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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #11 | 4.698 | 4.698 |
| Overall | #15 | 4.323 | 4.323 |
| Fun | #34 | 4.143 | 4.143 |
| Creativity | #76 | 4.127 | 4.127 |
Ranked from 63 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Preferred Name
My name is guiyyu. Our team is the Duckbound Team:
guiyyu - design, narrative, programming
Andre_the_Quiet - programming
crazycaryz - art
Phorzaeken (Neo Ethereal Future) - music
Newbie?
Nope - I've completed at least one game jam before.
How does your game fit the theme?
Duckbound fits the theme "Just Get Started" both in story and gameplay. The game starts you with nothing but a duck companion, and you have no choice but to just get started. As you journey through the game, you unlock new skills one by one that you can combine in battle. Whether it's in combat or in adventure, the game nudges you to just go along and see where the journey takes you.
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This was absolutely delightful! The blend of charming visuals, engaging combat mechanics, and funny, expressive dialogue made for such a memorable experience. The pixelated 3D models gave it that cozy retro feel, and the attention to detail like the combo animations and personality filled enemies really stood out. It’s honestly wild how polished this feels for a jam game. Great job to the whole team
Can’t believe I found this game after the ratings ended, it's so good! The visuals are fantastic, giving off strong DS-era vibes mixed with Animal Crossing-style characters. The sound effects are great, and the combat is really fun!Each enemy having unique attack patterns keeps things feeling fresh. And the characters are absolutely adorable!
Amazing work guys! I would’ve given this a full rating if I had the chance 😭
Thank you so much for your kind words! Glad you enjoyed the game <3
Excelent game! It's so beautiful and enjoyable! I liked the visuals, sounds and the cozy vibe. You made a great job, and also I thought the combat system is pretty good, with the parries and combos, congrats!
Thank you so much!! I wish I saw your comment earlier I would’ve loved to return the rate!!
I understand haha, I was playing some games before the deadline but the time was almost over.
This game was so cute, I especially loved Sprig and Blorbo! I also really like the old school game aesthetic with pixelated 3D models, it looks nice and has a pretty cool vibe to it. The combat system was fun, and I like how there's both combining skills for attacking/healing and the star click timing mini game for dodging/parrying, it adds variety to the gameplay without overloading the player with too many things to remember. Although I was confused during the second battle, when doing something would damage the enemy and then doing it again wouldn't, I couldn't figure out what to do at that point and just hoped I could parry her attacks (eventually some of my attacks worked again but I'm not sure why exactly). There was also one point when I first entered the southern area and the dialogue UI got cut off/partially blocked.
Overall, really great game! Well done!
Thank you so much! :) There are some moves that do damage and some that don't! We could definitely make that clearer in a future version. Also can you elaborate on the UI being cut off/blocked? I haven't run into that bug but I would like to reproduce it so I can patch it!
Huh, I just tried playing through to that part again and it didn't happen? :0 That's really weird I swear it did happen the first time, these kinds of bugs are the worst 😭
But basically this pink thing in the foreground was in front of the dialogue UI, and in the next lines when the dialogue is longer, it was blocking the right side of the text too. Hope this helps!
Gotcha omg thank you so much for reproducing this for me!! I think I know what the bug is so this is super helpful tysm <3
This was soooo good! I loved the combat a lot and the visuals were so cute! This was very polished and you guys did a really good job!
Thank you so much!! Also left a comment on your game, I loved it!
Amazing game! I love the take on the combat and the overall direction of the game! The design, visuals, the music and sounds, and even the smoothness of the game are tied really well together. The game was short, sweet and adorable! (left me wanting moreee). I loved playing around with the different combos and seeing what it could do. Definitely one of my favorites. Props to the team! 10/10 quacks!
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Very nice looking game. The combat mechanic was unique and the attack combos were fun. Great job team ( • ̀ω•́ )✧
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Great game!
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Omg, that's peak, I loved everything about it, the graphisms, the battle mechanics, and I loved mixed matching the different abilities! It was so pro looking, I would've never guess it was a jam game ! Really impressive!
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The art is amazing, and the game itself is really enjoyable. Very good job. Keep it up.
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Really impressive for 10 days wow! I really didn‘t expect a battle system in a duck game, but i should have expected it by looking closer at the name haha. My favorite foe was the snail, but everyone was so fun to fight! I love the battle system, i just wish that it was a little easier to deal damage other than parrying. I love the music (it reminded me of undertale) and the writing was super well done! Great entry!
Thank you so much!! Our composer definitely popped off and Undertale was one of our big inspirations! Also that's totally fair, do you think you would've liked to see attack moves deal more damage, or would you have liked to see more attack moves in general?
attack moves deal more damage! I think that the diversity of the moves was spot on haha, i don‘t think you would need more
Got it tysm!!! Will definitely write down your feedback for future :)
This game is pretty fun! The battle system was a little annoying at first, but besides that everything is great! The music and art fit perfectly and the flavor text was funny! This is a great game!
Thank you!! also left a comment on your game :) could you let me know what you found annoying about the battle system at first?
I think it was the difficult curve. The bat was pretty hard. I also didn't like how if you even missed one star the attacks would do full damage. It's still a great system for a game jam game!
Thank you for letting me know! I'll note down your feedback for future :)
fun: the world, the fight system, the dialogue, so fun, "quack quack ( I love beer)" fax
Presentation: great work, reminds me of Animal Crossing, the world looked good, the enemies, and the sound design, amazing
creativity: one of the best so far, fits the theme, new fight system, creative dialogue and attack names, great work
one of my favorites so far 😁😁
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This is so cute! Reminds me a lot of Animal Crossing! Really fun and well made, probably one of the best I've played this far! Had so much fun I could play this for hours! Great work!
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This game is amazing! The visuals are presentation are beautiful, the music is super nice and the battle system is super creative. I can't understand how you were able to do all this in 10 days. Amazing job!
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What an INCREDIBLY charming and cute game! felt like I went back to an old N64 game with charming gimmicks and cute and funny dialogue, I really love the idea of the gameplay and love how each enemy reacts to what you do I do like combining moves and seeing what it causes its so much fun! went past my bedtime to finish this up and it was very worth it I wish it can be expanded upon it was so much fun
Thank you so much, we were definitely going for that old-school retro vibe so it's great to hear that it came out well! I also hope you were able to get a good rest after lol!! Left a comment on your game as well :)
Really nice game loved the pixelated 3d models also the game is really polished like the buttons scale up in the main and the pause menu squish also loved the combat i managed to beat the snail and bat it was really fun overall well done.
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WOw the game looks really good, and it seems like it coulld become really fun. I don't know if I'm just bad but I can't get past the first enemy. He starts first and no matter what I do I jsut die. Not sure what feedback to give, the game looks really good and it works well. Maybe more hints if you're supposed to be able to beat him. Don't know if it's a skill issue but well done anyways!
Thank you so much, also left a comment on your game! Can you please explain what you mean by not being able to get past the first enemy? do you mean that you get defeated by his attacks easily?
Absolutely fantastic start to an adventure, It really is OSU and Pokemon combined :D I have no crituque on art, music, or dialogue, they are fantastic, however I would say that having the order of moves change the outcome would have made a game even more complex and entertaining, I love the humor this game has and some of the enemies have really well written characther to them, like how Bat-ballerina Vivi really amazingly brags about her talent while simultaneously mocking the player who never heard of her :) The game in this state is really perfect… But I think having some sort of indicator or notebook on what combination does what would be nice if you’d like to continue working and introducing more moves or enemy “types” or maybe at some point change some of the actions so it doesn’t become repetitive :p Overall a really well made and polished game :p
Thank you so much for playing, also left a comment on your game! I did strongly consider having the order of moves matter but didn't quite have the time to fully explore the idea, but I'd love to revisit it if we expanded the game! I also think enemy types would be a great addition!
The fighting system is fun, the dialogues are funny and the sound design is insane. I loved this game so much :D
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