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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Orginality (Is the game unique?) | #1 | 4.515 | 4.515 |
| Theme (How well the game fits the theme) | #5 | 3.909 | 3.909 |
| Fun (Overall enjoyment) | #5 | 3.879 | 3.879 |
| Overall | #5 | 3.856 | 3.856 |
| Balance (Game pacing) | #8 | 3.121 | 3.121 |
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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My favorite so far. I was excited to see what the new color mechanics were each time i opened a new book.
Nice, that's great to hear. Thank you for playing and for the comment.
The filling of the patterns feels very, very satisfying. Between that and the "tome" concept the mind immediately drops lore possibilities, like "am I making a grimoire of some sort? Demon binding circles? Different levels of meditation?". The mechanics between different layers are varied enough that each feels different although I'll agree with some of the other comments that the final red stretch is a bit much, especially since the mechanic for that particular stage involves both holding down the button and waiting for an amount of time, not really letting the player either focus on it completely or just drift away and let it charge. You'd think the blue part of this stage would have a similar problem but it just feels shorter both in how many shapes you have to get and in the actual wait to be able to click.
Dunno if I feel the theme was that well addressed, the no text part is definitely there but the different colours don't feel like they are "contained" within one another but rather just different concurrent levels. Still, one of the better entries I've seen so far.
This is great feedback, thank you. That bit about the word tome is exactly what I'm going for—I like when games have mysteries that unfold as you play, which I'd do more of in a fuller version. I'd pack it full of lore and secrets.
Good notes on what felt unbalanced about the final upgrade, too.
For the theme, I was shooting for books in books, shapes in shapes, patterns in patterns, games in games. I am always really curious how people vote on theme. I saw other devs spelling out in their descriptions how their game fits the theme, that's probably smarter than what I did. Especially given the no-text in game lol.
Thank you for playing and for sharing your thoughts!
This is so cool! I like how there are different mini-games for the different colours' collecting. The whole thing was a really innovative* way to have no text/numbers but still have really strong progression.
(edit - typo)
Thank you! Glad you liked it.
Innovative and fun. That one purchase is brutal, but there's a fair warning now... Please update it after the jam, really want to see the end!
I think I might, I already have some fun ideas for expanding content to secondary colors and rebalancing in a post-jam version. Thank you for playing
Fun to play, looks great, fits the theme well, the final purchase is so incredibly boring and slow and significantly longer than any other upgrade that it almost ruins the entire experience for me. I didn't end up finishing it because it was truthfully just that long. I also had a few visual bugs with putting shapes into the patterns but none that locked me out of progression. Well made game, I enjoyed a majority of my time with it.
Yeah gotta be real, I ran out of time and didn't get to balance the last purchase. Thank you for noting that, I updated the description to help others. Glad you enjoyed the rest though! Thanks for playing.
Feels like dropping the red shape a tier on the final unlock would fit. As it stands you need 18 of the 7th tier shape, but the most you can get per cycle farming is about 1.5 of the sixth shape. So that's over 90 charges of the maxed red collector. :O Going to try to muscle through it though.