Not my type of game to be honest, but I can't argue it is pretty well crafted. Doing voiceover for a jam is not something you see often and it must be praised!
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #83 | 4.181 | 4.181 |
| Overall | #97 | 4.197 | 4.197 |
| Style | #156 | 4.429 | 4.429 |
| Creativity | #558 | 3.981 | 3.981 |
Ranked from 105 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
The main mechanic of the game is that the playable character is a dragon which scales up as you progress through the game. We doubled down on the theme by using the other meaning of the word “scale” - the scaling up in length of the dragon is brought about by collecting a dragon scale. As your dragon increases in scale, the game difficulty scales up too. Accompanying the gameplay is a charming narrative which adds an element of the scale of time that the immortal dragon has endured.
Development Time
96 hours
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
ALL Code, Art, Story and Narration created by us during the game jam.
Background music and SFX from Pixabay.
Comments
2 years ago(+1)
Thank you for playing our game and sharing your very kind comment! So glad you appreciate the scaling up of the difficulty level :))
2 years ago(+1)
Thank you for playing our game and sharing your feedback! Hope you meant the thinky pause was in a good way, and maybe in the larger release version of the game we can make more of these 'moments'.
2 years ago(+1)
Yeah, I definitely mean that good kind of thinky pause where you have to step back and look at what's going on till you're like "OH MY GOD I DIDN'T THINK OF THAT". I look forward to seeing where it goes from here if there's more being worked on!
2 years ago(+2)
Thank you for playing our game - coming from someone who knows their 2D puzzles, this means a lot. You've a solid entry too!
This is a really great jam submission! Full marks from me. If this is Dragon Scales I wonder what kind of puzzles Dragon Egg would be! Puzzle games are hard to do from a jam, but this one stood apart with the story, great voice acting and fun music! I really felt for the dragon. The last level was satisfying too.
One piece of criticism I have is I found the these blocks circled in blue really tough, this one in particular. I was really enjoying my time while playing and I was moving in a set rhythm and it took me a long time to realize this block was a real time element. I thought it progressed one stage with each block you move through, not based on time. I think I would make them smoothly animated like the projectiles are so it's clear they are real time, and maybe make them take just a little longer to do a full cycle.
Excellent job! 
2 years ago(+2)
Thank you for playing all the way through to the end and for taking the time to detail your feedback! That's a really good idea, definitely going on our to-do list!
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