Harold Jam 2023: Ascent of the Allies

Overall: Everything I'd expect from a Ronald entry and even more. Fresh, engaging, and hilarious without needing a single battle. One of the highlights of the jam for me!

Gameplay: I adore the gameplay. There should be a technical feat award for hooking Harold up to a chatbot. I love how much mileage you get out of infamous Harold Jam staples such as spark, heal, and boulder puzzles. Every puzzle felt fresh and was easy to understand. I only had to use the hint book for the maze with the exploding chests. The final battle was a bit hard for me to understand, but finding out how to beat it was next level.

Music: Classic pitch-shifted RTP. The Harold Jam sound.

Comedy: I don't know where to begin. All I'm gonna say is you are on another plane. Pushing Harold and the final battle especially got me.

Graphics: RTP of course.

Story: Simple enough but I love how it's showed throughout.

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Stuck In The Liminal

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Lochraleon1 year ago(+1)

Great entry Ron! BtW... I have a dog named Reid...

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HumanHostSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Ronald that was mindbreaking! I loved it. The puzzles were so satisfying to figure out, and kind of insane in a good way. The chatbot said some pretty weird stuff, but it worked for the purposes of the game. I think talking to the monster was the hardest one to trigger the right response for, but everything else was right on and seemed to accept a decent variety of responses.

This game gave me real Harold Gets Screen Time vibes, which is a very strange vibe that only you can capture. Thanks for bringing another amazing and absolutely unique entry to the jam!

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Infinity Beatdown (But with Lucius)

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RonbldNotBabeDeveloperSubmitted1 year ago

Somehow I was thinking about Harold Gets Screen Time during the making, but the game was not related to HGST at all. Maybe it's due to similar proportion of silliness and madness.

And you are soooo quick in beating all the puzzles lol.

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KV_KingdomSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

This is truly a creative entry! The AI integration isn't flawless, but it's impressive nonetheless. There was one puzzle that I was pretty stumped on until I read carefully. The rest was pretty straightforward and I was able to complete the game. Nicely done, Ron!

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Piggr

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KV_KingdomSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I forgot to mention I got this error when I tried to leave the crystal ball's text blank and cancel out of the prompt in Therese's room.

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khanstellar1 year ago(+2)

I suck at puzzle games so it's probably just me but I wasn't able to figure out some of the puzzles. Really cool concept story was also pretty good given the time constraints, was enjoyable. Default assets were a minus but also understandable. Pacing was eh, it was interesting but could have gone a little quicker, maybe having the ability to move faster would have been better. Overall was fun but I struggled to figure some things out. Would like to see aspects of this chat game incorporated in a full fledged game, cool idea!

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Kiyasu OkaSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

This is one of my top favorites in terms of player experience XD Though there are some "bugs" like stuff you ask Harold for a past part, you can still ask him in later parts, which does make it quite weird and like a "bug" to me. (I played your game before I joined the jam properly, so I'm also having issues recalling exactly what =_=) So that part did confuse me a bit when I was initially stuck on something. Anyway, one of my favorites of all-time, and everything here sits well with me! :P I enjoyed this game soooooooooooo much, from beginning to end, and you nailed it for me. The kind of stuff that I'd get into!! XD

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Haroldian Civilization

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RonbldNotBabeDeveloperSubmitted1 year ago

Thanks so much kiyasu~~~<3

While... why have I never thought about filtering the replies that make no sense !!!!!???? rofl
Maybe I will improve on that in remaster if any.

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Wrath of WoodSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

cool idea

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Hazard Harold

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