I like the idea of a background game. The art is nice, but the palette is really dark - it's on purpose? The simple shaped leaves falling from the big tree. In my opinion it would be nice to have the score visible at all times or even better, the counts of all the leaves by type. Increasing numbers can be really satisfying. I'm not sure about the lifes limit, I mean, I think it doesn't fit the background game which is not meant to focus on successes of fails, but to watch with barely giving few percents of your brain power. Overall, I think there is so much room for such games. Most are too engaging to play them while listening to podcasts that require your concentration. Is there even a genre like this? Well, good idea to promote it and start a new movement of Background Games.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #47 | 2.582 | 3.333 |
| Overall | #56 | 2.582 | 3.333 |
| Cozy Fall Vibes | #59 | 2.711 | 3.500 |
| Presentation | #60 | 2.453 | 3.167 |
Ranked from 6 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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First off, thank you for your detailed, constructive comment!
The palette is a colour palette I took from Lopsec to try to challenge myself- I rellay a lot on the contrast of light colors over dark colours. So yeah, I guess it is on purpuse.
Your point about score being visable is one I agree with- my friend have made a simmillar comment, about how it would be nice to have indevidual score on each basket. Now that the Jam is over, I could perhaps implement some of the great ideas offered by the comments.
I don't think there ISN'T a background game genre, perhaps by other name (casual game?) I play games while listening to other things all the time, especially when they are hard games that take me many tries or games i have multiple walkthroughs in. I wanted to make one which is even easier than most because when I was sick I couldn't play my usual games, but I wanted to keep my hand busy.
Thank you for taking your chance on Falling!
Really fun, would have love the music and SFX to really make it pop. as well as to some indication when it is completed. over all tho really nice looking loved it!
Thank you for your comment!
I see your points regarding music/SFX -Originally I wanted to have no sound (as you are meant to play it while listening to other things, just to keep your hands busy) but it might be nice to have the option to play it with it's own sound.
The game is meant to be played until you run out of lives- not really a complition point.
Thank you for your kind words and constructive criticism!
Good Game,
I love the art of the game, The concept is good and chill. I really like the look of the 3 leaves.
If i need to change something i think it's will be a curve of difficulty ( with the component AnimationCurve you can do it easily), and alsow the Inputs, it s will be cool in my opinion to play just with the Arrows ^^.
However it's a cool game, with good art ^^.
Great Jam !!!
Thank you so much for yoour kind words! Especially in regards to the leaves- it was important to me to make them distinct yet simple looking.
Regarding your comments:
1. Adding curve of difficulty using animation curve is an EXCELLENT idea. I'm not sure if I can add it just yet (Jam rules say no more content during voting duration) but it is a good idea for later implemination, as well as just good note to keep in mind in next projects.
2. Regarding controls- you are absaloutly correct. Originally, I wanted to creat a game to literally keep both of your hands busy, but tbh there's no reason you couldn't play just with the arrow or the WASD keys. I might look into it after the end of the Jam.
Once again, thank you for your kind comment and taking the time to play my game!
I was unable to test the game. You've provided bare unity executable. You have to zip whole build or build a WebGL version and embed it into a page. Good luck!
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