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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #8 | 4.238 | 4.238 |
| Gameplay | #38 | 3.048 | 3.048 |
| Polish | #55 | 2.571 | 2.571 |
| Overall | #57 | 2.778 | 2.778 |
| Art | #59 | 2.571 | 2.571 |
| Theme Interpretation | #66 | 2.810 | 2.810 |
| Audio | #81 | 1.429 | 1.429 |
Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Nice word game. With upgradeable cards and enemies it can be turned into a cool game.
A unique approach. I like it. Reminded me of Gault. A good idea.
really interesting concept! Had fun playing this. Wish it had audio like everyone mentioned.
I really like this idea. The only problem was that over the course of 5 runs, 80% of my letters were vowels. I think this should be developed further it has a lot of potential.
And if you'd like to hear my naive approach on how to prevent unsolvable battles: implement something like a sudoku board generator and solver. Create a 2d matrix of words that can be interlinked and then use that as a bucket of letters to draw from and give the player a randomize button, which will reset the matrix and redraw new letters from that bucket.
Thanks. I thought about including some type of hint/dictionary system to help the players out.
Very original concept. I really enjoyed it, but for a couple suggestions 1) as others have pointed out, the font is kinda blurry, 2) maybe decrease the frequency of Q since there are very few words out there that have a Q and not a U, and 3) add some sound. For a game like this especially, some sound effects and a little bop on the background would make a huge difference for the feel and "polish" of the game. Great entry, and I hope you continue it!
Interesting idea. I wish the text used a different font so that it was easier to read. I might be missing something, but is the game just soft locked once I can’t make a word?
I do regret the font choice a little bit. Technically, you just lose because you can always submit a word that you don't have the letters for. It just won't do anything so you'll get attacked and die.
very intuitive game and tied to a theme in CLEVER way! But those blurry icons..
Thanks! Yea, I need to work on the aesthetics.
Really liked this game. It’s one of those games where you don’t really read the instructions and eventually get to understand the game and start appreciating it more!
Yeah I started on a tutorial but decided to just finish the jam haha.
Good move! I think the game lends itself to let the player discover the mechanics without explanation. As a player, I really like that.
Solid concept! Add different damage types so you need to change the strategy depending on enemy and you have entertaining game. Please continue!
Interesting concept ... made me instantly think about ways to grow it. What about combining it somehow with learning to touch type?
I'm not sure about the ending, it would not let me kill the 8th enemy, but i really love this concept. I think this could have amazing potential
Thanks! Not sure what went on there, you can get past 8.
It kept saying "I AM U" when i tried to kill it with "Quiet". I think i eventually killed it with another word but then it put me on a lose
As far as I could tell, you can't use the letter "U" in your words because you're fighting "U".
Cool idea! But I kept running out of vowels to beat U up.
The game is really nice , it could be better with audio
Thanks! Just didn't have time to add audio.
really good idea, i can see myself legit playing it in my free time as a full fledged game. though now its meh, no audio is hurting the feel a lot, and i couldnt see how this is interpeting the u are the villain theme
love the concept