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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?
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?
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
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Very cute and relaxing! Maybe you could add a little bit of a puzzle to it by limiting the number of constellations you can have, so you have to make the best constellations you can. That wouldn't get in the way of the chill atmosphere and would add a little challenge. Very nice work, I really liked it!
Thanks for the feedback! Given the time, we decided not to implement any hard limit, but since you can't' remove constellations that you've already placed, you're actually limited to the size of the screen, so there's more or less a limit for anyone that would like to minmax their highscore. Still, we could consider different kind of limitations if we update the project down the line. Thanks a lot!
Wow. Just wow. GREAT art style and mood. The gameplay and mechanics were super chill and addictive. Congratulations :) One of my favorites in the jam!
Additionally, super creative use of the theme! Most games join things, but few gave semantic meaning to the joining, if that makes any sense!
That makes perfect sense to us! There were many interpretations for the theme, such as having things already joined, or trying to get to join to something, or things that used to be joined and are not any more. It's been fascinating to see what people have created on this jam!
Thanks for the nice words too! 👍
A beautiful and very enjoyable game. Loved how I was creating something unique, and (and I know that this sounds like a faint compliment) I really loved your description page. It gave a sense of the game and really made me keen to play. A really good use of the theme and something that I'd love to see more of. The only feedback I'd give was to suggest the music was a little more gentle, to really show how relaxing a game it can been. Also, oh boy, that art was incredible!
Thanks for the comment and for the feedback! And we'll let our audio person know, for sure! It's one of his best works to date, though a couple of people have mentioned it might sound a bit action-heavy rather than calming. It might be a matter of interpretation, but we'll forward the message still and see if he would like to revise it. Again, thanks! ⭐
Ok wow.. this is the best game I've played on this jam not gonna lie. From concept to execution everything is done with care and polished to the very best! I had a such peaceful time with this game I forgot for a moment it was for a jam! Absolute gem you did in 48h! Congrats!
Thank you very much! Those 48 hours seemed a lot longer than they were, so it's reassuring when people say it looks the part. Glad that you enjoyed the experience too!
I'm probably the 100th person to tell you this :) but this is a very unique concept and you guys did a good job at differentiating yourself from other jam games. The presentation is really well done with the simple but effective art, sound, and music.
I didn't derive that much enjoyment from the gameplay as in some other top jam games, but I think that's because I'm looking for a more involved gameplay experience - I think your game is for a particular audience and you cater to that audience well, I'm just not part of that audience. That being said, just sitting and listening as the stars go by is very soothing. I wouldn't be surprised if you guys get a very high rank in presentation and originality.
I am really nitpicking here, but the only piece of feedback I could think of is maybe the onboarding process for the game could be a little more intuitive. It's a little confusing what to do in the game initially and a lot of player do not want to have to read text starting out. Again, that's a minor thing. Overall great job.
I would love to get your rating / comments on my game as well so I can know what to improve.
First or hundredth, it's still fuzzy and warm to hear such emotive words! And yeah, we've been getting that some people would prefer something more action-based or interactive than just a calm experience. We mostly tried to roll with mechanics we've never tried before, and it became apparent early in development that this would be far more casual. But we're still glad it went that way. There'll always be opportunity for more action or mind-bending experiences later!
Thanks for the feedback on the tutorial too! We try to cram so much stuff in our games that it's a miracle if we can put a tutorial in-game at all, so this is all we could manage. But certainly, with more time and proper care, we could try something more interactive and less text heavy. Cheers! 🍾
Gosh, I needed this! So relaxing after a day of work. The music, aesthetic, funny lil names for the constellations, everything about it is such a succinct experience. Personally, I'm not sure if replacing the constellations on the map itself is the best move, as things get crowded. Maybe in a larger expansion, you could have a lil star booklet or something? Feel like I could get lost in this for an hour, hope to see you guys expand upon the concept!
Nothing like winding down after a heavy day, huh? Glad that you liked it! And yeah, I get what you mean. With only two days of development, so many ideas get shelved and packed for later, so there's always room for expansion! The idea of a booklet is not bad at all, so that'd be interesting to try! 🌟
Very relaxing toy :) I'd hesitate to qualify it as a "game" as there is no challenge or real "game defined goal", but I enjoyed it greatly nonetheless :) I especially liked the constellations names, very very nice!
Well, that's one point of view. Some early proposals were to make it even more toy-like, but we ended up with at least putting highscores and limiting the game's space as to put more game limitations. But hey, as long as it's an interesting toy, it's still all good! 👍
Absolutely fantastic one of the best entries i have seen so for
That's a big compliment, but we're really glad that you liked it! Thanks for playing! 😊
Creative and relaxing! Good stuff.
Glad that you liked it too! 👍
This was a lovely smooth game, very relaxing to play, no rush - just happy little star constellations :).
Thank you for building this.
Sometimes, all we need is to gaze at the night sky for some peace and quiet. Thanks a lot for the comment!
Unbelievably gorgeous game, outstanding work. Really amazing job!
The music also fit perfectly!
Thanks for the remarks! Our audio guy really outdid himself this time around! 🎺
Cute little game with a beautiful art style. Felt like a stargazer's Pokemon Snap. I loved it.
Hah, thanks! It took a while after one of the teammates suggested this name for the game that I realized that it could have been inspired by that game. Ah well.
Wow. You guys really said juice? We got that. I'm astounded by the amount of polish this game has. All the camera effects and the intro cut scene felt so clean and everything came together so well. Even the features that are build specific, like the wall paper amaze me! Really nice product you guys made in such a short time and such great teamwork between the three of you!
Thanks for the wholehearted remarks! Getting everything in place isn't easy, but well worth it for this kind of comments! 😊
❄ Gorgeous and unique game! I made a golf club
With all those black holes, space is an endless golf course! ⛳
Very chill and relaxing game. I could see having a lot of fun building up skies or letting them form themselves. It would be interesting to have different photo shapes (wider but shorter or vis-versa) or something to change up the kind of star clusters I would be getting. Had a lovely time with your game, thank you.
We're glad you and others have been enjoying it too! And thanks for the suggestions. It'd certainly be interesting! 🌟
Awesome presentation!
A very relaxing game. A bit like a child's game, imagining different things in the clouds. I tried to wait a little longer in order to photograph as many stars as possible and draw something conscious.
A bit of feedback:
You can let the player name the constellations, if they really draw something conscious.
It would also be nice to add the ability to remove the line from the mouse when I started drawing it (I just found the best way to put the line, but I can't cancel).
Wonderful suggestion.
P.S. I have some stars made of stars, a hammer, a tripod, open envelope and something abstract :D
Thanks, and those are some good ideas and feedback! We worked with what we could during the two day development period, but we'd certainly experiment more with it if we come back to this project at some point. We do believe there's more untapped potential on it. Thanks a lot for the nice comments once again! 😊
I am amazed how did you guys do this in 48 hours :o The presentation is top notch. The music compliment the relaxing gameplay very well :D
The only negative thing i can say is after some time it gets a bit repetitve. Maybe adding diffrent events like meteor showers , space ships appearing and disappearing etc. can make the game more interesting.
Overall beatiful art and original idea GREAT WORK :D
Thanks for the comments and the feedback! While we did what we could within the time limit, it's always good to brainstorm for additions and changes in the case we update our games.
Speaking of, we do have "space ships" appearing and disappearing. Well, literally one duck-UFO and one space shuttle, but there are a lot of other objects to photograph around. Wouldn't that be what you meant, or were you thinking about some different kind of mechanics?
Regardless, thanks again for the kind words! 👍
I was thinking diffrent like a big space ship flys off the screen leaving smoke trails or an alien ship beams up an astroid. That kind of interesting stuff that you want to take a picture of :D
The presentation on this is outstanding, this does not look like something that should've been possible in only 48 hours, outstanding job!
The wallpaper download thing is a brilliant little add-on.
5 stars all around from me.
-Scott
Hey, thanks a lot for sharing such nice words and the wallpaper! Glad to see that you captured quite a few objects on your photos, including our elusive duck! 🦆
I loved the duck, he's my favourite! as soon as I saw him I knew I needed to snap him haha
-Scott
incredible job! holy cabooses this was so beautiful. the names of the constellations were so creative and fun as well. i could see playing this as a way to wind down after a long. so visually stunning. can't say enough good things about it.
i want to keep playing just to see all the ridiculous constellation names; favorite so far is 'steampunkish platypus'. how did you guys create the name generator? did you have a pre-created word bank? i'm not sure if i'm asking that correctly
Glad that you enjoyed it! As for the word bank, it was rather simple. Whenever one of the team had to wait for someone else to finish their job, we would start adding words to a Google Sheets list and then import that to our generator. Each constellation consists of a first name and a last name, and we wrote 164 of each, which means that there's 26,896 different possible names. Even better, there's a chance that, at the end of the name, the sky gets 2 first names, for a grand total of 4,410,944 possible skies!
Even better, the way we structured, neither first nor last name need to be solely of one word, so we tried to add some funny ones on the mix.
Playing with the generator just now, I got the I can't believe it's not Wooly Bunny Sky, Super Duper Best Buddy Clams Sky and 5-Stars Cute but Mean Vampire Sky. I could come up with these all day.
I hope that answered your question, and we're glad you enjoyed that bit of the game as much as we did! 🌌
The mechanics are very well integrated in the fantasy of the game and those visuals are just so good 😲
The polish is exceptional, even up to the page of the game!
This is truly an outstanding game 👏👏👏
We have a great time adding those polish details here and there, even on the website. The first impression is very important to us! Thanks a lot for the comment! 👍