This is one of the most polished entries I played. The crayon and paper-craft look is gorgeous, and watching a single match turn into a spreading fire with a combo meter and medals is exactly the chain reaction fantasy. The upgrade tree and the "New record!" payoff make me want to retry right away. My first drop stalled at a road gap with no explanation, so a short hint about why the fire stopped would help new players.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall - main category | #1 | 4.225 | 4.225 |
| Presentation - how game looks and sounds like | #1 | 4.725 | 4.725 |
| Game Design - how good idea and mechanics design is | #1 | 4.100 | 4.100 |
Ranked from 40 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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4 days ago(+1)
Honestly, there is nothing special about it. Just delegating monkey job that used to take hours or even whole days.
Here are a few simple examples.
Code:
Scaling resolution for different screen sizes. UI work and stuff like that. It used to take a lot of time for such little things.
Text:
Sometimes you write an upgrade description, but it does not fit in the frame because of the length. Rewording descriptions so they fit turned out to be a great fix for that headache. 😄
Art:
I used to sit in Photoshop for hours doing post-processing, manually changing contrast/brightness, and other parameters for hundreds of sprites. Now you can just automate it.
Yeah, that is just a small part, but you have to understand there is no magic or secret to it. Modern AI cannot make games from a single prompt or anything like that, despite all those posts on Twitter. Though maybe GPT 67 will be able to do it. 😄
It works best when you know what it is capable of, clearly understand what you need, and phrase your tasks based on that.
I checked all the AI tags simply because it feels honest to me. It is way worse when people use AI and try to hide it. To me that just looks strange. 😄
6 days ago(+1)
Yeah, that idea popped up right after reading the jam theme. Glad you liked the art style! ❤️
Yeah, I was thinking about a tutorial as well, but I haven't come up with a solution yet that wouldn't push players away instead. I tried adding animations to the buttons over time, but that is obviously not enough. Definitely something to think about and improve.
Thank you so much for the feedback! ❤️
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