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Indeed, my apologies for the mundane difficulty (it just repeats the same pattern because I didn't design a proper chunk randomizer).

Thanks for giving it a college try anyway and for offering some feedback! And, sorry too about the motion sickness :/

I forgot about that movie! Maybe this was the wheel on the other end of the axle haha. 
The game definitely could have used more content - which is an aspect I want to improve on in future jams or projects in general.
But yeah, thanks very much for playing!

Yeah there isn't sound, sorry! I had more in mind but as usual ran out of time.
I even had a pickup all finished! Although it didn't have any actual gameplay effect so I excluded it from the level lol.
Thanks for playing and for the feedback!

Heck yeah 🌵!

Very cool! I liked the use of party member limbs as currency. It really put a fine point on our survivability. Shops stopped appearing after the first couple days of my run so I didn't live long, but I still had a great time admiring the art and comically dark situations!

Yeah that was the concept! I wish I had more time to convey narrative through the game.

And I agree the camera angle is a little strange. I wanted to experiment a bit since I don't really do 3D much.

Thanks so much for playing! I had a great time assembling the look and feel, so I'm glad it was effective :)

Yeah sorry about the repeating pattern... I really didn't expect anyone to play for so long — 15000 is impressive! Thank you for the thorough session!

Holy cow the cuteness! Everything is so pleasant to look at and listen to!
Also, had a great time finding the plain-sight secret. Reminded me of some moments in tunic :D
Really great work on this.

Thank you! I spent a large portion of jam time polishing the feel and not much time making actual content.
I did particularly enjoy making the wheel animation though. It ended up being one of the most economical additions.

What a lovely game! I really felt some purpose while wandering the landscape.
I did encounter a bug at the end(?) where the hunters happened to track me down right after I made the cure which seems to have soft locked the game or something.
But one bug is impressively little for such a complex game!!
Nicely done y'all!

This is a really enjoyable concept. It was great trying to balance the risk of collecting more shovels with just escaping my encroaching doom.
Also, I love the little shovel guy!

Impressively dense little game! It really felt like a vertical slice of a larger experience.
I especially appreciated the cinematic camera pans and dialogue sequences.

Darn! I'm sorry you couldn't submit due to technical issues.
The game looks great and surely deserves to be enjoyed ^^

Give 'em hell lol

I'll definitely add some quality of life features after the jam and then see if I can't cook up some more content to play around with.

Thanks for playing!

Yeah I'd also like to see where some more content can take it!
Thanks for playing :)

I'm so impressed by the execution here. Having a platformer inside a narrative was such a good idea. It reminded me a bit of What Remains of Edith Finch. Nice creepy writing as well. I was legitimately tense at the very end!

Oh hell yeah.

Such a silly and fun time leaping from head to head with the chugging guitar cheering me on. It gave me the vibe of a classic flash game I might've played to avoid my educational responsibilities

As for critique, I wish the camera was more focused on the ground for platforming, and maybe that there was some sort of fountain indicator or a map to help me keep my bearings in the world.

Anyway I had a great time. Nice work everyone!

Thanks for all that feedback! I had a fun time thinking up ideas, although I only actually made the fireball tower.
I'm looking forward experimenting with more additions, and I like the idea of shortcuts!

Oh and thanks for the thumbnail compliment as well. I feel seen lol

That was fun!
Despite there not being a health penalty for collisions with enemies, I still liked avoiding them just for the personal satisfaction :) 
Also, I liked the cute sound effects!

Such a cute idea! The platforming was a little too slippery for me, but I did have fun leaping around levels.
Nice job on bringing this together :)

5/5 would get attacked by desserts again.
Also, I think I encountered a bug where I kept getting stuck on day 3.  I also skipped right to it from day 1.
Great work on this game y'all!

Rat Rest in peace.
Thanks for playing!

Thanks for the feedback. I definitely underestimated how much time every aspect of a tower defense would take to develop. Thank goodness I had the asset pack to do the art for me though. I will probably add some more content to the game because it was fun to work on this small slice!

I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for recording your gameplay too. It's always really helpful as a developer to see how the game plays for new people!

Nice execution of minimalism! The chunky lines are pretty to look at and feel solid to navigate. Also, kudos for implementing gravity changes in a way that feels intuitive without the need for explanation!

If you decide to develop the game further, I only have a couple suggestions:
First being to make the rock/paper/scissors aspect to colors more memorable because it took some trial and error for me to figure out that each color overwrites only one other. Maybe different shapes or symbols would make this clearer? However, the fact that I could figure it out speaks to your solid level design, so take my critique with a grain of salt!
Second thingy is that falling isn't really explained. Admittedly, it's very likely a player will fall off the underside of some platform at some point, but there is no stated cause for why that might happen, only an internal timer.

Anyway I liked playing your game! Thanks for sharing it!

I truly adore the idea of a crane game just... being in the operating room.
You did great including lots of one button mechanics. The only one that I thought could use some tuning was the rhythm game where you whack the patient's ribcage to a beat. Since there is a backing track that doesn't always line up, it took much more effort to focus on the minigame's rhythm. Maybe waiting to start the game until the background music syncs up could be good?
Of course, this is still impressive as is, especially for a jam. Well done!

Love the atmosphere you made here! Requiring visibility to move is a cool idea, I just wish the lighter lasted a few more seconds because I had to switch to two hands to mash at some point. But, yeah, great work on bringing this vision together!

Scratch my previous comment, I was able to implement a reset function real quick before the jam ended.
Thank you again for the suggestion!

I appreciate the suggestion! I was going to make a whole menu system, so postponed it until after the jam. But, yeah a restart function is more feasible on its own. Thanks for playin!

Fun tune!
BTW, really smart thinking with the built-in player.

Hey, no shame in cutting a corner that may be glossed over anyway! I'm also usually hesitant to focus on content that may be missed by the majority of players.

So happy to see a racing game! The music and flashy visuals pumped me up and I had a great time zooming past competitors. That is, when I wasn't ramming into walls. On the "hills" it was often hard to see which direction I should be turning and for how long.
Overall nice job though. Extra kudos for the groovy title screen too!

Gorgeous! All the art is so cohesive and nice to look at. From the UI, to the story panels, to the characters and monsters. Really nicely executed.

Great narrative too! I liked the interspersed comic sections which gave more story.

Edit: I almost didn't mention the combat! It felt good to wallop a bunch of enemies at once, but landing on their hitbox was a little tricky at times, especially with the ranged attack. By the way, the final fight had a good balance of static hazards and pursuant enemies which I found pretty engaging. Also, I'm not sure if it's possible to fight the nightmare version of [REDACTED] because I chose to go for the crystal. If there are two endings based on the decisions made in combat, that's really awesome!

I got crushed to death literally and metaphorically.
What more could I ask for?

I'm glad you got a good power combo eventually! Some are more fun than others tbh 😅

And, yeah I really wanted to add in some sort of indicator or map, but time was so limited at the end, I just opted for colored areas and crossed my fingers it would work well enough!

Thanks for playing!

Glad you enjoyed playing! It was fun to come up with unique enemy behaviors :D

Yeah a more structured level layout would probably be a better fit for the mechanics. I went with Survivor-like to save dev time – which worked, but also caused the flow to suffer a bit. 

I don't know if I'll continue developing this exact game, but I probably will try to generalize it's components for use in future projects.

The visuals are so good! And the music is quite nice as well. Really great teamwork :)
I would have liked to see the story develop a little more, but I also know that jams are very demanding about where time is spent.

woah.

That was really engaging. Had to see it through to the end because I was already sure it would be worth my while. Y'all didn't disappoint! Super well done!!! Nicely done getting so much mileage out of the combat as well. I felt legitimately giddy when things switched up near the end.