A really beautiful and thoughtful game. The environments are lovely and I love the way the puzzles are left for the player to explore without explaining too much. I especially like the way the hint for the see-saw puzzle is presented, it encouraged me to pay closer attention to the environment after that. This game's controls, however, are doing it a major disservice. I was lucky enough to discover that pressing escape shows the controls, but nowhere on that menu does it mention that you must press F first before you're able to click on objects and interact with them. "Toggle Camera Freeze" is not a good description of that button's function. Couple that with the way that I could sometimes climb up a ledge in the first room just by clicking without pressing F first, and I had the initial impression that the interaction function was just broken, and nearly gave up on the game. I'm glad that I read some of these comments before moving on, I would have really missed out! That method of interaction did feel clumsy, and there were many times when I had to adjust the camera to get it in just the right spot so I could click on an interactable to drop whatever I was holding. I would say the awkward controls are the only major blemish on this otherwise wonderful experience, and I envy whoever gets to light the last torch and see what happens.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Community's Voice | #77 | 3.250 | 3.250 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Creative Vision / Rationale / How Did You Incorporate the Theme
KiBo is a project effort to create something that encourages players who don't know one another to engage in a generous, selfless act.
Throughout your travels through the monastery, it's your job to repair aspects of it that have fallen into disarray, assist with the clean-up process, and maintain the norms put forward by those that came before you.
It's the ending where generosity is at its most palpable. Players who reach the final area can pray, reducing a shared counter between all players. The more who pray, the brighter the light in the chamber becomes, and eventually, once the counter reaches zero - players that reach the end after-the-fact are allowed to enter the afterlife, while those that came before remain behind as stone guardians at the gate.
Controls:
[WASD] Movement
[MOUSE] Look
[LEFT CLICK] Interact with what you are pointing at
[F] Toggle Camera Freeze
[R] Pray
[ESCAPE] View Controls and Settings
Comments
We definitely had plans to incorporate more conveyance for the controls, but due to time I didn't get that in unfortunately. I'm glad it still felt natural enough to play! One of my favorite aspects about KiBo is that you never know if you will go through the game alone or not. Also, with obstacles in your way, someone could be in the next room and you would never know! It feels a little less empty knowing that you are following in the footsteps of many players before you. We appreciate the comment! :)
Hey! Thank you for the kind words! I believe I know why you also seemed to get 13-12. If you cannot connect to the server for any reason, we have a fallback "Singleplayer Mode" which loads in a set number of torches and statues. This allows anyone who cannot connect to the server for any reason, or simply does not want to connect to the server for any reason, the ability to play! If you'd like, you can play again to contribute to the online statue total. Sorry for the confusion and I'm glad you enjoyed! : )
p.s. The way to tell if you have loaded into the server is based on when you launch. If you are on a black screen for ~10 seconds, you failed to connect and were put in singleplayer. If you fade into the title screen in a shorter time than 10 seconds, you have connected and can experience the game with whoever is online!
#13 Here, I was so close to holding hands in eternal prayer with someone lol 
I'm in the light reaching out. This game was so cool. I loved these weird creatures and I would totally buy a stuffed animal of these things, they're so strange but so cool! Great game, I'm excited to see what happens after we unlock it for the other players.
Hey! Thank you for playing! I really appreciate your screenshot, almost holding hands is awesome. Nirvana gets closer with each player! :)
I'm so happy that you were able to experience the game with another player! I was worried that players would be too spread out to find anyone else. I really appreciate your in-depth feedback, thank you for that. I would have loved to incorporate some sort of communication, something like Half + Half that takes your mic input and turns it into nonsense would have been super fun to make.
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