| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Setting, story, characters, and world | #7 | 3.778 | 3.778 |
| Fun gameplay | #9 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Blind-friendly and good use of audio | #10 | 3.889 | 3.889 |
Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
The sounds and voice are great and it really brings an immersive experience.
As other comments already said it needs more sound cues or improve existing ones to make more easy to find and locate the raindrops.
Probably irrelevant for this jam but the grass effect looks really cool.
This is an excellent idea with a somewhat lacking execution.
I love the format of placing instruments on an audio soundscape, and the setting is pretty cool too.
The sound design is of course excellent, and the voice you chose really fit the theme.
I wish the game used lower pitches to represent behind, especially for raindrops, drums, and south facing steps while turning. I know that screws up the soundscape a little bit, but it's really important IMO.
As with many others, I was not able to complete the last raindrop sadly.
The background ambience are gorgeous, but seem to include some raindrops them selves which can be misleading.
For some reason, when I pressed or held the WASD and space keys, I got a Windows sound. It's the one I usually get if trying to press a key that isn't available. I'm not sure why that happened here though... Maybe something to do with the Window's focus?
Though this game is mechanically quite simple, I still feel that it does a really good job of setting a scene. I was excited to see that comment on the game page about it being updated. I would love to see the game expanded, but either way, thank you very much for participating in the jam, and I really hope you come back again next year!
Thank you for all the feedback! I also had my dad try and he could also only get 3/4 drums placed. The update is mostly little fixes to improve clarity. Strange thing about the Windows sound playing on pressing keys. Not sure what causes that, I do know on regards to window focus that I lock mouse to the screen.
I loved the concept and themes of community, healing, and nature. And the voice acting is so soothing, I could listen to it all day.
I wish the A and D keys strafed instead of turning. That would have helped me judge position and distance of the raindrops, based on how much the left/right balance of the sounds changed when I moved.
More audio feedback when you are at the edge of the level would be helpful, too. There is a sound that plays when you approach a "wall", but no more feedback after that if you are still walking into the wall. I spent at least a minute walking into a corner without realizing it, until I opened my eyes. More rustling sounds while walking along the wall would have helped.
Overall, it's a great concept, but I wonder if the gameplay would work better as something other than a first-person game.
Thank you for joining us on this journey and for your criticisms. The tank controls are never preferred, but it was thought it might help those physically impaired. The code to do strafing is still there, so I could easily readd it or add an options menu for more accessibility options. The border sounds are another easy fix, such as repeating on movement and still in range. Granted I don't do anything too major this spring break, then or summer is when I might return for some tweaking, considering how much feedback I've been getting!
Super fun game, even though I don't play a bunch of audio games, the audio cues for the raindrops were super useful and didn't feel like just a substitute for the visuals. Still had difficulty figuring out exactly where to place the drum, so stronger audio cues would be valuable!
Storytelling is so immersive! I enjoyed it, there's a lot of lore in such a tiny piece of art. Rhythm and music, along with nature sounds, fit perfectly.
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