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SPIN DOCTR's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity & Theme | #228 | 4.166 | 4.500 |
| Audio | #308 | 3.703 | 4.000 |
| Visuals | #347 | 4.089 | 4.417 |
| Overall | #407 | 3.750 | 4.050 |
| Seriousness | #530 | 3.780 | 4.083 |
| Enjoyment | #1363 | 3.009 | 3.250 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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the candidate leaves a comment on a game called "SPIN DOCTR" by COLORCLOUD and says that this game is amazing and very stylish
1. thank the candidate for feedback
2. beg money for more games in this style
> thank the candidate for feedback
^^
I really like this game. It puts a unique twist on spin-to-win, has amazing visuals, and is actually serious(most people took that part sarcastically.)
i really liked the atmosphere of the game. Also the theme interpretation is just wonderful! It was a bit hard to grasp the mechanics, but once i focused on it more as a story and a piece to enjoy more so for its theme, it was just awesome. creepy, unusual, but not entirely unrealistic (considering it is based on the real concept of a spin doctor), which made it even creepier. Would be just wonderful if it had a bit more diverse cards, but with the time restrictions, it was hard to achive that. Plus, repetition of actions seems also quite fitting in a way, considering how often the same tactics are reused in propaganda and even then still work somehow. Wonderful game.
I like the spin on the theme (predictably, since my game has a similar theme), but I'll be honest: I had no clue what was going on. I found the mechanics opaque and hard to grasp. Results felt random, making the choices seem inconsequential. I walked away feeling like I'd played a particularly strange slot machine. There's the suggestion of a deeply strategic game, and maybe it is, but (ironically) it wasn't communicated well.
The suggestion of a deeply strategic game is probably a remnant of earlier design concepts, in which that's what it was meant to be. Now, most of the choices are pre-set and asking between stark good (gain stats) and bad (lower 'em) options. The exact changes of the stats are, indeed, randomized, but the randomization is largely inconsequential in the wider scope of the game.
Sorry the nonsensical mish-mash of mechanics made it too hard to figure out what was going on. Thank you for playing, regardless!
The game has a very interesting art style and sound design. I love how creepy the Candidate looks on most of the arts (since I probably haven't seen it all). I don't usually play this kind of games since they seem a bit hard for me to wrap my head around them, but I definitely enjoyed how it fits the overall vibes and how serious it is. I didn't exactly captured how is it related to spinning, but after all - it is still a decent game!
Glad you liked the art! :D
I put it in the yapping on my game's main page, but "spin" can refer to a form of propaganda where you knowingly present a biased interpretation of events to mislead people. It's used a lot in the corporate and federal world. Think like the term "spinning the facts".
Love your take on the theme! The music and art are incredible!
You need to give yourself more credit: this was absolutely amazing. I love the story and art design, the gameplay was easy to pick up and still allows the player to have some freedom to figure things out on their own. Great music, especially the song during the 'secret' ending. Great take on the theme as well. You have something really special here, please keep creating!
Thank you for the very kind words. I think- as the jam's deadline crept closer and closer, and I crunched and rushed everything more and more- I began to focus on all the things I wanted to make but couldn't, and my disappointment negatively warped my view of what I'd already had. Couldn't see what was there, only what wasn't.
Thinking about it, if my own worry hadn't started to really get to me like it did, I might've been able to salvage the game into something far more complete than it ended up being. Quite ironic.
I'll keep creating, regardless. If anything, this has increased that drive. Can't leave on a low note. Not again.
Very cool game! It was a little hard to understand how to play properly as I don't know how I am supposed to get different cards. It gave me some different cards at the beginning but then stopped.
Entirely understandeable. The way you play it is very unintuitive. You get new cards as you get closer to the election, but you'll be seeing a fair few repeats in the safe decks, because their pool sizes are pretty low.
Hey. I like your spin on the story.
If you have the time, check out my … superficially lighter… take on spin doctoring :) /jam/theveryseriousjuniperdevgamejam/rate/4706085