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A jam submission

The sad duoView game page

A two person adventure with only one person
Submitted by MegaQuack — 14 hours, 30 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Adherence to the Theme#4904.1334.133
Originality#5853.8003.800
Overall#9713.4003.400
Design#16532.2672.267

Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted

Nice Idea. The game is a bit to slow for my taste.

Submitted

How the dead revival mechanic works? I'm sorry but I didn't catch the point with the theme... Nah just kidding, this is a good idea. :)

Nice concept by the way and curious if you want to do a post jam version.

best game 15/15 rated

Submitted

6 stars.

On the one hand, I can see the low movement speed and jump height as being indicative of the player character's sadness. On the other hand, it's still makes it a chore to go back and forth trying to collect the stars, especially after getting hit.

Submitted

I think the way you designed the game and used to game mechanics to support the theme of loneliness is really clever!

The fact that you made a multiplayer game single-player is hilarious. The art reminds me of this old Nintendo game "Drawn to Life" which was neat.

Developer (1 edit) (+1)

Funny you should say that, because I based the stars in The Sad Duo off of the stars I drew from Drawn to Life 10 or so years previously. The only difference is the stars here have a blurred border.

Submitted

Pretty funny idea about lonliness. However, if you cant do your own art enjoyable, use free assets. There are a lot of great assets here on itch.io. Secondly, work more on movement, now it's awkward and not enjoyable. And the last moment, do several small funny levevels instead one giant which is pretty boring, especially, when you're alone. 

Developer

On the subject of the long levels, that doesn't work because [spoiler]

Submitted

Forever alone... :D
I collected 4 starts.

Submitted

Enjoyed this, just needs a little more work and interaction but the idea is there!

Submitted

I LOVE that you play as the only loner. What a great idea. 
2/5

5/5

5/5

Submitted

At first i was like "but there is noone to revive". Pretty original but you gotta have some more graphics and sounds.