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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #27 | 4.065 | 4.065 |
| Music | #27 | 3.952 | 3.952 |
| Overall | #35 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Mechanics | #36 | 3.806 | 3.806 |
| Aesthetics | #43 | 4.226 | 4.226 |
| Sound | #47 | 3.758 | 3.758 |
| Theme | #53 | 4.226 | 4.226 |
| Story | #169 | 2.806 | 2.806 |
Ranked from 62 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
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Very simple but addictive gamplay, i like it! rolling around dung XD
Thanks so much for taking the time to write a review, Berry Studios! We're glad you enjoyed rolling around with a ball of dung hahaha we had lots of fun coming up with that idea!
Cheers!
Very cool game, good job to the team!
The mechanics are simple to learn and get into, yet the survival phase becomes very addictive fast, and the animations are really impressive. Fantastic job on that front: the movement, the attacks, the deaths. Everything looks polished and smooth. Really impressive.
And the general atmosphere, adherence to the theme, growing difficulty curve and lighting contributes to a very solid project. Well done.
Hey, Mathias!
Wow, thanks so much for the great and detailed review! We definitely wanted the player to discover how they could best utilize the dung ball to hit multiple targets in a row, we thought it would add to their agency and also add a little bit of risk and reward to the gameplay!
We appreciate the kind words, thanks so much for sharing your thoughts!
Cheers!
Awesome game, love the aesthetic and the concept. Genuinely very fun to play. Things quickly got out of hand once the red bugs showed up.
Hey, Killbot2007!
Thank you for taking the time and sharing your thoughts! We're glad you enjoyed our tiny little take on this game jam! Fun fact, the big, red fellow that shows up near the end is named George!
Thanks again for dropping by and playing and reviewing our game!
Cheers!
Pretty good. I think it utilizes the theme well. I also really like that rolling dung into the fire increases the size slightly. I do think that the red beetles are too tough, as you can get overwhelmed pretty easily once they start coming, because they take so long to kill.
Awsome job on the art, I love the astectic
This is awesome! I love the end scene and all the characters, the music and the aesthetics were really good! good job! :D
I liked this game a lot - It looks great and was fun to play!
I would like it to keep track of my score. And maybe display a health meter. Pretty minor requests. 😁
Nice flame effect and interesting game, liked the animations, music and you did a great end game screen.
Awesome mechanics—so fun to roll bugs with dung, so funny! 🤣 The animations are really good. Great game!
i like the style, works well with the theme and a cool concept. the way you move behind the flame seems a bit clunky though its a bit hard to tell whats going on.
Hey there! Im with my 10yo daughter testing games and here's our feedback!
so here's something accumulating dung over time... that is a nice feature! :P
and also the design of the enemies... zombie-like bugs? thats brilliant !
I couldnt get any story out of this? its weird. Its a bug around a bonfire shooting dungs to keep zombies away - like forever?
He could start building stuff with his own dung, like a tower defense like... you know, like walls, traps, and shooting machines... something... i dont know. something that the player could do apart from just shooting his own dung.
The animation when player dies is cool :3 that was funny and unexpected hehe
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really well done! congrats!
The aiming is a bit hard to get it
hi terabyte_worlds! we're glad you liked it, we recently fixed the aim because it was a little bit wonky, please feel free to try it again!
This was awesome, I amassed a huge mob of bugs by circling around the camp fire. The animation and characters are incredible and really added a lot of charm. The death sequence made me laugh. Overall a lot of fun. Great work!
I enjoyed playing the game, but the camera angle is really bad. It would be much much better if the camera was higher or if it would follow the player! Anyway, great work!
Really good game! Definitely another one of my favorites. The aesthetic is beautiful (the ending animation is sublime), and the music and sound are excellent. As feedback, I would have liked the game to have a bit more of a challenge—something like a goal for the number of bugs defeated or time survived, etc. I think that would encourage replayability (because it's totally worth it).
Nice idea. Having the same resource for multiple purposes is a good mechanics!
One thing that bothers me is the fact that you can't see what's going on behind the fire... and the bigger the fire, the lesser you see!
Anyway, well done!
The death cutscene was incredibly cute!
I enjoyed this game! Struggled with aiming a bit but overall it was fun!
hi WinterAves! we agreed that the aim was a struggle, so we published a fix for it! please feel free to try it again and let us know!
i LOVE the art style of this. all the visuals are perfect. the aiming is a little difficult, but otherwise it's fun!
hey jozefeenie! we are fortunate to have a great team of artists and we're really glad you LOVED the art style! we agree! :P
we wanted to let you know we fixed the aim recently, and it would mean a lot to us if you tried it again!
I had some fun, really like an animations and bug models, aim feels kinda off, missed a lot of balls. In general this is a good submission! Thanks!
hi Danko! we're really glad you had fun, that' was what we were AIMING at :P
we wanted to let you know we actually went again and fixed the aiming! please let us know if you like it better!
my only gripe about this game is the aiming was weird because of the camera angle. but other then that it was an interesting game.
hey jcmonkey! I'm here to address that gripe. we wanted to let you know we actually just fixed the aiming so it'd mean a lot to us if you gave it another shot!
yeah i gave it a go and i can say definitly WAYY much better now. just add in some different kind of attacks like exploding poo balls or raining pooballs from the sky :D