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Chronicles of Ardia's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Engagement | #98 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Theme | #117 | 2.750 | 2.750 |
| Gameplay | #121 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
| Overall | #124 | 2.750 | 2.750 |
| Presentation | #139 | 2.750 | 2.750 |
Ranked from 4 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Hi there!
I'm one of the 6 judges for this RPG Maker Game Jam 2025. I was one of the 2 judges assigned to your game, and we have been assigned to rate your games according to each metric highlighted on the game's main jam page, and submit these ratings to the organisers, who will then appropriate what happens with that. Please contact them in the Q&A if you have any further questions about the judging process. The judges will work on different time schedules, so even if I may have finished playing your game, the entire process might not be finished as of yet. Many of these reviews I am posting while still judging.
All that aside, I'd like to share my VOD of me playing your game, which contains up to an hour of gameplay, and some final thoughts at the end! Depending on whether I stopped the VOD early or not, it will also contain many of the thoughts that I say to you below, which may cause repetition. So just be aware of that.
I will also attach a review below this VOD. I will not disclose my ratings for each category as of yet, but those will be revealed in due time. Not all judges are required to post a review or VOD to each game, but many will do so even if it's optional, including myself.
Here's the VOD:
Ah, Ozzy. OZZY OZZZY Ozzy. You already know what I've said about this game, and everyone else in this team... it's a shame that those encounters got replaced with bosses, but everything else was turning out so GOOD and I would have given you a great mark if it didn't have that part... and it continued to a nice conclusion. I was hooked! (No pun on the hookshot.)
Nevertheless, for those not in the know - this is a decent start to a game with some actually very good writing and interesting flow that got sadly borked by the lead developer (a great friend of mine and a lovely person) accidentally replacing all encounters with the boss... which is SAD and a shame. But hey, it's not Ozzy's fault... he was in a rush because he had a lot of things going on at the time.
And the silver lining is... I like your storywriting, Ozzy! It's very realistic and great and this game is cute and I want more of it. Obviously OBVIOUSLY keep making games, because this was great, and not just because you're a good friend ;) Love ya lots bud. To Ozzy and the whole team - it's a shame that it turned out like this but the silver lining is there and I think you should continue just making awesome games because you're all fantastic <3
Man..
The combats. ;-; Hookshot tho is cool :D! And I am always jelly of people that can actually write proper English.
Ganbare Ozzyman!
Hmmm... upon trying to equip I got a "Cannot read property 'canEquip' of undefined"...
So I gave up on the equip screen, but any pointers as to what I am supposed to do? I'm trying to leave town but I can't. There doesn't seem to be anything to do in town, either.
Yeah, the equips are broken sadly.
As to how to leave the town, you need to head into the 2 story building with a golden sign and after that cutscene, you cross the ledge to the left of your cabin. From there, if you try to leave the map, the game progresses in a fairly obvious manner.
If you are still lost after that, you need to talk to the mayor, after you've grabbed the chest to the left of your cabin (the one that is past the ledge)
I tried the game, didn't get too far for the following reasons: When I went to the menu equip screen the game crashed with an error message. So I didn't use the equip screen, but when I left the town to go to the first dungeon, I only had basic attack and 1 runestone skill that cost more MP than what I had. And the enemy killed me in 2 turns. So I'd say the game still needs more work to get rid of bugs and balance the combat.
All of these are very valid criticisms, due to a MAJOR oversight on my end, the only enemy you can fight is the boss fight of the first dungeon. All in all, I thank you for giving our entry a fair try and I will work to fix it up for future players with a more up to date "post jam" release as a separate download.
Mom, I'm famous! I made it to the Authors list in the game!