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Der Eiermann's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Narrative | #260 | 4.024 | 4.024 |
| Creativity | #335 | 4.286 | 4.286 |
| Audio | #437 | 3.810 | 3.810 |
| Artwork | #440 | 4.310 | 4.310 |
| Enjoyment | #554 | 3.952 | 3.952 |
Ranked from 42 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?
Take turns rolling dice and choosing a value to subtract from a counter. The one that causes the counter to dwindle to zero loses.
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
A Mystical & Ancient Roman Dice
snofaeratu
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/a-mystical-ancient-roman-dice-4bd2a504b30d4054a4d44d302f49457b
Victorian Coffee Table
Jamie McFarlane
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/victorian-coffee-table-ad38ff95b713412080992a48eab50899
Iftikhar Alam
Blood Spatter
https://www.vecteezy.com/png/59250467-vivid-blood-splatter-on-a-stark-transparent-background-creating-an-unsettling-horror-atmosphere-blood-splatter-on-transparent-background-horror-scene
Button Prompts
Xelu's Free controller & keyboard prompts
https://thoseawesomeguys.com/prompts/
Fading Textboxes
otakuchama
https://otakuchama.itch.io/fading-textbox
Wicker basket
incg5764
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/wicker-basket-7c30d436083045be803ea11b3ce22271
EggEgg 3D Model - Realistic
Neelam Devi
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/eggegg-3d-model-realistic-ca6caee3277b47738dc22a34a93e11b0
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The atmosphere from art to audio is amazing. The game is fun too. The faces mechanic changes things up a bit. Very well done!
Thank you so much for playing!!! ^^
Solid entry, there's some depth and planning despite being a random dice game. Great job !
We really tried to vary up the gameplay enough to help elevate the simple concept. Thank you so much for playing!!!
Waaaa, my favourite game in the Jam so far—maybe even my favourite game of the year! Horror games are usually not my thing, but I was completely intrigued by this one. The mechanics are fantastic. I love them so much!
That so nice ^^;**** thank you thank you! I always love compliments from non-horror fans! I believe there’s a bit of horror everyone can enjoy.
Incredible game and an even more incredible entry for a jam! I saw you made other horror games and it shows, you really nailed the ambience! Great work with sounds and writing! Also I don't know how much complexity went into the AI but it works well! Great job!
I loved the different eggs mechanics and the usable items, they were simple but added a nice layer of strategy. I'm one of the many that thought of Inscryption while playing it, but I think being compared to that masterpiece is a great accomplishment!
The Inscryption comparison always makes me happy ^^, thank you so much! I’m just the artist so I can’t speak for the coding but, Eiermann did spring out of my head and I really appreciate the love for the horror ambiance, writing, and sounds. Fun fact: the humming Eiermann does during the player’s turn is actually me, pitch shifted!
Fun story about the AI: I worked out statistics for each possible number. The AI also pays attention to what mask is next for the player. It assigns each number a score value based on those things. It then chooses the roll with the best score. Funny thing is the AI has some bugs so it doesn't pick the best score sometimes. I managed to fix the bugs, but then it felt too hard. The fixed version is now hard-boiled difficulty and the bugged one is normal haha.
I think what bugs you're referring too and I thought it was intentional for the normal difficulty so it works xD
Also I saw you had insane final results, all deserved, great job to both of you!
The reveal that we're an egg was really damn funny, really adds to the absurdity of the game. I don't really like RNG-based mechanics, sometimes you can kinda just fail even though you did everything else right. However, the items in this game can help prevent that from happening, it's too bad you can only use them once, maybe regaining the items in a risk vs reward challenge would be fair? The achievements were a really nice incentive to replay the game, I managed to beat the game on hard boiled but I couldn't get the ones where you can't lose a single round and not using any items.
Thank you so much for playing!! Yes, RNG was something we worried would frustrate people. In the amount of time we had I think we manage to balance it out pretty well. But we really want to implement more mask/items after the jam.
I really wanted the player to be presented with 3 items after each round and they choose one to keep. We only had time for 2 items though. We will for sure explore more ways to add strategy and remove the RNG frustration. Thanks so much for the feedback!
Really well eggs-ecuted! (haha) Easy to understand rules and very cool gameplay, well done!
Thank you, thank you! This is an egg-quisite compliment indeed!!
cool game
This is a cool game, I like the horror mood, simple rule but fun!
Thank you so much, that’s exactly what we’re going for!
Very cool. A lot of complexity added with different egg-man modes. I got the 666 achievement on first run!
Oh man!!! Niiice. I still haven’t managed that during my play testing, ha. Thank you for playing!
Thank you so much for playing and confirming that the Deviled Eggs achievement actually works 🤣
Very very awesome game! Nice job!
love the vibe and the egg relative things.
Well done!
Thank you, thank you! The egg relative things love you too!
You know what? I can see this becoming the next BUCKSHOT ROULETTE. I really, really loved that one!
That’s crazy high praise! We love Buckshot Roulette. Thank you so much! ^^
I have never been this afraid of an egg in my life... good job!
Enjoy your new egg phobia. Thanks for playing!
Three headed egg mask man... so spooky. Impeccable vibes!
Thank you kindly. He is the spookiest egg man around.
I have no idea how you managed to pack so much into a game in so little time. Incredible!
Thank you so much! We don’t know either!
Like I wrote on the game's page, this is super cool and the atmosphere is genuinely delicious!
Thank you so much again!!!
I really like the way you’ve put a new spin on the Nim game.
The different masks are a great addition, and the fact that you have to choose a number based on the dice roll adds a nice strategic layer involving probability.
Thank you for playing! I honestly had no idea this type of game has an official name, Nim. We love the different egg heads and hope to add more strategy to it after the jam.
That's so cool to hear about the Nim game! I actually have never heard of it before. I guess the game I remembered was a variant of some kind. I remembered playing a math game with a teacher during recess back in elementary school. We would start at 0 and take turns adding 1 or 2 . We were trying to get to 21 first. It felt super unfair because it was a solved game and they always beat me. I added dice to that concept, flipped it to counting down and decided trying to avoid reaching the target number was more fun.
Thank you for playing! I'm glad you enjoyed our variant of these memorable math games!
such a fun and spooky idea! loved the little egg puns in between!
Egg-quisite! Thank you for playing!!
!!! You have Percival. I’m coming for him. ;)
Hahaha he's actully my design, so this makes me so happy! He's all yours xD
I really enjoyed this one (and not just the egg puns!) Plus the creepy head change noise freaked my artist out which is great!
Thank you!! We went over the cracking sounds for a good bit. It’s actually different ice cracking sounds. (Tell your artist Der Eiermann is sorry for freaking them out. Come back to play anytime. Haha ^^)
This is like buckshot omelette
Awesome work all around! The atmosphere, character design, and the number going down captures the feeling of anxiety very well. The achievement system also adds a good amount of replayability.
The egg-modifiers each turn was a nice idea, I liked the 'adding the number instead of subtracting' in particular. I wish there were more interesting effects, maybe like 'subtract the number twice'?
Haha!! Buckshot Roulette was absolutely a huge inspiration. We REALLY wanted to add more faces but for the sake of the artist’s sanity (me) and our programmer’s we had to cut it short. But, keep an eye on it. After the jam we may add some things!
A charismatic opponent! I outplayed him, but I think he started cheating near the end)))
CHEAT. EIERMANN?? Gods, never. (Haha, thanks for playing!!)