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Pretty good,  I wish you luck. Some notes: 1) There was no indication that TAB should be used for inventory, or that inventory even exists, so I was stuck for a while at the coffee making part. 2) I was happy to see "invert mouse" option, but then it turned out to invert X axis which to me seems quite bizzare. 3) Jeremiah was invisible in the scene after picking up the letter. I told that guy that I don't have the letter, in case that has something to do with it.

An iInteresting burst of casual gameplay. The upgrades almost got me hooked indefinitely. It was unexpected that after some time I was able to be more successful in autopilot mode while thinking about something else.

Could be a perfect casual but the difficulty is too high in an awkward way. It got easier when I noticed that you can respawn the ball to do an aimed shot but that mechanic did not make it a lot more fun for me.

It's kind of funny to re-read my review knowing that the game's name is Ball Buster though. Also I did love visuals and sound.

Well done, I could not stand continuing past the third screen.

it took me 8 minutes to win the game and 45 to think of what to write, 10/10

Ok she went through some private stuff but is ok and safe now.  If she is able to she might get on to moderate but there is no guarantee. But nothing prevents us from continuing with the jam and playing each other's games.

I'm asking around on discord server she linked

Thank you for playing! Ah yes it's hard, you have to retreat instead of bow and then continue to do so.

On the 2nd run I let the mouse do what it wants. That was funny in particular.

Hello. It would be very kind of you if you could at least confirm whether there is an actual command that works and that can be guessed by a player.  I have tried all the standard text adventure stuff to no avail, along with random guesses.

This was quite clever

A great contrast to all those games that are forcing you to be constructive.

It is an account with very few games so they are probably an unexperienced developer and just realized that they can't possibly finish the game in time. That must be annoying but I wouldn't take it personally.

It's fine no worries (btw I have nothing to do with organization I just knew the answer to your question)

Yes, it says so in the description.

The game is published, I am to tired to say anything more. I like it in a way.

Game's jam page: https://itch.io/jam/emotional-game-jam-2026/rate/4262730

Web build coming up soon.

The main graphics and the gameplay loop is finished, now whatever polish I can fit in, not to mention sound.......

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So, I am limited with how much I can do due to work, what I manage to finish tonight will probably be it.

A lot of gray placeholder graphics and elements yet to be added, a lot to do.

Let's begin with two basic states of human existence 

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Starting a thread since everyone else did. Miloš Stojanović, nice to meet you.

6 PM update: Finished work and pondered game ideas. Did not decide yet. I am a very theme-focused jammer so it is critical that I think of a game that will both interpret the theme in an interesting way *and* be doable for a single person. **And**, in this case, while also matching the jam's general theme of feelings.

11 PM update: I think I have decided on the game, let's see.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Okay, the name is Miloš Stojanović.

Hi, I am me and I will be working solo, when I'm not at work. Not sure if updates will be coming every 6 hours as I also sometimes sleep, but I'll do my best.

Cute. It'd be interesting if each dead zombie had a unique description.

Well that knocking sound sent my dog into a barking frenzy. Pretty good story and a way to present it, I enjoyed. 

There were some typos: is their really = is there really, you flea = you flee

Hi! Sorry, I failed to look at numbers and notice that you have won 2nd place overall with exactly the same score as Proyd. Congrats!

As the rules say, " If the winner is more than one person, some sort of splitting can be arranged"

Please add me on Discord: grozni0799 

Hello, congrats, as your game has the best non-organizer score you win the prize! 

Please add me on Discord: grozni0799 or alternatively just put your Steam username here.

Well, this is the jam's most artful entry for sure. For sure. 

Hey! The game can't be opened, I'll post the error message below. You are allowed to upload the fixed version if you want.

ERROR: Cannot open file 'res://Scenes/MainMenu.tscn'.

   at: (scene/resources/resource_format_text.cpp:1387)

ERROR: Failed loading resource: res://Scenes/MainMenu.tscn.

   at: (core/io/resource_loader.cpp:343)

ERROR: Failed loading scene: res://Scenes/MainMenu.tscn.

   at: (main/main.cpp:4560)

Hey! This is an interesting narrative/exploration game, I love the mechanic of flashlight and points of interest being clearly represented as diamon symbols. The mysterious anomalies of shifting hues really help. I couldn't resolved it however, I gave it a good 30+ minutes and couldn't figure out where to look for the remaining cards. It is also not clear what the z-mechanic is, I presume something to do with shifting between levels after pressing that button, but it seems more like a narrative thing than a mechanic, of course it's probably just me being too stupid to figure it all out.

Nice, I think this is a solid take on the theme. A bit sad that there is no sound, but you put some polish into a lot of other things. In 1v1 mode the bot is helpless but in arena mode my victory was always a close call, so that one was most fun. Good job!

Prettyyyy good. I love seeing how entries in this jam took the Z-mechanic theme seriously. And what you made here is actually addictive to play! It seems luck-based at start, but there is definitely a thread to catch because on the third replay I got very far in the game and took a screenshot of final score but now I see I failed to save it to disc :/

Also, awesome amount of polish with the sounds, anims and all.

I did not know about this until seeing this plugin https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/zfighter-296702

But there are other resources online https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-fighting

Hi, I noticed some are using the Itch's default way to rate a game, by using the Rate functionality on the game's page, and I just want to say that this is not a rating that will be used by the Jam. The actual Jam's rating will be enabled in about one hour after this post was posted (when the jam is over). 

I guess I am guilty for making this confusion by using the option that disables the jam ratings before the jam is complete.

So, please do drop by after the jam is over (any time during this week), and rate other games using the Jam's actual rating. The correct rating is on the game's *Jam* page and has *multiple categories* to rate.

Oh, hi there! To be honest, I thought your submission was clear spam, but when you put it like that I guess it has a bit to do with the theme, so I will not disqualify it. Unlike a couple of other games..

Glad you figured it out!

This is usually when it is a good idea to cut some features out. Or cut whatever it takes to get the most important features in. In any case, the scoring categories are shaped in a way that favors the "Z-fighting" implementation. You may get away with most other aspects being unpolished or simplistic.

In a few hours you will be able to submit your game, up until Monday. I am happy with how my game is turning out and will submit it during the weekend.

While the number of joiners is not amazing so far (it was an impulse jam, and Itch took many days to approve its appearance in timeline), I am determined to still give out the prize even if there is only one submission other than mine, so no worries about that. Looking forward to play your games!

Submitted games will not be visible during the weekend, but afterwards you will have one week to play and rate them, so please do!

Hey, all. After over a decade of jamming I had a random idea to host my own. And you may start working on the game right away, the jam's start and end date are just submission windows.

The jam is about z-fighting, and if you don't know what z-fighting is that's great because in this jam you are supposed to come up with your own answer.

Check it out << click here to see it or join

That would be great! I'll sleep on it (I'm in Europe) and will probably do something smart tomorrow.

Oh, that's cool of you, thanks! I'll update the prize info and try to advertise the jam better.