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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio - Does the game have nice sfx and music? | #16 | 3.688 | 3.688 |
| Gameplay - How fun is it to play? | #20 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Overall | #31 | 3.212 | 3.212 |
| Technical - Is there a technical achievement behind the making of this game? | #32 | 2.875 | 2.875 |
| Graphics - Is the game aesthetically pleasing? | #40 | 3.375 | 3.375 |
| Originality - Does the game innovate or try something new? | #43 | 2.625 | 2.625 |
Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Ended up playing this one through to the end, a testament in and of itself given there are many more ratings to give! I had fun with this one. I felt like you did a good job keeping all of the various elements in balance, from the sound effects to the UI, the camera shakes and all those neat little details that make an otherwise simple game feel charming.
The game does have its flaws, of course. The regular appearance of monsters from the distance began to feel a bit too predictable and regular, to the point that I found myself wishing that I could see and avoid threats sometimes, or catch them unawares instead!
I really enjoyed some of the creatures, especially the first time I was set upon by a surprising golden penguin! The music accompanying these fiends was also very well done - though the looping sometimes was a little choppy.
Nice work :)
Wow, thank you very much for such a kind and positive review on our game, this have made us very happy!
We are glad so to see you have noticed the efforts put into the polish and feedbacks effects. Indeed, our game is quite simple, but we wanted players to have a good time on it :)
About random encounters, it was the easiest way for us to do in 7 days, but if we continue the game after jam, it will no longer be this way, and you will be able to skip the battles you don't want to do.
You are also the first one to give us a review on the audio/musics aspect as well, thank you very much. We spend quite some times on them, we tried to reproduce Motoi Sakuraba's musics style. However, we apologize for the musics loops, this is an issue from the Gosu library itself.
The Golden Penguin and the team give you 999 XP for this wonderful review. Thanks again!
Felt very polished, the movement, the animations, the combat. At one point I got stuck in a message screen and couldn't get out no matter what I pressed or clicked but other than that, no problems. Great entry!
Thank you very much for this positive feedback, we appreciate your review!
I suppose you did not read the itch.io page where we explain all the inputs : X to Validate and C to Cancel. The dialogue box can move only by pressing X. We did not have enough time to explain the inputs directly in the game, I'm sorry for the inconvenience!
i like the burned marshmallow. and the wizard flasher guy.
got trolled by a chest :sadface:
I think you should keep going on this one. it reminds me more than a bit of dragon warrior and FF.
Thank you very much! We're glad you've enjoyed it :)
The team and the
burned marshmallowRockdood want to say you a big thanks for playing and reviewing our game in stream today.I can say, you have well understood our universe, you are the first one to notice the influence of the Dragon Warrior/Quest series on our game. We are happy to know it have potential, we will certainly continue it after jam :)
This is actually very good. It is a very juicy game that feels very good to play. There are also lots of enemy types so it doesn't get stale and boring too fast.
I think the only negative I have to say about it is that it doesn't really try anything new. I think you should explore the mechanic of searching things like walls or the water. When I found a blank tile next to a wall that didn't lead anywhere I kind of half expected a secret passage.
Hello! Thank you very much for the return.
"it doesn't really try anything new" => Well we did wanted to add a mechanic that depending on which color spell you use, it would affect each object differently, but we did not have the time at all, we rushed so we could make a decent game in time.
Thanks again for trying!
I really like the animations! I think the gameplay itself is harking back to a genre I have no personal nostalgia for, but I can tell that it's very carefully made, so good job!
Thank you!
I've really been enjoying this game! The movement is smooth, the animations are nice, and the "filling in tiles" mechanic is fresh and new to me.
Thank you very much for playing to our game, we are happy to hear you had a good time on Shiro's Dungeon!
This was fun to play - I liked how, when I lost to the golem the first time I got teleported back to the start to do the maze again, but with my levels in tact. The combat was also pretty nicely balanced (except for the golden penguin - I just had to run!).
Nifty game :) well done on building it all in the jam!
Thank you very much for you return, we're glad you've enjoyed it! For the Golden Penguin, this is quite a peculiar monster because you can always flee him, but if after a fierce battle you beat him you'd get 999XP!
Fun playthough, the first fight against a golden penguin is something.
So you have experienced a battle against this rare monster... I hope it ended well for you!
Thanks for playing :)
Had a good time with it, thanks for the entry! The first time a rock dude hopped out at me, my partner and I had a jump!
Haha, he is not that terryfing, he is even quite weak! I hope you sent him back to where he came from :)
Thanks for playing!
Excellent jeu, j'ai bien aimé le système de levier.
La musique et le gameplay et les graphs sont super on est bien plongé dans le jeu.
Bravo
Merci beaucoup!
Completed it and had a blast. I've never played Shining the Holy Ark, but now I definitely will!
Thank you very much!