Interesting take on this game - if anything I feel like its far too often that the fish spawn and I am still on cooldown with an arm making it impossible to even have a chance for them -that being said I don't think there is a failure condition to this game?
I think with a bit more visual story telling (rather then typing it up in the description) would really go a long way here also, and some SFX to sell the story a bit more
Keep it up :)
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Octo Mama's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Visuals | #264 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
| Creativity | #413 | 3.417 | 3.417 |
| Overall | #603 | 2.861 | 2.861 |
| Theme | #672 | 2.694 | 2.694 |
| Enjoyment | #880 | 2.111 | 2.111 |
Ranked from 36 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Comments
A simple but really interesting little project — beautiful art and a cool (and tragic) premise. Congrats on the game!
If you have a moment, I’d love if you could check out mine too! Play it here: https://kaijota.itch.io/graverun
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GraverunOh, this is beautiful! I've always found the grim fate of the octopus mother so, so tragic, it's quite special to see it depicted in a game. The animation for the arms were really impressive, amazing work on that. I'll want to come back to this to see how it develops. Well done, everyone!
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SoulboundI loved the octopus animation and how you interpreted the theme. The game itself is a bit rough around the edges, but I'm sure it will clean up nicely after you finish it!
One thing is that I think all of the arms have different point at which they deter fish? and the one on the top left has it really early compared to the rest. I might be wrong though.
Good luck with the project!
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Your Death, My OpportunityGreat visuals, and the thematic of a protective octo-mom is great. Would love to explore later when more og the game falls into place :)
P.S: Fun to see other potato-kin among developers XD
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Immortal Servitudewhat a nice concept, please do continue developing the game after the jam, I see potential, good job!!!
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ENDLESS: returnthe visuals for this game are absolutely gorgeous! i enjoyed how meditative the game got at times!
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No_Exit.NetGreat job! The animations are really nice! I know animating images that big are a real pain so massive props on that!! haha. Its simple and small, but is a solid and coherent concept! Great work! :)
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Mittens DescentThe different buttons for the different limbs was very creative! also love the name. can't wait for octo mama 2.
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'Til Death do we JumpLove the animations! Unique concept for the theme too! Instead of an opportunity for the player its an opportunity for the wildlife around it!
Good job especially with the limited time crunch!
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Death is served!Really nice drawing and animation, shame you didn't have time to finish. I can see it being a beautiful experience once completed. I imagine the ending would be bittersweet.
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Finful RevengeMy fingers felt like octopus limbs. For polish I'd say add some under the sea waves.
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Ghostly GumshoeVery cool concept and I love the art! Took me a minute to figure everything out, but once I got the timing down it was fun!
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No_Exit.NetVery cool idea. I loved the twist on the theme as death isn't an opportunity for you but an opportunity to save others. Took me a minute to realise I was meant to be timing my blocks but after getting that right was very fun. Feels like you could implement a wave system into this very seemlessly.
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Forget Me NotNeat concept! would have loved to see it with the planned intro/ending. Very nice visuals. One thing that was odd was some of the fish at odd angles weren't being scared off, not sure why...
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Saprotrophic Spread
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