The concept was fine, good use of the theme for balancing the scale. For me, it was very distracting trying to read the text with the audio on, as the voiceovers were too loud, and at some points the scale ticking sound would fire continuously and I was unable to stop it. Great art! Definitely my favorite part of this game.
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Date off-balance's itch.io pageResults
Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Style | #39 | 4.638 | 4.638 |
Overall | #133 | 4.149 | 4.149 |
Creativity | #320 | 4.121 | 4.121 |
Enjoyment | #681 | 3.690 | 3.690 |
Ranked from 58 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?
there are 2 scales that you need to keep in balance
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everything was made by us, ink was used for the narrative
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That was clever! The art is proficient, the gameplay is engaging and creative, and the social critique is on-point. It's a very fun and deeply uncomfortable experience!
The audio is a tiny smidge loud; several sounds on top of each other tends to peak the audio above +0.0 dB.
All-in-all, great work!
wow nice game, story was very engaging and gripping, the scales were a nice touch that definitely influenced my decision based on how much someone will like you
Love the story (esp the intro) and the art! I liked the answers falling off but I wonder if it could somehow be made to seem more intentional. The physics during the intro was going a lil crazy for me which stressed me out since I worried about whether the blocks would fall off lol @_@ Maybe the physics could be toned down earlier so blocks are less jiggly to indicate that answers stuck early on then amp it up to indicate Zelu growing tired of our conversation/ caring even less about some of my answers? Good job!!!!! :D
Wow, what a nice entry. Got 3/4 endings, loved the art, writing and concept. The take on the jam's theme is real clever as well. Only thing maybe, at later stages, answers tend to fall off the scale, dunno if that's intentional^^ Good job nevertheless, one of my favourites so fat
Absolutely stunning. Very sharp dialogue and a surprising amount of good worldbuilding. This team clearly has talented writers with cool ideas :) One small thing, some words on the scale kept producing a rather annoying ringing sound throughout part of my gameplay, probably due to some physics collision issue. Also, at some point a word fell off the scale without any particular reason, and it may have affected the ending calculation. Other than that, hats off to you guys. Amazing piece of art.
This is really interesting, and it's clear that amazing work has been done, but with my level of English, it's quite difficult for me to play.
I think this is the favorite entry for me this jam!
I am a sucker for stories and this one nailed it very well, nice and simple but not so flat.
the art is AMAZING literally
the gameplay is smooth and it is a very nice fit for the theme.
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Absolutely nuts. The depth of the writing is great. The concept reminds me of that GMTK video about making dialogue more engaging. And the art and music were wonderful! Absolutely incredible, especially given this was made in only 48 hours!
Yes! I really wanted someone to do a visual novel with a twist and this is it. I enjoyed this a lot! The only bug I encountered is that restarting the game can make the scales go wild. Also the voices can overlap a lot if u skip through dialogue like i do...
Nice take on the theme, I didn’t expect a game to come from this kind of scales! The story and art style was also enjoyable - nice job creating a game this polished and entertaining in 2 days!
This is such a fun and unique take on the theme. I love the social dynamics at play, and would love to see something like this implemented in a longer visual novel. Great work!
Ancient god.. Like those :3
Love the art style of the game! Plain and straight to the point!
I kept playing it over and over, the story was so good! From the flaws i just found that the choices where constantly making noises, moving around and sometimes a big chunk of them fell off the scales (sometimes it helped, sometimes not XD). But the style is chef’s kiss 👌💖 I would love to see it extened. Congrats on such good submission! 💪
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