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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Art | #2 | 4.806 | 4.806 |
| Macrow's Picks | #3 | n/a | n/a |
| Limitation | #6 | 4.194 | 4.194 |
| Polish | #9 | 4.226 | 4.226 |
| Overall | #11 | 4.054 | 4.054 |
| Theme | #13 | 4.452 | 4.452 |
| Gameplay | #32 | 3.677 | 3.677 |
| Audio | #95 | 2.968 | 2.968 |
Ranked from 31 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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one of my favs!! the pixel art is absolutely gorgeous! the characters are so cute, the dialogue is silly, and the gameplay loop is very fun to play! <3 <3 i love the knight's design they're so awesome,,,
awww, thank you so much! I love the art and cozy dialogue of your game too. I’m super happy that you like the knight’s design, I was pretty passionate about making it :>
Inredibly polished and cute artstyle!! It looks just like a little game you could buy on the switch! The colors, shapes and character designs are just so tasty...
The task of each puzzle were quiet simple by themselves but combined with the nice graphics and sound design it felt pretty satisfying even after a few repeats. But while trying to hunt for the secrets, some of the tasks felt a little tedious (like the plant-killing) so I stopped after a bit :( couldnt find any secrets
PS i love the little bushes with the flat tops that you can stand behind, and look like a big leaf.
oh hello, Dahlitea! :D thank you so much for your high praise, we’re so grateful we could accomplish all that in such a short time period. hearing you liking both the art and sound design is incredibly gratifying, knowing you worked on Bear and Hunger which is such a cute, cozy game. (must. collect. all. fish.)
we’re unfortunately aware that levels can get tedious with repeition, and thankfully we now know better for future projects. a lot of the secrets are very low chances, so no worries if you couldn’t find them!
thank you for playing our game, Dahlitea! :>
(glad I’m not the only one who noticed that with the bush, haha)
Very cute! I liked all the different "game modes" that you could find and how a lot of it was non-combat too! It did get repetitive seeing the same stage a bit though.
The UI and enemies felt cohesive and I like the use of the nontraditional healthbar!
The detail of resting on the stump was very cute!
thank you! happy to hear someone mentioning the Flower health bar ^^
I WIIIIIIIIIIIIIN !! Crab approved!
Really fun looping game! I had an amazing time trying to dig thru finding your little secrets XD and having you witness this greatness live was so rewarding (do lmk if you want me to republish my comment without a photo for spoiler purposes). Beautiful assets too, I applaud you! Congrats on your submission guys!!!
P.S I might have forgotten some stuff I mentioned during the stream itself XD sorry about that it's been a few hectic days on my end. All in all a really fun experience tho!
it’s insane how quickly you found it!! I was in shock, haha. thank you so much for your kind words, Odd! it was so fun listening in to your stream and recommending games to play :D
no worries about forgetting anything, you actually combed through the levels pretty well and I was super delighted to hear you enjoying things during it. your game was so cute too, the baby Lilyyyy!! thank you for playing our game :D
Wow it's a really clean experience.
Awesome artstyle and character design. All the levels and were diverse and easy to understand. Fantastic job on the game!
This. was. amazing. Okay so, first of all the art and the entire composition being beautiful, the main character and customization being amazingly well done, the UI too. And the game-loop itself, looping through the different tasks, increasing difficulty, with some random easter-eggs thrown in too. Very, very well done!!
this is very high praise, thank you so much! we’re super glad you like it that much :D
Fun game! Loved the pixel art and the characters — especially that lazy bee! :)
Each loop felt unique, all the different NPCs gave each level its own charm. Some sound effects can definitely be improved, along with the addition of a simple BG music. And also one VERY small bug I encountered was sometimes when I tried to pick something up, it would play the picking up animation, but it would not pick up the item, of course it would pick up the item if i were to press the interact button again. This is just a small little nitpick and doesn't bother me all too much, but it could be worth analyzing to improve the technical side.
we’re unfortunately aware of that bug since beta-testing, but we haven’t been able to fix it in time since there were more impending fixes to be done. thank you for your feedback and bug report, it’s much appreciated! ^^
Really polished game. I love the design of all the characters, and the pixel art is beautiful across the board. The concept art on the game page was a really touch too, I liked seeing that alongside the final in-game look. Everything feels really visually cohesive. I also liked the variety in the gameplay a lot. Going from combat-heavy rooms to more cozy little tasks kept things feeling fresh and gave the whole game a lot of charm. I kept pushing on until I saw the ladybug again after finding the spear because I was completely determined to give it to them lol. That kind of thing made the world feel really easy to get invested in.
thank you so much! it’s wonderful to hear that the art style felt cohesive since I always strive to be consistent in my art. happy that you like the diversity of the levels, as that was a major point in the game design. thank you for playing! :>
The art and animation is super cute. Everything looks great and feels polished. SFX was pretty neat as well, though some soundtracks would definitely elevates the experience.
One point though is the loop feels pretty long, I think I got to 4 flies before I decided to stop. I read there were some secret stuffs so unfortunately I did not get there.
the loop doesn’t have a recurring cycle nor an end, levels play randomly after each other and there’s a difficulty modifier which has a cap. there could be a better way of looping levels, so thank you for mentioning it!
the secrets are all percentage-based, so you can get a secret even on the first level if you’re lucky. thank you for playing! :>
Very high polish, perfectly fits the theme and limitations, what a great entry! Congrats
Love me a chill loop, great work here!
Things I loved:
- Art style! It's giving Stardew, Shovel Knight, Bee & Puppycat!
- Characters all look great, incl the PC (skirt + helmet life)
- Hitting flowers! I was picking them like a chump until the sixth loop D: lol
- Little side quests / secrets like the spear and Tutle were nice!
- Letting this flower knight rest their gams on the log for a while after a fight = immaculate
- Big bee
Things I'd love to see:
- Changing up enemy/spawner placement to give those sections some more juice
- Mixing levels together as it goes on (e.g. swat fly while gardening, find spear but enemies, etc)
- Some BG music! Just some chill nondescript creative commons would've been grouse
I actually love Stardew and Bee & Puppycat, and Flower Knight’s name was inspired by Shovel Knight so you kind of hit the jackpot there, haha. the sitting was simply a must, and the bee is honestly what’s carrying the game.
the spawners location being random was planned, but we unfortunately didn’t have enough time for it as it was a last-minute level.
thank you for your thorough feedback, it’s very much appreciated! :>
Very nice art style and characters. Also liked the level designs and and how it loops back but scales in difficulty. The movement and some actions may need a bit of tweaking and polish but I got the hang of it fairly quick.
thank you! we appreciate all the feedback we’ve been getting :>
Really charming art! And there's a lot of things to do. The game lacks music and I'm not sure when is the end point of the game, though.
Also, Ribbit!
thank you! happy to hear that you like the variety. the game levels loop one after another in a random order, so there’s no endpoint. unfortunately neither of us is a composer, so we had to compromise on that.
and yes, ribbit!
It's okay to use stock music. I've seen many games with carefully chosen stock musics and it enhance the game by a large margin!
I like the fact that the customization allowed me to be boring by just being a plain knight in a cape, but despite that still held true to the flower knight vibe with some of the armours subtlety.
As for some other feedback.
Awesome work, and as a bonus also gotta say great itch.io page. Banger banner.
thank you for the in-depth feedback!
as an artist, I always appreciate constructive criticism on my work and try to improve from it. the knight’s run was intended to appear a bit prance-like to convey Spring-time whimsy, but it’s good to know that some people would prefer a different approach.
the NPCs reactions to getting attacked was our game designer’s idea, and it’s honestly hilarious. we did run into some issues with the combat, so it’s good to receive players’ opinions on it.
glad you like the banner, and thanks for playing our game! :>
I really like the visual style of this game, it's very enjoyable. The assignments are good, of course, but the very first one makes it clear to us that you can't trust worms.
naturally, they’re not to be trusted. thank you for your kind words! the level order is actually randomized, so I’m sorry that you had to meet the devil itself on your first one.
A wonderful game with a charming style. The Knight in the pink skirt is incredibly charming and original.
Big chonky Bee is my absolute favorite... I love it.
I actually died twice in an area with aggressive weeds that spawn from tree stumps. The level with planting seeds, in my opinion, has the most tedious gameplay, unfortunately. And what a pity that there was no music made for the game :(
But in overall - good game!
thank you so much! the knight concept was by me, and the bee was our game designer’s idea which simply HAD to be implemented.
we’re unfortunately aware of the seed level’s tediousness, but since that’s the most complex code-wise we’re unable to improve it. I agree about the music, neither of us are composers sadly but maybe one day!
thank you for your feedback, we appreciate it! :>
I love the character customization, and the colors are super pretty! Also sitting on the tree trunk was a cute touch! Really love how bouncy the character animation is, very dynamic!
thank you! haha yeah, I love sitting on things in games so we just had to have it. I appreciate that about the animations! I always make sure to give ’em a little bounce.
The art for this game is incredible! Really liked the levels and variety of things to do. Cool touch having a character customization in the game too, great job!
thank you so much! I appreciate that as the artist, huge props to our level designer who also designed the gameplay and implemented my art so well. the customization system made the animations longer to finish, but definitely worth it haha. I tried your game too, and I love the cats ^^
I could see who customization could add a lot of animations, I appreciate the effort of including something like that!