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How does your game meet GBJam's theme
We associate the concept of "old gold" with the old photos and memories—specifically, the fleeting memories and recollections captured only in images. The passage of time is evident even in physical objects, and that is where our photo restorer comes into play.
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I love this approach of "old gold", the valued memories we collective have. ima cry. With the art, it reminds me alot of the classic pixel games which I think doubles the layer on emotions when applying that to the theme
All in all, this really brought me back to the gameboy games that are fun puzzles and provide that simple relaxation. The music too is nice, almost retro study music, and works well with your approach/design.
Thank you so much! We're glad you liked the approach we took. Just as you said, we tried to create something relaxing while also weaving a hidden story into the images the player reveals. We appreciate your time and by the way, your game is really lovely too. I really liked the art you did for it!
Awesome art, one of my fav so far in this jam. The interpretation of the theme was also lovely, and quite different from what I've seen around in general.
That being said, I feel like the gameplay aspects of it felt a bit weaker in comparison, the photo cleaning minigame was a bit confusing until I read the itchio page description, I feel like it would've been nicer if there was some sort of in game tutorial, and the photo repairing one was quite simple and significantly too easy compared to the cleaning one.
BUT, in general it is still a very very charming and great game, great work👌
thank you !!
Nice touch opening on the 03:00 AM card, it sets the hour and the mood in one screen. and the lamp cone over the tools between jobs shows the work without needing a cutscene. nice job
thank you
nice work
Nice interpretation of the theme and cozy atmosphere! The soundtrack was really well done, and the story art was cool.
Thank you for the kind words 🙏
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Thank you 🙏
loved the theme interpretation and the artwork. I was expecting something a bit lower stakes from the core idea and then felt like i was going to get a repetitive strain injury trying to piece together photos in time. Otherwise a lovely game with lovely art and story. certainly has a gameboy soul to it.
We are absolutely delighted that you liked our approach to the concept and enjoyed the difficulty of the minigames.
Thank you so much for your time and for appreciating our work.
Glad you liked it, I'll try to make it a bit more responsive . Thanks for the feedback
Try it with a controller, it's much easier.
Charming idea but the mechanics of the bug game were not intuitive and it wasn't clear what the win condition for it actually were, even after I'd played a few times and won twice.
We will definitely add a small section to explain better the minigame controls. thank you so much for your time!
thanks so much Chilari!