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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #1504 | 3.368 | 3.368 |
| Fun | #1626 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Overall | #1730 | 3.123 | 3.123 |
| Presentation | #1991 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
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?
You join magnets and join shiba
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
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Ooh this is a cool concept, and a very cute theme around it! The controls are bit difficult, specifically when trying to change the polarity of a moving magnet. It may have benefitted from some keyboard controls such as clicking the magnet to select it, then using the arrow keys or WASD to select the direction of the poles. This would have helped in puzzles where precise placement is necessary.
Additionally, changing the direction of the magnets is confusing, many times I would try to change the direction of a magnet (even a stationary one) and it just would accept the change). I couldn't find any rhyme or reason to this and it got frustrating.
To the Moon!
This a very cute puzzler! I just want to reach out and pet the cute dogos! The challenges are just right, not too hard, and not too easy. They get you thinking! Nice job!
Very fun little puzzle game! I'd like to see more done with this idea. Full maps of puzzles would be really fun. My only point of advice would be to make it so that the Shiba walks rather than runs. It was hard to time the sitting at some points.
Very fun little puzzle game! I'd like to see more done with this idea. Full maps of puzzles would be really fun. My only point of advice would be to make it so that the Shiba walks rather than runs. It was hard to time the sitting at some points.
Cool game, I like the puzzles and plus it's nice an polished! Would be nice if pressing a key stopped/started the shiba rather than trying to click on the sprite, but I'll take any excuse to pet a virtual dog.
Thanks for the feedback and playing the game! I agree, through seeing people play it it would have definitely been benefial to have that feature! I'm glad you like the puzzles too.
Shiba has been saved, but many Shiba had to be sacrificed to accomplish that making me much sad. :(
Many shiba suffered a squish. Such sad :( Thanks for playing as well!
I used the web version - so some of this might be different in the desktop version.
It was adorable to join up these shibas. It's an interesting way to interpret the theme - but very nice.
I enjoyed this game, but some things were unclear while playing it. Sometimes when clicking a magnet, it doesn't move, or doesn't change - and it's unclear which magnets are clickable and which aren't. I think that making the difference clearer would be a decent step towards user-friendliness.
With the portal-style instruction boxes - it's a great idea. I think the only that needs changing is to make the mock cursor much more visible, so that the concept of "clicking" is better communicated.
Unfortunately, I got stuck at 7 (without a working restart), but up until then, each puzzle was very doable, and on a good difficulty curve, and I enjoyed them.
I think this is the only game that uses magnets as a game mechanic, and it is executed perfectly. Good job!
This is a really cute game. I like the mechanic! Well done!
This game is so so adorable! Nice work!
oh, so adorable! i just can't resist games with cute characters:)
Fun game -- I felt so bad every time I crushed a Shiba! Well done.
Aw, the shibas are so cute!
Really good and clever puzzle game, I do wish for a button/key shortcut to make the shiba sit (unless you have to deal with multiple shibas later in the game, sorry, got stuck at level 9).
But overall, very well made!
Nice game,while it took some time to understand the mechanics after that intial stage it was great and had lot of fun playing it
This game is fun. It has a few bugs but it's expected. All five stars
Fun game and well thought out levels! Sometimes hard to make the dog sit haha!
Aweeeee I love the dog!!! And the game is really fun, never expected that joining dogs and magnets you could get such a nice game! Hope you had a great time making it!
Super nice game! The dog is really cute and the mechanics are really interesting and fun to play.
It took me a while to understand the mechanics initially, but once I did it was really fun and challenging. My fps flick-aim was definitly useful to make the moving shiba sit/move at the correct time. :D Very cute game!
I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it! Thank you for playing!
nice idea, a little fast the movement.. but good idea.
Agreed. The shibas movement could be improved upon (and direction changing was a planned feature). Thanks for playing and your feedback!