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| Timestamp | Since previous | Game | Celtican's comment | |
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| Apr 8 22:16:04 | Mr. Money's Phenomenally Soggy Water Removal Romp | ♥ 6 | This was the first game I rated this jam. It set a high standard! - The biggest laugh from me was when I opened up the shop and saw the first upgrade was "Your Hands." Good stuff. - The combo of incremental game + exploration game is nice. I think this is a really undersaturated market that is healthy for new games. - The art was nice. It hit the sweet-spot between stylized and easy-to-make. - The progression for obtaining the skateboard was very natural. First, you have to walk around the world to find the items for the roller skates, and then you have to progress in the game a bit before getting the last piece for the skateboard. This was the most natural-feeling progression in the game. - Moving around on the skateboard and roller skates feels good—I'm scooting around while I type this review. - I saw the punchline coming a mile away :) Feedback: - The trees and background wall/grass texture conflict with the rest of the pixel art. The trees look cozy while everything else looks jank. You could have both, I suppose, but I feel like there was a missed opportunity in there somewhere. - By the end of the game, I kept spamming engine pumps everywhere to get the water ASAP. If there was something very expensive to get (even a vanity item like a party hat or something), I would have valued the chemical upgrade more. I can't tell if the game wants to act like the player has some agency or not (many incremental games don't), but right now it feels like the player does not. - The music was nice, but it always faded out somewhat suddenly, and had long periods of silence. With games like Factorio, the music feels like it naturally fades out. I'd guess it's just a matter of having a smoother transition. - In the middle/late bit of the game, I largely was just standing around watching the water go down while waiting for me to get more money for more pumps. - The central mechanic of scooping water felt under-utilized. At some point, the pumps give way more money, and the path from the water to the nearest deposit point is very long. Overall, I enjoyed this game a good bit :) |