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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Interpretation of the secondary theme | #49 | 3.417 | 3.417 |
| Soundtrack/SFX | #62 | 2.833 | 2.833 |
| Overall | #90 | 2.683 | 2.683 |
| Gameplay | #95 | 2.417 | 2.417 |
| Graphics | #101 | 2.667 | 2.667 |
| Gameboy Soul | #133 | 2.083 | 2.083 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Alright, I'll give my honest opinion, first, the good points:
The music is really great, along with the title screen.
And it's really creative that you made a working Game Boy like screen border which actually shows the buttons pressed.
But for the Cons:
Even with the instructions, it's kind of hard to know what the game objective is, this could be improved by adding a small synopsis like: "Plant more corn seeds and defend your crops with wood walls" or something along those lines.
There is just 1 more control that are more than what a Game Boy can have, and the rules state only max 8, maybe you could take away one control with a mechanic that doesn't impact the game a lot.
And lastly, there seems to be more than 4 colors on the screen at once, even if the Game Boy border is not counted. And there is the bug where the square to indicate block placement is off centered or something.
I can tell that you are an experienced dev since u already have a lot of games published (and a nice itch.io page), and that I understand that this is just a Jam game and bugs are expected, but if u are planning to update the game to make changes, that would be really swell as this does seem like a good game idea. Other than that, great job and I hope u had fun in the Jam!
Thank you for your honest opinion, I love that you enjoy the music and the Gameboy border. I will give all my best in the future Game Jams. Thank you so much :)
I am the one who places wood, the zombies fear me! Great job!
That's the best weapon bug, LOL
Wasn't quite sure what to do here. I planted some crop and it became corn but then I didn't know how to harvest or what to do. I tried going out into the wild once and just got owned.
Off the bat though, there's too many controls for a GB game, and I had to keep checking to see what they were while playing. And there's keys that do nothing that are mapped to the GB overlay, which was odd. And also more than 4 colors.
I found it quite difficult to select the area I wanted to actually do something as the box is off-center.