Really cool idea executed well. Fun gameplay, good pixel art and colorful music.
Game is missing red color. The time limit is too small for my taste. The brushes are at an angle to the drawing board but draw vertically and its somewhat confusing.
I recommend changing the brushes to vertical sprites instead of diagonal when drawing.
I also recommend a free style mode with no time limit.
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Criminal Canvas's itch.io pageResults
Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Overall | #30 | 3.549 | 3.549 |
Controls | #33 | 3.579 | 3.579 |
Originality | #38 | 3.737 | 3.737 |
Graphics | #39 | 3.763 | 3.763 |
Accessibility | #40 | 3.105 | 3.105 |
Fun | #40 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
Audio | #48 | 3.368 | 3.368 |
Theme | #53 | 3.789 | 3.789 |
Ranked from 38 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Godot Version
Godot 4.2
Wildcards Used
"Hardcore" and "Wah Wah Wah Waah"
Game Description
Commit some art forgery to be able to pay your monthly rent.
How does your game tie into the theme?
You are commiting art forgery
Source(s)
Not open source.
Discord Username(s)
Zaps (ZippityZaps)
Participation Level (GWJ Only)
This is my second GWJ
Comments
Awesome idea and awesome execution. As someone who studied computer vision & graphics, I would love to know how you compare the images. Is it a simple pixel to pixel comparison or did you use something more advanced?
Overall, a great concept with great cohesion, everything fits well together! The time restriction is exactly what this type of game needed to make it fun and engaging.
Hello! Firstly the pixels you paint on are individually instanced and i create a 2d array of their modulation to create an “image array” of their colors. I then compare this to a directly hard inputted set of data for the current image (which is usually like 80,000+ characters. Not the best but it works.
Fun game~! I have never felt so stressed trying to replicate art, the time mechanic really gives the painting that "game" feel. With that in mind, I kind of wish because of that time mechanic, we had more painting tools at our disposal. At one point, when I was using the roller, I kind of wished I had something more extreme to get paint on my canvas (i.e., like a paint bucket splattering globs of paint everywhere).
Even with that small critique in mind, I really enjoyed your submission! Good stuff!
I love how peaceful this game feels. I also generally love the concept. I never even concidered the "forgery" angle of the forge theme and I really love what you came up with on that side. It took me a bit to figure out how the "submit" feature worked (I initially thought I only got to do the one painting in a day) and when I did figure that out, my approach to the game changed completely. It was really fun to see how quickly I could approximate the picture and then move onto the next one. I think my high score was $4500 in a day?
Really well done! I enjoyed this one.
- Jedi
i think instead of just drawing pixels on the screen, it could use a line2d that appends the mouse position to the points instead so it draws inbetween each mouse position, i definitely found that made it alot harder (might be harder to set up though; i don't know how you set up the score and all that, so maybe that wouldnt be doable)
honestly beyond that the game has such a nice charm to it, enjoyed it alot
What a cozy little game, great work! Would love if there was a bit more time per round as it often felt like I had to rush, but maybe I was just being a bit too perfectionist
The game creates a really cozy atmosphere :3 Very cute pixel art style
Had a lot of fun playing the game!. Nice and beautiful short experience. Of course that my best drawing was the godot icon.
Well done.
So wholesome :)! Well atleast as long I made profit haha. Great Game !
I've played this a couple of times, and some of the paintings you need to forge have red, but there's no red on the palette. Also, it would be nice to have like 2-3 minutes per round, along with how much you need to raise, and how much you get per painting on submit. All that to say, I do enjoy the game for what it is, and the paintings are great.
great game! very relaxing, interesting take on the theme too! and high potential for funny poorly drawn art XD
Great program, but not much of a game, it's more of a tool for homing your copying skills. Besides, it's kind of hard to do anything in such a small time limit.
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