Yours is only the second game I've seen that projects what your dice will land on if you roll, for that alone you get a lot of points! Well done on executing the idea really well
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Marimbla's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #366 | 4.112 | 4.112 |
| Enjoyment | #371 | 3.688 | 3.688 |
| Overall | #546 | 3.675 | 3.675 |
| Creativity | #1752 | 3.225 | 3.225 |
Ranked from 80 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?
Marimbla is a puzzle game where you roll a 6-sided die across tiles to reach the winning space, where the result of the die determines the distance of your next move (while listening to relaxing, reactive music).
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
So I do like this mechanic because it does manage to distinguish itself from a lot of the other tile-based cube rolling games, and I do especially like that you've got these ghost dice to show where you'd end up with how may pips on the next roll too. But even with all of that, it still feels more like you're fiddling around and trying different stuff until you win, rather than puzzling your way out and using your brain to solve the puzzles. But I'm not sure if that's something that you can even fix -- it's just how the concept is, really.
Anyway, another element I appreciated was the marimba sound that had as many notes as tiles that you rolled.
Thanks! In addition to the marimba tone quantity correlating with the dice face quantity, I assigned each side of the dice faces a note in the C major scale that starts on G (G, A, B, C, D, E). This scale is nice cause it remains in the "cozy" feeling of C while also avoiding the fourth note, F. The F, to me, sort of feels like the "tension" note which, if played too much, pulls you out of the drone feeling that's sustained throughout the game. I sometimes hit the F in the harmonic background to give it slight momentum without distracting the player from the main dice marimba tones. Avoiding F is also fun because the 4 on the dice is a bad number to land on because, without walls, you're stuck in a loop and have nowhere to go.
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