really beautiful looking game. unfortunately i get really bad motion sickness, so the camera blur and the intense mouse sensitivity meant that I couldn't play it for more than a few minutes. if you add some settings that change those things i'd really love to give it another try. very relaxing setting and atmosphere.
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Island Escape's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #92 | 3.792 | 3.792 |
| Audio | #119 | 3.375 | 3.375 |
| Overall | #209 | 3.125 | 3.125 |
| Theme | #235 | 2.958 | 2.958 |
| Fun | #246 | 3.042 | 3.042 |
| Game Design | #298 | 2.958 | 2.958 |
| Innovation | #339 | 2.625 | 2.625 |
Ranked from 24 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 player has to escape an island and in his/her journey he will find many dead ENDS and he will have to BEGIN again with new abilities allowing him/her to pass the dead ENDS.
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
All the code was made from the scratch and most environments. Only some assets were ready.
Comments
Cool idea, the motion blur was just really distracting and hard to play with.
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Scrapbook QuestUnique take on the theme! Ive seen a similar idea where you get a new ability each time you restart/die :)
One thing i would add is more detail to the island, like grass and palm trees (i would use Sea of Thieves as reference), since right now its pretty bland with just sand and wood. but you probably didnt have much time to do so.
Besides that, i really enjoyed this. Good job!
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Neon NightfireUnfortunately, I can't download the game on my computer, do you think this game would run in the browser or is it too large? Anyway, I had a look at the video on the main page and the screenshots and it looks very impressive, especially the water! How did you get that effect? I also like the general relaxing look and sounds. Hopefully, I'll get to try it online after the jam.
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New BeginningsThe movement and controls for the game were very smooth. I enjoyed them.
I really also liked the idea of the slowly approaching boat. It was another way of showing a time-limit to the player without it being another UI element. It was a shame that the only time you could see the boat approaching was when you were at the beginning of the game and at the top of the hill. Perhaps having other, smaller vantage points would provide the player with more ways of showing their time limit without having to resort to a number on the player's screen. Regardless, it was still an enjoyable little game.
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I Forgot the Bus AgainNice cover art if u make the graphics have the same art-style i will 100% buy it
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New Start OlD WayNice little 3D platformer! The controls were very nice and some of the sections were quite challenging! The visuals were great and the game was simple and fun!
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Endless PathIt's a really fun game! I quickly got the hang of it, the platforming is quite nice and I enjoyed unlocking functionality over time. But I would've liked some sort of visual representation in UI on how close to the island the mysterious boat. Because I think the intention is to instill some sort of time pressure in the players? But without knowing how fast the boat actually travels there really isn't much to go on.
Had a great time with it!
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WickedTDVery pretty game, I enjoyed the sounds and the incremental unlock of functionality. I found the placement of the wooden steps up the hill became too high for me to continue and I got stuck and frustrated.
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Earth2MarsI think the thumbnail is really great. I unfortunately had in the game rather poor FPS (~30) with full utilization of a GTX 1070. It may be that it was due to my PC. I would also like a little more UI or user feedback, for example, how long do I have until the unknown ship arrives. Overall well-made. Keep going.
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PlanetHopperLooking and sounds really good. The gameplay idea is simple and pretty fun. I find it a bit too punishing, but okay I could just be better at platformers. Overall a well made little jam game. Well done.
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This is the endI really loved the graphics and the waves crashing. The jumps were sometimes a little unforgiving but thats alright. if you could rate my game that would be great! https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-9/rate/1933222
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Death-WishThe last mountain jump&run and the resetting mechanic is very annoying, otherwise graphics are nice and the jump&run was very fun.
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Luma GalaxyI really enjoyed beating this game! I really like the environment and lighting changes. Great implementation of the theme as well. Great job!
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A New Day (Jam Entry)
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