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Ol' Goldie - GBJam 14's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Soundtrack/SFX | #108 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
| Quirkiness | #144 | 3.600 | 3.600 |
| Graphics | #157 | 3.867 | 3.867 |
| Overall | #189 | 3.378 | 3.378 |
| Secondary Theme Interpretation | #203 | 3.200 | 3.200 |
| Gameboy Soul | #250 | 3.467 | 3.467 |
| Gameplay | #384 | 2.467 | 2.467 |
Ranked from 15 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
We interpreted Old Gold to be an Old Golden retriever, trying to get their ball from the depths of the dungeon.
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I have almost the same mechanics of movement. I love dogs and this game is fun, although I failed to finish it - hard to understand what's happened. Thank you for giving barking a separate button :)
You get 5 stars in sound for the cute dog bark alone, but I couldn't finish the game and ran into a game-breaking but where I got stuck in the wall and couldn't leave the room.
Fun while it lasted, though!
The pixel art is gorgeous, that dog especially, and the music is lovely
I really like the graphics, especially of the dog!! I was able to figure things out on my own, but I agree with another commenter that it could benefit from some more tutorialization since it was a little confusing at first.
I played this on stream today (recording here) in case you’re interested in watching a playthrough. I did eventually get stuck in one of the rooms somehow, but I think with some adjustments/bugfixes, there’s a lot of potential here!
Good game with nice turn-based gameplay. Wish certain elements like the enemy collision was polished and the entries to other rooms were more clear. Maybe have a tutorial explaining certain level mechanics and have a more dynamic use of the bark as well.
Other than that, though, this is a good game with a promising concept I can see being great if further polish was put into it.
Very nice visuals and music, the gameplay is clearly a work in progress but I see the potential for interesting puzzles.
Very interesting mechanics. The music was superb. The art was great, the game was a little bit glitchy, and nothing happened when the skeletons got to me. But overall, it was a great game 🔥.
The pixel art is phenomenal! I don't love the pace of the turn-based movement (I'm far too impatient), but it does feel very gameboy. I wasn't able to put down the crystal-thingy, so I'm not really sure how to avoid the enemies (and also they didn't seem to do anything to the puppy, so I just sorta walked through them haha), but I think once you get all the systems polished the mechanics here could generate some really fun puzzles (LOVE that "wait here a turn" is "bark"--so cute). Great take on the theme, and great work!