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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality (score low for unoriginal, high for original ideas) | #3 | 4.250 | 4.250 |
| Legitimacy (score low for jam-spam, high for authentic "in the spirit" entry) | #7 | 4.667 | 4.667 |
| Adherence (score low for poor theme implementation, high for sticking to theme) | #7 | 4.708 | 4.708 |
| Overall | #9 | 4.156 | 4.156 |
| Impression (score low for unimpressive, high for impressive) | #30 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
Ranked from 24 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Surprisingly interesting!
Fun game. I really like the rainbow and subtle lighting effects :)
thank you, the lighting effects are supposed to be cracks on user's screen. I could not manage to make them look good enough hence the confusion :D
That is one terrifying way to end the game. I panicked for a sec. Have to say it was quite a unique game and I enjoyed it. I did notice that meteors speed was tied to player's speed. It made it easy to dodge but felt artificial in a way.
they are not tied, when you stop you can better visualise the direction the meteorites. When moving you are moving relative to the meteorites on a circular path making it harder to understand their direction. They are going in a straight path.
Is that so? Guess that makes sense now. My bad! We can be certain I'm not fit for piloting on curves 😆
Well done, the radial mechanics were pretty fun to try and navigate.
The visual effect of the spiral diminished after around 40% when it appears that you are just running along a surface with the occasional meteor headed at you. Some way to keep the spiral in the view would have been a nice touch.
Thanks, I was experimenting with a camera so the user can zoom out and see the spiral (looks very cool when you zoom out a lot) but I abandoned the idea due to time constraints.
I think this is a fantastic idea with a lot of potential to be turned into something really original. The idea of playing with our notions of up and down / left / right and scale as you move "left" and "right" along a spiral that unwinds can has many possibilities for dynamic puzzles, movement and lateral thinking.
The current implementation is a little sparse on action (I most of the time I just moved "right" and didnt need to do anything else - but this was a one week project built around an original idea/mechanics so it couldn't really borrow ideas from existing games to get a quick start. The polish will come with further development - especially if a final product could match the style of the header image - it would be a very beautiful game.
The gameplay feels a bit too lengthy and repetitive. While the core idea is interesting, the overall experience needs something more, can't quite point my finger at what, nonetheless keep up the good work!
hard and sometimes frustrating, enjoyable and beauty background
i like running, i like games, and this game made me run on a rainbow spiral
i like rainbows, so very good combo