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What a clever idea for this theme. The graphics are very cute.

I'm afraid I couldn't figure out how to play this. I think, as you said, the way it's displayed on Itch means part of the scene is cut off. I could interact with a couple of buttons to refill the two bars, but I couldn't figure out what effect this had. I had a cursory Google but I couldn't find a definitive fix unfortunately.

What a clever idea for this theme. The graphics are very cute.

I'm afraid I couldn't figure out how to play this. I think, as you said, the way it's displayed on Itch means part of the scene is cut off. I could interact with a couple of buttons to refill the two bars, but I couldn't figure out what effect this had. I had a cursory Google but I couldn't find a definitive fix unfortunately.

Thanks for playing! Yes, I didn't have any time to balance the game or tweak the difficulty.

The ropes are most definitely clunky. The swinging is pretty volatile. I want to make them much smoother once I know how.

Their collision detection also needs work. I wrote a function that sticks the player to the nearest rope. It works, but because I reused the ropes for the bells, I couldn't make my nearest rope function too generous or it became impossible to jump between ropes. All things that can be fixed when I have a bit more time.

Thanks for the great feedback😊

Thanks so much, I’m glad you enjoyed it!

Well done on getting a perfect score. I’ve shared it with a few friends and they haven’t got past level 3 yet😅 I definitely didn’t really do anything to balance it as I ran out of time, but glad to hear it can be done.

Ah, yes, well they were my dev logs from the Weak Sauce Discord. I don’t think I would have been confident to share them publicly while it was still in progress as I don’t always finish my projects. However, this one has shown me that it can be done if I put my mind to it so I might share updates live on Itch.io in future.

Thanks for playing my little game😊

What a clever interpretation of the theme!

I love how the different systems interconnect here and how, even with a goal, the game feels gentle. It's very relaxing seeing a tree come together. The day / night cycles make for a nice pace, and like how the game let's you figure out the best strategy on your own.

My first tree definitely was anything but pretty as it took me awhile to understand how much sunlight I needed to make branches and how to place them. However, once I understood that, I had a lovely time creating pretty trees and learning about them. Lovely little game😊

Made a small quality of life update post-Jam closure to prevent a system debug "Press ctrl+c to complete copy" showing when changing levels. This didn't impact gameplay but I thought would be confusing to those not familiar with Pico-8. Otherwise, no changes to graphics or gameplay were made.

https://straydogstrut.itch.io/for-the-loaf-of-bread

This is such a CUTE game that's full of surprises! Gorgeous backgrounds and nice musical changes.  I love the mix of puzzles and backstories that come across in the character dialogues. A charming little game with a lot of polish :) 

Ah, thank you! This is such a lovely thing to say considering I gave up in frustration at my poor art skills only to return a few hours later and start completely afresh. The clouds were the first part I did - one little tile at a time - and I’m happy with how they turned out. Thank you so much 😊