Cool take on Freeze with the catching criminals! Had a good time with this, but only got a high score of 17. Great work!
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Controls | #3 | 4.056 | 4.056 |
| Accessibilty | #10 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Fun | #10 | 3.833 | 3.833 |
| Overall | #27 | 3.421 | 3.421 |
| Theme | #56 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Originality | #56 | 3.167 | 3.167 |
| Audio | #65 | 2.944 | 2.944 |
| Graphics | #67 | 3.111 | 3.111 |
Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Godot Version
4.3
Wildcards Used
N/A
Game Description
Try to arrest wanted criminals hidden within a crowd! Avoid arresting innocents and keep track on the time!
How does your game tie into the theme?
When cops find criminals and tell them to stop moving they usually yell "FREEZE, DON'T MOVE"
Source(s)
N/A
Discord Username(s)
efterblivnaraven
Participation Level (GWJ Only)
6 (including this one)
Comments
This was lots of fun! I loved the color palette and sound effects. The different faces were similar enough that I couldn't just mindlessly click around, but different enough that I could find the criminal and have time to find a good opportunity to click. Great job!
The game is unique to say the least, I quite enjoyed it. It's not normally my cup of tea, but for people that like memory games this can be quite fun. I got to 16 criminals! I'm not sure if it's implemented but to increment difficulty instead of only increasing their speed and quantity, it would be nice to maybe find more criminals at once!
Really enjoyed this! I really enjoyed the Wanted minigame, and I think you put a nice spin on the gameplay format! The mix and match nature of the faces and accessories adds an extra layer of challenge. I enjoy the visual style as well. This is a really addicting kind of game to play, had a lot of fun with it!
Cool game, I got up to 26. You're insane for getting all this done in just a fraction of the time that was given for the jam. And I thought I did good using all the time given for the jam. Really great simple experience that can be expanded if you'd like to. Congrats on your game!
I had a lot of fun playing this. The tempo increase was a nice touch. Good job here!
I liked the game and the direction you took the theme! It was a fun little game that one can enjoy even with limited skill, reaction time, etc, as it mainly relies on the skill of face and pattern recognition :D
Thank you for submitting the game!
Well, that's a pretty smart game! Taking advantage of the human brain in recognizing faces :)) Do you know of "Chernoff faces"? :) And smart interpretation of the theme! The game is so simple, but is quite catchy!
I wish the progression was a bit more challenging - I felt like I would never lose, so I just quit after 24 catches. While speen and quantity increase - the time increases compensate too much. I'd recommend shortening it for a challenge :) At least after some levels
Thanks for all the nice feedback! I didnt know about the chernoff faces, but after looking it up its quite similar to how I made my characters with little variables to make the characters distinguishable!
Regarding the difficulty, I've realized afterwards how easily I could've added a difficulty setting or even slider in the menu so the player themselves can decide how difficult they want the game. Now I just tried to make it manageable but never impossible for the player. There were definitely some early version of the game that were NOT this easy hahah!
Baha this is such a great game - it reminds me of Wario Ware mini games. Your color pallette is so mesmerizing and nice to look at! Wish it went even FASTER though to feed my addiction to arresting baddies
I got fired after 13 criminals caught. Amazing color palette fun sounds -- did you use swappable parts to randomly generate faces or were those all hand drawn? Either way, fun game, nice job!
I hand drew 5-10 different nose, hair, eye, mouth, and head parts, which then get randomized for every person every time a new level starts. To not accidentally make duplicates for the criminals there are actually some specific parts that ONLY a criminal can spawn with, but after some playtesting from a friend it seems like it was hard to pick up, so the game still is difficult for the average player! Thank you for the compliments and glad you enjoyed the game :D
It's a simple concept but very fun haha, I managed to reach 19 but at this point the criminals were already very fast haha.
Maybe it lacked some entertaining music to accompany the gameplay, but apart from that it's a great job! :D
Thank you for playing and enjoying my game. and yeah the difficulty starts to spike after level 15 haha.
I had a music loop playing in the background, but should've probably made it a bit more varied and louder as well. It was one of the last things I threw in just to not have the game be quiet, so it wouldn't surprise me if it wasn't noticeable!
I liked the theme and the unique gameplay. Great use of gameboy palette to make the game more challenging.






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