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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Secondary Theme Interpretation | #6 | 4.257 | 4.257 |
| Overall | #8 | 4.010 | 4.010 |
| Soundtrack/SFX | #13 | 4.086 | 4.086 |
| Gameplay | #21 | 3.771 | 3.771 |
| Gameboy Soul | #23 | 4.086 | 4.086 |
| Graphics | #28 | 4.229 | 4.229 |
| Quirkiness | #41 | 3.629 | 3.629 |
Ranked from 35 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game meet GBJam's theme?
Bad luck is always chasing you in this game! The storm grows deadlier the lower your luck gets, and every missed clover makes the thunder more likely to strike you down.
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the game is really fun and i love the graphics! such a pretty color combination <3 my favourite part is avoiding the black cats hehe
Thank you so much for your kind comment! :)
This is a very well-made game, with great graphics and good gameplay. I found it a bit difficult to dodge the lightning bolts at times; they would sometimes hit me before I had enough time to react. I really like the interface, especially how the character's expression changes depending on your luck. Great job!
Thank you very much! We're glad you enjoyed the details :)
Awesome theming, art and music. Great platforming too, felt really tight! Great job on this submission
Very polished game. It's great that checkpoints were very generous, because lightning had very little anticipation. I'd add small sparks on the ground or something that could allow me to react and move out of the way.
Nice presentation too. Congrats!
Yes sparks on the ground or a longer wait time would make it a bit easier to dodge the lightnings. We wanted to keep it a challenge, while being doable. Thank you for your feedback!
Your game feels really solid, and I like the slow gliding down. Great game!
Thank you very much! These are the small details I also often enjoy :)
Great music, hard (and devilish design) very fun
But oh boy this game was evil. Enjoyed.
Thanks!!
Really good game, and the music is amazing.
Thank you very much 😭
Good all-round game. Usually I am worried when playing platformers for jams as I find them too difficult, but I found yours very balanced and simple to understand. Checkpoints were nice as well.
We're glad you enjoyed this little platforming journey :D
That was fun! The art is charming, the concept is funny, and the mechanics are competently implemented. It was difficult to gauge the hitbox of the lightning, but I managed in the end.
The audio is mixed just a little bit loud; combinations of music and lightning sounds regularly peak the audio above -0 dB.
Good work!
I like the cutscenes, the graphics, music and an interesting take on the theme. The lightning even with the telegraphing was still a bit hard to avoid at times and once you run out of luck youre pretty much dead. The checkpoints made the game less punishing and made it to the end.
Thank you for the comment! Glad you made it to the end :)
the game is quite balanced, only the last section was difficult because of the glass shards :P
great game, good platformer overall. I got my money!
Thank you! We are glad you enjoyed the game :)
I really liked this entry! The luck running out was a great idea and I loved how it affected the lightning strikes. I also loved the graphics and the music. The gameplay was also fun, but I found my luck draining really fast. Overall, great job!
Thank you very much for playing our game! :)
I like the idea of your luck literally running out. that's the first time I've seen that in this jam. very playable game. would have been cool if the umbrella let you float for a certain amount of time before it goes inside out (perhaps relative to the luck meter)
my biggest gripe was the timing of the pre-lightning. I didnt feel like I had quite enough time to react to it, so I basically got hit by every strike.
overall: great work!
Thank you very much! Regarding the umbrella, there is actually a short moment where you float after the initial jump momentum, it’s just very small. Thanks also for the feedback about the lightning, we’ll take that into consideration :)
A really good game, it's fun, has good graphics, sound effects, congratulations to the whole team. :)
Thank you very much! We're glad you played and enjoyed it
This is pretty amazing, the colors, the sound, the feel, it all works. The lightning is brutal though, even at max luck.
It could probably do with a health pickup, but the checkpoints are forgiving enough as well.
Thank you for your feedback! Yes the difficulty can be quite high at times :D
MY MONEY ! it was a fun playing time for me !!
i love the overall vibe of this game ! something like a funny nostaligia, first time i feel something like that !!
great entry !!
Thank you so much for this nice comment! :)
Fun platformer and good pixel art too I love that he has a little umbrella whenever he jumps. Also I love the UI in this game I like how the face changes depending on the luck amount. Only problem I have is sometimes the lightning spawns were really harsh but I still managed to beat game after a couple tries.
Thank you for your feedback! We’re glad you enjoyed all the details :)
This is a great submission! Art and color picking are awesome! I also like cute animations, quirky GUI and well chosen SFX. Lightning and mirrors are keeping on the edge, so maybe worth to change it a little, but it’s a minor detail that can’t diminish the merits. I hope to see this game on the top!
Thank you so much for your kind feedback! :)
Very good implementation of the theme and solid game. Loved it, especially the twist at the end. I loved the idea with the lamps as checkpoints. Well done.
Thank you very much! We are very glad you liked our game and played it til the end ☁️
It’s definitely a hard platformer with a few breathing rooms in between
The lightning spawns may be unfair, considering games like the MegaMan series or Castlevania
Making a platformer game is hard, but this is a good one
:DThank you ! We really appreciate your honest review! :)
Thank you very much for playing our game!