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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #99 | 3.083 | 3.083 |
| Graphics | #143 | 3.208 | 3.208 |
| Innovation | #154 | 2.917 | 2.917 |
| Overall | #165 | 2.992 | 2.992 |
| Theme | #167 | 3.167 | 3.167 |
| Gameplay | #277 | 2.583 | 2.583 |
Ranked from 24 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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https://bitsbysoph.github.io/vend-your-destiny/
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thank you to everyone who played the game! :) I appreciate all of your feedback, and this has been a really wonderful experience for me from creating the game, building it, shipping it and being able to see and share so many other great ideas. I also had a lot of fun playing other games throughout this journey. thank you again for making my first gaming building experience a kind and supportive one!
Quite an interesting and innovative idea. I liked the game texts, and how it all looks, I like when games have something to laugh about :). The music also adds to the atmosphere well.
The only thing I noticed is that if you move on to the next round before the character's appearance animation ends, the character will disappear and only his text will remain until the next round.
It was fun, congratulations!
I checked your profile and this seems to be your first released game - congratulations!
An interesting idea. The execution can be improved by providing more context - the choices seem to me too short, it is often difficult to estimate what the consequence would be. Maybe if you add a tooltip or some other way to get more content about the choice?
I think you've randomised the order, correct? Considering that the content is self-contained micro-stories that improves the replayability.
There is some monetary value on the item cards - I don't think it's reference anywhere else. What's that about? Maybe it's better to remove it because it makes the overall feel of the game more mundane.
This game reminded me a movie I saw as a child, it is interersting how you put it together, the nice choices of graphics, music, etc! I saw that this is your first game here on itch.io :D For me too :) Wishing you just the best!
Thank you so much for playing! Wishing you the best as well! :D
thank you very much!
Nice title and the UI is very clean! Very cool to see that this was made with CD.
thank you for trying the game out! much appreciated.
Of course! I enjoyed the multiple scenarios and endings.
it reminded me of Carmen Sandiego...loved it! the money spent on the machine could be part of the gameplay :--D
I'm glad you love the game, and am flattered it somehow reminded you of Carmen Sandiego.. thank you so much for your kind words! :D and yes I wanted the money to be part of the gameplay, but chose to simplify it for this 1-week jam. will revisit this feature for the next one!
Well-created atmosphere. The gameplay is simple and fun and the music fits perfectly
Relaxing game with pleasant visual and sound design
Thank you for reviewing the game and for your kind words! Much appreciated.
Nice game, good job!
Relaxing game, it make me feel like an mental-health care. It was a good story telling game
Beautiful and relaxing. Congrats!
I was aiming for this aesthetic, so thank you for your kind words. I appreciate it!
Some nice stories there! I was aiming for the mundane outcomes :)
Thank you! Depending on what the majority of your choices are - the ending will show you what you are, along with a 'title' :) I am glad you had fun playing this game!
Interesting idea!
thank you!
A really relaxing and interesting game, I really enjoyed replaying it to see what the other options were like. Music and sound choice were top notch, UI was wonderful and each choice gave a really interesting bit of info that I thoroughly enjoyed. Overall I loved it!
I was wondering if people might want to replay it to see what the other options could have been, so this is a win for me - thank you so much for playing the game! Appreciate the kind feedback a lot!
good game,i wish that after the first round there were more characters kinda
thank you for the feedback! the initial plan was to create up to 20 characters, but during the refinement process, I thought best to just keep it simple for this submission first.
Wavedash url: https://wavedash.com/games/vend-your-destiny