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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Use of the Limitation | #17 | 3.574 | 3.574 |
| Enjoyment | #34 | 3.319 | 3.319 |
| Overall | #36 | 3.351 | 3.351 |
| Concept | #50 | 3.447 | 3.447 |
| Presentation | #74 | 3.064 | 3.064 |
Ranked from 47 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Team members
CuriousCinni - CuriousCinni.itch.io
Software used
Unity
Use of the limitation
You have 1 minute to collect enough gold to pay your rent for that day, while also spending spare gold on tool upgrades and movement speed!
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At least 5.7
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Loved the game and the upgrade perks! The design is great, keep it up.
Great game! It would be nice to have more tools after some days, because after a dozen days the game becomes repetitive, but in a Jam we don’t have the time to do so, and the work you did is really nice!
Thanks for the feedback! Fully get the repetitiveness, could've just ended the game when the player gets to 10 days or so but decided to make it endless :) Will be adding more stuff to do soon!
cool game although a tutorial would be great as i didn't quite know what to do. none the less cool game.
Thanks for the feedback! Will add it to the list of things to add to the game :)
Good game! True, I still did not understand how to collect gold faster in order to hold out longer. I was able to pay the rent for 5 days. Well, I hope the lizard will have a place to live :)
P.S. sorry for my English, I know it very badly and I am writing via google translator:)
Thank you for playing, glad you enjoyed! Your English is perfectly readable don't worry :)
Pretty neat, main issue is the lack of player feedback via sound or particle effects but of course it's a jam so there's no time for everything. Maybe having some assets be pixel art and some not make it look a bit off too, but it has a nice gameplay loop concept
Thanks for the feedback! I think everything has sounds but they're too quiet, will do some tweaking at some point so all of them can be heard. Also definitely going to be updating the sprites so they fit with each other :)
It might also be an issue with my own audio configuration probably, but I'm glad to know you're gonna take a look into it + the sprites, thanks for your reply
They all look good, don't get me wrong. I was talking a bit more about the fact that the tools seem to have a very different style from the rest of the world or the character. Oh and don't worry too much about the sound effects, it's understandable and I just missed on a couple of things due to my audio configuration
This was a lot of fun, I only made it to the point where i could pay 47 for rent, couldnt get ore fast enough after that.
Thanks for playing! I think the rent system still needs a bit of tweaking so people can get the upgrades quicker. Either way, glad you enjoyed!
This was enjoyable, though it got expensive fast, to live in that little shack!
I only made it 4 days, and i only manage to buy move-speed-upgrade.
Some quick ideas:
There are two paths that doesn't seem to go anywhere. Maybee they could have been connected?
There was a sound when hitting rock, but not when chopping tree, making it hard to know if one hit it or missed.
Once in a while, the character faces the wrong way, even though i was pretty sure my last input was left, and the mouse-pointer was on his left, still he hit right.
I just hope that cute lizard can find his only little miss lizard some day, and move into a fallen log or something. A pan-handling Lizard would surely be a heart-breaking sight. :'(
Thanks for the feedback! I plan to add more stuff down those paths but for now they just have a chance to lead near trees. There is a tree hitting noise but it does seem to be quiet, think the swinging sound makes it hard to hear. And that character facing bug is driving me mad, got no idea what's causing it sadly, gonna have to dissect my code :(
If you give it another go a pickaxe/axe upgrade might help with the gold, but either way I appreciate all the helpful feedback!
A little boring, but it does have a proper gameplay loop that can keep people hooked for a little bit. It's also got a nice spawning system that makes sure that you can collect enough gold if you keep upgrading your tools and speed. The timer is well implemented with the gameplay, and works well to make sure your getting stuff done. It's a very simple game but it's well scoped and the systems work.
Thanks for the feedback! Gonna be adding more stuff to do at some point so hopefully won't get repetitive quickly :)
Neat little game, I think if you fall behind on the gathering, due to increasing rent, it's hard or almost impossible to catch, but otherwise, it was quite cool.
Played it on stream, in case you wanted to see some gameplay:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1099833322
Watched the full thing, really cool to see someone play my game! This was my first jam so I was a bit hesitant to ask for team members to get art and music but will definitely consider it in the future :) The tool assets are at the top of my list of improvements, definitely going to make them fit in with the rest of the game.
Thanks for the feedback!
This is really fun and the upgrade system made me keep hitting continue! Also really like the art and music, the lizard is so cute! Also, the sound effects for hitting the objects are a good addition. This game is pretty relaxing and it's easy to spend lots of rounds playing.
Thank you so much for all the kind words! The lizard is definitely the star of the show here :)
Great game, had to stop myself from playing it longer
Haha thanks for the kind words, glad you enjoyed!
Interesting, but you need to add a pickup effect for the player to get feedback
Interesting, so the gold might fly out of the resources and the player has to pick it up? Thanks for the feedback!
Just lost an embarrassing amount of time playing this game. Crazy addictive
Haha thank you very much, that means a lot! Glad you enjoyed :)
I give this game thumbs up 👍
I give your comment thumbs up 👍 Thanks for playing!
Pretty decent. goodjob!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
It would be nice to have more things to do, but overall looks good!
Thanks for the feedback! Definitely gonna add lots more to the game eventually, glad you enjoyed!
Solid game loop and concept. Visuals were very nice as well. Would love to see it with more juice.
Thanks for the feedback! Screen shakes are definitely gonna be one of the next things I add, should add a bit more juiciness to the game :)
Pretty decent game! The music was kind of loud and the game got really repetitive after about 5 rounds. I wish the timer was a little more obvious, or there to be some indication of time running low. Also as a side note, the sprites don't really fit together. If you're going to use asset packs, try using assets with the same resolution.
Thanks for playing! You can change the music volume in the settings on the main menu, I set it to 50% but it was still really loud haha. Definitely going to update the sprites soon to fit the rest of the art. Thanks for the feedback :)
That game has pretty sad vibe to it, poor lizard, having to work all day to barely pay his rent until he can not.
Great game though!
He's just trying to make it through life, can't even mine his rocks without the tax man knowing about it :(
Glad you enjoyed it!
nice game. was really fun but got a bit repetitive near the end
Thanks for playing! Gonna develop it to have different areas and upgrades to manage as you get later into the game :)
Nice! looking forward to it!