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A jam submission

Dance of Gears and RustView game page

Spin those Gears!! Brrrrrrrrrrr
Submitted by wthrdsunfl — 1 day, 9 hours before the deadline
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Play spin-spin-brrrrrrrrr

Dance of Gears and Rust's itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#6033.5773.577
Visuals#6183.8083.808
Creativity & Theme#6523.8083.808
Overall#10263.3463.346
Audio#18702.5772.577
Seriousness#19202.9622.962

Ranked from 26 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Game Engine

Godot

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Lovely stuff! Enjoyed seeing the showcase of all the different mechanics, and looks good! (yeah that -1 level is a little foul on the depth perception lol)

Submitted(+1)

Like the game but you should do music

Developer

I dunno how :(

Submitted(+1)

Cool little game. Only issue is that rotating the gears seemed to not work consistently at all. Still very enjoyable!

Developer

Thank you for playing!

Submitted(+1)

Great game! Enjoyed it thoroughly. I loved seeing the unused stuff at the end. Well done!

Developer

I'm glad you liked that haha

Submitted(+1)

This was a really cool puzzle game with a great visual style. The N64/retro 3D look was super charming, and I liked how rotating the camera added another layer to the puzzles. The gear mechanic fit the theme really well, and it’s impressive that you made this many levels for a jam.

My main feedback is that rotating the gears took a bit to understand, and sometimes it felt like they didn’t rotate from the point I expected. Locking the camera during gear rotation, or making the gear center the rotation origin, could make it feel more intuitive. Some extra sound effects would also help, but overall this was a really creative and polished puzzle entry. Great work!

Submitted(+1)

A visual-style puzzle game like this isn't easy to make, but it’s done really well.

Developer

Happy you liked it! :D

Submitted(+1)

That was a fun little puzzle game, I love the aesthetic so much, and rotating the camera to access gears from afar is a really cool mechanic! This game has a lot of potential and I'm really interested in seeing a full version someday.

Only critique is maybe just lock the camera during rotation and make the center of the gear the rotations origin point, only figured out what the actual origin point was while looking through these comments haha.

Developer

Yeah, locking the camera might be a good idea. Thank you for the kind words!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

I really like the art style, reminds me of N64 games! Cool idea with the gears too. The character controls feel a bit stiff to me, but maybe that was an intentional design choice. Good job!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing! There's definitely room for improvement especially with the character controls. This is my first time scripting a 3D character controller... it is a bit clunky. My biggest regret is still not being able to get the slopes working properly. 

Submitted(+1)

Really love the art style. Rotating the gears was not very intuitive, but not a big deal. Great job!

Submitted(+1)

Fun puzzles and cool graphics! Not sure why but the gears sometimes won't rotate properly though :(

Submitted(+1)

Great puzzle game, spinning the mouse took a while to understand, but the puzzles were really nice. Great job!

Submitted(+1)

I like the art style and the perspective! Being able to rotate the camera gives a nice extra layer of depth to what you can do with each level. The gear spin confused me a bit though, I kept thinking that I needed to spin my mouse to make it move. That could just be me though!

Developer

Yeah, it is a bit confusing. You don't actually spin around the 3D model, you spin around the X sprite that appears on screen when you click on it. It was easier to implement... Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

Great game! Can't believe more people haven't rated it!

Developer

Ayy, thanks!

Submitted(+1)

Nice game! I can’t believe you made 14 levels in such a short time. The puzzles are great, they fit the jam theme really well. Overall a great submission!

Developer(+1)

I'm glad you liked the puzzles! The levels were a bit rushed 😅

Submitted(+1)

I really like the camera! Maybe you can add more sounds

Developer

Yeah, definetely. The audio was really last minute

Submitted

Realy nice idea I especially liked the camera rotate as an addition to the spin to win and also the puzzles were quite fun :)

Developer(+1)

Happy you liked the puzzles 😊

Submitted

I liked the game a lot and you took the theme well. Only played about half because my brain is not big enough for this game. Only issue I ran into was sometimes the gears would get "Stuck" and I could not rotate them unless I tried from a different angle. Overall good game!

Developer

I'm glad you liked it!