scalphamission 2019-04-30 02:41
The story text is a lot to get through
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD44 → Grim & Tonic
By calzep and RashMcCrash
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 877 | 3.08 | 44 | |
| Fun | 742 | 3.07 | 45 | |
| Innovation | 1000 | 2.54 | 43 | |
| Theme | 1077 | 2.35 | 44 | |
| Graphics | 552 | 3.53 | 44 | |
| Audio | 301 | 3.47 | 44 | |
| Humor | 222 | 3.42 | 43 | |
| Mood | 547 | 3.32 | 44 |
The story text is a lot to get through
Really liked the graphics and audio, but felt it could relate more to the theme, was a good game otherwise though.
I like the graphics and the story is pretty nice. I do agree though that it could tie back into the theme a bit more as I'm not seeing much of a connection. Also, in terms of gameplay, it seems just filling the bar isn't enough, it has to be full when the timer runs out? Unless I saw incorrectly. But it seems like it would be more rewarding if just filling it were enough, especially when the matches can snowball into a loss.
Overall, I enjoy this game though! Making a match game was a clever idea and they're always fun to play. Good job!
Fantastic art! Loved shining gin glasses and the sound effects fit well.
Enjoyable game, the characters are very nicely drawn.
A really nice game! The text animation takes too much time, I think.
The graphics and audio fit the game so well.
I really enjoyed this title. I like the idea of match-3 but avoiding a certain match, but most times it felt like luck to be able to win. Some games I played I felt like I just couldn't avoid those poison bottles enough to win. The graphics were nice and minimalist. Enjoyed the audio and the story as well. Nice work.
Always love to see how jamgames can deviler a story and I think you managed to do it pretty well with the intro! Otherwise good job on these graphics and audio, it was fun to play!
The presentation here is quite good; the graphics are decent and I think the sound is especially good. I think the story at the start is poorly implemented though. If you're going to have that much text, don't have it load one letter at a time like that. It might have been fun to program but it's not fun to read; thanks for the skip button though :)
I think it misses the mark on the theme because while your timer is your "life" the player has no control over how it's spent. I do like that you've tried to add something to a match-3 mechanic. Having to avoid bad matches is a cool addition, though maybe a little difficult in combination with the timer.
The text was very long and it can make someone want to close the tab real fast. I skipped it, but the gameplay is actually fun! The art, animations and choice of sfx and music is pretty cool. Gameplay made me want to play a few more rounds.
Cool jam game! It has an excessive amount of exposition for a bejeweled clone but it definitely creates a mood
Enjoyed the aesthetics. Some puzzle pieces seemed a little bit confusing, the music is very cool. I think that there is a little lack of visual effects to represent the matches. But it's a cool game :)
some of the mechanics in this are really cool, like trying to avoid certain matches - the art style and the audio suit the game really well too! sometimes I found it a little difficult to balance the match-3 part of the game with the timer running out but i like the concept, it's interesting! :)
In short, amazing, a very simple format that has been beautifully executed! It's a game, and one with a lovely art style and story.
The graphics and sound are great, but the intro was way too long. I ended up skipping it after a while, which is a shame. The gameplay was fun, but I wasn't quite sure which matches to avoid and what some of the pieces did. Great fun! I really liked the retro style and anything cocktail themed is always a win in my book.
Cool game! Love the art style, the music (blues perfectly fit with the old bar vibe), and overall concept. Love the writing as well, maybe it could have been woven in-between gameplay instead of all the beginning. Great work!
Innovation: 0 (this concept is very popular). The graphcs is not so bad, bad anyway It didnt really electrified me.
Sadly, I also skipped the text at the beginning as it was long, and it took me a while to figure out which matches to avoid. I LOVED the music and art, interesting take on match-3 games.
I like this game, art and sounds! Intro is really to long and I like that in restart i can miss it. And I am not sure that game is related with theme. But I enjoyed gameplay and Idea
Same feelings as Evgeniya. It's a nice match 3 game, but that intro text was so long, and the way it scrolled from the center made it hard to read. Even spamming the enter key, it felt slow getting into the actual game. Thankfully, when I tried again it skipped the text.
I like the art style. Seems well balanced. I lost one game and won one game.
Pretty nice match 3 game!
Sound supports gameplay, but! I also very very loud. I dropped my headphones ;)
Nice gameplay, but the intro is a slightly stretched and sounds are really loud. Thanks for the game!
Played it for far longer than I meant to! Really well put together :-)
Neat graphics! Also really liked the fighting against someone on a candy crush like game. Pretty cool!
I'm a fan of puzzle games in general. This one has a cool twist on the 'match 3' game type. I really dig it! Not sure if I was getting bad rng, or if this game is just unforgiving... I almost beat it my first attempt, then got worse and worse the more I tried to actually focus and beat it. I had a hell of a time getting past 50% after my first run (which I got somewhere up around 90%)
Great submission
I just couldn't stop playing until I win - but admittedly I really like "connect 3" type of games. :D Nice game, really, loved the art, the writing, the music.