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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #546 | 3.735 | 3.735 |
| Enjoyment | #736 | 3.824 | 3.824 |
| Creativity | #2441 | 3.618 | 3.618 |
| Artwork | #6078 | 2.471 | 2.471 |
| Narrative | #6931 | 1.765 | 1.765 |
Ranked from 34 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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It is a game about connecting pendulums, and they swing in a loop.
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I really love it when something manages to be unique, skill-based and also feel very deep so there's a lot to improve on as i learn the pattern of this pendulum. Well done! One of my favorites in this jam!
A simple concept. Love how sometimes it just goes off the rails and goes mad.
Great game - thought it did a really good job of keeping it simple and fun. I loved the music which was genuinely great fun just to bop out with.
Surprisingly fun to play despite how simple it seems. The audio complements the gameplay perfectly too. It was also really satisfying to see it occasionally unfurl like a whip.
highscore 21! great little game, would love to see what you had planned for more time!
Weirdly addictive. I loved it.
I loved the reward for reaching 15. Nice colour choices and good music and a very satisfying short game!
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Hinge joints gone wild?! Cool idea, nice and simple. I got to 15 and then it felt impossible lol, but I enjoyed the moments when the pendulums furled and unfurled rapidly like a fern. Very satisfying. I did wish the pendulums didn't swing out of the camera view, but overall it was a nice lil vibey game and I enjoyed playing.
I got 15pts on my first try is that good?
Awesome game, it was really fun and got surprisingly hard! I think it would be cool if there was different length pendulums for more varied motion. Very nice!
Super fun and satisfying to play!
I LOVE the music, and that metronome-like SFX complements it perfectly!
Super satisfying and fits the vibe so well. Congretulation !
I like how challenging it was, i scored 18 points. Love this.
Very upbeat and fun. The night transition surprised me.
Very upbeat and fun. The night transition surprised me.
Love this concept! I was so proud of myself for reaching 15 hahaha
I also liked that it's not real physics, but an artificial one, because it's more unpredictable and you can kind of get used to it. Great work!
Interesting concept!
I wonder if using actual physics instead of the defined motion could be interesting?
Real pendulum tends to be less chaotic as it gets longer though, but maybe the target getting relatively smaller compensates for it?
Yeah, I’ve thought about that, too. But pure physic with no added force would turn it into a “chain”, and I haven’t got enough time to test whether added force is actually good. Have been focusing too much on the music side of thing lol.
First off... the music is awesome. And the steel drum whonk on a successful hit is great too.
Didn't notice how much the camera zooms out as you get to like 20. A very nice concise game. I like it.
Nice arcade game! It felt really satisfying and fun to play.
Surprisingly addictive for a physics nerd like me. love it!
Nice one! I managed to get a score of 20! I really enjoyed the music, it seemed like the pendulum was viding to the music? was it intentional, or just my brain seeing patterns that dont exist?
Edit: *vibing
I noticed it too after a while, and didn’t intend to match them at all. I guess the tempo made it easy to be in sync lol. Anyway, thanks!