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Home Sweet Island

By archimagus and DangerousFat

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall7752.4723
Fun7592.4023
Innovation7752.0923
Theme7152.9022
Humor6352.2619
Mood6802.9222

Comments

mj12 2025-10-07 16:06

Had fun exploring the environment, drank wine, and read a book on the beach (in my imagination).

siria-games 2025-10-08 00:28

O jogo nao tem conteudo, praticamente injogavel

deruitda 2025-10-08 02:57

@siria-games chill man, most people don't even finish a game in a jam, these guys should be proud they made something. I'm sure you've made some "trash" games in your career, like everyone has when they're just starting out. Try giving constructive feedback or don't leave any comments at all.

archimagus 2025-10-08 03:43

@deruitda Thanks, but it doesn't bother me. I've made a lot of games and this one is among the worst :shrug: Still I appreciate the help.

skale 2025-10-08 10:16

Stuff like this happens. You'll do better next time!

solvenoff 2025-10-08 13:27

Hey! Just wanted to drop a few words. First — it’s really cool that you let players set up the area around the campfire. I made mine super cozy by gathering everything I could find. Second — the game basically has bunny hopping, and it’s so much fun jumping around the mountains :D I was also impressed that you went the extra mile and added death by water — with animation and effects! And there’s even an inventory!

I saw a really harsh comment here, and honestly, I think that’s unfair. Making something like this with just two people in only three days is awesome. Don’t let negative feedback drag you down — it’s clear you tried to come up with your own idea and bring it to life in such a short time. Everyone starting out in game dev deserves support, not random hate.

Keep going — you’re on the right track!

archimagus 2025-10-08 16:42

@solvenoff Thanks for the nice words.

In a way though, they almost hurt more than the blatant rude comment :smile:

> Everyone starting out in game dev deserves support

> Keep going — you’re on the right track!

I've been making games since like 2004, with something like 30 game jams under my belt so looking like a newb hurts. But I know it's deserved on this one. Been away for a couple years and bit off a game that would have been ambitious when I was super active and up to date on the tools.

Anyway, thanks again, I do appreciate the comment and the kind words.

starduster 2025-10-09 06:47

The island is still fun to explore even if its built out of unity store assets.

poshdan 2025-10-09 13:22

I could not figure out how to put stuff down but I collected everything... wait that's actually the theme, hmm. There isn't much to say besides yay for no fall damage. It's kind of inspiring me to do an exploration game next jam, it sounds fun to focus less on coming up with some fancy gameplay and just create something visual for once.

archimagus 2025-10-09 14:45

@starduster Thanks. @poshdan Tab or I to open the inventory - and yeah, that was our thought. Lets try and do something visual for a change. Except neither of us had used the terrain editor before, and were both pretty bad at finding assets 😬

alexandra-suprunovskaya 2025-10-10 17:33

I tried playing — got to the lighthouse, picked up all the items, then fell into the water :( Something’s off with the camera, it doesn’t rotate. Overall, there are some basic mechanics — +1 for the effort!

milq 2025-10-11 18:02

Wow! It’s a shame the game isn’t finished, it looks really promising! Every now and then I like playing 3D games, though they tend to be more complex. Still, the freedom and immersion are on another level compared to 2D. I really enjoy exploring the environment. Seriously, great entry, awesome game!

xparker 2025-10-12 11:23

I walked around a bit, grabbed all I could from the lighthouse, walked back to the tent, went for a swim and all went black... or pink at the bottom :)

marks 2025-10-13 12:12

Had some fun exploring the area and taking anything I saw. Unfortunate that over-scope/over-ambition took another victim, though, now you have goals on what to improve on. If my project was in this state, I would've called it quits for this jam, but you put in effort to get it out the door so awesome work!

lulu-hihi 2025-10-13 15:14

I enjoyed exploring the iland, maybe just a little free to use backgroud music would have made the mood for a litle hike game!

6knowledge 2025-10-13 17:36

The very first thing I noticed (and felt) was the very low FOV, even got a small headache in under a minute of gameplay. Just like the description says, you just walk around and collect stuff, not much else to say on that matter. Apparently there was an inventory by the looks of the comments, completely missed that. Was kinda weird that there is apparently no audio in the game but there absolutely is if you jump in the water and "drown"...

melissa-mechun 2025-10-14 22:52

Don't be sad, the important thing is to participate in the jam. I couldn't finish mine either lol I spent some time wandering around your map and picking up random things xD

mooyett 2025-10-15 19:58

Had fun exploring the lighthouse and stole everything in it