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Bro this boar is cooked once I'm done with this jam - burnt, toasted, roasted, baked, barbecued, sweetened, yum. I was gonna cook the monk too, but he called me a monk after I finished his challenge, so we're cool now. Even though the deadline might've been a bit tight for you, especially as a solo dev, I still had a great time playing your game! Don't be discouraged from this game jam - this jam is like the World Cup of game jams: just being in it I think should be an honor. You did a great job! Don't beat yourself up for running out of time - you still managed to submit! :D Let's see what I got for you...


Creativity:

I love the wandering simulator of this game - it's very cozy and goofy in a good way! I think you could have a lot of witty characters that could easily make the players laugh like me. It's like that grow.io game but cute! I would love to see more goofy NPCs that have ridiculous dialogue and cartoonish avatars also!


Enjoyment: 

The interactions with the NPCs were probably the best part of the game - a lot of the NPCs had hilarious dialogue that I really enjoyed, especially the boar. The boar was probably my favorite, with his funny dialogue. It sounds like you wanted the cat to get bigger every time it ate a fish to fight the boar (I hope it's a boar and I'm getting it correct btw) - I would love to see what you do with it in the future (if you want to get back into it obviously). 


Narrative:

You have a lot of hilarious dialogue in this game that has a lot of character in it, especially for a game jam entry! I would love to see character developments with the cat and other characters in the game also - you definitely have a knack for being brave enough to write characters that most game devs would not do. Keep it up - I'm excited to see what you can do with your writing skills!


Artwork:

You made a great choice in all the assets - I feel like it has a distinct identity that could separates it from other games. Expanding more on the cutesy aspect of the game I think could be pretty cool for a lot of players out there - see what else you can find in your future games!


Audio:

I would love to see a goofy sound effect whenever you get hit by the boar, like a BOING sound effect that makes people laugh! A nom nom cookie monster sound effect could also be really funny for eating the fish as well. 


Tough game jam! Hopefully you learned a lot about what you could do for next time - I'm rooting for you! It's OK to feel discouraged - I know these are hard and you did the best you can with the time you had. Just don't think you're a bad dev for not finishing it in time - you definitely piqued my interest! Hopefully I'll see you next year!

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Sorry for the late reply! Had a really busy week at work, could not even update the description of the game.

Thank you for such a huge and thoughtful reply, feels good to be seen with this level of attention in a world where attention is hard to get.

Just checking, did you know there were updates to unlock if you pressed escape? I ask because in some way I got to complete the game (with barely any UI) there are 17 fishes in total and you get a "You beat the game" screen.

Actually this idea has inspired me a lot, I can put lot of odd game mechanics and secrets and stuff.

I do have an itch to make great game design and this is not enough, but I need to release a game before trying to be amazing.


You mentioned in the first paragraph, running out of time, I actually completely broke the game with some coding in the last 5 minutes and was panicking before I saw that I had one more hour, so I fixed that and also some other bugs.

DUDE I gotta tell you - I show your game to my dad and brothers and they LOVED IT! I've been showing them all of the games that I've been reviewing for the jam and yours was by far one of their favorites! I have a full time job too so I totally get the struggle also. Granted, I have more flexible hours so I was able to work on this more, but I can totally understand you being completely tired during all of this. So glad you were able to finish this game and I was able to show my family it - I hope you can do more jams like this so my family would look at your games more! Good luck the rest of your jam dude - you earned the rest!

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Wow That is so nice to hear :)

I will try out your game soon and more!

Usually I am not this swamped, just this time with the AI craze, this quarter has been crazy and a lot specifically this week.
I actually took leaves to grind on this jam, and it was a nice break even if I was working a lot for the jam(I was out sick for a day though)

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DUDE DUDE - My game touches on the AI craze in the narrative too! I'm curious to see what you think of it, especially if you work in tech I'm assuming. But don't feel pressure to review it if it might burn you out - I would rather see you recover than have to worry about my game. I hope you get some good rest, but I'm also curious on what you think of the game - glad this was a nice break for you too!

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Update: played your game yesterday and it is not even that far from today's reality (saw some videos of wrongful arrests based on AI classification in the US) 
I really like the Gameboy "limits" you put on your game. I have wanted to do the gameboy specific game jams (with limits like only 4 colors)

Its cool you also did this jam with those constraints!

See you in the next jam! (maybe Brackeys?)

I’ll see if I can make it for Brackey’s! I kind of want to make sure I get some rest first, but hopefully I can make it! I’ll let you know if I do!