Incredibly polished game. Love me some 3D pixel art. The visuals, the music, flawless. Small nitpick about the font which could be changed to a more easy to read one in the tutorial segment, but later in the game where the texts weren't that long it wasn't an issue.
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Moonshine's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Artistic Style | #1 | 5.000 | 5.000 |
| Cleverness | #1 | 5.000 | 5.000 |
| Theme | #1 | 5.000 | 5.000 |
| Playability | #214 | 4.500 | 4.500 |
Ranked from 2 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Judge feedback
Judge feedback is anonymous and shown in a random order.
- Extremely polished and charming game, hitting the themes bang on in a clever way. With a little added event variety and a more legible font option this would stand out as a really solid game.
- While the aspect of the game feels like another 'rinse and repeat' sell the drink you crafted kind of game, you definitely took this in a different, more unique direction in my opinion. First the gameplay; this was simple, easy to follow and after some trial and error, my reading skills kicked in and I remembered to add the ingredients to the large barrel and concoct the correct drink for them. I also like the added section where you can upgrade the store, buy ingredients, etc. Very fun additions to the core play of this game--not to mention the way you have to specifically craft things just because law enforcement shows up the following day after the news breaks. The storytelling, while simple and to the point, very effective. For the themes, shadow made me think back to the world you had provided; giving the feel of 'secret societies' based on the newspaper and 'elemental effects' based on the stats of the ingredients available and how they'd affect the drink creation. For alchemy, I thought 'transformation', 'combination' and a bit of 'synthesis' honestly. Every bit of detail that went into this stood out quite nicely, and I was honestly hooked on trying to make the most accurate drink based on what the customer 'wanted'. Lastly, the artistic style...where do I begin? Pixel art for the characters, images, environment, menus, all of it, very, very good stuff! The music was soothing, made me feel immersed while playing, and the sound effects were so good as well. Especially the barrel. Very funny, but aesthetically pleasing all the same. I will be playing this a bunch more, so keep up the great work!
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!
Moonshine is a bar management puzzle game where players take on the role of a bartender. Mix unique drinks for eccentric customers, manage resources, and avoid police raids while trying to build your reputation in the underground drinking scene.
Extra Notes
Love from Ukraine!
Comments
I noticed it mainly with toxic ingredients not applying the reduction and increase of toxicity.
The one i remembered clearly was adding an eye to add a bit of toxicity, but it adding 0. Maybe it happend due to me adding milk first and it going into the negative, but i'd assume you clamped it 0 to avoid it.
Might also be that is purely visual.
In regards to what time, i believe it was on one of the last day or two, well into the game.
129 days ago (+1)
Yep, if you put the negative into the value of zero, you still see zero on the bar, but if you hover mouse to him, it shows the actual value. But I agree that this may not be obvious to the player. If we find any good way to show this visually, we will make it.
Thank you again for your feedback :)
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