This was really lovely! I've just been going through a lot of the download-only entries to make sure they get played and rated and feedback from someone and this feels like the strongest game I've looked at so far.
The mood and atmosphere is great; I only didn't rank it higher for sound because it wasn't made within the team, but the music choice was pretty perfect and made it feel like a chill little virtual-pet type experience. I got up to the point where I was building the boat and then I started to find that some of the ui didn't match with the items I needed to actually find, and also it became less interesting once I was just fishing for junk and waiting for the right item to show up.
This entry felt like you really understood the spirit of the jam and focussed on a very limited set of interactions, and a clear implicit goal, and then putting the time and effort in on UX/visual communication stuff for the mechanics. Great.
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Thank you very much for hosting the jam and playing our game. We really focused on what was expected from the jam and it's awesome to see it appreciated. It was pretty hard but very much worth the effort.
I completely understand rating lower on audio but I just want to clarify that the music track was made for the jam using Fl Studio and only the sound fx was sourced from the GDC free packs.