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A jam submission

FJ's FrontierView game page

Forgetful rat FJ explores a maze that changes as he walks it.
Submitted by adafish, jeff.harper.games, Ariadne Games, Lytesander (@lytesander) — 5 hours, 33 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Innovation#2543.4243.424
Audio#2653.3643.364
Gameplay#2753.3033.303
Overall#4033.2733.273
Visuals#4563.4553.455
Enjoyment#5433.0613.061
Theme#6243.0303.030

Ranked from 33 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?
We think this concept fits the theme of "strange places" in the sense that the player constructs potentially endless and unfamiliar spaces for FJ to explore. Because rooms from the maze disappear as FJ moves away from them, he can walk through the same spot twice and find himself in an entirely new room.

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
FMod, Unity, and a collection type (priority queue) from Atlas (an open source game dev library by David Knopp). All other code and all the art and audio were made by us during the jam.

How many people worked on the game?
4

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Comments

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Submitted(+2)

Not too difficult, but the idea has a ton of potential and is executed well! Deciding what the best time to place my cheese was was a lot of fun.

Developer

Thanking you for playing and for your feedback!

Submitted(+2)

Jones v cute

Nailed the music, it was super fitting and set a great vibe for you to go splorin.
I could see you expanding this into a sort of deck builder game with all sorts of different tiles. The lil mouse deserves all the enrichment as possible of course.

Nice Work! 

Developer

Thank you so much for playing and your feedback! I like the idea of this as a deck builder; we might explore that.

Submitted(+3)

Really Cozy and Fun Game. Its Great.

Developer

Thank you so much for playing! 

Submitted(+2)

Cute little game, it would be cool to add some items that increases FJs movements or changes his behaviour a little. Could be expande dout into a bigger puzzle game. Nice work!

Developer

Thank you so much for playing! Those are such great suggestions. We would love to add some complexity to this game. We really enjoyed making it for the jam and want to expand it! 

Submitted(+2)

I've had a lot of fun playing this! Super cool concept and in my opinion it's pretty cute! You should update this in the future!

Developer

Thank you so much for playing! We are so happy you enjoyed it. We would love to extend this in the future.

Submitted(+2)

This is a delightful game, really nice job! The rules aren't too complex, but with a turn-based system like this, it's great to have a proper tutorial which you delivered on in spades. Something beyond moving around rather aimlessly would be a nice addition, but it's still a fun experience and I enjoy games where the main character has a mind of their own like this. Great job!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much! We're glad you enjoyed it.

Submitted(+2)

Very cool game! I liked the concept of forgetting rooms so you could build an everlasting journey for little FJ. Had a lot of fun!

Developer

Thank you so much for playing! We're glad you had fun.

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