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The Inevitability of Dirty Dishes's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Narrative | #25 | 4.421 | 4.421 |
| Creativity | #1938 | 3.737 | 3.737 |
| Artwork | #2057 | 3.579 | 3.579 |
| Enjoyment | #2475 | 3.263 | 3.263 |
| Audio | #2690 | 3.053 | 3.053 |
Ranked from 19 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?
This game uses a common loop that we live in - household chores - as the mechanism for a slowly unfolding love story between two people.
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Story by Michael and Naomi Bolt
All assets, art, and code not listed below were created or developed by Michael Bolt and Caleb Harris.
sponge scrubbing sound effect: 00775 dry sponge scrubbing.wav by Robinhood76 -- https://freesound.org/s/66473/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0
dishes clearing.aiff by bevibeldesign -- https://freesound.org/s/316643/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
turn flip pages in a book sound effect by Garuda1982 -- https://freesound.org/s/541660/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
Generic Soft Wood/Floor Hits by SirBagel -- https://freesound.org/s/732813/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
music from "Free Music Lo-fi Tracks" (https://rustedstudio.itch.io/free-music-lofi-tracks FabienC@RustedMusicStudio)
skyboxes from "Nature Landscapes Free Pixel Art" (https://free-game-assets.itch.io/nature-landscapes-free-pixel-art)
Sound Effect by Benjamin" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://pixabay.com/users/benkirb-8692052/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_mediu... Adams from Pixabay
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Mikey T & Caleb
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August 7
I found a new method I enjoy!
Wash the cups and other glasses on the counter.
Put everything else in the sink and scrub them all at once.
-Jcodefox
I liked how you were able to tell a story through the dishes - the two wine glasses, plates, and cooking pan made me expect what was coming up in the journal entry.
the narrative is lovely :)
its fun and I liked it
I'm not going to pretend that this is the greatest gameplay in the world (but hey, neither is washing dishes) but this really made me smile-- I really like the story that you told through your game. :)
For a story driven game like this, I wish it didn't reveal so much in the description. I think if the reveal was done during the game, rather than the description, it could have had a greater effect on the player. But I get that you need to give potential players a reason to play your game. It's a great concept, and a really creative, relatable take on the loop theme. I think the advantage games have over other forms of entertainment is "story through gameplay" which you touched on when dishes for 2 people started appearing. I think that could have been expanded on. Like maybe the player starts washing baby bottles, or other dishes that show the player where the couple is at in their relationship, rather than tell.
The game reminds me of Picture Perfect, one of the winners from the 2024 gmtk game jam. I think that game worked really well because the player pieced together the story themselves, rather than the story being told to them through diary entries. That's a lot of words to say: show, don't tell.
Hope you don't get me wrong, I did really enjoy the game!
I haven'T thought that i will enjoy this so much. I played to the end and every day i was like "Oh.. what happend today? why are there more dishes?" i liked to think about what happend. This is a really neat concept! Awesome!
This was so sweet! Love the idea of seeing into someone's life through what seems like everyday minutiae