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A jam submission

Elliot and the Secret of DawnfordView game page

A game made for the Game Boy Jam 14
Submitted by Roberto Romao — 2 hours, 46 minutes before the deadline
Rated by 18 people so far
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The Town hides a secret treasure!

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Submitted

Really nice graphics and an unique colour palette. The idea is nice too but could use with some polish, like more sfx and a tutorial for the fishing. Would be cool if you can give people fish or items you buy to improve their heart rating too.

Submitted

Nice game, also, I really like the character portraits in the game.

Submitted

The art and palette choice on this were phenomenal! The music also matched the vibe really well. The gameplay took me a minute to figure out how to do the fishing correctly, because if you just tap to start the fishing part it basically immediately exits back out hahahaha, but I always love a fishing game!

Narratively it felt a little bit sparse, and it didn’t really feel like there was a lot of “progression” in the fishing from what I could feel, but I still enjoyed playing it!

I did also figure out I could game the stamina system =3 as long as I had more bait and selected “keep fishing” once my stamina ran out, it started going back up instead hehehehe

Submitted (4 edits) (+1)

Very cool game, LOVED the character art!
- The fishing game can get very addictive despite it's simplicity lol
- There's a couple weird harmless bugs around mostly regarding the dialogue system, it's nothing game-breaking.
- Maybe it's just me being a musician but i found it slightly lacking in the SFX department? It could really help to juice up the fishing game!
- Lastly, i think a little bit of in-game dialogue on the "secret treasure the town holds" at the beginning would have helped to tie up the theme a bit more. 

Overall a really SOLID entry, great job guys! I'd really like it if you guys to keep working on the game when the whole voting ends.

Also, this guy/dudette is my favorite lovely fellow they're a bit timid but i dig their style  

Submitted(+1)

Nice to see a fellow Construct 3 dev submit a game! :D

Really digging the art direction and colors!

Played a bit while watching some YT videos on the side - this is a cozy/ chill game - not sure if there is a goal/ ending to the game but it was fun just catching fish and selling them to the shop - gradually getting better bait and fishing for higher quality fish.

I saw a few NPC's with a heart meter - I guess we can improve the relationships "Persona" style? Still figuring out how to progress this but I might just need to play a bit more.

I saw a few dialogue boxes appearing from a previous/ other character instead of the current character I am speaking with - maybe their interaction collision boxes might be a bit generous? XD

The vibes are definitely passing the check.

Great work on the game!

Submitted(+1)

I love the art, especially the character designs. And the UI was way cool. For the fishing mini game, it could help to add a pause between when the fish appears and when you need to hold the button to reel it in. I blinked and missed what I was supposed to do a few times! (but I might just be old)

Submitted(+1)

Very nice graphics, I like the game but the fishing gameplay was a bit hard to play, too much informations was displayed at once and it didn't have any onboarding prior

The town is nice to explore

Submitted(+1)

Very fun experience!! I love the spritework and all the mechanics that were put into the game! Despite running into some bugs while playing, the gameplay itself was very entertaining and I loved interacting with all the NPCs and reaching the end!

Amazing entry!

Submitted(+1)

Very Cozy, the whole experience feels nice and polished !

Submitted(+1)

Really nice cozy game! I liked how the fishing was simple but still satisfying. I had a problem with the game where I'd try to interact with some characters, but it wouldn't work

Submitted(+1)

Art is fire 🔥, love characters and music and boat scene, but fishing gameplay is just hold j to get fish when "!!!" appears, but i dont really getting why i should fish if i can just sleep on a boat and talk to every girl 5 times and get 3 gold medals on day 5

Submitted(+1)

The art is sooo good and the town and the people in it recreated a stardew valley  felling. one thing i really like to see improved is the fishing mechanics. it was so easy. I didn't know how to fish but i never failed once. 

Submitted(+1)

It's very cute!
My only complaint was that I didn't understand the fishing mechanics the first few times I played (I instinctively let go on J when I saw the fishing bar, and it went away so fast I couldn't read the explanations).
Otherwise it's pretty nice!

Submitted(+1)

Beautiful art, great music, and smooth gameplay.