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- Cal, Bitter Sails

For sure! Getting walking sounds right can be deceptively difficult, so I totally get you there. Even worse is you can't really tell how it fits until it's in-game, so I can definitely understand how you ran out of time haha. 

I think the core gameplay loop you have is great! The whole thing feels like a story-book and is something you could probably expand pretty easily, should you want too. 

And you're definitely right that being able to see what you're holding, rather than it be hidden behind everything, is a much better problem haha - I genuinely only noticed it around the market stall, so it's a very small issue from what I've seen. 

Bahaha you're welcome! Thank you for playing, and glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you - our artists did awesome for sure! And who doesn't love some good cat puns ammirite?

Thank you for playing - and I'm very glad you liked the music!

Glad to hear it! :D

Intrusive thoughts ammirite? Thank you for playing - and you enjoy that dollar from the tip jar!

Thank you for playing - and I'm glad you liked the music! :D

Oh yeah, who doesn't love some cracked dialogue options right? The good ol' intrusive thoughts of food service workers haha! Thank you so much for playing, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you for playing! Our artist did absolutely amazing! I was genuinely blown away when I saw the stuff she was making - super epic. 

Our artist did amazing for sure! Thank you for playing :]

Ahh thank you! So happy you loved it! (And especially happy you liked the music, haha!)

Absolutely loved this! A great example of focusing on something small and simple and knocking it out of the forest (haha!) I adore the artstyle - perfectly encompasses the cozy theme! There were a couple things that I noticed that could be improved, though. First, (game audio guy, couldn't help but notice this one haha) I think the footsteps sound you had was a bit too 8-bit for the look of the game, which took me out of the immersion at first (not completely, though!). I think reworking it to better pair with the visuals would do wonders for upping your immersion factor.  I also noticed that when going through the dialogue, there isn't an option to skip to the end of the typing effect and read the whole message, causing me to accidentally miss quite a few dialogues when doing so out of habit (yes, I am a serial text-effect skipper haha - I blame Pokemon).

This next one is a bit of a 2-for-1 haha. So, I was trying to see if there was a pause menu or anywhere to see current quests and objectives when I hit the Tab key and realized it basically skips through the audio? It seems to reset or flip between ambiences and mess with the music as well. I assume this is something that was left over from testing, just found it by accident haha! I do highly suggest adding some sort of quest tracker, as the nature of games like this can often get people turned around and forget who needs what and in what order. It's not as big of a deal for a game this size, but something to keep in mind as it can be super easy to get turned around without one. 

Final thing I noticed is just a little collision issue with the market stall and holdable objects. The objects seem to clip through the market stall when you're holding them, which looks a little funny but isn't a big deal by any means.

Overall, you folks did amazing. It's a genuine shame there aren't more ratings on this! The art, music, story - it's genuinely fantastic, especially considering you did this all within a 2-week jam, finished early, and everything was HAND PAINTED. Genuinely one of the coolest things I've ever seen. If you guys ever make more stuff together in the future, I will absolutely be playing it. 10/10.

Thank you for playing! We're very glad you enjoyed it :]  Our artists did an amazing job for sure - took the prompt and ran with it haha!

Our artists did a great job for sure! Thank you so much for playing, and we really appreciate the feedback :]

Thank you for playing! We're very glad you enjoyed it :] (And I'm stoked you liked the music haha!)

Thank you for playing, and thank you for your detailed feedback! I believe our dev, RaceAce, is planning on a post-jam bug-fix update, so some of the issues you mentioned may be resolved :] We're glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you for playing, and we're so glad you enjoyed it! (And I'm glad you liked the music, haha!) 

We're so glad you enjoyed it, and thank you for playing! I believe RaceAce, our dev, was able to figure out what was causing the issues with the colliders, and may be planning a post-jam bug fix! Thank you greatly for your feedback :]

Thank you for playing! And who doesn't love an adorable penguin??? Especially one that dances!

Thank you for playing, and thank you for your detailed feedback! I believe our dev, RaceAce, is planning on having a post-jam bug fix update to address the issues with the colliders and some other bugs we found :) We're so glad you enjoyed it, and I agree our artists did amazing! They took the cozy theme and ran with it for sure!

Thank you for playing, and thank you for your feedback! Our artists did a great job for sure :)

Ah yes, there were definitely some collision issues - though, I believe RaceAce (our dev) was able to figure out what was causing them! I believe there are plans for a post-jam bug fix to address that and some other we encountered :] Thank you so much for playing, and we're glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you for playing, and thank you for your feedback! 

Thank you for playing! (And I'm quite glad you enjoyed the soundtrack haha!)

Bahaha heck yeah game name buddies! Glad you enjoyed :D

Loved getting to make the soundtrack and sfx for this! Hope everyone enjoys the game!

Glad you’re having fun and thank you for the feedback! We’re working on polishing the game for a post-jam update, so stick around!

Glad you enjoyed! We're continuing to polish the game for a post-jam update, so please do stick around!

Glad you’re having fun! We plan on doing some further polishing so stick around till after the jam! :]

Glad you’re enjoying the game! (Plus as the sound designer, glad you’re diggin the zombie sounds!)

Fantastic game! Really surprised at how well this came out over the course of the jam for you guys - the skill level is crazy for real

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Ahh thank you! Glad you’re enjoying it! We’re currently doing some polishing that will be released in an update post-jam so we’ll keep your suggestion in mind!

Glad you enjoyed! We’re currently continuing to polish it now and will post an update once the voting period is over :]

Thank you! Drew definitely did an epic job on the art - and it’s definitely difficult haha! Let us know if you can beat our dev SSeelos’ high score!

Thank you! Our artist Drew totally killed it for this one haha! Glad you enjoyed our game!

Brilliant

If I hear that windows sound one more time... but seriously fun game idea!

Really cool! I feel like this could be really fun if you guys built it out further in the future - especially if you did something like randomizing the location of the key each time a person restarts a level. Overall super fun!