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The Tail of King Boris of Oris's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Narrative | #5 | 4.597 | 4.597 |
| Enjoyment | #82 | 4.319 | 4.319 |
| Audio | #150 | 4.097 | 4.097 |
| Artwork | #425 | 4.278 | 4.278 |
| Creativity | #549 | 4.167 | 4.167 |
Ranked from 72 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?
You must form a loop by eating your own tail to progress.
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Midas, Oliver Beebe, Will Kuhne, and Aidan Guthrie
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Cool game! Simple, fun, and great-looking you did a great job with this. 👏
Your average rank is #23 in GMTK 2025! Congrats!
Here is the link with all the rankings:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pcYEGvaHF3y30mMEWwywmkRd2FCpo-u3_ZFpPFSo...
I felt bad that there is no average score, because some teams aimed for all categories, not just one. So I just scrapped the results page and made a table. I agree with "Mark" that "Overall" is questionable, but I still think "Average" is a valuable score, so I decided to share it.
cool!
It would be cool to have the sheet also show number of ratings if that isn't too much work.
Actually that was my next thing to do, will do like 1-2 hours :)
Done :)
Wonderful game with a captivating game loop.
Awesome game! So good to see that a game with relatively simplistic art style can still have such a large impact. I love the concept of the Ouroboros with the loop theme and the writing is excellent. I will be taking narrative inspiration for my next jam (mine was 42nd for narrative). Amazing work
Congrats on 42! As the narrative designer, it means a lot to hear that you'll be taking inspiration.
#5 in Narrative.
If this game doesn't win something I'm going to riot.
thanks for the support :3
Ok this is game is legit one of the best I have played so far this jam. The atmosphere and the writing is amazing. The music is simple but adds to much to it. The art direction gave you the sense of an old tale being told as you play. I really love you how introduce content to the players without actually doing anything. As you player character got longer he also got larger (something that was not evident at first), and the context of the surrounding changes.
Yet it's not without its flaws. Unlike some other games where it could benefits from being longer, I felt like this game drags on a little bit too long. After a while playing, I started to wonder when will the end begins, I started to got bored a bit, but I stuck with it. I was so excited when I got big enough to consume the walls. However, as I ate the second wall, the game produced an error and crashed.
I was legit upset about this, when I had just spent a lot of time playing the game. Other issues include things like when you got to a certain size you can't go in between some places and have to wait until you get even bigger to constrict around it, or sometimes the villagers bug out and spin around in the same place. I also wish as you got bigger you would also get faster to speed up the process and cut down on the game time a bit.
Overall though, although a game with a seemingly simple mechanics, it was super creative and well executed. Now I wish you would dm the ending so I can sleep soundly tonight 😞
Shoot, sorry that happened. I'm not sure why it would. Glad you enjoyed the game, even if it dragged on a little long!
Awesome game! The artstyle gives incredible atmosphere. I know I'm supposed to feel guilty but eating the entire map is just too satisfying. I would love alternative endings where you only eat/not eat a certain set of objects.
The narrative adds a lot. great game. tho it gets a bit hard to tell sometimes where the tail is later into the game
I got emotional almost immediately as I started playing, yet I couldn't stop. Great work here!
Very good.
I wish I had a little more force to push things out of the way as I got bigger
Really unique, perhaps the most beautiful interpretation of theme I have seen in this jam. The way the story continued was just *chef's kiss*
Cohesive and a little addictive, like a more serious version of katamari.
Increeedibly impressive and fun game with such a unique form of the theme, love it
"Really addictive—couldn’t stop playing!"
That was delightful! I left a guy to tell the tale
This game was very artful for me. The narrative was well executed, and the artwork and music are phenomenal and do well to complement the design of the game overall.
Congrats on finishing this jam, and well done!
Great artwork, simple yet well-executed idea. I really enjoyed it, even though it took me a while to finish and eat the castle.
Reeeally love this, probably one of the most creative takes on ouroboros. Also really loved the animation, it looks extremely professional. The artstyle too