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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Artwork | #412 | 4.286 | 4.286 |
| Narrative | #716 | 3.476 | 3.476 |
| Audio | #1146 | 3.476 | 3.476 |
| Creativity | #1173 | 3.952 | 3.952 |
| Enjoyment | #2370 | 3.286 | 3.286 |
Ranked from 21 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?
This game utilizes the player's control over water's three states of matter—solid, liquid, and gas—to complete levels through the water loop mechanism, ultimately watering the flower. Meanwhile, certain level designs incorporate loop concepts.
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不知道为什么，我变成蒸汽却不会上浮，卡在第一关了。从我看到的东西讲，美术很棒，玩法也适合gamejam，选的实验室主题也很搭
可能是因为电脑的帧率不同导致重力不同所以无法做到上浮>w<现在我们也在积极解决这个问题，感谢你的评论！
Fun game, I like the concept of the "loop" being switching between the 3 states of matter to solve puzzles. The art is also very good. I got stuck on the corners sometimes but overall good submission!
Thanks for your feedback! We'll keep improving the corner-stuck issues in future updates^W^.
老师好棒！！！
谢谢！！！Love from Aiden and Dr.5 >w<
老师好棒！！！
A couple of things came to my mind when I played the game. I like the artstyle and presentation you had going on in your title card. The art itself during the level was nice but a few things bothered me there. I read later that its supposed to be lava (which I am questioning in a lab environment like that) but it really looks out of place and does not blend well with the rest of your games style. Also the water droplet sometimes doesnt stand out that much, I think it would have been great if it had more visual clarity or an outline or a shader effect that helps the player identify its position. Against the test tubes in I think level 4 it entirely blends in and is barely noticable.
Overall I think the player controller should have been a bit more fluid (get it, fluid as the player is a droplet) that would have been the icing on the cake. Also, a lot of foreground decorations are hindering the sight of the player, making levels such as level 2 or others way harder than they should be.
The level design was also very mixed. Some levels were great, others were more of a miss. You have a very hard to control player controller and I dont think precision platforming was the right choice, it was really frustarting from time to time. I still managed to beat it but I didnt like all the levels. Especially the ones where you had to dodge the falling droplets, those were quite frustrating.
The music fitted very well, I just wished there was a volume slider and it would not restart the loop on death. That way you hear much more of the song and it does not break your immersion. Also, perhaps a few more soundeffects for juice could be great.
Thats a lot of ifs and whens but I hope this feedback can help you with your game and game making journey. Solid entry!
Edit: I just saw that its your first game. Congrats on the release of it! Hope this feedback does not deter you from gamedev, I just hope it can help you :>
Thanks for your detailed feedback and encouraging words! This is super helpful — really appreciate it! We'll work on those improvements and plan to upload a new web version after the voting section ends. Big thanks again!!! :3
Amazing artstyle and softbody is a nice touch. Had to restart the game a couple times because I was stuck in ice form and couldn't die. Overall I enjoyed this game a lot!
Thx for comment! We realized we forgot to add a restart button just after the submission closed. TwT We'll definitely add it in the updated web version after vote session ends!
Love the art and writing! It’s kind of frustrating when those red drops happen suddenly without warning and you have to figure out why you died (they spawn on you), so maybe add some sort of little animation right before they spawn so you can see easier when they’ll spawn. Also there are some areas of the game where you can get stuck and not be able to restart the level via dying. While trying to find a restart button I accidentally closed the game (Pressing ESC) and had to start over. I think with some polish this could be a very good game though! Great first entry :)
My footage of the game (two clips because I accidentally stopped recording):
Clip 1: https://streamable.com/4wswgb Clip 2: https://streamable.com/s61i2t
Thank you for your suggestions and encouragement! We've reviewed your gameplay video and will address these issues in the next update! ^V^ In the upcoming version, we'll add a "Play Again" button to the interface and have resolved most of the soft-lock problems! We hope you'll continue playing after the update!
Lovely art style! Good levels, just had a small issue with getting stuck sometimes. Like I become ice, then it stops froze it can't move or turn back to water or vapor. It will play some audio but no movement. Other than that all is great!
Thank you for your comment and feedback! However, the ice block is actually designed to control the game's pacing. Previously, when the water droplet count dropped to one, players couldn't transform back into gas or liquid and had to exit the game—this was indeed a bug. We've already fixed it, and the update will be included in the next version, ensuring you won't get stuck again. Stay tuned!As for the sound effects, since the timing is very brief, we set them to trigger on button press.So the issue you encountered was expected under those conditions, but we’ve already addressed it and will implement the fix in the upcoming update^V^.
Nice👌 good work!
Lovely art style! Good levels, just had a small issue with getting stuck sometimes. Like I become ice, then it stops froze it can't move or turn back to water or vapor. It will play some audio but no movement. Other than that all is great!
holly shit. Im in love with art style man
Thx for ur comment! ^^ All art works created by our genius artist Lantian蓝天喵! I‘m glad u like it! BTW your game's art style is cool too, I really appreciate artists use black and white only! I will try it soon!
Nice concept! The mechanics were unique and the game is charming, well done!
Thx for ur review, we really glad to hear u like it!
I stuck in the Level2
I guess We make it a little bit harder than we thought Thanks for your comment! <3
I think I have encountered some bug. In the first level, when I press S, it turns into vapor but is not moving. It also stopped responding to my other inputs.
Thx for ur comment! Yes the float force doesn't work well on some computers we will try to figure it out later.
Such clever mechanics! And the art is absolutely gorgeous!🥰
Thanks to hear u love this!The Dr.5'story will continue OvO
The art is very nice, dialogue at the beginning was funny. Sad that Dr. 5 didn't show up at the end :) Still, very cool.
Thx for your comments! We want Dr.5 show up at the end, but we didn't have enough time to do so TwT
Interesting story setting. and the music is also pretty cool !
Thx for comment
as a guy who cant create soft bodies i should learn from you guys! i wished for a tutorial but after some time i got it, nice job!
Thx for ur comment! We create this droplet's softbody by using Mesh Renderer, u could try it out it works very well.
love the idea and the puzzles also the art is very nice
horse approved 🐴👍
Thx Glad to hear u love this!
love the idea and the puzzles also the art is very nice
horse approved 🐴👍
i’m sorry :( can’t beat the first puzzle (no idea how to go up when in vapor form)
OMG this may be bug...we tried different computers and it works well. BTW Thx for your review let us know this