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A jam submission

The Inner ShelfView game page

Listen to the complex requests, piece together clues, and become the city's best bookseller by seeing their reflections.
Submitted by Refik, yldznursema, Kahue — 31 minutes, 16 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#183.6403.640
Presentation#243.7203.720
Overall#253.5203.520
Cozy Winter Vibes#333.6003.600
Enjoyment#403.1203.120

Ranked from 25 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

These people are so mean! Getting angry at my bad book recommendations because they can't tell me what they want properly, can't you give me a better hint? I don't have any cookbooks! 
In all seriousness, this game is really cozy, and I was surprised how many characters you drew! I was a little flustered at how often the customers went away disappointed, but it ended up being kinda funny. 

Developer

Thank you for your feedback!
Yes, we couldn't fully optimize the request dialogs, and not starting with too many books also makes it difficult to recommend suitable books.







Note: Actually, they are all bad customers and programmed themselves; we didn't do anything.

Submitted(+1)

Really lovely!! I enjoyed the literary references and the book choices, makes me want to read now ^^ Plus very good art and writing

Developer

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Very good game concept ! 
We are, however, super bad sellers, but it was fun to try to satisfy the clients 😂
Good job ! ✨🌈📖

Developer(+1)

Thanks! No, we are not bad sellers, they are bad customers...

Submitted(+1)

Haha, you're right !

Submitted(+2)

That's an excellent concept! And a lot of content of just 3 days of work as well, good work! I could see this as a great full-fledged narrative game, with concurring patrons and their stories. Would need some quality of life features and better pacing, as I was scrolling through the list of books back and forth to find a perfect match (but rarely did :D), there were too many books all at once, and I'm not that familiar with the authors. But that's understandable considering that the proper balancing and progression would take much time to make. Would love to see the concept expanded into full game!

Developer

Thank you for you nice comment and feedback! We achieved to made it playable but as you said, balancing was the real challenge for us. We would love to extend and upgrade it's content and even started to do it.

Submitted(+1)

This is a great game and I'm terrible at it, haha. But I will keep trying to please the customers. Great job!

Developer

Thank you for your nice comment! It can be a challenge, lol.

Submitted(+2)

the most polished game I've played so far. 

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but I'm so bad at book recommendations

Developer(+1)

Thanks! Customers are a little grumpy, don't go hard on yourself.

Submitted(+2)

Very cozy and polished game. As some other people said i'm also a very bad book seller because i know nothing in litterature and the customers are not simply saying "Hey, i want a fantasy book" but it adds some deepness to this little game. I loved the music, the transitions between scenes, the attention of the details. Great job!

Developer

Thank you! It's nice that you liked it.

Developer

Wow, thank you so much for the comment. We really appreciate it, but what we appreciate even more is that you played and enjoyed the game!!!

Submitted(+3)

Really cozy game, I made almost all my customers angry but the game is well polished with much content. The art style is cool. Good job !

Developer(+3)

I guess we made customers a little "picky". I'm sure you are not the problem.
Thanks for you comment!

Submitted(+3)

Great game. I was a horrible book store owner and my customers hated me. But seeing the amount of content in the game with all the different books that are all real titles... A book nerd would love a game like this!

Developer(+2)

Yeah, was a little nightmare to create a real database.
Thank you for your nice comment!

Developer

Hahahah you really melt your brains off with that!!! 

Submitted(+3)

One of my favorites, if not my favorite, from this jam.
It has a unique, heartwarming feel, enhanced by its clever use of reflection, setting it apart from other games I’ve played.
Great the art style too.

Developer(+1)

Thank you! Glad you liked reflection thing!

Submitted(+2)

Excellent work in just 3 days! It feels like the game was in development for about a month, you're great! I felt ashamed of my lack of knowledge of classical literature (at least I recognized some of the works and authors in :D).

It would be great if you developed this project further!

Developer(+1)

Thanks! We are actually thinking about it, who knows, maybe.

Submitted(+2)

What a surprise ! I loved the idea and the execution. The tone is great, and the little touches of humor in the dialogue are really fun. The book selection is awesome too, and the drawings are gorgeous, gg, great work ! Straight 5/5 across the board

Developer(+1)

Thank you! We glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted(+2)

The game is super sweet and has a lovely little story! The typing speed is a little slow for me but overall it's a cute ad cozy game

Developer(+1)

Thank you!

Developer(+1)

Thank you for your nice comment! Just click anywhere on screen to skip it!

Submitted(+1)

elinize sağlık arakadaşlar çizimler ve fikir çok tatlı olmuş kodlarda galiba bazı yerlede sıkıntı çıkmış bizde aynı şekilde çok acı çektik :D bizim oyunada bakarsanız sevinirim :3

Developer(+1)

TEŞEKKÜRLER!!!

Submitted(+2)

Amazing art and so nicely presented! 

Developer(+1)

Thank you!
We are happy that you enjoyed it.

Developer

Thanks!!