Thank for trying! I think it certainly appeals more to some than others depending on your sense of humor. There's a few references to pop (or maybe niche) culture scattered about that might be making some like it more than others!
Very clean, lovely puzzle game. I was afraid when I started to see platforms (I hate platformer games), but this pleasantly surprised me. Would be a much cooler experience with sound effects :D
Thanks for playing! We recorded most of the sound effects ourselves. It was a lot of fun to make! The overall objective is to earn as many points as possible by learning the game mechanics (and what's broken about them). It plays best by completing several runs in my opinion. I think my co-authors would agree with you though XD Yeet!
Took me a hot minute to figure out the controls. Didn't get what the point was but I didn't get very far once I figured out I was actually moving. I would have to spend some more time on this one! Having some sort of dialogue or ship manual explaining controls/lore would make this game begin smoother :) Wasn't sure if there was any sound? I can see this being the base mechanics of a story game for sure!
Thank you for playing! Some of your feedback would make sense for a polished video game about throwing things, but were actually game features we implemented to try and fit this game jam theme!
Ah, I see how it works now. A little more explanation would help on the readme. "Buy data seeds, plant, then harvest.." I thought the first item was a bonus for the player character, not a usable object. Bit of user error here! Thanks for clearing that up for me :)
I missed the vats? changing the first time around. Some of them still do nothing (but I guess that's part of the point). I don't see a way to get points above 50 though. So after a few minutes of playing it feels like there's no way to advance since only two store items can be bought. If I needed to play longer to unlock things, or find a hidden item somewhere I simply missed it. I would say the main problem is getting bored due to slow gameplay, especially for a game jam.
Thanks for playing! We really embraced the statement "was this broken on purpose? (And if not... does it matter?)" while creating this game! Love that you had that moment of doubt, it was exactly what we wanted our players to think.
The gameplay loop is very slow. I would suggest making movement speed a bit faster as too much time is spent wandering around before any important gameplay happens. I also agree that there needs to be some sort of feedback that something is harvested. Neat idea!
