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How does the game fit the theme?
On the one hand you simply cannot trust anyone and need to think very well before you give out a loan (based on the hints and just general feel and what the NPCs say)
On the other hand there is the twist where you have to trust No One the genie in order to rescue your beloved cat.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
The art and music are both from the unity assets store, other than that, all the programming and building the map itself using the asset was done by us.
How many people worked on the game?2
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I had a good time with this one. I liked that the applicants come in a different order each run, and the whole setup of using the genie’s hints to figure out who can be trusted fits the theme nicely.
The “No One” twist completely got me on my first attempt. I did exactly what the theme told me to do, refused to trust the genie, and promptly lost. Only afterwards did I realize what his name was actually telling me. :-D
The presentation is also really cohesive. The assets, UI, music and sound effects all fit together well, and the voice acting is wonderfully silly in exactly the right way.
I played through it twice and had fun both times. Nice little and well polished jam game with a clever use of the theme.
Really liked the visuals on this one - reminded me of SNES retro graphics like Link to the Past. The game loop was fun too; it wasn't too difficult to deduce who were the suspects, but the difficulty did progress as the days went on. The story was cute too, and the sfx of the different characters was funny. If I had to critique, the HUD’s minimal aesthetic felt out of place against the retro visuals. Also maybe some higher res art for the profile pics would've been nice; for instance, the genie stood out with his high res art compared to the other characters. But other than that, great job on your first published game and first game jam! Hope to see more of your work in the future :)
Edit: the term for the mismatch pixel art is mixels (learned that from another comment!)
Thank you very much for the detailed and warm review. I'm glad you enjoyed the aesthetics, story and sounds. And you definitely hit the nail on the head on every constructive criticism you have: The HUD was supposed to be completely different and fit the rest of the theme but sadly we didn't manage to polish it in time so we had to stick with the prototype, and we really wanted to have a higher resolution art for the chat pictures but again a combination of the time constraints and just both of us not being very artistic haha. We will definitely use this jam as a learning experience for future jams and games in general.
Thank you very much for playing our game :D
I really like the genie, he seems like a chill guy
I mean yeah, he's pretty chill to just help out asking nothing in return haha.
Thank you for playing our game :D
that voice acting is such a unique choice. and that Breaking Bad reference in the end killed me
I'm glad you enjoyed the voice acting, and the reference which is the real reward for rescuing Mittens!
Thank you for playing our game :D
This game is a wonderful mix of having a stroke and smoking way too much devil's lettuce. I can't really put into words what I felt, day after day playing this.
Huge thumbs up for the amazing voice acting!
Haha that's a very unique review, I'm honored that we could produce such emotions for you xD
Thank you for playing our game :D
Poor Mittens :( I laughed when the entrepreneurs voice over sound played... cozy cute little game :) quite chill and simple!
Poor Mittens indeed 😭 I'm glad you enjoyed the voice acting, thank you for the kind review and for playing our game :D
Now this is a puzzle game I can handle the first time round, lol. I get it's pretty simple, but I liked it. Your use of sounds and music in the opening cutscene were actually well done enough to hook me in. I also appreciated the counter of days left, it's the little things that tell me I'm not going to be stuck too long doing a papers please or something. Nice job. It's a fun little game jam game.
Thank you for the warm and detailed feedback and for playing our game :D
The story, artwork, and voice acting were really nice—great work. You just need to improve the UI.
Thank you for the kind words and for playing our game :D The UI is definitely subpar because sadly we didn't manage to polish it in time 😅
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PONZI SCHEMERに金を貸すときが一番スリリングでした
Haha I'm glad you enjoyed that, thank you very much for playing our game :D
The voice acting is so interesting ,what an outstanding game! :D
Thank you very much for the warm comment and for playing our game :D
Nice game ! I loved the environment and cozy sprites! The theme is perfectly used here! Cheers !
I'm glad you enjoyed the game, and thank you for the kind words :D
Very cool game! I liked that the characters made unique sounds and the setting is interesting. I couldn't save Mittens:(
Thank you for playing the game and the kind review! I'm sorry about Mittens ;-;
I really like how you guys made the game feel rather silly and yet quite polished! Having the genie with a name "No One" you had to trust, the people called what they literally are, rather than giving them names, and the voice acting was just incredible. I like it when games take a silly approach from time to time! :) The only 2 things I struggled a bit with were pacing (felt a bit long, especially pauses after finishing dialogue box) and how unforgiving some of the player's choices felt. I think I only missed maybe 1–2 good customers and still lost the game, so perhaps making the system a little more forgiving would be nice. That aside, I really enjoyed playing through the game, and I nearly saved my precious kitten </3
Thank you so much for the detailed review and constructive criticism! I'm glad you enjoyed the not-so-serious vibe. I agree that some NPCs can be a bit too confusing and maybe indeed we should have left a bit more headroom for mistakes and feedback to let the player know if they missed a good customer. Overall a combination of running out of time and of course just plain mistakes which is why play testers are so important.
We will take your tips to heart and thank you for playing the game :D
The character sounds are really nice! :) It was fun to play. I missed one honest customer, though, so I couldn't pay the ransom. Nice game!
Thank you for the kind words and I am glad you had fun! Unless there is a bug we didn't catch you should be able to win even when missing multiple customers however duo to the time limit we didn't manage to implement a system that tells you how many honest customers you missed and how many liars you avoided so it can be a bit confusing.
In any case thank you so much for playing our game :D
I also play tested your game but sadly for now itch doesn't let me post anything unless it's a reply because it claims I posted too frequently and to wait a few minutes (I've been waiting for a few hours by now but still can't).
However I did rate it and I am gonna post my comment here for now and post it on your game when it allows me to:
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Wow, one of the more visually appealing games I've tried so far, all the art, animations etc just beautiful!
Sound and music also really good, and the riddles were fun. Pretty short game but that's to be expected with only a week and I prefer having quality over quantity so I think you did an amazing job!
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Sorry, my wording was off. I meant that I'm short 10 gold, which seems to be about one honest customer short. I think.
Thanks for trying out my game too! I had a similar issue not long ago, and it disappeared after 24 hours.
The game was so original! A bit easy in progression but those moral challenges with runaway costumers were making me feel guilty lol. Nice visuals and absolutely great voice acting. Best of luck for your team.
Thank you very much for the warm feedback! We actually planned to have things get more complicated and have more mechanics but sadly we couldn't manage to do that in time.
I also play tested your game but sadly for now itch doesn't let me post anything unless it's a reply because it claims I posted too frequently and to wait a few minutes (I've been waiting for a few hours by now but still can't) but I did rate it and I am gonna post my comment here for now and post it on your game when it allows me to:
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This game gave me retro, PS2 style vibe and I loved it!
Shooting zombies was very satisfying, the audio matched the retro visuals and the whole vibe was spooky in the best of ways
I will mention however that I experienced a few lag spikes, but I still really enjoyed my time.
Also I didn't manage to find the secret ending :( but at least I got to have Derek save me :D
Really nice entry :)
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Hey thanks for playing it! Yeah the web port stutters at the first run. I've changed the renderer to Forward+ for desktop ports so there should be no problem with downloaded version. Glad that you liked! I was having same problem last night (itch didn't let me comment anything) and I totally understand. Thanks again for giving it a try!
Very cute concept and well executed. Loved the art choice and voice acting haha. Great work honestly!
I'm glad you enjoyed it! thank you very much for playing the the kind words :D
I also play tested your game but sadly for now itch doesn't let me post anything unless it's a reply because it claims I posted too frequently and to wait a few minutes (I've been waiting for a few hours by now but still can't).
However I did rate it and I am gonna post my comment here for now and post it on your game when it allows me to:
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The controls feel very smooth and drifting is crisp.
The music really fit the visuals, and the UI is awesome and has a great retro feel to it, which was really calming but also I was extremely stressed because of the cars chasing me so that was a great balance xD
Also you get bonus points for giving me a nostalgia trip as this game reminded me of an old game I used to play, called FFX Runner :D
Really nice entry!
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Would doanything to get the cat!
That's the spirit!
Thank you for playing :D
Really cute looking, cool concept. UI needs some work. Overall great job !
Thank you for the kind words, very fair criticism about the UI, sadly we didn't manage to polish it in time for the submission!
Thanks for playing :D
What's up with the pet crime in this town damn. I didn't give loan to person asking to pay ransom for their pet :(
At least i got mittens back I guess. 10/10 traumatizing :D
The pet crime situation is indeed crazy, glad you managed to save Mittens!
Thank you so much for playing!
I thought they shot the kitten at first xDD Very cute artstyle!
Haha maybe the sound effect was a bit too intense xD
Glad you enjoyed the art and thank you for playing <3