This was a compelling and uplifting play experience :-)
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Work Life's itch.io pageResults
Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Originality | #1 | 4.667 | 4.667 |
Polish | #10 | 3.833 | 3.833 |
Overall | #12 | 3.833 | 3.833 |
Technical | #15 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
Audio | #21 | 3.167 | 3.167 |
Graphics | #22 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
Ranked from 6 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Judge feedback
Judge feedback is anonymous and shown in a random order.
- I especially loved the classic MS Windows textures! I think the textboxes would be a bit easier to read if the background color of the textbox was just a bit darker. Good submission!
- Nice visual novel! Even though I don't usually like these games, I've had lots of fun with yours. Some notes: - The game is quite long! Usually jam entries are short even when they're finished, so it's great that you've made the extra effort. - The interface looks and feels great! Even the minigames are well done. - Text font is a bit too small for the GBA Micro. - I like that you've added extra things like the how to play and the credits scenes. - Tech questions were fun :)
- I cannot get over how immersive this was! The game goes above and beyond in creating a believable world where you can forge your own connections with each character. One detail that bugged me was the default 'small' butano font being unsuited for dialogue on a small screen, and in general the art and audio could've been a little more refined (added sfx, more variety of music, etc.). All that said, I absolutely loved this game and am looking forward to going back and trying to get more endings in the future.
- This is really polished! I’ve played for about a month and a half, and reached a good ending. The graphics are the biggest issue, I really like the rest of the game!
- An enjoyable cast of characters, you wrote their stories well and the whole choosing your work tasks aspect was a neat unique take on the visual novel affection systems. I encoutered a collection of issues on my play-through though, such as the quick time events stopping the music until pressed (not sure if that one was intended) and the bug testing minigame had a tendency to drop inputs if played too quickly.
Jam ROM submission
Ok - understood! I attached the GBA ROM file as "MYGAMENAME_jam.gba".
Type of submission
Game
Open Source Repository URL
https://github.com/jgensler8/work-life-game
Existing assets
"Airport Lounge" : https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html
various butano fonts: https://github.com/GValiente/butano/tree/master/common/include
Tags
Visual Novel
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