GemStar Saga by Cassio Eduardo 2021-05-02T12:52:19Z
This was fun! Cool graphics, music is great. Well done!
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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48 | Deeper and deeper | 👥 | Graphite Journey | jam | 1282 | 3.30 | 2.87 | 2.81 | 2.56 | 4.38 | 2.78 | 3.75 |
This was fun! Cool graphics, music is great. Well done!
Gonna be honest, I'm horrible at puzzles so I watched a streamer play this but I gotta say I love the visuals. The game looks really cool and trippy. The sound is good as well. I also read in chat you made this in your own engine? That's impressive! The puzzles may be difficult but I think there are plenty of people who would enjoy a challenge. Great work!
This was so FUN! I love the visuals, the story in the beginning was great! The designs of the enemies are super fun! Whenever I hear footsteps I just KNOW there's a bear behind me ready to punch me.
The voice acting and sound design are fantastic! The gameplay felt satisfying, the shooting is done well. The plot is funny. Just overall a solid entry.
The only thing I can nitpick is that I couldn't figure out where the green and yellow orb were in the crying baby level. I assume I had to use the cars to climb up but that didn't work out :D I just have trouble thinking when there's a timer going.
Great game! Well done!
Took a few tries to get used to the controls :D. Fun, the visuals are very clean and the sounds are nice. Great work!
This was sooo fun! I love the visuals, everything looks so cute. The music/sounds are nice and fit with the mood of the game. The controls are a bit too sensitive as others have already said. It's incredible that you did this in such a short time. Amazing work!
Very cool concept! Had fun playing. Would love to see a full game like this. Great job!
Great job! The game looks good, the sound choices are good (however the noise that happens when the fish attack is layered so it can get a bit loud.) I like the gameplay mechanics a lot! I think its a great idea. I did have a small issue once I bought the sound module it didn't appear untill I closed the game and then opened it again. Also sometimes I will put a crewmate next to the sound module but it won't work. Regardless I had fun and I think you did a great job with the time constraints. With a bit of polish and more module upgrades this game can be amazing. Well done!
Such a good game! It looks adorable! The music is very fun and fits the game perfectly, love the sound design. The levels are great! Some parts are hard and that makes tha game both difficult and rewarding, it's well balanced. The timer is such a good idea. Love it, great work!
Ooof such a sad story :D. It's really really well done. The visuals fit perfectly with the mood of the game. The voice acting has a ton of character. The sound effects are great and add a lot to the experience. The game is short but packs a punch. I will say that the mouse movement was a bit too fast and made me slightly dizzy at times but maybe that's just me. Great game!
This was really polished! Love the art and sound! Wish there was music, something upbeat would've been great. At some point the game became a bit too repetitive but given the time restraints, I think you did an amazing job. Great work!
Fun concept! I like the blocky art style a lot, the music is nice and I like that there are volume controls. I think the game might be a bit too difficult for me as tasks pile up super fast :D Had fun, you did a great job!
Cool game! The concept is solid. I like that there are different types of bombs. Music and sound effects are good. Would love to see this as a full game. Well done!
Interesting game! The visuals are unique. The gameplay was fun. Sometimes the flying glasses/socks in the foreground clash with the background and it gets a bit confusing for the eye but I'm being nitpicky. Jumping up walls was very difficult sometimes and sometimes very easy? Not sure why. Regardless I think this is a very interesting entry and I enjoyed playing it. Great work!
What a unique experience! The graphics are surreal and otherworldly, I like the sound, the atmosphere is very specific (in a good way) the gameplay is tense and stressful (which is probably the point :D) Overall I enjoyed this experience! I will say the visuals made me dizzy at some points but otherwise this is great!
Looks really cool! Surprisingly challenging, love the visuals and sound. Couldn't get very far but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Great work!
Super fun! I love the mechanics, love the visuals and audio. Solid entry. Great work!
How did you make this in 3 days?? I love it! The visuals are wonderful, the music is splendid, the voice acting is great! The game itself is really fun to play despite the bugs. I would love to see a this made into a full game. Amazing entry! Well done!
I keep getting fired :D. I'm too slow at this type of game. The music is fun, the concept is interesting. I would maybe make the tutorial a bit shorter and possibly the check boxes slightly bigger. Sometimes when I click it doesn't leave a signature. Fun game! Overall well done!
Wonderful! Love how the game looks- how the items/furniture are drawn, the little circular particles flying around (dust?) the light from the window, the colors... feels like a painting. I like that the whole game is set in one room but the items shift around, I didn't expect that the first time I picked up all of them! It's interesting that we see bits and pieces of the main characters life through items, it'clever. Really nice athmosphere/mood. The music is really nice and fits the game, love the bell chime when the items switch. Really enjoyed playing this. Great job!
Almost quit at the last level :D. Great work! Love the graphics, love the sound. Felt really satisfying jumping on enemies. Love the menu as well, it's a cool idea moving with the character to decide. The fall damage could be a bit more balanced. Overall amazing work!
Great work! I adore the visuals, the painted backgrounds are wonderful and the robot is adorable, love the win screen at the end of a level :D The little noises the robot makes add a lot to his character and the overall feel of the game. The sound design is great. The world feels alive.
I enjoyed the puzzles though I do agree with others that some of the animations are a bit too slow. Regardless I had fun, great game!
What an ending! Neat game, I like the visuals. The music and sounds were good and funny :D. The concept is nice however the controls are a bit iffy, though maybe that's on purpose? Either way neat game! Well done!
Interesting ideas! The controls are pretty difficult, as others have said. I think as well there are too many yellow spheres on the screen so it's pretty difficult to dodge. With some polish this could be a very cool game! Well done!
This was an experience! I like the writing however the game part felt a bit lacking. Maybe if there were a few more types of enemies to fight? It would feel more rewarding to have to beat down a bunch of enemies first before reading the text. Or if you had to swim around and find the way down like a puzzle?
Also I'm not sure if there is sound in the game? There wasn't any in the web version.
I like the visuals! The game looks dark and omnious.
Regardless this was a solid entry! It's definitely unique and had an eerie feeling to it. Great work!
I'm horrible at puzzles :D This was fun though! The puzzles are clever, love the sound design, the visuals are fun and colorful. I would maybe make the text a bit more readable since I as well didn't see it said "clockwise" on the first puzzle. I thought it was just me being a dummy but since someone else mentioned it, it might be a readability issue. The ending was fun, wish there were more puzzles. Great work!
Really good game! The puzzles are fun, love the setting, the music and sounds add a ton to the experience. The artstyle is cute. Great work!
I'm amazed that this is a compo entry. The level of polish is unreal. Amazing work!
Neat! Love the intro cutscene :D. Game is fun. Music and sounds fit well. I did think the color of the hazards was a bit too close to the color of dirt tiles but after a while you start to notice it. Great idea! Well done!
Fun game! Right when I start the game the screen immediately shakes, not sure if this is on purpose. I do wish there was an option to turn the screen shake off. Was fun to zoom around and collect coins. The art style is charming and fits the game. Great work!
Oh I love this. I got a really nice ending the first playthrough and got the impression that it's a very chill, wholesome game. On the second try it went a bit different :D. I love the visuals, they're very cozy and give a sense of security. The music goes great with them and adds a lot to the atmosphere. The change in music made the bathroom scene very tense. Maybe a bit too tense even, I was convinced there would be a body in the bathtub :D, great way to mess with the player's expectations.
I loved the narrative as well, I think you did a great job evoking certain feelings and moods. There was one typo somewhere, I think it was the word "obviously" that's very nitpicky of me though :D.
Overall great work! Well done!
Love the visuals! I had a great time exploring the map, looking for the characters, this environment is a place I would like to spend time in :). The music fit the mood, the writing was wonderful I enjoyed getting to know the characters and to know their stories. Great job!
I found the treasure! I outsmarted the sharks :D The music is great, it adds a lot of suspense when the sharks chase you. Love the graphics and how the water and rocks look. Great job! Had a lot of fun.
Fun game, great idea. Love the graphics and sound. Only wish I had a little more time to put the blocks down :D. Great work!
Fun game! Love the puzzles and sense of humor. Artstyle is nice and the music/sound compliment it nicely. Well done!
Great work! There's a lot of good ideas here. I love the top down perspective, the item pick up, the graphics look great, the sound/music add a lot to the athmospere. The story idea is really interesting. However I couldn't get past the jumping puzzle in the beginning :D. Still, I did enjoy the little I played and would love to see a more polished version! Well done!
This was fun! A very unique game. Loved the narrative mixed in with mini games. Very original. Great work!
The atmosphere is amazing! I adore the music and the art is beautiful. Very cinematic, almost like a movie. Love the Slavic setting it feels like home :).
I liked the sound design a lot! The lighting system is pretty and the spotlights were useful and added to the experience. Getting the green gems felt really rewarding. Overall had a lot of fun.
Great work! Love the graphics and sound. Gameplay was fun but I do wish there was a bit more challenge. The camera tilt made me a bit dizzy but thats probably just me :D. Overall great job, well done!
Great job! It's impressive you did all this in such a short time. A few notes:
-The enemies should definitely make some noise when they move or when they attack you. A few times I died without knowing what actually hit me because I didn't see the smaller ones behind/around me. -The hit boxes are a bit messy. Even though I was relatively far away from some enemies they still managed to land a hit. Also the boss managed to hit me through the containment door. -That goes for the enemies as well. Most I killed with headshots but some just wouldn't die that way. I had to shoot different places untill it worked. -At first I was a bit confused with the boss I thought I could kill him before I realized what I actually had to do. That could just be me though :D.
That said there's a lot of things you did great. The overall gameplay is great! I love the exploration. Going through abandoned underwater places fighting weird creatures is super cool and eerie. The boss battle was clever. The story elements were good. Love the audio cues when you find tablets and when new areas are unlocked. I think with a little polish this could be an amazing game and I would love to play a post LD version of it. Well done!
Fun game! The lights add a lot to the mood though sometimes it felt a bit too dark. Great mechanics, the sound when you die is very unsettling, love it :D. Great work!
Oh man I had so much fun with this one. Love the 3d models. Love how random the setting is like why are there so many people in this wizards basement :D? I got the wizard to level 10 and my record is 577 meters. I'm really curious if it's actually possible to get to the basements or if the stairs go on forever? Either way great work! Really fun game :).
This was an interesting experience! Good work on the graphics and sound. It's a unique take on the theme. Well done!
Great game! Simple mechanic that can be expanded on a ton. Really good level design. Loved the cutscene in the beginning. Great work!
Great work! I love the concept of the game I think it's very clever. I like how the music changed with each level. I do wish the levels got more difficult. Great job on making this solo!
Fun game! Won on my first try :). Like others mentioned an endless version would be really fun. Or alternatively the difficulty can rise the more you fall. Great work!
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This game is so fun! And surprisingly addicting :D Love the music and sound. Had a lot of fun. Great job!
Great game! Love the graphics and music/sound. Love the mushroom designs and how they were animated. The game looks really good. I think you can polish the swinging mechanic and at times I wasn't sure where I should go, so maybe some pointers/markers would be good. But overall amazing work for 72 hours! Well done!
Great work! The music adds a lot to the mood, I definitely felt creeped out, there's an eerie feeling while exploring. The graphics are good. The story is short but I can tell you had a really good idea for an ambitious game and probably just ran out of time. The controls are a bit clunky and I kept getting stuck in doors and on the first button that openes the door. That said i would love to see a finished game from this prototype. Well done!
Great work! The music is nice and adds a lot to the mood. I'm horrible at puzzles so I didn't get very far but it's cool to see a game like this in the jam. It's a unique approach to the theme as well. Well done!
Great work! Love the visuals, the goblin voices are great, though they do layer over eachother a bit when you lose. I think the idea with the magnets is interesting however the controls feel kind of weird and clunky. Overall great entry! Would love to see a full game of this. Well done!
I didn't think anyone would actually play our game, let alone so many people. Thank you everyone for your kind words! We are truly grateful. <3
@cinderblade @valentine-skachkov Thank you so much for pointing out this bug! We will make sure to fix it. I hope you enjoyed the game nonetheless :).
@battlerager Thank you for the feedback! In our haste to make the enviroment we forgot to put collision on the mount :D.Definitely a zoomed out camera would work better. Hopefully, for the next build we will fix this issue, I'm still wondering if moving the camera counts as a bug fix or not? Anyway thank you I'm glad you enjoyed our game!
@ismael-rodriguez Thank you for the feedback! We did consider animations but we had some trouble with them, the camera will hopefully be fixed in the next build as for the theme... We had more levels planned, ultimately the idea was that as the character you go deeper and deeper into the sketchbook, eventually running out of pages. Sadly, that idea was a bit too much for us at our current level :D. Thank you so much for playing and leaving such a thoughtful review!
@duck-reaction Thank you! Our tiny game reminding you of Pikmin is high praise! Thank you for the tips as well! :)
@his-games Thank you! We will actually continue working on this game so who knows! :D
@roidz Thank you so much! We have a lot to learn so I'm happy to have people cheering us on <3.
@frozenfire92 @quoclon @itsisaac @cebula @ardorugus @doot @untitled-studios @kotzi @francisco-lucas @exilegl Thank you!
@pat-cleaver Thank you! Originally we were going to have the menus be hand-written but we ran out of time :D
@acronaut We had more levels planned but ran out of time. We are going to expand this game a lot so you can keep an eye out on our itchio page :). I've heard about grease-pencil before, I've been meaning to look into it. Carl Giles? That's high praise, thank you! :D
@ynneblack Thank you! The pesky collision bugs took a while but I think they're finaly fixed, I hope they didn't ruin your experience. Thanks for the feedback! :D
@fabula-rasa Thank you so much! Now I feel bad for diverting your attention :D I've been playing danger zone games a lot these last few days, there are so many great games that aren't getting any attention.
@karo Thank you so much for being honest, I think so too :D Hopefully with more time we can make something more substantial.
@ferocious-industries Thank you! We will work on a game with a similar art style in the future, keep an eye out on our itchio page :)
@togis Thank you for streaming it! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
Wonderful game! Love the art style, its right out of a childrens story book :). The puzzles are fun. The music is great too. Great job!
Such a cool idea! Love the visuals, game was really fun. The controls were a bit confusing at first but I got the hang of it soon enough. I won the first round accidentally by just spamming the G button untill I understood how to aim :D. Would love to see more levels with bigger platforms and more directions to aim in. Very polish for such a short time. Really cool! Great work!
Great work! Amazing atmosphere, the music and lightning set the tone perfectly. The mechanic is interesting and I would love to see what more you could do with it :). The 3D models look amazing. Well done!
I got endings 3 and 8. Neat game! I love the visuals, the music fits perfectly, the writing/narative is interesting. Great work!
Very cool concept! Gameplay is fun, I like the sounds and visuals. Well done!
Great game! Love the graphics, gameplay was fun. Music and sounds were great. Loved the boss fight at the end and the end game screen was adorable. I do wish the controls were a little bit smoother. Also between leves the game looks like it crashed for a second and the sound bugs, but then the next level starts and everything is normal. Overall great work!
Cool game! The sonar effect makes me dizzy a little bit :D. But its an interesting mechanic. I like the art style of the game and the music is nice. I do wish there were more obstacles. Great work!
DIG. That was something :D. It's different than the games I've played so far it has a very intense energy to it. Love the audio/sound design, it adds a lot of pressure and urgency to the experience.
I would've loved if in between the DIG screens you put a random puzzle instead of just clicking. Like the game aspect of it could get weirder and weirder each time instead of just clicks. Though perhaps that would have a different mood than the one you were intending.
Theres a lot you could do with this concept, I think its great. Well done!
Great game! Very polished. My only complaint is that the sounds get a bit annoying after awhile. Well done!
Great game! Very fun and satisfying but maybe a bit too difficult :D
My high score is 167! Super fun! Art wise its really pretty and I love how you made the font and menus match the vibe of the main character, its a nice touch. The music is otherworldly and definitely makes me feel like I'm stranded on a foreign planet.
The game is very nicely balanced it gets progressively more difficult but its still fun and rewarding especially with the weapon upgrades. The swift shooter one is really fun. Overall great work, really enjoyed playing this!
PS Narra is really cool but pls make a DLC where I can play as the cactus with googly eyes it's my favorite :D:D