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Goodbye Horses: Back to the Stable's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #42 | 3.524 | 3.524 |
| Theme | #101 | 3.524 | 3.524 |
| Overall | #106 | 3.362 | 3.362 |
| Originality | #123 | 3.524 | 3.524 |
| Fun/Gameplay | #152 | 3.095 | 3.095 |
| Art/Graphics | #159 | 3.143 | 3.143 |
Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Did your team create most/all of the graphics yourselves?
Yes all the graphics were hand created besides the fonts which are free assets
Did your team create most of/all the audio yourselves?
Yes, all the audio was hand created
How did you incorporate the theme "UNSTABLE"?
The horses have left the stable, therefore they are UNSTABLE-D :P
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Well, I have to give this a five out of five for the fantastic pun.
😭 Tysm!
We had very similar takes on the theme! As a fellow horse-game-maker, I approve! Nice job!
I liked the creative take on the theme! Sadly, I couldn't manage to catch a horse. Perhaps they were simply too fast for me. I feel like I'd have liked seeing more sugar cubes so I could slow that speedy horse down. It would have been nice to have a lasso.
Thank you for playing, the game does have a lasso mechanic! You throw with E and then play a meter matching mini game to catch! Hope you give it another try!
Ah! Apologies! I must have missed it in the description. I did manage to lasso the horse a few times but I found it tricky to balance dodging the logs with also playing the mini game to toss the lasso followed by the second minigame to tie it down. On the one hand, two minigames really made me feel like I could've really been wrangling a horse but given that the lasso can miss even if you succeed on the throw, perhaps I would have been a little less frustrated if getting the lasso around the horse was all I had to do. I'm thinking that maybe the solution was to slow the horse with sugar cubes first and then lasso the horse?
You could use the sugar cube to slow it down, but its not requierd to beat the game! Pro tip: After lassoing the horse leave the rope attached and focus on stabalizing your health and stamina. :D
I had a lot of fun while playing this and laughed a lot about how bad i was at it. I loved the BGM while playing too. Very cute and catchy!! At first I didn't know why my character was moving so slow, but once I realised it was connected to the stamina I thought it was a great touch. Thanks for sharing!
Yeah my biggest regret was not giving some kind of feedback to the player, lessons learned! Thank you for playing!
Thanks for playing!! Glad you liked the music, made it with love! :D
Cute and simple game. I was confused what to do at the beginning but when I read the description the game made a lot more sense lol. The one issue i had was that the hit box for the player seemed to be around the entire player rather than just the feet, which made knowing when to jump difficult since a log heading to the players head would seem like the log would go behind the player instead of colliding with the player. Overall fun, cute and simple game. Great job :D
yeah I didn’t really think about that until it was too late, you are right. I wish we could’ve done a tutorial as it seems that’s the main complaint (rightfully so haha). Lessons learned! Thank you for playing :)
Fun gameplay loved the idea! Music was brilliant nice job with that although took time to understand what was happening. Besides, a great game well done!
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We definitely should have had a tutorial!
So glad you liked the music 🥳
very fun gameplay
i only managed to catch 2 horses after playing for 10min haha, skill issue
Thanks for playing!!glad you enjoyed it :D
Awesome job on the music! It took me a bit to get the hang of the gameplay but it is actually pretty fun! Unique game, great job!
I was struggling with the arrangement, glad it payed off. Happy you enjoyed the game, we really enjoyed making it as well. :D
Congrats for your entry !
It reminds me of those Cuphead bosses, where you have to keep track of several simple things at the same time, which makes it really hard
Also I like the sky color palette, I think having a beautiful sky is underrated in games lol
One constructive comment : you could add some feedback when you get an input right on the vertical bar, in addition to the small horse head, maybe a sound effect or something. It would make it easier to keep track of where you're at
thanks for the feedback 😺 im glad you liked the sky, I tried really hard making the art (:
I 100% agree with you on that. I kinda noticed that a little too late, thank you for playing!
I realized I made the game very hard because I was playtesting the crap out of it and got so good at it, that I ended up upping the difficulty when it probably wasn't needed lol. For future jams, I learned that letting others playtest more is key.
The art style is so cute I love it. Great game but I'm not good at throwing lassos, I realized...
glad you like the art, sunny gave it her all!
Interesting game, not so easy. I like it
Glad you like it!
Pro tip: After lassoing the horse leave the rope attached and focus on stabalizing your health and stamina. Wait for a lane with not many obstacles to match the boxes. Hope you give it another go!
The theme usage is hilarious :D I liked the game but it was a bit hard for me. I did enjoy the catching mechanic and the graphics. Good work! :)
Thanks for palying, a littlw tutorial wouldve been nice if we had the time. cx
Pro tip: After lassoing the horse leave the rope attached and focus on stabalizing your health and stamina. Wait for a lane with not many obstacles to match the boxes. Hope you give it another go!
I like the way the theme was incorporated. It took a while to understand what I needed to do, and then it was enjoyable. Nice entry. Music is great.
Thank you for playing!
A brilliant way to implement the theme, good job! :)
Thank you for playing!
Love the music! Took me a minute to get what I needed to do, but was an interesting concept. Nice Work!
Thanks for playing! im so happy you liked the music :D the gameplay is a bit tricky at first but its pretty entertaining once you get the hang of it.
Pro tip: After lassoing the horse leave the rope attached and focus on stabalizing your health and stamina. Wait for a lane with not many obstacles to match the boxes. Hope you give it another go!
Hey thanks for making this game! I had trouble understand what I needed to do but when I did figure it was pretty fun. The second level I struggle a bit though.
Thank you for playing! We ran out of time to make at tutorial but I put the instructions in the description!
Thanks for playing! it's a bit hard at first but very fun once you get a hang of it.
Genius theme interpretation lol! Super nice polish on this one, great work!
Thank you! :)