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A jam submission

DICE or DIEView game page

A dice game without randomness
Submitted by Maxence Jacquot — 3 hours, 1 minute before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Presentation#3274.1474.147
Overall#3553.8043.804
Enjoyment#4183.6473.647
Creativity#8143.6183.618

Ranked from 34 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?
I tried making a dice game witout randomness. It ended up being a puzzle game about moving a dice to get the desired number.

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?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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Comments

Submitted

The concept is interesting, but I feel like there needs to be a planning mode like chess.com has since its pretty difficult mentally keep track of what dice side will be up when. Another thing is that a lot of these levels have very tiny margins of errors, with a single mis-pressing meaning you have to start all over again. 

I feel like the game might be more fun if the player was given a couple of extra moves and a ranking or star system based on how many moves the player has left (max stars meaning the player solved the level perfectly and one star meaning they barely completed the level).

Another addition I'd like to see is a reset button since I found myself constantly moving back and forth to run out of moves to reset the level.

Finally, I think making levels with multiple ways to pass them would be another good addition as it would give some replayability (since it seems like there's only one way to solve each level, idk might just be me being bad at the game). 

Over a solid game with good art, an interesting concept, and some challenging levels. Just needs some quality-of-life stuff.

Developer(+1)

Thank you for the feedback. You are definitely right, and there are a lot of problems inherent to the game concept itself, that I stumbled upon and didn't have time to give a satisfying answer. I will definitely focus on the quality-of-life stuff if I do a post-jam improvement.

But still I'm glad you enjoyed the game :)

Submitted

I think there's a bug because after level 1, zqsd stopped working and it reverted to awsd. 
Either ways, this is a very cool game !

Developer

Oh a fellow zqsd user ! Alright I'll check it out.

Developer

I don't seem to get the same bug as you do and I don't really know what's closing it on your side. I'll dig a bit deeper after the voting. Anyway thank you for the report and I'm glad you enjoyed the game :)

Submitted

This is well simple game. I find some punishment in this game not necessary, but the game is good enough. Nice job.

Developer

I get what you mean, I would have liked a bit more time to do more balancing but that's the rules of the jam :). Anyway, I'm happy that you still had a good time. Thanks for your feedback :)

Submitted

Beautiful game, with excellent, creative levels (I didn't expect a boss fight lol), wonderful art and visual effects. It's amazing that you managed to make such a complete game in such a short amount of time.

Developer

Thank you, really happy to hear that the boss surprised you ;)

Submitted

Really good concept

Developer(+1)

Thanks :)

Submitted

Had a good fun while I was playing. Most of the times I wanted a restart button.

Developer

Yeah I should ave added one but good to hear you still had fun ;

Submitted

Very cool idea, and the animations, so good!

Developer

Thanks ;)

Submitted

Very impressive environmental puzzle solving mechanics. Just the right combination of strategy and trial-and-error for me. Super charming presentation as well. Asweome work!

Developer

Thank you :D

Submitted

This was a fun game with great presentation. I liked the different mechanics a lot. Restart and maybe less strict move limit would've been appreciated but otherwise very good game overall. Great job!

Developer

Thank you :)

Submitted

I really enjoyed playing this game! The puzzles were super interesting and engaging, and they weren't too easy or too difficult, there was a perfect balance. I also love the art style and little animations, it looked really polished and clean. I thought each of the characters were cute haha. I only have two critiques:

  1. The turn limit seemed to get in the way a little too much, especially with no restart button. In most of the levels, if you made one mistake you would have to randomly move around until you used up all of the turns to then retry. So either adding a restart button or getting rid of the turn limit could fix that!
  2. For the blocks that you need to interact with less or more than a certain number I would use greater than or less than signs instead of plus and minus (for example, have it say "<4" instead of "4-"). I just think it might be a bit clearer that way.

Overall a really strong submission, great work! :)

Developer(+1)

I agree I should have made a restart button. And you are right about the indicators I should have thought about it ;). But thank you for your detailed comment I really appreciate it :)

Submitted

Nice idea, really well executed. The interaction with the "odd" and "even" blocks feels pretty nice, and the game feels really balanced! Well done!

Developer

Thanks :)

The visuals and music are good and the puzzle mechanics work well with your use of the dice theme. I wish there was a restart and a reverse move option. Overall, this is a really well crafted game.

Developer

Looking back on it I definitely should have added a restart button. But then you for your comment :)

Submitted

Visuals are really good and the sound is also pretty nail on. The Levels are also really balanced and fun to play.

Developer (1 edit)

This is really nice to hear thank you :)

Submitted

Definetly well thought through! Loved the death animation and the music!

Developer(+1)

Thank you ! :) And if you like the music I did not make it myself so feel free to check it out. I've put links to it on the game page.

Submitted

I completed the game! Clever idea

Developer

Thank you :)

Submitted

Simply amazing! I was planning on doing the same thing.  I thought to switch the dice sides and proceed, but due to time constraints, rng.

Developer

You should try to do it. I'd love to see another take on the idea ;)

Submitted(+1)

Wow! Loved the art and animations!

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you so much :)

Submitted

PUZZLES

Developer

Indeed !

Submitted

Very cool game, loved the concept! Game was just the right length and all around very well polished :)

Developer

Thank you ! :)