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A jam submission

Breathe TogetherView game page

A brief game about a family's breathing patterns and fish!
Submitted by wierdest, gRoxt, Aedyn LoPresti, Crystal Yatri Game Audio (@crystalyatri) — 8 days, 18 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity (how unique or innovative was this experience?)#562.7552.755
Theme (how well does the game fit the challenge theme?)#802.7352.735
Overall#1622.2292.229
Presentation (rate its art, animations, sfx, music, and aesthetic appeal)#1942.0202.020
Implementation (rate the game's overall stability and functionality)#2021.9391.939
Gameplay (how good was the user experience, game design, narrative, etc?)#2061.6941.694

Ranked from 49 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

List the Itch usernames of all official team members.
wierdest; crystalyatrigame; JestingWorm697, gRoxt

How does your game fit the theme?
The QTE mechanic promotes attention to breathing patterns as a way of improving focus and response time to events. In addition to that, the game promotes the importance of relaxation, nature and family, by portraying characters performing an activity together in a calming setting.

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Comments

(+1)

I really like the concept! The walk at the beginning was a nice, relaxing way to start. The actual gameplay is pretty janky, with the breath bar jittering back to the start all the time and the camera not letting me see anything. I feel like taking a deep breath should let you stay underwater for more than a moment, and being able to see where the fish are so you can time your dip would be a good idea.

Submitted(+3)

I love the walk animations, such strong deterministic steps. Everybody got to touch a fish :) Technically the multi-camera rendering is quite cool and island with everything animated. Good job!

Developer

Thank you so much for the thoughtful feedback! I meant exactly that with the footsteps when I was animating... I can't say I liked the result, though... I wanted to emphasize the amazing sound design the contributors added to the game... Thanks so much!

Submitted

Love the music and calming setting, albeit soft!

Submitted

Great art, I love the setting! The gameplay confused me a bit but I still enjoyed :D

Submitted

Very original 

Submitted(+1)

This is my comment as a player.

1. I like the character selection. the character design is quite cute.  I think if the artstyle can be improved, many children and girl player will like it.

2. Overall world is cute too. maybe can add bigger island or another island with different element on it.

3. The game mechanic is too simple and can be confusing. 

4. It will be great if different character can do different thing. So, the game will be more interesting and player has more option to play repetitively.

5. A lot more need to be improved.

6. Hope can see a full developed game soon.

Developer

Definitely needs a ton of polishing. All modeling & art was done exclusively for the jam. Since I did all the coding myself, I had to scope out a lot of ideas. Originally each character would have had a job and a specific area of the island! I think it's very interesting you say: "The mechanic is too simple and can be confusing". I usually think of "simple" things as not complex. Any more specific ideas for number 5? About 6, I don't think I will take this idea forward, at least for a couple of months... I'm thinking about making the assets available (after removing the lv99 logo, of course) Thank you so much for your thoughtful feedback! 

Submitted

Cute little relaxing experience :)

Submitted

Really interesting game, well done. I enjoyed it, the 3D was nice, peaceful music and the game play was quirky and transitions through were great.   

Submitted

Developer

Thank you so much!