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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #4 | 4.407 | 4.407 |
| Creativity | #5 | 4.567 | 4.567 |
| Presentation | #7 | 4.533 | 4.533 |
| Gameplay | #12 | 4.133 | 4.133 |
| Enjoyment | #13 | 4.267 | 4.267 |
| Connection to theme | #14 | 4.533 | 4.533 |
Ranked from 30 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Discord name (multiple if team)
FraNico
Game engine / program used
Unity
Connection to theme (short sentence)
A little guy with a big dream
Is this your first game submitted to a game jam?
No
This is not my first game jam
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Congrats on getting 4th place overall! This was my favourite game out of all the ones I played.
Thank you very much for the kind words 😭🍿
I absolutely loved the environmental design, especially Francis's house—it genuinely made me smile. The fun core gameplay, combined with the wide variety of upgrades and skills, makes the game rewarding to keep playing. Great job!
Thank you very much for playing!! 🍿🍿🍿
Very nice visuals , so polished
Thanks mate 🍿🍿
super fun 5/5 gameplay loop
Thaaankss! Glad you enjoyed it 🍿🍿
pretty cool incremental game, i can even hire more gnomes to help me- THEY'RE MY CHILDREN??
Many games give you the chance to name your characters but in this one it actually makes sense because THEY ARE YOUR CHILDREN INDEED 🍿🍿🍿
Awesome game! Proper incremental chaos and I like the ending. Really nicely executed, it was a complete experience!
Thank you for the comment! Glad you liked it 🍿🍿🍿
When I really really like something, I usually say that its very cheese or Absolute Cheese, But just for this game ill have to say it was ABSOLUTE CARAMAEL, (LOVED THE HUMOR AND THE POPCORN SOUNDEFFECT!)
Thank you for the kind comment! You are ABSOLUTE CARAMEL cause you're so sweet! 🍿
Absolute banger. The swapping between little guys world and big guys world was excelent idea. The dialogue was also great. The ending was very cute. One of the best games in the jam for sure.
Thank you very much, we gave our best on this one 😄🍿
I've never really played games like this, but this was surprisingly fun and enjoyable. The game is very well made and the sound effects are very satisfying. Good job.
Thanks for the kind comment! 🍿🍿
GNOMES !!!!
WHAT an absolute banger that idea is. 5/5 Creativity & Theme.
Perfect
Thaank you man, really appreciate it! 🍿🍿🍿
Excellent game, perfect visuals, perfect gameplay loop, very addictive, and actually eliminates the biggest issue with cookie clicker games which is arm strain vs interactability. Either you are getting arthritis clicking, or you are sat back doing nothing. But this game lets you get involved at all times without needing to click a lot. I did encounter one bug though, where i purchased little gnomes too much before realizing i needed to go to the bed, it meant i couldn't make more later since the lady never approached the bed.
Hey there! Thanks for playing and for the kind coment 😊 About the bug, just to make sure: there are 5 different buttons in the Guys tab for each of the 5 guys you can make. Purchasing more levels of the same one only increases their speed, but doesn't make more. You'd need to level up the Skill in the Skill Tree to unlock buying more Little Guys in Upgrades. Not saying it's not bugged (it could be) but just wanted to make sure I understand you correctly hehe. Thanks again! 🍿🍿
Ah I just made an assumption then, thanks for clearing it up
The pick up system is so fun and satisfying!!!
I had a blast just walking around making the popcorn!🍿
Very cool game :)
Thank you soo much for the comment!! 🍿
Wow, just WOW. This is such a fun game!!!!! I feel honored that you rated me 🥹A couple quality of life things would be nice though, like knowing where you are amidst the popcorn chaos, because most of the time I'm running into a wall and have no idea whatsoever lmao. This game is PEAK, especially with the fully fleshed out mechanics and insane polish! I bet if I could get past my perfectionism I could do a fraction of something like this lol. Such a unique idea. Also, I've never played a 3D game so well optimized for web before! Most of the time I'm throwing up, and I refuse to download the files bc viruses, yk (not that yours or every game is a virus). (I could go on and on about how awesome this game is) Congradulations!!!!! (P.S. I gave you five stars on everything, great job! Gnome power :D )
Thank you very much for your kind comment!! This thing you mention about "knowing where you are amidst the popcorn chaos" is one of the things I had in my to-do list on the last day. I was thinking about maybe having an arrow over your head pointing down to mark your location, but I thought it might feel off, and I couldn't think of something I liked enough 😅 Thanks again for playing and the comment! 🍿
absolute peak?? the amount of stuff + polish is insane, and the sound of the popcorn is so satisfying and you get to NAME the little guys??!! i love the idea that we're charging like $100 for about 10 pieces of popcorn at the start too
Hahah thank you for your lovely comment! I actually cooked popcorn myself IRL and recorded its sound to sample the in game sounds, that's why it's so satisfying 🍿🍿🍿
the commitment!!
Wow this game was super fun, and very well made!
Thank you very much!! 🍿
I feel stupid because this game looks amazing and looks like it has a lot of depth plus you captured the theme perfectly and the gnome aesthetic is great too. But I can't figure out how to play, like all i can do is go in the popcorn machine and see the little gnomes walk around but i cant seem to do anything at all (tried clicking everywhere and pressing every key and i tried both the downloaded and web versions) so putting some sort of gameplay guide in the description will be nice because I WILL be returning once I know how it works lol.
You can move around with WASD! You control the male gnome, and you kick popcorn just by walking nearby! Don't need to click anything, just move around and right-click to navigate the menus 😊🍿
Thanks for the tip! For some reason I tried everything except wasd lol
Phenomenal game! Genuinely in my top 3 from this jam, I'm really surprised you made it this polished! I think the aesthetic is amazing, like all the christmassy gnome decorations in the machine and how you go back and forth between the gnome world and human world to either collect popcorn or upgrade your stuff. It was super fun to eventually walk over mounds of popcorn and earn SO much money. Once I reached 1 billion gold I decided to get the last upgrade and the ending really surprised me. Great game, great music, also really well optimised, just overall very good and it's funny how similar our games ended up being as well lol
Thank you for taking the time to play again and make a review! I'll check your game as soon as I have 5 spare minutes 🍿🍿
very creative and cool twist on the genre! the dialogue is very well made and funny. can't believe i got laid in a game
good job!
Thanks for the comment and for paying attention to the dialogues, not everyone does hahah 🍿
SO creative and fun. Loved the art style. Really nice job!!
Thank you very much for the comment and the nice thoughts! 🍿
This was very fun. I enjoyed every second and was surprised in some areas. Those gnomes pump out workers quick!
Glad it was fun hehe, gnome power! 🍿
This is amazing. Its creative and the incremental part is fun. The popcorn sounds are satisfying. The ending is adorable. Fantastic job on this
Thank you very much for the compliments! We put a lot of care in this game, glad to see it's patent!