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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme Integration | #167 | 2.900 | 2.900 |
| Innovation | #173 | 2.700 | 2.700 |
| Sound Design | #174 | 2.600 | 2.600 |
| Fun Factor | #179 | 2.650 | 2.650 |
| Overall | #191 | 2.600 | 2.600 |
| Gameplay | #218 | 2.450 | 2.450 |
| Art | #268 | 2.300 | 2.300 |
Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game bring our theme, The Error is the Feature, to life?
For the theming, I was inspired by the infamous nuclear Gandhi glitch from Civilization, namely the urban legend that the glitch came about by overflowing the pacifist values of the Gandhi A.I. thus giving him the least pacifist values possible, leading to a hilarious result. My game, inspired by the game Reigns developed by Nerial, has you balance four bars only by overflowing them so much that they go back to zero and up again. The overflow of the values isn't just a glitch, it's also the only way to win. For example: can't lower spending to deal with rising debt? Well, just raise spending so much it overflows back to low debt! The error has become the feature.
Did you include a fake publisher splash screen at the start of your game?
Did you use the Audius API in your game?
If AI was used in your game, let us know how you used it.
I haven't used any AI generated content in my game
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Very cool idea! Fun game :)
Very nice! I achieved day 26 and am pretty proud of me. Jokes aside, the gameplay loop is funny and the game is pretty well balanced so congrats! I had a lot of fun playing it so thank you for that :)
I am a fan of Reigns so this slips right into my comfort zone. The idea of stack overflow as a twist is both thematically fitting and very funny. I would like to see more events that does something else than influencing the stats, and/or influences states dynamically based on what player has the most/least. I found that RNG is still too big of a factor since there are a few times the stat change I need just do not show up in the 7 day limit. I'd love to see you expand the game maybe make it even more chaotic.
Cool theme interpretation. Love the art. How did the logo was made? Looks cool
Thank you! All pixel art assets were made by me using Piskel: https://www.piskelapp.com/
The Patch Notes logo was taken from the indieformer website: https://www.indieformer.com/press
No i mean animated logo with a flag :)
Oh, tbh I just used this free site that makes any flag you make into a gif https://makesweet.com/my/flag
Rogue state reference?!
Rogue state reference?!
The concept of covering debt with more debt is the funniest game idea alive. I feel like the game really didn't have any bugs in it, just a clever game mechanic so I didn't rate you that high in the theme category, though for a game made in 72 hours you should be proud :D
Thank you!
I couldn't remember the name of the game for the life of me until I read the description, but it is very much reminiscent of reigns, likely some others too. I wasn't sure what the glitching was or if it played a larger part in the game. I almost felt that it might be more interesting with a timer ticking down on each decision, or maybe just rewarding fast decisions with a slight decrease in levels. It would be nice to have a some recourse to save myself as things get dire.
Thanks for the feedback! I do wanna mention that the glitching happens when one of the bars overflows and wraps back around to zero, maybe I should've been clearer with that lol. Still, I appreciate you playing my game!