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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!
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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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i love this game! it took two tries but i love the creativity; all the minigames related to the clock tower, and i definitely felt the pressure of time ticking down on the third level. it's incredible that you were able to do this in just four days. also, the tutorial was great and made the game feel super intuitive! thank you so much for the fanart btw!!! <3
Good game bro this is amazing.
Okay the artwork and audio for this game is top notch, as everyone has pointed out. The gameplay didn't click for me but you guys did an incredible job. This game has a very good sense of style
Sorry, I think I got this game for free somehow?
I'm finding it hard to believe you made this in 4 days
Fantastic job! Well produced art, music, sound, mechanics, story, ...the works!
The game is so good
As others have said amazing execution of a great idea, it’s polished and clear, I would only say that the main mechanic of wiggling the mouse or other mechanics of minigames I less liked, but the feel was good overall
It is very difficult to argue that this is not one of the strongest entries in the jam. Every aspect of the game feels exceptionally polished: the narrative, creativity, visuals, audio, and the overall enjoyment it delivers.
I even spent several minutes on the main menu just listening to the music before starting the game. The soundtrack immediately made a strong impression.
This is clearly the work of a very talented team. Everything feels thoughtfully made, and I honestly have no meaningful criticism to add. A fully deserved 5/5 in every category. Amazing work!
Absolute peak
HOLY MOLY! I need the ability to rate Music and Artwork 6/5 purely for this game! Absolutely insane work for 4 days!
Such a polished game... Beautiful artwork, and the music with the ticking of the clock was a cherry on top!
This is such a polished game, it's amazing this was created in only 4 days!
The art, writing, and music are all super cute, and everything in the world felt super reactive with the controls which I really liked. You guys are awesome as always and can't wait to play more of your guys' games!
Pretty character design!
Great Game so polished and enjoyable
Beautiful!!! I love the music and the atmosphere. Great job!
What can I say, it's peak. First of all, the entire ost SLAPS, got it on my playlist (of 1000+ tracks), and it'll be a treat to hear it when it shows up from time to time, it's so good, love the main menu and opening cutscene music in particular, I'm also curious if the opening cutscene music had some inspirations from music in Tears of the kingdom (zelda), certain little sections sounded quite similar, either way it's an excellent track. Now for the visuals, obviously it's also incredible, the main menu UI to the environment, to the characters to the minigames. I can't even say anything of interest as its too good lol. The gameplay is also pretty fun too, the minigames are all quite fun but not too hard, having to fix the pipes that weren't part of the path to the water was a little unintuitive but wasn't a big issue at all. My only real criticism is that I wish the big bell could of been hit for a nice "bing bong" sound, that would of made the game an 11/10 but it'll sadly just have to be a 10/10. Excellent work to the whole team, y'all should be proud of yourselves! Great job!
Thank you so much for playing our game and enjoying the music! I was given the first illustration from the cutscene to work with; the first two chords came naturally in my head before I expanded on the theme. I haven't played Tears of the Kingdom, but the flourishes in the piano (and harpsichord in the intermission theme) were actually inspired by Trevor Alan Gomes's arrangement of Scarlet Forest from Deltarune. Thanks again for playing!
That's actually really cool! His work is really incredible too, didn't realize it was him who did the credits for chapter 5 even though I've listened to it plenty of times lol, but it's a really great arrangement!
Beautiful music and art! Everything was so polished, while also having a cool narrative! Great job!
Really lovely cohesion of the theme and the gameplay, the visuals and SFX tie everything together very well. I found the gameplay not repetitive which is what I feared. Everything is very polished, just would have loved to see an end to the narrative. I enjoyed it a lot, great job :)
Absolutely amazing, I did not expect a game feeling so "full". If not for the length (which still is not low) I would believe it's a demo of some full game