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A jam submission

The Soul of the PartyView game page

A game where you are in control of your character, only you don't know who it is! Your goal is to find yourself.
Submitted by Saman Bobo — 1 hour, 11 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#14443.5953.595
Overall#29442.9372.937
Presentation#33912.7622.762
Enjoyment#36902.4522.452

Ranked from 42 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 most games, you know which character you control and you make it interact to reach your goals. In The Soul of the Party, these roles are reversed – you don't know which character you're controlling and your goal is to recognize them by your actions!

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

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Submitted

i kinda didnt undestand how to play (cuz im dumb) but i liked visuals, music and concept. a tutorial would be helpful tho :)

Submitted

oooo this is clever, although more challenging than i expected. love the premise!

Submitted

the concept is so unusual, i love the hypnotic moves and music! 

i wish that the search for the right dancer was a bit more challenging after you figure out how to play, but i understand that is not so easy to do in a 48 hours time :)

that was unique experience indeed!

Submitted

I like the musics and the visuals, but the gameplay was less engaging :( I didn’t really understand how to play at first, but then I just started to spam the same button and it was nearly a guaranteed win. Congrats on the submission tho, you have a very distinct style !

Submitted

I like it, but it took way too long to understand what was going on. I think just telling the player how the inputs work might improve this by a lot.

Submitted(+1)

I managed to beat it on impossible :)

Developer(+1)

Me too! :D Looks like we overestimated the difficulty...

Submitted(+1)

Love the catchy music, the expressive art style and the clubbing mood it creates!
The concept is interesting and unique too.
Gameplay-wise I found myself hammering down A all the time and just keep an eye out for that salute move, which is not the most engaging :D
Overall I like it!

Submitted

It's a bit confusing as to how it actually works, but I _think_ your action get queued up and then executed in fixed intervals? I understand that you can't just make input instant because, well, then it would be trivially easy. But it was something I had to figure out before I understood what's even going on. When you know what's happening, the game makes a lot more sense, and it's quite a cool idea. I wonder how well it would scale with more mechanics, because right now the already mentioned two input strategy is just foolproof and easy. 

Developer

You are exactly right :) Glad you figured it out, though it definitely could be explained better. I think the next goal in development would be to introduce more NPC behaviors that would make the most trivial strategies harder or impossible... or make it a multiplayer game!

Submitted(+1)

I absolutely loved playing this game

Developer

I absolutely love that you absolutely loved playing this game!

Submitted

Love the idea but couldn't save and understand the dances with the inputs

Developer

I'm sorry to hear that, maybe we didn't explain the controls well enough. The idea is that you perform different dance moves with different keys (it is shown in the main menu which is which) and you have to figure out which person you are. Also there is no save feature, just select your difficulty and play :)

Submitted(+1)

Love the color combinations. The game's intro and all the text work is really interesting. Would be nice if the dancers did not have the black outlines around the hair, and maybe add a little blob shadow to each dancer. And a moving/shining disco ball too would be awesome to raise the difficulty by visuals!

Developer(+1)

The shining disco ball is exactly what we wanted! Sadly we weren't quick enough for it to make it into the game

Developer (1 edit) (+1)

You're definitely right about the shadows. It was my first attempt at doing art for a jam so there were a lot of improvisations and imperfections. :Dd

Submitted

Cool idea! I managed to beat impossible mode but it definetley took a few tries. I think the optimal strategy is to only use 2 moves. Repeat 1 move all the time and when you find someone who you think could be it, use the other move.

Developer(+1)

Thank you. I have a similar strategy when I play it.  :))

Submitted

Cool idea! I managed to beat impossible mode but it definetley took a few tries. I think the optimal strategy is to only use 2 moves. Repeat 1 move all the time and when you find someone who you think could be it, use the other move.

Submitted

Nice :) love the vibe, really unique

Submitted

Really original idea! I think I played it maybe 20 times on medium before getting  it right though :( it is tough, but hypnotising look to the game, and like the beats :) Good work! 

The presentation and theme were excellent. But I had a hard time noticing any feedback on my inputs. I ended up choosing at random.

Developer

Thank you for the kind words! I'm sorry you didn't find the controls responsive, all the dancers' moves start on the same beat so your character doesn't react right away.

Submitted

Fantastic jam and super unique concept. Great style and fun game overall and that's the most important part.

Submitted(+1)

I liked the music and the art. the large body in the ground was cool.

Developer

thank you, the background was inspired by sci-fi comics art :))

Submitted

I liked the music and the art. the large body in the ground was cool.

Submitted

Neat game! The mechanic is interesting, I was able to beat it on impossible by always doing a single move and finding the only one that kept doing it lol. Music and art is really good too

Developer

Thank you for the feedback, we tried to include dancers that would keep repeating the same move to discourage this tactic but looks like we needed more :)

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