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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #862 | 3.739 | 3.739 |
| Overall | #888 | 3.493 | 3.493 |
| Creativity | #913 | 3.565 | 3.565 |
| Enjoyment | #1277 | 3.174 | 3.174 |
Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
Movement based on dice rolls
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
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This was cool! The challenge of figuring out how to go far enough to unlock sections of the map was done in a fun way and the reroll system helped reduce any frustration. Unfortunately at one point it bugged and I wasn't able to select anyone anymore so I got stuck, that's about the only issue I found though. Nice work!
Thanks for playing!
Really fun game!
I got to day 57 with 4 characters :D
I really loved exploring and finding new cool stuff. Especially the yin-yang thing.
I think a few more special things such as that would add a lot.
Glad you enjoyed it! There's some more one-off tile ideas in my notes that I didn't get time to implement that I'll put in the post-jam version!
Thanks for playing!
Awesome I will try it :)
Nice game I dont perfectly get what im supposed to do but I get the concept I think and its interesting take on the theme with potential. Simple but charming style as well. Nice entry !
Thanks for playing!
The concept is really fun and the presentation is really great. I really love that art style! Just an amazing game, overall!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
Very fun! I did find that I spent a lot of my time stuck in a loop of wasting a day and hoping for better rolls as I was soft-locked to one part of the island (trying to free my first friend for example and being forced to wait for a 6 to do so). I'm not sure what the best way to alleviate this would be, the re-roll system helps to some extent but I agree with a previous commenter as well, some sort of temporary camp system might help too. Really well done for 48h!
Thanks for playing!
Interesting game, I enjoyed it !
Bugs/issues I found, some are really details:
-It would be interesting to have a description for the controls, how to play, because it take me a while to understand how I can play, what I can do, etc.
- when there are some movement left for a character, and you choose another one, I was not able to finish the movement of the first one after (and so unable to end the turn, I had to restart the game).
- when I get the first cage, I then forget it was on this path, and I lost several time my turn in this dead-end path. Letting a broken cage could help :-)
Nice points I want to highlight:
- I like the idea of having small movement at the beginning, and having to upgrade the player, the base, etc. to be able to go farther, always with a randomisation
- to have some resources moving (like the meat), and having to end the movement on a specific case without any remaining moving point to get the ressource add some challenge and "planification"
- I like the design, it is a fun and colored world. I see you have done the sound too, but I didn't had any, I don't know why :/
So really a nice game, in only 48h ! Well done and thank you :-)
Thank you for playing, and for the in-depth feedback! Some great points I'll keep in mind for the post-jam release!
I loved art. Good job!
by the way could you play and rate my game?
Interesting game! I love the art so much, and the sense of exploration feels so great. To be honest, it did take a while for me to figure out that you had to click on the right side to actually move the characters, so maybe add some more clarification as to how to play? But yeah, super fun to play. I really enjoyed it. Amazing work!
Thanks for playing!
I adore the look of this game. I wish there was more at stake with each turn than there currently appears to be. I find that I'm just wasting days hoping for better rolls. Maybe the ability to build temporary camps on the board and start from those locations on the next day? Great work. Really enjoy it. Definitely going to try and free all the characters.
I was considering a day limit etc, but purposely left it fairly low stakes for the jam version. Temporary camps is such a good idea for expanding the game! If I end up shamelessly stealing that idea for a post-jam version I'll make sure to chuck you name in the credits :)
Thanks for playing!
Really adorable and fun board-game-meets-rpg type experience. I would absolutely buy a full and polished version of this.
Getting more dice to roll either by rescuing characters or upgrading them felt really, really great and kept motivating me to play.
I encountered some bugs(?), for example my characters would sometimes refuse to move even though they had steps left (once this happened on someone with two sixes :( ) and sometimes event tiles wouldn't trigger? But maybe that was intentional and I'd just exhausted that resource or something.
Overall *really* great work, one of my favourites of the jam so far.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! I've fixed both of the bugs you encountered now, ready for the post-jam version. Thanks for playing!
Best game I've seen yet. No doubt I will see it in Mark's video.
My new idol in game making.
I can only hope! Thanks for playing!
Favorite game of the jam
Such a cute game! Though it can get a bit tedious if you don't get the rolls you need. If the movement system was tweaked just a bit, I think this game could be expanded a lot!
Thanks! Trying to make RNG fun and less tedious was definitely the hardest part of designing the game, I'll keep working on it!
Pretty fun but I got softlocked ;_;
Sorry to hear that, but thanks for playing regardless! You can press R to skip to the next day if you get stuck
Really fun game, took 87 days to escape, 96 days to complete all upgrades, and 101 days to explore the whole island. I think a tutorial is definitely needed though the others have already told you that. It also wasn't clear to me at first that the trees with hearts (or whatever you called them) could be defeated to open up a new passageway, and the dead ends could be made a bit clearer, I wasted a lot of moves walking into spots I forgot were dead ends. Overall, fun game.
Thanks so much for playing, and all the way to the end even! It's super relieving to know it's possible to beat as a first time player, as I didn't have any play testers. Really appreciate the feedback too, I'll keep it in mind for the post-jam release!
I had a hell of a time trying to figure out how stuff worked or how to even get a character to move for the first time. Please, write a tutorial, even if just in the description of the game! People may review it negatively since they don't know what to do.
Sadly, I ran into a gamebreaking bug where I had movement left on a character but couldnt move him anymore. So I got stuck without being able to end the turn. Perhaps the chicken tiles are a bit wonky? I didn't get them to work and got stuck on one of those, so perhaps something there.
Also, a funny bug is that you can upgrade in the start menu. Just click on the left side of the screen at the height of a character and you can upgrade before the game even starts (it's a gamble though since it can crash).
Perhaps I've sounded pretty negative here, but please don't misunderstand. I really like this game, if you polish it up a bit and expand on the idea I would definitely buy it.
Thanks for playing and your feedback is super helpful! There's a tutorial up on the game page now, but agreed, it definitely needs an in-game tutorial as well. The chicken tiles are the only tiles that move around so you're probably right and I'll have to look into it. The start menu bug is good to know too and may be the cause of another bug I found, I'll fix it ready for the post jam release! Happy to hear you enjoyed it overall!
I really enjoy the game actually, the upgrade is really fun. I Think it would be nice to add sound effect into the game and maybe music. and maybe make an ending when you finish the game. that all I really love the game.
I forgot to say you should make tutorial, I had no idea how to play untill 20 min of playing i figure i can upgrade by accident
Thanks! I'll definitely add all that when the jam's over!
The game was way cuter than it had any right to be! But it did feel limited, and a bit hard to understand. I hit a wall at a certain point and the ui made it hard to figure things out. I think if you had more time and a tutorial this would have been great!
UI definitely needs some work, I was rushing and afraid to touch my placeholder UI in case it broke the whole game haha
Thanks for playing!
I had fun with it but it was frustrating how limited my movement was. Maybe putting movement on a D12 instead of a D6 would have been nice? I wish there was some kind of screen explaining how the game worked. I saved the purple character but then I couldn't figure out how to save any others because they were all more than 6 spaces away.
You can upgrade to get more dice in the menu at the camp (they might not look like buttons but you can click them if you have the resources)
Thanks for playing!