This game is fantastic! Main core loop is brilliant. It does need some tweaks in combat or in some things but I'm amazed by the potential of it! Congrats on the good game
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #226 | 4.053 | 4.053 |
| Overall | #256 | 3.895 | 3.895 |
| Presentation | #426 | 3.974 | 3.974 |
| Fun | #426 | 3.658 | 3.658 |
Ranked from 38 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 fragments of the dungeon map to build your route, take your risks, and go as deep as possible! Please read the game page for how to play, and what nasty bugs to avoid! :)
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
Comments
This game is super interesting and could be made into a full game with a little polishing. I think one thing you could do would be if you hover over or click on the armor you have you should be able to see the stats that way. I think they came up when you clicked on the items you picked up but I could never tell which one had which stat. Other than that, really well done!
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Joining Forces [GMTK 2021]exceptionally interesting concept, and i really like it. i would love to be able to skip turns if i dont need to place more tiles or move anymore, and the death button doesnt work, but really interesting game, would love to see where it goes, well done
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The Red StringThis is a really cool idea, and you executed it really well during the 48 hours! Placing down tiles then exploring them from a completely different perspective was super satisfying! There are a few pieces of feedback I had:
- A skip button would be nice, if I don't want to place any more pieces or move any more.
- Given I pretty much have unlimited control over the dungeon layout, I could pretty much just avoid any combat encounters.
- The buttons in the win/lose screens to go to the next level or restart didn't seem to work some of the time. I wasn't sure what was up with that.
- It says "your wounds have been healed" at the end of the level, but I'm pretty sure I wasn't actually healed.
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Double Shredder- Definitely agree on the skip button!
- Avoiding combat entirely is supposed to be detrimental as it means you don't level up and will get destroyed on lower floors, but this isn't communicated very well to the player at all in the jam build so I can see why this has come up a few times! The control to build around enemies is intentional, but without the knowledge that you need to at least kill some to keep up with difficulty, it seems like a smarter choice to always dodge them!
- Yeah thats the #1 bug we've noted haha, its at the top of the game page, tis a Unity button bug that is blocking button clicks on most of the button and only lets you click it right at the bottom.
- Also a seemingly quite random bug, but thanks for pointing it out!
Thank you so much for your detailed feedback, it really is super helpful for us continuing on with this post-jam :) Glad you liked it despite the issues!
This is an interesting game. It may not be the first game to do the "build your own map" thing, but this does a good job of executing on that idea. Some thoughts I had playing is that there's little incentive to go into fights, as it's a lot of risk for little reward, and you can usually place more tiles to get around any blockades. Also, since the first part of the map seems to only let you place one tile, the lack of a way of simply returning to the tile placement screen without just walking back and forth really stands out at the start of each floor. There are also the technical things, such as the buttons as mentioned on the page, and the fact that if you click on the card as if to place it, but try to drop the card without placing it, it goes offscreen where it can't be re-selected. Still, I think it was a really good entry to the jam. Good job :D
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Sticky MissionCheers for the extensive feedback!
- RE: Combat risk, the main concept is that difficulty scales up per-floor and the only way to keep up is to level up via combat or you'll quickly be overcome. Sadly, this is only implemented very basically in the jam build and isn't visually shown well at all, so it makes total sense that people would endeavour to just dodge fights! Definitely something to solve.
- The first turn only letting you place 1 tile instead of 3 was a very late bug, and turned out to be because when we automatically place the entrance and exit tiles it counted as player tiles being placed (facepalm!). But yeah its very annoying to have to backpedal until the turn is over, could definitely use a 'skip phase' button anyway :)
Thanks again for your feedback, I'm really glad you enjoyed it <3
This really took me by surprise. The concept was fantastic, and the presentation in the dungeon was great. My only complaint is that I'd like a 'skip phase' button so I don't have to move or place more tiles if I'm already done. Other than that, this was a really ambitious entry that I think came out quite well. I'd love to see this idea fleshed out a bit more. Great work!
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DucklinksI loved the graphics and the idea to build the adventure as you go is genius!
I felt like the combat mechanic was a bit odd because I didn't really have an incentive to fight, I can get loot by getting treasures and avoiding combat so I actually don't really need loot. Maybe making the monsters drop the tiles instead of loot would force me to fight them to progress while making loot interesting to be able to fight the monsters, I don't know...
I have mixed feeling about this one because it is good (regardless of the bugs) but there is a tiny thing missing to tie everything together and make it amazing.
Looking forward to see if you keep developing it because I'd love to see where it goes :-)
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BlobbyCheers for checking it out! Your feedback is invaluable <3
As for the combat mechanic, annoyingly its kind of a symptom of our overly ambitious plan at the beginning, as killing monsters is supposed to level you up and increase your base stats so that you can keep up with the scaling level of the enemies as you go down floor by floor. This does exist in the game, but its not shown anywhere in the UI other than your health increasing, and its definitely not scaled well due to lack of time. So killing enemies is supposed to be a form of progression character-wise, but its definitely missing a great deal in that area as you say :)
We're definitely planning a post-jam version to patch a lot of these holes and bugs haha. Cheers again for checking it out <3
Amazing graphics! Unfortunately when I tried to compile my dungeon, I didn't place some tiles correctly and they disappeared - after a restart and more careful approach it was nice. The combat system could have used some more interaction, but overall it's really great and a nice fit to the theme as well! Good work!
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Defying InstinctsReally like this concept, I love old dungeon crawling games and this is a really unique spin on them. The art is brilliant and I found the sound effects extremely charming. Great work, really ambitious game!
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Lost In TransmissionInteresting concept, great design. For some reason the buttons on game over / next level screen weren't doing anything; was that a bug or did you run out of time?
In any case the art style reminded me of paper sorcerer but with its own unique twist; really well done. Combat balancing is off but you're already aware and it's something that's really, really hard to do in 48h, anyway. I'm honestly surprised it works as well as it does, good job!
Even with your limited prototype I could feel that certain itch to get more loot and puzzle the right combinations of tiles to maximize the rewards. This really has the potential for a solid puzzle-rpg-hybrid :)
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The Bomb That Brings Us TogetherCheers for the kind words and feedback! As for the button issue, thats a bug - you can progress onwards but you have to press right at the bottom of the button (some weird UI collision issue in the final build). But the rest of the game is 'infinite' and just scales in difficulty, so you didn't miss any 'new' content so to speak :)
Big thanks for checking it out <3
I love the art style and the concept! Building your own maze is fun and the lack of mini map when going down there really forces you to pay attention to what you make. I would have liked to see some more risk-reward, since I got a lot of tiles without anything of note on them. So yeah, great game with some minor bugs. :)
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TsugiteCool concept that was really well presented :D
I had a few issues on an ultrawide monitor with things just being off screen, but you’re not alone there and I’m used to squaring up my resolution. If you do take this further, though, you should look into setting the camera / canvas to scale to keep the core area on screen.
Also, I might have just been really unlucky, but I ended up in a situation on my first play through where I just never got the shape I needed to get to the end.
Minor issues aside, this was a lot of fun :D
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KeyChainNeat submission man. Loved the 2.5D aesthetic btw lol. The artwork was amazing. Are these handrawn ? Huge props for the art if they are but even then, amazing. Loved them either way. The concept is rather cool as well and was quite addictive if I'm being honest. Being both the dungeon master and dungeon explorer was really cool. Especially loved the little nudge-like animations during the fights. Thoe sound effects for the enemies had me laughing as well lol.
I would have probably been playing this a lot more but unfortunately, a lot of bugs and issues hampered my playthrough quite a bit. I think some people may have already mentioned these but I'll say what they were for me.
During some of the fights, sometimes enemies would be turned on their side in the beginning which looked weird. Also I'm guessing this was a result of balancing issues but in two of my runs I basically did not have space to put a section of the dungeon to connect to the end.
A count for the number of moves left during the action phase would have been helpful as well lol. Still though for 48 hours, what's here is absolutely amazing. Great entry overall.
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PaddlegroundCheers man! Yeah the artwork was hand-drawn (on a tablet) by our talented artist Vollando, I also think it really ties it all together aesthetically, big thanks! All of those bugs and suggestions are definitely noted, and agree on the feedback :) the step counter was something I was pretty desperate to get in at the last minute but we just didn't quite make it sadly :(
Thanks for checking it out <3
Presentation is really nice. I had fun with this, the concept is fairly novel but I feel as though I haven't played a game like this in a while. Visuals are epic and the game is intuitive. Some bug (or maybe I'm stupid) but I was unable to actually play onto the second floor - I reached the ladder but wasn't sure how to advance the prompt. Good game overall
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Some Puzzling PicturesHey! This is a bug ahh sorry, you can press the bottom part of the button when that happens, like inside the button but right at the bottom part of it. This was only an issue in the final build so we didn't see it in time to fix it sadly :( Sorry you ran into that!
Glad to hear you still enjoyed the rest of the game up to that point!
This is a very ambitious game. It lacks a bit of polish at some corners but it really makes it up with it's unique idea and great visuals in the dungeon. I can really see this one as a full fledged pc title with much more content.
The only issue i encountered was a minor bug in which unplaced tiles were set outside the screen in the bottom left corner when the mouse was moved outside the grid before placing the tile.
Good Job!
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Keep It Up!Very cool combination of dungeon builder and crawler. Really enjoyed the puzzle aspects and the art is great. I loved the goblin sounds :)
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Neighbourhood BrewAmazing game, this deserves more attention. The dungeon builder mechanics are great and the dungeon crawler aspect works well! Also the art style is awesome! Great work and impressive for a 48 hour game jam!
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U-Night FuryI , honestly, can tell this is the most detailed gamei have played in this jam - amazing and lovely .
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