Well done! I'm surprised to have encountered no bugs with that many rules and interacting stuff. There may be a few balancing issues, but the fun is there nonetheless.
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Tower of the Unknown's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #99 | 4.009 | 4.009 |
| Overall | #156 | 3.956 | 3.956 |
| Presentation | #238 | 4.158 | 4.158 |
| Originality | #476 | 3.833 | 3.833 |
Ranked from 114 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
Tower of the unknown brings more and more chaos into the mix the deeper the players gets, by throwing new crazy rules into the game that continuously stack until it all spirals out of your control.
Did your team create the art for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
Yes
We created all art during the game jam
Did your team create the audio for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
No
We used pre-existing audio
Comments
Nice job! The knights were really good and I loved the interesting switching up mechanics. Well done! ;D
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Suspicious SheepI love this idea of new rules staking on each other, it really makes things challenging. Im personally just not a fan of the not all keys can be trusted and keys are rude now combination, because sometimes you think a key is just being rude and then you get killed, it makes things quite confusing. Also the tiles take a while to actual become useful, so maybe just dont have tiles be in the game until a rule involving them comes up, because I was confused for a while about what they were there for and tried a bunch of crap with them.
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Overworkedinteresting mechanic, fun and challenging gameplay, a really good entry
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SingularityNice job on your game! I liked the ever growing/shifting list of random rules, it reminded me of one of my favorite card games, Mao. Really made me have to remember what everything did. The separate enemy and player movement was interesting as well.
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Miss Moduleimpressive game you got there. there were some clever mechanics like the rude doors and the trap keys and stuff. it was really fun and nearly got me hooked for life. thank goodness i was able to give up my addiction and go on living my life again.
it was good while it lasted... c'est la vie
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boomcrunkI really like how the game forces you to think fast and don't forget the rules as you go in each dungeon. I find the ice rule the most annoying but in a good way! >u< Keep the good work!
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Letters from the OutsideThis is some amazing work! I'm impressed you've made this in 48 hours. I would definitely buy if you polished and released this as a full game!
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(In)sanityI really enjoyed it, if you were to finish it up and release it as full game it will sit pretty nice next to the binding of isaac. The only issue I encounter was sometimes the key seem to not pick up, I am guessing it because the check to see for contact occurs on the check to see if the space is available, which allows to things to move into a space after that check but not interact.
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Bruises and BattlesNice! Difficult as the rules built up, but I really liked the overall feel, art, and concept.
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Mower MayhemReally good game, probably one of the most polished I played during this jam! Tons of potential here :)
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Ghoul GrooveThis is really fun! I like the graphics and that you have to think on your feet and need to adapt to new rules quickly.
At times the RNG for teleportation felt a bit unfair but at times I teleported masterfully (got lucky) around the enemies.
I think you could maybe make different runs feel more different. At least for me the new rules appeared in (more or less) the same order.
Had fun playing your game!
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Curse of the Cursorreally woow! I am gonna leave this game on my computer, great job !
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Emotional balanceI really like the atmosphere. Great graphics and sounds. Sometimes it felt a bit too random though. I also found that your corpse can pick up keys and open doors. Overall, a fun and well done game! :)
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Dude! Where's my skull?I love the mounting chaos y'all have built here, and your aesthetics are quite polished!
I will say that should be more audio-visual distinction between the keys that can & can't be trusted: something as simple and subtle as the super-mushroom / poison-mushroom distinction from Smash Bros (e.g. slight discoloration, maybe a bit of rust, key sprite is flipped around its y-axis) -- that would lead to fewer random deaths and more meaningful deaths, at least as I feel it.
But still, given the time constraints, y'all did an outstanding job. I can't wait to play this again!
Thank you! There's already a very slight color brightness difference between the enemy and normal keys, but seems like it's a tad too subtle yeah. Not a lot of people are picking up on it, especially when stacked with other rules like the darkness. We still want to do some tweaks after the jam voting period is over so we'll definitely be making that more lenient in the patch!
My computer is rendering this game at thousands of frames per second, making my pc scream haha, a frame limiter would probably be a good idea!
Overall, this is a fun experience but I found myself managing to get through most of the levels without even having to consider any of the rules for said level and because of how zoomed in the camera is, it makes it hard to formulate any plans even if you tried.
Lots of seemingly random little elements that could kill you which eventually lead to me having to restart the game, OUCH!
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Game Fixer Kit 2020Hey thank you! Yeah we've noticed that some rules like the random teleports can feel a bit unfair, especially when you happen to start a run with many of these effects. It's a balance between fast paced and strategy to place that time pressure on you, but also a balance between fair and unfair 'out of control' elements. We still hope to patch these things in a later version.
Very impressed. A very solid and well presented game all done in 48 hours! Kudos. I found really enjoyable to play and replayable. Good job.
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Poorly KeysI went to level 11 and had everyting rude and dark It was hard finding the keys and doors ^^
It's a lovely game, I like the idea of stacking rules that slowly makes everything harder/out of control!
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