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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Narrative | #494 | 3.654 | 3.654 |
| Creativity | #507 | 4.192 | 4.192 |
| Artwork | #1186 | 3.885 | 3.885 |
| Audio | #1553 | 3.346 | 3.346 |
| Enjoyment | #1604 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
Ranked from 26 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?
The player draws an itinerary on the map that must loop back to its starting point. It is beneficial to travel on previously-used roads again, making it so that the actions of yesterday inform that of today. The game's theme is that life goes on despite it all: the days, weeks and years loop, and we find ways forward.
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
All assets created by us, except:
- the wood textures in the main menu are from polyhaven.com
- the fonts used are "Cat Eckmann" & "Berolina" by Peter Wiegel and "BBB Baskervvol" by the Bye Bye Binary foundry.
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Donut Jam Studios
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its really fun
Loved the art, loved the idea a lot, good narrative, I can see this one being developed further. I'm pretty sure other people mentioned but It'd be great if we could have a button for restarting level and maybe I didn't read the instruction too well, but the labels were a little confusing for me, and I'm not sure, some of them seemed to not react when I passed around them with the bike, but this is just nitpicking, it's an awesome experience.
Oh, did the restart button on the right not work? I might've forgotten to hook it up in the code hehe
I mean here right when you finish a level, it tickles me when I finish and don't have all the stars, so I usually would prefer to repeat before going to the next level, but tbh, this is just nitpicking, For a game jam is understandable if not every game flow is considered.
Oh my, and the worst is that before we had other levels, this said "restart level" as well. But I see what you mean and thank you for clarifying, it's good to know if we return to it after the jam :)
Very fun to try and optimize your itinerary, and the visuals and sounds are really nice! Plus the idea is quite creative. 💙
I like games were the inputs are not complex but the games goes deep! Some cosy music during drawing would have took it to the next level. The loop drawing mechanic is very unique, great job!
Steeper learning curve than I expected, but once it got going, it really got my brain going.
It was a little tricky to understand but once you do it gets interesting! A "number of steps"/"counter for spaces left" and graying out the delivery area for packages before they are available could help. But honestly this was really creative and it would be nice to see more levels.
A bit hard to understand at first but a blast once i got it! Just needs some better UI and clearer tutorial. Art was cute and loved the SFX too
I didn’t understand how to play it but looks nice.
The goal is to go hit each task on the map while completing a loop! The more tasks you're able to accomplish the better your rating :)
The game is nice. I was a bit confused on how to accomplished quests, and I seemed to beat the second level a turn earlier than the game finished. The game's use of the theme is creative. Good job!
woow super cool idea, its really fun! and i love the main menu.
had to re-read the instructions hehe, but overall great idea and very creative. appreciated the start screen and valerie was well developed character. fun
Took a while to figure out how to play but felt very well executed once i did!
Took a while to figure out how to play but felt very well executed once i did!
This was really cool! Took me a minute to figure it out, but good lord this felt really good to play.
Cool idea, cool world map, really makes you think, and a great concept that can be turned into a full game.
Fun! What a clever idea :)
I really enjoyed the game even tho I did find it a bit confusing to understand what road to use in order to make the passage register. nevertheless impressive work
Loved the game! really cool use of the loop theme and the passage of time for the puzzles. would love to play more levels!