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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #7 | 4.495 | 4.495 |
| Creativity | #9 | 4.606 | 4.606 |
| Presentation | #13 | 4.727 | 4.727 |
| Enjoyment | #91 | 4.152 | 4.152 |
Ranked from 33 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?
Reversed the idea of a pinball machine -- YOU'RE building the machine so the ball DOESN'T want the ball to go in the hole.
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
Really interesting concept and amazing polish for only 48 hours!
This is unbelievable! I love everything about this. Not a single complaint. Reminds me a lot of Nitrome, I dont know whether they were an inspiration but they make games with a very similar style. Amazing job overall! There's no way you don't get featured!
Amazing game! I'm playing most of the Pinball inspired games (because my game is also pinball inspired) and yours is definitely on a completely different level. The art is amazing, the select screen is so pretty, and the gameplay is so fun but also challenging and the right amount of luck based. I'm amazed by the variety of mechanics and objects like logs, mushrooms, small balls, big balls, multiple balls, restoring the smashed item. I love how you can interact with the balls as well, for some reason I assumed you would be able to but it feels so nice. I would definitely buy this if it had more levels and maybe more story/lore, some achievements maybe. I also don't know why you only have 12 reviews it should have so much more! Seriously, congrats, I'm hoping for you to get an awesome classification!
Thank you so much for the review! I really appreciate your kind words, it truly means a lot to me!
Fantastic job!
Got a real banger here. Really fantastic work. The take on the theme is super unique, very creative. The artwork is beautiful, everything is super cohesive. Gameplay is super enjoyable, you managed to pack a lot of juice into the design, really feels like things punch. Great job all around, this could definitely be expanded upon into something more after the jam.
This is unbelievable for 48 hours! Amazing work!!
WOW! It's amazing. Art is good, music is great, fantastic idea. I bet, we'll see your game in GMTK vid:)
Thanks so much!
Wow, this feels like a complete game!
The animation, the visuals, the sound effects, the levels. Everything feels very polished. The character controls very nicely and the difficulty curve was on point. Well done!
Oooh! We played with the idea of a reverse pinball, but didn't really see how it would be interesting before we ditched it. Turning it into a puzzle game is really clever however! I also really like the setting, as I'm not really a fan of traditional pinball machines and their aesthetics. Also, don't you think I won't mention the mirror/reflection effect in the level select screen. I see you! Love it!
We wanted to make a pinball game but didn't think it was possible in 48 hours and couldn't think of how to make it "reversed"! Amazing job!
Loved it! Amazing work, animations and graphics are great, Idea and gameplay too! I wanted to let you know about this bug where you can play last level at any moment if you dont choose one yourself (Just now I noticed you aready know about it, sorry for spam) but other than that it feels like it would be a finished fully realesed game, very well polished!
I have no idea how you managed to do it in just 48 hours!
I did not sleep haha! Thank you so much for the kind words :)
10/10 This is amazing. Great Art and Sound, fun Design. Extraordinary Stuff!
Awesome idea with great presentation & execution!! I had fun :D
Great idea, love the exercution, feels incredibelly well polished!
It was great, at the point that I played the last level first (I had a bug, instead of starting the first level it started last), and I understood everything without any tutorial, and it was FUN! Then I tried the others, and I was a bit disappointed because they were more simple (of course you would say, the last level is more complex). This brings me to the point that your game is fantastic and I want to see more of it. I would literally spend 20 bucks if it was on Steam or anything. By far one of the best games of this jam, congrats!
Thanks so much for your kind words! I'm really sorry that you had that experience -- I completely missed that bug that happened in my last minute changes. I'm really glad you enjoyed it though!
Really fun game one of my favourites
Great idea and even better execution of that idea. Would actually love and buy it if you ever decide to make this a full standalone game.
Great idea, I've always been a massive fan of pinball! Been looking for old school pixel art type games for a while now since summer started. I just love the art and you can truly see the amount of effort, time, care and love that went into this! Beautiful project, hope to see more from y'all in the future :) - Khai
Normally I leave reviews that aren't serious such as "Peak Gaming - Biggie" but this is by far the best jam game I have played as of yet. This is the type of game I would buy a full release of. There is a lot to be very proud of here. - Biggie
Thanks so much for the kind words! I really appreciate it :)
I've been playing for the last 30 minutes and I'm kinda addicted.