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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #706 | 3.878 | 3.878 |
| Audio | #1649 | 3.390 | 3.390 |
| Narrative | #1691 | 3.171 | 3.171 |
| Artwork | #1738 | 3.780 | 3.780 |
| Creativity | #1952 | 3.805 | 3.805 |
Ranked from 41 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 one year, a massive beast will arrive to fight. The player must build up defenses by completing counting tasks.
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Leo and Matthew
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This is so dope. Is the wizard single???
This is a blast, but also very stressful! Great game, love the art and all the different actions, you must have worked really hard to pull this together in 4 days!
Yesuh! Kindest way possible, this felt like an old school flash game, no rest for a second (Maybe could have had a lil' break between seasons? 😅), the whole vibe felt great, I've only gotten to August but I'll think I'll be back to try and get through the whole game!
Very fun concept. You can not take a second of rest. Very addictive.
I love everything about this game!! The art is hilarious, the music is so good, love that it slows when its night time! It's brilliant!!!
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Great game! really enjoyed the gameplay and the art was nice
Definitely my favorite game in this jam up until now. I absolutely love the low-res pixelated chunky doodle MS paint art style, it really reminds me of old hand-drawn point-and-click PC games (Humoungous Ent), Pizza Tower, you name it. The minigames, the wizard's expressions, and the meme sound effects all add so much charm to the experience. It also fits the theme beautifully, with every mini game having a counter as well as the final countdown. I couldn't reach winter, but I absolutely loved the game.
My only issue is with the tilted perspective. The orthographic view makes the grid cells rectangular, they have a very narrow vertical space to actually click on. I kept accidentally triggering minigames while getting swarmed because it was so hard to click the right tile. Other than that small UI quirk, this is a fantastic submission.
Aw, thanks! 😁