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A jam submission

Magnificent Mary's Marvelous Manuscript MayhemView game page

Race against time to reshelve classic books - by author, title, even Dewey number - before the stack collapses.
Submitted by theminizilla — 17 hours, 16 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#563.0623.455
Graphics#673.3843.818
Accessibility#982.4172.727
Overall#1052.6132.948
Originality#1112.8203.182
Controls#1232.1762.455
Theme#1252.4172.727
Fun#1342.0152.273

Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Godot Version
4.7.1

Theme Interpretation
You have a certain amount of time, an impending doom of books falling over and shelving books in order to not lose

Source
no

Discord Username(s)
theminizilla, leezilla

GWJ Participation Level
2

Team Size
2

Generative AI Disclosure

I confirm that this jam entry does not contain any AI-generated content

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Comments

Submitted (2 edits)

As a former bookseller, and dyslexic as hell, the imminent doom and trauma/anxiety around shelving under time pressure was very real for me playing this. The memories. The horror. :D

Really nice aesthetic, and controls are quite simple which is accessible, though I didn’t realise I could slide the ladder along at first.

The UI was really clear and responsive.

Nice job!

Tim

Submitted

Really cool idea! 

Submitted

Cool idea in an interesting setting!

Submitted

The art is really good, the music feels very cozy. I just wish there was a way to check which book is which, otherwise it feels far to difficult.

Still a pretty sweet submission!

Submitted

I really like the art for this!

Submitted (1 edit)

Hello, thanks for the game, here are some comments in no particular order:

  • cant go back to menu from game or adjust volume in game
  • didnt realize you can move the ladder with e
  • i also would like to go up by holding w, not clicking individual steps
  • nice music and art
  • for some reason opening the book info menu feels like its interrupting the game
  • theres a lot of remembering which book was what, maybe they should have some identifier written in them, i know they are different colors and sizes but my pea brain forgets so easy what is what, so maybe it would be nice to have either some hint on what book is what by letters or make it easier to check

Overall nice vibe you have!

Submitted

Figured out I could use interact at the bottom of the ladder to move it - very cute pixel art! And I loved the polish on the menus!

Submitted

A cute cozy game that made me very anxious.

Does the ladder move? I spent my first round trying to figure that out.