Great graphics, fun game. I included it in my GMTK compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :)
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #5 | 4.750 | 4.750 |
| Originality | #23 | 4.424 | 4.424 |
| Overall | #34 | 4.252 | 4.252 |
| Fun | #516 | 3.583 | 3.583 |
Ranked from 144 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
We interpreted the theme of Joined Together as independent objects that, when connected, take a different meaning and interpretation. In Starsnap, you take photos to isolate shooting stars, which then you connect to create constellations for points. With the randomizing of stars, objects around, and different names, no constellation is ever the same, so each group of stars, joined together, are unique. At the end of the game, you have your very own sky made of joined constellations, that’s uniquely yours to export and share with others! Show us your own sky and wallpapers in the comments! ✨
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
Comments
2 years ago(+1)
Thanks a lot, and woah, some of those do sound like fantastic ideas! Ultimately, we love these kind of games where we could just continue adding features for more personalized ideas, so that feedback and the suggestions would be fantastic to implement. We're not having any plans to do any big update to this, but we'd certainly consider some of those were we to get the opportunity. Thanks, and cheers! 🥂
2 years ago(+1)
Thanks for the rating, but even more, for the thoughtful comments! Exporting the background was among the first ideas we had for the game, even before we knew if it was going to be possible at all. So at least, we're happy that people have been using it! 😊
2 years ago(+1)
At some point we thought to make an android build for it, but we decided to hold off because we wouldn't be able to test it proper in time for the jam. But who knows? It'd be a fun experiment! Thanks for giving it a try!
2 years ago(+1)
Thanks for the kind words! And of course, that's also very valuable feedback! There's always things we could have done better, and things to improve if we get the chance to update this game down the line! All feedback is good, so thanks a lot!
2 years ago(+1)
Hey, thanks a lot for playing our game on the stream! We've been in a few and would have loved to have witnessed that one live, but we're just happy that you two had a great time with it! Always good to know that our effort led others to have a great time!
And thanks in general for doing this kind of videos! It means a lot to us, so I can only imagine that you have made the day of a lot of other developers! 👍
2 years ago(+1)
Thanks for giving it a try! People getting some tranquillity out of it really soothes us! 😊
2 years ago (+1)
Thank you very much for playing our game on stream yesterday! We are super glad that you enjoyed your time with it! 💖
Glad to see you around again, Elendow! 👋 We've been looking forward to playing your game too! It looks great!
The random names were really fun to do too! The dog with a balloon is actually from our Ludum Dare 47 game Woofice Chair! though they seem to have managed to float all the way from that game over here. 🐶
Don't worry, there's a lot more catgirls around, we're sure!
As for the performance, we usually recommend playing the downloaded version over the browser one. We haven't heard of many situations where it dragged like that, so we can't tell for sure if it's only on your end or it's an actual problem with the web version. We'll have to experiment further, but thanks for letting us now!
2 years ago(+1)
We've considered the possibility for re-rolling the names of the constellations or maybe even let the player input their own names. That and any other suggestions such as rotating will come down if we do actually get the chance to update the game. Still, we're happy that people enjoy it as it is for now!
2 years ago(+1)
All this randomness has made some people spend extra time trying to see just what they can get next. It's usually a good hook. Thanks, and glad you enjoyed it! 👏
This is such a chill and charming game and your presentation was flawless, even on the game page! One thing I might consider adding is a way to undo connections while making the constellations. I am kind of torn on that though because having it be permanent as you build adds to the "go with the flow" mood of the game. Great work!!
Also I present to you "The Fantastic Boy Sky":
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