Good use of theme and great character designs.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Innovation | #55 | 2.101 | 2.333 |
| Aesthetics (Art or music) | #57 | 2.401 | 2.667 |
| Use of chosen theme | #60 | 2.341 | 2.600 |
| Overall | #60 | 2.131 | 2.367 |
| Your personal opinion | #66 | 1.681 | 1.867 |
Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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I like the thumbnail drawn on graph paper. I also liked the art of the characters in game. I hope that you learned a lot in this monthly game jam for you. Great job, and good luck on your solo dev journey!
The art for this looks really good! Do you have any other references or notes for the characters? I'm particularly interested in why the hero seems to be missing a leg.
Hiya! I do happen to have a few extra notes for both the Prince and the Hero! Here some bits from the draft.
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The Prince is the commander of the elite knights in the army and is accompanying them on missions.
The Hero is a mid tier warrior who often does more errand based tasks but is known for her keen intuition.
In one particular mission, The Hero was assigned to guide The Prince and his group of elite knights through a particularly dangerous passage. The Hero senses something amiss, but before she could warn anyone, they were ambushed by a hidden trap. She manages to protect the Prince but both suffer injuries to their legs.
The Hero lost one of her legs but was given a prosthetic. The Prince managed to keep his legs but limps and uses a cane (which is present in the concept art but forgot to add in the in-game sprites).
Ever since then, The Prince has a strong admiration and a bit of crush on the Hero that he had made several attempts to invite her to a date. The Hero, however, is more focused on her failures that day is determined to improve herself to better protect others so she always declined them.
The Prince instead invites her to a training session with the elite knights and she agrees, which leads to the game’s scenario.
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Some plans to expand the game (if I ever get back to it) involves some dialogue and storylines and a few extra characters from The Prince’s elite knights.
Hopefully this helps!
Playing the game, feels like the theme would've been "Mischief of the time goddess" (for me the princess kinda had a goddess vibe). Cool concept and execution for a short time!
Good concept especially in such a short time! The hero and prince did look well drawn it would be nice to see more of their story in the future. Good luck on your game jam journey!
The game-play was pretty cool so far. I like the premise!


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