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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #109 | 3.911 | 3.911 |
| Presentation | #208 | 3.422 | 3.422 |
| Enjoyment | #242 | 3.156 | 3.156 |
| Gameplay | #243 | 3.022 | 3.022 |
| Overall | #243 | 3.298 | 3.298 |
| Connection to theme | #361 | 2.978 | 2.978 |
Ranked from 45 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Discord name (multiple if team)
None
Game engine / program used
Godot
Connection to theme (short sentence)
You are the little guy.(Little guy here is interpreted as the guy behind the scenes,taking care of the little,forgotten tasks.)The characters are cute and little too!!
Is this your first game submitted to a game jam?
Yes
This is my first game jam
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pretty cool game idea. good job for a first game jam game!
Good first jam game. I think the concept is nice and really creative; cool to see a stealth game. And it's fun to do objectives without him seeing. Also the art is cute especially the cover art. Some of my issues were;
- I don't like how the task bar pops up at the start of the game while the game is un-paused (usually the task bar pauses the game) and if you forgot which key closes the task bar then it'd be nice if it said "o closes task bar" on screen
- I think it's a bit too hard to actually do all the tasks you're given, since when he stands on a spot it's pretty impossible to go near him. Making him walk to different spots and making the time to finish the tasks be more generous before getting fired, would be good
- It doesn't make much sense to me how he knows whether the logs are cut down or not when they're not in range. I think it would be cooler if he only fired you once he walks up to the location and his cone of vision sees that you haven't cut down the trees yet
Other than that I think it has great potential and I'm happy for you about how many ratings your game is getting!
Thank you so much!I always love seeing such detailed comments,it is super motivating to continue since I was so scared of posting this.For the task bar,thanks for pointing it out,earlier it was not shown on the screen but people forgot to check it out,thanks for letting me know,I'll fix it.
I'll pause the game,it must have slipped from my notice.
For completing the tasks,you do need to use shop's items(press E) and divert him or pause him.
For the third point,that was what I was trying to accomplish,for eg,for the logs,he goes near the tree grove in center.I think I made the vision cone too aggressive though and I'll try to work on map design.Maybe I'll add some timer kinda bar? to show next investigation and make it lenient.Thank you so much for your review!
Great game! Maybe instead of it being a random place it moves, you should make it a fixed point so the game is actually possible, because I cant collect the tomatoes when he is right next to it. Other than that, well done! Its a great game for your first jam!
If you have some time, it would be awesome if you could try out my game :D
Thank you,maybe try checking out shop items?Use cake and divert dark lord.Anyways,thanks for the feedback,I'll try taking all that I am hearing and improve it.Also,I'll check out your game.Thanks!
really cool game, though I can't seem to use the stunner.
I am sorry if the tutorial is confusing.A left click should place a cake (redirect) or stun(pause/freeze the darklord) as long as you have the required coins.E for shop,O for to do list.
Super creative to use hand written to do the intro! The overarching narrative is also very funny ! well done!
how do I start the game?
Pressing enter should work..Are you stuck on rhe hand drawn slide?
hand drawn, thanks
Very fun and creative for a first game jam, really good job!
Loved the narrative. Very fun little idea!
Thank you!
really cute idea and i really liked the hand drawn comic. The therapist one made me laugh. The dark lord's vision is a little hard to guess based on, it would be nice to have a timer showing how much you had remaining. Other than that, I liked it a lot. Nice work
Nice game! My critiscism is that I didnt quite understand how the items in the shop worked and I also forgot there even was a shop until I was about to go rate the game. Otherwise it was really good! Similar concept to my game and great minds think alike
Thank you so much!I will add a tutorial and inventory and some polish so that it becomes clearer!
i really love this game its silly and it has a lot of character to it and for my criticism you need to make the king's mouvment a little sprend and the player ca, walk on water so you coukd have added some invisible walls to stop him plus using the ai thumbnail for the jam page doesnt give the best first impression overall amazing game :]
Thank you,yeah I realised that the water tiles could be walked on after exporting but then it was too late...
Originally,the thumbnail was different but I changed it since it wasn't catchy enough I guess..I couldn't find the time to make one..Thank you so much for your feedback though
When losing and restarting, it seems like something doesn't reset? I chopped down the same tree in my second playthrough, the resource is not there. And there is no a slight delay/pause/transition after I restarted, which caught me off guard for 5 seconds and then I immediately lose because there is no way I could collect the resource when the dark lord literally standing in front of it. But gameplay aside, art was good, familiar, too. I like it.
Oh,I am sorry.Thank you for bringing it to my attention,I will check it out and fix it later.This shouldn't have happened.There is a 5 sec pause technically before the dark lord advances,maybe there is a glitch/bug?Still,Thank you
Loved the story and the game play! good job!
Thank you!
Very charming! I had a great time, I would love for the hitbox of the axe cutting the tree, and a little bit of a warning before the cone comes out (maybe it extending before turning?) and I think the music wasn't looping properly. Otherwise great work and the drawings were very inspired!
Thank you!Yes, I am gonna try to make it grow slowly instead of launching the cone aggresively.I tried dough it out and rated it,it was a lot of fun.
Very cute. I especially loved the paper drawings at the start. The game has a nice cozy vibe and an anxiety vibe. I love it :D The cone of the bad guy seems a bit aggressive though, and what he will check is a bit unpredictable. Otherwise, its a fun game loop
I will try to see if I can add a warning for the cone somehow or make it less agressive.Thank you so much!And yeah,cozy and anxiety vibe is just what I was aiming for lol
This has to be the best presentation i've seen in this Jam so far. the hand drawing was well done !
Thank you so much!
I love the paper drawings! It's realy good! Well done!
Thank you so much!I wasn't sure about them at first,as it was a very last minute decision,but I am glad that people find them funny lol!
THIS IS SUCH A CUTE GAME OMG!!! the art is amazing, the music is amazing, the gameplay is amazing. i actually dont know what isnt amazing almost. its so fun and creative i love it!
my only criticisms is maybe you should make the movement a little more smooth and add a tutorial. i also feel like collecting the corn and tomato's and milk was to easy. i think the biggest issue with the game is it is too easy. its still a really fun game though
Thank you so much!!!Yes,I will add mini games and add levels.
i love the idea but its might need more of a better tutorial thats all what i think it needs
Thank you so much and I will def try to make all the features and shop obvious.Thank you for giving it so many tries and checking it out!Made my day!
such a cool concept and the handrawn intro and story is amazing really fun game overall wel done. As a first time jammer its even better
Thank you so much!!My digital art skills are shitty,so had to find a workaround lol