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GMTK Game Jam 2022

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A jam submission

Dice Flip CafeView game page

Treat yourself to a cup of coffee at Dice Flip Café and enjoy the ambiance.

Submitted by Arondriessen, XelaEight — 43 minutes, 59 seconds before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Enjoyment	#949	3.313	3.313
Presentation	#1146	3.563	3.563
Overall	#1470	3.250	3.250
Creativity	#2704	2.875	2.875

Ranked from 16 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?
The game's about flipping dice on a board to solve puzzles in a coffeeshop setting. The core mechanic of the game is matching dice faces

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

Cakebox1 year ago

This was interesting! My favourite parts were the sound and the general ambience.

Mechanically, I would more easily enjoy this gameplay if there was a better way to visualise the rotations of the die. The 3D visualisation did not work at all for me, personally. I agree with those below who said that it felt 'backwards', and that I wanted the freedom to try much bigger rotations, so I could plan several moves ahead.

I think I would also love to see the dice animate through its moves, too - this would make the spatial reasoning a lot more enjoyable for me, personally.

Thanks for letting me try this out!

andymcgamerSubmitted1 year ago

A very nice puzzle game! Very simple but clean mechanics, and the ability to view the different sides of the die is a nice touch. The only thing is, I feel like inverted controls were a bit unintuitive, and the rotation didn't allow me to rotate the entire dice. Other than that, it was a very fun play! Nice job!

Submitted

JublianiSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

A nice, simple puzzle game with an atmosphere to match. One thing I would change is to make the rotation when you hover match the movement of the mouse instead of being inverted to make it feel less weird.

Submitted

Night of Shooting the Dead

ArondriessenDeveloper1 year ago

Appreciate it! You raise an interesting point because I definitely prefer this version of 3D mouse control, but I guess this is why they often have inverted control options in menus. It's up to preference. My logic is that I hover on the part that I want to look at, which rotates the cube the opposite direction, but logically it also makes sense to hover in the direction that you want the cube to rotate.

haoyunnSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Though it kills my brain, the part connect rolling dice and puzzle solving is very interesting. I like it very much!

Submitted

ArondriessenDeveloper1 year ago

Glad you like it! I admit it hurt my head a bit too without the solutions :)

MaxxxxxxxSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I am not too big a fan of these kind of dice puzzle games, but the presentation is really nice here, as well as the 3D die as a guidance.

Submitted

Frimbly and the Cave of Wonders

ArondriessenDeveloper1 year ago (1 edit)

Thanks! Yeah, I understand, it's a very specific kind of spatial visualization type of puzzle game, so naturally not everyone would enjoy it. The 3D dice were actually an attempt to make the main visualization dynamic less demanding but I'm not sure it fully achieves that.

Rosixante1 year ago(+1)

Familliar concept but without the 3D adds a good challenge to it, people who enjoy this kind of game will enjoy this version of it. Good job.

ArondriessenDeveloper1 year ago

Appreciate it!

FreludeSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Nice game. I already saw this concept multiple times (in other jams too). A 3D scene would help to preview on which side we are rolling too. Overall good job.

Submitted

ArondriessenDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks! Yeah, it was honestly funny to see how many people had similar ideas about matching die numbers, but oh well. The 2D approach was a technical choice and I see how 3d would make the main mechanics easier, but it allowed us to focus on the coffee shop theme and interaction polish a bit more.

Aden H.Submitted1 year ago(+1)

Nice little puzzle game. The art style is pleasing to the eye and got me to think about what to do.

Submitted

Garden Bots - Jam Version

XelaEightDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Glad to hear! Thanks for playing

BigCheese73Submitted1 year ago(+1)

Well presented, cool art style, helpful/guiding yet difficult, and interesting concept

Submitted

Dungeons V.S. DiceGuy

XelaEightDeveloper1 year ago

Awesome! Thank you