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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #4 | 4.240 | 4.240 |
| Graphics | #4 | 4.754 | 4.754 |
| Secondary Theme Interpretation | #8 | 4.197 | 4.197 |
| Gameplay | #13 | 4.213 | 4.213 |
| Soundtrack/SFX | #13 | 4.279 | 4.279 |
| Gameboy Soul | #64 | 4.115 | 4.115 |
| Quirkiness | #69 | 3.885 | 3.885 |
Ranked from 61 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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This game rocks. I love the unique mechanic based on the story of Midas and the puzzles were greatly designed, too. The game's sprites and animations are so charming and it all feels more like a modern take on Game Boy visuals. I think the screen shake really adds to the experience, really adding weight to the boxes landing. The sound effects and music are fun to hear and feel unmistakably Game Boy!
I'm glad you fixed the softlock, because this game would've been impossible to beat.
Overall, this is one of my favourites from this jam and you guys did an amazing job! I can totally see this becoming a full game!
I really liked it, I loved the graphics and the puzzles, I got soft locked in a room but then I saw you fixed that and played the other version and then I completed the game. I love when the game is intuitive and I can complete them xD. When I saw gifs I didn't see any interesting puzzle but that changes when playing it. Awesome entry.
Really really nice pixel art! Love all the little details such as the particles and the little variations in the light around the player! Controls and overall gameplay feel very responsive, and the music is great! Also the little fall animation at the beginning kind of reminded me of Deltarune XD
did find a little bug where the key in this screen redirected to the lock at the end of the previous screen, which also blocked you from going back after having entered the screen
did a bit of testing as to when this exactly happened, but in the end couldn't really find any patterns
also did a little speedrun afterwards, not really sure if it's any good, but it was fun regardless :D
Had a blast playing this one, keep it up ^^
Super clean entry! Very satisfying platformer and puzzling.
The game was so nice and good experience - lovely work! I think what really blew it out of the water was the animation and pixel art. holy cow - the pixel art is clean and so polished. Props to the artist on this!
What are the keyboard controls? I couldn't get anything except the X and Z keys to do anything... so I could get thru the title screen and into the game, but cannot move the character to get the crutch and actually start playing. I tried both the original post and the fixed one you added after.
Arrow keys, though you can remap them from the settings
Arrow keys not working, can’t remap if you can’t get to settings. Gotta be something about my setup. Using Safari on a Mac.
just tried it on safari and yep, it indeed doesn't work. gamemaker games generally tend to not play well with browsers outside chrome/chromium based ones so there isn't a ton i can do
Loved it, especially the art style!
It has a strange design, and it turned out really well.
I rlly like how polished it is! ITs one of my favorites! Also the main mechanic is dope. Great job!
Oh my graphics! Great art style, very polished. Lots of little details too, like the screen shake making the falls feel heavy.
I loved the scaling effect of the falling animation at the beginning. It had a lot of Game Boy soul, like Link falling through a hole.
The main character had a lot of personality, the entire game did. There’s lots of puzzle variety, and the game teaches you how everything works without overexplaining it.
This was excellent. I only wish there was more of it!
What a great game! Also a true audio visual inspiration. Design is also top notch. So cool!
Amazing game! One of the best I've played in this jam for sure. I only wish it was a bit longer because I was enjoying it so much :)
One of the best games of the jam for sure! I was pretty bad at it and got soft locked like a lot of times lol. Other than that, really polished and such a unique story concept! Great use of the color palette too it felt like there were 100 colors.
Slight bug found, managed to not kill this mimic and got stuck.
Still, a fun little game, I'll have to come back to it.
that room is... yeah. if only i had time to do more testing! glad you liked the game regardless
A favorite of mine so far, I really love the artwork and visual effects. You knocked it out of the park with this one!
Very nice idea, love execution and puzzles inside. I had lots of fun playing
Genius! The graphics are top notch
Beautiful color palette, and a mechanic that is executed very well. Reminds me of Nitrome games.
Music....GOLD. Graphics.....GOLD. Gameplay......GOLD. It's GOLD JERRY it's GOLD!
Amazing job everyone, you should all be proud of this game. Just fantastic!
fun and super beautiful!