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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #6 | 4.353 | 4.353 |
| Accessibility | #25 | 3.353 | 3.353 |
| Audio | #44 | 3.471 | 3.471 |
| Overall | #45 | 3.445 | 3.445 |
| Fun | #62 | 3.118 | 3.118 |
| Originality | #65 | 3.412 | 3.412 |
| Controls | #74 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Graphics | #74 | 3.412 | 3.412 |
Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Godot Version
4.2.1
Wildcards Used
None
Game Description
An educational mouse-only arcade game about the finnish water spirit "Näkki"
How does your game tie into the theme?
You play as a mythical finnish creature, and the game rewards the player with real-life facts about finnish folklore surrounding it.
Source(s)
No
Discord Username(s)
Kalistaja
Participation Level (GWJ Only)
First time
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Comments
Its cool to play the villain from time to time. Art looks great, controls and game mechanics are easy to understand and execute.
Surprisingly fun, and its a nice twist to play as the monster here. Finding the right distance with the mouse to not be touched was more difficult for me than encountering "Seppo", but it worked well together. The facts at the end were a nice and funny touch. I also like the music, also I feel like it could be a bit more "consistent" (maybe its a compressor issue).
Good job!
Loved the hell out of the music. Player movement is great but hitboxes could be better.
Now, you have that one that can't be led. It just disappears and appears and wtf?
You can't interact with villages(homes). I wish you could do something bad about them.
You only get facts after death which encourages dying instead of going for high score. Meh.
No full screen mode. WHY????
Glad you liked the music!
Most of these issues come down to this being my first game, and once i got them working i was too afraid to touch them ever again.
Very fun! Loved the soundtrack and art. I wanted to be able to heal my poor nakki haha
The Player Movement is good I liked moving the player with the mouse, Good job!
Hey, good movement mechanics haha :D, it's Celtic music, right? It is very well done. I think that in general the game works very well, but the collisions perhaps lack polish, especially when children fall into the water, they continue to hurt you.
Either way, that's great work! :D
Thanks! I'm not really sure about what kind the music is. I just grabbed my bouzouki and hit record :)
Great game!! Ive played the game multiple times already now and i love every part of the game especially the facts about näkki you get after dying. Though its kind of hard to lure the people to drown.. or maybe i just suck at the game
Wow, thanks! Yeah, the mechanics are not maybe very kind to the player.
Lots of fun, I love the sprites and especially the drowning animation lol
It is nice to see them go down, isn't it? :)
It was a fun little arcade game, I enjoyed the music. I think one feature that would have been nice is a deadzone in the center where the nakki would just stand still. Good job!
Thanks. Cool suggestions!
Fun PacMan like feel. Some NPC spaces jumped out of nowhere and scared me more than I scared them I think.
Glad you liked it!
Heyy, terrorizing and killing villagers gang haha. I like the art and the simple and intuitive controls, I picked it up immediately. I appreciate the in-game tutorial. One of my playthroughs the villager killed me as she was drowning which I felt was a bit unfair lol.
Great execution on a simple idea, fun game!
Humans ARE the real monsters.
Omg we had the same topic how dare you! Fun game but a few bugs where the villagers would turn invisible and stuff.
There's enough Näkki for the both of us!