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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #1 | 4.953 | 4.953 |
| Overall | #2 | 4.512 | 4.512 |
| Mood | #3 | 4.581 | 4.581 |
| Audio | #6 | 4.419 | 4.419 |
| Game Design | #8 | 4.326 | 4.326 |
| Theme | #9 | 4.465 | 4.465 |
Ranked from 43 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Comments
Wow. This game is beautiful! 11/10 on the graphics and animation. The concept and style is really nice, definitely reminds me of something I would expect by Pixar. The composition within the title screen was beautifully arranged, could easily be a wallpaper background. The controls and objective were very clear from the get-go. The music was nice and complimented the game pretty well. The sound FX weren't repetitive, sounded nice and natural. I can definitely see this being a VR or mobile game given the simple controls and mechanics. Although I don't feel like the cane smacking mechanic provided value to the actual gameplay (I found it more efficient to just feed the animals every time instead), I think it's still valuable simply because it's hilarious, with that said I would've kept it in the game if I were building it myself too. The energy meter was a nice touch because it prevented me from just spamming different food all over the place, but at the same time it almost felt like the energy meter didn't exist once I started carefully selecting food to throw out (energy regenerated faster than animals would arrive and didn't make it too punishing to occasionally make a mistake).
Overall a beautiful, simple, and fun game.
Thanks a lot for the detailed review! We are considering whether to expand the project. Yes, feed the animals is more efficent that kick them! If you want, you can try this build POST-JAM (not consider it for evaluation): https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LVQmYiqNhZyHh_iTYnPR7OJwQbZioW7i
In this build the game is more balanced and the cane is more efficient!
The trick was to make the character still and not moving so we could make fewer models and more curated also the graphics we have chosen is not very detailed.
Another thing which helps us was the blueprint system of Ue4 and the material graph because we could reach good results in a short amount of time.
Thanks for the critique I appreciate a lot the constructive criticism because it helps us grow as a Dev.
I understand where you're coming from, the game is unbalanced and the cane doesn't help it only drains stamina.
This is due to the fact that we have only one programmer in the team and we didn't have much time for testing.
It's my fault that the game is too hard because I change the difficulty curve (animals spawn delay) in the last few hours since i felt the game way too easy and not very challenging. Maybe after the jam is finished we will add a stun mechanic where the animals stay still for 4/5 second after you hit them and maybe we will lower the spawn rate.
Edit: we are really sorry that your team can't play the game we didn't understand where the problem is :(
4 years ago(+1)
thank you <3 I played and rated your game is really fun also the story is great hahaha :P
4 years ago(+1)
if you know the problem, or it gives you an error, let me know and I try to help you.
Thanks for the nice feedback <3
4 years ago(+1)
Try to Go here http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784 and download the installer. Uninstall and dont repair. Then reinstall.
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