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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #1 | 5.000 | 5.000 |
| Cleverness | #220 | 4.667 | 4.667 |
| Playability | #244 | 4.333 | 4.333 |
| Artistic Style | #386 | 4.333 | 4.333 |
Ranked from 3 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Judge feedback
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- Incredibly atmospheric little game with a nice combination of both themes into cohesive mechanics. Already a lot of visible love and polish into such a short but compelling demo!
- Love the implementation of the theme. It's implemented in a way that's easy to pick up and the game gives a good indication of some of the creative ways photomorphosis could be used. The VFX are very well done. Looking at the GDD there are plenty of solid ideas for how the concept could be taken further and I'd love to have seen more time put towards creating more puzzles and implementing your desired mechanics over some other elements. I enjoyed the atmospheric music too. Honestly would love to play a full length demo of this game with more puzzles. Well done!
Did you include your Game Design Document as a Google Drive link?
yes
Seriously... did you include your Game Design Document?
yes
Is your game set to Public so we can see it?
yes
Tell us about your game!
Toadstone is an adventure puzzle, where you take on the role of a tiny frog in an old and tenebrous temple. Light and Shadow possess magical powers here – use them wisely to transform obstacles in your path and find a way out.
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What a fantastic demo! And a super clever use of the theme. With fun, yet easy to grasp puzzles that take "show, don't tell" to heart to teach the game mechanics. The artstyle, the camera, the sound design, the sinister mood of the temple, all come together so well. Perfect foundation for (hopefully) more to come!
A very short but masterfully crafted prototype. I literally exclaimed "NO!" when it finished because I was so into it.
The only issue I had was that the frog (Who I've named Scott) feels a bit janky when the camera is up close? The actual movement is fine but the animation looks a bit jittery? Not sure if it's a collision thing or just an issue on my browser or something but it was very minor and not a huge deal.
Graphically the game looks fantastic the frog (Scott) so so well designed and animated and the jumping face he/it(?) makes is really well done. The environments are a bit bland but I feel like that's more of a "We don't have time to add more to this" choice than anything else. They still look great but I feel like with how amazing the character looks the environment needs to come up to match that.
The audio is great throughout, the use of SFX in all areas to communicate movement/changes with the environment and objects is prefect and the little Scott-frog noises are subtle enough to not be annoying but still blend into the mix very well. The music although not much of a focal point of the experience carries the rest of it well.
The gameplay is really simple and fun but above all communicates extremely well your goal and allows you to fail in a way that teaches you the mechanics further rather than punish you. For example you have to block the light on the final puzzle to move one of the pieces further to then block the snake behind it. Fantastically designed in a way that teaches the player without telling them anything. 10/10
I want a full game of Scott-frog in the Toadstone world and I want it right now. Give it to me. Give it to me now. Or I will riot.
looks superb on a web browser, was just getting into it and then it was over
Great design and visual effects! Nice work!
Very cool. Unique puzzles with the shapeshifting, and really impressive to do all of this in 3D so quickly. Solid entry, the team should be very proud!
I liked the art style and the frog ist really cute! Had a lot of fun with the puzzles. I hope you continue to develop it further! :)
I really liked it!
The frog character and animations are very cute! Charming!
The light mechanics were interesting.
The frog is beautiful, the game flow is so well introduced, camera work is masterful, and the themes are used so strongly and effortlessly; truly a fantastic entry! 💚
Pretty short but also quite nice, I loved the little run animation. The puzzle mechanic is done well, as I knew immediately what the intention of each puzzle was, which shows some good design :)
The demo is nice, mechanics are intresting and the frog definitively rocks. Waiting to see what you do with it.
Wow that's a great demo! How the hell do you get that playing so well in browser ha! And love the toad Naruto sprint, good job!
This was stunning!! Such a pretty game :)
I just want more to play!!!
the polish and visuals were crazy, amazing job! the shadow puzzles were very on theme too
Love the visual style
really enjoyed the camera feel even if it feels a little unnatural. keep working on the puzzles mate cause the game certainly feels like it can grow a lot
very intuitive. definitely building blocks for a cool puzzle game here.