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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Narrative | #548 | 3.602 | 3.602 |
| Creativity | #950 | 4.029 | 4.029 |
| Artwork | #981 | 3.990 | 3.990 |
| Audio | #2005 | 3.223 | 3.223 |
| Enjoyment | #2120 | 3.359 | 3.359 |
Ranked from 103 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?
Hunt Cycle is about the loops and cycles in the animal world represented by the animal food chain, but also looping through lives of different animals. The game has a collection of 6 minigames and has an ending scene you could reach ;)
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All materials were created independently.
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Very cool and VERY ambitious jam entry! Making a minigame collection this extensive for a jam is crazy impressive, and the way they all flow into each other makes for a very fun cohesive gameplay experience. I was always excited to see what the succeeding predator would be after finishing a level, and the way the loop changes after the duck was a very welcome twist! Glad I didn't read the description so I experienced that blind, it got me good!
We’re really glad you were able to figure out the story path on your own and fully appreciate it. Thank you for taking the time
Oh, how nice to hear that! You're the perfect player of our dreams <3
I love this concept! This is an idea I had in my head for a game, and I'm so glad to see actualized especially in such a great way! The visuals are so fun, and the different minigames have a lot of variety, you guys should be proud of this one! Good job :)
Thank you! We really loved the idea of the cycle of nature, and we’re glad we managed to convey it.
It's the circle of life. And it moves us all. Through despair and hope, through faith and love.
The Loop to end all Loops. Love how well it fits the theme.
Yes, I hope that with the comic we managed to convey the message that the cycle continues in our modern world too.
This game is packed with a lot of nice art and mini games, altogether with a good fitting theme...
And I was fooled! The duck didn't save my progress!
However I had a good time playing :) I'll give it another try later
Thank you, we appreciate the feedback <3 Happy you enjoyed it (did you try replaying after the duck? it kinda starts a new loop of games hehe)
Nope, but I'll have it in mind the next time (If I'm able to reach the duck again)
Surprisingly large amount of content for a gamejam game!
Thank you, we worked really hard)
Art is fantastic throughout and overall fab take on the theme.
Found the difficulty to be a bit unforgiving in a few of the minigames, but impressive that there was so much variety between them.
Thank you very much, we appreciate it <3
I liked all the how you would go from dirt to frog and just keep going on as diffrent animals that was cool! Good job!
Thank you)
Interesting idea! I feel like there are a lot of things you could do with this concept.
Thank you, we`ll take that into account
Cool idea and game!
Thank you)
Seeing the frog the first time was almost a jumpscare lol, lost at the hedgehogs, would have liked to restart from there to be honest, very good game regardless, unique artstyle and nice concept!
Thank you for you time)
oh my god the hedgehogs and fish were killing me!'
I recommend checkpoints at each stage.
Weirdly addicting, great aesthetic, atmospheric music, great job!
The plan was to occasionally roll back to the worm to illustrate the cycle — but it turns out players weren’t too thrilled about that. The duck sends you back either way according to the story, but in hindsight, the fish would’ve worked better for that approach.
a lot of content packed into a game that takes the loop theme and impliments it so well. nice visuals also. and might I ask was the second level inspired by the classic arcade game zooma?
Yeah, when thinking about which animal could represent the act of eating, everyone immediately associated the frog with Zuma. So we reworked the core mechanic to better fit our game — and instead of spitting, we made it about devouring.
The art was super polished! There were a lot of different mini games, some of them took a little to get used to. but after that it great!
We are glad you liked it
Very cool art and variety, going back to the start is brutal though it does make getting further more rewarding
The return to the beginning was based on the jam’s theme — without it, we would’ve drifted too far from the core idea. We’re really glad you liked it!
Cool game. Quite impressive the variety you subgenres you created for a single jam. Congrats !! =)
Thank you
Wow! I was shocked how much content there was!
Such cool idea with loop of life.
I really enjoyed it and it was fun with multiple minigames!
Well done :D
thank you too
Are you nuts? Planning a ton of minigames for a game jam is usually a recipe for disaster... but wait... you actually pulled it off? Huge congrats for making it work. That’s no small feat!”
Thank you so much, we’re really glad you appreciated our approach to development.
Fun fact: we had plans to include a hornet and a ferret, but by a surprising twist of fate, we felt we wouldn’t have time to finish them.
Stunning art, and super cool idea! Great job!
Thank you)
cool idea! i enjoyed finishing a level to find out what the next iteration was!
I really hope you were able to see the ending and uncover the story :)
Omg why did you make me come back and finish it?? That ending was traumatizing 😭
Really clever interpretation of the "loop" and life cycle theme though — beautifully done and emotionally brutal. <3
I really hope you got to see it — the artists spent a whole day working on it :)