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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Story | #15 | 4.143 | 4.143 |
| Music | #34 | 3.929 | 3.929 |
| Theme | #66 | 4.214 | 4.214 |
| Aesthetics | #105 | 3.976 | 3.976 |
| Sound | #134 | 3.357 | 3.357 |
| Fun | #164 | 3.595 | 3.595 |
| Mechanics | #220 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
Ranked from 42 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
Yes, music. Jazzy Vibes #89 Melancholic Jazz Piano by Tri-Tachyon - https://soundcloud.com/tri-tachyon/albums Coffee Black by GrimFrenzy - https://opengameart.org/content/coffee-black Dialogue Blips by nicolebutspooky - https://opengameart.org/content/dialogue-blips. Also used images from clip art and sound effects from freesound.org
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unique take for the theme. really love the concept. will try to keep silent in taxi next time...
This was really cool! it seemed realistic in terms of trying to focus on driving while also keeping up with conversation. well done.
Very classy! It set the mood well and never strayed from it, there's a good sense of a larger world that exists outside our taxi full of people and demons going about their daily lives. I expect a lot or maybe all of the characters are references, but I only caught The Devil Went Down to Georgia because I'm not very cultured.
My results were 132 soul coins and I did identify where the soul gem had gone, though I'm not one hundred percent sure it was right to disclose that information. I may also have lost my immortal soul, and on the very first turn...
I think dividing the player's attention between dialogue and a rhythm game is a great way to simulate the multitasking of driving a car and carrying on a conversation. I'm super bad at multitasking, by the way!
A couple of notes, the falling arrows were skewed to the right for me instead of landing on top of the indicators, which I can at least use as an excuse for every miss I made. Also the text jumps a round a lot when it's being written out, I suspect this is because you've set it to be centered in the box rather than aligned to one side, though I'd also understand if you wanted it to display that way. ALSO! I was hoping I could pick incorrect destinations for my passengers and see what would happen when they showed up at the wrong place, but that's really just a random thought on my part.
Really, really well done!
Wow, thank you for such detailed feedback. I'm glad you caught one of the references : )
I did think about letting you take the passengers elsewhere too. One of those humans in particular could have done with a trip into the fire but sadly ran out of time. Thanks for playing!
Neat idea!
Really cool game. The story fits the theme; the mechanic fits the theme; this game has theme out the wazoo, so big points there if you ask me. I liked how there were mixed in bits of world-building, humor, and a little over-arching story. My personal favorite passenger was the demon going to the school; good design (all around really), and great humor there.
If I had a criticism, it was that sometimes I felt too split between the text and little rhythm game, when what I personally wanted to do was be able to take in the text a bit more. While there is something fascinating about making me frantically pick dialogue options, I think there could be some balancing there. There's probably a sweet spot somewhere that would've been impossible to find with the limited amount of time.
Overall, however, I loved it. Good vibe, cool world, fun game.
Really liked the playing with two dimensions theme with both gameplay and story. Guitar hero playing is not my thing, thought, but if it was rhythmic it could be more enjoyable.
Very atmospheric game. Got a lot of fun.
You did a great job!
Loved the rain and jazz music, it was very chill! Great concept for the theme itself! Honestly though the game itself started to become a bit dull for me, maybe add a bit more challenge and rhytm and I'd say you got something. I wasn't too invested in the stories, but that tells more about my style of games/etc, so I ended probably just a bit before ending, did quite a fun runs.
Good job though!
Really lovely game, both athmospeher and humor and lovely, moody, graphics and sounds. Really nice done!
Now that was a really nice game, kudos!
Music, SFX and general vibes were great and on point. As a gig worker myself, some of this hit home. Great work!
Great work on an awesome submission, you can tell a lot of effort went into this~
As an avid rhythm gamer I found it a bit too slow for my tastes.
What you have here is a really defined base you can definitely take further. Make some levels more like the dealer and you'll have my attention for sure~
Music, overall atmosphere and characters were great. I really didn't like dividing my attention between the arrows and the story, though. I would have liked time to read the story, then maybe do the arrows as part of driving, then back to the story when we got to a red light or something.
I wanted the two 'dimensions' of the gameplay on screen at once but it is hard to multitask for that long. Splitting it up would definitely make for a chiller experience, thanks for the feedback!
Wowww that is really really well done. I spent way too much time playing haha. Great choice of music, great theme, fun. If I could tweak one thing, a couple sfx volumes lol I got scared a couple times by horns or especially something later in the game I won't spoil. But that's so minor, it pales in comparison to the greatness this is. Applause!
With all the narrative, you sure put a lot of effort into the game! Surprising concept, going great with the theme! Also, excellent music, setting the mood! Great job!
Was thinking is with cars, racing.... But was surprised to see this mechanic. Well done.
Very good game. Excellent job well done.
The mood and style of the game is excellent. The multitasking idea was pretty cool and the writing was great. "Blah blah golf blah"
Never saw a game like this. Super nice. It`s a lot to read. I know, i don`t have to, but it`s part of the experience. Nice writing! And overall: Nice game.
great vibe!