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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #124 | 3.942 | 3.942 |
| Overall | #137 | 3.833 | 3.833 |
| Presentation | #151 | 4.058 | 4.058 |
| Fun | #231 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
Ranked from 52 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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TicTacJoe
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Yes - I'm new to game jams!
How does your game fit the theme?
"Just get started on life", a mini-game about learning the necessary skills for life.
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i find impressive when people can make so many mini-games that work so well for a game jam, great job! i didn't find the first level difficult but even if it was the skip level button makes it very accessible, very fun game. Also the baby ate so much sugar that started having a wild dream about people swordfighting :P
Thank you so much for the compliment!
Yeah the original plan was to have even more for more stages of life, but obviously there was no time for that. Also I wanted to make a level selection screen, but since time was lacking, skip level was the easiest solution :)
Thats certainly a good explanation! :) Certainly makes more sense than suddenly being grown up
Good new game. Could use some difficulty tweaking but the games are interesting and dynamic.
Totally agree with you on the difficulty. Sorry about that!
Thank you for the feedback!
I like the format you chose, all the different minigames added some cool variety. It was a little tougher than I expected but I enjoy a good challenge. Good job!
Thank you for the feedback!
Yeah I made it a little too hard. I'm glad you enjoyed it anyway!
Love the interpretation on the theme. You did a great job on the art.
Did perfectly on every game until the eating one where I was stuck in dead silence for like at least 5 minutes desperately trying to satisfy the demands of the merciless narrator demanding I eat more and more. ;-; I also don't think it's as strongly connected to the actions the girl is taking compared to the other minigames. I didn't realize there was a level skip option until after I was done playing but that's very considerate!
Overall, good work!
Thank you so much for the feeback!
You did great then! Ive been told (and I've seen it myself) that the games are on the harder side. Hence why I added a skip button. Although I hoped the difficulty would be okay. Well obviously you have to eat your daily rate of 50 unhealthy foods.
Yeah I was a bit worried that the minigames are just too far off of eachother, there is just no mechanic connecting them, but well. I'm happy with it so far.
I thought the typing game and the dodging game made perfect sense with the development stages they represented. I didn't find the typing one hard at all but I probably got lucky with words. It did make me laugh when "Pharaoh" popped up as one of baby's first words. You absolutely should be happy with what you made!
If Pharoah was the worst, you did dodge some harder ones for sure! But the words also get harder with time, if you manage to type them all at the start, you should be somewhat fine! But I guess you also just type fast!
Thank you!
Good ideas, well executed. Well done.
Thank you very much!
Very fun game. Love the background music, gives the game such a happy feeling.
I think the WASD keys for the eating level are bugged since they didn't work. The arrows did work, so you can complete the level.
And the first level was difficult for sure. Thought I could type fast, but I had to do my best to complete the level
Sadly I didn't make the music myself, but I do like it very much aswell! Thank you
Yeah not sure what went wrong there but atleast the Arrow keys work, so thats something.
Yeah most people mentioned its too fast. Thats my first fix for sure!
Thank you for playing and for the feedback! I appreciate it!
Cute little game - always ambitious to submit a game of minigames, and succeeding with that on your first jam is very impressive!
Thank you so much, that's a huge compliment. Thank you so much for taking your time!
The only thing I’d point out is the difficulty curve, but the level-skip option takes care of that. Loved the presentation and the concept. Really fun!
Yeah the playtesting fell kind of short, so that's what I get for that xD
Thanks for playing and the feedback!
Really enjoyed, the varied gameplay is good. Who knew all I needed to do in life was speak, walk, eat and fight everyone with a stick :)
Thank you for the feedback!
Yeah, clearly, the four pillars of life ;)
This is super fun, someone should clean up the house before letting a kid learn to walk. Also resetting that level seems to increase the speed, very hard. For the eating level WASD seems to be broken? But yea, super nice and complete game! <3 well done!
The problem is, it doesn't reset the speed. The speed increases over time, but when restarting it doesnt reset. So I'll have to fix that.
Yeah WASD doesn't work for some reason, I'll have to look into that.
Thank you for the nice feedback!
sometimes in life you gotta take a step back and admit you haven't learn to type yet, brb gonna learn and properly play the game
Don't worry I made it way to hard! Feel free to just skip that level xD I think many had to.
Thank you for giving it a try!
nice game! the topic itself is a bit similar to my game hahaha
i liked the second minigame as it increased speed
I've been wanting to play your game for a while now, I'll get to it right after this!
Thank you for taking your time!
It's a really fun set of minigames! Apparently I don't know my lefts and rights 'cause I fumbled the eating minigame a lot lul. Maybe the parts between minigames are a bit ominous for the theme of the game, but other than that it's neat! Very nice
This happened to me somehow always for up and down xD
That's a good point! I was so happy with the typewriter effect and sound, I didn't realize that. Thank you for pointing it out and thank you for taking the time!
I had to skip level one after a while, but I really enjoyed the game! It's super polished, fits the theme perfectly, has cute sound effects and a cute concept. The pixel art in particular stands out as terrific! Great job!
Yeah, I'm afraid level one is far too hard, I'm sorry for that.
Thank you so much for the kind words!
This fits the jam's theme very well! There is a glitch where during the second level, retrying or going to the main menu does not reset the speed increase so it becomes unbeatable without refreshing the page.
Thank you for playing!
Oh god you're absolutely right! I did not see that one yet. Now that you mention it, I know exactly why this is happening though! Thank you for letting me know!
Really enjoyed this game! The first level though, is very hard! it could be less words to type!
Thanks for playing! I'm glad you liked it!
Yeah level one is too hard, this will be the first thing I'll fix!
Really enjoyed this game! The first level though, is very hard! it could be less words to type!
I really like how all the levels are different mini games. It keeps the game fresh. The last level was my favorite, though the second level where you have to dodge items was really funny because it glitched and it became faster and faster so that the items where on screen for like 2-3 seconds. :D
Thank you so much for playing!
Yeah, I'm sad I couldnt finish the last level. I think it couldve been fun,
For the seconds level, it is supposed to get faster, but i think it might accumulate speed a little too fast xD
Art is great, the minigames loop is simple but it fits the idea the game is trying to do, and the "unfinished" level at the end made me smile
Thanks you playing! Glad you liked it!
I was thinking about adding the godot default image in a few places too, but I thought that might be a bit too on the nose.
Super cute game! I enjoyed it till the end. Art is great, gameplay is solid and fitting for the theme and it doesn't last longer than it needs to. Nice!