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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Community's Voice | #162 | 2.661 | 3.167 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Orbit! is built on a principle: connection isn’t a story told through dialogue—it’s a mechanic you feel with your hands. Every movement creates a negotiation: I move = you feel force = our shared space changes. Cooperation isn’t a button press; it’s the ongoing physics of distance and gravity.
This philosophy comes from games like The Witness and Journey, where systems tell the story. There’s no exposition explaining what connection means. Instead, players discover it through play: the push when too close, the pull when too far, the moment you realize your actions directly affect another person’s experience.
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This game is really cute. I really like the characters with the eyes showing how they feel and where they go! Also the music is very nice and fits the theme and art very well.
Some feedback for improvement:
I really like the game mechanic, well thought. I think adding some visuals clue with the energy to collect would have helped better because when I started, I didn't recognize them at first glance
I'm really digging the concept of this game. The storytelling via the game mechanics is a great idea! Though, to nitpick a bit, I feel like the game can be less punishing when the connection is lost, constantly losing and having to restart everything can be frustrating T-T. Overall, great job!!!
thanks! we are still improving the gameplay. It will be more focus on collaboration!
If you are interested please join our discour:https://discord.gg/Z5zBM9qM
Interesting mechanism! I was a bit confused about what exactly we should do but it started to make sense. Maybe we can make the lost of connection less punishing by allowing the players to re-form connection instead of instanly loss?
Yes totally! Thanks for the feedback!
we are still improving the gameplay. It will be more focus on collaboration!
If you are interested please join our discour:https://discord.gg/Z5zBM9qM
it's easier to play alone. Perhaps a mechanics can be put in place to make sure the two players have to do different things to complete a goal, like one ball attracts orbs and the other repells them, and the one can grab and throw orbs, other catches
Yes totally! Thanks for the feedback!
Really helpful ideas! We considering to add something like black-hole/saturn to to improve the gameplay.
If you are interested please join our discour:https://discord.gg/Z5zBM9qM