This is beautiful and brave. I'm grateful that you had the courage to take on an important and sensitive topic. I thought the writing was excellent, and handled the subject matter with sensitivity and grace. It's rare to find a game that feels deeply personal and yet highly polished at the same time. Great work!
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Urania's Cloak's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Use of Diversifiers | #1 | 4.133 | 4.133 |
| Narrative | #1 | 4.600 | 4.600 |
| Audio | #1 | 4.200 | 4.200 |
| Gameplay | #4 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Fun | #4 | 3.867 | 3.867 |
| Art | #8 | 4.267 | 4.267 |
| Use of Theme | #16 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Solo or Team Game?
Solo
Did you use any diversifiers?
Pacifist Run
Bechdel Test
I allow my game to be used for promotion material for future gams jams / events by the organisers.
Yes
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Comments
This was really beautifully made! It had me tearing up more than once. It’s a difficult subject to write about, and I’m glad you added the option to play without the story, but it resonated with me.
On a technical level, I was also impressed with how smooth and polished everything was - shooting the stars, rolling around (I know how dicey spherical movement can be to code), and all of the dialogue sequences. I loved the ending too, and the way you scored it worked super well. I was really looking forward to playing this and I wasn’t at all disappointed.
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ArityNever knew that launching stars into the sky could be so engaging. I think that making the game be about a suicide was an extremely bad call. Though the constellation anecdotes resonated with me.
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Ensemble actionGreat game. Story, art, music, ... everything fits together really well.
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There's a protest in town ...this was fantastic! picking up the stars and shooting them off into the sky was a lot of fun, and it was cool to be able to see the completed constellations as i continue to search for more. it worked really well with the storyline and loved how each constellation related to the narrative. well done!
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Heart to HeartThank you so much for making this <3. I loved/hated the unicorn story especially. I was screaming internally, "you can be the unicorn!!!"
In terms of game-feel so much of this was so polished as well! The stars orbiting with sparkly particle effects, the woosh of the stars as you send them to their constellations, the gentle camera repositioning when you look back on the planet..the text boxes and font seemed perfect, the audio just meshed with everything as well.
Were the constellations 3D sprite billboards at the end there? Was thinking it might look better to have them two-sided so you can see the images even when looking down on the backside of them as well.
Overall, very well done, indeed!
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PiecesBeautiful game with a wonderful ending! I loved moving around under the night sky and forming the constellations overhead. I kept accidentally hitting the spacebar and starting dialogue, though, which set off an early ending before I'd finished all the constellations. I'm wondering if you accidentally kept that key hooked up from testing? I I ended up just playing it a second time so I could get the rest of the constellations! Really lovely game.
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Anywhere You've BeenIt was a great experience. The story was told in a very unusal way and it made a huge impression on me. I loved the ending <3 Great job!
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Night OwlsLoved it! Absolutely gorgeous & do love a nicely interpolated camera too! :D Great powerful narrative too, think I accidentally triggered a few story dialogs by hitting space though!
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Seaweed (Rainbow Jam 20)Really beautiful! I liked the gameplay of placing stars a lot, and I'm glad you chose to include more than were necessary so it wasn't just a hunt for the final collection. The astronomy focus reminded me a lot of If Found, which I also loved :)
Great job!!
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