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Niels Bohr: Ionited's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #27 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Theme | #46 | 3.957 | 3.957 |
| Controls | #61 | 3.435 | 3.435 |
| Accessibility | #74 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Overall | #84 | 3.224 | 3.224 |
| Fun | #105 | 2.870 | 2.870 |
| Audio | #112 | 2.783 | 2.783 |
| Graphics | #138 | 2.522 | 2.522 |
Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Godot Version
4.7.2
Theme Interpretation
It's about ions and every ion has a significant amount of charge.
Discord Username(s)
Lickuid
GWJ Participation Level
This is my first time participating in a game jam and my first game made with Godot!
Team Size
Solo developer
Generative AI Disclosure
I confirm that this jam entry does not contain any AI-generated content
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Comments
Very creative idea. I think having a tutorial inside the game, instead of outside, would be an improvement. Other than that, it's way easier than i thought, great job!
Thank you so much for givin it a try! Will surely keep that in mind for post-jam updates.
uh oh i think i might have learned something
neat idea here, good work!
thanks so much!
This was an interesting take, great work! I do wish there was a small tutorial somewhere in the game to prime me for what I needed to do in the game, but otherwise I was able to figure it out and have some good fun with it.
The VOD is linked below, and will be available for 60 days:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2859354744?t=1h18m39s
huge thanks for trying my game! there was an instruction to the game in itch page but it was kinda cool seeing you figure it out yourself.
I really enjoyed how much care and effort you put into the description. It was really well done! I do typically intentionally ignore the description as part of the review process (to allow the game to lead me without any anchoring) and then make sure to retry the game if there is anything major revealed as we review the description and ratings page at the end.
Nice game! Very cool take on the theme. I'm afraid my chemistry knowledge is extremely limited so I couldn't fully figure out which combinations work and which don't, but I had fun nonetheless giving it a couple goes!
Nice job, and congrats on completing your first jam!
Thanks so much for trying it out. Glad to see you enjoyed the game!
I enjoyed it! Initially was a bit intimidated by the chemistry theme, but the description explained the mechanics very well. I think encouraging certain types of combos could be something fun to play around with.
I initially missed that combos were a thing, but figured it out eventually. Got a best of 8076.
Grats on the first jam btw!
OMG it's even higher than my own high score I'm so impressed! Thx for giving it a try!
I liked the theming, and I love a good matching game. Nice work!
thank you!
I (as a physics guy) love the idea for your game! One thing I would change is to allow the player to make mistakes. Right now, you cannot really lose, just win less. It would be nice to be able to combine two elements even if their electron counts do not match up and have some randomized destructive reaction happen. I understand that graphics were not you key concern here, but for your next game, I would recommend you to at least create a higher contrast between the letters and the background colour of the ion for accessibility reasons. People with vision restrictions will have a hard time playing your otherwise very educational game. Overall, you managed to explain a rather complex topic very simply, great educational value!
wow thanks for the feedback. i had so many ideas for additional mechanics/game modes but your suggestion was something new and unique. i actually would add that feature to the game. thank you!
Cool, original idea. I think the rules explanation is a little confusing and could be made clearer, but once you get going its pretty fun and addictive!
thank you for giving it a try and your feedback. and yes i have to work on instructions page.
Very addicting little game. I only wish it was more fleshed out so i could combine more than 2 atoms.
The music got a bit repetitive, but you can turn it off so thats all good.
But i really like the concept and the overall game!
thanks very much for trying it. it was my first attempt to make my game's soundtrack myself so i can relate with that part xD i'll try to make better soundtracks!
The idea of matching atoms together is definitely something I wasn’t expecting!
wow that is actually a nice attempt! thanks for trying it.
The idea of turning all the chemical elements into a matching game is incredibly unique and cool! The gameplay is fun and blends well with the visuals and music.
thank you for trying it, had to review some old high school books but ig totally worth it lol
I thought i'd managed to balance some chemicals based on the + and - amounts, but it still wouldn't ionise for me. To be fair, I flunked chemistry so it's definitely a skill issue on my end.
yeah it's because you have to cancel multipliers of anions and cations for example you can't match 2 Na+ and 2Cl- with each other. because in chemistry we don't have Na2Cl2, you have to cancel them 1:1 and make NaCL means matching only one Na+ and one Cl-... hope i could explain it properly lol but anyway huge thanks for trying it!
I mean for someone who does not like chemistry that much I liked it, very charming the game has life to it also you forgot to set the song to looping :D
thanks! pretty sure i've set it to looping but thanks for the heads up i'll check it again.
I have no idea the music stopped for me