Cute graphics, but as others have mentioned I found it pretty difficult! Very easy to miss watering with the watering can, or use the wrong item in the wrong place. The controls were initially a bit confusing too. Nice theme though, would be interesting to see it after some more polish!
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Forest: find the way home's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #103 | 2.982 | 3.286 |
| Gameplay | #111 | 2.722 | 3.000 |
| Innovation | #112 | 2.658 | 2.929 |
| Overall | #125 | 2.632 | 2.900 |
| Design | #131 | 2.787 | 3.071 |
| Sfx / Music | #138 | 2.009 | 2.214 |
Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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My score is 8 coins because I did not get hit by Enemy, and because I skipped the 1st coin which is a softlock trap.
There are barely any sound effects but I like the graphics and play mechanics. This game has a simple and effective charm that’s near-impossible to recreate.
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Tree InvadersWow! I had to try really hard, but it finally paid off! The artwork is absolutely adorable. When I saw your game that was one of the first things that caught my eye before I even played and to see it in action with the background and everything felt very cute and endearing! I did find myself realizing that this stage is much more difficult than I had originally anticipated, but found that it did make reaching the end very gratifying! Congrats on a great jam game!
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Sir SlithersworthWhew, I did it!
That's a pretty cool game, I really liked the mechanics (though, missing with the watering can was painful). :P
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Super Acorn QuestYour game has cool mecanics but GOD you need checkpoints on this one. A slight error and you need to restart all over. But for a first jam, it's a good one !
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Matrioshka BrainSo unforgiving. Especially considering how fiddly the items are. I did have fun though, and I dig the sprites!
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Quake: A Growing DisasterThe artstyle of this game is so cool. Some sort of tutorial would be really helpful.
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Janssons TemptationFun, engaging platformer, was glad to play it all the way through. It could maybe use a checkpoint system but the difficulty curve was great. The watering can would've been nice to follow the direction of the mouse, like the other items do, but it's very impressive for a first game and a nice, consistant art style.
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WaldenVery good for your first game. Loved the eyes following the mouse.
Two suggestions I have if you decide to improve on it after the jam are to avoid soft locking the player (if I use an item by mistake where it's not supposed to be used I have to restart the game manually and make e keys work automatically instead of having to select them.
Other than that nice work. Congratulations on your first complete game, many never reach this stage.
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Hungry SnakeThanks.
Soft locking - Yes player can waste water cans, mushrooms, balls and get stuck. I think it's part of difficulty of the game. But I understand that it could be annoying at the end of the level have to restart all progress. I will definitely add checkpoint system.
Auto-select - That is a good idea. Then the game could be much faster.
One other way to solve soft locking would be to detect the soft lock (detect the player fell in a hole they can't get out for example) and show "Press R to Restart". I know you can already restart through the menu, but it wasn't immediately obvious that I messed up and should reset.
I don't know if you ever played on an Amiga or other vintage computers. On the Amiga there's a game called "Enemy" who works like that. When you fail a mission or soft locks yourself you can keep playing but can't complete the level, the game shows the prompt to restart telling the player he can't complete the level. It too has a checkpoint system, so restarting always goes back to that checkpoint.
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