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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #235 | 4.344 | 4.344 |
| Artwork | #349 | 4.328 | 4.328 |
| Enjoyment | #472 | 3.951 | 3.951 |
| Audio | #882 | 3.574 | 3.574 |
| Narrative | #1215 | 3.164 | 3.164 |
Ranked from 61 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?
You create an ecosystem by placing creatures in a Loop, then cycle around that loop, resolving organisms' actions one at a time in order. You continuously improve you loop and run it again and again.
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
All visual assets were created during the Jam by Josh.
The music was composed during the Jam by Sam.
All sound effects are sourced from freesound.org, under CC0 license, and edited by the team.
The Stopbuck font, by Khurasan, is free for both personal and commercial use.
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
SUPERBLOOM, Elliot, Josh and Sam
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Really fun and addictive! I would love to see a mobile version.
Thank your for playing the game! 🙏
You can already try it on mobile directly in a browser. Though it might be hard to place creatures when the loop becomes very large, 'cause the hitboxes.
Holy fk this game is so good. Probably my favourite game so far. Simple and effective use of the theme. I'm already on loop #16 as I write this and gonna keep going. Good job team!
Just wish I could speed it up by like x16.
EDIT 1: STACKING WOLVES IS OP!!
EDIT 2: My circle is so large now that I can't place things properly.
EDIT 3: My circle is so large now that the music slows down to 50% during the loop phase.
EDIT 4: It's been four days and I haven't seen my wife and kids. The only thing that matters is to keep the loop going... jk but had to stop because the loops became too slow :(
Thank you so much. As my first proper jam, that means the world to me (and to us !) 🙏
Just gonna copypaste what I said earlier to somebody else lol:
NASA Computer > More Loops > Profit (?!)
Can confirm, his wife and kids are still out there looking for him (I played the game as well and it is amazing how fun it is. It would be amazing if it scales properly as you get to higher levels!)
Our time wiza wasn't competent enough so we couldn't put in higher speed options :(
i really like the artwork its so calming and super cute the animals are warming my heart
The concept was unique and very interesting
one thing that I wished was better was the tutorial it took me a bit of time to understand but still a very enjoyable game
well done!! is you like to try my brother's game its here :) https://zyhu.itch.io/pool-loop
One of the best entries I've played yet, this is such an addictive game! And sooo much content for such a short jam, wow. Very well done, especially considering you were 4 strangers, crazy! ^-^
Would love to see this expanded even further :)
Thank you so much! That means a lot. ^-^
Very fun game, Well done
LOVE this! The art is so cute, which is what pulled me in. The gameplay seemed fiendishly simple until it unravels an addicting loop, I spent way longer than I care to admit looping and I could go endless. A highlight of mine for the jam for sure! - Crow
Thank you so much! <3
Very cool and unique! Well done :)
Very cute, and complex really quickly! I could definitely see folks sinking a lot of time into the gameplay.
cool game one of the more unique ideas from what ive played so far
Loved the art style and asthetic, though I thought some of the sound effects were quite annoying, especially if you had a larger loop.
Hi! Thanks for the review. Do you remember which animals you felt were annoying ?
Looking back, I remember the rabbit death and creation noises being annoying... that's about it as far as I remember.
Ok, we'll look into that. Thanks again for the feedback 👍
Reached lvl 30(bush is OP), I found a good start, as the circle gets bigger it becomes a bit buggy, still pretty solid-
So good, tbh you could spin it a bit more and release in mobile for a cheap amount and GG
This game was really fun, didn't take long for me to pick it up. Very good use of the theme Loop!
This game really suprised me! I was going into it thinking it was gonna be something pretty high quality but when I played it, I realized it was something on a different level entirely! The core gameplay loop is absolutely addicting and has a huge amount of depth within it! This is one of those kinds of games you'd see Northern Lion playing and it blows up all of a sudden. The assets are so cute and the way it ties into the theme is absolutely phenomenal. There isn't a narrative but there really does not need to be. If there was a narrative I feel like it would bog the game down really hard. Everything seems to be where it needs to be and does what it need to do! 10/10
Wow, thank you so much for the kind words, that really means a lot to us 🙏
We’re thrilled the core gameplay clicked with you! We tried to keep things tight and focused, so it’s great to hear it resonated. The idea that it could end up in Northernlion’s backlog honestly made our day.
That game is rlly extremely good (badger meta)
A badger is kind of like that roommate you didn’t ask for, but he’s just there.
Very interesting concept and the art is very cute
Cool and interesting game! But for me it`s to hard :(
Thanks for trying it out! Yeah, it’s not the easiest, but there are some pretty OP builds hidden in there.
Find the right combo and you might feel unstoppable 😎
Really fun idea! I liked the strategy element of it, just felt bad feeding those poor bunnies to the foxes! :') Art was great, and my adhd really appreciated the speed up button!
love the idea, and great art too!
Nice idea. I really like the art