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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Narrative | #351 | 3.792 | 3.792 |
| Enjoyment | #1213 | 3.625 | 3.625 |
| Creativity | #1435 | 3.875 | 3.875 |
| Audio | #2405 | 3.125 | 3.125 |
| Artwork | #3090 | 3.250 | 3.250 |
Ranked from 24 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 can loop around the screen! Also there's a few other loops, like pretzles, which kinda loop, and looping animations, and like, maybe a time loop idk.
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
music :
Lite Saturation - Aggressive Metal (We love indies)
Lobo Loco - Squirrel hop loop (We love indies)
Soularflar - Quainimity (We love indies)
Till paradios - Round the block (We love indies)
Alcamoth - Xenoblade 1
Mario RPG Victory Theme - Mario RPG
Treasure! - Yo Kai Watch 3
sfx:
UNDERTALE
Freesound.org
Super Mario RPG
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
ClockworkCrystal
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Came for the cacti, stayed for the softlock :D
Seriously, though, this looks kinda funny, but I can't make it past the very opening. I'm stuck after talking to the receptionist. Am I missing something?
Not sure how that happens, and I still cant re-create it, would just recommend restarting the thing since you're just at the opening. Will probably update to fix it after the jam ends if i can find it somehow.
Restarting doesn't help unfortunately, also tried on different browsers. Can check later if there's some console output, though it doesn't seem like a crash. Basically my character is shot across the screen once I start talking and after the dialogue ends, the room behind the lobby is visible, but I can't seem to do anything. Would love to help more, but I'm not sure if there's anything else I can do.
It's cool, I'll figure it out, seems to be a rare issue since yeah it doesnt seem like i crash or anything like that, will look into, thank you so much regardless!
Keep it up
I don't know why you're downplaying yourself so much in the description, this game is great! Okay it's a bit rough, but the scrolling + going back and forward mechanic is really interesting. I enjoyed playing this game!
In my opinion the cactuses are cool
Human, i remember your're cactuses
the game is really fun, the boss fight is sick, and the cactuses are cool, peak game
Great game! I love the fun puzzles and the mechanic were you shift the screen to control where you loop too is really neat. It would be nicer if some of the text was a little larger since it can be hard to read even in fullscreen - but overall great submission!
so peak
Loved it, top marks. short and sweet, very funny, great writing, didnt see that twist coming. Art and sound design were great. I was sort of confused by the Q mechanic but when i got the hang of it i could see loads of possibilities for expanding on the idea. Incredible stuff for a first game, hope you continue to make more stuff :D
I wasn’t expecting to laugh this much at a cactus-themed game! The humor and quirky dialogue really make it stand out. The loop mechanics and those pretzel loops are clever touches, and the art style fits perfectly with the craziness.
You've got to be kidding. I don't believe this is your first jam game. I didn't expect cacti would make me laugh so hard. I had fun, well done.
What is the meaning of the secret tree? Is there some Cacti multiverse you are cooking up?
The puzzles were fun and the zaniness is off the charts! Great job
I really enjoyed the game. I was invested in the story and the funny dialogues and ending. Also, the gameplay mechanic is pretty original.
"Press Q to oooooooooo" is my favorite video game prompt.
I love this game. It is the only game jam game that's made me laugh this year. I really like the visual style of everything, especially the dialogue system and the credits sequence!
nice game, good mechanics
That ending got me
I loved this! The controls could use being a little snappier and the camera pan mode a little more flexible (even if it would lead to me making more mistakes), just so the player can feel more 'in control'. As for the theme/idea/story/gameplay -- I would easily play a full game like this.
Thanks for the feedback!
I got stuck at the very beginning, on the talk with clerk (the empty dialog opens and I can't close it). Could you, please, give some clues how to solve it?
Not sure the issue with that, try retstarting, you can also restart levels by pressing escape, though cant during dialouge, didnt encounter that issue when testing, sorry.
THIS CACTUS IS TOO LONG. (Absolute Cacti'ses)
Nice one - who doesn't want a cactus (es) (i) :)
I got Undertale vibes when playing this which I think is very high praise. Cool concept too, and I loved the art and humor. Good luck!