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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Seriousness | #612 | 3.721 | 3.721 |
| Creativity & Theme | #647 | 3.811 | 3.811 |
| Enjoyment | #721 | 3.486 | 3.486 |
| Overall | #832 | 3.474 | 3.474 |
| Audio | #845 | 3.261 | 3.261 |
| Visuals | #1554 | 3.090 | 3.090 |
Ranked from 111 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Really good
Thanks for playing!
Really fun concept, kind of incremental but also requires a lot of moving parts so youre never sitting around waiting! its really annoying that you can lose instantly by buying an upgrade that sets you to 0 power, which also makes you lose the game, a warning or something would be nice. Otherwise I had a lot of fun polluting the world!
Yea that's a common issue we didn't think about at the time lol. I'm happy you enjoyed it in spite of that. Thanks for playing!
Very serious concept and plot! The game did feel a bit easy because of the hamsters regaining their stamina pretty quickly, thus never needing to replenish their health due to never being forced to push a hamster that far to keep energy output high enough, especially once you start upgrading them. I still did enjoy playing it though and also liked the voice acting!
P.S. I noticed while playing that the 'Skip Tutorial' text in the menu overlaps with the start game button and the hamster wheels and cages get offset when you go fullscreen, though this might not be the case for everyone due to different screen resolutions.
We were trying our best with balancing at the end. It was surprisingly difficult to find something not too easy and not too hard for people. We will have to look more into resolution issue, thanks for pointing that out you are the first mention of it. Thanks for trying our game!
This was short and sweet and great!! I beat the game and also LOVED your voice over tutorial. Simple and ... honestly great game. I have a special place in my heart for the hand drawn game! Thank you for sharing :)
We appreciate it! Thanks for playing!
Cool game! So many ideas can be put into it with more time as well! This is well done!
Overall, fun and will make me lose track of time ^^
That's hopefully the plan. Thank you for playing!
I like the voice :D
Thanks for playing!
At first i wasnt sure was going on but one minute later i was LOCKED IN into hamster business, upgrading, changing and mutating them hamsters. great game!
That locked in moment is exactly what we are going for. Thank you for trying our game!
This is a really serious and fun game! The concept is really nice and I appreciate there being a voiced tutorial as I likely wouldn't be willing to read through a lot of text. I also really like the hamsters' sound effects for when you pick them up. The game does get a bit hard to understand at times, with some upgrades not providing clear benefits right away. However, this is still a great game and a unique take on the theme!
We do need to work on making things a bit more streamlined and straightforward. Thanks for playing!
Liked the game a lot, I lost on my first round but manage to finish it on the second.
good game overall
Thank you for playing!
Loved the intro! Glad to see the guy explains game in odd fashion via voicelines being a thing here. The game took a bit to beat but was pretty cool! I loved making super hampsters that make like 60 a second lol. Great game!
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for playing!
This was a really fun and charming management game. The hamster power plant idea is hilarious, and the mad scientist voice acting gave it a ton of personality. I liked juggling the hamsters between wheels, watching their stats, and trying to keep everything running without letting them die. The hamster animations were cute too, and the voiced tutorial was way better than just a wall of text.
My main feedback is that some quality-of-life features would help a lot, like being able to unequip or swap hamsters more easily. It would also be nice if you couldn’t buy upgrades that instantly put you at 0 energy and lose. The tutorial could maybe use captions or a slightly faster pace too. Overall though, this was addictive, funny, and a really solid jam entry. Great work!
We do need to work on a lot of qol stuff. Thank you for the feedback and playing our game!
lol, funny voice acting :D
I've seen some other hamster incremental games in this jam. This was a bit short, but the most unique of them. I liked the Dr. Doofenshmirtz reference if that was it :D
Dr. Doofenshmirtz was definitely a bit of inspiration with the inator bit lol. I appreciate you giving our game a shot!
Liked the mad scientist, appreciate that there are not 14 paragraphs of text.
Liked a lot the game, I lost on my first round but manage to finish it on the second.
Great.
Thank you for playing our game! I enjoyed playing your game!
I had a lot of fun with this game. And I really liked the voiced tutorial, it better than a wall of text. Good job!
Thank you for playing our game! We appreciate it!
Very good game! The visuals are good , especially the hamsters :), the gameplay is addicting, and a good creative concept that fits the theme nicely. Well done
Thanks for taking the time to play our game! We really appreciate it!
I like the concept a lot! features and depth seemed adequate and kept me playing, one thing is i wanted some quality of life features like clicking a hamster could un-equip it, or if i drag new hamsters over a running one they could swap. Otherwise nice incremental!
We do have a lot of little quality of life stuff we didn’t think to add. I’m glad you still enjoyed it. The feedback helps us out a lot. Thanks for playing our game!
Hi, I wanted to ask how does the gene modifier work?
Hello! The gene modifier upgrades the experimental tank. Its an oversight issue but if you don't have that first it won't look like it does anything but once you get the experimental tank it allows you to pick what stat to upgrade instead of just randomly upgrading one.. We probably should have made it so it wouldn't show up until after you bought the experimental tank.
I believe I had unlocked the experimental tank first. I'm going to try again
Ah, you still have to put the hamster inside the experimental tank
I had fun shuffling the hamsters around, upgrading them. Would be neat to see it go longer or have levels with higher goals. Great submission!
We do plan on doing more with the game! My friend and I want to make this into a full release. If you follow us you will be able to see all those updates :)