| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #1665 | 3.302 | 3.302 |
| Presentation | #1980 | 3.023 | 3.023 |
| Overall | #2028 | 3.008 | 3.008 |
| Fun | #2361 | 2.698 | 2.698 |
Ranked from 43 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?
Humans and Aliens must work together to get home to Earth. As they Join Together to perform jobs, they each have unique interactions. Find out who has the best Booze, who hates who, and who *definitely* needs a shower.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
We used pre-existing art
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
We used pre-existing audio
Interesting resource management game. I will say it was a lot to try and juggle just being thrown into it.
It might have been nice to do a small tutorial and really help players who aren't huge into this genre understand what the best/essential options are for them to choose.
Cool idea, and impressed you did it in 48 hours!
I was pleasantly surprised after assigning two crewmates to one task! This theme interpretation must've taken so much time but you still did it!
It took a while to read through all tooltips, it would've really helped if list items had icons or were colour-coded based on related resource type. Task effectiveness could be moved besides the names, too.
Overall, this is an experience I enjoyed. So much more can be done with the interactions! But beware of scope creep.
On a more nit-picky note, though,
"A calming presence! g e n e r a t e + 2 s t r e s s"
Very interesting take on the "Joined Together" theme, that was quite fun, wish there was some sound effects though.
Did you name one of the robots after Elon Musk's son? 5/5.
Jokes aside, I have a deep appreciation for this type of games in game jams. It's not the generic type of game and it's a type of game which is really hard to balance in such a short time.
Well done!
This was so fun to experiment and the whole time I was wondering how someone could put so much thought in the attributes and different synergies of crew members. Though these types of games aren't my cup of tea for my small smooth brain, it was pretty fun blindly putting crew members next to each other and reading what happens next! It's pretty clear that a lot of thought and passion was put in this project :)
This is great. Very nice idea and pretty fun game. Don't know what else to say... Some music and sound effects would definitely benefit to the mood of the game tho
Dammm you made a simulation game during a jam, impressive! :)
Nice idea. It was quite fun to experiment with the crew combinations trying to get some needed boosts. It looks nice from the visual point of view. I think the game would be a little bit more immersive if there were sound effects or some music. But I get that you probably haven't time to put them in there because it seems you have quite a lot of work. The game seems to be quite polished and I haven't encountered any bugs.
Kinda boils down to "which person will give me the highest numbers in this state". I like that you went with a strategy game but maybe you could've made it a bit harder, I found it quite difficult to lose. Possibly some sounds would've made it more interesting, but hey this is a 48 hour don't have time for everything!
Overall well done!
Damn, trying to make a strategy of any sort for a game jam is a huge task. Congratz on "having enough balls" to try this out. The visual side of the game is good, however, the gameplay itself does not give you enough feedback to immerse you into a flow state. If you can try to help the player navigate through the early stage, you could have a much more polished product. Overall, nice entry.
It was SO MUCH WORK! I spent 33 hours of the 48 hour jam working (with some mild tea/coffee/snack breaks in between). I seriously appreciate your comments.
I agree. What I really wanted was to slowly introduce more characters (where you only start with 2 humans and 1 of the aliens) over the course of the game. That way the player would have had more time to learn the basics while the difficulty ramps up with the consumptive traits.
If you're here trying to look for other games to check out, my friends have also posted games:
https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2021/rate/1084451
Play a Conga-line! Snake-meets-Portal. Intricate puzzles and adorable presentation and theme.
https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2021/rate/1084287
lo-fi 3d dread game. Something about this gives me a visceral feeling.
Wow, this game me a massive wave of nostalgia from when i used to play these types of games on the school computer, really well done
Great submission! It was fun discovering how the different crew members all interacted with each other! Great Job!
Nice idea. I don't believe it was explicitly stated, but the "join" aspect comes from the synergy between certain crewmate combinations. Over the six rounds, I found myself playing the game like the board game "Mastermind" where I try to find the optimal combination of crew for each duty. I'm sure I still missed some story elements, but that's okay.
I believe difficulty was toned down to make sure we got through, so instead some sort of high score achievement would be your goal, or seeing how many story elements you can find.
Neat game!
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