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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Music | #38 | 3.909 | 3.909 |
| Fun | #56 | 3.909 | 3.909 |
| Sound | #60 | 3.568 | 3.568 |
| Mechanics | #73 | 3.818 | 3.818 |
| Aesthetics | #119 | 3.886 | 3.886 |
| Theme | #260 | 3.455 | 3.455 |
| Story | #291 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
Ranked from 88 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How many people worked on this game total?
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Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
kenney assets, https://opengameart.org/content/mocha-frapp, https://freesound.org/, https://pienkrings.itch.io/pixel-platformer-metal-expansion, https://elthen.itch.io/2d-pixel-art-cat-sprites
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Absolutely loved this! Great vibe, and only being able to move in two directions is surprisingly difficult to wrap your head around, which gives it a nice amount of challenge without being stressful. Really great puzzle design, and *SPOILER* you can pet the cat too! Bonus points for that.
Great work.
great game concept and nice art visuals, good work. would try out my game and rate it according.
Wow, nice concept, and the music and aesthetics go very well, nice!
Enjoyed this game. Got to pet the cat quite a few times! I did enjoy the music and sound as well as the Kenney graphics. Well done!
Thank you for commenting!
Love it. Great use of the Kenney assets and the music helped create a vibe. Something with screen wrapping was actually in my initial brainstorm for this theme, and I couldn't come up with anything I really felt great about. Now I'm sad I didn't realize that I didn't stick with that (although probably also happy because whatever I made probably would have looked like garbage next to this).
I like the chill vibe you're going for, and I think it works to an extent, but something feels a little creepy to me too? Like, the rusty chains, the emptiness of everything, and even just the cat room gave me an eerie vibe. No effect on ratings (I honestly liked the sorta creepiness that I got from it); just wanted to share. Might just be the messed up way my brain works.
Overall, really nice. Just generally mechanically, aesthetically, and thematically satisfying. Not much more I could ask for!
Thanks for commenting. I definitely wanted to make the player feel something is "off" with the level with the doors. But I've never intended to make it feel creepy. Maybe some other tiles as a foreground element? Wow definitely something to think about. Thanks for bringing the tiny details the player might notice to my attention. Btw, I don't think I can ever come up with a text adventure as funny as yours!!
Maybe something feeling "off" might be a better description than creepy actually. I still think the chill vibe came through either way. And again, it might also just be my weird way of thinking, so feel free to take the feedback with a grain of salt!
Oh, and I really appreciate it about my game. I've been writing for much longer than I've been making games, so I like to think at least, that it's where I excel.
Great take on the theme, once i got to the part where i got the point, i was blown away
A unique concept, Kenney’s assets with the chill music really set up the chill mood; a pretty good first jam game, nicely executed. Good Job!
very nicely done for your first jam! it doesn’t look like a first-timer :) good job!
Thanks! Kenney assets and the right music work wonders!
Really enjoyed this one! Really nice execution overall :D
Thanks teach!
Ok what can I say! The game is amazing! First I got angry of the inputs and how I couldn't go backwards but when I got used to it, I really enjoyed. BTW the music is so chill and relaxing :D. Great job on the game.
Nice game ,cool idea.
Well done ! love the game and the atmosphere
Super chill! i love it!
This game is delightful! It's such an interesting mechanic that you can only run in one direction, and the "number of lives made brighter by you" part was so heartwarming. Well done!
I do wonder if the assumingly nice surface of relaxion and positivity and the correspondig "to not look back / to move forward in life"-gameplay mechanic is all but a smoke screen to trap us all in an endless sadistic maze that promises progress but instead sets us back in life at will and forces us to walk but in one direction again and again until our feet are bleeding always chasing for the next bit of shiny golden coin; the possibilty to govern our own life all but taken away from us?!
its these question this game makes me ask myself...
so well done you guys.
The message of the game is definitely open to interpretation! ;) I was a bit worried that the door maze level may frustrate some players, hopefully I didn't overdo it that much. Glad you enjoyed the game and thanks for leaving a comment! :)
Looks great 👍. Great job on your game.
This is a great game!!!
Very Chill Puzzle Platformer. Music fits perfectly into the game as well as the sound. Difficulty is just right and balanced.
Super nice game.I loved it
Super nice and chill game!