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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #713 | 3.464 | 3.464 |
| Overall | #855 | 3.512 | 3.512 |
| Presentation | #944 | 3.607 | 3.607 |
| Originality | #1273 | 3.464 | 3.464 |
Ranked from 28 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?
Join together with other animals in the zoo to escape from captivity.
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
Absolutely fantastic, cute, short, clever puzzler. It's awesome to have a single large holistic puzzle with a whole bunch of thought into making it all work together, something that's difficult in a game jam setting and why everyone else probably opts to make a set of levels rather than one complex one.
What I love is how each character has an intuitive set of properties and they all play very different from each other -- making four characters feel all unique and useful is not something even commercial games do well. As a result, you get something reminiscent of Thomas Was Alone's teamwork based puzzle platforming, but better. Only the penguin can swim, but its jump height is the smallest, so it needs help from another buddy for all but the smallest of jumps. Meanwhile the monkey can get almost anywhere alone, but its small size means it's not useful as a platform for helping others escape.
I did think I was softlocked at one point before I realized the penguin could make the one block high jump over the ice island on his own -- previously I had used the monkey to help.
One of the three perfect scores I've given in this jam (of idk, 50-100 I've played).
Thanks for the detailed comment. I'm glad you loved the game!
Thank you so much for the nice words! It really boosts ones confidence to hear such amazing things about something like this!
that penguin baby was really fucking needy but i still love him.
Really fun game i could totally see it being a full thing and it would be so nice if the characters hsd lil diolgues or some sort of narrative . Easilly top games ive played
Thanks for the kind words and I hope you liked it!
Omg!! this game is so underrated, easilly top spot.
Thank you!
The pixel art is too good and the animals super cute. Interesting idea and history
This is adorable and fun! I'm absolutely stumped though. I can't figure out how to get them all over to the exit. Nicely done though!
Fun game! It's hard to see what pressure plates interact where in the world. The different animals doing different things is nice.