Okay that got REALLY challenging at the end. I think the friendly cozy vibes caught me off-guard and I wasn't prepared for something so technically challenging. It wasn't quite clear what I was supposed to do at the beginning (I thought maybe I was supposed to match the suits of the card to the suits on the table?), but eventually with enough fiddling and re-reading I figured it out. Some of the penalties for missing were pretty brutal, though. At one point I got to the next-to-last floor but missed and wound up sent all the way back to the first floor. Ouch! But I pushed through to the ending. It had me hooked enough to try to beat it.
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My Time at The Lighthouse's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #320 | 3.686 | 3.686 |
| Visuals | #365 | 4.069 | 4.069 |
| Overall | #625 | 3.595 | 3.595 |
| Creativity & Theme | #645 | 3.811 | 3.811 |
| Seriousness | #1225 | 3.365 | 3.365 |
| Enjoyment | #1325 | 3.044 | 3.044 |
Ranked from 159 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Thanks so much for the feedback! I heard that same confusion from a lot of players about the table and the basic controls, and I'm glad you were able to figure things out (and yeah, it definitely feels pretty punishing at the end, I hear ya). I'm glad you were able to push through to make it to the ending though!
Thanks so much for playing and commenting!
It took me a really long time to understand what to do even after reading the rules, but I finally got it! This game is *really* outside my skillset but I gave it the old college try and I made it decently far xD but then bro ate all my cards from the tippy top floor and I couldn't bring myself to start from scratch haha
It's really cute!!
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Spin the NarrativeI loved the music and art direction, especially the cat — I called him Lil Hairball because he kept stealing my cards. The guitar was calming, which helped because the gameplay took me a minute to figure out. I thought the cards had to land on their matching selector, but then I realized it's basically keep-away from Lil Hairball to stack cards and get through a night at the lighthouse. Would've loved some kind of reward for making it to the top, but overall — cozy. Really cozy.
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Shaky ShowdownHaha, I love Lil' Hairball, and I glad you liked the chill guitar vibes! I've gotten that feedback a lot for difficulty to understand the gameplay and confusion with the table, but glad you figured out it's a keep away game. I'll also work on improving the ending of my next project to hopefully make it more satisfying, but I hope you enjoyed the view and good vibes from the top when you got there.
Thanks so much for playing and commenting - I'm glad you and Lil' Hairball had a cozy time at the lighthouse!
Beautiful! The gameplay loop is a big simple maybe, but the vibes make up for it. Great job! Hard to believe it's your first game with vibes this immaculate.
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Tired as HellThanks for the feedback! I definitely get the game being simple (and short), but glad you like the vibes! With my husband's years of guitar and my years of dabbling with art, those aspects of the were a bit easier to come together, but my I definitely have a lot of coding to learn to get the game feel and progression leveled up.
Thanks so much for playing and commenting!
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