.
I like the artwork and the leaf falling effects on the trees. The music is optimistic and joyful. It was a little tedious to advance the textbox for dialogue that could have fitted into the same line. A possible improvement could be to expand the dialogue box to accommodate 3 lines instead of just 1.
The story had some build up, but the ending felt a abrupt to me. The build up felt like it was towards a specific character, but the actual affected character at the end felt completely out-of-the-blue. I can understand the possible cause, but I did not see the actual logical events that would result in this character being targeted. Some additional foreshadowing might have made the ending more palatable.
A short quest with various minigames to make a delicious pumpkin pie.
Thanks for your feedback!
When creating the story, I was guided not only by the palette and theme of the jam, but also by the optional “detective mystery” mechanic too. And to make the game somewhat consistent with the mechanic, I made an ending that was not fully revealed, which could give the player something to think about.
And yes, I can agree with you that perhaps there should have been a little more hints that could have shed more light on the ending (during development, I thought that the hints I left were enough).
I hope you enjoyed the game at least a little and thank you again for playing and feedback.
I love the music and the artwork, they give this really nice fun and cozy storytime vibe that I quite like! The minigames were quite fun as well, though I ended up finding the old man's photo immediately lol. I think my only complaint would be the dialogue as there are so many dialogue boxes you have to get through, with the majority of them just being ... , that it becomes quickly draining, but I did quite like the small story here! Good job!
Thank you for such a nice review! And thanks for the suggestion regarding dialog boxes, I will definitely take it into account when updating the game.
Wait where did MOM go?!?! Really nice cozy game with cute mini games, I especially liked the leave raking one that was really well done. I would double or triple the text box size so you can fit more text than one line. With the text coming one by one it took quite a long time to get through each conversation and I found myself spamming the E key to get through them fast enough. A bigger text box would make it easier to get through a lot of the story. Great game! Solo Dev FTW!
Thank you for such a nice review! And also thanks for the suggestion, I will definitely take it into account when updating the game.
The whole game felt really lighthearted and cozy. The included minigames were nice too. That ending though.. it felt like a real shock! I enjoyed this a lot.
Thank you for your nice feedback! And I’m glad you liked the game.
A very complete and compelling experience, and -- oh man -- what a twist. I wanted to badly to see that kitchen to be full of life and light... well done
Thank you for your nice feedback! And I’m glad you liked the game.
Loved how you squeezed in a few different mini games. Cute artwork and cozy vibes! I need to know what happens next!? Amazing work :)
Thank you for your nice feedback! And I’m glad you liked the game.
Oh my god..
The game is overall nice and cute but the movement was sooo slow. The dialogues were almost never ending. I kept playing just out of curiosity of what minigames are there and was skipping through the dialogues by smashing E. But the arriving to the dark house. I finally was interested in the dialogues and it made feelings in me. This game I definitelly won't forget. I don't mind bad endings but this was just out of nowhere. Wow. You managed to make some feelings in me... :D
Thanks for your feedback. I understand that games with a lot of text may not be suitable for everyone, everyone has their own taste, that’s okay. And I’m glad that I managed to interest you at least a little, thank you for playing to the end.
No problem, it was worth it :)