What a nice idea and implementation. Congratulations!! I enjoyed a lot
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Loose Change's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Adherence (score low for poor theme implementation, high for sticking to theme) | #2 | 4.824 | 4.824 |
| Legitimacy (score low for spam or ai-slop, high for authentic "in the spirit") | #2 | 4.882 | 4.882 |
| Overall | #2 | 4.426 | 4.426 |
| Impression (score low for unimpressive, high for impressive) | #4 | 3.882 | 3.882 |
| Originality (score low for unoriginal, high for original ideas) | #7 | 4.118 | 4.118 |
Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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This is by far one my fav for this jam, simple and effective, I tried multiple times to get a better score! Strong game loop, you might want to explore this further maybe ?
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What's Behind You?The scoring wasn’t entirely clear — I got the concept, but it was hard to follow the actual changes in value and connect my actions to them. The problem, I think, is that there’s some conflict between the fast-paced nature of the game and a not-so-obvious scoring system. If I were to design something like this (and that’s just a personal preference), I’d try to make it a more deliberate, strategy game-like experience.
Ok yeah that's fair! I guess to me, the maker, it is simple - but not as much to fresh eyes.
I could see how it could be slowed down to be more strategic, but yeah my personal preference was to make something fast-paced with quick decisions!
I was also hoping the player would be able to pick up on the mechanics just by playing, instead of having to read a paragraph beforehand.
So the thought process would be something like: "Oh when I pick up a coin, it starts losing value, so I need to move quickly! If I step on the red tiles, all coins start losing value quickly, so I need to avoid them. Ah, when I exchange more coins at once, the multiplier shown for each coin is higher, so I need to balance time spent gathering coins with trying to exchange more at once"
Then once completing the run, they would be motivated to get a better rank since they understand the rules. But if that didn't happen, it's the game's fault, not the player's!
I appreciate the conversation - it will help me make better stuff in the future!
Got early into that change exchanging biz. A coin here, a coin there. Just 90 seconds later and I have 380 dollars. The Changefather's what they call me now.
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