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This game turns your keyboard into your playfield! Help Gunther out by clearing the path for him.

Submitted by Freddie - Fishious Cycle, olarif, Chrysalis, JxR02, nowoa, MrSchnagglz — 7 hours, 38 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Creativity	#100	4.458	4.458
Enjoyment	#156	4.196	4.196
Artwork	#405	4.294	4.294
Audio	#662	3.673	3.673
Narrative	#1014	3.281	3.281

Ranked from 153 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?
Our little house cat, Gunther, always has to return to the same tile he started the lap from in order to complete the level, making the whole thing one big, and oftentimes confusing loop. Also, there's loop-ception with small loops being part of the big loop.

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
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(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Vicious Fishes

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DanaSubmitted1 year ago(+3)

Ahhhhh I love Gunther!!!!!!!!!!!!! i just love games that I have to use full keyboard, and honestly, i struggled a lot, but it was worth it. Also looovveee the art!!

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paledustSubmitted1 year ago(+3)

Really amusing experience juggling my keyboard!!! I'm quite surprise with so many interesting levels - my favorite is the one that has a rainbow block controlled by multiple keys simultaneously lol.

I also love that the realistic models floating around with dreamy fish-like clouds all together in one place.

Nice work!

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eeveeightsSubmitted1 year ago(+3)

suuuuuch a cool concept and such brilliant delivery... that being said i wish gunther a life of infinite fishies and no evil and treacherous mazes

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Second Hand Slayer

DLCrimsonSubmitted1 year ago (3 edits) (+3)

I think this is the BEST and the hardest puzzle game I have ever played. My fingers are so clumsy so I spent too much time on some levels. Really love the art design and game mechanics. I wish there are even MORE level to play <3.

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Car Goes Around

nowoaDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

wooowww thank you!! what a huge compliment :D we will probably add some levels after the jam ends, so be sure to come back at some point if you want to play more!

ParthSubmitted1 year ago(+3)

Beautiful, awesome level design, great concept, original idea. This is one of the best games I have rated so far! Love it! If I had to pick it apart, the sound design could use some work, but nothing too major!

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marchaladeSubmitted1 year ago(+3)

I too violently shake a fish around when I get to the finish line. Good game!

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Freddie - Fishious CycleDeveloper1 year ago(+2)

Thanks!

Seelie LadSubmitted1 year ago(+3)

Aesthetic is on point, cute art with simple but nice gameplay.

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Grandromeda Prix

BenimSubmitted1 year ago(+3)

Wow amazing job!

Cat in a mech, and you know it's a GOAT GAME!

I really enjoyed these puzzles!

Well Done :D

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sum3merSubmitted1 year ago(+3)

LOVE THIS GAME!! Both 3d 2d art and animation are just so AMAZING, the game is so fun!!

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SmoresiesSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Adored the art and music in this game. Did find some difficulty in the fact that the buttons were all over the place and the font was kinda hard to read... I saw 5 and thought S for example

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nowoaDeveloper1 year ago

Thank you for your comment! We mapped the keys so that the position on the keyboard would spatially match the position to the level in the game, but I can totally see the 5 and S confusion! (we did leave out 0/O for the same reason, so 5 will be added to that list as well haha)

paulporkSubmitted1 year ago(+3)

The game was so simple and fun! One thing I loved is that you actually bind the key based on their position on the keyboard, which was a really thoughtful design choice! The artsytle is sillily fun. I stucked in one level because I didn't know why my right shift wasing working there.

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Freddie - Fishious CycleDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thank you for noticing the keyboard position detail. We are always happy when people notice it! We know about the shift issue, it's either a hardware problem with some keyboards or related to the web-build. It's very unfortunate but we are glad that you enjoyed playing anyway <3

SkidaddleDevSubmitted1 year ago(+3)

Awesome game! One of my favorites this jam for sure. Great work

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ScottTheDevSubmitted1 year ago(+4)

My fingers were tied up in knots playing this. It was so much fun. The ramp up from holding 2 or 3 buttons to performing complex maneuvers was great. Also the animations of the cat licking his fish were cute. Well done!

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Potbank SoftwareSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Like a game of twister for your fingers.

bene-labsSubmitted1 year ago (1 edit) (+4)

Now this was a blast!

I really loved the simple but wacky premise and having to pick your poison between quickly switching buttons or playing twister on your keyboard was hilarious! :D The levels also did a really good job at introducing new mechanics and gradually ramping up the difficulty.

Sounds and visuals were super polished and very charming too, but I would love to have some more sounds and/or vfx for the cat, for example when starting, winning and losing a level.

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Cosmoroboros (Jam version)

yayooyaSubmitted1 year ago(+3)

aaa so cool!! smooth gameplay, very creative idea and the art style, im in loveeeee!!! great job :)) would definitely play this more in the future

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JxR02Developer1 year ago(+1)

This makes us soo happy to hear! :) Thank you for playing and definitely check out the page in the future if you wanna play more levels

jzucc12Submitted1 year ago(+4)

I was crabbing hand more in this than in FromSoft games, lol. The way you have to stretch and switch your keys is more brain teasing than I expected. Very well done.

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CardboardRobotGamesSubmitted1 year ago(+5)

Such a cool concept and game! In love with the cute art style. Only feedback I can think of is maybe a coyote time feature where you don't immediately lose for going off the edge? Sometimes it felt like I should've survived but didn't because I actually had gone over the edge

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Stamp of Approval

STUDIO SINOKAYO?Submitted1 year ago(+3)

Amazing idea, with an amazing execution!! I want to forfeit all my mortal possessions to Gunther - @wave-mosaic

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Loops For Freedom

nowoaDeveloper1 year ago

Gunther humbly accepts your offering :)

JorvanSubmitted1 year ago(+3)

One of the most polished games I've seen in all the game jam. The execution is excellent and the level design is also pretty smart (now I wish I would have a mechanical keyboard 😂). Congrats 👍

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Looping Through

makegamergirlsSubmitted1 year ago(+3)

Oooooh this is a good one! I had two issues:

on Pinball, whenever I held both shifts at the same time, I could only release one of them. The other would get stuck, and I'd have to do a full press and release of that shift to correct it.
on the final level, on the last stretch to the goal, I consistently fell through the floor. This was after every interactable part of the level

BUT you guys implemented a skip level feature (which honestly for jam games with levels should probably be a requirement). So I really cannot find a single fault with this game.

The player model is adorable, the level art is everything it needs to be, the music is a jam, the conveyance is great, the gameplay is FUN, and the finger-twisting absurdity gives your premise the crescendo it needs to leave an impression.

This is a stellar entry. Kudos!

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nowoaDeveloper1 year ago

wooow thank you for making it through the entire game!!! great job :D i'm painfully aware of the two issues you mentioned haha, they will be fixed immediately after the jam! thank you for your kind words :)

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