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A jam submission

The village mystery (for game jam)View game page

Submitted by Sára — 1 minute, 14 seconds before the deadline
Rated by 31 people so far
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How does the game fit the theme?
Villager needs to investigate the village mystery and unleash dark secrets

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
All assets used in the game aren't originally mine!

How many people worked on the game?
1

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Comments

Submitted

Nice Game

Submitted

Loved it!. Incredible job for only 1 person. It reminded me a bit to stardew valley. Also the music was amazing.

Submitted(+1)

Fun little game, loved the underground part, good work !

Developer

thanks a lot! glad you enjoyed :)

Submitted(+1)

Fun little storry, liked to go through all of it

Don't hesitate to rate our game: /jam/brackeys-16/rate/4942051

Developer (1 edit)

thank you! your game is absolutely outstanding!

Submitted(+1)

CUTE GAMEEE! I was really fun playing this, loved the art style, loved the world it was set it too. If you've got plans on expanding on parts of this game I'd defo love to come back to this is the future :)

Developer

Thank you so much!! :D might expand in the future.. who knows ;))

Submitted (3 edits) (+1)

This is the most charming game I've rated so far!

Some constructive feedback:

  • For topdown/2.5D games, one technique you could do is to sort the rendering by their Y position, so that sprites near the top of the screen are rendered at the back. (Check out this video)
  • I think the background music had some sort of positional audio setting since the more I move to the left the more it pans to the right, and vice versa. Not a big deal though.
  • Some of the collisions still felt off, but I didn't get stuck at all anywhere like others mentioned and managed to complete the game, so great job on fixing that

Other than that, loved the graphics, the level/map designs, and the chill background music, which fits well with the overall vibe of the game. I wish we could attack the enemies in the dungeon level, I wandered around the entire map trying to fend them off before finally finding the wizard 😂

Keep it up!

Developer

thank you so much! :DD

Submitted(+1)

Great art style! Only feedback i have is with the collisions and maybe adding some background audio (as other people have said). But other than that its overall a pretty good game

Developer

yep thank you very much!

Submitted(+1)

I think I made a mistake and trusted them...
Love animation of rotating
Is collider on grass also part of theme?

Developer

thank youu and nope the collider on grass wasn't actually part of it hahah i made a few mistakes there

Submitted(+1)

The visuals were super adorable! Excellent choice! 

People have already mentioned the UI and collision issues, but I had fun exploring the world! The wizard was untrustworthy, just like the villagers said!

(I'll be petitioning the council of pixelated wizarding elders to revoke his membership forthwith.)

Developer

thank you so much! :D

(+1)

super cute game design! keep it up !

Submitted(+1)

Cute but wasnt sure how to get past the 2nd stage, colliders are very wierd too, need full screen option, also should maybe but some background audio 

Developer

noted! thank you!

Submitted(+2)

The mechanics and quests work as intended, but as others mentioned, the collisions are a bit janky—especially in the second level and around the grass sprites, where it's easy to get stuck. The UI text could also use a contrast boost for better readability, and adding some background music would take the vibe to the next level.
Loved the cute visuals and the story!

Developer

yes, all noted! thanks a lot :)

Submitted(+1)

Super cute game! I had some issues with collisions on the second level. All of your mechanics seemed to work as intended. Great job!!

Developer

thank you very much!

Submitted(+1)

It's a good entry! but I see some clear points of improvement:

  • Better UI, The text color of the interface is hard to read, and may not be accessible for colorblind people
  • Some collisions are a bit weird, sometimes the player get stuck when walking through grass sprites

Other than that the quests and story is nice! 

Developer

thank you! indeed i made some mistakes on the collisions and forgot to fix them. :)

Submitted(+1)

The colliders in the second section felt a bit broken. When I saw the sword at the very end, I honestly thought I was going to attack, but after wandering around a bit, I realized it was just for beating up the wizard. The art style is really charming, and I especially loved the turning left and right mechanic!

Developer(+1)

yess the colliders created some issue because i created a new tileset as well as collisions for each level but then i forgot to remove some tiles from the collision itself. but thank you for your feedback!

Submitted(+1)

Cute design! It would be even better with some background music :D

Developer

i didn't think of that! thank you :D

Submitted(+1)

Overall the game looks good , stick to the theme

Developer

thank you! i tried adapting it to the theme as much as possible :)

(+1)

I love the design and the story. Well done!

Submitted(+1)

cute

Developer

thank you!