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A jam submission

Trace Against TimeView game page

A mildly stressful drawing game
Submitted by Drakonkinst, Bartticus, wuphy, USERNAME421, fattei — 11 hours, 9 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#1044.2934.293
Audio#1654.0244.024
Artwork#4624.2934.293
Creativity#9934.0374.037
Narrative#46682.4152.415

Ranked from 82 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?
Trace Against Time takes a chill drawing experience and adds a countdown to transform it into an intense race-against-the-clock game. Players must balance accuracy of their drawing against the ever-ticking hourglass to score the most possible points. The more accurate your drawing is, the more time you gain; spend extra time on upgrades to increase your score multiplier or unlock new tools like different colors and brush sizes!

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Fonts: KenneyThick, pico-12. All other assets (including music, UI, sounds) are original.

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Submitted(+2)

ye just a drawing game but it can absolutely bee in the vid

Submitted(+2)

Hello, fellow sketchers hehe! I got 34,130. This is a great game, but I wasn’t quite sure why some of the pictures repeated. I loved it anyway. Great job!

Submitted(+2)

I checked out your Discord post, and o m g. The game is really, really chill, the visuals are super smooth, and the art style is absolutely adorable. I honestly feel like I need something like this as a Windows widget xD :D  Great job ^^

Developer

Aw thank you, that's so kind! Appreciate you checking out our little game :3

Submitted(+2)

Maybe my favorite game at the moment !!!!! 

Developer

That’s incredibly kind, thank you! I’m proud of how it turned out 🙂

Submitted(+2)

Really cute and chill out game even though there is a count down :D
I  liked upgrading system and overall vibe of the game, great job!

Submitted(+2)

Haha, love that there’s a leaderboard at the end! The repetitive shapes made me feel more confident over time, which was cool. Placing it all on an Etch-a-Sketch was super clever!

Submitted(+2)

Great game, I played on a tablet with a stylus which worked really well

Submitted(+2)

Fun race-against-the-clock drawing game, also nice job on the art and audio!

Submitted(+3)

The dog is my fav :) Awesome game design, art, and audio. The SFX are especially satisfying omg. Everyone did a really nice job on this one.

Submitted(+2)

The game is very polished! Very creative entry as well and the cooldown didn’t feel like it was just dropped onto the game, it really added depth and stress!

One thing that did confuse me a bit while playing is that buying an upgrade skipped my current drawing. Might be intended and I just didn’t read well enough :)

Great entry!

Submitted(+2)

The game feels very polished and is really fun to play! I love the vibe it gives, the music helps a lot :) It would be really fun if you could choose more upgrades, maybe turn it into a sort of paint roguelike deckbuilder ? I don't really know if it would work since it completely changes the game genre, but it sounds cool in my head xD

Submitted(+2)

I love the game! Very fun to draw all the little sketches. I did feel like I was sometimes buying myself more difficulty since I would be at full time but purchase colours which I'd now have to use... But if I were going for a high score over just surviving then I can see how this would be beneficial. Cool game though!

Submitted(+3)

it was super fun playing! also love the scoreboard at the end, i was able to add my name which was so cute! :)

Submitted(+3)

Fun game. The art, music, and polish are gorgeous, can't really say much more, the base mechanic of drawing stuff might be more interesting on a mobile game cuz its hard with a mouse so maybe could've spruced things up for mouse users but I ain't holding that against the rating, gj

Submitted(+3)

Great game! I really liked the upgrade system, made the game really addicting and fun!

Submitted(+3)

Fun game, great visuals. Great work!

(+3)

My hand hurts (10/10 experience, would give a toddler to try)

Submitted(+3)

Simple and addictive game ! Love the competitiveness with the leaderboard.

Submitted(+3)

This game was fun

I like drawing so I tried to get a high score after my 1st run. It’s a relaxing game, despite the countdown, it reached a point where I could take it slower than the start. I like the variety of drawings, in my 4th run I still got new ones like a rabbit and a red car. My favorite is the dog and the color shapes

The progression of tools is good and can be used to get a new drawing if you don’t like the current one, but I think this should be expressed beforehand. In my first run I did the drawing, then pressed the unlock eraser and then it reset the drawing… It wasn’t a big deal and got an easier one but was a surprise haha

The song is nice, helps to relax and focus and never feels repetitive. I think it should be drawings that make you pick different pen size, you can do all the drawings with the base size and the fill tool and the visuals are pretty
I almost got 1st place but I threw hard because I didn’t paint the eyes of the crab and got 3rd, I’m still happy, the game was very fun and I think it’s the game I have spent most time in this jam

Great game! ^^

(I would put a drawing made in free draw mode but both times I didn’t make the outline correctly and the fill tool erased most of the face or body hahaha…)


Developer(+2)

Thank you for the detailed response! Glad you found some fun playing our game :)

Submitted(+3)

The artstyle and sound effects are perfectly dialed in. Thought I was doing pretty well until the leaderboard gave me a reality check! 10/10 would get jumpscared by LOSS again

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