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Synergy [GMTK Jam 2021]'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #131 | 4.339 | 4.339 |
| Fun | #157 | 3.935 | 3.935 |
| Overall | #169 | 3.978 | 3.978 |
| Originality | #812 | 3.661 | 3.661 |
Ranked from 62 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?
You join monsters together to create "synergy", a force that is very satisfying for other monsters that make them do stuff. It's a puzzle game, ok?
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
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Comments
Very cool puzzle mechanic with awesome art and nice juicy animations. You can tell a lot of attention to detail when in to it. Had fun playing and had a good challenge. Awesome work!
Thanks!
This is amazing! The animation and artwork makes this game come to life!
I chose a very similar mechanic, and it was interesting to see what other people have made with the same idea. (puzzles, artwork, music, your game wins by a long mile though..)
Great game! I had a fun time playing it!
Ohhh I was expecting to when I would found someone that did something similar. Hahaha I’m sure you did a great job, too, mate.
The presentation is excellent! I really loved the way you teach how to pull stuff. I think the icons that shows the combinations are too small, but other than that it is one of my favorite entries so far!
They are!
I played the games on fullsvreen on my end so didn’t think about that.
I’ll try to make the resolution itch displays a little bit bigger!
Thanks for the feedback!
I love everything about this game, but I think the presentation is my favorite. The subtle animations and sounds really bring everything to life. Nice work!
Thanks. I figured I’d focus on making this game not look like a random flash game, and I made the actual levels afterwards
These animations took literally 5 min to make hahah
I love Godot.
The music was upbeat and the characters on the map were adorable, I enjoyed solving the puzzles! I got stuck on the one with three blocking guys, but the levels up until that were charming and fun. Good job!
If I were to make a full game I’d like for the learning curve to be better.
I focus on game design always and seeing the bug difficulty spike is eating me from inside.
Which level did you get stuck on? Screenshot?
It was this guy! I'm sure I would've gotten it eventually, but it's frustrating to continue wrangling the little guys after a certain point, especially when I had to keep restarting after getting caught in the grey path.
Yep, just what I thought.
I would have some levels earlier teaching about “airlocks.”
Take the pink one out of there, then push the blue and the yellow together to inside the air lock, and then bring the purple back.
Ah, that makes sense!! When I have a moment, I'll sneak back in and defeat that puzzle once and for all. Thanks!
Best thing is that this is the second to last level.
Finishing it tomorrow, head hurts, but cute animation and ideas^^
Aye mate, thanks a lot!
It was very fun to see someone playing a game I made!
Wish you luck on solving the rest later hahaha.
Sometimes it was a little hard to tell which colors were needed for various things, but because there were only 3 different ones it wasn’t too bad. That’s the only bad thing I could think of, good job!
Playing it on fullscreen or on mobile should help. The display on itch.io is tiny, I should change that.
There were actually more colours on later levels, as per the cover!
Amazing presentation and puzzle game design. Mechanics are well communicated, controls are responsive and quick, and the music and animations are top-notch! :D
Thanks, pal :)
This is the cutest submission I've played in this game jam.
This was my secret weapon
I like the fun jams!
So do I, pal.
Good stuff :D
Heck yeah!
Realy nice game ! I loved the music layering while connecing more colored guys ! Great work !
I love how it doesn’t affect Gameplay at all but it’s such a nice thing to have.
I love it!! So fun and the tutorial was so cool.
Thanks.
I love tutorials like these. Tbh, the whole game is a tutorial.
Lovely game! Felt really polished and i liked the animations. Nice tutorial as well.
Well done!
Thanks!
I am too much into RPGs so I challenged myself to make a tutorial without many words.
If I could I’d have a better learning curve though.
I pushed one guy in a hole and the screen went black, and restart keys didn't work. Any way around this?
In case you’re on the menu, just enter the START door.
Yeah, I’ve found bugs like these and not being able to fix them is eating me inside a bit!!!
You can restart the game, too.
This is the best jam game I've ever player, had me stumped a bunch, it's executed amazingly and I LOVE how the synergies are connected to the music, one of the best ideas, I really hope you make this into a full game!
Oh wow, ever? That’s a compliment, damn, thanks.
My plan at the beggining was: I need to make something simple but execute it the best way possible.
There is this kind of animation that is very juicy and cheap. I swear I made those animations in 10 minutes.
Wow, this is awesome.
Great idea, great execution, and the music was so good :o
I don't know if monsters being stuck in pistons (and being able to pull them out of pistons) was intentional, but it works out pretty well in the end.
I had no issues with the gameplay/design, and the art/music/sounds were excellently done. Hearing more instruments added whenever I joined monsters was so satisfying!
Great job!
Thank you, I’m happy that you liked it!
It wasn’t really intentional but I didn’t have the time to fix it so I worked the puzzles with it!
Maybe changing the sprites to something else could communicate this better, that it ain’t a bug.
Haha.
very Nice game, looks great and feels amazing to play, but I think it's a bit too hard for me and I wish a could use the WASD to move
Great Job :)
Oh dear. It works with mobile, and controller inputs and I forgot about WASD.
Really, my bad.
Also, if I had more time I could make a smoother difficulty curve. But eh, it turned out difficult as heck.
Hello! I am Pedro Braga, the creator of this mini game. I am still finishing some small bits of the game, in the music and some levels, I submitted it early in order to not miss it afterwards, as Mark’s helpful email suggested.
Thanks, Mark. ;)
Anyways, I hope you all have been having fun. I certainly am. My shoulders hurt tho.