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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #150 | 4.350 | 4.350 |
| Overall | #766 | 3.567 | 3.567 |
| Adherence to the Theme | #943 | 3.650 | 3.650 |
| Design | #1323 | 2.700 | 2.700 |
Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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A really Zen and unusual experience ! And well executed on top of that (except maybe that the change of font can be unfair sometimes).
However, it's more like a one shot experience rather than a proper game. But that's why game jam exists, to allow that type of unusual experience. Great job !
Yep, that's exactly the way I see it. A small experiment! Thanks for the feedback :)
After a while this becomes a very Zen game. There's not much gameplay here, but I still really like it.
Thank you! :)
Definitely a unique idea! It sometimes feels a bit unfair if the font changes exactly when you hit a wall, but you really have enough health that this isn't an issue. Great aesthetic, and interesting usage of "Only One"!
Please check out our game at https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2019/rate/463868! Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!
Yeah, ideally I should've made the font changing not so random. Now it just selects out of 2 available sprite frames every 3 (as far as I remember) seconds so, because there're only 2 frames, sometimes (and in this case it happens pretty often) it selects the same one, so it's kinda hard to spot the changing tempo because of that. At first, I had 3 frames (there also was italic font style), but it seemed a bit too much, so I reduced it to 2. While it was 3, it was a bit easier to spot the changing tempo. But still, thanks for the feedback! Every bit of it is some knowledge for the future)
Very interesting, but it's the kind of thing that can only be played once.
Thank you, and yeah, I guess you're right. More like "one time experience")
That was an interesting experience you may be sure) Thank you!
Thanks, I appreciate it!
Interesting game!
Took me awhile to get it but I enjoyed the poem :)
Thanks! Yeah, it can be a bit confusing at first, but I'm glad that you liked it)
That was pretty charming! We went perhaps an embarrassingly long time before realizing there was a reading of the poem; the font-flippy sound was loud enough, that we thought we were hearing everything. The font-style of the outline randomly flipping, combined with the pretty forgiving health bar, made it a bit hard to tell when we were doing something right.
The aesthetic and basic design idea is pretty cute and clever! Interactive poetry is delightful.
Yeah, I think that maybe I should've made the "HP" number lower, so that the player could see the "damage" in a more obvious manner. And I'm really glad that you've found it interesting. Thanks for the thorough feedback, I appreciate it!
Wow, cool idea! I can imagine seeing something like this in a modern museum
Heh, thanks! :)
The minimalist aesthetic, with the circle bouncing inside poem written in square while this poem is read, is very intriguing and pleasant. I was thinking the style of the text was tied with which part of the poem was currently read be it doesn't seem this is the case. I would like if the switch between the style was less random. Overall, it was an original and relaxing experience !
Yeah, there's a lot of stuff that can be made to further develop the game, but since that was for the Jam and the time was limited, I'm kinda ok with what I got as the final result. Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it! Glad that you've found it original :)
I didn't understood how to play it until I a read the instruction text. Original idea but not properly explained.
Yeah, probably should've added a small instruction on the start. Like "press 1 to change the font style" or something. Just really wanted to keep it as minimal as possible. Well, it's something to learn anyway, thanks for sharing the feedback!