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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity + Theme | #26 | 3.395 | 3.545 |
| Music + SFX | #33 | 2.437 | 2.545 |
| Gameplay | #36 | 2.350 | 2.455 |
| Visuals | #37 | 2.698 | 2.818 |
| Fun Factor | #37 | 2.611 | 2.727 |
Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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The idea of having the ref paying attention vs not is so good! This is a great start. I think if you added some punching sounds it would add a lot. It is also a little hard to see the yellow exclamations with the turquoise background. Great take on the theme.
Fun idea! I think needs a little polish in areas such as the AI of the enemy hockey players, but overall great concept. I thought it'd be a struggle to win just by going for goals and "cheating" by getting enemy players disqualified would be the way to go, but just scoring goals was enough to win after all.
I was wondering when I would come across a game using the word penalty in a very different way, that's a clever use of the theme.
I started out with hitting the puck into the wrong goal, lol. I was wondering why no one was following me there. I played the game blindly, reading only about the controls at first, it was really funny to me when I figured out I was put into the penalty box. In the end I was behind 4 - 0 but ended up winning somehow, maybe because the referee saw the opponent fight me (?). The whole idea of having a whole mechanic to win by cheating got a chuckle out of me.
At first I couldn't see what the hitting was doing, since the visual effect is very subtle and low contrast, this could be improved in an update if you plan on doing so, also combined with sfx maybe.
Funny concept! It was a bit hard to know when the referee was looking, so maybe you could add a sound effect or something to alert the player a bit better? Would be nice to see more effects and sounds in general too, like a smack when you hit the puck or the other players.
thanks! yeah i agree, i think the game would be a lot more lively with more sounds