I love the aesthetic, its hard to get the hang of at first but once you do its quite rewarding
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Roll Them Bones's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #191 | 4.051 | 4.051 |
| Presentation | #235 | 4.256 | 4.256 |
| Overall | #270 | 3.889 | 3.889 |
| Enjoyment | #875 | 3.359 | 3.359 |
Ranked from 39 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?
The key mechanics of the game are about affecting dice as they roll to try and force an outcome. SHOOT dice to speed them up and keep them rolling, or WEB dice to slow them down and make them stop before they hit a wall and change. Make sure the dice stop on BONES to win cash for your cheating pirate friends!
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing audio
Comments
Nice mechanic, I think you incorporated the theme well. I like your art style & the clean UI matching it!
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The DicematurgeIt has a very original concept with cool mechanics to back it up. Several times, I mistook the squid(?) dice for the skull dice. Maybe the skull side has a different colour? otherwise, it really fun to play!
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Axe of ChancesThis was an interesting way to incorporate the them! Good job! Played at https://twitch.tv/hedgein <3
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Polyhedral PummelingNice game! I quite like these entries where you have to play with the dice to create a desired outcome. Your spin with firing/slowing them down was engaging and interesting. Maybe it got a little too tricky at times, especially in the later levels where there's just so much for the dice to bounce on, but I think the base concept has potential! And the spider is just very cute :)
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Ice DiceIt took me a sec to realize what right click was for, but once I did I found the strategy really enjoyable. Also, the whole storyline aspect of being a spider on a table of dice is super clever!
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Traffic Jam NascarThe design is really nice! The little spider is delightful and the sound design really sells it too! Gameplaywise I felt like I had little agency to the point that I think that I just didn’t get it? While it is fun to shoot the dice and have them bounce around, the gameplay desires just the opposite with not too many options to predict the outcome and I find that a little weird.
Anyways, I enjoyed myself so well done!
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fleeting heartbeatsI like this idea, but right now it feels very hard to judge when the dice are slowing enough to turn into gold (or not), and so it's hard to know when they need to be shot again or not. I was also confused at first, not realize that they only "roll" when they hit a wall or another die, as I assumed they were meant to be rolling as they crossed the table, like physical dice.
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No More Mr. Dice GuyCool original idea!
Really fun to play and very polished.
loved the detail of the wooden leg in the pirate spider btw! haha
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Snakes and CheatersI like the idea and it feels good to play! I like the feel of shooting with the screen shake.
The only thing I think could use some improvement would be making the maps bigger so that dice don't always hit the wall when we shoot or slowing down how fast dice travel when hit. I found it difficult to control the dice when most of them have walls near them that they would run into.
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DiceBreakerI like the idea of influencing dice rolls! Though I wish it didn't take quite as long to stop the dice completely, as it can be pretty easy to miss the opportunity to land on a skull. The presentation was solid, though!
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TwistamoebaWow, this is such an original game! I like the idea, I could see a whole game with this kind of mechanics.
The use of the "skull" might be a bit counterintuitive: at first, I thought they were going to kill my spider! I had to re-read the rule to figure it out haha.
Good job on your game! :D
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Untitled Tabletop GameWow this is a super original idea and core mechanic! I loved it! The gameplay was unique and fun, even though it took me a little while to figure out what exactly to do, even after reading the instructions lol. The sound design was super satisfying, and the art was really nice! Everything felt super polished! Overall really really good! Some feedback:
Not a huge thing, but I think it should've been really exemplified somewhere what exactly the player is trying to achieve. I think I missed it a few times before realizing I needed to get the dice to land on skulls by slowing it down.
I honestly don't really have much else lol, it was really fun and a great game!
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DiceCraftThe idea behind it is really fun, spiders helping rig dice. Art and sounds are nice and the game feels really well polished! It was difficult for me, but definitely really fun! Well done
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DiceyDungeonThe controls and the shooting felt great, art style was super cute. But was confused even reading all the instructions on how I was supposed to achieve my goal. I didn't know I needed to let the dice slow down. To be honest, shooting was just too much fun I never wanted to stop, even after realizing the dice needed to come to a stop.
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3D6Cool! The player character feels very good to control. Probably need a bit more explanation for the goal of the game. Well done!
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Atomic Dice
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