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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme! - How well the themes were used! | #1 | 4.462 | 4.462 |
| Creativity - Unique features, gameplay or other cool stuff! | #3 | 3.538 | 3.538 |
| Audio - Was the audio original? Well integrated and immersive? Enjoyable? | #3 | 3.308 | 3.308 |
| Overall | #4 | 3.218 | 3.218 |
| Execution - Is it reasonably polished? Do all the bits come together well? | #6 | 2.692 | 2.692 |
| Visuals - Was it pretty to look at? Did they have a lot of original assets? | #6 | 2.923 | 2.923 |
| Fun! - Did you feel excitement? Were you engaged? Were you compelled to play? | #6 | 2.385 | 2.385 |
Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Were all assets created by you?
This is my first game, so I tried to create nearly everything from scratch, to learn as much as possible. I made extenstive use of the Unity documentation and Learn platform, along with a plethora of YouTube tutorials.
Made for the 2016 SummerTime GameJam! V2 over 1 1/2 weeks during my winter break.
Beautiful music composed, performed and recorded by my amazing partner Jake
Concept from my sister-in-law India
Playtesting expertly done by my 9 year old stepdaughter Willow
Game Engine: Unity 6.4
Original 3D (models) and 2D assets (UI, skybox), created in Blender and GIMP
All scripts/ code for the game was created from scratch
Original custom shader for the water - I'm pretty proud of this one!
Only AI use was for getting feedback on my code and asking for tips on optimising it
Sound effects acquired using the free license from https://www.weloveindies.com/en
Font used: https://www.fontspace.com/matchalab-font-f152708
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Here are a few points that I hope are constructive: the game feels like it’s missing water, since the screenshots show some and in my playthrough my sandcastle slowly crumbles without any visible water around it. This might be a shader bug related to your WebGL version? There’s also an issue with the sound settings UI, which is far too small; making it larger would definitely improve readability.
Other than that, this is a very good jam game that fits the theme perfectly, and it’s also very relaxing. Well done!
Congrats and fantastic work on your first game!!! You’re already showing some great design instincts. I loved the music and the responsive UI. The tide wasn’t showing up for me unfortunately but still - good job and keep going!
I love the elevation indicator/score keeper icon that grows on the right side. Much more fun than a number! This was a simple but clever use of both themes and I look forward to rating it when rating starts ;)