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Improve My Game Jam 20

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A jam submission

The Great Library (updated!)View game page

You are a Scholar working at The Great Library of Babel. Something's gone wrong.
Submitted by angients (@angientsdev) — 4 days, 16 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Sound/Audio#103.0003.000
User Interface (UI/UX)#132.6002.600
Fun#172.4002.400
Visuals(Graphics)#192.6002.600
Overall#192.4002.400

Ranked from 5 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

DevLog Link
https://angients.itch.io/the-great-library/devlog/362297/revamped-tutorials-update

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PlideSubmitted2 years ago (1 edit)

I got stuck at a part where the Todo was decode a message. Sunday March 27, 2022. I saw a note that said PAGE-L/R-LINE which I think is a hint for the "coordinates" you get on that day as well. The thing is, the page number is in the 30's, but all the books I know of only go to page 10! I feel like this is a cool game idea, though. I love exploring a library for notes to progress. I had a stop watch running, it took me about 37 minutes to get there and stuck.

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Shrink 'n' Stretch
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angientsDeveloper2 years ago (1 edit)

Hi Plide, thank you so much for the feedback, and thanks for giving me a timeframe! You're right that clue is for the coordinates, but it isn't in the 30s, I just checked by playing the game again. Maybe this is a hint (check earlier journal entries too). Although I think the clues are still too difficult and can probably be made clearer. I'll be looking into this. Thanks!

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MagnSubmitted2 years ago

I like the idea of a game about reading and writing set in a library, but it needs more instructions or a tutorial. Now it is just incomprehensible and boring.

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Rubber Man
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angientsDeveloper2 years ago

Hi Magn, thanks for the feedback! For this game jam I worked on a tutorial (the skippable one in the beginning) and some instructions in the pause screen. I suppose I was wondering if you think those helped at all when you're in the library scene.

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MagnSubmitted2 years ago

The tutorial looks good but did not help much. Perhaps the easiest way to help future players would be to make a short video tutorial. Additionally, there seems to be a bug with the notebook since I could not leave it.

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durmanSubmitted2 years ago

Wow! This game exceeded my expectations!^_^

But with my stupid brain, I cant finish this game. ＞﹏＜

I've stucked on, oh i forget day.¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I've stocked on the day where you should write list.

Story of this game is realy complicated. Musics make me feel danger, like I play a horor. Art isn't so good but with this story I think you cant do better in 1 or 2 weeks.

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WoodLancer
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angientsDeveloper2 years ago

Hi, thanks a lot for the feedback! Maybe there needs to be some fixes to the level design.

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