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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Controls | #7 | 4.229 | 4.229 |
| Originality | #21 | 4.205 | 4.205 |
| Theme | #22 | 4.036 | 4.036 |
| Audio | #23 | 3.771 | 3.771 |
| Fun | #25 | 3.759 | 3.759 |
| Graphics | #25 | 4.120 | 4.120 |
Ranked from 83 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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felt pretty awesome and polished!! I am not familiar with all of these books, which sometimes made it hard to sort them by series, but it's fine I think - you can just deduce it a lot of the time. Seeing Dune though made me happy for some reason :) Good job!!
Well executed. Not really my cup of tea though. It took be a little while to figure out that the method of ordering keeps changing. Also if your not familiar with the books in question, you often have to guess the correct series order. (Nice touch using real world book though.)
Its only February, but this is a Game Jam Entry of the Year candidate. 11/10
A simple concept with great execution. Sorting the books was quite relaxing, and picking up and placing the books was intuitive and the book physics felt great.
what a very well made game !!
it's a very smart take on the theme . the sfx , the visuals and the relaxing background music all are amazing .
it took me a while to exactly understand what I was supposed to do , so maybe adding a small tutorial would help ( I was dumb to the point I didn't know if I should sort the books from the higher values to the lower ? or the other way around XD ) , but anyway I really had a great time .
and as someone else pointed out it was really hard to notice some info like the series order .
Iam really amazed by how polished this game is . overall a really great submission !!
This was really cute! I like the idea a lot. Ironically, my wife used to be a book publisher and now she manages a book store, so sorting books is second-nature in my house :)
Feels really polished
This is great. One piece of feedback, maybe make the objective or goal larger or more prominent. I failed the first couple because I wasn't quite sure what my objective was and didn't notice it right away.
I wonder if you could incorporate bonus points in some way by using details from the books? So it someone is a really voracious reader, they could answer questions or have some incentive for reading the books displayed? This could also be great for kids or young readers.
Very nice chill game with intuitive controls. I did find it wasn't always possible to read the info from the book covers, but I love that they're real books!
Cool game! The idea is very unique and the controls are great.
Even though i don't know much about books, the game feels good.
Muito legal a ideia, maneiro de mais ficar vendo as capas dos livros que já li, fiquei jogando pra ver todos livros que eu tinha q organizar, muito bom.
Lo siento. No hablo mucho español. ¡Pero entendí "muito bom"! :)
Its portuguese haha!
Hahaha!
I didn't know I'd have so much fun sorting books. I was even more surprised when I realised the books I'm sorting are REAL ones. Some nice classical music to go along with it. The physics of the books feel nice. A good "weight" to them all. Not sure how the scoring works (what decides if I get a 93 or an 84?) but I had fun nonetheless. I did struggle to figure out the "series" ones though as the book covers weren't always legible enough for me to see a clue.
Glad you enjoyed it! :)
By the way, you will find the answers to your questions in the description below the game.
Silly me, I read the bullet points underneath! Thanks for the quick response, best of luck with the jam and future projects ^^
Love the real covers ! Reminded me of when I worked in a book shop. Great work!
Oh man, you had my dream job. Thank you so much, I am happy to have caused some memories to awaken
Such a high quality jam entry! Where my ADHD didn't let me play very long, it's the most well rounded game that I've come across. Very good polish! The idea of asking your friends for their books too was such a cool idea!
Really cool game! I spent way too much time smacking books off with other books, I'll admit
Ok. You did it. You made me play for almost an hour, happy??
Seriously now, I LOVED THIS GAME!! It's so simple, and that's what make it so beautiful! Didn't know putting down books could be such a fun game! You nailed it dude! And the musics were a great addition!
I'm the type of guy who likes spending some time trying a lot of different orders to my books, so probably my opinion is a bit unfair lol, yet I can't say how much I liked playing it, just the way the books move is a pleasure to my eyes
Also, getting clues by the book's informations is an amazing idea, the only "bad" thing I noticed is how some information you need for the series order is very difficult to see.
Amazing work here, enjoyed it a lot!!
That is honestly the greatest compliment a game developer can get: Time spent and enjoyed. Thank you so much for the kind words.
The reason why the information is hard to see, is that the little spinning "pop op" book was a late addition. Originally there was only the bottom text. But after making so many book models, I decided to show them off a little and make the spinner, but by then I was already locked in on the kind of blurry 300px textures. Might change this in a future update.
Great cozy game. I was surprised at how long I played this.The fact that they are real books is really cool. My only complaint is that sometimes it's impossible to read info needed for the sorting (for example numbers for series order). It wasn't a consistent issue, but there were some that I just could not see. That being said, I really enjoyed this game. The music channels are great and the gameplay is relaxing.
Solid little game! It feels really good to pick up and move the books around, like I had way more intuitive control than I was expecting. Very chill, good stuff.
Probably the most original and charming game I've played yet! Really nice and cozy vibes, and I love the whole idea of taking pictures of real life books and digitalizing them in blender. My one request would be for a way to inspect the books more precisely to better assert things such as series order, but other than that I really have nothing to point out. Its a concept executed incredibly well! Super cool!