wow, very impressive game. Loved the style and clearly very well polished. you clearly have a very talented team. I just would have loved it if there could have been a webgl version too for ease. Congrats on a very successful Jam
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #3 | 4.421 | 4.421 |
| Story | #6 | 4.316 | 4.316 |
| Fun | #7 | 4.263 | 4.263 |
| Mechanics | #8 | 4.132 | 4.132 |
| Sound | #10 | 4.105 | 4.105 |
| Music | #11 | 4.105 | 4.105 |
| Aesthetics | #15 | 4.474 | 4.474 |
| Theme | #84 | 4.132 | 4.132 |
Ranked from 38 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 in total?
6
Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
No
Comments
181 days ago (+2)
All of the assets in the game are ones we made for the game. There's really nothing to remove I'm afraid. The raw assets (Before they were brought into the engine) aren't packaged into the build.
Thank you for the review! Unfortunately we realized a little late that some people would try to block the door with a cube, and there was potential for this to cause the cube to get pushed out of bounds... That's why there's three of them because I couldn't fix it in time.
Glad you had fun playing the game. :)
181 days ago (+1)
Thank you so much for the kind review! To be fair, we had a team of 6, and clocked in a ridiculous amount of time for this jam to get it to this point. The telekinesis was definitely ambitious (I've been programming for less than a year, and never worked with UE physics before), and I think I would approach it differently in the future to prevent the awkwardness of using it.
I also made an object spawning system that would allow you unlock new objects to spawn, as well as create (And destroy) a limited number of objects. The system is fully functional but not included in the game because we pivoted in game design and it didn't really fit the level design anymore. We wanted to make a bonus level/mode where you could play around with it but it just didn't quite make the cut in time. Our original intentions were to have it be a time trial/score based system, where you would unlock more objects as you go, but we decided to go with a SM64 style approach instead.
Too good for a game-jam is a proper description. This is full-blown puzzle-platformer.
From the art to the level design it's just phenomenal, the mechanics and different worlds hit the spot.
Good work using the core mechanics and making them feel different on each world.
A bit of criticism:
1. Finding a scroll returns the player to base and respawns the eggs. Made it frustrating at first when I didn't understand what's going on. Then while collecting eggs I was scared I would accidentally collect a scroll just to have the eggs respawn on me.
2. Platforms are not moving with Ease-in\out or interpolation. It was quite something trying to catch a platform that moves at the same speed when it changes direction 180 degrees at 0 time.
Other than that, I was in awe the whole time.
Great work! 
Really appreciate the detailed feedback. It feels good knowing someone played your game and liked it so much. I will have to remember that ease in/out for the future. I didn't program that part, so I'm not sure if the animation is driven by a curve, but for sure it would benefit from easing.
Yeah, probably could have addressed the challenges with a little more clarity had we had the player choose the challenge when they enter. So if you want the egg collection, only then have the eggs spawn.
181 days ago (+1)
Thank you so much for the feedback!
You're absolutely right about the moving platforms, that one is on me and something I will definitely look at improving on in the future. The thing that pains me is that it actually does have functionality for ease in and out built in, as the interpolation of the movement along the spline is based on a curve, but I never updated to use anything but a linear line. It was one of the first things I built, and I didn't really go back to polish it due to time constraints.
I think for the scrolls/eggs issue, as Will mentioned, the option to select what Scroll you were going for on level entry, or alternatively an option to keep playing the level once you've picked up a scroll would have made this less frustrating for the player. Definitely something we could have done better. Appreciate the critiques, these are good lessons for us to keep in my mind for future games.
181 days ago (+3)
Hi! Thanks for trying the game.
Using the blocks to keep the door open is actually a great idea, unfortunately the way doors are coded right now does not allow it.
You can put objects on top of switches to keep them activated
181 days ago(+3)
All good man, I should have added a note to the tutorial about using objects to hold buttons down. You'll have to let us know how the rest of the game goes for you.
181 days ago(+1)
Having a full team of six really helped. I'm usually programming and doing animation. But I barely wrote 10 lines in this project. Freed me up to do all the character modeling, rigging and animating. Having someone dedicated to sound and UI. A full team really made it possible. Glad you liked it. Thanks for the feedback.
182 days ago(+1)
Thanks we really appreciate the feedback!
Unfortunately weren't able to resolve that bug it in time, but on the plus side, we think it's kinda fun. :)
182 days ago(+2)
I thought it was a feature the first time I triggered it, the second time when I realized I could go above the castle I figured it was not intentional lol. It was definitely fun to be able to use. I also meant to mention I absolutely LOVE the chicken model, awesome work whoever got it to look so charming and silly!
182 days ago(+1)
Thank you, I am glad to hear you enjoyed the game so much. I modeled and animated the character.
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