Gameplay 4/5 - An interesting concept and decently fun to manage. It's a bit hard to keep track of, but once you get the hang of it, it becomes fun to manage how long you can keep them alive and also planning out both expansion and making sure you can eat. Very fun stuff!
Visuals 3/5 - While I do like the simplistic style and look, it could use a bit of work in how it's laid out. I think with just a simple back ground and a few seperating panels this could look much much better! Though it still works as it is now.
Audio 3/5 - Sound effects work for what they are though the game could have benefited from music.
Overall 4/5 - Once I got the hang of it, I enjoyed it a lot!
Theme 3/5 - I do wish the game used the theme for a bit more than just simple visuals but as it stands, it works perfectly fine.
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Life in a Box's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| How well does the game fit the themes? | #12 | 3.569 | 3.667 |
| How much do you enjoy the game overall? | #14 | 3.353 | 3.444 |
| Overall | #15 | 3.115 | 3.200 |
| Audio | #15 | 2.487 | 2.556 |
| Visuals | #17 | 3.244 | 3.333 |
| Gameplay | #18 | 2.920 | 3.000 |
Ranked from 9 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Thanks for the detailed feedback. I've implemented a bunch of improvements already but didn't want to update it during the voting period.
The ui/ux is easier to understand. There is a time based score that's displayed on the screen and a high score tracker that saves between sessions. I've added a background to the play area as well.
I'm polishing the animal graphics and sounds a bit as well. I've added a "death screen" with stats like "animals eaten" and "water consumed" and stuff like that.
I'm adding a pause function/screen.
I plan on pushing the update out tonight or tomorrow.
Quite complex for 3 hours, well done! Some sfx would be a great addition to UX :)
Very nice art and sound design, very relaxing to play, kinda hard to understand at first but I understood it pretty fast.
Could use some background ambience but it is a very nice game in general.
You should definely continue to work on this project cuz it could be a full release with automation and what not.
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