A really good game with interesting gameplay and nice art. But i think that it would be good to be able to sell monsters for meat, because when you make a mistake sometimes the only option is to restart. But overall a great game!
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #113 | 4.120 | 4.120 |
| Presentation | #298 | 4.287 | 4.287 |
| Overall | #354 | 3.966 | 3.966 |
| Creativity | #1749 | 3.491 | 3.491 |
Ranked from 108 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?
In all RPGs we play as warriors, magicians, etc. to fight evil monsters. In this game we play as these monsters, trying our best to defeat the warrior.
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
Absolutely love the minimalist pixel art style, as well as the gameplay. I really like how the monsters all interact with each other. I can definitely see this turned into a full-size mobile game later on
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Cat & Fishi had a lot of fun playing this! it's very interesting that with almost all of my strategies, they were either
1. enough to beat the warrior
2. just one under
it's interesting seeing how they all interact with each other. i found that zombie + slime + slime + slime actually works very well, and i progressed very far with that. although, it would help to have examples for or more clear descriptions of the "enemy" types. but this was very nice!
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that's now my roleExtremely fun and highly polished! I had a great time strategizing which of the unique monsters to use, though you can quite easily be forced to reset by picking the wrong monsters. Oh and I love the "It's almost like he levels up or something" haha
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Rogue RolesThank you!
Yeah, part of game's strategy comes from the fact that you need to carefully choose new monsters, if you want to win. It's like a rouge-like, where you're normally not expected to win on your first try, but you can still learn from failed attempts.
I'm happy to see that you enjoyed the game! (As well as that little joke I made in the description :) )
Awesome game. Loved the art and the sound. Only problem is the balance, some monsters are really bad and some (zombie) are extremely strong
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Snake: Bad AppleThe game is just so close to perfection! All I'd say is to be able to sell monsters back for half the price would be totally needed, cause otherwise you can just get stuck on smth like lvl 13 with no option but to reset
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SweeperMineThat... Actually is a pretty neat idea, and I'm surprised I haven't thought of it lol. (Maybe it's because monster buying used to cost 1 meat and you got less meat overall, and then I spent quite some time finetuning the balancing. Which eventually ended up in making meat a bit easier to obtain, which also required to adjust the prices...)
Thank you for valuable feedback!
This was an extremely fun game to play
The pixel art was beautiful and cute
Didn't find any flaws, but if possible I think it would be better to deduct the meat after a new monster is received because sometimes we might not want a monster
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Money is timeFun! I love the wide range of little critters you can get and of moves the knight can use! Minimalist art styles always strike a cord with me and arranging monsters in the best sequence possiblereally feeds my stereotypically autistic brain.
As for critique... the knight gains moves throughout the game, but since they're kept for the rest of the levels it's not really worth strategizing around. By the end he has so many of them that any individual one doesn't really matter.
The game also kinda hits a gameplay plateau when you get your fifth and last monster slot since you can't really improve your team beyond maybe swapping in a few marginally better characters.
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You are the Jammer, It's youI really enjoyed the mechanics of this game, I liked building up my party of monsters to take on the player as they got stronger, and the art is really nice! I ran into a bug on day 11 though, no matter what I did the player wouldn't die even though it showed they had no health left. Still an enjoyable experience!
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OTATI really like this game! the mechanics are nice, and the puzzle elements are well-designed! the sound and art is so satisfyingly put together. I dislike how discouraging losing a battle is, and the fact that it's a puzzle makes it make no sense how you can lose your progress (because you can just remember the solutions to previous fights), anyhow, great game overall!
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Road RageI played this for far too long! Love it!
The balance you've struck despite having many moving parts is incredible. I will say though, having the inability to back out from the buy creature dialogue fouled up one of my runs where I misclicked on it. I understand its part of the strategy, but I don't think its necessary given the balance already struck across everything else.
Really well built and very compelling. Excellent!
Really nice strategy game! I thoroughly enjoyed playing and picking out which monsters would be best
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Cop Rob SwapThis game is amazing. The art, gameplay, and sound/music are all phenomenal. Very, very well done.
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