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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Artwork | #138 | 4.584 | 4.584 |
| Creativity | #255 | 4.326 | 4.326 |
| Audio | #400 | 3.831 | 3.831 |
| Narrative | #1105 | 3.404 | 3.404 |
| Enjoyment | #1524 | 3.618 | 3.618 |
Ranked from 89 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
The Broken Clock is a short puzzle game about fixing time from the inside. You guide two cursors through a living clockwork machine, recording their paths in short loops so one can replay while the other acts. Hold buttons, turn cranks, and invert time when a mistake locks you in — then race the countdown before the gears jam for good.
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Creative and beautiful, but I just barely don't have the energy for this level of thinking right now! I appreciate the tips that eventually show up to help you through tough spots!
Really beautiful and it's an amazing idea for a game, I can't tell much about the ending because I'm stuck and I don't know how beat the game(i'm dumb). Good job.
Really cool puzzles, and the aesthetics remind me of old 'Tim Burton' stuff. :D
Congrats on the entry! <3
I really love your puzzles, the game is fun and smooth, with a little bit of difficulty. To be honest, the opening animation took me by surprise, it’s absolutely stunning! Amazing!
This was a truly high-quality game. The ideas were innovative and brilliant. Honestly, I can hardly find a single thing to complain about. Did you create this entire thing by yourself?!
Very cool! Some of these puzzles took me a while to figure out but it was overall very satisfying to solve. Great game design!
Interesting game and truly beautiful graphics.
Super creative concept, and I'm loving the art style! I think I might have found a minor bug though: if you press the button, and fast enough, you can sometimes clip through the barriers before they fully close. Still, awesome job!
ok WOW this game is STUNNING!!! crazy to think this was made in 4 days, huge huge huge props to the developer(s?)
Beautiful art! That animated intro especially, wow! I found the gears somewhat fussy, but otherwise this was great.
Thank you so much! Yeah I should have worked on the manipulation more but I was struggling so much with time!
The art style is fantastic, the sound design is excellent as well, and I love your level design.
Thank you so much!
It's so beautiful and rarely I hear such a good sound in games in the game jam. The gameplay was nice too.
Thanks! That's kind to hear!
This is remarkable. Really beautiful art and sound, clever puzzle design.
Run into a small issue though. After few failed attempts to align the last gear, the gear stuck at starting position and both controlling gears cannot rotate.
Yes! I've been adressed this bug but I didn't have the chance to spot it while making it. Thanks for reporting and thanks for your feedback!
Yea, this is the shit. Great job implementing the theme, I like the puzzles, feel very coop, with a single player lol.
The puzzles are a little finicky, nothing horrible and nothing not expected from a game jam in 96, so kudos all the way around! Can totally see this being expanded on for a full campaign!
I would look at how to make things not seem tedious, like the gear acting weird for example, but everything else is great.
Yeah I messed up with the gear manipulation. I should have spend more time on that but I was tricked by time 😭
Thank you so much for the feedback though!
Wow, the art, animation, and sound design are on another level. The game is super polished and really creative. I don't think the puzzles were super difficulty but I kept messing so it took me a while.
Really good game, congrats!
Thank you so much
This game is so good. I saw other play first with a character then with another once the timer goes down, but one that intercalates them never. It was really fun and a really creative idea, good job!
Very unique puzzle mechanic - would love to see more!
Thanks a lot! That's so nice to hear!
Just a really good game, honestly could go for a steam release with a few more levels!!
Thanks!
Great game, everything was perfect, atmosphere, gameplay, audio, visuals, narrative ideas, creative use of theme. Definetly one of.my favorite games from this jam, hidden gem! ❤️
Wow thanks! The jam was so hard, that's actually so nice to hear!
A really great puzzle game, especially the penultimate level, where you have to do everything in reverse it really makes the most of the whole system you've set up.
I found it a bit frustrating when I moved one character incorrectly and then had to replay the other character’s entire sequence before I could fix the first one. Being able to choose which character to control at the start of each loop should solve that problem, and I don’t think it would hurt the gameplay.
Yes, I should have worked on the fluidity of the gameplay. I noticed that replaying my own game was kind of tedious but I was stuck by the fact that the level was one background, it was complicated to redo it as it had consequences all over. Next time I'll probably work with levels instead of one unique place. Beginner's mistake 😅