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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #12 | 4.655 | 4.655 |
| Soundtrack/SFX | #60 | 3.931 | 3.931 |
| Overall | #66 | 3.816 | 3.816 |
| Secondary Theme Interpretation | #93 | 3.569 | 3.569 |
| Quirkiness | #107 | 3.724 | 3.724 |
| Gameplay | #166 | 3.379 | 3.379 |
| Gameboy Soul | #201 | 3.638 | 3.638 |
Ranked from 58 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game meet GBJam's theme
Where does gold's value derive from? Is it its shinyness? Mostly, we presume.
In Eriq Topson and The Treasure of Hollow Island not only are there shiny, valuable, olden and golden objects to be retrieved, but also guilded memories to be forged and reminisced.
The people that esper archaeologist extraordinaire Eriq Topson must help reunite with their lost prized posessions have much more than gratitude to offer in return: they offer information.
And in Archaeology? In SCIENCE?
Well, that's as good as gold.
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Big scope! The art and the audio is superb. Fun to play. Great job!
well done. Love the graphics and the interaction with the characters is fun.
The pixel art is just so compelling I had no choice but to play it. Really outstanding character work here, whoever was doing that is getting 5 stars from me. I liked Oblongo the best, but there's a lot of good ones packed in here. Great work.
lovely work with the pixel art. The sprites, the color palette, portraits, and UI are all top tier. It is something that you would see in a classic gameboy game that was a RPG. L
The characters and writing in this were awesome! The spritework is soooooooo clean. I also applaud the restraint in keeping the difficulty within reason. Well done. Super polished entry.
There was an impressive amount of content, assets, and love put into this game within the time constraint! This was a great submission with a ton of charm! I'm very partial to Ribbitony and Oblongo's designs.
There was an impressive amount of content, assets, and love put into this game within the time constraint! This was a great submission!
Amazing graphics and color palette! The characters are all very unique and add a lot of charm to the town. The gameplay was harder than I expected, especially that last challenge needing to be done in one shot, but definitely doable.
I played this on stream today (recording here) in case you’re interested in watching someone die many times in your game. I had a good time, great job with the game!
Awesome stream, it is always nice to see someone playing for the first time your own game that you already know how to beat, I'm sorry for those spike traps xD, you have to have faith and walk over them I suppose haha
Thanks for playing it! Your game was amazing btw!
haha yeah I realized after I read some other comments afterward. Surprised I was able to somehow make it through without ever realizing that’s how it worked 😅
A nice game with very pretty graphics! The color palette is very well used here!
Loved the Animal Crossing-style talking SFX. The art and colour palette are gorgeous, and the character designs are really stylish. I especially liked how well the character sprites translated into the larger dialogue portraits.
Really impressive amount of personality packed into a jam game.
The game is Top-son notch!
Holy shit, what great art! And that color palette... I had to check it every 5 minutes because I couldn't believe the depth you created with just 4 colors! Impressive what you guys managed to create in such a short time. One of the top games in this jam!
Art is amazing, story telling is great. Very very very solid game! Good job!
Extremely polished. The art and sound were great! The dialogue was enjoyable to read and the punny townpeople gave me a good chuckle. Giving players an easy exit after solving the puzzle is always nice! Ribbitonys puzzle was brutal.
Really enjoyed this one! Great job!
Maybe the real treasure were the friends we made along the way.
This is really neat! A good game filled to the brim with character! Nice art and music to boot too!
Good joj!
To start of with what I liked less, the gameplay felt a bit light and sometimes hard to read, and there was lot of strange scrolling issues with sprites not being all in sync
But still a very good entry, the art is lovely (super fan of those chunky little houses), the palette felt super refreshing and all character design are so good. Congrats !
Very impressive and complete gameplay for just 10 days! All the art and SFX was also well made. You all must have worked very hard on this
Extremely well done and polished.
Great little game. Definitely nailed the gameboy look and feel with this one. Loved the palette. Overall, well done!
Incredibly polished, especially the detail with the NPC dialog and the voice effects. Excellent audio and art.
I loved the character design!!! A very beautiful game