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Cordyception
Cordyception
By rakthalekk, maxededo, blazejmg917, thomas-gelman, ssschrodingers-cat and prankorigami
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| Category | Rank | Score | Count |
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| Overall | 296 | 3.79 | 54 | |
| Fun | 515 | 3.44 | 56 | |
| Innovation | 320 | 3.56 | 55 | |
| Theme | 236 | 4.02 | 55 | |
| Graphics | 187 | 4.25 | 57 | |
| Audio | 84 | 4.00 | 57 | |
| Humor | 643 | 2.84 | 48 | |
| Mood | 397 | 3.68 | 53 | |
Comments
I really like the graphics on this game, especially the little creatures, they look really good. However the game felt really floaty in a bad way. With the amount of restarting I had to do, it got a little frustrating because I had to start over my solution which most of the time devolved into waiting to fall. The puzzles feel like they didn't have a clear solution. One of the puzzles I skipped a whole bug because they served no purpose. Another one required me to push things in mid-air to solve. Maybe I'm stupid but trying to find obtuse solutions where I only had one chance for each bug caused me to restart a lot. This paired with the floatiness, made the game feel really tedious. The early puzzles are fun and I really enjoy the aesthetic of the game, however the late levels however feel very tedious and punishing
smoore
2024-10-07 22:56
Really freak with da vibe. The puzzles and the different abilities the creatures had were fun to figure out but kinda wish the burrow ability with that that one creature had was utilized more but also definitely cheesed a level cause you can launch urself out of the burrow which goes against the not being able to jump part. Also think it's very punishing to miss a big jump with the caterpillar dude since it's a one time thing that requires more precision than the other mechanics. Sound and music design is peak! Really chill tho!
Dang, I love jamming with the music here I was singing along!
spirits
2024-10-09 04:13
The concept of possessing a bug to use its abilities like higher jumps, rolling on walls, and pushing obstacles was fantastic. I absolutely loved the art—it was amazing—and the music fit perfectly with the map environment. The only thing is that the puzzles were a bit too hard for me. Some parts required using abilities and jumping or pushing at the same time, which was tough to do. But overall, I really enjoyed everything about the game!
What a cool game - it really reminds of the old NES Little Nemo game where you took over monsters to get their powers. Not quite the same aesthetic, but still kind of close, in that you guys made such a whimsical and magical world to travel though. Great game. Great puzzles.
hotaloca
2024-10-09 05:54
The basic concept is indeed very interesting and i can see how this could become very interesting as you can use different animals for different solutions... The art is really nice and cute and the music/sfx felt right too. Congrats, really nice entry.
Real professional work here, the art, music, theming in general is excellent. I love the concept of a cordyceps witch and all the mechanics that can sprout from that. The idea of using different creatures to alter your abilities works really well and lends itself to some interesting solutions, even if I took a while (and a couple of resets) to realize that one of the abilities always killed the creatures. Movement is a bit too slow and inexact in certain parts(jumping with the witch, digging as the worm), but there's a really great base to explore. This could easily be expanded into a full-sized game.
juutis
2024-10-09 07:19
This is an absolutely fantastic entry. Awesome visuals and audio. I loved the detail where the bugs would get the parasite antennae whenever you possessed them.
The controls were decent - just a tad floaty. They could be a bit tighter. Dying when stepping on stones seemed like an unnecessary (or maybe underused?) mechanic that kinda served no purpose but to frustrate the player. Maybe there could've been some puzzles where the mechanic is utilized more? Also, some of the puzzles were very tricky and I think I solved some of them (eg. the second to last) in unintended ways.
These are very minor gripes, though, and overall you have a very _very_ good and polished jam entry here.
Beautiful pixel art! I really liked the designs and assets, I think the only thing that confuses me a little is the parallax effect of the levels, I think they move too much, I think it would be more justified if the scenarios were longer horizontally (a simple detail xD). As for the mechanics, I find it very uncomfortable that the action key is Z, which on my keyboard is very uncomfortable and difficult to access. I think the classic E or R would be better. Great job!
Nice graphics and cool mechanics. I think hitboxes of deadly rocks is unclear when you playing as human. Overall nice game!
@mistercarson thanks for the review! I can definitely see the floatiness being something that could be toned down a bit, but I'm glad you enjoyed it!
@smoore glad you enjoyed the game! The worm burrow was definitely a mechanic I would've liked to have more time to build upon, as it was one of my favorites to implement, but with how strong it is we definitely ended up having to limit it some. If this game became larger later on I'd absolutely want to build on it further though!
@loveschach right? I loved the music our musician made for this game, its so catchy!
@spirits thanks for the compliments! We def ended up ramping the puzzle difficulty fairly quickly since we only had limited time to make them, but I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Ooh @ronn-fever I hadn't heard of Little Nemo before but it looks really interesting! I'm glad you enjoyed!
@mdsalomon thanks! would def be a good idea to look for more ways to clarify the kill-on-use ability. But it is definitely the type of game that would be fun to expand on!
@juutis thanks for the review! there's definitely some tweaking that could be done on some of the puzzles/mechanics, but really glad that you enjoyed it!
@emaigualmc2-art glad you liked the game! we set up z as the default for use in a arrow keys/zxc control scheme, we also have shift as an option for the interaction if you prefer wasd! If we had more time I definitely would've liked to get the on-screen controls to update to match your control scheme
@loveschach I just want you to know your comment absolutely made my day!
jonaso
2024-10-09 19:48
Adore the overall vibes this game has! I found it a bit challenging with the overall movement feel, and the controls are a bit tricky to get the hang of (in my case at least!), found myself accidentally jumping with the bug instead of pushing, but very interesting puzzles!
@jonaso Thanks so much for the review! Sorry you had trouble with the movement, it could definitely be tighter in general and in our attempt to accommodate both WASD users and Arrow Keys users we may have unintentionally created some confusion about controls. If we had more time I would have loved for our UI to swap to reflect which control-scheme you were using!
enchaec
2024-10-10 00:05
Very nice mood and as a pixel artist I really enjoyed all the animations. I agree with a lot of the sentiment above and feel like the mechanics could be introduced in more obvious ways with some easier puzzles early on, but overall it was very enjoyable. Good job : )
very nice puzzle game! i was truly stumped on a few of them, and i felt genuinely smart after solving them! the pixel art aesthetic is very pretty, and the concept is great. overall nice work!
@enchaec thanks! I really like the work our artists did as well! and yeah if we had time to make a lot more levels we definitely could have introduced mechanics at a slower pace, but with the time we had we wanted to make sure people got to play more than just tutorial levels hahah. glad you enjoyed it!
@phoenixstroh glad to hear you enjoyed it!
zomk
2024-10-10 09:00
Very nice entry. I love the art and sound design. But I found the button layouts a little unintuitive. Overall, you did a great job!
Interesting and very cute game! liked lvldesign and mechanics of insects abilities
Surprisingly a very enjoyable game
senso
2024-10-10 14:06
I love the white outline; it gives off a sticker vibe! The music is well done, and the person who did your level design deserves a medal! The pixel art is clean and impressive, especially the worm design. Overall, it’s a super fun and polished game!
@zomk thanks for the review! Sorry you had trouble with the controls, the intent was to support WASD with Shift, J, and K and Arrow Keys with Z, X, and C, but since both can be used we may have caused some confusion. Appreciate the feedback! Glad you like the Audio :D
@alexascher Glad you had fun!
@andriana-mantidfly Glad to hear you enjoyed!
@senso Thanks for the review! I'm really happy with the way the visuals turned out too! And glad you like the music :D
the graphics are magnificent, made it very pleasent to play
Beautiful game. Nice audio. Cool concept. I do think the platforming is really hard. Hitboxes are pretty unforgiving and some of the jumps are really tight.
The music is so beautiful! That's my favorite thing, by far!
That said, I also really like this interesting and different take on puzzle platforming. It presents a unique and fun challenge
@eklbirifine I know right! Our artists absolutely cooked with the assets.
@damien-black Thanks for the review! Glad you like the audio :D. Sorry you had trouble with the platforming though, I imagine you're talking about the stone here. That's a mechanic I wish we handled a little better personally. Appreciate the feedback!
@silas-reinagel Thanks for the nice feedback! Glad you enjoy the music :DD
avi
2024-10-11 06:20
Loved the level design! Didnt even have to looko at the instructions, was able to just try out the levels and figure out what the critters do/work -- and your UI made that so clear :) Awesome work! Also love the game art and music :)
ellearx
2024-10-11 17:04
What a lovely game! Great art and music choice.
I loved the cute little creatures in the game, the art style is fantastic! :)) The aesthetic is super charming! Great work overall!! <3
Great art and music! The bug possession mechanic is awesome, and the puzzles are fun. A bit tricky at times, but overall a fantastic job! Would love to see more! Gj!
@ellearx @ethernal-tech @nazariglez Thank you so much for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed!
Good job on the game ;)
calcopod
2024-10-11 20:44
I adore this pixelart style, it is stunning. The only complain I might have is, to me, the foreground and background layers bleed a bit too much into one another, especially with the parallax, but there were 0 actual issues this brought about.
As others mentioned, maybe the hitboxes were a tiiiinyyy bit too unforgiving, but, again, it didn't hinder the gameplay too much.
Great work!
@joshua-reumann Glad you had fun!
@calcopod Thanks for the feedback! The stone was meant to kill you if you were only standing on stone, so if you are partially standing on dirt you're safe, but if you're on the edge of stone hanging off a ledge it kills you, which definitely could have been used and communicated better overall. Glad you still had fun!
Beautiful game!
Amazing game, really fun figuring out the puzzles even though some of them required a bit more time to figure out. Beautiful art, amazing music great puzzles. Really solid entry!
REally enjoyable game, with a nice twist on a familiar mechanic. Great game.
I really like this type of puzzle. Even more so with such beautiful art and a soundtrack that is so enjoyable to listen to.
Some stages were difficult, but overall it was an easy game.
I am surprised that such a well-made game was ready in just 3 days.
Congratulations for a great work!
@ladybenko @glaciereclipse @paulhocker @euler-moises Thanks for playing, glad you all had fun!
Satisfaying game, good concept! Nice mechanics :)
Soo cute and well made :smiley: I did get slightly nauseous from the parallax, not sure why.
hexyvexy
2024-10-23 22:50
Delightfully polished little experience and some unique takes on the puzzle formula. I might have moved the "kill the bug" power to the less-prominent input.
yanato
2024-10-24 14:31
Very good! But worms are difficult to control:}
A very polished game, and it fits the theme perfectly! But that worm is just so hard to control.
I really like the possession mechanic (especially as a fan of Abe's), and the graphics and music crate a really good ambience.