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A jam submission

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Merge four aliens into three, three into two, two into one — then walk it home before the floor gives way.
Submitted by dwursteisen — 5 hours, 17 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#5084.2084.208
Enjoyment#12093.7083.708
Artwork#19753.7083.708
Narrative#28132.8332.833
Audio#40482.8752.875

Ranked from 24 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?
You need to set the alien population from 4 to 3 to 2 to 1 to escape the level.

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
I created all the sound/visual by myself using Aseprite.

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Comments

Submitted

Such a cute and creative idea, well done!

Submitted (1 edit)

Cute & clear sprites, the gameplay experience is refined, but the challenge level is too high. I couldn't manage to pass stage 2. A hint system or better demonstration of the game's mechanics through a tutorial or extra levels wouldn't go astray. I enjoyed the game's description, I like some lore & effort being put in there.

Submitted

Really good idea, the game feels to punishing at points but with more testing will be perfect

Submitted

Super neat idea and theme interpretation. Incredibly frustrating to play. It feels like there's only one strategy to doing well / one solution to each level, despite the very large possibility space. I was never trapped by the breaking tiles, I was always just out of moves. Despite my criticism, I feel strongly that there is a lot of potential here. And the visuals are great! Good job.

Submitted

I am too dumb for this game, but this is a creative puzzle! 

Submitted

Took me 60 moves but I beat it. Level 4 was too hard! The sound gets annoying fast.

This is fun. Very cute and clever. NGL, though. There's a lot of copy to read to understand what I'm doing here. Took me a round or two to figure out what I was supposed to do when I only had a one-eyed alien left. 

Submitted

Really polished game, fun and challenging, well done.

The only drawback i can see is that it's kinda hard to predict where the aliens will be scattered after a merge.

Submitted

I really like the aesthetic, nice job. I think I'll have to give tiny a go

Submitted

Hell of a game to play after a sleepless night lol, this was really elegantly designed. Frustratingly intuitive but inscrutable at the same time, good work!