Really cool brilliant idea and beautiful execution for a 48 hour gamejam, I loved the visuals. This game has a lot of potential. Great job guys.
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Flesh & Bone's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #150 | 4.137 | 4.137 |
| Overall | #185 | 3.961 | 3.961 |
| Presentation | #215 | 4.196 | 4.196 |
| Fun | #563 | 3.549 | 3.549 |
Ranked from 51 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're a necromancer who joins bones together into different weapons
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?
No
We used pre-existing audio
Comments
I really enjoyed this game - visually the monochrome scheme is very striking, characters and settings are clear and interesting. The creation of weapons with bones was very fun, as were the interactions with the surroundings. I'd be einterested to see this expanded on, with things like a death animation and a conclusive ending, would definitely play again!
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PlayTesterThis is a really great idea for a game. The idea of different abilities activated by "drawing" them reminds me of an old DS game called Lost Magic. One minor issue I have is with the "recharge" time. It's a little slow, which is a problem with some of the puzzles, especially those involving the hammer, which requires a lot of bones to use at all. Messing up on the shape, or missing the target, can leave you waiting for quite awhile to try again. The presentation is great, it reminds me of a Game Boy game. The page mentions that this is a proof of concept, I would love to see the idea fleshed(pun definitely intended) out more.
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Turn the TideIn all honesty, I should've ditched the magic bar altogether. With so many planned ideas cut, it serves no function right now.
I actually remember looking up Lost Magic a few months ago for a different project. If I end up working on Flesh & Bone, I think I will add this magic system, too. Thanks for the suggestions!
This mechanic is a great idea, and has a lot of potential. I really liked the art too. Like others, the only thing I found a bit annoying were the controls but that’s something that is easily fixed! The writing was funny, and I can see there’s a lot of potential for expanding this idea, not just in different weapons but also using bones as a resource.
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Oops! There Goes the Time LinkA cool idea, but a few issues like the controls + little things like having to turn before you attack rather than the attack just turning the character for you, and some feedback when the enemies are hit, or a health bar. would like to see it polished more as the art is nice, and its an original idea. Well done!
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GMTK JAM 2021 - JOINING JELLIESReally cool mechanic and visual design! I was worried with the drawing that it would be unreliable, but I never ran into any problems.
I do wish the attacks had more weight and that bones recovered faster. In the room where I need to hammer down the buttons I was able to go get water and come back before the bar recharged. Perhaps holding space could let you retract your spent bones or after using an ability your attack bursts into bones to quickly recover your bar.
I really enjoyed this game, seems worth carrying on with if you enjoyed making it!
Good job!
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C.O.M.P.R.E.S.S.I.O.N.There were a lot more mechanics planned. For example, bigger weapons would be more fragile and they would explode into bones after just a few hits. You'd also be able to move objects around by chaining them to you with bones.
Sadly, 48 hours was not enough for me. I'm a slow dev :P
Anyway, thank you for playing my game!
Charming, clever with rich mechanics. Manipulating the shape of the bones to create custom weapons is just wild factor! Would love to see even more expansion on this mechanics. Solid puzzle designs and easy-to-follow tutorial stages. Please continue the development, I have good feelings on this!
Oh I forgot to mention that the attack felt weird, maybe add more impact and health indicators for enemies so that the player can follow more easily.
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Double Dealing IllusionistsThat is really cool :) Especially the level design... It makes fun and the difficulty is not overwhelming
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Catch'em AllLove the art style, and the Zelda-esque elements look great! That boomerang! ;)
I really like the idea of shaping the sort of weapon you want to use. You also made it so you don't have to do it every time (which I thought initially) so it doesn't get in the way of using the currently equipped weapon.
This is also an elegant solution to avoid having to go into inventory menus (cough A Link To The Past cough) to equip objects, instead using a game mechanic to do it.
I would be very keen to see a full-blown dungeon, more shape options, maybe even spell casting or element (fire, water, etc) variations. So many possibilities!
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Not Without YouThis game has such a cool core-mechanic. I'd love to play through some more of this someday.
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Funky Monkeys❄ Drawing shapes to create weapons and tools is neat enough on its own as a mechanic, but the necromancy motif really raises it to new heights and makes it quite engaging
I'm sure it was due to time constraints, but being able to hit things in 4 directions would have been a massive quality of life improvement and it's to say the least of it, a little annoying to be walking up and ending up swinging to the left
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