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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme Implementation | #1 | 4.356 | 4.356 |
| Special Object Implementation | #4 | 4.067 | 4.067 |
| Gameplay | #4 | 3.800 | 3.800 |
| Overall | #7 | 3.681 | 3.681 |
| Fun Factor | #7 | 3.711 | 3.711 |
| Audio | #18 | 3.067 | 3.067 |
| Visuals | #29 | 3.089 | 3.089 |
Ranked from 45 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How is your game related to the Theme and Special Object?
This game is an entry for Mini Jame Gam 47 and was made in 2.5 days. The theme was "Cheap Copy" and is implemented as the cloning mechanic: a clone is a "cheap copy" and is deteriorating from the original egg with each copy (loses abilities). The Special Object was "Egg", which is why the protagonist is an egg.
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Amazing mechanic design, showing the 'cheap copy' in an accurate and funny way. The controller is also pretty exquisite for a game jam, with a little bit of inertance while moving. If the guidance in the levels is more connected with the color of the egg I think it would be easier for more players but this will need more time to optimize haha. Overall this is a really fantastic work!
Thanks for trying the game and thanks for the feedback, if there are any further developments I will take your advice into account.
This is a really interesting idea that incorporates the theme into gameplay. I love the degradation of the abilities of your copies. The puzzles remind me of the SNES game Lost Vikings but with a twist. Well done.
Thanks for trying the game. I'm glad u like the idea that incorporates the theme into gameplay
A very cool and unique gameplay idea! I also really loved the level design, the levels were just hard enough to be challenging but not too hard to become frustrating, great job to all of you!
Thanks for trying the game.
Really cool main gameplay mechanic, cute visuals. My only gripe is that the movement is rather slow and floaty, which makes having to reset and redo the beginning of a puzzle frustrating at times.
Thanks for trying the game. The slow movement was our choice, with the intention of forcing the player to think twice before making any move. However, it certainly speeds things up a bit, thanks for the feedback.
Great job for the time! I wished there was a way to "reverse" tab but thats really the only note. Great game
Thank you very much for receiving it, due to time constraints we did not include some features we had in mind, the reverse tab should have been on CAPS
Absolutely amazing idea. Great job, puzzles had the perfect difficulty level, and made me do multiple attempts to figure them out. Well done, well done.
Thank you so much for the review
Very unique concept to be able to clone the egg. Smooth controls, nice game.
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Really cool idea with clone downgrading mechanic. Very fun!
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basicly perfect puzzels
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nice
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It's very clever to have clones with decreasing abilities.
The mechanics are great and the execution is well done. Well done on the game!!
Thank you so much for the review
I love the concept of the game i think is an amazing game
Thanks so much for the review and I'm glad you like the concept
we both made puzzlers where you clone yourself! nice thinking!
the puzzles are really fun and actually tickle my braincell, and the “losing mechanics per character” bit is a really neat idea. my literal only complaint is that the controls were a little fiddly, but I did enjoy playing it and I made it to the end! thanks for the game
Thanks so much for the review. We wanted to add a menu to map the keys, but due to time constraints, we didn't have time. If I develop this project further in the future, it will be one of the first things I'll add, like the undo button.
Nice little platformer with interesting mechanics, which was a great implementation of the theme. The level design was good, and I liked the way you used the intro level as the tutorial.
Thanks so much for the review. I was afraid that the initial tutorial might not be liked but I'm happy that it is the opposite
Thoughts while playing
1. Woah nice intro art! The title MS Paint Egg makes it seem intentionally low effort like Pizza Tower, not sure if that's what you intended.
2. At first the intro gave a meh impression because there was no background and level structure felt unnatural, but it was incredibly effective. Great work. Egg skill reduction is really interesting and novel.
3. I keep accidentally creating an egg to leave it but end up controlling it, frustrating. Maybe allow egg assignment to numpad numbers. Or allow creation without switching eggs. Toggleable?
4. I didn't use dash for the first 2 levels so I forgot it existed, almost got stuck on 3rd city level. Had to tab out and look at controls.
5. Good puzzle design with aha moments. Something about the game makes me want to avoid thinking about it. Feels vibey, cute. Interestingly, I think I felt less aha because I didn't make a plan ahead of time, more 'damn you got me, I should've done this but I was too lazy to even think about it'. Maybe I was the egg head the whole time.
6. The button and their corresponding door numbers are hard to see and think about at a glance. I guess this is why wires between them, doors having different textures, and having door numbers with obvious blocks with numbers are typically there. I see why color coded buttons and doors would be confusing too.
7. Really cool last level, took me a couple tries. Music was a bop too. I'm satisfied! (or satisfried like an egg)
I really like the mix of skill platformer and puzzle gameplay. If I were to extend it, I would probably add more skill check elements (ex. spikes) and polish the feel of eggs moving while platforming so, even if the eggs should be sluggish, it wouldn't feel so sluggish and I'd have to pay attention moving. Otherwise, clarity as mentioned and polish like making outer background non-default or adding custom fonts could add a lot. Eggcellent!
Wow what a detailed review thanks.
Great suggestion regarding controls if there will be future developments it will be implemented as a thing together with keybind and undo button.
As for the dash, our intention was to increase the difficulty more and more and make the player use their brain more, so at the beginning they are simple and some features can be avoided, then I could make some changes to the level to make it use a couple of times
As for the doors and buttons we had a different idea on how they should work but due to time constraints we chose this solution
I'm very happy that you found eggcellent and thank you again for the detailed review.
Really loved this game. A fun little platformer. and losing ability’s with each clone is really on point.
Thank you so much for the review
A great game with puzzles that weren't obvious right away. I really like the copy mechanic with swapping. Very fun and entertaining all the way through!
Thank you so much for the review
Great puzzles forcing the player to think through the clone placement as they progress. No clue how you made all of this in 2 days. Best entry I've played so far.
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Creative puzzle game. Swapping mechanic was a great idea. Good entry!
Thank you so much for the review, I'm really happy you liked the swapping mechanic
Interesting puzzle gameplay, I had fun solving your puzzle, nice work
Thank you so much for the review, I'm really happy you liked it