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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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Congrats on top 10, very well deserved.
Thank you so much!
Incredible title screen. Decent tutorial level. All around fairly polished. But the game itself isn't particularly enjoyable for me. There isn't much variety in things you can do to build the level and what there is, is slow to get everything in place and then it's largely a physics crapshoot if you win or not. And if you lose, you have to slowly replace everything and hope it works out this time.
Not sure if godot has web build support but having to download is an annoying hurdle, I'm sure this would've popped off more if you could play in browser.
But, it's still a well made game worth giving a go, for the title screen if nothing else.
Thanks for the feedback. This is my first game jam so I didn't know I should have done web support -- next time I will for sure. I've heard that the game feels a bit too random before and I do agree with you-- I'm going to make it more consistent for the post jam update. Thanks so much for playing!
Very cool game! Fantastic art. I like that you can "cheat" by blocking the ball with your character. In some levels I wish there was more interactable components so I could try a bit more strategies, and the tiny balls felt very random and hard to defend properly against but other than that awesome game. GJ <3
Thanks for the feedback! I plan on working on this after the game jam ends to make it a proper game -- I'll be sure to take this into account.
Super creative idea! Also, very nice art and presentation in general! The reflection of the screen on the glass of the pinball table in the menu was great attention to detail!
I think the tutorial could have been extended slightly to explain that you had to fire all the balls and not run out of money. From the original tutorial text I thought we were just testing it and then “the user” would play the game after we were done, but I figured out I was wrong when the level didn’t end after the first successful ball. Also, the tutorial text was super cute, but I found it a bit hard to read. I think this has been mentioned already, but there is a glitch where whenever the level select loads “Splitting hairs” is selected, so I loaded that level by accident a couple of times.
Overall, super unique and well-executed entry! I hope you keep working on it!
Thanks for the extensive feedback! I really appreciate it. I think you're right, the first level could use some better explanations-- you make a great point. The font has already changed for the post jam update. And I'm really sorry about the Splitting Hairs selection, that was an unintended side-effect of a crash that I fixed right before the jam ended. I'm really glad you enjoyed playing!
I felt such a devilish joy when I figured out I could use my own body as an obstacle, like a malevolent little football spirit infecting the pinball machine.
It's a secret not so secret feature ;)
Very smooth gameplay and as a pinball lover, love the take on the theme. Wad a great idea and execution! Well done! :)
Great and well balanced game indeed! Keep it up!
Cozy pixel art - i love it very much. Idea is great too.
Really great looking game!