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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #653 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Cleverness | #755 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Artistic Style | #970 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Playability | #1486 | 2.000 | 2.000 |
Ranked from 1 rating. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Judge feedback
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- Simplicity is sometimes the best to work out in games. The game is fun but the transmutation felt a little messy, having simpler commands to bring shadows in and out could do wonders there are a lot of keys to go through and without a tutorial or text in the game to guide it was a little difficult to keep scrolling up and down to read on how do it. The idea is very interesting, hope to see it developed further. Art was also awesome!
Did you include your Game Design Document as a Google Drive link?
Yes
Seriously... did you include your Game Design Document?
Yes
Is your game set to Public so we can see it?
Yes
Tell us about your game!
Main mechanic of the game is ability to control shadows. Player can in restricted way move them and transmute them into more solid forms which can be jumped on or used as way to block missiles. The story is as follows:
In this world, a few hundred years ago, a certain shadow researcher and a magician, during his pursuit of power, caused a massive explosion that has changed the world. It has caused some shadows to behave in
unnatural way. They show up in spots where they shouldn't, some of them don't look like objects they originated from, and some have even started attacking people and animals. You - Edward and your loved one - Alice
have dedicated your lives to solve this situation and restore the correct order of the world. Unfortunately, during one of your experiments, Alice has turned into a shadow herself! In order to save her, you turned
to the science that deals with matter transmutation — alchemy. During your research and an unusual encounter, you have learned how to manipulate and transmute shadows to a certain degree. This ability has gained you
a nickname - Shadow alchemist.
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Comments
Great looking graphics, well done! Sadly I cant workout the shadow climbing feature hahaha, I think I'm just bad at games, let me know how to get that working and I'll have another crack!
I have heard that controls for shadows are a bit clunky and I will try to fix that when jam ends. In order to place a shadow you have to in order:
If you want to revert shadow placement when in shadow placement mode press Z. All transmutation and and placed shadows will also revert if you move too far from the shadow.
Hope that helps.