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Guardian of the Treasure's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #468 | 2.117 | 2.444 |
| Quirkiness | #506 | 2.213 | 2.556 |
| Secondary Theme Interpretation | #518 | 1.828 | 2.111 |
| Gameboy Soul | #557 | 1.828 | 2.111 |
| Overall | #559 | 1.812 | 2.093 |
| Soundtrack/SFX | #563 | 1.155 | 1.333 |
| Graphics | #571 | 1.732 | 2.000 |
Ranked from 9 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
You are defending your greatest treasure. Your children.
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Nice take on the theme :)
I think that was a nice top down shooter. That was fun to play. Of course lacks of game juice, but it's normal for a prototype.
A few things I wanted to point out : the enemies doesn't deal you damage when you touch them and the menu buttons are very small so aren't at gameboy's resolution and can only be clicked with mouse (there is no mouse on the original GB). Also I think a pretty small thing that actually does a big difference is a background for the ground.
The game felt silent but, once again, it's okay for a prototype.
Good job you were able to ship something in time !
Sweet take on the treasure, making your family the thing you are guarding gives every wave real stakes, and the little family huddled together in the pen at the top of the arena is a lovely touch. nice job
It's very fun to defend my family :)
this is a cool top down shooter. I noticed the jam page has shoot and dash backwards though. For a gameboy game the only thing i want to point out is that gameboy don’t have a mouse so it wouldn’t be playable. It was still really fun though.
Third game I've played from the Jam. Guardian of the Treasure knows what it is and plays around with a few different concepts to explore the genre of a top down shooter. As far as I could tell, it adheres to the limitations set upon us by the jam, so in that fashion, it certainly succeeded! Although the second theme interpretation seemed to be limited to a joke in the description.
I enjoyed my limited experience with Guardian of the Treasure, even though I was yearning for a slightly more polished experience from time to time. I hope the dev tries to iterate on what's there already as the controls, gameplay and general fluidity of the game are solid and the potential is certainly there.
For a solo dev on their first game jam journey, I couldn't help but relate. It's our first time too and so many unforseen issues can just manifest out of nowhere.
As the game dev said in their game's description: "I hope that in its current form it will give you a little while of fun" and that it certainly did.
Shakespeare is not dead
I wanted to do my due diligence on all my queued ratings for the Jam!