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A jam submission

BirdWatchView game page

you're watching birds, but who's watching you?
Submitted by gimpzillaYT — 8 hours, 15 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme Implementation#84.0004.000
Judges Choice#203.0003.000
Playability#373.0003.000
Artistic Style#423.0003.000
Cleverness#593.0003.000

Ranked from 1 rating. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Link to your Game Design Doc on Google Drive.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QNA31WqDQ9IED8fVxIpdbh5L7d6r66bCq8TUwwqx_sU/edit?usp=sharing

Have you checked that your GDD is publicly accessible ?
Yes

Is your game set to public on itch.io so we can see it?
Yes

Summarize your game!
cozy collector, with a subversive story arc

Please explain how your game fits the theme.
birdwatching; literal. our story line explores the inverse of the theme

Did you use Generative AI to make any assets in your game?
No

Is there anything you'd like the judges to pay particular attention to?
rarity rates have been increased and capped for shortened jam experience

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Comments

Submitted

This really feels like a game poem! Watching and discovering birds was a very relaxing and wholesome experience at first, but it also raises questions about who might be watching you. I’d be very interested in playtesting a more fleshed-out version, as the game’s message could be developed even further.

Submitted

This game was so nice and calming, honestly. A little bird watching does a soul good until the gov't makes you have to move spots! The art was super cute. It did have trouble when I caught multiple birds in the binoculars but nothing series since so many flew by I can catch them in my journal again. I love that the binocular shot is a freeze image so you can admire the birds. I can see this having multiple levels and environments in the future with different environments if you wanted. There was a tiny problem in one of the runs where it wouldn't let me get to the alert. I tried clicking the red bar, pressing j, etc. Eventually I was able to open and close the journal a couple of times and flip through the pages so I can accept the prestige. Mostly likely user error but wanted to let you know. Keep up the great job!

Host(+1)

Playability:
Easy to understand and pick up. Not a great deal of depth but that's just fine. Makes for a great educational game.

Theme:
Interesting implementation of the theme here. Didn't expect a bird watching game and I think that's a fantastic application of "The World Is Watching".

Cleverness: 
Very clever idea and would fit great as an educational game. Nice work!

Artistic Style: 
Consistent and interesting throughout. You've done a good job with the closeups and the wideshots on this. Nice work.

Submitted

fun little time, funny story and view into life. Could have been funny for little quacks or squawks or something when you zoomed into a bird. 

Developer(+1)

thanks for checking it out. fist bump for both using animal themes.. i couldnt land my 360 flip off the advanced ledge though, the drop was too high for doggo

Submitted

haha, thanks for playing our game too! Hope you enjoyed it, that advanced level actually has a trick that's not made obvious by the tutorials so I didn't really expect many people to complete it, we hoped people would spend most their time on the free skates

Submitted

I love this game. The art is perfect. I love the message the game presents. It's a work of art.

Developer

appreciate the kind words.  had fun at Eurovision even if i failed my country

Submitted

really cute game, I loved finding every bird and completing the journal! That sand piper was real tricky though

Developer

Piper is one of my favs lol. Thanks for checking it out. I tried Orbits, but averaged around 6 fps on the middle levels, im working on a potato chromebook so take the feedback how you will, it looked like you had lots of good feedback on your page.  Bird on.

Submitted

I moved towns like 4 times and got passed a few parts where the birds just blip around the edges. Lol. It's alright, really just a mindless clicker which I'm not really into but I'm sure you could make it more interesting.

Developer(+1)

error happens on multiple play throughs without browser refresh. thanks for the heavy playtest. Had fun on your type ropewalker. i was playing on mobile and it worked well there too