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:
Imagine my surprise seeing HawkZombie, my fellow judge and friend, on the high score rankings for Dungeoneers! I just had to beat him! I just had to! (Spoiler: I didn't.)But I generally enjoyed myself anyway?
What Dungeoneers is is pretty cool, actually. I'd describe it in concept as a sort of Fall Guys made in RPG Maker. With some puzzles, action bits and minigames that need to be done within the shortest time possible. And then your scores get put on the big board for everyone to see - an online webpage with the rankings publicly displayed.
I like that in concept very much! And I very much like how you got the connection actually working for that.
The voice over was unexpected, and the comedy, and the leaderboard, and also the REALLY LOUD noise out of nowhere was unexpected as heck. But I don't think that was intentional. But it could have been.
Yeah, there was a really loud noise that sometimes occurred when you hit fire and it BLASTS the ears wide open, lol.
There were a lot of fun ideas here. Some of these were more exciting than others. Some are sokoban or sliding puzzle games. Some required more thought than others. I liked the way some were introduced, and others not so much. More context in the video, because it's complicated. But basically, it's a mixed bag, and I think some mechanics are more polished than others. But generally, most work. Which is impressive, considering the number of mechanics and systems involved.
I was engaged throughout, with varying levels of engagement. However, when I got to the combination of the step puzzle AND the boulder/button puzzle, I was the most engaged, but on a subjective level because I love those types of puzzles the most. Not everyone will enjoy the puzzle like I did, which makes it hard to judge objectively. But I will have to give it the benefit of the doubt, and say that it ended up engrossing me. However, some of the minigames were a little difficult to get into because of mechanics that were bugging out, or I felt were introduced poorly.
(NOTE: I must say that I finished that boulder/button and step puzzle because I had previously misunderstood the puzzle. But it was a eureka moment that I had *after* the hour of my judging, in my own time, so it doesn't count towards my scores.)
Generally the minigames were presented with a deal of polish, even if some of the maps were kind of bare RTP looking. The voice acting was hilarious. But the sound effects were too high in the mix, and certain points the sound effect were ASTONISHINGLY loud, particularly in the flame dodging part of Course B. Generally, apart from that, though, standardly well polished.
For polish, there was an audio glitch when fire went way too loud. Plus, map traversal was bugged, being effected by the dungeon map tiles below it when they shouldn't be.
But apart from that, I quite liked its concept overall, and I think with more polish this could be even more of a gem than it currently is.
Keep making games! Every game's a gift. <3