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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #3377 | 3.508 | 4.000 |
| Enjoyment | #3913 | 3.070 | 3.500 |
| Audio | #5650 | 2.543 | 2.900 |
| Artwork | #6439 | 2.631 | 3.000 |
| Narrative | #7531 | 1.930 | 2.200 |
Ranked from 10 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?
Puppet starts with five strings (only 4 can control), each mistake may cause one string to break. The number of remaining strings decreases from four to zero, when the final string breaks, the puppet dies. This is the game’s interpretation of “Count Down”.
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This game got character! I with there was a little bit more content to it. Like maybe so way to restore the strings or a leaderboard to see how I compare to others
A very unusual concept, I think it could be developed further. The keyboard controls also feel a little awkward, it would be great to have customizable key bindings! Nice work!
Thanks for the feedback! I originally designed the keyboard controls to feel a bit like typing. F and J are where your index fingers naturally rest, so your middle fingers would naturally be on E and I for the other controls, while Space is used for the special move.
I’m also considering developing it into a more complete version, since the final look and feel turned out quite different from what I originally imagined 😂
VERY NOICE. Actually creative and fun and maybe a good mobile game as well.
Thanks for playing! I’m actually considering making it a mobile game. It turned out quite different from what I originally imagined—I initially wanted it to feel cool and stylish, but now it’s leaning more toward being a comedy game!
The game is really interesting and fun to play!
Thanks for playing!
The game is really interesting and fun to play!
An unusual concept for a jam and I like it!
Thanks for playing! I spent quite a while developing this concept. Although the final result turned out a little different from what I originally had in mind, I’m still really happy with how it came together!
Took me a sec, but then was actually more fun than I was expecting. Basically like testing your timing + how good your understanding of the arc trajectories are, which is satisfying bc they're physics driven
Thanks for playing! We spent quite a while figuring out the gameplay and how to fit it into the theme, so I’m really happy you had fun with it!
Really cool but doesn't really have anything to do with the theme in my opinion.
Thanks for the feedback! When I came up with the idea, I wanted to avoid interpreting the theme too literally and explore a different way of expressing it. The puppet’s five strings represent its life. Each time a string breaks, its remaining life counts down from five toward zero, and when all the strings are gone, the puppet dies. This countdown also functions as the game’s health system. That said, I understand that I could have communicated this connection more clearly in the game.