Really cute aesthetics with low poly assets, nice menu design, however I was unsure of where I needed to go for the quest, maybe a marker on a radar or minimap would be nice.
I didn't quite understand how the skeletons were connected to the tetris, they started walking under it when they didn't have a connected platform so it didn't really do anything, it is a fun idea though
"Oooooooh, there once was a hero named Ragnar the Red Who came riding to Whiterun from ole Rorikstead And the braggart did swagger and brandish his blade As he told of bold battles and gold he had made"
Ok, let's be real, this game fucking slaps, I love the simple level design with a gorgeous view, all I can really criticize is the slow movement and sensitivity issues for large screens (32 inch 2k res), also I don't like shift for sprint as I have to strain my hand more to reach it, but otherwise it's a solid game and a splendidly executed concept! Would love a continuation of it ;)
Thank you for understanding our vision of creating a fun and chaotic physics game. We plan on implementing a tutorial level to mitigate some of the sudden spikes in difficulty though.
Really good writing for the intro, unfortunately my game froze when I clicked one of the dialogue options, but I think I'll try downloading it on a Windows PC later to see if that fixes it.
Unholy Serial Bus: an honestly dishonest review, but a review nonetheless.
Introduction
Have you, my dear table fish, ever felt the urge to commit an atrocity most heinous, one that surely will attract the attention of highest alert with the authorities? Well, I got some news for you, "Unholy Serial Bus" by notapage allows you to experience the thrills of fulfilling such a spicy fantasy, all while comfortably shrimping in front of good old Ubuntu machine in the comfort of your barely livable apartment, unless you happen to be a basement dweller in your mother's abode, who is awake at four o' clock in the morning to review the most underrated masterpiece from the darkest corners of the Game Dev TV Jam submission page. Now, let's get to it, shall we?
The Gameplay Experience
First of all, the game brilliantly captures the daily ordeal of having to plug in a USB drive the correct way, without breaking the very fabric of spacetime that keeps the universe from unraveling, dooming every single living entity into the eternal abyss of interdimensional limbo.
The Game Design
We live in a society, where even the smallest act of rebellion against the tyrannical engine that grinds our bones into dust, shakes the very foundation of what makes us, us. It is what separate us from witless apes who, if given enough time, will eventually have pressed enough random sequences of keys on a computer to generate literally any video game possible without human input. No coding monkey, nor Artificial Idiocy, would even dare come up with such a mind bending concept.
The Art
Nothing quite screams "I have the brain of a genius, but self control of a chihuahua" like the art direction in this masterpiece. The 3D models are quite rough, but they represent their inspirations in a seamless way. However, the true centerpiece is the Fish, the game would not be quite the same without him. The User Interface is simple and clean, the computer screen interface design is comprehensible and accessible to even the smoothest of brains.
Gameplay: this game requires more coordination and attention than I can possibly muster after only getting 4 hours of sleep and living on cold brew in my dank apartment while it is high pollen allergy season, the stars are not aligned, there are solar flares interfering with my nerves, and somehow, my fingers do not want to obey my commands.
Graphics: cute, but my 90 year old grandma could have knitted it better, I do however think that it fits the absolute existential hell I felt as I stared at my screen while attempting to control the pawns.
Music: 404 not found, or it is just meant to be silent so that I can hear my own blood rushing through my veins?
Story: Is there one?? I would like to know without having to go through the ordeal of playing this.
Empty itch page and use of AI image, has to be downlaoded, doesn't create trust, but I will give you a rating if you upload a video showing the gameplay, or sending the git repo so I can rate the code :)
There is a missing tutorial for it, but you use the planar shift by placing it, then re-activate to teleport to it, it's a player-placed "checkpoint" that preserves your momentum so you can advance further
was great watching you stream it, it's one of those games one needs to develop a taste for since it requires thinking about physics, checkpoints were on the to-do list but ran out of time to add it before the jam ended :D
