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A jam submission

Needle in a HaystackView game page

A joke about finding the lost meaning of a game jam theme
Submitted by teonistor — 6 hours, 29 minutes before the deadline
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Submitted

I really liked this, small and simple game that gets challenging when it becomes dark.

Submitted

Fun and polished little game. It definitely gets harder once the sun goes down, but it’s still easy. It would be a good progression to add more difficulty as you play. Very good!

Submitted

Loved this; really good game. Reminds me of a Flash game that would also appeal to Hidden Object fans – I kept going and hanging on to see if there was a story/plot point at the end: I liked how it got dark and the morning came up. Would have been cool to see more game mechanics (like the torch) emerge the next day, or find different things in the hay (letters maybe? that reveal a story or why someone is putting all the needles in the hay), but I think it was really nice and elegant for a small game. I also love how it started as a joke but turned into a lovely little game! 

Submitted

Really enjoyed this one - very simple mechanics and premise but very well done. Loved the tension of the torch running out battery contrasted with not trying to use up all your energy, made for some frentic but deliberate clicking around for needles/batteries!

Submitted

Great little concept for a game imo!
Works great. Nice little compact experience

HostSubmitted

Haha that your noun is "joke" :D

For what it is this is really well done. When you introduce the torch it has hints of those idle clicker games where stories emerge from the very simple beginnings. I wonder what else you could put inside the hay stacks...

Everything worked smoothly and was entertaining to play up to the point that you ran out of programming :) Good job

Submitted

Silly joke that has some charm, nice execution.