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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #134 | 4.222 | 4.222 |
| Artwork | #479 | 4.241 | 4.241 |
| Audio | #535 | 3.741 | 3.741 |
| Creativity | #1348 | 3.907 | 3.907 |
| Narrative | #3016 | 2.537 | 2.537 |
Ranked from 54 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
Unlike a traditional tower defense game, the enemies all travel in a loop!
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Rugbug Redfern, Jonas Tyroller, Putti, Yän, Gneisskitty, Dubscr, Syndrielle & AIA
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I think the progression is super slow for a game jam game. Nevertheless my time is 46:53. It’s so addictive.
I only stopped because I accidentally clicked a link, So many varieties in piñatas and weapons, great job!!
This is such a nice thing to hear! I'm so glad you enjoyed the piñatas and weapons!! We really tried our best to get a nice fun variety out there! Thank you for playing!!
Such a good combination of genres! And wonderfully executed! The baseballs lying around was a great touch, too.
Super impressed--really great job!
Thank you! The baseball is a really fun touch, It was yän's idea! The artwork and design of the concept of tower defense incremental game works surprisingly well! :DD
Tower defense meets clicker game. Quite interesting!
After defeating the whale, I wanted more : )
Thank you! Glad you liked it enough to want more even after a pretty long play time :)
Could I have beaten it faster if I didn't get distracted, max everything (and not realise you could scroll to more pinatas)?
Yes. Yes I could have. But I don't care.
What an incredible submission. The style, the polish, the hilarious visual and audio design, and even how stable everything was even near the end... No wonder everyone in the team is so well regarded. An absolute pleasure.
Thanks a lot for playing! That's very kind of you to say we're well-regarded. You're well-regarded in my book, since I really loved your game for this jam! :)
We really gotta fix that issue with the missing scroll bar on the pinatas tab though haha...
Very impressive game! Everything , from the UI, art, and effects to the overall game feel is extremely polished. One tiny issue is that I missed the last two types of piñata at first. The piñata UI fades out at the bottom, making it hard to see that there’s still something underneath. Maybe add an arrow button or a scroll bar on the side. Still, an amazing game. Great job!
Thank you for playing and leaving your feedback! The fadeout was our solution to make it visible to people that there's more at the bottom actually. Guess that doesn't work for everyone. We used to have a scroll bar but it kinda broke the entire scroll view in this UI every time we turned it on. Thanks, Unity lol :D
Anyway, I'm glad that it still worked out for you and you enjoyed our game :)
Our team played together and we had to play 'til the whale was down because it was just too addicting :'D We made it in 61 minutes!! I can't believe that we actually played for 61 minutes because it felt like 10 or so? :D At some point, my team partner and me fought over the mouse because each of us wanted to play themselves xD
Your game was extremely fun, crazy and cute and we kept playing because we wanted to see more pinatas... the hedgehog was insanely cute :') (the others too of course!) My personal fav was the cake that could slice, really creative! The animations are simple yet incredibly fitting and make the game look even more polished.
Overall, super great game idea and execution! :)
Little hedgehog says thank you!! It was so much fun creating these little fellows. Thank you so much for playing our game, it's wonderful to hear you've enjoyed it.
*little hedgehog squeaky noises*
Very fun game! A nice twist on the tower defence scene.
This is just too good!! The idea is great, the gameplay is fire, the art and sounds are amazing! Crazy good game!
Managed to beat it. I was super excited to find you guys! I've been watching a lot of your channels for years. Jonas Tyroller was a big part of the reason I started game dev about 5 years ago. I also have to thank rugbug for the photon tutorials 😂. I had a blast playing, you guys added an insane amount of polish. The audio was fun too. It would mean the world to me if you could check out my game.
Wow, that's amazing. It's great to read about the impact these guys can have on people. I'll share your game around the group!
Thanks so much! Rug already checked it out and left a comment, made my day😆
Nice game! the begining its a little bit slow but once you get going its really fun.
I manage to beat it in 40 min! I wasnt counting on spending 40 min in this game so kudos to you guys! the time really flies with this game!
That's actually a pretty good time for beating it, just 10 minutes off our best one so far! Thanks for the feedback and kind words.
Very fun idea! I agree that the beginning is a bit slow so I struggled seeing how the game would scale without the screenshot, but ultimately it was worth it. Excellent work!
Thank you for your feedback! I'm really glad you enjoyed the game and felt your time was well-invested :)
Entertaining mechanics, very cute art, the only thing is the beginning is a bit slow but good work
Thanks for playing and commenting! I suppose it could be nice if the Llama base price was a little cheaper. Might adjust that.
Spent the most time out of any games I've Played on itch. I am impressed by the Optimization, It is very well Optimized. I also liked the bat. Good polish. I Maxed out EVERYTHING. Great Job, AIA and The TEAM!
HAHA CANDY! ALL MINE!
1 MILLION CANDY!!!
Wow that's the longest playtime I've seen yet.
I'll just say that object pooling was really important for this game lol
AIA did a great job with the baseball bat :)
Thank you for playing and sticking with it and thanks also for the kind words <3
Yeah I love it. Object pooling really saves the day. I had a Fun Time!
I wish there was a button to give more than 5 stars for the artwork, I love it <3
That is so kind of you, thanks a lot! We had 3 people for 2d art and one for VFX, so that helped :D
That's really nice of you to say!!! Our 2D artists are so talented and make really adorable and quality-looking stuff!!
Just to see what would happened, I tried this strategy:
Buy whatever is cheapest at that moment.
What did it teach me? I'm still trying to figure it out.
I know it placed FAR too much emphasis on weapons. From a very early stage, piñatas were obliterated almost the instant they appeared. I found myself forced to place more and more weapons I didn't need (another hat shooter?) when I should have been investing in the spawn rate. Some piñatas could not even be unlocked until all of the weapons were completely maxed out!
Below is a view just before I finally bought the the whale. Not a piñata in sight.
At 83:22, this is by far my longest game.
So what is the absolute best strategy to speed run this game? The one that future speed runners will someday know they have to use to have a shot at the record? And if you've tried it, what was your time?
Fascinating! That's some crazy dedication for science! And yeah the towers are kinda "too cheap" for this to be worth it. The best time I've seen I think was by AIA who had 34 minutes flat. He completely ignored waterguns but I think he could've built some at the boss because then he could've beat the boss faster so there's room for optimization, I guess.
I was completely engaged the whole 45m I spent right up until the end when I killed the whale. You guys did a fantastic job!
Yay, I'm so glad the balancing works out like that :) Thanks a lot for playing and commenting!
Easily the game I spent the most time playing ,the classic farming game (I forgot the name of this genre) mixed with piñata elements and tower defense. The art is super cute and pleasant, and the sound work was also extremely enjoyable and nice to listen to. I hope to see more projects from this team soon. Kisses!
Incremental game is what they call it :)
Thank you for playing and your very kind words <3 Kisses back to you from all of us!!
This game is adorable. The art is very clean and cute, and the sounds fit in perfectly to tie everything together. Combining a tower defense game with an idle game to fit the looping theme is very clever and works very well. Great job on this game!
Thank you so much! Very kind of you <3
so uh.... yeah....
I love this gif!
Woooaahh! Epic!