the typo of the game being done by a 'simple person' really made me laugh haha, but thank you sm ^^ I wish I had time to play through every game that commented on my page, really wasn't expecting to get any traction at all, very pleased!
Level design felt balanced and satisfying to run through, and the music was a highlight! The only critique I'd have would be the game world felt a little barren given the lack of scenery, and the humour from the announcer wasn't my cuppa tea lol, but all in all one of my faves to play through of the jam :)
As prev comment says, the story feels a little on the generic side given the glimpses of memories you are told, and the one critique I'd bring is that it isn't immediately obvious what some of the items are when you pick them up, but otherwise good effort - the music is the highlight for me :)
Simple gameplay but hooked me - was fun to play on stream! The artwork was charming if a little rough around the edges, and the audio was spot on, solid entry ^^
Immaculate oppressive industrial vibes, certainly the highlight of the game! The puzzles felt a lil straight forward (despite me failing to stack boxes properly when streaming the game lol)
Playing solo wasn't ideal - deffo haven't had a fair shot at playing all of this game, but the atmosphere is nice!
I didn't manage to get far in the game so can't comment too much on the survival element, and the bejewelled-style minigame isn't super engaging, but overall a nice experience - might have to give this one a go when I've some company!
THAT BUTTON has been the bane of my life since I clicked submit on the jam haha - UI really was the dumped task over the 4 days, but I'm planning to do a month-long post-jam revamp and that is the very first thing on the list!
Thanks for playing and the detailed feedback! The ones being punishing I suppose is by design for a barebones dice game - this mightttt be tweaked when I work on the game more. And with the blindly choosing from three shop mechanic, I wanted to go less for the 'pick from three' and more the 'take it or leave it' style of roguelike upgrade. I did consider the tarot reading thing though! Something like getting a discount for the first card, rarity buff for the second etc., but time limits squashed that idea before it took off - something for me to consider though for sure :)
Shaders are a bit of a gap in my knowledge - I really threw the transition shaders together by looking at youtube tutorials and basing it off a gameboy shader I used in my other game 'Super Squeakeasy'!
I think the main goal isn't suuuuper obvious at first, but really enjoyable deck-builder :) the art is cute but UI could do with some touch ups, on the whole really solid! ^^ (I know I need to work on the UI in my game at the moment lol)
As a fellow Balatro-style game dev I really loved the angle on the genre, simple strategy but very fun to go through the loop :) I think having some different icons for the modifiers would be a nice touch to add, but otherwise solid game good job!
The one thing that caused friction was having to wait for the timer to tick down at the end of a dead run - I know time controls are an upgrade, but I think having those as a quality of life feature might be a better shout :) overall solid game, gj!
