Fun puzzle game. Nice mechanics, nice design, nice game feel. Well polished.
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Oxpecker's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #5 | 3.739 | 3.739 |
| Controls | #5 | 3.913 | 3.913 |
| Originality | #5 | 4.043 | 4.043 |
| Fun | #7 | 3.870 | 3.870 |
| Theme | #9 | 4.261 | 4.261 |
| Accessibilty | #11 | 3.478 | 3.478 |
| Audio | #33 | 3.261 | 3.261 |
| Graphics | #44 | 3.348 | 3.348 |
Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Godot Version
4.1
Wildcards Used
Gridlock
Game Description
A puzzle game where you fly as an Oxpecker to the end of each level
How does your game tie into the theme?
An Oxpecker is a bird that acts like a parasite, drinking the blood of different animals
Source(s)
https://github.com/micah-wehrle/gwj67-oxpecker/tree/micah1
Discord Username(s)
korrokas, elmico23
Participation Level (GWJ Only)
This is our first GWJ
Comments
Incredible entry, I loved this!
I think that the core idea of the puzzle is clever - ride animals to reach the exit - and perfectly fits the "parasite" theme. But on top of that, you also built a solid and satisfying gameplay! More specifically, the levels are greatly designed, and the new mechanics are always well introduced, in a way that doesn't overwhelm the player with options, but at the same time leaves them free to reason and think. This is an amazing work of game design, good job and congrats!
Speaking of negative aspects... I GOT STUCK :( I managed to reach the level you see in the attached screenshot (of which I don't know the number), and when the gorilla was facing the hedge, I had this kind of intrusive though:
...what if I was able to break the hedge?
So I pressed SPACE, and I broke the game instead, LOL. No movement, no restarting, everything froze.
I know I've been pretty stupid and greedy, 'cause I had the solution in my mind and I could have just flown to the exit. I could have played the game, instead of beta-testing it, you know. But well, at least I hope that this bug report could be useful to you.
Besides all my failures, I can assure you that I had a lot of fun with your game, so thanks and congrats for the amazing submission! As soon as I'm free for another half hour (which is approximately the time that required me to reach the cursed level), I'll definitely retry it! ^^"
266 days ago(+1)
I apologize for the difficulty of the first rhino puzzle. As I've commented elsewhere, I wish I would have had some friends playtest the game, that level was inadvertently too hard too soon in the game. It is designed to teach you a technique to utilizing the rhino, but (without spoiling too much) after you figure out the first big step of the puzzle, you end up running all over with the rhino until you get to a spot that you can exit. Other than that, I think most of the later levels are decently well balanced for your progression through the game... perhaps with the exception of the cow chaos level. It was originally intended to be a joke but I ended up throwing it in there. Thanks for playing!
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