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A jam submission

Day by DayView game page

All you have to do is take things day by day.
Submitted by meilinagames, teddybearski, rickfox888, Irwinad, j0nch, calwang — 7 hours, 20 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme Integration#1n/an/a
Technical Execution and Completion#1n/an/a
Community Favorite#24.4244.424
Playability and Fun Factor#3n/an/a
Impact and Engagement#5n/an/a
Innovation and Creativity#6n/an/a

Ranked from 33 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted (3 edits) (+1)

Wow, I loved this, amazing art, really like having to press Z rapidly to put the phone down, the mini games for the chores and doing bits each day - shows the reality of different strategies work for different people with getting things done, and different tasks added variety, it's a cool way to spread the game over multiple days too. Great pacing with the story, may be my favourite game! Awesome job, I'm going to do the dishes now haha

My only feedback - with the piano we had no clue what the keys were until playing which was a bit frantic to find the correct key when It got harder, you should tell people what keys are needed before it starts, that will help them figure out where to put fingers, or even tell a recommended finger setup too  

Developer(+1)

Wow thanks so much for your lovely comment! We worked really hard on the pacing, so glad to see that it came through to you. Also happy to see our game motivating some ppl to do irl chores x) 

Totally get you on the piano, that's def our hardest game by far. If we had more time we could've done a bit more tutorializing on that one. The recommended finger set up seems like a cool visual idea. 

Thanks again for the kind words, and honored to be in your favorites! 

Submitted(+2)

This is beautiful, it reminds me of nintendo DS games :) great job all around with the art/animations/sfx!

Submitted(+3)

Amazing work! It's all in the details like the animated birds in the window. Every minigame felt polished. And love the Coheed and Cambria reference ;)

Submitted(+2)

This game feels like it was made by a group of professionals.

One thing I’d share as criticism is that the doing the piano 100% is frustrating 100%.

The rest of the game is so chill and fun and inspiring!

I wish doing my dishes and laundry was this fun and simple. :))

Developer(+2)

Omg thank you! And hahaha totally get you on the piano. I don't even think I've 100% level 3 yet... 💀

Submitted(+3)

Ohh this is my favourite game from the jam! I enjoyed playing it a lot. Everything feels perfectly done. 

First of all, the art, music, sound effects, and writing are all fantastic - your team created an absolutely perfect vibe.

I love how you gather small pieces of the story throughout the mini games and gradually stitch them together into a beautiful, complete picture. The diary at the end of each day felt like a precious reward for the hard work done. 

The integration with the theme is brilliant. I love the main message about taking small steps day by day to gradually build a better life.

The mini games are sooo satisfying! I especially loved folding clothes and vacuuming.

Oh and one small detail that I liked: the music slowing down when you doomscroll. Such a cool idea, it really feels like time itself warps when you get sucked into that activity, haha

Awesome game, great work done!

Developer(+1)

This is such a lovely comment. So honored to be your favorite game! I'm really glad the message about taking small steps came through. We weren't sure if it would because it was actually a huge challenge to weave the gameplay with the narrative, but seeing your comment and others really makes me happy. I'm glad you liked the journal and the doomscroll music slow down too! There's always some debate on how much polish to add but I'm glad that all those little touches are resonating with people. Thanks so much for playing! 

Submitted(+1)

Easily one of my favourite games from this jam. I love the wholesome vibes 💚

Congrats on the game guys!

Submitted(+2)

OK so y'all just made a whole game start to finish here, even the little touches like the things you do throughout the day tacking on to the journal and the fact that you had to come up with just a bunch of different posts you would see while doomscrolling. I didn't see if there was an end to it because I only did it twice, but it really captured the essence of doomscrolling to the point where I was scrolling like "What other Reddit posts did the game makers throw in there, don't you cut me off!" My grandma also used to have that plate so that made me laugh a little bit, as well as stopping being productive to learn how to be productive, really felt that one lmao. Very polished all around, doesn't overstay its welcome. This was really good!

Developer

Reading this really made me smile. I can't believe your grandma had a similar plate, that's wild!! Thanks for noticing all the little details and I'm glad you got a laugh or two out of everything. (And technically you can just doomscroll for days on end, I think we made around 200 posts total...)

Submitted(+2)

Brb going to fold my laundry 😭. Well done.

Submitted (4 edits)

Very polished game, extremely high quality, but personally found the story a little cliche and the gameplay predictable, so it was a little frustrating. Maybe I'm just a bit annoyed because real life is mundane and full of suffering but according to this story "just stop doomscrolling and get out of bed and do things". Hmmmmmm maybe I'm projecting something...and the bit with the grandma and friends, oh the character found this little figurine and it reminded them of their friends, and they set up a dinner. I'm definitely projecting at this point

Submitted(+1)

Enjoyable and wholesome 5/5 experience; especially loved the folding game and how well thought-out the structure and progression were, as well as how the story revealed itself seamlessly as you played, never a dull moment  - simply wonderful!

Submitted(+1)

The attention to detail goes hard as does the entire game! You guys are wizards I tell you wizards! The laundry got me in a groove and feels how do you do it? Teach me your ways!

Developer(+1)

Aww this is such a nice comment, thank you!

Submitted(+1)

This is amazing! The laundry minigame felt especially great, it really felt like folding laundry in a fun way. The piano also seems super cool, but I'm terrible at it.

Such great polish, hit the theme dead on, a good story, told in a clever way.  An uplifting reminder to focus on small steps, and then see how those can build up to give you momentum.

HOWEVER I wanted to doomscroll after I finally finished all my work *grin*

Developer(+1)

I watched my friend play the game and she said the same thing about wanting to doomscroll after finishing her work haha, I get it. I'm so glad the small steps message came through. Thanks for playing and commenting! x) 

Submitted(+1)

Crazy how much you guys did in a month! really fun!

Submitted(+1)

*clap* *clap* *clap*
Personally, I love starting my day with a healthy dose of doomscrolling! xD
Played through the whole thing, it was amazing! It's like Wario Ware about a person coming out of a tough slump in life. I love the little story anecdotes as you progress your tasks really painted the picture of the character and his struggle and ambitions. The scrolling was hilarious.

Well done on this, it came together really nicely, great art, great story, great writing,  great variation in gameplay, and last but not least works really well with the theme given.

Developer(+1)

Hahaha I really like your Wario Ware analogy, it fits! I'm so glad the meaning came through for you. Thanks so much for the kind words! 

Submitted(+2)

Nice game! It reminds me of myself since I used to doomscroll reddit all day and neglect my chores, basically wasting my life. The art looks really great and everything feels really polished, keep up the good work!

Developer

Aww glad you were able to relate. We all have a little Morgan inside us. Thanks so much for the nice comment! 

Submitted(+3)

Cute game with strong use of the theme. The doomscrolling was hilarious, I kind of wanted to click on and read some of the posts! All of the minigames were fun, but the click detection and timing on the piano was strange. It felt like notes should have counted when they didn't, and for some reason, sometimes letting go of a key counted as a misinput. Good thing I didn't need to play it perfectly...and maybe that was the point!

Developer(+1)

Totally get you on the piano, if we had more time we would've spent more time tweaking the sensitivity I think. And glad you enjoyed the doomscrolling! We had a lot of fun making the memes. x) Thanks so much for playing! 

Submitted(+2)

Amazing game! I cannot believe it was done in a month. Everything is so polished.


From the New World - I forgot how much I love that song.

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much! We have some polish fiends on our team, haha. And yeah, it's a great song :) 

Submitted(+2)

Excellent game mechanics and artwork! I enjoyed it a lot!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much! 

Submitted(+2)

(Grandma T_T) You guys did a PHENOMENAL JOB. I'm blown away by the art, storytelling, and mini-game design!! Each activity was so simple, yet crafted so thoughtfully! Folding laundry was enjoyable with a bit of music. Practicing piano mirrored the sensation of wanting to get a clean run. AND THE KEYBOARD WAS ACCURATE TO REAL LIFE. That really got me. Along with "Dr. G" LOL. All in all, I came to appreciate the calm, uncomplicated playthrough - rediscovering the joys in the mundane, as you all put it :) It was a gift to play - thank you all for your hard work to put this together.

Developer(+2)

Wow thank you so much for the lovely and thoughtful comment! Our piano guy will be very happy to hear you wanted to get a clean run on piano hahaha. We're really glad you enjoyed playing it <3