I really enjoyed playing it - first few minutes were confusing, but once I got a hold of it, I loved the old-school controls (moving the cat rather than just clicking on the UI). I think it perfectly fits the theme and with a bit more of time could become an incredible idle kind of game, with a funny twist. What I lacked the most is that you don't get to see any snakes though :D Good job!
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #3702 | 2.929 | 3.875 |
| Style | #4485 | 2.551 | 3.375 |
| Overall | #4562 | 2.551 | 3.375 |
| Enjoyment | #5179 | 2.173 | 2.875 |
Ranked from 8 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?
Firstly, lizards have scales. Secondly, player progression scales.
Development Time
96 hours
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
In-Game Music: Glacier by SalomonLikeTheFIsh
(license CC BY-NC-SA)
Menu Music: Free Game Menu Music Pack (Space Debris)
from www.void1gaming.com
Font: PixelPlay
Sounds:
https://freesound.org/people/plasterbrain/sounds/397354/
https://freesound.org/people/GeraRamirez/sounds/539593/
Comments
2 years ago(+1)
Unfortunately, there are no visible snakes (we ran out of time :< ), but there are references to them in the upgrades/expeditions. As for the description's accuracy, I don't know what you're talking about, there's dark humor and average gameplay, so it matches :). But yes, as you said, its a bit like an spreadsheet, that's true xD.
I have to admit, nothing about the description is untrue. And the flavor text is all very nice too. I can 100% get behind adding weird creatures to your game for the heck of it! It's too bad the screenshots show pretty much the entire game, but I was pleasantly surprised by the expeditions! How many of them are there in total? I went on four before finishing the game in 55 days, and one of them repeated. Regardless, adding one of those to the screenshots would be a good idea, to reassure the players they haven't seen the entire game 10 seconds in!
After my initial disappointment, I gave it another try and enjoyed the entire game - I could always just imagine any of the missing detail! I wish your team a lot of success in gamedev, so that one day you can make high budget videogames about cats recruiting snakes into cults :P
I'm glad you came around! There are a total of 3 expeditions (there were supposed to be more, but we ran out of time, and I didn't want to use AI to avoid breaking the jam's rules). I’ll definitely be adding that screenshot of the expeditions soon. By the way, the image you see in the expedition menu was made by me :). The whole team also wishes you a successful career!
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