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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #30 | 4.091 | 4.091 |
| Originality | #48 | 3.636 | 3.636 |
| Audio | #67 | 3.091 | 3.091 |
| Overall | #69 | 3.104 | 3.104 |
| Graphics | #90 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Accessibility | #93 | 2.455 | 2.455 |
| Fun | #93 | 2.727 | 2.727 |
| Controls | #94 | 2.727 | 2.727 |
Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Godot Version
4.1.1
Wildcards Used
Hardcore-Make the player restart on death
Game Description
You play as a dark elf itinerant blacksmith. After having your hometown destroyed by monsters, you want to kill monsters by helping the adventurers you find.
How does your game tie into the theme?
The main character is a blacksmith and your main help for the adventurers is forging them weapons.
Source(s)
No
Discord Username(s)
stormringgames
Participation Level (GWJ Only)
3
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Comments
I'm really impressed! I have not expected someone to build a mini RPG for a game jam! The game is so feature packed! Slight side-effect was that the tutorial island had to contain a lot of signboards. If you had more time, a "just-in-time" tip prompt at each stage of the game would be easier to digest. But that's not easy for a 9day jam, our game also ran into the problem of not having a step-by-step tutorial. Overall, a charming game!
A tip prompt would have been so much better, thank you for the advice ! I was so in a rush the last 2 days I didn't think twice, but I'll remember to do a better tutorial next time. Thank you very much for the feedback and for playing !
Well done! I though that perhaps the tutorial was too long and wordy, maybe making it so that the player tries to learn "on the job" would be better? Overall, very good!
Yeah I made the tutorial in a rush the last because I thought the game looked too hard to understand, but I could have done it better and shorter you are right about doing it more interactively. I'll be sure to remember that the next time ! Thank you for your feedback and for playing !
Neat game! There's a lot of content here, especially for a one person team. It was interesting having to spend the game managing the AI teammate by supplying them with weapons and healing! I know others mentioned not liking how precise the timing on the forge was, but I kinda enjoyed this. Given that this minigame was a big focus, I probably would have preferred it be a touch more complex (different keys, maybe a bit more extended, etc.) That can be difficult to balance though as going to far with it might just make the game tedious.
Really great game! I enjoyed it!
- Jedi
I'm happy you enjoyed it and you're right the forging minigame is quite simple, I might improve it if I develop the game further. Thank you very much for playing !
NPC fighting animation was great lol. This was a really ambicious project for a jam I respect that a lot, I'm sure a lot of work went into this, so great job. The pixel art was quite charming even if at some point was kinda inconsistent.
Thank you very much ! I'm really trying to improve my pixel art so thank you, I'll try to work on making elements great together for my next projects !
Pretty cool game, impressive that you made so many different mechanics and included a tutorial!
Thank you very much !
I like the loop in this one. It's a fun perspective equipping people with weapons then watching them get into battles. You got a lot working in such a small space of time, nice one!
The crafting minigame was maybe required too precise a button press but I got the hang of it eventually.
I'm really happy about how the game loop turned out and glad you liked it ! I'll be sure to make the minigames easier next times. Thank you for playing !
Fun little game - I like the forging mechanism!
I did think it was missing a button to interact, as I kept running into companions and dialogue came up. I also keep hitting the escape key, which takes me to the menu, and not out of the crafting screen / town screen, so that's something to consider.
I will try to do better for the inputs for my next games, it can be confusing to have 3 different keys to close windows you're right, I didn't even realised while doing it. Thank you for the feedback and for playing !
You crazy person you actually did an RPG for a game jam! Congrats. The only feedback I have is that the forging is too precise and should allow more leyway in hiting the key
Ahah thank you, It started quite small but I added things to make it more enjoyable again and again and I had so much fun seeing it grow ! As for the forging, you can spam click if it's too difficult but I should have made a bigger area in the first place. Thank you for playing !
Very cute game, visuals are sweet and music is calming, but forging seems a little unintuitive. Maybe a bit larger of an area in which we can succeed hitting the beats? Great game!
Thank you very much ! I think I sould have improved the forging as it was the main theme. I made it so the player can spam if it's too difficult but a bigger area could have been better.