The art is very clean and well put together. I don't know if I would describe the "defeat" face more accurately as disappointment or bemusement, but I love it nonetheless. Great job!
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A Perfectly Normal Emotional State's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #117 | 3.647 | 3.647 |
| Fun | #155 | 3.235 | 3.235 |
| Presentation (graphics, audio) | #172 | 3.471 | 3.471 |
| Originality | #244 | 3.059 | 3.059 |
Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game represent Mode?
Probably only just getting away with it, but google says "Mode" can be used as another term for "Mood" so basically ran with that :)
The theme inspired gameplay directly by changing the characters appearance and gameplay controls/elements.
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Honestly I've always felt like art hasn't been my strong suit, so I'm happy to hear it turned out clean, thanks!
I did try a few facial designs for the defeat face, but after realising some of them looked similar to the emotion faces, I tried making one that looked apathetic and just thought it looked pretty funny and ran with it, glad to hear I made the right choice. 😄
Thanks for the kind words & feedback, and you're absolutely right about the control changes. I had planned to add more effects like fear had, like rain to obstruct view while sadness was active for example, but ended up running out of time.
Tempted to come back to this one day with fresh ideas and really make it complete, I ended up really enjoying the idea throughout development and I think there's so much more I can do with it.
Oh man, that wiggle slide is so smooooth. I like that the emotions reflected different aspects of the controls, like anger was fast to move, but resistant to slow down. I don't think I've seen that idea done before.
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Context CatacombsVery simple, but very enjoyable. Although it'd be nice if you earned points more often but that's just an aesthetic thing.
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Robo Beat em UpSo much fun! Also feels incredibly smooth and responsive and the difficulty is perfect. Great job
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Mixo's Harmony HopFun game! I could tell the different emotion modes felt different to control, but I wasn't really sure in what affect they had on me and how as the player I was supposed to respond to the different modes. I like the fear mode since it has a significant impact on the gameplay. Overall it's a cool game with a unique idea and fits the theme well.
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MODEGUY2000Super fun little arcade game! I also really like the different playstyles the different emotions have! Great job :D
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Death A-La-Modethe way the player moves is so satisfying and im actually curious how you achieved that!
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Snack AttackI'm really glad people are enjoying the characters smooth moves as much as I do, I'm super happy with how it turned out in the end. 😄
Admittedly it is held together with the code equivalent of duct tape and paper clips, but sprinkle a little maths on top and you've got yourself a satisfying wiggle. 😁
I don't remember if there's a dm system on Itch, but if there is and you want a proper code example, let me know and I'll see what I can dig out of my files.
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