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Interesting text based narrative game, I like the concept used here! The multiple endings and choices do bring in some replayability but I think the text scroll speed being slow unless you press Spacebar (which is an odd choice) does hinder players trying to go through it again. I think you could've handled the colors used better as sometimes text uses red but other times the buttons also use red, etc which causes confusion on what is a button and what is simply just labeling. It's UI design rules which is important when the majority of the game is simple text.

Overall, cool game idea!

Neat game idea! The turn based combo concept really reminds me of games like Final Fantasy XIII where you have to manage the amount of attacks and their costs while keeping up with the flow of battle! The low poly aesthetics and UI are doing wonders for me as well as they are really well done! I feel with some visual clarity on if attacks are performing well or some sort of guide to help with deciding actions it'll help the player immensely as I kind of got lost figuring out what to perform. Overall, I'd say this is a great idea that would be amazing fleshed out more!

Very cool looking game especially for one made by such a large team! The art and music were very well done and I especially love the giant pixel portrait used in the quiz game! The concept of a minigame roulette where you spin to play a different section of the game is cool though I feel there wasn't much variety as I thought there'd be. The maze game felt like it should be shorter though that's just my opinion. Good work to the whole team though!

Really cool looking menu, I always love seeing people lean in on that Persona-inspired visual style when it comes to UI! Though I did wish the gameplay got that same amount of love because while it isn't bad there's not a lot going on with it. The platforming works though the randomly shifting gravity was kind of annoying to deal with. Also maybe with a more varied color palette would help too because there sure a lot of green on screen. Still, great work on the game!

Still need rates? I got you. Here's mine https://chandlerm35.itch.io/spin-chair

Sure if you still got time. I'll rate as well! https://chandlerm35.itch.io/spin-chair

I'll say that the animation and art style of the game stands out for sure! I love the animations for spinning and doing actions when landing. However I was kind of lost when it came to the actual game since all it revolved into was clicking on the wheel and hoping that something happens. Wheel spinning style turn based games can be hit or miss so making it have something going on for it is necessary. I do love the charm the game has however so that's some major points from me!

I love the hand drawn art style used! It definitely made the game give off that nice and cozy vibe its aiming for. Gameplay was kind of confusing to figure out if what I was doing was correct so maybe some additional feedback with the UI or game would've helped but I was intrigued to try to solve the puzzles I could find. Nice work, once again I love the style of it!

For sure, I'll check your game out. Here's our game as well! https://chandlerm35.itch.io/spin-chair

First things first, this game visually looks great! Its simple yet really cool visually with the post processing outline effects. The utilization of 3D manipulation with a 2D platforming style works wonderfully and got me thinking on many ways this could be fleshed out fully! While the camera controls were a bit awkward to get used to (as in rotating the blocks and camera always seemed to be off and sometimes had to reset the whole stage to re-orientate myself) I do see a lot of potential with this game. Maybe if rotation was done with buttons rather than full control with the mouse it would be much easier to maneuver stages. Really smooth game, I enjoyed it!1

For sure, I'll check your game out as well! https://chandlerm35.itch.io/spin-chair

I'll definitely get to rating others throughout the week but here's our team's game if you want to give us some feedback as well! /jam/theveryseriousjuniperdevgamejam/rate/4711025

Ah thats one thing we forgot. you can instead use the 'P' key instead to pause.

Thanks for the feedback!

Some insanely great presentation you all had on this game! I'm impressed by how much the team was able to make with such a short time frame. Everything art and audio wise was top notch however I feel the gameplay was a bit confusing to get a grip on. Spinning with the mouse was awkward and it wasn't clear if I was doing things correctly in terms of hitting the opponent. The tutorial / intro was a nice addition however. I believe if you work on this some more, especially gameplay wise, this could be a rather fun game!

I enjoy the idea for a curving bullet type of game and feel this could make for a fun small title! The only problem I had was that it was rather cumbersome steering the bullet to land on the enemy as the turn radius ss very slow and the level layout doesn't play kind with handling it. Took me a good few tries to get it down. But I still do like the idea so with some polish I'm sure this would be a very fun game!

Definitely a unique take on chess which is pretty cool! I suppose it'd be much more fun to play with another player but I do love the concept for a circular chess layout game! An AI you can play against would've been great but overall nice work!

Always been a big fan of minesweeper type games so I easily got into this game! Firstly I love the visual style and the audio was on point. The CRT filter mixed with the pixel art always does wonders and I like it every time. Some of the puzzles genuinely took some time to get through so that's already a good sign that they are quite well designed. If I have to give one suggestion it'd be to remove the dialogue section every time there's a type of event since it slows the gameplay down but otherwise this is pretty solid! Awesome work!

Wow I was really impressed going through this game! The wave physics, the fire effects slowly burning objects and causing upward steam particles was very cool to see so huge props on getting those to work! The puzzles were super well-designed as well, from pushing the duck in time towards the goal to requiring different tactics to burning blocks so the duck can safely get past a hole etc, etc. I was genuinely curious on figuring out ways to make it to the end of some puzzles with as little wave uses as possible!

Also I'll say that the pixel art visuals and music / sound design were great! The menu UI was surprisingly great to move around and had settings with a ton of options I didn't expect for a jam title (key remapping, video settings, etc)!

Your team did an amazing job with this title so congrats on the submission!

So far the game seems to very well made and in-depth! I'm surprised with how much you managed to put into this jam title! My initial gripe was with the UI where trying to exit to different screens was buggy and got me stuck for a bit. Utilizing your ship to fight off other pirates felt pretty good and I loved the amount of upgrades you can get to enhance it. Your team really nailed that "pirate" theme well!

I would recommend adding some tutorial prompts or some sort of guide to the game to help figure out what to do but aside from that this is quite a solid game!

I always like a good breakout clone but I'm not sure if I see any of what you written about the game? You mention all this stuff about educational value and cyber security but I'm not sure how this relates to the game? It does sound very AI generated which if I'm wrong then please let me know.

The game works fine and is simple fun but I'm confused if there's supposed to be more to it?

I love this game's concept! Using sound waves to bounce across the walls and manage a path towards the exit is a great idea! Though, while it may go against some of the ideas of the game, I believe adding in more visual guides to help players could be helpful. Sometimes the waves bounce around too fast in a way where from the player POV it can look like a confusing mess. Maybe when the waves bounce the wall has a slight light indicator on them?

Again, great game idea and I'd love to see something like this fleshed out!

Fun little game! I enjoyed the gameplay loop of going around and watering / putting out fires which was fairly easy to figure out how it works. The art and music were very nice and helped bring out a cute chill aesthetic to the game! 

However I do think that dealing with the fire spreading enemies was a chore to do as they appear without warning and end up causing too much damage before I can react. Perhaps adding some sort of warning indicator or icon to find where it is easier could help with that? I also do think that figuring out what to water was difficult as the patches of plants all look very similar to each other. A couple of times I just randomly went around and watered anywhere I can.

To finalize my thoughts, I think this was a pretty great game! With just a bit more polish this could be a enjoyable small release.

Was a bit confused at first when the game just started when you open it up but I eventually figured out how to make things work! Placing down towers to attack or block the oncoming wave felt great and I can see this being pretty addicting to play. 

I feel with some upgrades or changes to the game the further you go would be enough to make a fun full release title! 

Big props to the art used in the game as well, they look amazing! 

As the others said before, really enjoy the "Pew" sound effect LOL! But for real I do say this is a cool idea for an "idle" game prototype and could work if more fleshed out! But make sure if you make an "Idle" game then try to allow everything to be automated so players don't have to constantly click back to continue.

Wish that you all could've had more time to flesh out the game but that just happen sometimes with jams so no worries. If anything I'll say the art and designs look pretty neat! Good job nonetheless, jam deadlines can be hectic.

Nice little game! I really loved the art made for the story segments and the piano BGM really helped sell the care free and beautiful vibe of the setting! The simple premise of pushing the boat alongside the river is nice but I feel like there should be some variety to the game as I ended up mashing waves to progress. Overall, great first game project!

Took me awhile to figure out what to do at first such as running the restaurant or how to use items but eventually I figured it out! Maybe a tutorial or some type of guide would help players in figuring out how the game works. But its a pretty neat restaurant business sim! If you could flesh out and find ways to better teach how the game works to players then I can see this could be a fun full project idea! 

First things first, I'll say that visually the game looks great with all the lights and particle effects as well as the sound design really adding to making the game feel much more impactful! I love the idea of crashing and making waves to attack but I feel maybe it could use some incentive to not just spam Space to rapidly create waves, its not bad but felt very simple to play. Also the camera angle being up close and at an angle did cause some issue with gauging where things are and how to move.

Nonetheless, great idea and a fun game! I did enjoy it enough to continue playing for quite a bit!

Hello there!

Found out about this game jam recently and thought I'd make a post looking for a team to join!

I've worked on quite a bit of game jams in the past, including some where I worked as a team lead on the project. I figured I'd join in with a team to help spread out and meet some new cool developers this time around!

I specialize in using Unreal Engine for game development primarily but can also assist in other engines too if it ever comes down to it. I also work a lot with UI designing and programming which I find one of my most favorite parts of a game to work on.

You can view some of my past work on my itch profile here or my portfolio site!

https://nanocomputer.itch.io

https://alex-norfleet.webflow.io

If you wish to contact me then let me know here or through my discord ID: nanocomputer

Love the sci-fi aesthetics, its simplistic but stuff such as the faint glow around the objects helps a lot visually. Maybe there could've been more to the gameplay loop of circling around the sun so I can see the potential if you wish to add onto this! Simple but pretty cool game!

Absolutely love the artstyle and creativity! Didn't expect a narrative based around wrestlers. As others have mentioned it really reminded me of the flash game days which is a good mark in my book! Enjoyable point and click game!

Nice roguelike! I like the premise of the game revolving around circling around and selecting different tiles to change to. Visually it looks pretty cool too (the player character reminds me a lot of Hollow Knight). There's a few bugs here and there but its not all that bad for a 4 day jam project so good work here!

Firstly I'll say I love the visuals in this game! The cyberpunk aesthetic with the neon lights looks amazing! However I feel the game is a bit confusing on what to do at first since it does just drop you in without any notion on what to do. Overall, I love the concept and I could see potential if it was fleshed out more!

I like the idea of going around loops to secure tiles, honestly that's what my team's game did with ours as well! Visually the game looks nice but figuring out where to go did cause me some slight confusion. Nice work on the game however!

Oh wow someone else did a game with drifting cars around as well!

Firstly I got to say I love the art of the game! Its very stylized and really pops out at you which I find very fitting for the speed focused vibe of this game! I like the idea of trying to use the grapple hook to hit max speed but I feel the game was too cramped to really make the most of the idea. Also the UI for stuff like the pause menu didn't seem to work on my end and the tutorial didn't really show me how to play. Overall, nice work especially for how short this jam was!

Hello there, congrats on finishing your game! I was confused on what to do for combatting the boss as there wasnt any visual indicators or health bars working that showed if I was doing anything to it. It would've been best to visualize this stuff to help the player know what to do. Good job for a first time Unreal project!

I enjoyed the cool VHS effect look to the game, definitely gave it a retro-ish vibe. However I wasn't too sure what I was supposed to do in the game aside from switching the shield color to match the bullet in order to block it (I assume?). Love that little Ikaruga mechanic reference. Maybe if there was a bit more indication on what to do to beat the boss then that would be great. Nice work however!

Hey there! I love the horror Sci-Fi setting and atmosphere this game has going on for it and the little cutscenes are pretty well done! The combat though probably needs some refining as the bosses seemed to have way too much health and I wasn't sure if my shots were doing anything to them. Also some minor bugs I've noticed were the Pause menu allowing me to move around during it and the sound somehow cutting off when a boss fight starts. Overall though, nice game!

Hey, congrats on finishing your game! The visuals are pretty neat and I enjoyed how the bullets fire to the beat but I was kind of lost on what to do initially as there isn't much in terms of hit feedback for either the boss or the player character. Fun take on a top down shooter, I liked it!

Nice game! I really enjoyed the main attack mechanic of spinning the yoyo around! Had to get used to winding it up and throwing it but after awhile it was rather easy to use. There were some minor gripes I had like having to press S again to recall the yoyo and the Yoyo wind up not being too clear on how much I've been holding it but aside from that the gameplay and bosses were pretty well done!