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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #3359 | 3.406 | 3.406 |
| Audio | #3579 | 2.844 | 2.844 |
| Narrative | #3721 | 2.375 | 2.375 |
| Artwork | #4383 | 2.906 | 2.906 |
| Enjoyment | #6279 | 2.312 | 2.312 |
Ranked from 32 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?
Sisyphus was caught in an infinite loop, always rolling a boulder up a hill, only for it to fall back down again. Taking literal inspiration from that myth, Sisyphean Slots has the player continuously roll a boulder up a hill, and when it inevitably falls, they spend their accumulated steps to play a slot machine. This pattern continues forever, an infinite loop. The only way to break the loop is to stop playing the game.
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the artwork and colour scheme are very cool. great job!
hahahaha love the gambling!
finally, a way to simulate my grandma's incurable gambling addiction and the sisyphian prospect of sitting before the machine fuguing out as you push the penny boulder up a few inches, only to have it go grinding its way back lower than you started...
I can practically smell the chain smoking and heavy hanging scent of spilled vodka on an old leather handbag
Push that Boulder, bro!
Found a LOOPhole, was it intended? :D If I press (and never release) Enter + Shift I can do this forever :)
Also, am I that lucky, or was it a hook? Gor 777 on my second roll!
The slot machine is crazy.
OK when you pulled up a SLOT MACHINE it actually got me. pretty cool consept, its a very creative take on the theme. and i had fun gambaling. Also the background looks really good.
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I love this idea, and music fits pretty cool with the game, great job
Music while pushing up the hills is sweet! I did kinda break the game by holding down both shift and enter at the same time though. Still a fun concept!
SISYPHUS GAME SPOTTED!!! AND GAMBLING!??!?!?! 👑🐀👑🐀👑🐀 pull that leverrr
banger game but i would add more gambling <3
You know what, maybe I will do this forever. The soundscape of gambling feels like scrolling through Tiktok's for you page. I also love how ridiculous it feels when you let your boulder fall. Great job!
i LOVE the concept. the eternal grind of capitalism represented in a loop game entry. brilliant