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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #776 | 3.653 | 3.653 |
| Creativity | #1196 | 3.980 | 3.980 |
| Artwork | #1262 | 3.939 | 3.939 |
| Enjoyment | #1546 | 3.612 | 3.612 |
| Narrative | #1847 | 3.122 | 3.122 |
Ranked from 49 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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You are under constant pressure from a countdown. Numbers count down and decay in real-time as well as a timer counting down your shift, the pace picks up as your next shift goes on. If a number counts down to 0, that sector corrupts and starts a chain reaction that damages nearby data. Sort them before the countdown runs out!
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Really loved the style and visuals; the shifts from 1-9 were not that hard, but when I got to 10 I just died immediately. Still, I had fun!
The CRT effect is sick
The CRT effect is sick
this is by far the coolest one ive seen so far
Lovely graphics, I personally love the good old CRT effect.
Although I did get a little dizzy playing the game, it was overall pretty fun, and pretty hard, or maybe it's just me; I don't really know hahaha
I love that you made a severance game. The rules make sense, but I think the shift having a limited time detracts from the experience. In the show Macrodata Refinement is shown to be sort of monotonous and slow. This game makes you frantically look for the numbers. I think if you were to take some inspiration from the swap-three genre so players can make clump like-numbers together before refining it could be a much more accurate experience.
That said, I really do like the concept. I just think it could be refined a bit (haha get it?).
Oh one more thing: the warning/shaking shader is far too intense. An intensity slider in a settings menu would definitely benefit this game.
Thanks for the feedback 😁
As soon as I heard the music playing I was like "Wait... I now this song" and when I saw the numbers in the screen I got it. Very fun! The art was very well done