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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #680 | 2.696 | 2.696 |
| Visuals | #692 | 2.957 | 2.957 |
| Gameplay | #835 | 2.348 | 2.348 |
| Overall | #840 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
| Enjoyment | #841 | 2.478 | 2.478 |
| Theme | #880 | 2.565 | 2.565 |
| Innovation | #1050 | 1.957 | 1.957 |
Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
Jeff falls asleep and dreams of weird places
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Used preowned art and sound assets. All code created during the jam.
How many people worked on the game?1
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Decent movement, but the difficulty scales pretty fast. Having the checkpoints is nice, but doesn't seem to work well with the health system.
Difficult game with a very fun vibe! I played on the browser version and the player character did not have a shadow, so it was difficult to judge how far I was jumping. Overall, nice game!
Wake Up Jeff has a fun and lighthearted premise. The idea of Jeff falling asleep at work and dreaming up strange places fits the theme nicely, and the music does a great job setting a playful tone without becoming distracting.
I did run into a bug early on where I fell into a hole, the screen went black, and then the timer began counting up. I wasn’t able to recover from that state and had to restart the game. Just flagging that in case you're tracking issues.
One thing I found challenging was the onboarding. The game begins immediately in a fairly skill-intensive 3D platforming section. A short cutscene or even a quick visual moment showing Jeff falling asleep at work would help ground the premise before jumping into high-precision gameplay.
Difficulty-wise, the first area felt fairly demanding. I personally wasn’t able to get past the first checkpoint. A slightly gentler early ramp or clearer feedback on movement timing might help more players settle into the controls before the challenge increases.
Overall, there’s a solid foundation here, especially for a solo jam project. With a bit more onboarding and polish, this could be a really strong dream-platformer experience.
Nice work getting it completed in a week.
If you have time during the rating period, feel free to check out our game as well. We’re always happy to exchange feedback.
Good job with this game, it is true that some parts have a high difficulty, but I think it is part of the experience you created. I understand that what I am playing is a dream of the protagonist, but it wouldn't be bad to make it clear in the game itself. Overall great entry to the jam.
Thanks :) I did want to do a quick intro scene but didn't have time. May add it after the jam just to make it more complete.
I understand, I couldn't add an intro to my game neither because the same problem
Nice game! Quite difficult, but fun!
Cool game! great job
Cool game! Maybe I just suck at platformers but I found it very difficult (in a good way). The only complaint I have is that sometimes with the platforms that move up and down, because of the camera angle it is very difficult to determine how far away from each other they are which made it much more challenging. Overall a great game though!
Thanks. Game was meant to be more on the challenging side. The moving platforms are difficult if using the web version as the decal for the shadow isn't visible. In the downloaded version, it is a little easier and the game runs better.
A fun little forwards platformer. I had some performance issues on web as you warned about. I think it could do with some tuning, eg I don't think the jump was quite big enough to jump over the instant death spinners so I died on them a lot. I slipped off the up and down blocks a few times as well, as they were a bit hard to see from the camera angle. The visuals were nice, I liked the 3D environment, and the sound was good too.
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JEFF WAKE UP!
Cute game! It felt like a shrine from Zelda Breath of the Wild.
Not bad, a sort of single FallGuys