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Craftsman

By gao-ming

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1503.6352
Fun2303.3152
Innovation214.0452
Theme474.1552
Graphics1403.7152
Audio853.5748
Humor1023.3748
Mood643.7949

Comments

wizcas 2018-12-03 14:54

Masterpiece! The graphics and atomsphere are execellent fit for the background story, along with the super fun and innovative gameplay. 5 stars definitely.

eggshelldog 2018-12-03 16:02

I have been tracking your feed after this LD started, can't imagine you can make a drawing game in this unique way! Your game is well polished and within the great music and game environment, drawing is also fun now!

That's sad that there is no feedback after the ending, it let me feel like something is missing. A simple text describing what happened after I decided my choice is already enough and it will let me feel this game is completed!

In my opinion, if you don't give players the right to choose the ending, then I will feel this game is completed. However, if you let players to choose but you don't give any feedback, then it disappointed the player!

gao-ming 2018-12-04 02:59

@goldranger If you choose "I will" in the end, you may notice some differences in the Home screen.That's the ending of the story. However, I think it's not quite noticeable.

avi 2018-12-04 03:33

Hahah nice!! I had fun with this! Sadly neither of my 3 creations were deemed worthy.

So curious how you grade the sacrifices in the game! Screen Shot 2018-12-03 at 10.30.58 PM.png Screen Shot 2018-12-03 at 10.28.34 PM.png

jimmothysanchez 2018-12-04 03:36

clever game. How does it determine what is / is not a worthy sacrifice?

dancinoman 2018-12-04 03:39

Capture.PNG God doesnt like my clown :(

eggshelldog 2018-12-04 04:24

Oh my answer is "No" haa :smiling_imp: and I am expecting scene like the villages I saved die in front of me :joy:

yirggzmb 2018-12-04 05:29

This is a really interesting idea. No idea how to actually make a sacrifice that will be accepted though. Also, as I use a laptop touchpad, I don't actually have a mouse wheel. So I can't zoom or rotate or anything. It's a really nice concept though.

dry-squid 2018-12-04 05:37

Painting was pretty sick in the game, but my imagination died so fast through the game

sanyingli 2018-12-04 05:48

TIM图片20181204133319.png Looks like the god didn't like my twin-tail girl πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ No need to talk about how much fun the game is, just as the same as they said above, after send the work, if there was more hints would help players know God's taste, then next time we can fix the mistake instead of blind testing again.

jk5000 2018-12-04 08:26

A super funny and very well made game. I would liked a bit more control over mud tool. Overall a great LD game. Well done.

slashee-the-cow 2018-12-04 10:32

Like some of the others, try as I might I just couldn't save the poor villager. That was certainly an experience though.

nanocube75 2018-12-04 12:55

this is so fun im keeping it downloaded!

alexzen 2018-12-04 16:12

The presentation is great! Especially love the smooth camera movements.

As it is my field of expertise, I will just comment on the audio side of things: although the music is a bit midi-sounding, it manages to give a perfect creepy and mysterious vibe to the game. Love that!

The sound effects are not very well mixed. They are too loud compared to the music. The mud-placing sound effect has a lot of low bass to it. For an action you take a lot of times in the game this can be a bit irritating. There is also a noticable click after every mud-placing sound effect. Make sure your samples are fading out at the end. In general the sacrifice scene is also a bit too loud compared to the initial scene.

If you want to learn more about game audio, read this article: http://www.stephenschappler.com/2013/07/26/listening-for-loudness-in-video-games/

It might be overkill to think about it for such a short jam, but could be useful to you in future projects.

esosek 2018-12-04 19:11

It took me a while to realize how to pass level 1 :D. I liked the overall mood and dark atmosphere of the game. Sadly I have to admit this is not my cup of tea but I think you did amazing job! Keep it up man!

twenty5clocks 2018-12-05 01:16

I don't care that I could not appease the god's. This game was great. I really enjoyed creating monsters that would stare the gods in the face before they were sacrificed. I am very curious who will be the first to appease the gods.

hamsters-actually 2018-12-05 08:49

Amazing, unintentionally funy.

mtanton 2018-12-05 09:27

Incredible game! I finally figured out how to appease the gods (just follow the dots and only the dots), but the 10 minutes of fumbling around before that were hilarious.

tayl1r 2018-12-05 09:32

Very cool idea! I also couldn't please the god but it was fun.

apace 2018-12-05 09:42

Nice game! Very unique concept and idea and great execution. Love it!

raivk 2018-12-05 09:51

So much creativity in the comments here :D, so much possibilities with this game ! Had fun with it :)

irock 2018-12-05 10:10

The mood in this game is great and I love the Majora's Mask style sacrifice music.. It took me a while to figure out that I was trying to match the clay to the guides on the head; I kept trying to add ears and a nose to the first sacrifice.

mrwillowb 2018-12-05 10:59

I love the artistic style this game was cool.

blodyavenger 2018-12-05 11:24

I've tried to do few sacrifices but none were worth it! sacrifice.jpg

Like others pointed out, the mood is great and I love how creative you can get with it! Also, big plus for the polishing level on doll creation and music that fits perfectly.

Awesome entry!

akuirako 2018-12-05 11:41

Cute and innovative, but I couldn't find how to get any of my sacrifices to be accepted. The sound design was great too !

dudum-lare 2018-12-05 11:45

What an aesthetic game!! I actually bookmarked your page in order to come back, and I'm not disappointed.. I had a fun time playing around with this game. I bet you will get one of the highest scores in the mood-category. Good luck, I hope to see you in the next Jam. Have a nice day :D

velvetlobster 2018-12-06 00:39

Awesome aesthetic in this crazy and awesome idea!

nnnikki 2018-12-06 18:17

I never got a sacrifice to work. Bother this god.

Why didn't you opt-out of the "humor" category? This seems like more of a serious game than a funny one.

aurel 2018-12-07 16:06

It looks like the Gods didn't take my balding old drunkard :(

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Pretty fun. I had a lot of fun messing around for a bit in the game.

jens-steenmetz 2018-12-07 16:21

Nice entry! I really like the concept of this game, and I think the amount of polishing is very impressive for a compo game. I had fun playing this game!

adrian-guevara 2018-12-07 16:28

Very good, the edition could be better but in general it's a really good game, and it's an original idea, good job.

tymus 2018-12-07 16:34

Really nice entry :D none of my proxy human were accepted tho :(

one-seed-fruit 2018-12-10 14:43

Funny and eerie at the same time. Well done! How should I shape my sacrifice for it to be accepted?

bmopapa 2018-12-11 06:13

Great fun and this is a very cool digital toy!

chauchau 2018-12-16 19:30

So happy to fool the gods! Finally!