Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD49 → the cards we're dealt
By Bakenshake, rainedoe, Tatiana Veratti and craigalancarroll
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 383 | 3.78 | 54 | |
| Fun | 1063 | 3.12 | 54 | |
| Innovation | 617 | 3.44 | 54 | |
| Theme | 656 | 3.63 | 55 | |
| Graphics | 100 | 4.45 | 56 | |
| Audio | 76 | 4.14 | 55 | |
| Humor | 891 | 2.71 | 49 | |
| Mood | 40 | 4.33 | 53 |
I found the concept of using cards in the way very intriguing. the scenery was beautiful and the way the cards seemed to float on the river was nice. The music was conducive to creating a relaxed atmosphere and the mood felt very tonally consistent.
The art on this game is simple yet effective, relaxing to play. The big bug I found is the first card would flash and stutter while floating down the river, but the rest didnt do it. Great entry!
really liked the experience, the music sets the mood quite nice, would love to see it turn into a visual novel with changing scenes.
I see pretty pixel art, I click. Beautiful game with nice music, simple UI could and not too many hints about the cards left the choices fun to make. GG.
The visual are REALLY good. The music is on point. The mechanics are nice. I found it good that the outcomes were not the same on the same actions. Not sure they are random or based on your current state. I could not get a happy-state ending, but I'm glad it's not one of the games that only have bad outcomes. I got to see two bear cubs, how cool is that?! Thanks for the game!
I like the audiovisual experience a lot. I was not into the card gameplay, because that is just not my thing, but I think this is a great submission because of the art, sound, and the thematic application. I wish there was a way to get a player like me more interested in a card game like this, but I don't know what that would be, especially considering the time limit of a game jam.
It gave me good vibes and didn't stress me out.
Great artwork and music! A little bit too random for me, more like a story than gameplay. Still good job for a 72 hours jam.
Lovely music. Nice graphics. I love that there are different outcomes to the various actions.
Very good potential here to make a post-jam game. The feelings, the cozy atmosphere, could really bring a comtemplative game, the music is very good too.
I absolutely loved this experience; well done all! Making deliberate choices and watching the outcomes while being serenaded by a great backing track was :100:
The graphics and music were definitely my favourite parts of this; they really fit in well with and enhanced the overall mood of this game.
Great Mood and atmosphere, the game was very relaxing! I felt as though the outcome was a bit random after I chose a card, but it wasn't a huge deal, as the game was still enjoyable!
I love the art and flipping cards is SOOOO satisfying! The music and art direction are impeccable! Sound design as well!
However, I can't help but feel the player is robbed of some agency by simply picking a random card. It would be cool if a card would trigger a specific mini game, with the mini game affecting the levels.
Regardless, great job!
Relaxing game - really nice art style and pleasant sounds, even the card flips sound really nice.
Great work. I can really relax by playing it.
Gorgeous art, cute concept, the gameplay didn't feel like it matched up very well though, everything I did seemed to be wrong or have a bad outcome which kinda didn't feel right with a mood and setting for a game like this, I expected to heal not to drop my marshmallows in the damn fire every time.
The gameplay seems to be pure trial and error? I guess you need to play multiple times to learn the good cards and win, which is fine I guess but to me dealing with the cards your given is about making an informed decision between options outside your control. But that's just philosophical I suppose.
Gorgeous game, excellent submission, great stuff!
This is a great example of doing a lot with little. A fantastic entry and lesson in scope management. Refine, refine, refine! The same looks and plays beautifully, and even though the player is looking at the same screen for the whole game, it is not easy to notice due to how pretty it is. Great work, team, fantastic feeling.
very relaxing and with beautiful music/art too, well done guys you really made a good game
Lovely game. the art and music make it very relaxing and the gameplay is fun. good work
What a nice experience. beautiful artwork and music =)
Beautiful game! Loved the narrative, art and music. I also learned that it will probably take me several lifetimes to achieve emotional stability. I don't know if true happiness is attainable, but I sure didn't do it here....
Still, I enjoyed this experience. That's a good start. Great work, everyone!
I like the card game aesthetic and it was nice seeing how each choice played out, nice game overall.
Aww, this was so charming! Relaxing take on choose your adventure. Pixel art was beautiful (it's why I clicked on the game!) and combined with the music it all came together to make a really warm experience. Awesome job!
Great entry. The art and music really set the mood for a game about life. Most of my outcomes where feeling manic or angry, reminds me how hard is to feel good when you are in a low emotional state. Great job!
What an amazing mood ! Very cool entry. If i had to criticize one thing is that I think there is too much emotion and it's confusing (like real life i guess ^^) but in my opinion it would have been more pleasant with somthing simpler. But, once again, i really liked it !
Very nice. I wanted to hover over the meters to understand what they each were, and over my current mood to understand what was influencing it. I did not feel that I could actively pursue improvement, which was frustrating, but the name of the game kinda says it all, right? Overall, an enjoyable experience. Nice work!
"You do not feel emotionally stable" "You feel very afraid" I'm not sure if that's just me or the game. Nice job with it though, I don't think I did very well. But I liked it
Beautiful game! Even the emotionally unstable ending felt serene. The layout felt super balanced. Good use of screen space
This has such absolutely chill vibes. While I didn't personally feel as invested in the game side of it, I very much enjoyed the art and the story it told. ✨
I like the idea of emotion management pretty much — art and music is amazing as well. Very interesting entry.
Love the atmosphere and concept, it's a simply and effective beautiful game, good job :)
Cool, I love card games. Especially with such good visuals! Would love to play a game like this, but in a refined form. The concept clearly has plenty of ways to expand.
That was fantastic, such a serene experience, very sweet little vignettes, and gorgeous piano playing(really flows!) Congrats to the team whole!
Aw man I could listen to that soundtrack forever. Really loved the artwork too, and with all the different choices and metrics, the game is easily replayable. I sometimes found that my choices didn't lead where I would have expected them to, but maybe the character just doesn't like ants in logs as much as I do. Beautiful game!
really enjoyed it! I played several times until I got the stable outcome. It was interesting how you could be too happy or in awe or you would end up manic or overwhelmed, so my stable play though was all like not great events that happened, but good enough to feel okay. It was nice how you same options could have different results too. Great job!
This is a very beautifull entry.
Gameplay wise it was a bit too random for me though, there was no way of knowing how my choices would affect my chances of survival so in the end I just started clicking cards
I still enjoyed it for the storylines though!
Thank you for the game, well done!
@quite-good Glad you liked the soundtrack! Perhaps I should make it into a tiny EP.
Quite unique! Loved the audio and atmosphere, and I really like games with a bit of narrative.
I learned I'm not very good at understanding my emotions! Found it hard to link the content of the cards with the outcome. By the end of it I was afraid and not emotionally stable :D
Really clever concept. Fun overall, nice work :)
Immediately fell in love with the soundtrack and the artwork before I'd even started playing. Super relaxing, really gets you in a nice chill mood.
I really like the card game aspect of it, very simple to understand - although I couldn't really anticipate how my choices would affect my mood. I did not end up emotionally stable :sweat_smile:
Really interesting entry!
doesnt work on mac because I think you need to notarize it? idk :/ it also doesn't work on my chrome or firefox, but it looks really beautiful!
I've uploaded my playthrough to YouTube, if you'd like to check it out it's here! :smile:
https://youtu.be/QYqyUUsrJcI
I enjoyed playing this. I don't know what it says about me, but I found myself choosing the choices that left me overwhelmed. At the end I tried to correct this, and ended up afraid, and I felt a bit like I'd betrayed myself by playing the rules instead of playing my way.
The art and audio is lovely and adds a lovely charm to the experience. The very beginning reminded me a bit of A Dark Room, and I guess that's got to be because of the understatedness (and quality) of the writing.
Really fun and chill little game! i especially love the graphics
Beautiful in more ways than one. Love the concept, but I think even more could be done with the cards and emotions idea - maybe even a whole card game? Would love to see where you take this in the future!
@sam-gorman totally agree with you
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