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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #2803 | 2.654 | 3.250 |
| Originality | #2984 | 2.722 | 3.333 |
| Overall | #3155 | 2.518 | 3.083 |
| Fun | #3565 | 2.177 | 2.667 |
Ranked from 12 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 people in mind and body by hitting them with the same arrow to make them fall in love
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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Comments
How do I shoot? I aim in the direction of two NPCs and press the left mouse button, but nothing happens.
you have to hold it for the bow to charge
Ah, OK, that adds an interesting twist to the gameplay, but it should have been communicated better. The main menu only says "LMouse = shoot" and the windup animation doesn't start up until half a second after you hold down the LMB, so it was really intransparent. Just changing the instruction to "LMouse = shoot (hold to charge)" would fix that.
Anyhow, the game is cute, and has unusual visuals, but it could use some more sounds, especially some cues for when you successfully match 2+ people, miss a shot, or hit a single person, since these things can happen off-screen, leaving you without any feedback. Also, I found the mechanic where the arrow bounces off walls very weird -- it has little gameplay purpose that I've seen, but breaks the "Cupid's arrow" metaphor, since arrows just don't ricochet like that IRL. Lastly, what do the heartbroken blue NPCs do? Just wander around until they disappear, or can they damage the couples you've already brought together?
It does say you need to hold it on the game page itself, which I think some people miss because you can download the game from the rate page. Most of the instructions are on there. Blue people are minus one point, and making a couple after an arrow bounce is an extra point. We were going to make effects that show that in-game, but it was just one of those things there wasn't time to do
Very cool concept, I loved how the ones that you hit but don't connect turn blue, sad people haha
Cool Game ^^
Quite interesting game! The core idea would make for a pretty good game, just needs soms polish and more than just shooting.
unusual idea and good presentation, i can see a lot of potential if you wanted to polish it a bit and add several new mechanics!
Thanks! I was going to add a hiding mechanic where you could pose as one of the statues or hide in a bush and have the humans have a vision cone, but I didn't have enough time.
Sorry to those viewing the game in its sorry state without the screenshots, banners, background etc. At the time of upload and for who knows for how much longer the itch.io page cant handle the pure awesomeness of my drawings. because of that, the presentation is 100% missing