Snail life

Nothing quite like playing your own game jam submission on the in-game phone of someone else's submission! There is just so much here, like the snail news, the duct-tape banana reference, plus the lifeline of gaining money through mobile games. Fantastic Job!

What everyone says. Amazing!

Playing other games inside your games is crazy. 

8 ball snail seems busted, i wonder if it was supposed t randomize, like an 8 ball would, and only 50/50 go turbo.

I saw a music slider, but heard no music, assumed it's unfinished, saw other people complementing the music though on the main itch io page, not sure what happened, cannot get any BGM to play, only SFX.

It was really fun to get my snail to lvl 30 though and watch him fly. The pixel art is charming and the snail variety is awesome :D My favorite is the frog.

Very well executed game with a simple but fun loop.

I talked about it a bit with Quinten of the dev team on Discord. But this game is absolutely crazy in terms of everything like visuals and overall mechanics. The main mechanics are quite simple and easy to play, but the part in which you can play other games from the in-game phone really honestly captures the feeling and actions of gambling addictions.

Really well done and well-deserved of high praises.

Really cool game, and I can't believe you can play other games inside of your game, that's a really cool feature.  And it was my best way to earn money at first, so I could buy a better snail and won some racings, it's really cool how many different snails you drew to your game, I liked the cat lol. I think I would enjoy more if we have a music, but I played other game and the bg music stayed in background while playing your game itself, which was good for break the silence. Congrats for your game

Overall: I like the concept and setting of the game; it kinda reminds me of the movie “Turbo”, from Dreamworks. The races are rewarding when you win, but I found it hard to find room to experiment with how little money I’m left with after buying my first snail.

Hits:

• The concept and setting are immaculate. I can see this becoming a commercial idle game by tweaking it here and there.
• The visuals are really good, and there’s enough snail variety to keep the races interesting.
• The detail of being able to go to other people’s games FROM THE PHONE IS ABSOLUTELY CRAZY! Great work!

Opportunities:

• I found it interesting that it’s possible to bet against your own snail; what’s more: I found it necessary to bet against your own snail in the early game in order to win money. IMO, I think that there are two paths here: either the snail training part is taken out of the equation so that it makes sense to bet against yourself, OR snail “leagues” are introduced to allow early-game snails to win and prevent you from losing before even starting (or maybe there’s a third path, they’re just suggestions after all).
• I think that adding a close-up + slo-mo animation when two snails are close to finishing the race at the same time would add some excitement to the race!
• Some background music for the race would have helped feel more connected to the event, but I understand that time constraints are heavy in jams.

I absolutely LOVE this game. The snails are so funny and cute. The days passing away in the background just adds to the whole thing. Amazing job!

The pixel art and all of the little details are lovely!! So many different snail designs (was one of them a soot sprite snail from  Ghibli? haha) The news articles and games in the phone are great, and the day/night cycle was really funny

I think the addition of music when the snails were racing would've been nice to see, but other than that well done!

very in depth for a jam game. quibble race from ufo50 is very similar, except they have an option to take out a loan to jumpstart the game. I struggled with progression, and I thought that might be nice touch. well done!