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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity & Theme | #48 | 4.450 | 4.450 |
| Overall | #353 | 3.800 | 3.800 |
| Seriousness | #563 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| Visuals | #580 | 3.850 | 3.850 |
| Audio | #634 | 3.400 | 3.400 |
| Enjoyment | #634 | 3.550 | 3.550 |
Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Godot
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I love the premise and theming! The gameplay felt way too easy though. Running the obstacle courses inside the barrels was mostly a cakewalk, except for when unlucky RNG made certain jumps impossible, which was frustrating. Hilarious idea though, and I love how snarky the rat is. Great work!
Awesome game! Liked the take on the theme and the story is fun. Art and sounds are also on point, maybe a second ost track would have made the loop better. Gameplay gets a bit repetitive, but thats understandable for a jam
Fun game! I liked the take on spinning here where it became kind of a hamster wheel parkour course. I do wish the obstacles didn't change in the laundry machine, instead it being that person's laundry which doesn't change order allowing you to get better at that 'course', but maybe that'd get too repititive. Good work!
Really cool game, I had fun playing!
I liked the music, graphics and general idea a lot.
My biggest criticism are the controls: Was there a specific reason why you picke 'z' as the activation button? As 'Z' is on the other side of the keyboard as the arrow keys meant that I couldn't play it with one hand, which I would have liked better.
I would have preferred Enter, or instead of using the arrow keys to use 'W', 'A', 'S', 'D' and then maybe 'F' as enter. Or something else, you get the point.
The idea with the mouse running around in a barrel was very serious, which was perfect. Props for that :)
Your tutorial was very helpful and needed, you did a great job on that. After using the tutorial I understood what I had to do and enjoyed washing peoples clothes. I didn't think when starting this that a little running around in a barrel could be so fun xD
I was a bit confused when in the barrel, why I could run into objects standing in my way. For the sock, which is soft, it made sense for the rat to get lost in, but why could I run into the treasure chest? I would have liked it better if I ran against the chest instead.
I encountered no bugs, and you're animations were smooth, I was quite impressed with that.
(Also, add on: Not everyone plays on an English key board. In other languages, the 'Z' key is somewhere else. I had to press 'Y', since Y is in the German keyboard in the same place where I assume on the English keyboard Z is.)
All in all: Cool game, I had fun playing it!
I loved the music!!!
The tutorial was such a good addition and really sets the scene :)
Really well-put-together game. Probably the best tutorial I’ve seen in the jam so far. Controls were simple, and the art was well-animated. I wish the gameplay was a little less repetitive, I think there’s a good game here that could have some more mechanics built on top of it for a lot of fun. Creative idea, nice job.
Hey, this was fun! Interpreting 'spin to win' as a rotating level that you control the speed of is a nice idea. Although, this rat needs to unionise - I played for seven days and he did not get a day off T_T I wonder if it could be balanced to become more difficult incrementally as time goes on, perhaps with more 'projectiles' during the spin cycles, or more time penalties for failing to dodge stuff?
Definitely one of the most creative ideas I've seen in the jam so far! I liked needing to grab the different whimsical detergents to their respective washing machine. The introduction was also hilarious and I loved the rat by the time I was done playing. I definitely found the platforming to be a little difficult but I got used to it as I did more of them. Nicely done!
Character felt a little behind or something, running through the barrel felt a little nauseating and I'm not 100% sure why. Theming was cute and on point and I'm a big fan of the way things fit together, but the actual platforming was definitely a personal miss for me! Very consistent and fun artstyle :)
I like how much personality is in the objects that have to be dodged during the spin cycle.
These people have a lot of knives to clean
I love this game so much hehe, it's such a unique and out-there concept that manages to still be fun!
What an Awesome game!
Really like the art and also dodging the objects was fun.
I did not want to go too fast otherwise I could not keep up.
Awesome Stuff!
This was lots of fun, cute and hella whimsy (in all seriousness, ofc). For a game about a rat powering up a washing machine, this is perfect. No notes, other than it did make me dizzy during the spinning cycles but it is what it is. Great job, Keep up the good work!
It was fun for a short period before it became repetitive and stale. The visuals and theme were very interesting and I enjoyed them a lot however, the music was not to my taste and the mouse sound was a tad bit annoying.
Hey thanks for the feedback, the jump sound has now been changed from a placeholder asset (sorry about that)
We struggled a little to make the gameplay loop interesting ran out of time to add more ideas, but definitely stuff to be added if we come back to this idea :)