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Such a promising game. It has a great base and a lot of cool mechanics, though it does need a lot of polish and balancing. I played for a couple of rounds.

Movement: The foundation is great, but it feels a bit sluggish right now. The character feels very heavy and slides a bit too much for a top-down perspective, which usually benefits from snappier, more precise movement.

Inventory: The UI could use some usability tweaks. Having to shift-click every item is a bit tedious, making them draggable would be much smoother. Also, once my inventory was full, shift-clicking stopped working entirely and I had to drop weapons to swap them.

Combat & Weapons: The weapon variety is good, and the ammo-based weapons feel very appropriate. However, the default bow completely outshines the other starting weapons because of its range. Melee weapons are at a huge disadvantage since most enemies are ranged, and I also couldn't get the wand to work at all.

Health & Balance: The passive health regeneration makes the game very cheesable right now. It would add a lot more tension if health was restored via pickups, killing enemies, or clearing rooms instead. Also, taking damage could use more visual feedback, along with a slightly longer grace period between consecutive hits.

Dungeons & Environment: The dungeon generation is very good, but the overall size might need some tweaking. I found the keys but couldn't figure out where to use them, and unfortunately, the game crashed before I could explore fully. I did however love the interactive elements like flipping tables for cover, though definitely add more types of interactables.

Overall, this is a really solid foundation. GJ

Thank you very much, I'm glad this was an enjoyable experience even in this state :D

Such a cute and well-made game. The countdown is integrated very thoughtfully. The map also really reminds me of Super Crate Box.

The in-air jump mechanics are a bit stiff, but other than that, gj! Good submission.

Got 269, The stomp mechanic is very satisfying to pull off :D

I think your game would benefit a faster paced gameplay and larger hordes.

Great entry, GJ :D

Really enjoyed the music and the hand-drawn art, the game is also super in-depth. However, the timer feels a bit too fast for the amount of text and mechanics on the cards. I'm sure players will get used to it eventually, but it definitely means a lot of trial and error at first.

Maybe offering fewer upgrades at the start could help. I think having a shop between fights would benefit the game loop, alongside introducing more cards further down the line so we aren't overwhelmed right away.

Nonetheless, good job to everyone on your team.

Thank you very much for your feedback

Yeah I agree with the stuff you said, time was the only issue for me, had to make the level in 20 mins and it is unfortunately very exploitable :D

The game needs a lot of tweaks, I definitely have to change the wall jump force, slope physics for both transformations, make the swap window easier/more forgiving for quick swaps and to add visual feedbacks to everything.

Can confirm, coded this in orbit.

Also congrats on getting 2nd Jayden!

Thank you very much Archie. Congrats on getting 2nd!

Your game was amazing, congrats on getting 1st today! ty for adding me to the hall of fame x)

Yea imagine the speedrunning potential! Spawning the elevator next to the player + skipping the keypad + skipping the maze for a sub 30s run?

The game is amazing, great music, great concept, great atmosphere and accurate recreation of the university campus and RBB building (+1 including the clown painting :D)

I didn't find a use for the monkey prop, did I skip something?

Also here's my WR at 1:04 plus some interesting finds for a potential %GLITCH% speed run  

youtube.com/watch?v=gjDAhm6v2t0&feature=youtu.be

Great rouge-like.

Cute story, lots of potential on the levels and puzzles!

Hard mode beat my a$$, I managed to get 220s after 3 retries :D 

Awesome and fun game, I love the art direction, also it had that Happy Wheels vibe.

My two suggestions 

- Add invincibility frames when respawning, especially for those parts where you spawn right under crossbow turrets.

- I got soft locked on a wind blower, because my speed was 0 and I was mid-air so I couldn't move, maybe add a check for that.

Other than those, great job!

Most content-rich game on this jam,  and the music is amazing too, Groova C and Conga B are 🔥

This was my favorite game in the entire jam!
You should absolutely expand on it.

I absolutely love the art-style. looks like those old flash games made in Paint, which makes it charming.

Awesome Crazy Taxi-like game, great usage of the provided theme.

Thank you so much, take a look, I replaced the banner and thumbnail with yours.

WOW, I love it!!  I saw your comment history and It’s so cool that you’ve been making art of the 3TG submissions!

Can we use this art in our thumbnail/banner? Of course, we’ll credit you on the main page.

Glad you enjoyed the game!

Yeah, the core concept is solid, but we couldn’t spend more time developing it, so it’s missing some proper feedback, game feel, and a few UI elements. We might continue working on it later on.

And I agree with you about the inclusion of the slot machine :D

Still, thank you so much for your kind words and your thorough review!

So glad you enjoyed it!

Keep at it, your design is fantastic!

Hey, Just wanted to tell you that the WebGL build is up and running on the game's Itch.io page.

I really dig your game's chill atmosphere. The game is short, polished and expandable.
Keep at it!

Thank you for trying my game and your word of encouragement!

Yes, I was originally going to stick with that control scheme that you also mentioned. Problem is that using the arrow keys introduces an aspect of confusion into the game regarding ascending and descending in orbit, because the direction between the player and the planets changes constantly. Since, as you orbit, up and down invert in logic but stay the same in the controls, also because my camera has a fixed rotation. Pressing the up arrow to ascend makes sense when you're above the planet, but once you're below it, that same key now visually feels like it should descend instead.

To avoid disorienting players and myself I decided to go with the temporary fix of assigning those actions to Space and Ctrl. They’re neutral in terms of direction and convey the "go up" and "go down" idea better without me needing to add accessibility features such as changing ascend/descend using the angle between the player and the current orbit parent, or using mouse clicks on the planet and outside of the planet to go in the direction that the player wants. I’m still thinking about possible fixes.

I too looked around the jam for this style of orbit gameplay to see if anyone has implemented a better control scheme. One good example I saw (which I also noticed your comment on their jam page) was the game “Nova Looper”, that game automatically descends the player when no input is detected and only ascends the player with the mouse1 button, which easily helps with conveying the ascend/descend idea.

I’d like to hear more of your opinions on the game's design solutions if you have any! 

Also thank you for highlighting that typo, I will upload a fix once the jam voting finishes.

I really dig your chill aesthetics, great execution of the orbit mechanics.
I also made a game with orbiting gameplay, take a look if you're interested!

I really enjoyed the whole game and its minigames/tasks; but PLEASE shorten the meeting part! its just too long and not very interactive. You could also add random dialogues which the boss stops mid-way and starts again, making you think that he finished his sentence, this might trick some folks and would be funny imo. Besides the meeting section the game is great and creative.

A nice twist on Snake, you made a lot of features for a short jam, amazing work! Forgot to mention, the game page layout is also great.

Pretty Zen-like and relaxing, the gameplay loop is awesome!
However, I encountered a bug which ended my run :(
I couldn't place a mushroom on a dead chicken, no matter what I tried, nothing was overlapping with the chicken either and I tried several rounds, did I do something wrong ?
Besides that expand on your Idea, your game concept is great.

The gameplay loop is pretty addictive, well done with that! I noticed that the fishes are generated randomly from a selection of body parts. You could also add a system to it that takes parts like fins and tails from parent fishes and evolves the child fish using those, I think it adds a lot to have a custom fish each time.

The concept is both simple and expandable, amazing job!

Really good concept, I made a game with the same idea of orbiting and looping planets, take a look if you're interested!

Thank you for trying my game!

Yes a browser build is ready to deploy, I just didn't meet the game jam deadline, I'll definitely upload it once the voting phase finishes.

I enjoyed the humor and gags, also I liked your takes on Warioware/dumb ways to die minigames.

I really like your implementation of the theme, I've made a similar game to yours in this jam (Dummy Paradox). However, it has lot less content in this build; still, have a look if you're interested!

Great concept. Although, at first it took me a while to get the whole idea.

Also the movement is really snappy

Thank you for your comment! I have a WebGL build ready, but it sadly didn't make the deadline :(

Please wait till the end of the voting phase, and I'll definitely upload the WebGL build for both of my GTMK 2025 submissions and for you to try.