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The Saga of Thorbjorn Olafsson

By kr0s

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall10323.2526
Fun8573.2226
Innovation2403.7526
Theme11293.2026
Graphics3204.1026
Humor8672.6423
Mood7143.4526

Comments

manny-mallea 2022-04-05 02:59

Neat concept and I really like the graphics. Though I think there are a couple of glitches that stopped my progress.

dilox 2022-04-05 03:02

Nice game and graphics, for a jam, pretty good tbh! Well done

2022-04-05 03:03

its cute and I like how it looks, and the concept is a good one. One problem i have is the camera is often too slow and doesn't keep up very well, so every time i turn it takes a moment too long for the camera to turn with and it often leads me to dying since I can't see where I'm going or what I need to try and dodge that way. However this is something I could see myself playing a whole lot if it was refined a little more!

kate-black 2022-04-05 09:01

its so intresting concept of game! at fist i dont read rules and djnt underst what i shoud to do. but when i understand i wiil be very impressd of game idea

anchry 2022-04-05 17:58

Felt like a nice and imaginative take on runner games, jumping did feel a bit jank but it was overall very nice. Solid gamejam entry, well done!

darwyn 2022-04-06 19:02

I like the art style

thegoodhunter 2022-04-06 19:13

Was pretty confused on what is happening before I read the description. Nice idea

xayos 2022-04-06 19:31

great game, made me a bit addicted, graphics are awesome. Jumping felt a bit weird. would also be nice to have some feedback, in case you fall into a trap, like a death animation.

jonrei 2022-04-06 19:40

This is a really good entry. I managed to get stuck when the tiles created a circle tho haha

erilhir 2022-04-06 20:09

It took me several runs too fully understand how to play but once I figured out, I found this game very fun ! I really really liked the overall concept - controlling the environemnt, not the player - and it was challenging enough to keep me playing. Quick suggestion, I think that the "jump" is a little off, I died countless time because of a mis-calculated jump ^^ I spent a good time on your game, great job !

tsugumi 2022-04-08 04:52

Temple Run in Viking. Good graphic though. Too many bugs.

orionhart 2022-04-08 04:58

I encountered quite a few bugs and glitches unfortunately, and I think you may have been better off sticking to one "area" than making three, but I liked the concept and the setpieces I did see were very pretty! Reminded me of Alt+F4.

nullval 2022-04-08 11:20

The graphics are great and the concept is really smart. Instead of controlling the runner you control the track. really clever. There's quite a few bugs, but I feel like that can easily be ironed out. The primary game loop is fun and fast paced.

emaigualmc2-art 2022-04-09 05:06

Unfortunately I ran into several bugs, I could only play the first stage and yet I couldn't do it very well since it was in an endless loop of turning to one side or it got stuck without being able to jump. Of all the art looks very beautiful and the music is great, I would like to see it more worked and polished to be able to enjoy it 100%. Thanks for your entry!

zombiebust3r 2022-04-09 14:14

Cool concept, amazing graphics and entertaining gameplay. Needs some balancing on the different tiles since by doing left-right-left-right all the time you get no traps and go on forever. Also you can spam spacebar to constantly jump and avoid all the traps most of the time. Although if you spam spacebar while turning the character will drift outside the path, which is funny :)

Overall very good entry but needs some polish in the gameplay :thumbsup:

chocolat-endive 2022-04-09 17:24

I took me some time to understand how to play, at first, I thought there was a bug and the "track/path" was not loading. But we create our own path, and it's quite nice. There is something a little weird about the jumping gamefeel: some death feels quite unfair. I guess it's because of the lack of sound fx, it's difficult to remember the "timing" of the jump. A sound FX at the beginning and the end of the jump would help.

The idea is super nice, and it works well. Graphics are pretty cool too! I'm impressed you managed to create 3 different worlds. With some polish and balancing, it could be a nice little game. Good job!

bqq 2022-04-09 17:45

Neat twist on the autorunner formula! I was a bit confused about the goal but after a couple of tries I could figure it out :D

kr0s 2022-04-09 21:48

Thank you all for your feedback, it is really helpful. I am glad that you like the idea. Now that the jam is over, I can focus on creating a post jam version with more polish and more content.

theheheo 2022-04-15 21:34

The game looked really cool. Was quite confused what was happening most of the time. Think it could of used some more polish. But overall great job! hope you had a fun jam:D

prismapunch 2022-04-20 03:31

Love the graphics and music, I think having a death animation would have added a lot of character and feedback