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A jam submission

FiresideView game page

A wholesome indie game about the breaks on the journey.
Submitted by Linus Gärtig (@linusgaertig), caphhe, PaulRdy (@PaulRdy) — 1 minute, 59 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Best Mood Mojo#113.9353.935
Overall Creative Craze#393.6303.630
Relevant to the StaySave! Jam Theme#433.7833.783
Player Engagement Power#623.2173.217
Innovative Impact#653.0223.022

Ranked from 46 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted(+2)

Beautiful atmosphere! :) Music, sound and visuals (especially the animations) go really well together. 

I suggest changing the font though for better readability. And I didn't figure out the social stat yet - it seemed to go down even after I meet people or give them items. Also I think you should allow the player to use items on the own character while at the fire side.

Looking forward to see what you will make out of the project in the future!

Developer (1 edit) (+1)

Social stat is still very much work in progress^^ But yeah! Thanks for the feedback!

Developer

Thanks for giving our game a try and especially, thanks for the feedback!

Submitted(+2)

Good music. Love that the hair bounces on the head of the NPC. xD Gorgeous artwork!

Developer(+1)

Haha, yeah. Some juicy hair animations are important!  Thank you very much! 

Submitted(+1)

The game gives off a sense of calmness that I very much like. Kudos to art and music too.

Developer(+1)

Thank you very much! :D

Submitted(+2)

Bit slow, but stunning art-work. Nice!

Developer

We tried to make the game a bit atmospheric  and a bit more narrative heavy. Thanks! :)

Submitted(+2)

Very nice art - the music and drawings are very polished!

The gameplay is not really my cup of tea, but I can see the appeal - although some introduction could be useful. (I am a fan of faster-paced games though :D)

Developer

Thank you very much! 
Haha, yeah it is  a slower-paced game  . I get your point there!  :D
We are looking forward to implementing some kind of introduction!

Submitted(+2)

I love the artstyle of the game. The music, the drawings is so comforting. With what did you do the music? Nicely done entry!

Developer

Thank you very much! :)
I will need to ask our music guy.  :D

Developer(+2)

Matze used Cubase 9 as DAW and recorded the guitar, percussion and harmonica^^
Plugin wise he used:
- The TAL-U-NO-62 Synth plugin for the pad & bass
- The "Wolno" Piano by Felt instruments
- Some Tape Saturation, Compression etc. to keep the mix glued together.

All the libraries he used are free!

Submitted(+2)

after an hectic gamejam and my intense game, a relaxing virtual fireside is what we needed. 

waiting for multiplayer expansion pack xD

Developer(+1)

:D Glad you like it!
Multiplayer sounds like a lot of fun (and a lot of work xD). 

Developer(+1)

Haha :D I was thinking about that.  First up will be implementing all the gameplay we wanted to. Then we'll quadruple the development costs  by making it multiplayer :P We've got much work to do. Glad you  liked it!

Submitted(+2)

very nice and good looking game! pretty music too, really sets the mood for meeting stranger around the fire. I would have loved to see more writing and dialogue with the characters : ) one of the best i've played so far

Developer

Thank you very much, Jasper!   Yeah, we would have liked to include some more content but we ran out of time. :D

Submitted(+2)

The game is very aesthetically pleasing and relaxing. I had fun playing it!

Developer

Thanks!  :D

Submitted(+2)

I thought this game was cool and found it really relaxing. 

Developer

Thank you! :)

Submitted(+2)

Very creative game!

I was a bit overwhelmed at the beginning by the controls and gameplay.

Love the music and the vibe of the game!

Developer

 Thank you for the kind words!  :)
Yeah, as there is no introduction yet it can be overwhelming.

Submitted(+2)

Great mood, but gameplay could be improved

Developer(+1)

Thanks! Sure,   we were not able to implement a lot due to the time limitations and there are some bugs left!  Any things you would like to improve gameplay-wise?

Submitted(+2)

Good to see a story based game. And also, great music

Developer

Thank you very much! :)

Submitted(+2)

nice mood

Developer

Thanks! :)

Submitted(+2)

Neat to see a game with storytelling in a game jam. The whole experience in general felt very cozy and warm. Nicely done :)

Developer

Thank you very much for the nice words! 

Submitted(+2)

Amazing Game! I love the story and everything!One of my favorites :)

Developer

Thank you for the sweet comment! :)

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

Hey Linus, very cool! Definitely one of my favourites from this jam, will there be a bugfixed-build soon?


Liebe Grüße

Developer

Thank you very much!   We will be talking about the future of this project after the jam rating is finished but we  also really enjoyed building this prototype!  :)

Developer(+1)

Hey Zwi,

we will be continuing to work on this game! There's many systems in there we'd still like to showcase better :) For example, NPCs acutally have an inventory and use the items you give them. Thanks for the kind words!

Submitted

Awesome, that sounds cool! Icll keep an eye on it then :)

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

i like it, very nice relaxing game, how is it connected to the theme?

Developer

On your journey you may meet other travelers. They may ask for items and by giving them those items you can show them your solidarity. You can even give them more if you want to and maybe they will  give you something in return if you meet them another time.  
We want to show that solidarity and giving to others is important even if you just got to know someone and even if you may not meet them again.  For us solidarity is something you can and should show  to others without being asked for it.

Submitted (1 edit) (+3)

I love the calming feeling of this game, especially from the art and design of sitting around the campfire! After figure out how to feed the player and gift items to other characters around the campfire, I found the overall game engaging and fun.

Developer

Thanks, I am glad you like it. Yeah, we did not manage to implement a tutorial or something similar but it is also about finding out how to interact and I am happy to hear that you were able to do so! :)

Submitted(+3)

Very smooth and relaxing theme. I felt immersed in this game. But I wasn't exactly sure what I was supposed to be doing (how do I get more items?) Either way, I enjoyed the time in it :)

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing, Mike! :)
We want to   create a nice atmosphere with this game.  On your journey from one fireside to the next certain events may happen  and these events provide you with new items which you can use to  share with others or  use yourself.   The   goal is to enjoy your journey , meet new people and eventually, reach the last fireside. 

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