| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Music | #18 | 4.125 | 4.125 |
| Sound | #36 | 3.813 | 3.813 |
| Fun | #51 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Aesthetics | #54 | 4.250 | 4.250 |
| Mechanics | #56 | 3.875 | 3.875 |
| Story | #93 | 3.438 | 3.438 |
| Theme | #168 | 3.625 | 3.625 |
Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How many people worked on this game total?
1
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Sound assets, referenced in-game and in the source package
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Uploaded as a .zip with the executable
Well I've put it on my list for ideas not to forget about :)
I think doing it as a vertical scroller like you did was a really smart idea because it always means you have a continuous source of things for the player to do, whereas if you had a static map to explore you might accidentally go to an empty region and run out of time.
This was really addicting! Reminds me a lot about the introductory stage for Spore or the old game "Flow"!
Just had a bit of trouble figuring out which materials I needed to evolve, but I got up to evolution stage 7:) This game really piqued my curiosity as I got up per stage, but it got increasingly difficult😅
Overall I really enjoyed this game, it's really charming, and I love how user-friendly it is!:)
Nice and relaxing game. I got up to evolution 9.
I had trouble identifying which genetic pieces to pick up to proceed to the next stage. I just randomly hovered over everything that popped-up. Sometimes it took a long time just waiting for one piece to click in.
Other than that, I liked the game a lot!
Great game!
A very nice game!
Evolving and mating is a very nice mechanic, although it was a bit weird at times, sometimes when I evolve I die instantly (maybe a red dot was under me and I ate it when I evolved?), and sometimes I'd wait for a quite a bit till I can find a mate or a body to get to, also I couldn't understand what other things do, like the jellyfish and the weird spiky thing at the beginning, but nonetheless it was pretty fun, the music was solid, and it felt good to control.
Thanks for the feedback! There's really a lot of stuff that is just random and can lead to mishaps like dying instantly or having to wait forever. Not enough time for tweaking and balancing... the other creatures don't do anything specific, other than potentially eating you. In an extended version, I would want to give them different behaviors, and have lots more variety.
awesome game, was very relaxing, but also challenging, weird combo that worked well
Great game. The spawning system needs a little tweaking, sometimes shapes wont spawn for awhile or the mate wont spawn so you end up dying. Well done.
I couldn't immediately tell what I needed to pick up but once I did I really liked it. It reminds me of the cell stage of spore, a lot of what works in the vibe of that game seems to work here for me. The movement and collecting mechanics are pretty satisfying when you know what to do. Really good job.
It was very interesting. The movement was smooth and the audio choice seemed to fit the stages as well. The things to collect after mating was just a bit confusing, I was just moving around trying to get whatever looked safe to pass over.
This was pretty fun. It reminded me a lot of the cell stage in Spore like someone else had mentioned. I think one thing I would suggest is providing a bit more feedback when needing to collect the material for evolution (the period after you find a mate, I mean). Basically, I never really knew what I needed to get. I knew it needed to be those white outlined objects but I didn't know why sometimes I'd pick them up and other times I'd keep on passing over them.
Great work with this though!
Wow what a great game! You really made something very good here! Great choice in music and art! Sometimes the right parts to evolve would not spawn and I would have to wait quite a while for rng to get in my favor, maybe you could tweak it in such a way that the components you are missing are more likely to spawn or something? I also could not always spawn into another body after death :(
Thank you, glad you liked it! The parts are just spawned randomly, so you often have to wait a lot. I'd have wanted to make sure things appear for certain after some time, but didn't get to that before the deadline. Hm, not being able to "possess" another body is new to me. Do you mean, nothing compatible (a small blue creature) showed up, or you just couldn't take it over?
Played and rated. Such a unique game, well done!
The concept is very fun and relaxing! I love how it fits the theme while at the same time being more fun to play by resurrecting in another body. I made it to the surface thanks to that mechanic!
Would appreciate if you check out and rate our game too: https://hadilepanda.itch.io/rise-of-necromancy
I will rate this in a few hours but the description seems like the cell stage of spore? I will get back to you.
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