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Slash the Dice | GMTK 2022's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #48 | 4.567 | 4.567 |
| Overall | #540 | 3.678 | 3.678 |
| Enjoyment | #1409 | 3.117 | 3.117 |
| Creativity | #1445 | 3.350 | 3.350 |
Ranked from 60 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?
It's a Hack'n'Slash game with a dice that randomly gives your weapon an elemental power, elements may cause more damage to one enemy but may heal the other, it also have several types of dice with different chances for elements from balanced to chaotic.
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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Love the visuals and the animations especially! One piece of feedback is the spear was blending into the black background in some places. Could use an outline to highlight it or something. Great work on this!
Yes, we have plans to draw a new colored spear for each element. Thanks for the feedback and for playing.
The visuals are really good, the character and enemy art is my favourite, animations are top-tier too. The gameplay is fun too however I did struggle hitting the flying enemies quite a bit. Really good entry!
Thanks! The animation of the attack swing turned out to be too long for the players, we will fix it in the future.
Absolutely adore the character art in this game!
Thank you!
I really love the art and animations for all the characters, although some of the main character's animation gets lost in the black background.
I do think the main character's attack seems a bit stunted since so many enemies are kind of hard to hit, specifically the red and green enemies. It would probably feel better if the first attack either came out faster or had a longer range or had an element to it that hit upwards.
Some sort of dash could also really help with getting to hard to reach enemies and also help move around the map faster and more satisfyingly.
The dice mechanic works really well and it's not overly complicated and just provides a dash of strategy.
Overall this is a really fun game and I liked it a lot <3
Wow, thanks for the detailed feedback and for playing <3
Thank you <3
If it's not too much to ask would you want to rate my game before ratings close in a bit?
Great presentation. Some of the dice weren't worth rolling.
Thanks! You'll get better dice as the game progresses, but we noted your feedback anyway.
This is a really well made and polished game. The animations were very charming and cute, and gave a lot of personality to the game. The combat was good, although I didn't like the fact that control was taken away from the player whenever attacking, although it did allow me to make some jumps that would have not been possible otherwise. Also I would like an up slash attack so the flying green enemies were less difficult to deal with. I found this games take on "you get an ability off a dice roll" interesting, the fact that you could choose which die you wanted made for some strategy. Overall, solid game and I think you guys should continue with this game. Good work!
Yes, we will definitely add more maneuverability in the air to the game after the jam.
Thanks for the detailed feedback and thank you for playing!
nice idea and art.
the game a little too hard. recommend less punishes punishes players. try fill the roll bar faster.
after experience it very fun game.
The player gets HP for each kill and recovers completely after passing the wave.
Thank you so much for playing! Well done for participating!
This has some really good looking and unique graphics. Was a bit hard with the souls-like character controller with the locked animations. Made dodging and avoiding things almost impossible. Still this game has a lot of heart in it and deserves a top 20 position in terms of presentation alone.
It is impossible to move during an attack, it is true, but I think there should be a punishment for incorrectly chosen timing. And projectiles can be repelled by hitting them.
Thank you so much for playing! Appreciate it!
I loved the cute art! The gameplay was a little hit-and-miss. I think a little more control for the player about which element they get would be great (e.g. dice weighted towards certain elements) or give them a way to store an element for later, in case all of the remaining enemies are healed by it.
Another way to make the die rolling more interesting would be to charge the player a heart each time they roll when the bar isn't full. That way, they could try to push their luck to defeat the enemies more quickly.
Thank you for playing! In fact, you can control the weights of the dice, for each beaten wave of enemies you'll get a new dice with different combinations of elements and then you can switch between them with Q and E. And if you don't like your current element applied, you can just "punch the air" to get rid of it (should've probably clarified that somewhere...)
I think charging the player a heart is too brutal for an already relatively hard game 😅
Thanks for the feedback!
Wow, thanks a lot for the feedback and ideas, we will definitely remember them and consider them when we finish the game. I think it will be even more interesting if, before throwing a dice with an incomplete charge, a dice with faces is thrown: [-2\-2\-2\-1\-1\ success], then there will be a chance to roll the dice without a charge AND without getting punished.
You can watch our vid about the development process and the course of our decision-making.
Once again, thank you so much for playing and commenting!
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The idea is really fun to play. I think it would be nice if there is tutorial along the side while playing the game instead of text. The green flying one is pretty hard to fight against. The dice is really unique and fun to roll.
It's nice to hear that playing is fun, this is the most important thing for us. Thank you for playing!
Love this game, with a bit of polishing and movement smoothing it will be a great steam game
We have plans to finish the game. Thanks!
Great graphics! I love the rough sketch feel to the characters coupled with smooth framerate. Coupled with music, has some Cuphead feel to it.
We are flattered by this comparison. Thanks for playing!
I love the game a lot! The art and audio is amazing! The game core mechanic is a really nice extension of the idea "dice roll to determine your attack power". Would have been cooler if the character gets their weapon imbued with the current element, but that's just a personal opinion. The character's acceleration and attacking frames take a bit too long for my taste, however.
Overall, the game is up there in my list of top 5 favorite games with astounding visuals.
Thank you, really glad to hear that! Thanks for the suggestions, we'll take them into account.
Super cute game! I love the art!
Thank you!
Fun game, and the artwork and animation is fantastic! The designs of the player character and enemies are especially great. The game didn't feel like it was getting much harder as the waves progressed, though there is only so much you can accomplish within 48 hours. I do maybe wish that the dice charged up faster to add more variety to the gameplay. Regardless, great submission. This game definitely deserves more attention.
Thanks a lot for playing and your thoughts on that, noted! Also wish we could find more attention 🕵️♂️
love the style, incredible annimation !
Thanks!
You have a beautiful game.
Wow! Just wow. The visuals are very impressive. Love the style. Character design is on point. Animations are great! I'm absolutely adore the sound design. It makes game feel just right. Music is bomb! Great work so far. Really looking forward to see more.
Thank you for playing!
Visual of this game is one of the best I seen so far in this jam, and music is catchy!
It's not very clear what dice supose to be used for, but run and slash platformer part is on the right profeccional level! Good job!
Thank you for playing! Dice changes element of your attacks, for example, coin enemy is a fire-type and water-type attack would deal more damage to him.
Really awesome art and concept! Excellent work!