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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Innovation | #7 | 3.167 | 3.167 |
| Art | #10 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Overall | #13 | 3.042 | 3.042 |
| Gameplay | #15 | 2.750 | 2.750 |
| Audio | #16 | 2.917 | 2.917 |
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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the game idea is really cool and the collecting mechanic is very interesting. my only issue was the controls, a bit frustrating to move. you should build a real game out of this.
Thanks for the feedback. You're not wrong about the controls, the character is a bit too slippery. And we do have another third of just this level planned out, plus a few other ideas for other levels, so perhaps we shall work on those.
There is a webGL version of this game available at https://unitycogeta.itch.io/sweet-dreams-webgl . I'm not sure how to add that to this submission page directly, so I'll just put it here.
Thank you for the feedback. I am happy with how the core sand mechanic turned out, and indeed with our opening art. As for the cons:
-This may not be lag. There is a relatively low ground friction, as the sandman is floating. It can be compensated for, but it might be a bit overboard. I'm working on a version with at least a few fixes, I can try out some higher friction settings.
-We were going for a bleak look in the level (at one point there were more levels planned, this was the loneliness level), but it is true that the result is pretty pale. We'd have liked to have it shift to a more colorful dream version as you completed the level, but that got scrapped for time.
-We had rathered a few sfx, but again ran out of time implementing them.
-We also wanted some sand-cloud particle effects or a trail of sandgrains, but again, we ran out of time.
I was planning to upload a slightly tweaked version (in addition to the current version, not replacing it), and I thought about adding sand particles too, but that felt less like a bugfix and more like adding new features. It didn't seem in spirit with the game jam's time limits to start adding features to the playable version. Or is that fine, as long as it's clearly marked as an updated version, and the original jam version is still available?
Love the mood and setting and the concept of the sand pieces!