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A jam submission

Shorty on TimeView game page

Shorty the Elf in his new job at Santa's Workshop
Submitted by jlothamer — 5 hours, 11 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Originality#44.1674.167
Fun#63.5003.500
Theme#84.0834.083
Audio#93.1673.167
Overall#103.4313.431
Controls#103.1673.167
Graphics#172.5002.500

Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted

Love the game, although i wish you pushed the player a little more time wise. :D I can make em in 10 seconds, I want a promotion please.

Developer

10 seconds!!  I couldn't even do it that fast!  So you are promoted to chief toy assembler!  Keep it up!!

Submitted(+1)

This was a very cute game. Too sort, i feel like even just adding a few levels with stronger requirements would have given it a bit more of a complete feel, even with just the one toy.

I tried to assemble the toy as poorly as possible but still got 75% quality :) but now i realize that maybe you can also "finish" without assembling the full toy?

Otherwise not much to add to what's already been said.

Submitted(+1)

I actually really liked this game and was sad that it only had two levels when I streamed it earlier. At first I wasn't sure what to do, but once I got it I had so much fun. I think this game would be a really great casual game if you had like... a bunch of different toys you could build and tools you could use, and you were constantly switching back and forth between different stuff.

Also one idea we came up with that could maybe spice it up more, even with the one toy, is having the parts come out in a random order (and probably random rotations as well). As it is, as soon as I figured out how to use the tools correctly, I optimized a pattern for making robots that were never below 90% quality. As is, I never even used the rotation function (although my one request is that if you add more rotation into the game, make it possible to rotate with keys since it's kinda hard to click and mousewheel at the same time for me).

This game was simple, fun, and cute :3

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Cool concept! Adding other types of toys with more/different parts to solder would definitely add to the experience. Then for different toys , having different types of attaches (like screws, nails, etc.) could be interesting . And I don't know if it's by design but having to always click on the tool is tiring, maybe add a shortcut key for it? (BTW sweet programmer art :D)

Developer(+1)

Hey  thanks!!!  Yes, I wanted to add more tool types and different toys.  Like a hammer and sewing for putting together wooden toys and sewing together dolls and stuff.  Maybe later.  We'll see!  And you're right about shortcuts.  I should add those too if I get time later.  Thanks again!