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GMTK Game Jam 2019

Hosted by Game Maker's Toolkit · #gmtkjam

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A jam submission

Meet Me in The ShadowsView game page

A relaxing hand drawn strategy game.

Submitted by Farry1 (@Lukas_L_Fab) — 2 hours, 14 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Originality	#192	4.263	4.263
Design	#306	3.884	3.884
Overall	#387	3.916	3.916
Adherence to the Theme	#978	3.600	3.600

Ranked from 95 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Chairish GamesSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Cool game, we really enjoyed the art style. It has a high level of polish, though the bug that sometimes the movement indicator turns blue even though the movement's not possible is a bit confusing.

It would be awesome to see a better indication of where exactly the death zones are, sometimes we felt that our fairies got burned without a reason.

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Tricky_Fat_CatSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

It's a pretty original game with an interesting idea, which I like despite not being a big fan of strategies. Nonetheless, there are some problems with the UX.

There's no indication about a fairy's status. Can I control her and move or not.
It's hard enough to understand the distance of the light which my fairy can be killed on.
It's hard to understand how long and where my fairy can move.

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One Spear, One Kill

Farry1Developer4 years ago(+1)

thanks for playing and the good Feedback. Will try to improve those aspects when I continue working on this game

TheAimlessOneSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Very relaxing, interesting mechanic.

Sometimes it's not quite clear why the fairy won't move even though the "movement line"is blue...but beyond that: great little game! :)

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Farry1Developer4 years ago

This is a known issue . Will fix that in a future update. Thanks for playing :)

PixelMetalWolfSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Nice and chill experience

The atmosphere is really good, and the use of shadows is really well thought out, it's a nice take on the theme, the game can be a bit confusing at first, since you don't always know you can "skip" your turn at first to move only when it safe, and that it can be hard to know a fairy can move only once per turn, since some times even after you moved all your fairies for the turn you can still get a white path line like you could move.

It's really not a big issue once you get the hang of it though, and its quite fun to play, i'd say what i mentioned aren't really issues with the gameplay but more with giving a bit more info to the player.

Still, pretty solid entry Congrats to you guys :)

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Spinner Defender

Farry1Developer4 years ago

Thanks for you feedback! I'm glad you liked it. I will continue work on this game and improve this.

SpicyPaperSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Interesting mecanic ! Little bit short for me.

The ambience was amazing ! great job

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Rojan_S4 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

An awesome difficulty curve, supplemented with beautiful looks and a gloomy atmosphere. Combining the light mechanic with freezable fairies and turn based movement is genius and kept me engaged!!

JZimmer4 years ago(+2)

Lovely atmosphere, intriguing music and sound effects, adorable art style. Great entry considering this was done by Only One developer. Love the take on the topic.

ilPrinniSubmitted4 years ago(+2)

Great game, it was fun and really pretty. The style of the cardboard cut out trees was great. with the music and sounds it almost felt horror like. The feel and visuals of the game were top notch IMO especially for a game jam. I still have not played the hard version yet, but I definitely will.

For feedback though I would say that I really did not feel the theme come through until I read the description, but the even then the theme did not feel like it was a core part of the game but just a level design restriction, as in if you made the game a full thing you would probably ditch the theme all together (but that is honestly not a bad thing or even a complaint)

For the game play which was fun and built up good tension for me I did find that by the nature of the game play and maps I would just skip multiple turns in a row waiting for the ball to move, maybe there is too much hiding places that are too safe? I do not know.

FANTASTIC entry over all and one of my favorites.

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One Card Income

LuqanSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Fantastic drawn art style, good soundtrack and very nice game idea.

Wei JiunSubmitted4 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

The game looks fantastic, love the lightning and atmosphere! The little story pushes the game forward nicely. Well done on making a juicy game! ;)

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One Click Sandwich Hero

Zman110Submitted4 years ago(+1)

The art style is so polished! Really well done lighting too. I'm a sucker for turn based games! Very good!

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V I R T U _Submitted4 years ago(+1)

Really cool idea. I like this drawn art style. Good work!

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No More Dungeons

dzamaniSubmitted4 years ago(+2)

Cute game, I love the trees, did you make them ?

Would have been cool to see the range of the fairies like how near should them come to so they are together and how far are they in the shadows / lights. There is a couple of ways to do it that would fit.

More diversity in enemies and fairies would be a cool scale up of this game!

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Farry1Developer4 years ago(+3)

thanks. good ideas :)

Yeah. My wife painted the stuff ... then i scanned them an made meshes in unity

dzamaniSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

It makes them even more cool that they were really handpainted!
Awesome work you two!

VictorGladysSubmitted4 years ago

That's so wholesome!!

flipinazipSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Great art, good idea in general

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The Right Way to Drive

minimaulSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Very nice game! Visual and atmosphere are awesome!

It took me a couple of tries to figure out how it works, but in the end once you get it things go smoothly.

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Void: GMTK game jam 2019

VictorGladysSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Sweet! Loved the visual and the sound design :)

I got stuck on level 3, I presume there should have been 3 fairies? Because when I brought the two that I got together nothing happened...

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5 Rights Make A Right

Farry1Developer4 years ago

You have to bring all 4 fairies together at one save spot :)

VictorGladysSubmitted4 years ago

Well but only two spawned. Maybe just a fluke

Farry1Developer4 years ago(+1)

In the third level 3 fairies should spawn at the left and petrify immediately. One appears on the right side. This one has to rescue the 3 left fairies :)

No guarantee that there couldn't be any bugs though :D

lentocheetahSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Visuals and sounds are great! However the first time I played I got stuck on the 1st level when on enemy turn enemy just don't move.

But overall very good game, enjoyed it!

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metoricalSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Love the sound the light makes when it moves. Seems like taking it slow and safe is the way to play. Might be good to restrict the number of turns?

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Farry1Developer4 years ago

thanks for playing. This is a very good idea.

Darkluke1111Submitted4 years ago(+1)

My mother just said she needs a relaxing game and I told her she has to play this one :P

Very cool artworks and cool design idea. Maybe obstacles that move between turns would be a nice addition in later levels or maybe bushes which don't have enough leaves to block the light but prevent passage. So much potential... :D

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Farry1Developer4 years ago

Thanks for playing and good idea though.

my mother did some playtesting yesterday too :D

sarahnoSubmitted4 years ago

I got soft-locked on the first level :(( I was not able to continue

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One Item: Yo-Yo

Farry1Developer4 years ago

Can you explain a bit?

sarahnoSubmitted4 years ago (1 edit)

I was moving the fairies around for a little while without touching the supposed "end turn" button because the button icon looked like it would take me back to the menu instead. Then, when I tried clicking on that button to see if the game would continue, and I realized that it was the end turn button when the light finally moved. I don't remember whether I moved a fairy or not after this, but immediately after I clicked the end turn button again and got the enemy's turn again, the light never moved, and it was never my turn again.

I hope this is detailed enough to understand what went wrong!

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