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Devil's QWERTY

By sakuh, Jazkottaja, AnniV4X and yakkocmn

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1184.0653
Fun1114.0353
Innovation3183.6653
Theme5743.6853
Graphics414.5853
Audio114.4253
Humor754.0953
Mood954.1553

Comments

locksmitharmy 2024-04-15 12:15

Wow this is almost exactly one of the ideas we came upnwith for this jam. Wild. Yall did it better than we would have tho ;)

mhanicos 2024-04-15 12:25

Game looks wonderful, love the way you working with theme. But i don't understand how to play

troy-korns 2024-04-15 12:25

Great concept and fun play! Nice level scaling to keep pace increasing!

jazkottaja 2024-04-15 12:27

@mhanicos , you type the latin words with your keyboard as they come along.

mhanicos 2024-04-15 12:39

@jazkottaja oh yeah, I just had the wrong keyboard layout

brandon-mcdonald 2024-04-15 12:50

This is one of the most amazing games I have played. Every part of the experience is so polished and balanced. From the start the music introduces the player into an immersive experience and really allows them to understand the environment. Speaking of the environment the art is so perfect, the font works well and the details on the desk (like the engravings and blood) really bring it all together. Beyond the environment the core game play loop is solid. The difficulty ramps at a great pace and really allows the player to familiarize themselves with the prompts and the decoding. Multiple times I was able to recognize prompts I had recently had which was really cool! There also is not "too much" going on at any given point. The symbols are manageable in the way that they are not overwhelming but not too little that they can be easily memorized. I think I spent about 40 mins on this game but I was only able to get up to level 7 (i'm not the fastest typer) please let me know how many levels there are so I can make a goal to beat it!

jazkottaja 2024-04-15 13:05

@brandon-mcdonald there are infinite levels. It just keeps getting progressively more difficult and the goal is to just get the best high-score you can :) really glad you liked the game.

iluvatar 2024-04-15 15:19

When I saw it was typing game I knew I was in for a treat! The graphics and presentation is perfect. Sound desing is amazing and well fitting. Simple but FUN gameplay is what LD entry needs, very well done!

I had just one problem, I couldn't guess this one letter :(

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pupirka 2024-04-15 15:48

Graphics and Music are great!!! Gameplay is fun

feynallein 2024-04-15 16:43

Everything's great with the entry! Just an amazing entry.

dams333 2024-04-15 18:41

Really cool, really hard at a moment. I really like the overall ambiance, the sound, the design

alphashadows 2024-04-15 19:15

Loved the sound, the typing game and the graphics of this game ! Really good job. The sound is repetitive but not annoying, it is perfect !

2024-04-15 20:38

Man, concept of this game is really simple, but sticky notes create new set of challenges, like you need to focus on words and keep in mind where symbols located (And i can't write regular words quickly, especially with this mechanic :laughing:)

pauljs 2024-04-16 01:01

Died on level 6, works really well! The only improvement I would see is not to use keyboard symbols as fake symbols because I initially thought it was what I was supposed to type! Great exe!

drpepperisgood 2024-04-16 01:20

level 6 is where it gets hard. Great art, Great music, Great sound effects, Great mood, very very nice.

talon24 2024-04-16 01:25

Nice game! Sound works great and art is nice too! Only qualm is that some letters look very similar, e.g. U and V, and the replacement for T looks similar to a normal C

Nonetheless i like this one

jver422 2024-04-16 02:53

really fun prompts, I couldn't really give it a high rating for theme but a great game otherwise

rincs 2024-04-16 06:29

This is so much fun, even for me, who has difficulty typing! Love the overall look!! Well done!!! :D

ruruie 2024-04-16 08:44

This one's begging for a high scoreboard. Simple but lotta fun. The audio really carries.

alpacalypse 2024-04-16 09:06

This is like a perfectly formed sprint jam game. One mechanic, a handful of art and sound assets, all executed at a really high level so they're all you need. That scoundrel Carlsen.

jazkottaja 2024-04-16 09:14

@iluvatar it is "T" (second sticky note from top right.) glad you are enjoying the game :)

@ruruie ya that would be cool. we just tried to keep the scope as simple as possible to have time to polish it properly.

@alpacalypse The prompts are procedurally generated so what did Carlsen do? :D

alpacalypse 2024-04-16 09:25

I've already forgotten :v

But I showed a non-jammer friend and he made a good point: the invocations being in latin and repeatable raises the skill ceiling in an interesting way. I did a couple by memory from looking at them.

bananplyte 2024-04-16 11:16

Beautiful - in all regards. Loved the game-loop <3

davidtrac 2024-04-16 11:17

It's a challenging game, the latin really made me look fast and made it harder. Overall, nice game with the summoning theme being a typeracer game.

olddog 2024-04-16 13:16

nice game idea and art, love this pixel art and game feeling so much

mascoll 2024-04-16 16:44

Amazing presentation! Beautiful art and kicking tunes! Game concept was super clever! The amount of non-symbol prompts in the start could probably be reduced some. But great submission!! 5 stars!

emiliabea 2024-04-16 16:45

Really love the look of this game. One really nicely made background, cool font choices, and a fun animation just looks really clean. The gameplay itself I found to be fun, because I like typing :^) Overall, good job, I love the aesthetic and vibe

dywanix 2024-04-16 17:00

I really had a lot of fun playing it and enjoyed the artstyle

gravityflip 2024-04-16 17:24

The audio is fantastic, but the graphics are also wonderful. Well executed idea as well ❤️ Great job, people

porchor 2024-04-16 17:54

Really nice presentation and audio! Great job!! Simple and intuitive mechanic!

benisu 2024-04-16 18:03

I've always wondered what presidents do after they leave office...

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Love the game, visuals, and music. Fun prompts make the game super engaging too! The voice transition into music at the beginning of the song was super sick.

coderaurus 2024-04-16 20:09

This one is great! I love all the aesthetics and the humor. If anything, there could be some end review or simple scoring at the end.

Good job, one of the favorites this jam!

merb1000 2024-04-16 20:13

I really liked this game! Graphics were excellent and the music was great. Typing games were never my thing, but this puts a unique twist on the genre. Great job!

bad-fetus 2024-04-16 21:25

Cool game! Great work on the graphics and audio in such a short timeframe! I wish the flavor texts would go by faster so I can get back to typing but no complaints otherwise, good work!

kseniya 2024-04-17 01:02

It is a very unusual and atmospheric game, the visual is quite interesting, it looks stylish and restrained! Good luck with your project, I would have played it more than once!!!

drainkid 2024-04-17 04:20

really great graphics and cool music, great job overall :)

nadia-pixel 2024-04-20 20:05

WOW THE SOUNDTRACK! JUST WOW

piero-pbes-studio 2024-04-22 11:49

great little typing game, not pretentious and super well polished. The graphics are super cool and the music is really cool too. My only problem is that when I put it on a large screen, the game remains in a small window and as I have poor eyesight it spoils the experience a little but otherwise it's super nice.