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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #1 | 4.538 | 4.538 |
| Enjoyment | #2 | 4.154 | 4.154 |
| Overall | #4 | 3.962 | 3.962 |
| Audio | #6 | 3.231 | 3.231 |
| Concept | #6 | 4.077 | 4.077 |
| Story | #6 | 3.769 | 3.769 |
| Graphics | #7 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Did you use any optional theme? If so which one?
Flower Language, Dating Sim, and Infection (though the infection theme is more indirect in my game as the "infection" of Winter)
What game engine did you use?
Ren'Py
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Very cute story and an interesting spring/winter mechanic that add a good amount of options.
I was really surprised at how smooth all those date went, I was fully expecting the annoying jerk in the mix, but even Heracles behaved like a gentleman :D
If I can offer some constructive criticism, I think a short scene to introduce Persophone at the start might have made your onboarding a bit smoother than a monologue. Maybe a short chat with Demeter, who's not happy to see her daughter going outside?
Thanks very much for your comment and critique! Much appreciated. :D I did originally plan to have a scene with Demeter, but scrapped it because of time constraints - I think your idea of establishing that relationship at the intro would work really well! And I think the closest thing I had to an annoying jerk was Circe ahaha~
This is a precious lil game and an impressive usage of all of the themes. Going back and forth between spring and winter added some neat variation on things. I played through a second time because I wanted to court Phemonoe lol but she still got away >.< The character art is nice and the different colors keep it very diverse. One small suggestion is maybe there could be different music tracks for spring vs winter? Very cool submission!
Thanks so much for your kind comments and suggestions! Whoops, yes, while it is possible to successfully "romance" any of the characters, there's only one relationship that can last after the epilogue 😜 Oh I love your idea of having different music for Spring and Winter! If I go back to work on the game some more after the jam, I will implement that!
I liked this very much, especially the art, but everything is very well done. And it is impressive how you managed to use all four themes, even if only indirectly with “infection”, in a single cohesive game.
Thanks so much! :D
Thanks heaps! ^.^ And if I come back to it to edit, I will definitely make it clearer to players what the Winter button does! Glad you liked the game :)
Very cute take on Greek mythology and speed dating! It was short and sweet and I had a blast playing it!
Great job!
Thanks so much! :)
Omg, this was such a cute game! I love Greek mythology. The multiple types of options were great and I wish it were longer! I was yelling because I wanted to give Hades a flower. I need a full game of this. As a person working on a visual novel with the greek gods as characters, I think this was perfectly on theme! Bravo.
My favorite part was the flower options, I loved the art and the concept!
Thanks so much! And that's so cool that you're making a visual novel on Greek mythology too - high five! Sometime I might come back to this and expand on the game, add more characters etc. :) Glad you enjoyed!
Really solid! I think that the winter/spring mechanic could be telegraphed more to the player, but the mechanic itself is really interesting when put into a dating sym-type scenario. Using all three optional themes is really commendable, so props work working in that much and having it all gel together!
Thank you for the feedback and suggestion! 😄 If I expand on the game in the future, I'll definitely work on introducing the mechanic in a clearer way!
Wow! This is a very relaxing game!!! I like the fact, that you used a lot of side themes. If u ask me its a pure 5 star game. The graphics are neat and simple. It looks like u put a lot of effort into this game. Tells a good story as well!!!
I JUST LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!
Thanks very much!! ^.^