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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #3 | 4.611 | 4.611 |
| Artwork | #10 | 4.836 | 4.836 |
| Narrative | #55 | 4.369 | 4.369 |
| Creativity | #449 | 4.236 | 4.236 |
| Enjoyment | #534 | 3.965 | 3.965 |
Ranked from 1135 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?
In Hickory, time slows down as the clock counts down and you must complete tasks to prevent the slowing of time. Also, the game takes place in a clocktower!
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
See description for full credits
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Second Fiddle Studio
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Comments
super ambitious congrats! particularly love the beautiful illustrations, but (obviously) wild polish all around
Simply stunning
so cute
The art style is gorgeous! It feels and plays like a demo to a game which took years to make.
I got stuck for a bit at the end, because it was unclear how to kill the boss... regardless, fun game, nice music, good art.
We're so glad you enjoyed it! You just gotta whack the rat king like you would any other rat lol!
This was very clever and well made! Each mini game was enjoyable and I loved the mechanic of going between the floors and slowly opening up more. Audio and art are amazing <3
super neat game man. idk how people can make such a polished game in just 4 days.
a nice healthy mix of caffeine, determination, and general insanity
Thank you so much, I'm so glad you enjoyed it :)
This was really great! You can feel the love that everyone on the team put into it and making such a polished and meaninful game in such a short time should be commended
You guys are cheating!!! there is no way this was made in 4 days. Hats off Team.
Thank you, I think every member of the team has some degree of insanity for the willingness to pull this off in the end haha. Thank you for playing and enjoying it!!
This is so well made, especially the aesthetic and art. The actual feeling of the time slowing down until the game over is an experience, and huge kudos for that. I still can't help but feel "tedium" is a word that comes to mind of the gameplay, which is a shame, because this is SO WELL POLISHED. I think you should be proud of yourselves!
Hey hey! Glad you enjoyed the game and found it well made! The minigames aren't for everyone but we'd love to hear from you how you would think to improve them! Always looking to do better and better!
I actually think the minigames themselves are almost perfect, I wouldn't want to change anything about them. Pulling out the debris is sooo satisfying, but I think chasing down the rats felt "janky" due to the very horizontal nature of the strike. Switching between levels was probably also what got to me. I am also unlucky with this jam in general, I think, because time-limits stress me out, haha, but it does fit very well here. But I think the game could be carried by being even more narratively focused? I was hooked from the very beginning in that regard. I could see myself playing a version of this that is less "intense", and more focused on the quality of the tasks performed, rather than rushing to perform them. I might just be the wrong target audience though. Hope you gain something from my ramblings. Thank you for making the game, and participating in the jam!
Words cannot describe how much I loved this game
Wowow. They benefits of having such a talented team. I love the vibe, very cute and a great implementation of the theme
We've all worked together on various things for a while! I'm glad we could all join forces to make something cool this year :) thank you so much for the kind words
Such a pretty game! The visuals and audio are superb, congratulations on that! I have to say the gameplay loop was interesting, i wasn't sure about the combat at first but it does create a nice tension with the rats roaming around the floor, the countdown and having to control what's happening between floors, so well done guys!
Thank you for the praise! I'm very happy to hear how you felt about the loop and combat, so much time was spent testing and reiterating to make sure the game felt right lol. Once again thank you for playing our little game and I'm so glad you had fun :)
This was great! Very fun simple interactivity and insanely polished. Loved the art and music, really well done.
My favorite story: the inevitability of death and our desperate action to resist it. Really good art and design! I like how hectic it is to maintain 3 layers of many things too. I feel the combat at the end didn't fit with the game loop. I can't see what the boss doing because the fixing ui filled my screen. I don't even think I could hit the boss because I busy fixing things lol and did i just smack my friend??
Thank you so much!! Glad to hear it was a fun, chaotic kind of hectic instead of annoying - the boss at the end is probably the most unpolished part mostly because I'm stubborn and have included some kind of boss encounter in basically every one of my GMTK entries lol. Thank you for playing and I'm happy you enjoyed it!!
Wow, this is unbelievable. I adore your art style, music direction and narrative. This is the first game of the jam I've rated perfectly in every category - I can't wait to see how you do in the final results :)! Congratulations, you should all be very proud of this game.
(oh and I loved the behind the scenes! Super cool addition. Where did you find time to squeeze that in!?!?)
Thank you so much for the praise, I'm genuinely extremely happy that people are enjoying what we've made!! We're all at home resting and recovering now haha
Behind the scenes was a last minute idea I had that I squeezed in right before submitting, since we had some fun concept art we thought people might like to see! Thank you again for playing our little game :)
WOW! POLISHED AND REALLY WELL MADE. LOVE THE GAME. Have high hopes for his entry to win
Very addictive, I love the style
Great art and music for a good ol' fashioned rat smasher game. It really makes you feel like Charlie Day
elite ball knowledge, I felt bad for having to smash the rats so I made sure Desolo did a sound that was lighthearted and whimsy lol
Thanks for playing and the kind words :)
I'm speechless, how's this even possible. you guys killed it
Honestly incredible across all categories.