Your idea fits the theme perfectly. My main gripe with games using this time loop mechanic is that your end up waiting for your past clones a lot, especially if you took some time to figure out what to do. Other than that it’s a nice entry congrats
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Goblin Getaway's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #1525 | 3.355 | 3.355 |
| Narrative | #2288 | 2.724 | 2.724 |
| Enjoyment | #2328 | 3.303 | 3.303 |
| Creativity | #2708 | 3.553 | 3.553 |
| Artwork | #3416 | 3.158 | 3.158 |
Ranked from 76 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?
Player can use a power to return in the past and solve puzzle using his previous run.
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
3D assets from Syntystore
2D assets from Craftpix, Poneti, Honeti
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Alex
Comments
Nice execution on the Loop theme, good sfx and vfx, nice and clean all around. I was having some issues with my mouse being a lil wonky in the browser, but that was probably just me. Good work!
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Sircle the BugsGreat ambiance in a nicely styled 3d world. Cool take on the "record your actions", I think the only one i've played that was in 3d. Obviously more levels would be better, but also the movement speed and feel of the characters being faster and more responsive would go a lot for game-feel. Great job!
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The Geometry of the MindReally cool concept! I enjoyed figuring out that I didn't have to wait for my first ghost and that I could just redo my actions once I figured out what to do to get through the puzzles more quickly. Great polish overall for such a short jam. My only complaint was that the mouse sensitivity felt a little high and the camera orbiting was a bit off.
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Deck The Earth: GMTK-2025Great quality, basically fully finished game, something really hard to achieve with such a little time during game jam.
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Curse of the Black CastleThis is a really clever take on the time loop theme; solving the puzzles by cooperating with my past self felt great. I did find the pacing could be a bit slow while waiting for my ghost to finish its actions, but the core concept is fantastic and very solid. congratulations on this accomplishment in such a short time <3
By the way, I'm also in the jam, and I'd love to get your thoughts on my game if you have a moment.
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The SealInteresting idea! The loop mechanic is very clever but its a bit boring after looping to watch myself NOT be so clever and just waiting for me to figure out what to do.
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Bullet LoopYou don't have to wait for your past self to search the solution. When you know what to do you can just redo the actions with your new one, create a new past of yourself a lot quicker.
But it's good feedback, a short tutorial that gives players time to understand the ghost and what they can do with it would help avoid a lot of frustration. (you are not the first with that comment !)
Unfortunately I get pretty bad motion sickness, so my experience playing was hampered a lot by the way the camera seems to constantly rotate. That said, I think this is a really cool idea, and could totally be explored further! A couple things I thought of while playing:
1. It feels weird that past goblins are able to phase through things like doors that were opened in a prior loop, but not yet opened in this loop. Allowing them to have collision with the environment would make timing things more of a puzzle (i.e. imagine how much differently a player would have to play if on loop 1 the goblin could easily and quickly get through a door, but because the player would have to unlock the door for them on loop 2, you may need to wait before entering the door on loop 1).
2. Highlighting things in the environment that are interactable makes it a lot easier for the player to get to the actual puzzle solving. When you don't do that, it can become a hide and seek before it ever gets to a puzzle because the player is looking for the lockpick/whatever other item. Not a huge deal for this jam version but if you extend it out that would be an important UX add.
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Re-BladeThis mechanism allows a single player to play a two-player game. Very nice!
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Leap the loopThe game uses the time loop character mimic action mechanic in a good way but not revolutionary, but there is no need to reinvent the wheel! I liked it! If possible i would remove the shift to sprint mechanic if it is not used at all or even necessary and i would put the loop button on space!
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Cosmoroboros (Jam version)Very nice execution of the concept. You definitely nailed the difficulty of the puzzles for a jam like this (not too simplistic and not too hard either). The way you tied the concept into the narrative was also really well done. And really nice artwork too, good job!
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Quantum WarpersReally awesome concept and well made game! Unfortunately I didn't understand the puzzles haha, but I'm not into puzzle games usually (even tho i did make a puzzle platformer for this jam lol). Somehow my ghost opened the door in the first level when I wasn't looking and I have no idea how. But that's just a me problem, I think. Would be cool if you had a demo video with the solution maybe.
Love how you have to use your past self to solve the puzzles, they were great!
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Brooke's NightmareHonestly, I really like the concept here and even the levels are pretty easy and straightforward - I see the potential here (a potential for some lore clues too!). It would be nice to have an option to speed up the time a little (because I was wondering a lot and waiting for my ghost later), but still, good job!
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An IterationThank you for your feedback. I saw many people waiting for the ghost, but you can always make a new one when you understand the mechanic of the game and speed up the puzzle ! But it's really missing a learning curve/tutorial in the game, it's something we are going to improve in the v2 of the game !
I like the idea and the graphics (although the UI could use some love). Due to the lockpick icon, I'm left wondering if you originally were considering to add more mechanics and, if so, which ones 👀
Regardless, nice job 👍
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Looping ThroughThe game scope changed a lot during the jam. One feature we had but we couldn't finish and make it works was a guard system with a detection and pathfinding. We also started implementing a physics so we can move object with our ghost.
We are not abandoning the project, we are taking note of all the feedbacks we can, and we will try to make our initial idea alive.
I agree for the UI, sadly we are missing an artist in the team to help us with this, we tried our best and now we are looking for someone who can help us !
I get some interesting vibes from walking around with my clone ghost bro, i like it
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Memory LoopAlways love me a goblin game!
You did some very good puzzles, the visuals were very well put together.
Well done! :D
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Looped Tapes
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