This feels like a very well balanced game. The art is well-crafted and the audio choice fits the game. The gameplay is fast and responsive, incentivizing risk-taking to stack more score. The game itself isn't that hard, so I'd love to see an expansion with more content!
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Echo Maze's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #250 | 3.769 | 3.769 |
| Audio | #297 | 3.462 | 3.462 |
| Overall | #301 | 3.551 | 3.551 |
| Gameplay | #342 | 3.462 | 3.462 |
| Innovation | #362 | 3.385 | 3.385 |
| Visuals | #415 | 3.846 | 3.846 |
| Theme | #569 | 3.385 | 3.385 |
Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
The game is all about the theme. The "biscuit" is a score multiplier, and you risk both your life and your current progress to increase it by activating mysterious crystals.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
All the musics and the sound effects.
How many people worked on the game?1
Comments
1 year ago(+1)
Hello! Thank you very much for your feedback, glad you liked the game.
I will consider your thoughts about the online leaderboard.
Woke up today, remembered you game and a simple solution for a control frustration issue came to my mind. While you cannot update the game during the rating period, you can update screenshots. If you will make a screenshot with control hints displayed over it and upload it as the second screenshot, player will be able to familiarize themself with how to interact with the game right on the submission page.
Even something simple like the below solution should work.
1 year ago(+1)
Wow, this is a brilliant and super practical idea! Thank you so much for not only giving great feedback but also for thinking of a solution that works within the jam rules. I'm doing this right now. You're awesome!
1 year ago(+1)
Hey, thanks so much for playing and for the amazing, detailed feedback! I'm so glad you liked the old-school feel, the art, and the music!
You've made some brilliant observations, and you're 100% right on most of them:
- Controls: Putting the controls only on the page was a big mistake. An in-game explanation is essential, I completely forgot that in the final rush of the jam. This is a huge lesson for me.
- The Green Gems: Your feedback on the placement of the green gems is especially valuable. It's a great point that the ones you found felt too safe, which hurts the game's pacing. This makes me realize that the difficulty curve might be off, or the truly risky gems are not introduced well enough. Your experience shows that the sense of danger wasn't there, and that's a brilliant insight I will definitely focus on improving. Thank you!
- Quit Button: You're right, a player should never feel trapped. I have a quit button in the main menu, but I completely forgot to add a way to pause and exit from the game scene itself. That's a huge oversight and your feedback is brilliant for pointing it out. Thank you!
Thank you again for taking the time, this was super valuable!
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