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Zariel's Lair's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #3 | 4.353 | 4.353 |
| Sounds | #26 | 3.588 | 3.588 |
| Overall | #65 | 3.471 | 3.471 |
| End-of-life plan | #145 | 3.353 | 3.353 |
| Fun | #148 | 2.882 | 2.882 |
| Theme relevance | #173 | 3.176 | 3.176 |
Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
End life plan
After the jam ends we'll update the itch.io page and provide a downloadable build.
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The art is the headline here. Zariel with the gold horn crown, the purple suit, the red tie, that looks like a commercial visual novel rather than a jam entry. The menu with the pendulum clock and the painting on the wall is gorgeous too. And the archaic English fits her perfectly, "Thou art but one of many demons who have lost everything" is exactly the right register.
The CHEAT button in the middle of the table is a great idea. Literally daring the player to cheat, with the threat of getting caught, is a mechanic with real personality behind it.
I got stuck though. Once the cards were dealt I clicked my cards, clicked the middle button, tried R for the dice like the description says, and nothing happened. I never played a single hand. I suspect part of it is that the screen is wider than the browser window, since RETURN and SHUFFLE are clipped at the edges, so there may be an important button sitting off screen entirely. Making the canvas scale to the window is probably the first fix.
The other one is rules. It's a card game with its own rules and there's no tutorial inside the game, so I had nothing to fall back on. Sort out the onboarding and this looks like a much bigger project than a jam entry.
This is simply a work of art in game form. Simply perfect. It should come to Steam.
Congrats on the game, it turned out perfect.
10/10 art 10/10 sfx 10/10 cfx 10/10 music
Art is really-really nice, especially card art has really nice style.
The concept is pretty simple, but quite entertaining. I think I would enjoy it more if it was faster with animations. Dice roll animation is nice to look for the first time, but after that, not sure.
I feel like it can utilize play (and not cheat) mechanic a bit more. When you cheat once you take a look at your hand can assess how likely you are going to get a good card if you play a random one. That moment feels like it could use something similar to buckshot roulette to capitalize on that. If you have 1 empty and no damage self cards - it really feels like there should be an option to double down.
But yeah, anyway, really enjoyed this one.
Thanks for the feedback! It was really useful. To be honest, I didn't think I'd be able to finish on time, so I kept things really simple.
I'm not sure if you're allowed to make changes during the jam, but I'll definitely update it once it ends. I want to speed up the animations after each round is won and add a few more mechanics here and there.
Again, thank you so much for the feedback!
Um pouco complicado de enteder no inicio, mas é um bom jogo, parabéns!
Great job really enjoyed it, wonderful game
Something about this reminds of of Kakegurui(i mean in the best of ways lol)! Was little confused on the mechanics but tis good fun once you figure it out!
really very beautiful and amazing art! absolutely love it!
I played it and the graphics were really cool, but the gameplay was kinda difficult, i haven’t really understood what i was doing lol. Btw really cool graphics and sound!