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Malleus Gnomus

By kser, romchikk19, Blackkey, puuukich, PavlikV, INGVIILD, bzz_nsk and Skylone

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3233.7132
Fun1703.7733
Innovation5393.2032
Theme8391.8132
Graphics2884.0033
Audio3203.5433
Humor1923.4631
Mood3523.7531

Comments

rum-ham 2026-04-21 15:43

Fun game. THe graphics and sound effects were really good - however I'm not sure how its tied to the theme of Signals at all. I think there was also a lot of reading, maybe could have done with more in game type tutorials to show mechanics rather than explain them. All in all still quite fun though!

yoav-kagan 2026-04-21 17:50

Really fun game! managed to get to level 5, unique!

hdvr02 2026-04-23 20:11

A very fun game! I really liked the visuals and the overall cohesion of the art direction—graphics and sound design work great together and complement the gameplay loop nicely. Great job!

vydra 2026-04-23 20:15

Too hard to thinking after work. I'll try later. But gameplay is really fun!

gat 2026-04-23 20:21

really impressive jam game, reminds me of something I'd play on armorgames as a kid,

therealorb 2026-04-23 20:31

Brothers of the mine rejoice..

xeltide 2026-04-23 20:41

I enjoyed that! Nice level of polish on all fronts. I ... actually don't think I have any feedback. I guess more juice/feedback? But at that point I'm just nitpicking. Congrats on a successful jam!

venomousmouse 2026-04-24 09:46

I like Dungeon keeper! This is well made game, nice job!

captainspoof 2026-04-24 12:00

where are my gnomws

aniretti 2026-04-24 13:06

great story, clear tutorial, great graphics, and you even have cutscenes! wow!

reminded me of the board game "saboteur" .

the game was difficult for me. i couldn't get past level 2. either I was just unlucky with the cards, or i'm doing something wrong... i don't know. i also got upset when i tried to restart level 2 because i ran out of cards, but it kicked me back to level 1. 😭

and sometimes you come across such structures

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ingviild 2026-04-24 17:56

@aniretti Yes, unfortunately generation is merciless Т.Т

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evil-gaufre 2026-04-24 18:13

Good and impresive game, look like a steam one :O

neshtyak 2026-04-25 10:48

The game turned out additive! Great job. I've stuck on the 6 lvl cos of the strange pieces positioning. For example it was possible to put here this piece, but then impossible to add next piece to it. But still a good entry!

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kujoen 2026-05-04 07:54

Interesting idea with some nice visuals and audio. I did find it a bit harsh to be reset to level 1, I never made it past 4 sadly. The layout can be harsh some times D: I'll give this another try later or maybe the patched version :)

inkyh 2026-05-04 08:03

impressive art style and fun idea!

brolga 2026-05-04 10:56

Really nice polished entry, really like the cutscenes and the effort of including some sort of a narrative, gameplay was fun. Might be a bit hard to connect to the theme but otherwise great work!

azufette 2026-05-04 12:07

Interesting. i was hooked already at the Intro. Nice sounding/music ´. I must say the gameplay was easy to understand i had troubles coming further with the tiles. But that's on me i was too stupid. :D I will definitely try again. overall well done.

croped 2026-05-04 13:20

Love me some deckbuilding :-) Was very addictive from the start and very impressive with the procedural level generation. Very impressive entry! Wow just wow

poshdan 2026-05-04 14:26

Procedural generation with randomized building pieces are a bit of a gamble. I found myself mercilessly stuck multiple times. I had better success shooting straight for the exit, actually, as I'd spent more on trying to get to lava than I'd gain back from it. I was a bit disappointed to find the restart button is for the whole game, not just the current level.